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I don't get time to watch much TV these days, and when I do, I have to fight two kids and a wife over what we are going to watch. I suppose if left to my own devices, I probably enjoy Top Gear and Doctor Who the most of what is on television at the moment. I also enjoyed 'Strike Back' on...

Just watched it the other day, and enjoyed it quite a bit as well. It surprised me, because Wes Anderson films usually irritate me for some reason. I want to like them, but the 'quirkiness' just gets over the top within about 20 minutes of the start. I hated 'The Royal Tenenbaums', was...

I know what you mean. I started out on HKs and 1911s. When I switched my primary comp gun from the HK Expert to the Sig 226, I'd have the slide fail to lock back on an empty mag about 50% of the time. Happened to me three times in one competition. I thought it was the mag followers at first...

10mm is the precursor to .40 S&W. Same bullet diameter (10mm/.40in), the 10mm just has a longer casing. 10mm came first, but the early semi autos were prone to frame damage and some shooters complained about the recoil characteristics. Smith & Wesson then shortened the casing and remarketed...

I took a relatively bohemian attitude with my own children. As long as my daughter could acquit herself safely and seemed to be enjoying herself, I really let her do what was comfortable when she was young. As she got older and (slightly) more interested, we focused on the fundamentals. At 17...

In fairness, I don't know how your military works, but I know a fair amount about how mine does, having served in it and then selling small arms and accessories to it's various departments and branches for a number of years. Your analogy fails our own model pretty much completely. Once you get...

The 'unkind' remark was target at Gonzalez characterization of .44 Mag as a hand cannon for gun nuts. Probably more of a cultural difference than anything else. I do chuckle a little when anyone describes a .45 as a recoil monster. My daughter has been shooting them since she was eight, and...

Let us see if I can do a multiple quote correctly... I think you are being a bit unkind. This is an Elk: It lives in my (metaphorical) back yard. Elk don't particularly like dogs. They also don't like it when you get between them and their children. And when it is mating season, some...

The ARX-160 has started showing up here in both pistol and rifle form. To me, it looks like someone stuck a helium tank on an AR and inflated it. Why, Italians, why? I may not like the Beretta 92, but it's sexy. The ARX-160, on the other hand, looks like it escaped from Bizarro-world. I...

I have been kind of disappointed in Nightforce's new line as well, and they have discontinued a couple scopes that I really liked. On the other hand, there are a lot of new and old manufacturers producing some pretty good glass these days. I've been seeing a lot more Kahles popping up at the...

Thanks for the compliment. In the AR format, I have .22lr, .223/5.56, .300BLK, and .308 Win guns in addition to the 9mm. By far, the majority of them are .223/5.56.

Back in town for a short while, accomplished a few firearm related tasks. Nothing particularly new, but I did get around to finishing a few things. I got a couple Aimpoint Micros which I finally mounted: Mostly finalized my comp gun configurations. Still on the fence about the Vltor E-Mod...

@Makagulfazel: You have listed several good choices, and a realistic price range for all but possibly the LWRC. You should definitely be able to buy a quality AR with a rail for that price. My generic recommendation for someone in the States with limited prior knowledge of the AR15 is to buy...

I am afraid I don't know much about the Highpoint. A good place to look for how to make a rifle CA legal is Calguns.net. Those guys are the experts at building what they want while staying in compliance with California law. In generic terms, a brake isn't going to do very much for a 16"...

@Sua: I bought the 77/44 with the intention of feral pig and coyote control. Feral pigs are very smart, and can figure out pretty quickly where you are when you are shooting at them and their little piggy friends. My hope is that this will give me a little more opportunity to thin the herd...

Whole bunch of stamps came in: The newest SBR lowers: 1. Finally got a Noveske lower as host for my shorty Noveske upper. 2. LMT MRP 10.5 3. All Bravo 12.5 Kino 4. Dedicated 9mm. Not sure what stock is going on it yet. I've got a lot of EOTechs to buy in the near future. M110 can...

I've been guilty of the great board sin of multiple postings numerous times, so I am going to put my best effort into a giant multi-quote post this time. Here goes: The purpose of a silencer/suppressor/can is to reduce or obscure sound signature at the muzzle. Since the user is usually...

SuA answered it for me. In terms of function, it is indeed a 'suppressor' of sound, not a 'silencer'. And what may or may not be obvious is that the sound is much more 'suppressed' in front of the device rather than from the operating position. In my country, (the devil,) our regulatory...

Sig Tac Ops with most of the parts I hated replaced: Of course, I bought it to tack a bunch of stuff on it, so here it is all dressed up: I grabbed a stack of 50' center of mass targets and put them out at about 50' (16 yards, so more like 48'). This is my first target from function...