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Did your Form 1 go personal, or to the trust?

unclemoak, I can't even explain how awesome it is that you did this. Very, very cool. Can we add these to the cart and buy them, right now?

That was SWEEEEEET!!! :hethan:

Brother, who the hell is gonna engrave Titanium for you?! That stuff is harder than woodpecker lips! <laughs>

Full Auto carrier, brother. No semi carrier. I need to strip it and put it on the scale with another one - I'll use a BCM - and see if the "reduced friction" machining dropped the weight on it any.

That is one damn nice stick, right there. Fine build, my good man. <thumbsup>

Paper clip. Push the end of the paper clip through the hole in the front of the pivot pin - use the paper clip to depress the detent far enough to turn the body of the pivot pin. Once it's turned, cover the end (because that damn detent will FLY!!!) and pull the pin out slowly. Voila. Finished.

This article is from The Federalist. Best piece I've seen yet on all the M855 crap. It's a long-ish read, but very well worth the time: The Obama Administration’s M855 Ammo Ban Is Blatantly Lawless

That is fine, fine work. <thumbsup>

^^^ All the time, man.

250 additional rounds of 300BLK. 7 x 30rd mags and 2 x 20rd mags loaded again. Hornady 150gr FMJ BT over 16.1gr H110, CCI 400 primers, cut-down Lake City 5.56 brass.

<lmao> Hurry, brother - 161 in stock now, and it's going down... <laughs>

LeatherNuts, that's awesome, man. <thumbsup>

SS109 will be just like .22LR now - scarce. It's hit the "famous" status, since The King wants it gone. You'll get lucky to find it, it'll get swept off the shelves fast, and the gougers will always be offering it at jacked up prices. That sucks. I'm glad I reload.

Awesome boots, brother. I've had 2 pairs of them, and it's really, really hard to kill them. I still have the second pair in a box somewhere. Check it: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Lowa+Boots

Very forceful extraction will cause that crack, right there. Mortaring the rifle after stuck cases will cause it, too (not saying you did that, just saying that can cause it).

Not only is 62gr gone around here, ALL .223 Rem/5.56 NATO ammo is cleaned off the shelves. Sickening. I wonder if this had anything to do with the BATFE's reversal, or dropping of it: March 9, 2015 The Honorable B. Todd Jones Director Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 99 New York Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20226 Dear Director Jones: We take issue with the "ATF Framework for Determining Whether Certain Projectiles are 'Primarily Intended for Sporting Purposes' Within the Meaning of 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)©," to which ATF sought comment on February 13, 2015. Congress in 1986 passed the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act (LEOPA). It did so to protect law enforcement officers from a particular category of bullets – those that could be fired from handguns and pierce police officers' body armor. Because rifle ammunition could also pass through police body armor, and some rifle ammunition could be fired from handguns, LEOPA protected common rifle ammunition by exempting from its scope projectiles "which the Attorney General finds [are] primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes." The "Framework" does not follow LEOPA. Without any support, it purports to create an "objective" test never before applied for delineating which projectiles are "primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes." ATF will exempt a ".22 caliber projectile … if the projectile weighs 40 grains or less AND is loaded into a rimfire cartridge," and will exempt other forms of ammunition if they are "loaded into a cartridge for which the only handgun that is readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade is a single shot handgun." But even if a particular projectile satisfies these novel tests, ATF proposes to "retain[] the discretion to deny any application for a 'sporting purposes' exemption if substantial evidence exists that the ammunition is not primarily intended for such purposes." ATF would determine what amounts to "substantial evidence" and whether the "ammunition is not primarily intended for [sporting] purposes." The statute was not enacted to give authority to ATF to do either. In 1986, the sponsors of the legislation were emphatic in stating that ammunition commonly used in rifles for TARGET practice or hunting was not of the type of ammunition that the bill would ban. ATF seems to have decided to ban ammunition types that the law did not ban, then developed from whole cloth an "objective" test to supposedly provide it with the ability to ban the ammunition types it already had selected for prohibition. Earlier, ATF recognized the proper scope of LEOPA. ATF has always granted an exemption to the M855 5.56 x 45mm cartridge from the LEOPA ban because it recognized that this ammunition fell squarely within the "sporting purposes" test. It did so because factually, as well as legally under the legislative language, such cartridges were and are widely used by millions of law-abiding gun owners for "sporting purposes." These cartridges are prevalent for one of the most commonly possessed rifles, the AR-15. Congress did not, and did not intend to, ban this form of ammunition. ATF's proposed restriction of the M855 cartridge is particularly serious in light of efforts to ban other forms of ammunition. The standards in the "Framework" would make use of ammunition containing materials other than lead more difficult. At the same time, various efforts to ban lead ammunition are proceeding apace. Second Amendment rights require not only access to firearms but to bullets. If law-abiding gun owners cannot obtain rifle ammunition, or face substantial difficulty in finding ammunition available and at reasonable prices because government entities are banning such ammunition, then the Second Amendment is at risk. An outright ban is an even more serious threat to the Second Amendment than the threat to the First Amendment's protection of free press created by a TAX imposed only on voluminous purchases of paper and ink. See Minneapolis Star Tribune Co. v. Commissioner, 460 U.S. 575 (1983). It is not clear where ATF believes it has obtained the authority to issue general standards interpreting the meaning of "sporting purposes" under LEOPA as opposed to exempting or not exempting particular cartridges. Nevertheless, no federal statute, including LEOPA, interferes with the ability of law-abiding citizens to obtain ammunition commonly used for such legitimate purposes as TARGET shooting, hunting, and shooting competitions. Nor could any such statute do so consistent with the Second Amendment. The "Framework" should not be adopted, and ATF should not propose in the future to ban any widely used form of ammunition used by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes. Sincerely, Senators joining Grassley on the letter include Mike Rounds (R-S.D.); John Thune (R-S.D.); Cory Gardner (R-Colo.); Tom Cotton (R-Ark.); John Hoeven (R-N.D.); Joni Ernst (R-Iowa); David Vitter (R-La); Michael Crapo (R-Idaho); Jerry Moran (R-Kan.); David Perdue (R-Ga.); James Risch (R-Idaho); John Isakson (R-Ga.); Steve Daines (R-Mont.); Dean Heller (R-Nev.); Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.); Richard Burr (R-N.C.); Roy Blunt (R-Mo.); Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Bill Cassidy (R-La.); John Boozman (R-Ark.); Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.); Ted Cruz (R-Texas); Thom Tillis (R-N.C.); Orrin Hatch (R-Utah); Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.); James Lankford (R-Okla.); Richard Shelby (R-Ala.); Deb Fischer (R-Neb.); Thad Cochran (R-Miss.); Shelley Capito (R-W. Va.); Pat Roberts (R-Kan.); Pat Toomey (R-Pa.); Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska); John Cornyn (R-Texas); Ron Johnson (R-Wis.); Michael Lee (R-Utah); John Barrasso (R-Wyo.); Marco Rubio (R- Fla.); Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.); Dan Coats (R-Ind.); Bob Corker (R-Tenn.); Tim Scott (R-S.C.); Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.); Ben Sasse (R-Neb.); Roger Wicker (R-Miss.); Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.); Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.); Rand Paul (R-Ky.); John McCain (R-Ariz.); Rob Portman (R-Ohio); Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska); and Susan Collins (R-Maine).

Had to fix that one for ya, brother... <lmao>

Those two statements don't make any sense, and you proved it. "One of the guys shooting there" is wrong. If the ammo was underpowered, if wouldn't have locked the bolt back on one round. It's got enough power to cycle the rifle, or that test would have failed - and it didn't.

You won't be led in the wrong direction, I guarantee that.

That's pretty badass, but I still think BJ Baldwin did the race through the Mexican Town better...

I hope it was the BAD-ASS ambi safety...

Sorry, brother - had to jump in there and correct that for ya. <thumbsup>

I'm a big fan of multiple rifles - each one has it's own role. You can make one that fulfills several roles at once. Nothing is perfect, though, except for the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle... :banana: