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Brother, you can cruise over the night before, and crash at my place. If you plan the trip accordingly, you can hit Supercross with me. I'll get the ticket tomorrow, just let me know. <thumbsup>

747 - again, like the Boeing... <dontknow>

That would be cool for scope dope. <thumbsup> Would work as well as any other device or idea...

And then... when you can't find the projos to load, you just have to picked up loaded ammunition. Damn it.

Schit, I'm down to about 6lbs of Varget now - and can't find it anywhere. I've got a few pounds of other powders I'm going to play with, and see what they do. There's 3lbs of Accurate 2520, and 2lbs of Accurate 2495. I have high hopes for the 2520 in the 5.56 rifles. If I can get some 77gr SMKs and 75gr Hornady BTHPs to 2750fps with that powder, it'll be my "new powder" for the 5.56 heavy loads. I may even use it for the 70gr Barnes TSX loads, if I can ever find those damn projos again. Still need to process all these things - they've all had the initial tumbling, but they need decapped and resized.

I traded a copious amount of my money for a tracking number from Precision Reflex... <lmao>

Damn, that's a good lookin' set. <thumbsup>

Never did find my camera. It WENT with me to the dunes for the Thanksgiving trip. It didn't return. I suspect Foul Play, at the hands of a 17-year-old... :bat: Time to start the waterboarding, until I get some answers... :eek: I picked up a new camera, so now I can get pics again. This new one is a hell of alot better than my old one anyway.

Welcome, brother, from a little south of PHX. Prescott isn't too far away - we'll have you making the drive for a meet-n-shoot shortly after your AZ arrival... <dontknow> <laughs>

Pricing information - obviously, this is Lancer's MSRP: 5-Round L7 Opaque Dark Earth: $47.49 Opaque Black: $47.49 Translucent Smoke: $54.99 Translucent Clear: $54.99 Translucent Dark Earth: $59.99 Translucent Black: $59.99 10-Round L7 Opaque Dark Earth: $43.99 Opaque Black: $43.99 Translucent Clear: $44.99 Translucent Smoke: $44.99 Translucent Dark Earth: $49.99 Translucent Black: $49.99 20-Round L7 Opaque Dark Earth: $44.99 Opaque Black: $44.99 Translucent Clear: $49.99 Translucent Smoke: $49.99 Translucent Black: $54.99 Translucent Dark Earth: $54.99 Read more: http://www.gunsandammo.com/2014/01/07/first-look-lancer-systems-l7awm-ar-10-magazines/#ixzz2psRgOGMP For those that question the pricing differences between the translucent and opaque mags, it's more difficult to manufacture a translucent mag, and the material costs are a little higher (to maintain the same strength). There is a real manufacturing difference, so there's a cost difference. <thumbsup>

I really like that setup. <thumbsup>

There are also carbine-length barrels running midlength gas systems. Primarily 5.56 stuff, 16" midlength barrels and 14.5" midlength barrels. The 14.5" midlength shoots very, very nice. <thumbsup>

737, like the Boeing. <thumbsup>

^^^ THAT, Ladies and Gentlemen, is what makes this place great! <laughs> <lmao>

EVERYBODY is invited. ALWAYS! These kind of gatherings are sometimes planned, sometimes not. Just kinda spontaneous. Anytime you guys wanna get together, the only thing stopping us is getting here. I guarantee, if someone travels a long distance just to meet up, ALL the local guys here will clear some schedules and get together. Mike, if you'd make a trip from Idaho, you're reason enough to throw a huge-ass range fest. Same to you, Bubba. :happydrunks:

I'm in. I need to get this ready for Sunday. <laughs>

I'll be there - finally got approval for time off work. Tuesday through Friday, late arrival Tuesday afternoon. Mike! I'll look for Lance - is he setting up a booth?

This looks like their answer for the 7.62 mags, that they've got figured out for the 5.56 mags. Figured out QUITE well. I love the hell out of their 5.56 mags. I won't ditch the Pmags that I've got, for anything, and I wouldn't stop buying Pmags, but I've been stocking up on Lancers for quite awhile now. I buy more Lancers now than I do Pmags, when I find them. <thumbsup>

Phone - specifically, the Phone In Question. Check. Tannerite. Check. Ammo. Check. Guns. Enough to get this done. Check. Pictures of Drew... CHECK. <lmao>

Afghani-Land cured his ass. That place does that for some, not for others. <thumbsup>

Quoting this one right here, just because... Rob, I'll find out tomorrow about my time off - forgot to ask if they'd approved it - but Dawn Marie is good during SHOT. She's off. If I can't get you a room, this late, you're bunking with us. If that's the case, bring range muffs and a blindfold. I'm just sayin'... <hump> <laughs>

SS, you know the rule... The one who brings it up... <lmao>

Multiple. In varying sizes. I should get off my ass and list this stuff with pics. Individual, and group, med kits - this is the first line of defense when schit goes sideways. And you can never predict when schit is gonna go sideways on you. Dirk and I have talked about this more seriously, as of Thanksgiving 2012. Time was destiny, as far as that goes - we've been doing the T-Day dune trip together for 10 years straight (as of this year), and there's always an accident - but never too serious. Schit, I broke my damn hand a couple years ago, still have a lump. That was probably the most serious thing that happened in all those years. Most years, someone "gets off" a quad, we laugh, video it, and just drive on. Last year, 2012, not the latest trip this previous November. Broken leg, near sundown, in one of the sand washes. First we heard was people coming back to camp - all separated after a run - and a phonecall from my son, who was riding with him. We scrambled back down the sandwash to find them, and sure enough it was a broken Tib/Fib inside the riding boot. We had enough to get the rider stabilized, immobilize the leg (joint above and below the fractures), and get him back to camp. Once back in camp, it was "into the truck," and a ride to the hospital in Yuma. I can't honestly tell you that I've ever seen my kid so calm before, and so receptive to direction - did what he was told, exactly how he was told, and promptly. He made a difference, and without him, it was only me and Dirk. And the broken rider. That incident had Dirk and I talking about alot of things, both at the end of that trip, and through the year following. Overall, we're DAMN lucky we havent had to deal with broken necks, broken spines, all sorts of bones sticking through skin, etc., over the years - especially if you guys knew some of the crew that shows up as "Usual Suspects." DAMN lucky. We had more plans for more med gear for this last trip, and we just didn't get it done. We will positively have more gear for next year, without a doubt. Short spine board, maybe a long spine board, head immobilization devices for both, I'll build an old Ski Patrol device we used to use for immobilizing arm/leg fractures, along with a built-in traction device - in case of femur fractures. I won't go another dune season without this stuff out there with us. Sometimes out there, someone in a UTV (side-by-side) or on a quad can get to an injury a HELL of alot faster than a helicopter can. Communications are KEY, to relay the extent of the injury, load appropriate equipment, and get to the injury as fast as possible. Funny thing about the broken leg - we got there, and the casualty was already in shock. Not unexpected, especially after talking with him on the phone (communications). We kinda knew it before leaving camp. We got there, and tried to extricate him without immobilizing the leg - speed is sometimes more important. Wasn't happening. The pain was to great, and he was a tough MF'er for trying to gut it out. To tough - he almost passed out. We got him back on the ground, immobilized that broken schit, and he was worried - "Should we just go ahead and call an ambulance?!" Hell no, brother, there's no way in hell they can get in here, into this wash, without getting stuck before they get to us - and it'll take too long... "Tommy, it's getting dark, we have to do something - but, no matter what, don't put me on a helicopter..." Fuk a helicopter, brother - THAT will take too long. Even if we called for one NOW, it's too long. AND, it'll blow sand EVERYWHERE trying to come in. NO helicopter, NO way. We WILL get you out of here before the sun goes down. Don't worry about that. And we did. And we did it well. After that trip, we realize we need more med gear. You always need more med gear. You never know what will happen, you never now when it will happen. No matter what, you can never have enough med gear for every situation, and you can never have enough med training for every situation. You just have to have a continuing responsibility for more med gear and more med training.

Re-awakened. May 2014. Watch out. :banana:

He's about to dragged down to "becoming an equal," about the May timeframe. With a sneak attack, AT his fridge, at midnight. When he's least expecting it. I'll leap outta that fridge, grab that ass in a rear naked choke, Ron tosses the black hood over him, Rene duct tapes his head shut, Matt flex-cuffs his feet while Jay (in an unexpected trip, suddenly) handcuffs his wrists and smacks him in the mellon with a PR-24... And the trip finally "begins..." :bat: <laughs> <lmao> I'll waterboard the FUK outta him until he tells us ALL his secrets - in the back of that van... :banana: :banana: