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I had completely forgotten that part of it - until now... <lmao> <laughs> I agree - I love this place. I cringe at the thought that most of the stuff that comes up as questionable... has something to do with me, in some way. Usually, directly... :-[ I have a hard time holding my tongue, sometimes. <dontknow>

I'm still patiently waiting on a custom set of grips for my Desert Warrior - and the gripmaker has my Desert Warrior... He's had it since the middle of October... :-[

From what was stated in that article - minus the mag-cap restrictions - that's nothing new. They NEED to look at the mental health poop, but for firearms, we're all aready doing the poop they're "proposing." Fukc them. If they shove this poop down the American public's throat as an Executive Order, then the entire presidency has bypassed the Constitutional intent completely - They have poop directly on the Constitution. This is NOT what this country is supposed to do... Sickening.

Jon, I can't even IMAGINE that you'd recommend a Choate extended tube. That's the same tube that comes on the Moss 930SPX. Don't you know how weak those are, and how easily they dent/jam/fail?... poop, they dent when you LOOK at them... I say that in jest - it's a joke. Nordic Components hasn't had my Moss 930SPX extension in stock... for about a year and a half. Some time ago, on this board, the weakness of the Choate tube was HELL-RAISED by a guy, and I tore his ass up. It was pretty damn good for a minute. I got my junk smashed for that one... :o <dontknow> For those looking - the Choate will work out fine. I still run my Choate extension, to this day. <thumbsup> If NC ever gets my extension made, I'll upgrade to it, but that's the sickness of "upgrading." The NC has an additional advantage over the Choate, and that was what I was looking for - unscrew the endcap and download the tube. Buy the Choate fear-free - it gets more rounds in the tube, and that's the goal. (My weak Choate tube still doesn't have any dents in it, either - I hope that guy comes back and reads this...)

Absolutely. This is very, very sad news...

This kind of poop is so unbelievable - that it doesn't surprise me.

Department of Homeland Security has more than 1.6 BILLION rounds stockpiled.

No poop. Foreign pregnant women apply for and receive Tourist Visas to the US. The come here and check into a "Maternity Tourism Hotel." They give birth. On US soil. For the reason of benefits. I poop you not - read the news: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-birthing-centers-20130104,0,2523789.story

I completely endorse the two conservative bills that were introduced, both of which want to end "Gun Free Zones." Hell yeah, that poop is PROVEN to be a nutcase/criminal magnet.

Military Arms Channel does EXCELLENT reviews. <thumbsup> They rock. :hethan:

Nordic Components - the best out there, by far. <thumbsup> http://shop.nordiccomp.com/NC-Shotgun-Accessories_c4.htm

Nice acquisitions, my brother. Very nice. The Varget is a score - if they have more, consider hitting them up again. Also nice on the primers - the 400s are good, and don't let some people scare you about using them in an auto-loader. There are stories out there that the non-srung AR firing pin sets them off when you chamber a round. That may have happened somewhere, from a high primer, but I've never had it happen in properly loaded cases. Projectiles are hard to find right now... The Varget will run the two types you found, and run it very well. <thumbsup>

Matt, I sure hope you can make that happen with the locals - that would be an invaluable connection and asset, in the not-so-distant future. Count me in for several. <thumbsup>

Matt, you have some SERIOUS skills, brother. That was impressive! <thumbsup>

No chance - I'm gonna do that right out in public, so the local news can capture the look on her face. <thumbsup> ;D

OOS at DSG Arms, but it's possible to backorder it. DSG is very, very good with their backorders. <thumbsup> Odd, all the stuff I used to build the newest rifle was all ordered on Dec 16th and 17th, the rifle is built and already had the sights zeroed. Almost everything I used on it is OOS all over the place... :-[

<lmao> <laughs> DAYYUM, GREG!!!

That's what you said about me - I take offense that you're just out here now, passin' that poop out. I think we need to talk... <dontknow> <lmao>

Slammed him STRAIGHT in the Vag. He might have liked it, too... <dontknow> <lmao>

Which one, brother? Point out the one you were talking about... Most of the civ-legal stuff get's out to about 200 or 250 yards.

That guy wasn't quite right - if ya know what I mean. There was some "Desert Deliverance" poop going on there, brother... We were lucky to escape - without choking his weird-ass out and being charged for it!!! <lmao>

By the way, from a firearms-perspective view... I buy ALOT of BCM complete Bolt Carrier Groups (BCGs). Alot of them. 6 months ago (and for years prior - years), they were $139. About 2 months ago, they were up to $159. I picked up a couple, then. Now, even though unavailable (OOS), they're listed at $179... I bought these for a few years, at the same price. In the last 6 months, the price has gone up twice. It's never, ever going to get any better for us. <dontknow> Get what you can, when you find it. That's really the bottom line. I no jokey about that. ;D

For the record, 416 stainless isn't a better material (for a barrel) over 410 stainless. That's why you see alot of 416 barrels, and not very many 410 barrels - 410 is supposed to be a bitch to machine. Bravo Company makes a few 410 barrels, for specific applications, but there aren't many other manufacturers out there that do it. It's pricey stuff. Now, is a 416 stainless carrier better than a 8620 steel carrier? I have no clue, whatsoever. I doubt that the 416 is better than 8620 tool steel, when a 410 ss barrel is better than 416 ss barrels, for strength... Why not make that carrier from 410 ss, then? Bottom line, I'm not trusting ANY stainless steel carrier, until I see numbers. Comparisons. Show me the differences between the two. Not 416 to 410 - that's already there. Show me both 416 and 410 to 8620. Bolts should be from 158 Carpenter steel, as well as tool steel extractors and ejectors... Bottom line, a machine shop can't pull this off. This is poop that they're not used to, and materials a typical machine shop can't even get ahold of. They won't have any idea where to source this stuff from. When they find it, they'll pay out the ass for it, and so will their customer, after machining. Unless they commit to this 110%, buy bulk, and go big, then they won't get discounts on the proper materials. Now... all this is my ass-umption that they're just a machine shop. All this might backfire on me, when I find out that they're truly that badass, and already have cheap sources for true gun-steel. Here's what they need to pull off, in addition to the carrier: Bolt carrier group (auto version) for your AR15, M16, or M4. Parkerized exterior and chrome lined inside carrier. Machined to USGI specifications. This M16/M4 carrier includes the proper Mil-Spec gas key. Gas key is chrome lined and heat treated per GI specifications. Gas key is secured to carrier via USGI domestic mfg Grade 8 fasteners and properly staked per Mil-Specs. These properly hardened parts insure a strong staking and proper gas system functioning. The bolt assembly is machined from the correct Mil-Spec Carpenter No. 158® steel, shot peened for increased strength, includes tool steel machined extractor and ejector. •Milspec Carpenter No. 158® steel •HPT Bolt (High Pressure Tested/ Proof) •MPI Bolt (Magnetic Particle Inspected) •Shot Peened Bolt •Chrome Lined Carrier (AUTO) •Chrome Lined Gas Key •Gas Key Hardened to USGI Specifications •Grade 8 Hardened Fasteners •Key Staked Per Mil-Spec •Tool Steel Extractor

Bolt material, with shot-peening standards? Magnetic-particle inspected? High-Pressure tested, with the right proof loads? I don't think a machine shop can handle proof-load testing. Not trying to piss in your cheerios, Matt, but this is something that a machine shop can't really do, unless they're a firearms-specific machine shop, with about unlimited access in firearms knowledge. I hope it works, but this isn't lathe and milling work, brother. Not for something that's pushing 60,000 psi about 3 inches from my face. <dontknow>

Your local machine shop needs to know the correct steel grades, correct treating processes, and correct testing processes, in order to get it right - that's where the cost comes from. If they can do it, I'm in. Basically, follow the TDP for a government contracted, issued M16-varient or M4 BCG, and that's what they need to know how to do, and be able to do. <thumbsup>