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Ruger should really stick to what they know best, .22LR guns. Never been impressed with any of their revolvers or semi-autos other then the MkII. Their 10/22 rifles are nice too, customized three so far.

Yeah, everyone should know how to detail strip a 1911 and put it together again. Simplest gun out there mechanically. Glad you found it a learning experience and that it works again. I am a certified 1911 armorer and do some gunsmithing on my guns besides. Nothing to it really, just have to be careful. I recommend reading the Kuhnhausen book on 1911s.

I do wish folk's would get off the "cheap furniture" train. The only thing "cheap" about the WASR furniture is that it's not been finished whatsoever. It is a lamimated beech wood military stock set, just waiting for you to get creative. "Cheap furniture" would be made of pine or that sh*t that they make out of glue and sawdust. In my case it WAS cheaply finished. Not saying it was wrong wood and such but obviously cast off ex-military stuff with the finish flaking off in 1" square sections. I cut off the idiotic front pistol grip with a band saw, stripped the finish off and sa

Great. How are you set for potable water? Remember, local water supplies will be disrupted and possibly contaminated. Dry food is good, but you still need water to cook it. I do get you point though. I figure I got a bunch of canned goods, always restocking those as we use them and some dry goods too. Bought a bunch of Mountain House in the big cans for pennies a few years ago, they are good for at least a decade. If I run out I can always turn to feral man's favorite pastime, pillaging. Being nice and civilized is one thing but here we are talking survival and everything is fair game. O

Tung oil has been a standard for stock finishing for years. You can always refinish if it wears. I did about eight coats on mine. Be careful though it can bubble if not applied right and it tends to get sticky as it starts to dry. Have not tested hard wear use, I treat all of my guns well, even AKs. When dry it is very water proof and looks real good. Here is a link to more info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung_oil

Haven't had one in years. Quit smoking in 92. I do miss my pipe sometimes though. The best cigar I ever had was in college right after big chilli breakfast cooked illegally in the dorms. One of the guys there was Italian and brought out an espresso maker (one of the old fashioned kind you used on a stove top) and made espresso. I got my highly illegal (dry campus) bottle of Courvosier cognac for the coffee. We then got a couple of cheapo cigars (not sure what they were) and went out with our cognac laced espresso to smoke and drink. It was snowing, that soft clean snow you only get in

I bought a S&W M&P 15T a year or so ago. It came with the folding front BUIS mounted on the free float rail and a foldign BUIS on the receiver rail. Turned out the rail and barrel are not anywhere near aligned, had to crank the rear windage half way over to get on target at 25 yards. Did some thinking and traded the folding BUIS in for a YHM folding front sigh tower and rear BUIS. The folding tower attached great just behind the flash hider and with a little tweaking of the tilt got it dead on without playing with rear windage. Now my concern is that the folding front sight tower i

Scrap the high power and get a CZ-75.

What he said. Be careful, the leaf spring likes to move when you put the mainspring housing back in sometimes, make sure the little tongue of the spring is in the slot in the frame. I usually make sure the leaf spring is properly aligned and just slide the mainspring housing just far enough to hold it in place. Then I make sure the hammer strut is going into the proper hole in the mainspring housing while sliding it further up. Use a punch to hold the mainspring housing in place and test for function, then finally place the final pin in. When testing make sure you are blocking the hammer so i

Decide to get the following; 1911 in 9mm due to ease of repair and parts availability .22 1911 conversion from Kimber for cheap practice Already got everything else I need.

I had heard that there were documented cases of people starving to death from eating nothing but rabbits, but they probably didn't eat the brains I guess. BraiiiinnnnSSSSS. BraiiiiinnnnSSS!!! BRAIIIINNNNNNSSSSSS!

I sanded mine with increasingly fine grades of sand paper to get major problems out and then stained it with cherry stain. After the stain took I gave it several layers of Tung oil. Turned out very well. Can't tell it was a Century pinebox stock.

Brine shrimp

Our version of PETA People Eating Tasty Animals I did not climb to the top of the food chain to become a vegetarian!!! Oh wait, I am sure there are people there for the ethical treatment of plants and vegetables too. Grrrrr.

Might have to buy a few, never can have too many. Been using ProMag without a problem too.

I got Mormon neighbors who don't own guns, I am set.

Francisco : "It fits?" Sikes : "Yeah, see it stretches." Francisco : "It still fits? " From the movie "Alien Nation"

I have had some good luck with ProMag AK mags. They are US made and decently made, no issues so far with any of the 7.62x39 30 rounders I bought. Based on that I just got some ProMag AK74 mags in 5.45x39, they also look like a quality product, need to range test them. I have not heard much about the new Tapco Mags. Most of my mags are surplus East German of Hungarian mags with K-Var US made followers and baseplates.

Good letter but I think you mean to use "wary" instead of "weary". Wary means watchful, weary means tired.

So far I have owned a Century STG-58 type FAL Sporter, a SAR-1, a WASR-10 and a (still being upgraded) L1A1 FAL Sporter built on a "Made in Canada" Argentine receiver. I have had zero problems with them, all functioned well. I am not saying all of their guns work as well, but these are good. Maybe I dodged the bullet too. BTW, the cheap WASR-10 furniture looks great if you sand it a little, hit is with cherry stain and then finish it with Tung oil. Has nice deep color, shows the grain well and looks really good in the light.

Sorry about the double post, system is slow as molasses and I thought I missed the post button.

Where did you get this info? A quick google search yielded 2 sources citing 1 in 7 illiteracy. To me, even that is unbelievable with the exception of perhaps Mexican illegals diluting the literacy rate. Then again, I've never had much experience with the really dirty dirty inner city sections of the U.S. Saw it on the news, a quick blurb of filler on one of the major programs a couple of day's ago. Wife did do a search to confirm it and it took digging. Highest rates in CA and FL (no surprise there). Next highest were TX and DC (guess all the legislators are keeping the rate down ther

Where did you get this info? A quick google search yielded 2 sources citing 1 in 7 illiteracy. To me, even that is unbelievable with the exception of perhaps Mexican illegals diluting the literacy rate. Then again, I've never had much experience with the really dirty dirty inner city sections of the U.S. Saw it on the news, a quick blurb of filler on one of the major programs a couple of day's ago. Wife did do a search to confirm it and it took digging. Highest rates in CA and FL (no surprise there). Next highest were TX and DC (guess all the legislators are keeping the rate down ther

Way over priced for what you get. I see no real need for this mod at this time. Read the article in a magazine and viewed the website and associated videos. I will keep my AKs the way that Uncle "Misha" designed them.

Can you still see?