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Various people have had a good ride, making money off of 'racializing' various issues. Now that we have a black President, it's looking more and more like people are fighting back against the 'racialization' of everything. It really is about personal liberty, which is what the Constitution is all about. Even so, it's hard to overlook that about 40 percent of gun crime in the US is committed by a certain group that makes up around 4 percent of the population. It will be a very long time before we as a culture actually look at that.

Hmm.. gotta wonder how long it takes to get behind on your property tax by $150K if you have a double-wide.

And that poor b@st@rd knows they're shooting Chinese ammo. I guess in the Chinese Army, there are worse things than getting assigned to cleaning the outhouses.

That's a very interesting piece of tech. According to the blurb, "Gas flow is adjusted and maintained at the carrier with 2 set screws. One to adjust gas flow and one to lock it in place." With a setup like that, the designers were apparently concerned about the unit going 'out of adjustment' after lots of rounds. So I'd guess you'd need to run quite a few rounds through the unit to see if the gas flow setting holds true.

I am offering for sale a flash suppressor that is 5 1/2" long. Its diameter is 0.875". With dimensions like that, it looks pretty snarky. Even on a long barrel. Pinned to a short barrel, it would help meet the minimum barrel length mandate. Here's a pic, with a .308 Win cartridge next to it for comparison and scale: The indented 'ridges' at the bottom of the unit is where the threads are. That's intended to make it visually appropriate for a variety of barrel diameters. It's drilled and tapped the standard 5/8" x 24 threads per inch. I originally got this for two reasons: first, I thought a long tube with holes might reduce muzzle blast. Second, I wanted to experiment with forbidden gun muzzle technology. The dimensions are ideal for such experiments, but the nature of my experiments must forever be kept secret. On its own, it didn't reduce muzzle blast, and my experiments are done. After all that, and maybe a total of 10 rounds through it, it still looks new and snarky. And of course good for another experimenter as well. I'm asking $30. I will cover shipping, which will include parcel tracking so that you can snoop on US Postal Service activities.

I wanted to thoroughly test the Kaw Valley Linear Compensator before selling the Cooley brake. If the compensator had not dealt with muzzle blast effectively, I would have stuck with the Cooley brake and settled on hunting with earmuffs on. But I couldn't do that until I had swapped out the upper receiver and installed the iron sights that go with it. The brake's o.d. on the far end is 1.2". On the nearer end, where it attaches to the barrel, it measures 0.75". It looks visually fine on the muzzle of the DPMS LR-308T, which measures 0.72". Its matte black (possibly phosphated) finish is a close match to the LR-308T's black teflon.

Okay, I need some advice here from long-time members. I got this totally awesome muzzle brake for sale that will blow the ears off an elephant, but a rifle equipped with this brake will only give you a gentle nudge to remind you not to take a nap while shooting. Is it possible that I did the Too Much Information (TMI) on that thang? It's the penultimate. I look forward to hearing some advice on how to sell a majorly efficient muzzle brake.

Okay, so there are these three dogs in the waiting room at the veterinarian, talking about why they are there. First dog says, "I'm a pisser. I piss on everything, everywhere. I do car tires, fire hydrants, I even killed the neighbor's rose bushes with my piss. The last straw was, I pissed on the sofa in the living room." "So, why are you here?" the other dogs asked. "I'm going to be put to sleep," he replied. The other dog had a similar story. "I'm a digger," he said. "I dug up the front yard, and the back yard, and the neighbor's petunias. The last straw was when I dug up my mistresses' entire vegetable garden." "So, why are you here?" the other dogs asked. "I'm going to be put to sleep," he replied. The third dog also had a story. "I'm a humper," he said. "I hump everything, everywhere. I hump dogs, of course. I humped all 12 cats in our house. I humped a goose one afternoon that happened to fly in from Canada. The last straw was when my mistress came out of the shower. She leaned over the towel rack and I humped her." "So, why are you here?" the other dogs asked. "I'm going to get my toenails clipped," he said.

Friends, This seems like a simple issue, but it has me stumped. I print my own targets on 8" x 11" computer printer paper and a Field & Stream Target Stand For Paper Targets to hold the targets in place. I shoot 7.62mm x 51mm from a fixed position on the deck of my house, and change the distance by moving the target stand to different locations in a field out back. Printing my own targets saves wads of money and besides, I like my design better than what's out there for sale. Well, it happened again. I messed up on setting my elevation and totally blew off the two upper "arms" of the target stand that hold the top of the paper target. I could fix this if I had a MIG welder. This is the second target stand I've destroyed this way, and I'm tired of wasting money on target stands that are only really meant to be used for up to .22lr. Does anyone here have a system that works better and is more durable than this? 7.62mm x 51mm is an awfully destructive round.

Here's some muzzle brake technology that's so new, it has no customer reviews yet! This could very well be the ideal muzzle brake for use during a relaxing Memorial Day. During the rest of the year, the technology might be most useful for those who keep their rifle next to the couch in front of the television.

The weight of my DPMS lr-308T is a big factor in 'nimbleness', and it would be hard to find anyone who disagrees. Or, on the other hand, try to find someone who claims a heavier rifle is more 'nimble'. There is however a trade-off. There will be more recoil from a lighter rifle. A heavier rifle will absorb recoil better. The lower the recoil, the more likely it will be that your follow-up shot is on target. Luckily, the platform you've chosen offers a compromise. You can put a heavier buffer in your buffer tube, and greatly reduce the recoil without greatly increasing the total weight of the weapon. Someone here might know if a heavy buffer is available for Gen II or not. All I can say is, I haven't seen it. So you may be stuck with massive recoil from a Gen II and nothing to do about it. Or nearly nothing to do about it. There's also muzzle brakes. The brakes that reduce recoil the best are also vicious on concussion, for the shooter and people nearby. So, that's yet another tradeoff. I personally have settled on a combination of a heavy buffer from Slash, which cuts recoil, and a 'linear compensator', which sends the noise away from you and everyone you're not trying to kill. But that's me, you'll want to try different things. Wait for other people in the forum here to chime in, but I'd say, you have more options with the Gen I than the Gen II.

Welcome from Iowa, BangPewBang. Being a DPMS owner, I am naturally accused of being partial to the brand. But originally, I was attracted by the price and general reputation. And the power. I was pretty much a .22lr guy (and occasional Mossberg 590 12-ga.) who wanted something more. What I've discovered since then is that owning a rifle like this from DPMS opens major windows of opportunity for customizing and improving the factory version. I enjoy shooting my DPMS, incidentally, an LR-308T, but a good part of that enjoyment is getting aftermarket parts that improve the rifle, and my shooting experience. There are days when I think I should have waited on my DPMS purchase until the Gen II rifles came out. I see you're concerned about weight, and so am I. You'll want to take a hard look at the Gen II units, as they come in at about a couple pounds lighter. Thing is, Gen II hasn't been out very long, and a lot of people are waiting for more reviews. And, while the Gen II lets you use AR-15 handguards, vastly increasing things you can buy for the weapon, I'm not sure about other parts, such as bolt carriers, bolts, and who knows what else. Your aftermarket options might actually be fewer with a Gen II. I've had a lot of fun with my DPMS Gen I, with the people here helping out on various aspects has been great, and I think eventually you'll grow to appreciate the mystique that comes from shooting this platform and the many variations that are available. And you'll wind up spending more money that you originally planned on. Which you will enjoy.

Friends, This bit of news is about an event that happened, but it's also about what the press does with gun news. This news first broke with the report titled, "Armed homeowner fends off five masked intruders", which came out on May 24. That article concluded with this final sentence: "It is unclear if the residents ever produced the AR-15, or if the mere mention of it was enough to scare the intruders into fleeing." Breitbart.com got a hold of this story, a few hours later, and the headline became, "Mere Mention of 'Assault Rifle' Sends Armed Home Invaders Fleeing". According to this revised version of the news, "One of the three residents on the floor yelled, directing the resident upstairs to "get an assault rifle." Upon hearing this, the four invaders turned and "ran out the front door." This is essentially a re-write of the first story, which reported: "...another resident called out to grab an assault rifle (reportedly an AR-15, but local media is calling it an “assault rifle”), the four other crooks that were still downstairs bolted out the front door." And you'll notice, in the first article, it was only one guy 'fending off the intruders', when actually more people were involved. The apparent purpose of both these news stories is to magnify the power and righteousness of the armed homeowner. If MSNBC had taken this news story, it would be more like, "What every criminal knows: Assault rifles are too deadly", or something like that. And all using the same set of facts, which are actually pretty shaky. In many important and non-obvious ways, the US is a hostage to the press.

They knew the shooter was nutso before he did this, and did nothing. Stuff like this happens out of concern for the civil rights of nutso people. You can't really lock people up without first proving a case against them. You prove they're so nuts that they can't take care of themselves, and then you can lock them up like a criminal. Or you prove they're a criminal and lock them up like a criminal. Our legal system will have to change quite a bit before we can start treating a nutso creep like a murderer, before he commits a murder. That would be like depriving someone of the right to keep and bear arms, before they do something bad with a firearm -- and without them even being nuts. Hm. Apparently nutso creeps who fantasize about murders have more civil rights than normal people who want to keep and bear. That's kinda upside-down.

Consume that Ramen noodle broth and you get a case of the runs like you can $|-|!+ through a straw, and then all your Ramen noodles are down the toilet.

Some hard-asses get goats to eat their lawn, but the real hard-ass eats it himself. And buys guns.

Well, you might need to invest in some dental floss, but yeah, you're good to go.

Soda crackers are extravagant. Consider all the time and money it takes to run a lawn mower. After all you've invested in seeding and fertilizing your lawn, it grows thick and luxurious. Come on, think about it. That lawn is a crop. Eat that grass and quit mowing the lawn. 22 million cattle can't be wrong.

Looks like NFA regs are set to come into effect "in June". Whatever those might be. There was a proposal by Obama-friendly bureaucrats, and a "public comment period" during which "Right-Wingers Who Clutch Guns And Bibles" can say Things That All Proper Gunless Progressives don't like. After that, there was an amount of time for the bureaucrats to 'show their dedication to democratic principles' by considering and rejecting comments by "Right-Wingers Who Clutch Guns And Bibles" and doing what Obama wants. And we're set to find out what Obama wants on NFA items "in June". First approximation, it looks like some time next month you'll have to find someone in the local police bureaucracy to sign off on the notion that you and your NFA weapon won't be used for criminal activity. Come on, cops suspect everyone. You ain't getting any NFA items if you need a cop you never met before in your life to swear on the honor of his pension that you won't do something illegal with it. Like shooting squirrels for instance. We won't know what the BATFE is gonna do with the NFA trust rules until they are actually published. At this point, everything will be too late. Likely not even the NRA could muster enough political clout to reverse the damage, though they might try. So for now, everyone commenting on this piece of business is actually correct. And we may soon discover how bad the damage is. Maybe. Soon. Possibly, in June. And that rhymes.

This is what I found: http://www.guntrustlawyer.net/proposed-atf-trust-regulation and http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201310&RIN=1140-AA43 A discussion of the proposed rule can be found here: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1523702_NFA_Trust_rule_change.html

The need for food other than Ramen noodles is totally exaggerated. Ramen noodles is all you need. Also it also takes a long time before they give up on you and shut off your electricity, and by then you'll have your pistol paid for.

Compared to prices on the international market, it looks like we in the US have it pretty good. "In 2012, rebels seeking armaments in Turkey found that just one cartridge for a machine gun or assault rifle cost $2-$4, while a common assault rifle cost upward of $2,000." --How Ukrainian arms-dealing connects to Syria’s bloody civil war, Quartz, May 23, 2014 http://qz.com/211603/how-ukrainian-arms-dealing-connects-to-syrias-bloody-civil-war/

My local gunsmith here says that DPMS always over-torques their barrels, barrel nuts, barrel extensions and handguards. Obviously this loose barrel is an exception. Hope this info helps.

Friends, I am offering for sale a JP Bennie Cooley Large-Profile muzzle brake for a .308. It's also called a 'compensator'. You can check out the specs here. According to the makers, at the same link, this brake offers the "same recoil reduction and neutrality that characterized the original JP Recoil Eliminator". I have run about a dozen rounds through this brake. It works amazingly well, totally taming the recoil, just as advertised. Concussion is something else. Now I personally decided on using the Kaw Valley Linear Compensator instead, because I want to use the rifle for hunting without ear protection. I'm willing to put up with the extra recoil -- so this JP Cooley unit is for sale to someone who puts a priority on gentle recoil. So, if you buy this you have to promise you will always use ear protection. The back-blast is terrific. Please also note that this brake is not certifiable for competition use. It is more than an inch in diameter (1.20") and therefore breaks the 1" x 3" rule. I would be keeping and using this brake, because its ability to tame down the recoil of a .308 is awesome, but I don't want the hassle of earmuffs while hunting. With muffs, on the shooting range, is the place for this brake. I am asking $70 for the unit -- a discount for buddies and buddettes here. Included, for free, is a crush washer so you can 'clock' the brake on your muzzle. It has a top, and a bottom. The top is ported upwards to reduce muzzle climb, and the bottom is blocked off so that it doesn't churn up sand and dust below the muzzle at your position. Here's a pic, with a .308 cartridge for scale. : Payment will be via PayPal, which works like a charm. I will cover the cost of shipping, which includes parcel tracking, so you can follow your delivery on the 'net. PM me.

I had the same problem with my DPMS LR-308T with the slick-sided high-profile upper, but I could solve the problem of not going into full battery by pushing forward on the charging handle. But now, after things are more broken in, the bolt always goes into full battery no matter how gently and slowly I ease it forward. I've since switched to a low-profile upper receiver and it has a forward assist that I don't think I will ever need.