Fort Tom

For my personal needs, I don't wear leather holsters any more. But I have one of their belts that should look like hell warmed over as I wear it every day, for carry or just to hold my pants up so I don't look "gangsta" and still is a serviceable as the day I got it. I've thought about buying a new one every now and then, but then mine has held up so well, I just say screw it, and will keep wearing it until, if ever, it eventually wears out. FWIW, I don't carry IWB, only OWB. I live in an open carry state, and really don't worry about printing, and don't want to buy all of my pants oversized to accommodate an IWB. Your needs may vary wildly.

A mini gun on an armored vehicle would just about do it. Or gas 'em out. No, I don't mean tear gas, I mean Shell Super Grade

Ooooo.... My bad. Totally missed the LE requirements.

I really like Merrells. I have two pair, one for the range and one for backpacking. They are the most comfortable boots of that type, I've ever worn. You stated you like them. Unless they no longer meet your requirements, why not stick with those?

Excellent article. Makes point clearly, without all of the legal jargon. Thanks.

My local dealer was selling Wolf Gold for six bucks a box. Small shop attached to his house. I have a couple of cans of M855, and it shoots like crap out of my guns, and dirtier also, as compared to the Wolf Gold, which isn't bad stuff for plinking ammo. I just bought a case from him (the Wolf) and a friend asked if I could get some more. Local guy starts stammering about how "green tip" will jack prices up, yammer yammer, now "local guy" wants in on the gouge . Wants to jack up his Wolf because of M855. Guess what. Local guy who's always talking about having to take on 3 jobs to make ends meet, can count me out as a source of income. Sad thing was, during last ObamaScare, he stood fast. Guess greed is a pretty potent drug.

No one was fighting the ATF. The ATF, ultimately, answers to Obama. Obama has a pen and phone. I would like to see them shoved up his ass, but I really want to wait a while and see if this dies down completely, or if Barry has other plans. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, and I sincerely hope that I'm wrong, but I wouldn't doubt that skinny little bastard orders the ATF to continue the ban process. There's an interesting possible back story to this. After Obama, Holder, Sharpton and a host of Hollywood dumbasses and liberal billionaires and dumbasses in general running around with their hands in the air, threw cops all over the country, under the bus, with their race baiting and other liberal tactics, it's strange that cops, especially appointed cops like Chiefs, etc... came to the fight to back pro 2A folks, stating almost unanimously that they didn't have a problem with "green tip" ammo, it shot down the whole premise that this was necessary to protect cops. It made both the ATF and the Obama regime look like foolish assholes. Maybe in LEO circles, they're getting a little payback, and showing current politicians, and potential new ones, just how much clout they really have. I hope this whole conversation goes away in the media and within the regimes monkey see, monkey do functionaries. But given their record, I'm not yet ready to start throwing confetti up in the air quite yet.

You mentioned that the roller pin didn't help, did it do any harm? Just curious. Oh well, wouldn't be the first time I wasted $$ "trying something". Thanks, FT

I've been using the stuff for years. Sometimes hard to find around here, but it's the best penetrating oil I have ever found. Will definitely loosen fouling and crap built up in a barrel, and at the same time, get the bolts off of those twenty year old muffler clamps. Great stuff.

Thank you all. I will lube the living daylights out of it, and I have some Shooters Choice (red) light gun grease, I can use with the new roller cam pin. Since it seems the consensus is to shoot a couple of hundred rounds out of it, that's just what I'll do. Lube that thing to near excess and shoot it and see if it "breaks in". Thanks, again, FT

Hope someone can help me out here. I bought a LNIB DPMS Oracle, at a price I couldn't pass up. After I got it home and started tinkering with it, I found out that the BCG would stick when I pulled on the CH. This would come and go, intermediately, and my first thought was, "this is why I got a LNIB gun so cheap". I stripped the bolt, couldn't find anything, inside of upper receiver looked great, I couldn't find anything wrong. Bolt closed with no problems, gas block and tube lined up perfectly. It just stuck randomly. Anyway, I did the following, making so many changes that I thought the problem might be the stock BCG and stock CH. I changed out the hand guard and gas block with a Midwest Industries 15" rail, and I think it was a Bravo Company gas block. Changed out stock DPMS BCG and CH, with a Rainier Arms NiB BCG and a Bravo Company MOD 3 CH. Other stuff, CMC 3.5 trigger, KNS Non Rotating pins, MBUS, Scope and Magpul CTR, couldn't have any impact. So I started pulling the CH and dry firing, and soon I would yank on the CH, and it was stuck again. Had to keep "popping" the CH, and eventually it will let go and charge the bolt again. Same thing as with the DPMS BCG and stock CH. Checked the cam pin "ramp", it didn't look like it had any burrs, or any other obstructions. Out of desperation, I lubed that bolt until it was dripping of CLP, and kept working the CH back and fort, approx.a 100 times. It finally started working every time. Due to snow (we got crazy snow for KY), I haven't been able to get it to the range, to shoot it, but after today, I'm not sure I should. I pulled it out of the safe to get a shotgun out for a hunting trip, decided to give the CH a good yank, confident it would operate just fine, and bam, it stuck on the first try. I cycled it a few more times, and it was o.k. Today, I ordered a POF roller cam pin to see if that makes the problem go away. Some folks have told me that this isn't unusual and just to shoot a 100 rounds through it and the problem will go away I'm leery of this, but don't know which way to turn. This rifle has never had a live round chambered, at leas since I bought it. So ammo isn't the problem. The barrel and lugs all look good to go. I'm fresh out of ideas, and hoping the roller cam solves the problem, wishful thinking, probably. I'm open to about any suggestion including melting it down for scrap metal. Seriously, any ideas, thoughts or other knowledge anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much,

Hi. I have owned and built quite a few AR's, but this is my first AR-10. I basically bought a LNIB DPMS then basically stripped it to the ground. Changed out gas block, added Midwest Industries 15" Keymod hand guard, installed CMC 3.5lb. trigger, KNS trigger pins, NiB BCG, Magpul CTR stock, and a Lantac Dragon 7.62 Brake. Also a BCM Mod 3 CH. On top is Millet Tac Scope, 4 X 16 with lighted reticle, mounted on QD mount, which will also share with an Aimpoint ML2. Due to the absolutely insane weather that we're having here, I haven't got it to the range yet, but hope to when the snow melts. Thanks for allowing me to be a member. Being this is my first AR-10, I'm not sure that I can add anything of value here, but I hope I can at least contribute something. Thanks again, FT