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There is one BIG one pending... :o You keep tossing these "hints" and damn dares at me, and those things are getting in the way... <dontknow>

Oh, Drew knows my affliction and sickness - he's just as bad (or worse) than I am. <lmao>

For an adjustable stock with some weight, the best you'll do is with the MagPul UBR. I've got that on a 16" 5.56 recce-type gun, and it's sweet. It's kinda heavy, and there's nothing on the planet that's as solid as that, when you look at adjustable-length stocks - no other adjustable stock on the market locks up solid like that beast. That thing is rock-f'ing-solid no matter what position it's in. If you wanted to add some more weight to the PRS, I could come up with some ways to do it - you could drill that thing and add some tungsten weights to it. There are areas you can drill it out and not affect any part of it's function. I'm just sayin'...

He does have nice thumbs - but he's got nothing on Matt Cross. That guy could be a Hand Model... <lmao> I referenced that long ago. You go, Matt. <thumbsup>

Oh, make no mistake - I almost cried twice when I knocked that pile over... twice. I'm officially not taking any more triple-dog-dares from you for at least 28 days. <laughs>

3" Ultra RCP II laying on top of the 4" Tac Pro II sleeping on the 5" Desert Warrior lounging on the 5" BP Ten II double stack .45 ACP. Kinda hard to arrange, and I cringed at them falling over... :o

Now you went and did it... :o <laughs>

You're gonna make me go stack up a bunch of Kimbers, ain't ya?... <dontknow> <laughs>

For purely personal reasons, I could never support a person or a company (through my personal purchases) that would do something like this: Man Kills Self On Dick Swan's Property -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.boston.com/news/local/art...move_memorial/ Family obeys order to remove memorial By Christine Legere Globe Correspondent / October 23, 2008 Email|Print|Single Page|Yahoo! Buzz|ShareThis Text size – + A family grieving over the recent suicide of a father of three was dealt another blow last week, when the owner of the property in East Bridgewater where the man took his life ordered the relatives to take down a small memorial they had set up. The family remains bitter, while the owner says they unfairly criticized police for the man's death and doesn't want his property used for a memorial. On Sept. 23, 35-year-old Chad Hirtle Jr. shot himself deep in 80 acres of woods owned by Richard Swan, a local businessman who runs a weapons-manufacturing company. East Bridgewater Police Chief John Cowan had closed schools on the morning of Hirtle's suicide as a safety measure, and sent a public warning via an automated phone program, reporting an armed man loose in the woods off Spring Street. As a result of the warnings, Hirtle's suicide drew quite a bit of media attention, both in newspapers and on television. Hirtle's wife, Barbara, said she and her husband had a late-evening argument on Sept. 22, and he had stormed outside. She was awakened hours later by a phone call from her husband, asking her to come get him because he was lost. He had ridden his daughter's bicycle to a wooded area off Spring Street and had a gun. Barbara drove to the edge of the woods and shined her car lights to guide her husband out. She also continued talking to her husband on the phone. A passing police officer called in help. Police from several towns searched the woods and tried to persuade Hirtle to surrender his gun and come with them. Police tried to knock him down by shooting bean bags at him, but were unsuccessful, and Hirtle eventually shot himself. The Hirtles have three children: a teenage daughter, an 11-year-old son, and an 8-year-old son with Down syndrome. After the funeral, the family went into the woods to the spot where Hirtle shot himself and set up a memorial with a wooden cross, flowers, and a picture of him. Barbara Hirtle also brought pictures of the children. "We asked permission to set up the memorial, but the problem was we asked the wrong place," Hirtle said. "We thought a different company owned the land." Last week, Swan knocked on Hirtle's door, angry about comments she made in a Brockton Enterprise story, raising the question of whether her husband could have been saved. Barbara Hirtle's father, Ray Edwards, answered the door and took the letter from Swan, assuming it was a letter of condolence. The family was shocked by its contents. In his letter, Swan criticized Hirtle for her quotes in the newspaper. Swan has donated large sums of money to the police and fire departments for equipment. "After reading your comments, I find not one word of Thank You for those police officers . . .," Swan wrote. "For you to attack the heroic efforts of those officers only trying to save your husband's life is disgusting." The letter demanded the memorial be removed by 5 p.m. that day. The family complied. "It's his land, so he has the right to order it, but it was the wording he used in the letter," Edwards said. "Barbara was in tears." In a phone call, Swan told the Globe he blames Hirtle for her husband's death. "He was out there with a gun, and she didn't call the police," he said. "And now she's maligning their efforts. I wasn't going to have my property become part of the show."

I love me a nice 10/22... That hurts to look at. I'm starting to twitch a little. :o

Damn, Jgun, that is SWEET, man!!! <thumbsup> Excellent job on that little beauty!

I used all kinds of ARMS mount in the military - I won't buy them for myself, for a couple reasons. 1. I've used enough of them before. 'Nuff said on that. 2. Purely personal reasons. I'll pick up some LaRue mounts in the future, as I don't have any right now. I've used American Defense mounts in the past, I own two now, and I'll buy another one in the near future, before I try out a LaRue. I've used and owned GG&G mounts before, and I like them alot. My favorite particular GG&G mount is their QD EOTech mount - that thing is badass. I'll definitely be buying one of those, as I can prioritize it. My personal $0.02... <thumbsup>

That's the beauty of this place - there's more than one person to help shove you right off the cliff... <lmao>

Looks good, man - nice job. <thumbsup> I've probably put 1k through one of my 5.56 guns since I painted it, and it's been holding up just fine. I've got before pics when I first sprayed it, but I haven't updated anything since. I'll try to do a before and after comparo and put it up here. Krylon Khaki worked well.

That's a fine looking boomstick you ended up with. Nice job. <thumbsup>

I need to check that site sometime prior to 9 or 10pm... >:(

Damn - I need to remember to check this everyday...

British Army LtCol Tim Collins. He was the Commander of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment of the British Army at the time, and gave this Eve-of-Battle speech to his troops the night before we crossed the border and invaded Iraq, 19 March 2003: "We go to Iraq to liberate not to conquer. We will not fly our flags in their country. We are entering Iraq to free a people and the only flag which will be flown in that ancient land is their own. Show respect for them. There are some who are alive at this moment who will not be alive shortly. Those who do not wish to go on that journey, we will not send. As for the others I expect you to rock their world. Wipe them out if that is what they choose. But if you are ferocious in battle remember to be magnanimous in victory. Iraq is steeped in history. It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birthplace of Abraham. Tread lightly there. You will see things that no man could pay to see and you will have to go a long way to find a more decent, generous and upright people than the Iraqis. You will be embarrassed by their hospitality even though they have nothing. Don't treat them as refugees for they are in their own country. Their children will be poor, in years to come they will know that the light of liberation in their lives was brought by you. If there are casualties of war then remember that when they woke up and got dressed in the morning they did not plan to die this day. Allow them dignity in death. Bury them properly and mark their graves. It is my foremost intention to bring every single one of you out alive but there may be people among us who will not see the end of this campaign. We will put them in their sleeping bags and send them back. There will be no time for sorrow. The enemy should be in no doubt that we are his nemesis and that we are bringing about his rightful destruction. There are many regional commanders who have stains on their souls and they are stoking the fires of hell for Saddam. He and his forces will be destroyed by this coalition for what they have done. As they die they will know their deeds have brought them to this place. Show them no pity. It is a big step to take another human life. It is not to be done lightly. I know of men who have taken life needlessly in other conflicts, I can assure you they live with the Mark of Cain upon them. If someone surrenders to you then remember they have that right in international law and ensure that one day they go home to their family. The ones who wish to fight, well, we aim to please. If you harm the regiment or its history by over-enthusiasm in killing or in cowardice, know it is your family who will suffer. You will be shunned unless your conduct is of the highest for your deeds will follow you down through history. We will bring shame on neither our uniform or our nation. [Regarding the use by Saddam of chemical or biological weapons] It is not a question of if, it's a question of when. We know he has already devolved the decision to lower commanders, and that means he has already taken the decision himself. If we survive the first strike we will survive the attack. As for ourselves, let's bring everyone home and leave Iraq a better place for us having been there. Our business now is north."

My apologies, man - I need to bring my digital caliper home from work with me, and I keep forgetting. I'll remember it tomorrow. :-[

Extractor Spring Upgrade kit, loose then installed:

Not relevant (really) to JMoto's situation here - I bought mine because my .308 kicked like a pissed off mule, but I still wasn't eating up brass. I went this route to tame the recoil, and it has done that well. I always looked at my brass after range sessions before, and it always was good enough to go right into the tumbler. In a nutshell, it was good, so I didn't pay attention to what the CWS would do for me as far as brass goes... <dontknow> I really LOVE what it does for recoil. Not just on the .308 AR, but also for the 5.56 16" recon-type gun. Unreal, on that one, truly nuts... :o Now, for brass ejection, and the .308 AR - I noticed this one this weekend. Big time. Before, brass was launched 4 or 5 feet away, about 4 o'clock. On the bench this weekend, on a small firing table - most of my brass was still on the table, right beside me. I have nothing to show for this, no pics, no anything, and if the brass fell off the table, it bounced away. I'll pay attention ot this in the future. I'll remove the CWS and get a vid, then re-install the CWS and get another vid. I was shocked to see brass sitting beside me, to say the least. <thumbsup>

Now you've gone and done it... <munch>

You're killing me... <lmao> I saw that thing a couple years ago and almost bought one. FDE won't phase me, because I can Aluma-Hide that big bastard! <thumbsup> <laughs> I've almost "pulled the trigger" on that thing several times in the past - one day, I'll do it. And you'll wish you were here drinking a frosty beverage with me... ;D <munch> (I'll even set your rear sight to 800... :o)

I can take a measurement of an old-height upper. all that's left from that measurement is the math of the difference between old and new.

I know Madhouse, me too. <dontknow> Locking the bolt to the rear without removing the firing hand from firing position was revolutionary. The BAD lever did that. Some can argue that the Phase 5 was first to market, but it never would have gotten to market had MagPul not released videos of the BAD, then waiting almost a year to get it into the hands of consumers - Phase 5 filled that gap, and that immediate want. It's the same function, but in a different way of execution of the product. It seems now that more and more manufacturers are looking for complicated ways to incorporate what the levers do, directly into the lower. The more complicated it gets, the more complicated it is to run, and the more training it takes to maintain proficiency on the platform. I've been using the BAD lever since it was first available to the public - like the first day it went on sale. I love it. I haven't tried a Phase 5, because I don't have a need to, with BAD levers on all my ARs already - except for the .308 AR. The Phase 5 will fill that role, but I haven't gotten around to picking one up yet. Eventually. Now, my new lower - the ARFCOM billet lower - it incorporates a bolt release lever directly above the mag release. So does my Spike's billet lower. I really didn't use it on my Spike's lower, because there's a BAD lever on it. On the new one, I use it. I like it. It works great for releasing the bolt after a normal mag change. The more I work this gun, the more I find myself using that same bolt release on the Spike's gun - and I like it. I think my own shooting weaknesses will show as soon as I have a malfunction, and I'm reaching for the BAD lever in order to help clear the malfunction. At that point, I'l figure out what I need to do, but it'll take more time to revert back "to the old way." This piece advertised here - this lower - isn't really revolutionary. It's incorporating something "different" that will need to be trained for. Personally, I can't see the benefit, considering all the other devices that are out there, which do more.