planeflyer21

I'll grant mechanical failure of the mechanism and have had one myself, and two due to stupidity on my part. As I said in my first post on this thread, I'm glad survivalshop had it pointed in a safe direction. Quite unlike the dad in the link I posted in my second post. Safety mechanism or not, when the bullet slams into somebody and you get to watch them gasping like a fish or twitching like a rabbit for the last minutes of their life, it is negligence due to unsafe handling. All 50 states have Negligent Homicide on the books. Even in gun-liberal Arizona here, it is a CRIMINAL offense to point a firearm at any person without legal justification. It doesn't matter if the firearm is loaded, unloaded, or temporarily inoperable. A.R.S. 13 After teaching thousands of students, it is never the new shooting novice that doesn't follow the rules. It is the braggard ex-military/law enforcement. And while by God's grace it hasn't happened on my firing line yet, when they do shoot themselves or someone else, they always place the blame elsewhere. The mechanism failed, the ammunition was out of spec, it was the case/holster. And when they get called on their unsafe practices you get excuses. Oh my finger was off the trigger, it's unloaded, I'm out of ammo anyway. Just like the dad's unloaded gun that he killed his son with. texas30cal isn't kidding. Any gunstore these days, nothing about safety. Jon

Other than the .338 Lapua AR rumors I've just started, haven't seen anything. Jon

They aren't "accidental" anymore than a drunk smashing a car into a minivan with a family in it is an "accident". It is a negligent discharge from when people get to comfortable and carefree with firearms in their hands. Keep it pointed in a safe direction. When you start your plause' waving it around with your stupid fornicate finger on the trigger and get called on it, CHECK YOURSELF. Don't come off with the standard lame-o excuse "It isn't loaded!" Here's a whole store full of dumbshits and this guy has a dead child now, by his own stupid fornicate hand: http://news.yahoo.com/police-boy-7-shot-death-pa-gun-store-200049283.html Jon

Midway has them for a few cents cheaper but they are backordered. http://www.dsarms.com/FAL-Metric-10-Round-Steel-Benchrest-Mag---11710/productinfo/11710/ Jon

Does that include looking for 10-round FAL mags? Jon

They know exactly what they're doing! Took the girl to the zoo when she was about 2 1/2 years old. She was wearing these rock-hard saddle shoe things and a little red dress. The zoo wasn't opened yet, so we went over to "The Duck Pond", which is actually a misnomer because every type of water fowl in North America makes a year-round job of eating free bread and popcorn. We head over there and a group of geese heads into the water. One straggler decided he was going to stand his ground, wings spread, and starts heading to attack my toddler daughter. bullpoopy mister! I snatched her up by her armpits and kicked at the goose. What happened next was due to a split-second decision on my part but I am still ashamed of my choice. As she cleared ground with her legs swinging out in front of us, Mr. Goose decided to alter his attack and (like Shepp said) refocused his evil intent on Mr. Winky. Thinking quickly I remembered the saddle shoes and rapidly bought my daughter's body down in such a manner as to club the evil goose with the clubs on her feet. At 2 1/2 teamwork isn't a part of the vocabulary, let alone practice, so seeing Evil Goose Head approaching pulled her knees up to her chest as he started to go after her feet. Yanking her back out of harms way, El Craphead Diablo again turns his attention to what can only be described as my rapidly recessing turtle head, and she AGAIN flings her legs back out. Attempt number two and again the knees come up to the chest but now, as I was lifting her back skyward, Evil Goose was close enough to KICK with authority, which at that point he decided it wasn't worth it and disengaged. Dads...don't use your kids as improvised weapons. Jon

Saw on Facebook Bravo Company is saying "We're releasing something 'BIG' tomorrow, 12/10/12!" Anyone have a clue? Jon

Most excellent you weren't injured! I see a man killed his son in PA by not keeping his pistol pointed in a safe direction. Jon

Mine is probably about where Mike's is but I don't have an accurate scale. Jon

He's only feeling it because of the stock color in that last photo. And what sort of pricing are they wanting? Jon

That's funny! I had a buddy who was built like a bear...shoulder width all the way down, big guy. When I went off to bootcamp he got into bicycle racing. Next time I saw him he was a little V-shaped from the front but not much...turn him sideways and I started calling him Wafer Boy. <laughs> Jon

Great...last time I read something like that it happened to me the next time I went shooting. In that case it was a loose primer dropping into the trigger group. Jon

Someone would definately not be going home to their family if they try taking my dog. Jon

Hell, without my gut FORCING my pants down to become hip-huggers I can actually wear them up a bit. Looking down when they are up, my pants are starting to take on a bit of a high-waters look. <laughs> I knew I had a 34" inseam! <lmao> Jon

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At the rate I'm losing weight I'll be able to keep the same size pants and start using ITW holsters for the 3.8 version. Or a Desert Eagle. Jon

So now that begs the question, why not only use the adjustable gas block and shuck the rest of the extras? Jon

I thought I'd seen somewhere that, in a pinch, pins for permanently pinned muzzle attachments would shear if someone really pushed the issue. Jon

For old stuff I've really come to appreciate the slapstick of Laurel and Hardy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szDPMIVk-Gg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQq2d8S3-ls Animaniacs is a whole different level of fun. Jon

I got that flip-up front sight gas block I just removed from the Freedom Machine too. The one pictured here: http://308ar.com/forum/rock-river-arms-lar-8/getting-there!/ Let me know if you want it. Jon

Of the 4 I have now, 3 are XD-m .45s, with one XD9. Got a screaming deal on the XD9 I couldn't pass up. Jon

Welcome from AZ BOOMSTICK! Someone will be along soon to answer your questions. Jon

Honestly, I'm surprised no major LE agencies stateside have considered the XD series. Certainly Springfield would be willing to work a production deal so they could be built in the USA. Of the 5 I own or owned, only the XD45 had an issue, one FTFeed on the first magazine ever. One slide smack and BANG it went. Jon

Did a search for you: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Atovb9_0oZTCq5ie8S78HlqbvZx4?p=fouled+rifle+barrel+is+more+accurate&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701 Yup...they are out there. Swear by it also. Jon

Howdy from Arizona, Brewster! Jon