BrianK

I forgot about short shells because my KS-7 won't run them reliably. But yes, minimal recoil. Thanks!

Yeah, a 12 gauge is out. They aren't gun folks and I'd never suggest anything with much recoil for them. Plus they are slow to load and pellets spread and I don't know their home. I did suggest the Keltec KSG .410. But HD ammo is >$1 per and cost is a factor. Sure practice can be done with birdshot but the real stuff needs to be fired to insure reliability. To me that means firing a mess of the good stuff. For them (and most wanting a HD firearm) a 9mm PCC is right. Mag size, ammo availability, accuracy, the list goes on and on. I'm still flummoxed that the LGS showed him nothing but handguns when he told them he wanted something for home HD. I know those folks and they should know better. Heck, they do know better. I want to get them to the range so that they can handle and shoot some of the firearms I'm suggesting for them. The Dr wants to do that too.

Thanks. The price is right and I'm pushing for him to get 2, whatever he decides to get, one for his wife.

Thanks. Extar EP9 was one of the first I suggested for him just from the reviews. No problems with it? How many rounds through yours?

The LGS suggested a handgun (why do they do that!!????). It's HD and not CCW... set up a safe room, hold the defensive position and wait for the cops. I suggested a PCC over a shotgun or handgun. In the past few months I've given him other suggestions but all are not handguns unless mounted in a housing that turns it into a PCC. Another was the KelTec .410 KSG with slugs. If he was considering clearing his own home (very bad move IMO, but macho) a handgun might be an option. But at this time that's not the case and a PCC set up properly is just as good for CQB for house clearing in a SHTF scenario as a handgun (maybe better) for an untrained person IMO. There were so many suggestions that there's no way I can remember all that I gave him. Quite a few I have on hand for him and his wife to try and that's yet to happen. Ideally I'd like a reliable 9mm bullpup but that doesn't exist, at least from the reviews I've seen. So what are your PCC choices? What are your HD choices? Don't include handguns that's a non starter for his wifes and his proficiency. His idea is a safe room with an easy to aim and get hits WITHOUT the handgun training and maintenance for proficiency required by a handgun. Again in general I suggested a PCC with a red dot and a laser/flashlight (more tactics that I'm not going to write out). What firearms would you suggest in that general category that I've outlined? I can't be everywhere so I need the knowledge of the members. Again, a handgun, unless it's in a rifle/PCC housing is a non starter.

Well, it took over a month as compared to our statistical norm, but we finally had a killing frost. Most times our first is in early to mid Sept'. Hopefully the winter will be just as mild (not a chance!). The last few days have been in the 50s and 60s. And there is a definite fall bite to the air. My favorite time of the year.

Regarding the 100 yard target above... I saw my eye Dr and she told me that I have cataracts that soften my vision. So the vision problems that I was having were at least partially mine. Maybe made worse by the very bright scope? IDK. But I do know that I was told my eyes aren't bad enough yet to get them fixed. Bummer. Next year I'm going to push for the surgery. It's affecting my shooting. Ever since I sold my one field rifle, a 50 year old FN Browning T-Bolt, I've missed not having a field rifle. But when I set up the KIDD I did it right. Why? Because the Supergrade is designed to with a quick and easy change barrel. The KIDD Tac' Chassis has a buffer tube for quick change buttstocks. As pictured far above it weighs >12#. Way too heavy to be a field rifle or for offhand shooting IMO (I did try). So I got one of KIDDs ULW barrels for it. I already had everything else required. The field rifle version with swapped out parts below. The field rifle weighs 6# 8.5ozs with the MFT Minimalist buttstock (VLTOR buttstock seen below). The barrel is said to be just as precise as the heavy barrel and appears to be so in my very limited shooting of it thus far. Of course it's missing the target shooting amenities that help make the target configuration so easy to shoot. I've already tested return to zero and it does. It was stated by other SG owners that changing barrels resulted in no POI shift. I didn't see how that could be and it isn't precisely the same. changing barrels and keeping the same scope on it resulted in about a one inch shift. Not too bad but not a zero shift. I can't see a time when I'd ever want the big scope on the field rifle or the 3-9x scope on the target rifle. So no big deal, just dedicate each scope to the correct barrel. Time to convert from one use to the other? I was in no hurry and had to chase down tools I forgot that I'd need and I did it in 5 1/2 minutes. To help facilitate the parts swap the field scope wears lever type QD mounts, but the 5-25x wears a mount that uses TORX screws at 30 in/lbs. No way around that mount IMO.

So you've got a carrier who delivers to random addresses too. That the pits! I agree about privatizing it. The Constitution says we have to have one. I don't think it stipulates what form it takes. (But I could be wrong) Well, I remembered that there's a gent at the local PO who actually does care, he's the gent who tracks down randomly delivered packages, so I called him. He has tracking tools we don't have access to and told me that it's been going round and round the sorting center. Said he'd give them a call to fix the problem. So maybe I'll have the barrel in my hot little hands tomorrow. Not too bad; something that should have taken 3 days took a week.

Nice looking AR! "Never any harm in telling the truth about the US Postal "Service". Typical government inefficiency, augmented by incompetence and indifference. Zero accountability. " wrote KSdefender. So I will. OK then, I will post what I didn't want to bore people with. I need to vent. I'm POed. One of the advantages of the KIDD Supergrade is the ability to rapidly switch barrels. It can go from a heavy bench rifle to a lightweight field rifle in WAYYYYY under a minute. Of course 'scope change and buttstock change will add to that time. I love the SG as a heavy bench rifle but I miss not having a field rimfire, having sold many traditional long guns and my favorite field rifle being one of those. But KIDD to the rescue. I planned for this with the SG. I have one of their ULW barrels on order. I placed the order last Thursday and KIDD got it out on Friday morning. It made it's way to the South Portland (Maine) distribution center on Sunday which is 90 miles away from the post office where it gets on the white truck to be delivered to me. It's less than a 90 minute drive. But with stops along the way at other post offices it can stretch to a few hours at most. I've watched the process many times with "tracking". My barrel has been stuck on a truck "In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late", since Sunday. It's now midday Wednesday. Yeah, no poop, "It's going to be late" ! Calling to spur USPS into action doesn't work. They don't care. Late delivery? They don't care. So I sit and wait for the package with no recourse. USPS SUX! I gave them delivery instructions to hold the package at the local post office 'cause our carrier has a habit of delivering just as fast as her gas foot can manage. That means delivery addresses are randomly chosen, speed is of the essence to her. So on a very local level delivery to the correct address isn't assured. But now this. The package isn't even brought to the local post office so that I can drive there to pick it up. Have I mentioned how much USPS SUX? UPS is OK but I had no choice in the matter. Have I mentioned how much USPS sux? "Pay lots more get, much less" should be its motto. Rant mode off.

Decided not to bore people with this. It's gone!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What he wrote! Yesterday it was overcast with an almost imperceptible air movement, it really couldn't be called a breeze. Very unusual for that range that ALWAYS has wind. So I went to the range. I had a Contender barrel threaded and wanted to test it and make sure the scope was zeroed after reinstallation. It was and I had to touch nothing. Putting the can on it gave groups roughly 2x the size w/o the can. I was shooting from a rest but I'm not the handgun shooters I was even 20 years ago (aging sux!). I feel the handgun can do much better than the groups suggest. The black dots are 1" diameter. https://postimg.cc/qtX7wvgQ

I meant to add, if my calculations are correct the field rifle will be 1/2 the weight of the bench configuration >12# vs 6# 4 ozs.

One of the benefits of the KIDD supergrade is the barrel change option. So one expensive rimfire (10/22 pattern) can be a heavy bench rifle and in minutes morph into a field rifle. Right now it's a 12# + bench rifle. But in the mail is an ULW barrel and it should be here not later than Tuesday. But USPS has screwed up delivery dates before. To speed up the morphing process I have 2 sets of Torx bits coming in today I'll take out the one with the best fit to put in my driver set so that I can remove the target scope and put on the 3-9x field scope w/QD levers. Already in hand is the lightweight buttstock that goes on the buffer tube. Off comes the Luth-AR buttstock. I figure conversion will be under 5 minutes if I'm slow. Yes, in testing things returned to zero.

Wishing you well Sisco. We've been very dry for weeks(?) now. Our well is fine, we can't pump it down if I run it out on the ground 24/7/365, but I bet folks with marginal shallow wells might be having problems. Today we have soaking rain so it'll soak in and heavier rain tonight and tomorrow. I wanted to get to the range tomorrow but that's probably not going to happen.

I still think the default option for MasterCard should be not giving out data. But hours later the cards arrived and everything has been "fixed"; for now. No doubt there are some folks who have been given my blessing to auto-subscribe me that will turn up in time. But the option and my HUGE complaint is Mastercard taking it on themselves to think they were authorized to give my card # to people they liked without my approval. That's modern life and huge legalese agreements that no one reads or has a legal team paid to read for them. Yeah, it sux.

MtnMike, what timing! Customer service... A week or so ago I was scammed (totally my fault) I contacted Mastercard to undo the charge, cancel my card and get a new one. Still waiting on the new cards that will be delivered today. BUT, everyone has the new card number, EXCEPT ME! I have subscriptions with Amazon and if they don't get delivered it's no big deal. It can wait until Amazon gets the new number, except they already have it. Another outfit that I'm on the fence about continuing business with since they tricked me into a subscription I didn't want to have the new card #, they have it too. There is no easy way to contact that company and if they wanted my business I wanted them to call me. But Mastercard gave them the new #. That's infuriating! I didn't give Mastercard authorization to give anything re: me to anyone. But the people that actually do need my new card #, T-Mobile, no, Mastercard didn't give it to them, so my cell phone is useless as a phone. I was madder than a hornet when I found this out. Using my landline that only does local, emergency, and 1 800 calls I was able to contact Mastercard. There is a way to deselect Mastercard giving out information. The default should be not giving it out but that's not the case. Mine is changed to that option now. Just be aware. If you don't tell them to not share your data they will share it. While on the phone (still waiting on my new cards) it was suggested that the new and as yet undelivered cards should be cancelled and new ones issued once again. I about hit the ceiling. That would mean waiting another 2 weeks so that I could give payment to T-Mobile to use my phone. All because Mastercard gave out my card #. No that's not happening. Oh, so Amazon has the new card #. I figured let me go into that acc't and get my new card # so that I could pay T-Mobile. No, it's not available to me through Amazon. But Amazon has it to use while I don't.

I know of some people (and I use the word loosely) who need to be launched like that in The Granite State. Multiple times if it doesn't work the first time.

Maybe. Esp' if the meat is cured for the cold smoke. The cure would tend to keep the meat safe. That would be one of the very few uses I would have for leftist politicians... Testing experimental cooking methods on them. As long as I don't need to be in the same room with them.

Yes, this ^^^^ . Of course a laboratory type can be purchased, I don't remember the name, but they were among the first SV "machines". But they are quite expensive, large, and just not needed anymore. If I was SVing for a hospital or large facility that's what I'd have, and a dedicated space for it, just like the space for the oven and other cooking appliances. But again, they are pretty much a thing of the past and not needed for home use. We don't have a lot of space and the machine just doesn't take up much of what we do have. When I SV lots of meat*, I use a small "cooler" as the vessel. One whose top I modified to allow the SV machine to get into the water. Otherwise it's a largish poly food storage container (from a restaurant supply store) or a pot. *I've been known to buy lots of a cut when it goes on sale and SVing 30+ of them at a time (in the cooler) isn't unusual for me. The first cook takes the most time in the bath since to do SV correctly the items have a warming time where they are warmed through (they soak up the heat), then a cooking time, and a pasteurization time. After that's been done it all gets chilled as rapidly as I can manage, then frozen. To use we take out as many individual portions as we need, warm them at the same temp' they were cooked at, and in an hour or so they're ready to be finished off by whatever method is appropriate. But whichever it is, first cook or warmup, while it's doing it's thing I'm doing my thing. The only time we come together is in putting the items in the bag and then the bath, then finishing them off. And the results are spectacular when done correctly. I've had people who don't eat meat try a piece, finish off the portion, and come back for more. The incorrect way is the way my brother did it. He SVed some steaks BEFORE he had a means to finish them off. I guess he didn't know a super hot fry pan could be used.Not to cook them, just to brown them. Anyway, he served the pale steaks with no Maillard reaction flavor and his wife told him never again. Another way is to do as I've read some restaurants do it with a far too short a time for the first cook. For food safety the times really shouldn't be shortened. If adding up the times for the 3 stages comes to 6 hours minimum time at XXX degrees then that's what it takes. For example, the filets and NY strips that I did above figured out to 6 hours at 129 degrees. But we ate them after 8 hours. That was all to the good. But 4 hours would have been flirting with risky food.

Too late now. It's mostly all gone. Some rolls and c'flower potato salad are leftovers. I cooked 6 steaks, 2 NY strips and 4 Filet Mignons. The ladies had filets and loved them. I had a strip and it was also very good. Whoops(!), 2 filets and 1 Strip are still in the bags in the refrigerator. Yeah, I'm terrible about taking pix when people are waiting for food and conversation is going on.

We're having a friend over to an early supper tonight so some steaks were put in the 129 degree sous vide bath at 0800. After they come out of the hot tub I finish them off with some dextrose and a torch. That produces the Maillard reaction that gives grilled meat that great flavor. Plus, it's a guy thing. Who doesn't like using fire? Our friend will bring homemade yeast rolls (I can eat 1/2 of one, I'm on a very low carb diet) and the veg' will be cauliflower "potato" salad. To find out what Sous Vide is it's best to just do a 'net search. It can turn someone who doesn't cook into a gourmet chef. Really. It's super easy. Tonights steaks? they're probably ready now (1430), but we won't eat until 1700-1800. They won't overcook and they will be a perfect med' rare from edge to edge, no grey meat.

Oh, and one of these also arrived. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q3VST3Y?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 What does that have to do with shooting? The range I belong to has the 25 and 50 yard berms down low. My bipod only depresses just so much. My rear bag needs to be elevated and I think the adjustable elevation will work best. I guess I'll find out.

Yesterday an HK 3 lug adapter arrived for my .32/20 Contender barrel. Why? I want to load some light bullets sub-sonic* and don't want to fiddle with changing the end cap on the can. I thought I'd have a problem finding an adapter to fit the 5/8 24 (I think that's the thread) on the barrel, but no, they are easily found. Still waiting on the B&T parts that I ordered on 8/23. Supposedly they shipped a "partial " order today. If they had contacted me to tell me they were waiting for all the parts that would have been OK. But silence on their part prompts an inquiry; common sense, which is not all that common today. Whatever. * Sure I can load light subsonics in the .300BLK AR-15 but I don't know if they'll feed even if I manually operate the charge handle. So phooey on that, just load light subs in the single shot and bullet shape means nothing.

I suggest to folks who build HD firearms to have different colored micro red dot sights (MRDS) and lasers if they have both (best IMO). If the MRDS sight is set up correctly once the firearm is brought to the weld one will be looking through it. I suggest red for that since the eye won't need to search for it. The laser should be green. Why? If it's a different color the laser can be set to the sight and easily checked once zeroed. If it too is red which is which? Good luck! And yellow/green is where the human eye is most sensitive. So a green laser is immediately picked up "out there".

A pic rail end cap, pin, and hairpin clip for my B&T GHM9 SBR. The factory folding "wire" stock is a hair too long and I'm looking at one that will fit me better. On a small PCC I don't want a too long stock, I prefer too short rather than too long. I have one that fits me better but it's rigid and I want one that folds AND fits me better. Yeah, I know I'm asking a lot. The end cap was supposed to be delivered today but wasn't. The pin and hairpin clip have been on order for 9 days tomorrow and still haven't even entered the USPS system. B&T gets flunking grades for that! Maybe they're on vacation. In Summer? In Tampa? Maybe but not my top choice for time of year for vaca' in Tampa. But I don't live there. (obviously, otherwise I'd drive there and pick the minor parts up)