BrianK

I hope Gaetz's bill gains traction, but mentally slow joe will never sign it. Maybe just not giving ATF any $ in budget would do it? But I admit that I know nothing about the budget process. FWIW, I am trying to e-file for my arm braces to SBR them and it's a very bloody abortion of a process. I have no idea how BARF could have made it more difficult, but with very little effort they could have made it exceedingly easy. But clearly that wasn't the point of e-file or it would have been easier to accomplish. fjb and f BARF.

I know you don't have the answer, and it's really rhetorical, How can they be so stupid? Maybe they just listened to bubba and spent no time on the rule? Heck, the barf (intentionally misspelled) even gave pictures to illustrate. I know there were 9mm ARs in the pix. 98Z'- I'd like to see the barf people involved in this all receive charges, but I know that'll never happen. It continues to happen because there are never any consequences. So they continue to pile onto the swill trough and use our $ against us. Evil SOBs!

I ordered the wrong parts from Power Custom, so they have been returned. More Power Custom trigger parts on order. Randall at PC tells me they are the correct parts this time. That will complete that SBR build 3(?) years after beginning it. Yeah, I'm almost never in a rush when it comes to "perfecting" my firearms. I still need to sight it in. Things on order... well sorta. I'm working on 2 (or more*) efile SBR tax stamps for arm braced handguns. Trying to get fingerprinted today. It would be nice if I can get digital file prints so that I don't need to go through this every time I want an NFA item. I digitized my mug the other day so that I no longer need to get passport pix taken. *I haven't decided yet if I'm going to buy a few more lowers and register them to save the $200 tax.

So as usual congress screwed it up 80 years ago and the people pay the price. The barf (Intentionally mispelled), rumored to be the low scorers on the civil servants test, don't question what they're doing, they just try to maintain their power.

Which one? Left or right? I hope female but one never knows today.

Why not use a regular base sizing die?

Yeah, I figured it was a case of mistaken identity. That's the problem with local names, they can be very confusing. And who of us are going to use the species names that can't be confused? Nobody.

Maybe there is another type of red squirrel that is larger. Ours are also called pine squirrels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_red_squirrel

Yes. Red squirrels are slightly larger than chipmunks. I'd eat them only if I was starving. They're a nuisance.

Reminds me of the year (sorta) where I'd had enough of the red squirrels coming out of the forest and raiding my bird feeding station. I lost count at over 100 meeting their maker that year and they still came with seemingly the same numbers as they began the shooting season. The coyotes learned very quickly where I was throwing their carcasses. So I had a coyote feeding station as well. I never had the patience to wait for them to show up.

Yes, what I saw were finishing shots but I didn't want to write that. The last one looks suspiciously like one to the head. I sure hope the cops and DA like him, but it's Houston and the comments stated that it's a Soros bought and paid for DA. He should get a medal, but I think he's screwed. They can charge him whenever they like if they charge him with murder. If I was on the foreman on that Grand Jury I might try to swing the votes.

Dittos, squirrel is delicious. Maybe keep feeding them and save them for hard times? You might not have long to wait.

Here's the video that picks up where the customer starts shooting. Yeah, he does LOTS of shooting. Might put him in deep kimchee in certain places. But the video isn't really clear when the actual threat stops, at least to my eye. He could still be trying to get to his firearm at the last shot(s). Cursor down in the link. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/robbery-suspect-shot-dead-armed-customer-houston-taqueria-video/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=2023-01-08

I wonder if the use of range brass makes the difference? SB dies exist for a reason and IMO that reason exists for a base that's too large to chamber. A semi-auto has virtually no camming power to force a too large cartridge into the chamber, so it must fit correctly. I don't want any mistakes in that regard that could sideline my firearm. So far I only shoot competitively and not when lives are on the line. But even there I don't want my shooting to end for the day or screw up a stage and then go find a safe table so that I can fix something that never should have happened. Toward that end I no longer use SB dies but something even better that sizes the range brass from immediately above the rim. A die doesn't reach down that far. http://casepro100.com/products.ydev I still run my brass through a sizing die to decap, but the actual sizing happens in the Casepro. I started this post by stating that SB dies exist for a reason. That reason could be to make $. But I've had some range brass go through the Casepro and I could feel additional resistance in some of the brass going through it. I don't remember if it was 9mm or the .223 family that gave that added resistance. I've never had a cartridge fail to chamber due to oversized brass before or since using the Casepro. But that doesn't prove that what I'm doing is the correct thing to do either so maybe I'm going overboard.

Not hearing the shot is very common. It's called auditory exclusion which is just a $10 set of words meaning not hearing the shot. But damage still happens even if the brain tunes it out. Other things that can happen is time dilation and tunnel vision.

No review yet of the steel version (above), but here's one for the polymer version. https://www.ssusa.org/content/review-canik-sfx-rival-9-mm/

For the girlfriend... This would be a pussycat and the Rival comes with a trigger that not even I would want to improve. Maybe not the best carry gun since it's in steel. https://www.recoilweb.com/first-look-canik-sfx-rival-s-178022.html?utm_campaign=286338_Recoil newsletter 1%2F6%2F23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=DotDigital&dm_i=7C6R,64XU,3I2VPD,UKTC,1

Yeah, that wouldn't have fit in with the goal of the design. I started with a Charger pistol (10" barrel) for simplicity and had the Ghost M can that I use on it. So why change the barrel? I was disappointed in the accuracy. It was/is OK for steel challenge but not accurate enough to suit me.

I've always thought they would be excellent for 3 gun. But I don't do 3 gun and don't own one. None of the competition supply houses have anything? Sounds like an opportunity for someone.

I volunteer to do that snow plowing! They don't even need to pay me! I wonder if they even feel the snowdrift when they hit them. But the reason I came here... So many things in one post I didn't know where to put it. My 9" TacSol Ruger Charger Takedown barrel came in and the Power Custom parts. OK, I ordered some of the wrong parts for my BX trigger. I called them and Randall told me to send it back for a credit on what will work since I indicated that's what I wanted. But I installed the barrel and long Ti charging handle, rod, and spring. I fired it for function and in 10 rounds got 3 malfunctions, stovepipes and double feeds. Short story, it was my fault. I wanted to lube things but for some reason forgot. Long story, I never change more than one part at a time for just that reason (except this time), so I backed up and removed the new charge handle assembly. Then lubed things and kept the shorter barrel (10" vs 9"). It worked fine. So I put the new assembly in and it still worked fine. So the malfunctions were solved. Amazing what a little lube will do. I kept the Ti firing pin in the bolt, but I want other Ti parts to decrease the lock time. The literature states that it can cut it by 43%. So I'll buy it 2x and reduce it by 86%. Maybe 3x and ignition will happen before I even press the trigger. 🙂 OK, enough with the jokes. I had a Volquartsen carbon fiber barrel on order but got a case of the butt and decided to look around some. Previously I had seen the 9" TacSol barrels and wondered if they were still available. They were, so I cancelled my Vol' barrel and ordered the TacSol. It was shipped in under 2 hours. It's a nice looking barrel that I just had to screw up by putting a HK 3 lug adapter on, but it needs to wear the can periodically so it had to be done. The bore looked really good. I didn't shed lots of tears over not getting the carbon fiber barrel and here's why. The stock barrel was actually about an ounce lighter and maybe 4-5" shorter than the carbon fiber barrel would have been. The goal of the build for the Charger SBR was to see just how small I could make a rifle and the Takedown breaks down into no part being longer than 10". The CF barrel would have been conservatively 14" long but I would have forgotten about the design goal and sucked it up. The TacSol barrel is 7+ ounces lighter than the stock barrel so I save weight and length. Now I need to sight it in (warmish days are coming) and eventually I want to make a "tool roll" for the various parts to complete the build. Or otherwise figure out a way to house the parts in a clandestine manner. Just for fun. Why did I build the SBR? Because it's America and because I could. I didn't really have any use for it but after I built it I realized just how good it would be for Steel Challenge. It'll be even better now with the muzzle having even less mass "out there". I see custom Steel Challenge rifles with short barrels but pipes welded to them to make them 16" and lessened mass. Mine doesn't have the false barrel welded on so has even less mass. I can't take it everywhere and where I can take it I need to let ATF know, but I stay in state so that's just not a big deal.

Welcome to the forum!

I like stories that have a happy ending. Yes, I hope the elderly man gets well soon.

Dustbuster, there's a difference between noise and blast, but frankly when ones ears are in excruciating pain the difference is moot. Ear pro' can be worn, but at zero dark 30 when you're in your skivvies or less I doubt there will be time to put it on, and I've never seen ear pro for pets. Will children think to put it on? That's why I suggest to folks when looking for a firearm for HD that they look at a PCC. It all comes down to Boyles Law which states that if volume is doubled the pressure is halved. Let's look at that with a 9mm. Peak pressure will be 36k psi and that will be achieved, for the sake of argument, in 3". The barrel is 16" long, so at 6" it'll be 18k, and 12" 9k. There's 4 more " of barrel so it'll be under 8k psi when the barrel comes uncorked. That's pretty mild. The same thinking works for a 9mm in a handgun, except the barrel is much shorter so the pressure and noise will be more when the bullet exits. Let's use the 5.56... Peak pressure will be near 60k psi and that will be achieved maybe 12" down the barrel. In 4more inches of travel the pressure won't drop significantly so the pressure wave from 60k psi will hit the ears and produce significant noise. But the pain will be first and foremost on your mind and not the noise. 7.62 will be pretty much the same except far more gas so it'll be worse. I have a braked .308 and under tree canopy it's painful w/o hearing pro'. In a handgun I think the .45ACP operates at 12k psi so should be fairly ear friendly as far as blast wave effects. In a PCC it should be a pussycat. If a PCC in .45 is made. That's for you to find out. OR, do as I do with my present HD gun and keep a blast can on it. A blast can isn't hearing safe but it does remove the blast effects and that's the worst of it. When I used a 5.56 as the HD gun it wore an suppressor that handled blast and sound, but of course supersonic crack was still there. For my EDC for SD, my plan is to just suck it up. What does the military do? At the very least they should supply cans and QD mounts to everyone involved in CQB. But that costs $. Heck, they farm out the rifles to the lowest bidder so they won't come up with $ to save hearing. They'd rather pay out benefits SHOULD the soldiers survive their combat. Benefits don't get paid to the dead there's insurance for that. It's cold but I bet that's just the way they think. I'd be willing to bet they know precisely how much less they pay out in benefits vs buying cans. It's not the VAs fault either. They can only do what Congress allows them to do. When I served I was told I had medical care for life. Now the scumbags in Congress allow me one app't per year and I have use of the gym and pool if I choose to drive 30 miles one way to do that. Of course Congress voted themselves the best health care possible. Why? Because they had to walk the life threatening halls of Congress where the worst they could have gotten was a paper cut. The grunts who actually put their lives on the line? Eff them! (according to Congress) Don't listen to their lying words, watch what they do. Their actions prove their lies. OK, off my soapbox now. Rant mode off.

My LGS is really good, very knowledgeable and will take time to talk basics to folks needing that. A&G Firearms in Fairfield, Maine off of I95. It sorta ticks me off. Bear with me and let me explain. When I show up to chew the fat they can be busy with noobs and they take priority. Don't they know that I'm there to take up their time to discuss politics and such? Anyway, their priorities are correct. As far as having things on hand when others had nothing during the recent shortages they had ammo and no shortage of firearms. New designs? They get them in before the ink is dry on the magazine pages that review them. 2 mail order outfits that get kudus from me for faster than fast service, R&S Precision Sports, LLC (1022racerifle.com) took my order and had it shipped in under 2 hours. The other is Power Custom. They took my order and shipped it in under an hour. When I was in business that was the way I shipped and I know what it takes to do that; one needs to care about the customer. Yeah, they both get high marks!

Agreed. Before counting on a AR handgun to be ear friendly try it in an enclosed space. It might not be as destructive for eardrums as a .308, but it'll make you think twice before touching it off again. I tried a 16" barrel .223 decades ago with an open window and the muzzle just this side of it and pointed at the butts 100yds away. I never told the wife what I was up to. I closed the door to the bedroom and touched it off. My ears paid a huge price and she came back and told me in no uncertain terms to "Never do that again!". Yeah, it hurt her ears all the way at the other end of our home. That's why the PCC if one can't have a suppressor on the barrel. As you write, there are states that are no longer free. A 16" PCC reduces the blast tremendously even in those. If she plans to carry it there are purses that are specifically made to carry full size guns if she doesn't mind a honkin' huge shoulder bag. The key is that there should be an area for only the handgun and nothing else. Not a purse, but I carry off body in a cross slung pack of moderate size (Maxpedition Fatboy) and I need to keep the EDC down to compact size with it. Below is a reciprocity map. As you suggested some states aren't free and at this time it's best just not to enter them with a handgun. They're fighting tooth and nail to keep their restrictions on freedom and safety for their citizens who are being held captive by the police state. https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/ccw_reciprocity_map