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I could listen to Johnny Cash all day and night - especially if Douggie Swanson was signing it, nothing more than his guitar, in my garage. Where you, Douggie? Prove me wrong, brother.

Some amazing Kid Rock. Not joking. I know I've posted this one before. That doesn't mean it's any less awesome...

I love this quote from you. It just echoes me, entirely.

That was the "Friends And Family" Deal, right? Buy the .338 LM full gun, get the .500 Blackout upper with it. Cheap, too, Know Rob, and you were in on the FF Deal ("know Rob, like you'd blow Rob" - THAT close...). One complete gun, upper bonus, deal to buy a second lower (because real men have TWO guns, not 1.5 guns)... I know this was the real deal that was talked about, too... I think I already blew Rob. Where's my guns...

Sleep is for the weak. I rest, momentarily throughout the day - for a few seconds at a time - so I can monitor everything around me 24/7. You can sleep when you're dead, brother.

That was probably a rifle gas length system on that barrel, too, that you got that information from. Definitely the port size for a rifle-gas 20". Not a midlength gas system 18" barrel, like you have. These little details make a HUGE difference. So many people just blow that off, so commonly. Just think it's nothing. It means everything. Details really do matter, and ALL the details, too. Not just some of them. Your gun either runs, or it doesn't. We help you make it run - or we fail. Details... Garbage in, garbage out, just like the smartest computer. We're not that "smartest computer" - we need your real no-shiit gun details and measurements, here. If we don't get those real no-shiit numbers that we ask for... then we're no better than "garbage in-garbage out"... I hope everyone understands that aspect of it.

Website is still up - but are those even viable now? Can you order them and get them, or is that website old and no longer functional - though it's still up? Have you contacted them? That's old-skool shiit, right there. Call them on the phone. Like, dialing a real phone, and calling people. 316-393-4434

Yeah, that's inside my quoted article - that doesn't mean I'm the dumbass that doesn't know "IP Assets" - just for the record...

Please don't tell me that you're fucking around with some Rock River LAR-8 gun here, or some of their parts, IN your gun. The numbers you're stating match up to a LAR-8 buffer, which would be a giant fukup on your part. List vendors for your parts, where you got 'em, what they advertised them as. Links (directly) to the parts you ordered will help. You have a LAR-8 rifle buffer, if it's truly 5.4" long. No Bueno for most of these platforms.

Post pics of the parts that you have, put up a tape to verify. Rifle receiver extensions are 9 11/16" internal depth. They never vary, from that. .308AR, 5.56 guns, whatever. Rifle receiver extensions are all the same internal depth. Always.

If you're really serious, and this is the length of your rifle buffer, then do me a favor - measure the INTERNAL DEPTH of your receiver extension. I don't care how long it is, from end to end, that people mistakenly measure. OAL doesn't mean shiit. INTERNAL DEPTH of the receiver extension is the only thing that matters- measure yours. It either needs to be 7.000" internal, or it's 7 5/8" internal. Everything else isn't even to any "spec" out there, and it's an anomoly. Rifle buffers for .308ARs are 5.200" long. Rifle buffers for AR15s are 5.900" long. You don't have either one of those, if yours is really 5.400" long. That's not right. Get ready to fire up your machine shop. I'm just sayin'.

I have wood for you. Lemme get it dug out, and I'll have modern pics for you. Most of my pics of it are 10 years old, and hard to find here. Wood, iron sights, and classic lines is what exactly made this gun, and no other gun I have can do what this one does. You might like it. Welcome aboard, man.

I still need to work on the ammo loads for that one. I'm ready, anytime... "Cool Season" is starting down here, and I'm all about load development for the next 8 months...4 Then it'll get hot again.

I LOVE IT!!! Stay Spicy, brother...

That's old-skool Matrix, right there. I have one of those sets that I made into a.338 Federal AR, and it's wicked bad. ^^^ Exactly right - you HAD to have their pivot and takedown pins, because they were longer than "normal." When I built my set for my .338 Fed from those, I got one extra pivot or takedown pin from YOU, brother, and someone else here sent me the OTHER pin that I needed - or I'da been fucked. Kudos to the brothers - without you guys, that gun wouldn't have happened. Extra pivot pin from one, extra takedown pin from the other... The .338 Fed 16" gun:

Exactly. Report form from PSA - "No, your AAC Suppressor was functionally fine when it left our factory, and we tested it. You had a baffle strike, and that's not out problem. Your bill is $900 to fix this suppressor." AAC in the old days - back in the Kevin Brittingham Days - "they fixed stupid once - after that, it's gonna cost ya..." Baffle strike? YOU FUCKED UP, and didn't ratchet it down... no worrys.... We'll do this for you, fix stupid, this time. After that happens, there IS no "next time" - ever, as a suppressor user. I don't see PSA doing this. I see PSA making money, because they certainly don't make money on all their budget .308AR guns - those things are a money pit, that you need to fix, to get them to run right. @Robocop1051, I need to make you a bet. YOU VS. ME, brother. There's NO WAY you hate CMMG as much as I hate PSA. No fucking way, brother. CMMG truly sucks, but I'll use CMMG parts before I'd EVER use a POS PSA part. Nothing about PSA even works like it should, unless it's a 5.56 gun - and EVERYONE has THAT figured out. Bring the bet, brother.

Selling it was probably your best move, man. What are you shooting now?

BIG History. Had a three-way phonecall with him one time, and he didn't know that I was the 3-way. After he threatened to get his lawyers after me for what I said about his comments online... Wanted to "get his lawyers after me" for what I posted here, that didn't reflect what he was stating... HAAAA!!!! I'm SO IN on that!@!!! ...aaand DEN?! ...that's when I let him know that I was on the line. Too. Bring your lawyers, whiner. Didn't work out too pretty. Didn't phase me, not in the least, but I never had any of his lawyer-threats show up at my door. He's a BIG PSA FanBoi, super-proponent of them, Giant PSA Ass-Kisser, and all their shiit is perfect, out of the box. I disproved that theory, time and time again, right here. He's big - or his followers are big - on THR. One of his followers or fan-bois over there doesn't like me, and he's JUST like bfoosh. That guy doesn't come here for .308AR info, though - he just spouts his own nonsense over there. He gives really bad info, by the way. Just another troll and fan-boi bullshiit-reproducer. No facts learned on your own - just spout what you heard. Good luck, THR users,on accurate .308AR information. Hopefully, some of you show up here, when your problems aren't fixed over there. We welcome you. Build a couple of these things, in more than one caliber, and you'll quickly find out - what the facts are, on this system. Build a garbage-caliber weapon, shoot garbage ammo, and if it works... that doesn't make you a "professional" on this platform. Get out of your box, do your own shiit, build your own shiit, fix all your shiit-parts from manufacturers (and they're all over)... and then comment on this platform... @bfoosh006, you're more than welcome to drop in here and deliver your recollection of all that. I'd welcome it. Bring the pain. Brother.

5FDP has a whole list of songs that they pull off, routinely - but they're not normal. They're super-human.

Shinedown's Simple Man. There are truly very few bands that can pull this kinda shiit off. Not every band could do it all. Once in awhile, a modern band can pull off an old classic - that no other band could do... This is one of those...

FML... The Rabbit Hole... and I fell in it. No way to tell Anthrax from Kansas on this one. Never been a cover more perfect than this, ever. Anthrax crushed it. Carry On Wayward Son... Kinda hard to believe, right? - if you know both these bands?...

Rabbit hole... That song above reminds me of this one... And that, in turn, reminds me of some badass remakes. And there are alot of them now. Unreal remakes. Here's the Uncle Kracker version of this one, and it's legit. Kracker is amazing. (Hey, men - seems like The Uncle Kracker version of "Drift Away" has been high-jacked by bullshiit links, if you try to link it here from YouTube (which sucks). Just hit YouTube, search "Uncle Kracker Drift Away" and you'll get to see what I'm talking about. Sorry about the bullshiit process, but YT got fucked on this one, and so did Kracker...) - Just look it up, men... It's worth it... Just as smooth as the original... Listen, back to back, you'll get it, brothers.

Can you even IMAGINE that your AAC Supressors are now owned by PSA?!!? You gotta be kidding me. I missed the fucking boat on buying an AAC suppressor, and I certainly won't now. No fuckin' way. Send it back to PSA for a repair? Their assembly monkeys can't even put the right buffer in a .308AR before it ships - how the hell are they gonna warranty a top-line suppressor?...

There's a shining light inside this storm cloud - it means that Cerberus Capital Management is DEAD. They're the fuckheads that gobbled up all these companies starting 10 years ago. I hope they don't ever come back. They obviously sucked at it, hindsight being what it is now - even though many of us said it 10 years ago. Maybe we were brilliant, just fuckin' smart, or partially clairvoyant. Many of us called this when it started happening, though.

Remington got chunked-up. 7 different buyers. Some of this is pretty shocking. Check it: https://www.pewpewtactical.com/bankrupt-remington-sold-off/ Bankrupt Remington Sold Off: Here Are The Winners September 29, 2020 In case you missed it, Remington is dead. Like… super dead. This time for real. Back in July Remington filed for bankruptcy…. Again. Yesterday it was announced that Remington Outdoors Co. will be purchased by seven buyers–each taking a different piece or pieces of the once-great American firearms manufacture. But what does that mean going forward? Is this good news for the average gun-owner or bad? Let’s take a look at who got what piece of the carcass and see if we can’t draw some conclusions. SOLD! The winners are, pending final court approval but I would be shocked if there were any take-backs: Vista Outdoor Inc. bought the Lonoke based ammunitions business and other IP assets Roundhill Group LLC bought everything firearms that is non-Marlin Sierra Bullets LLC bought Barnes ammunitions Sturm, Ruger, & Co. bought Marlin firearms JJE Capital Holdings LLC won DPMS, H&R, Stormlake, AAC and Parker brands - PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE, DOWN THE ARTICLE!!! Franklin Armory Holdings Inc. won Bushmaster brand and some related assets Sportsman’s Warehouse Inc. won the Tapco brands So that’s a nice list–but we need to take a closer look at each one to really get an idea of what it means. Anyone else disappointed they didn’t live auction it all off? Vista Outdoor Inc. Buys Remington Ammunition If you don’t know who Vista Outdoors is, they are the guys that own almost everything. Bushnell, RCBS, Hoppes #9, Federal, CCI, Speer, Blazer, M-Pro 7, Camelbak, and a dozen other brands all fall under the Vista banner. And now we can add Remington Ammo to that list. While I haven’t seen anything detailing what “other IP assets” means, it’s likely just some brand names and trademarks. I like this buy, personally. Remington ammo like their UMC line is about the only Remington product I’ve bought in the last 10 years. It’s decent ammo, it’s cheap, and it goes bang. Vista Outdoors owns a bunch of other ammo brands so one more is one less layer of diversity, but maybe we’ll see some more ammo on the market soon. Roundhill Group LLC Buys Non-Marlin Firearms and a Steam Plant Parcel This is the only non-firearms industry company to win a bid. From the digging I did, they are a property investment firm out of Virginia. Reading up about them, I’m surprised they even entered this cat fight. From what I can tell, they are almost exactly what they say they are–a firm that invests in real estate. They bought the Remington gun factory that builds the once legendary 870 and other shotguns, a handgun barrel factory, and a steam plant parcel. Honestly, I don’t know what to make of this and I’m all sorts of confused. This seems like a strange buy for the firm, but from the sound of it, they plan on keeping the plants open–great news for the employees. The president of the United Mine Workers of America, who for reasons I don’t know is the union representing the workers of the Remington plant in Ilion, has said that they have been in talks with Roundhill about the collective bargaining agreement at the factory and that the plant will remain open even after the sale. I hope it works out, and I hope we get good shotguns from Remington again. But I’m wary about this one. Sierra Bullets Buys Barnes Ammunitions This is some news I really like! Sierra has long been one of the best manufacturers for great precision rounds, both match grade and for hunting. Barnes is another huge player in both worlds. My greatest hope is that with their powers and IPs combined, we’ll see some huge changes in bullet technology. Of anyone that could have bought Barnes, I’m glad it was Sierra. That said–it also wouldn’t surprise me if Sierra decided to buy Barnes with the express goal of canning the whole brand and absorbing the assets. From a purely business standpoint, that seems like a great plan if you just want to make a big pile of money. Sturm, Ruger, & Co Bought Marlin Everyone knows who Ruger is. The 10/22, the Ruger Precision Rifle, and recently the Wangler are all amazing products brought to us by Ruger. The idea of them owning Marlin should be awesome news for all of us. Right now if you want a lever-action rifle your main choices are Marlin, Winchester (if you can find one), Henry, Italian-based companies doing reproductions like Uberti, or some very questionable Rossi rifles out of Brazil. Marlin has been in the lever-action game for a long, long time–but under Remington ownership, the quality has declined sharply. Ruger with their talent for great quality control and reasonable prices could bring new life to Marlin–either under the Marlin name or as Ruger producing their own branded lever-gats. Either way, I’m excited! JJE Capital Holdings LLC Buys DPMS, H&R, Storm-Lake, AAC, and Parker JJE is probably a name you don’t recognize right off the bat, but you actually do know them. JJE is the parent company of Palmetto State Armory. While JJE wanted to buy the Remington ammunition division, it looks like they lost to Vista Outdoors. DPMS Stripped and sold for parts basically right before Remington announced their bankruptcy in July, so I expect that is more of a branding buy than anything. Harrington & Richardson Makers of single-shot rifles and shotguns. I guess we might see a line of budget single-shot firearms from PSA in the next few years? Storm-Lake A handgun barrel manufacturing brand. I don’t know if PSA is building their own handgun barrels in-house for the PSA Dagger, but if they aren’t then this makes perfect sense to buy. Even if they are already doing the Dagger’s barrels in-house, buying another plant will open up even more options for them down the road. Hopefully, this means we’ll see even more handguns from PSA. Advanced Armament Corporation This is an interesting buy. I would love to see a line of PSA suppress come to the market. With their ability to make economical options for the masses, I think this could be very beneficial to the people. Parker Brands Are they even a thing anymore? This name set off the history dork in me and after double-checking, I think this is referring to the Parker Bros. shotgun line. Remington bought Parker Bros. in 1934, but it went defunct in 1942. In 2006 Remington brought back the Parker Gun for a hot minute as a publicity stunt. Way back in the day these were the cool guy shotguns and were wielded by Annie Oakley, Frank Bulter, and other legendary badasses. Today, original Parker shotguns sell on the low-end for at least 1 or 2 grand and on the high-end for as much as $75,000. I don’t really know how to feel about it. Maybe JJE got it as a package deal, buy 4 brands get 1 free? I really don’t think we’ll see them or PSA try to revive the Parker Brothers legacy, but PSA has dived into some strange waters before so… maybe. Franklin Armory Holdings Inc. Buys Bushmaster Ah… Bushmaster. Much like DPMS, Bushmaster was basically stripped and sold for parts not long ago. Once upon a time, Bushmaster made a solid line of AR-15s. Maybe Franklin bought them for the name, maybe they got some manufacturing bits out of it, we’re not sure yet. Either way–I don’t think this will really change anyone’s day. Sportsman’s Warehouse Inc. Won Tapco It’s a match made in heaven if you ask me. If Bubba wants to murder his SKS, he drags it through the Tapco catalog. That just sounds perfect to now be owned by Sportsmans Warehouse. I expect this means we’ll see Tapco parts and accessories making a comeback soon. Maybe even get an expansion under new ownership. Is this bad? Is this good? Eh… really too soon to tell. Tapco never made outstanding products, but they weren’t bad either. Honorable Mentions To me this part is interesting also, but here are some brands that didn’t win the auction. Now maybe they were just in it to see if they could get something on the cheap or to drive the price up for the competition, but it’s interesting either way. Sig Sauer The backup winner for the Remington ammunition plants is Sig! Sig already makes some very nice ammo, but with their attempts to score some US military contracts for things like .277 Fury adoption — it makes sense that they’re shopping for more manufacturing capabilities. Barnes Ammunition Business I can’t confirm this, but it looks like Barnes tried to buy itself. Not uncommon, and it’s a little sad that they weren’t able to. Century Arms Losing the bidding war to Roundhill Group, Century Arms was in the running for the non-Marlin firearm business part of the deal. Long Range Acquisition LLC This is the investment firm that in 2019 bought Savage Arms from Vista Outdoors. It seems they also wanted to buy Marlin but lost to Sturm, Ruger & Co. After spending $170 million dollars to buy Savage last year, you got to wonder just how flush with cash they are to try and bid on Marlin now. Parting Shots As much as we might not like it, Remington has been in the gutter for years. Quality-control problems, rust problems, bankruptcy after bankruptcy, and the Bushmaster-Sandy Hook lawsuit. This once-great American brand was killed off by accountants and investors that cared only for the dollar and not the customer. My hope is that with these brands under new ownership, we’ll finally see the innovation they deserve and the quality we demand return to each branch. Maybe we’ll even see something totally different like a new line of Parker Bros shotguns or Ruger lever-action rifles. Only time will tell. What do you think of the sell-off? Let us know in the comments!