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The saiga 12 with threaded barrel is considered 14 parts. If you change out your gas piston(1 part) and convert your gun(3 parts for US made FCG) you will be able to use ANY mags, and not rely on US made mags. 14- 3(FCG) -1(gas piston)=10(legal) If you want to leave your trigger in the sporting configuration, you can get 2 US parts for a FCG, throw in a gas piston and one more US made part and your good for any mags also. I know when most people talk about changing out a FCG they are talking about converting, but i don't want to have ANY misunderstanding due to my part. Man

Make sure your stuff is US made. There are many parts available now that are not 922r compliant, being either made in Israel or China. Stay away from anything made by CAA or Leapers/UTG if you want to use it for compliance. Stocks, pistol grips and trigger groups can be had from Tapco or K-Var, both have US compliant parts for sale. Pistons tend to be a Tapco product. I used a K-Var Stock, Tapco trigger group and pistol grip for my conversion. My magazines are from FBMG but they seem to have stopped production so your only choice for a .308 Saiga would be Surefire. Not sure any one makes a d

I see no reason why there would be an 'upper limit' to the amount of energy that a Faraday cage chould shunt to ground, so long as the surface is unbroken. It's not like the charge stays on the outside of the conductor until you turn the knob up to 11 The situation with lightning and planes is a little different. Planes getting struck by lightning is a common occurrence, and most of the time the only way pilots are made aware of it is if somebody else sees it and tells them. There's no danger in lightning striking a plane as it's not grounded. Most of the time the bolt will continue from

Berettas are not all steel, just the slide is. The frame is aluminum alloy. Only exception may be the INOX stainless, but all the others I have handled have had alloy frames and steel slides.

The Springfield XD-9 is nice too. Not the XDM-9, the XD-9. I have three, the tactical 5", the 4" service and a 4" ported V-10 model. All shoot great, no malfunctions. Once I did 3000 rounds during a course over the weekend, no malfunctions. 16+1 capacity and the XD cost much less then XDM. Great ergonomics also, very CZ-75 like. I have too much invested in XD-9 accessories to switch models for a more expensive one. ALso the XD is tested, the XDM is not. Your choice though. Both should come with 2 mags, holster and mag carrier as part of package if bought new. I also think a Taurus

I might consider getting another kit for spare parts. Never know when you will need some. Luckily I got my first kit when they still had the original 12" barrels, talk about a signature though.

CZ-75 in 9mm all the way. Cheaper ammo, great ergonomics, combat proven, high capacity and superb accuracy. My only suggestion would be to get one with a thumb safety and not the decocker. The DA pull on CZs is a bit long and heavy, keep it in condition one for nice SA trigger pull. A new one should cost in the $500 range depending on bells and whistles. They used to sell for under $400 but not anymore. I have two CZ-75 SP01s that I bought for $509, but that was how long ago? SP01s come with tritium sights and rail as standard and a 18+1 capacity (can take standard 15 or 16 round CZ mags to

See my comments above about grounding and Faraday cages. EMP mostly only affects nonlinear junctions. The most common application is transistors, so pretty much anything more complicated than a heater or a lamp will get the finger. LEDs will probably be boned too since they are p-n junctions (same as in a transistor). But non-LED flashlights should be just fine. Vacuum tubes are pretty much unaffected as well. The Soviets feared EMP attacks - during most of the cold war, Soviet planes still used tubes for their avionics. Most motorcycles aren't fuel injected and should be easy to repai

Sorry to hear it. Hope you get it back. I never leave my guns in cars for this reason.

Not sure a grounding wire would be any help. The pulse intensity really does burn through most stuff. AFWL at Kirkland had more or less proven you can't harden against it in a practical way. BTW, I suggested 5 or more devices as that would probably optimize coverage and burst strength. It depends of how much shielding you want to burn through. If you want to stay mobile afterwards invest in a bike (not a motorbike), a horse or oxen. EMP is mighty bad juju. OH yeah, all those neat LED and tactical lights that are out there, they will fry too. Stock up on torches and candles.

I got one. Love the Hogue stock, very nice feel. Seems to be decent gun, good trigger, action is smooth. Can't account to accuracy much, not a sniper/tactical rifleman but can make sub MOA groups when needed. It keeps my Savage 10FP Tactical rifle company.

Spent it with the neighbors, a block party. Lots of food, some decent booze and screaming kids all over the place. Ended up playing some of those lame ass adult party games, like Scattergories. At midnight I popped the cork on some imported bubbly I brought for the occasion and we all drank a glass and remembered those no longer here for a minute. Later set off some fireworks and called it a night. Happy New Year everyone, hope it is better then the last.

Hmm, two out of how many millions? Let's face it, the average American no longer has the will or the conviction to do what is right. Just give him Pizza Hut and Monday night football and they will not rock the boat. Most people no longer have any idea what the constitution is about or why the revolution was fought. Literacy and knowledge of history are frowned upon while brainless worship of sport hero criminals is popular. I really doubt any demonstration would be more successful then that of the WWI vets in DC so long ago. Patton was sent in to crush them and he did. The country ap

Dillon is the way to go. I have a Lee press but only use it for decapping military brass before swaging the primer crimp out. Dillon stands behind their press and the 500 is the way to go. I do however use Lee dies, those are a great buy.

Actually a limited amount of very high altitude/low orbit nukes is survivable, only electronics would fry. Fallout would be very limited and all of the armed forces would be quite limited in their capability after. No more high tech toys, vehicles or communications. The fun part is you would not need many nukes, the area of effect from such a burst is very very wide. I think you could take out the whole continent with no more then 5 or so with very high altitude/suborbital bursts. No need for really precise guidance systems either, just need to make sure they go off simultaneously lest they

Actually a limited amount of very high altitude/low orbit nukes is survivable, only electronics would fry. Fallout would be very limited and all of the armed forces would be quite limited in their capability after. No more high tech toys, vehicles or communications. The fun part is you would not need many nukes, the area of effect from such a burst is very very wide. I think you could take out the whole continent with no more then 5 or so with very high altitude/suborbital bursts. No need for really precise guidance systems either, just need to make sure they go off simultaneously lest they

Thanks for the input. Yeah, I figured it was the selector switch but was not sure. Knew they gave up on the full auto after they figured out it was quite uncontrollable. The polymer stock I am talking about is the standard one with rubber buttpad that comes with the M1A from the Springfield Factory. From what I just read on the Springfield website it is fiberglass, not polymer, my bad. Guess I will keep both, one for show and one for performance. I knew the fiberglass stock was not susceptible to warpage already. Probably will try the gun out with both stock to see how they do compared to

The nice part will be that all the "big brother" electronics in the area will fry too. No more radios, night vision, or electronic weapon sights. All their vehicles will be stranded too, including any and all aircraft ( all are fly by wire now and rely too much on electronics to function). I doubt that "big brother" would try this as it would mean too much loss of C3 component of their forces. They want to maintain control, this would interfere with that plan. No electronics means no commo, which means operational chaos. BTW, I am not sure but your spare parts may fry too. Induction

I have a Springfield M1A rifle. It is a full sized one and it came with the polymer stock. Recently at a gun show I saw and bought a veteran wood M14 stock in really nice shape, including all the buttplate hardware. Now I need to decide if I should keep the polymer stock or sell it. The wood stock looks so much better on the rifle. There is only one possible problem with it, there is a slight relief on the rear right of the receiver channel. Seems the original military M14 had something there and now there is a small open gap in the wood stock through which I can look into the trigger group.

I use a standard SP01s. Prefer them to the over worked stuff from the custom shop, spending more money will not help if you are not a good shot already and if you are you really do not need all the bells and whistles anyway. I converted one to an SAO trigger and the other to a CZ-85 trigger. The stock short radius trigger on them sucks, cuts into my trigger finger. All CZ triggers wear in smooth with use. I suggest getting only the thumb safety models, the decocker models have DA first shot that sucks, better to avoid it and stay with cocked and locked with safety on.

Actually the GLock 21 and 30 models are quite nice with the stock barrel. I won several GSSF Major SubCompact divisions with the Glock 30, ended up winning three guns and getting my master classification in GSSF. The .45 ACP is a low pressure round in standard 230 gr factory loading and quite reliable and accurate for what the gun was designed to do, self-defense. I have not seen any major problems with the brass thickness yet for reloads. Now a 10mm, .357 SIG or a .40 S&W chambering in a Glock is asking for trouble due to unsupported chamber. Can you say exploding tupperware? As

The older ones have stamped sheet metal slides. They are available as certified pre-owned from the SIG factory shop. They are refurbished (new parts and springs and refinished) service pistols turned in for newer models. When I bought one a couple of years ago it was just this side of $600 or so for one. The new one have solid steel slides. All of the frames are either alloy or polymer except for a few completely stainless models which cost $$$$ and are very heavy.

Well we will just have to agree to disagree. It is one of the few handguns I have never had a malfunction with. Never said it malfunctioned. I just do not like the way they feel and handle. Guns are very personal, your hotness may be the worst thing ever to others.

That is probably the best way to go. Building a 1911 is one of the easier gun projects one can do. Just make sure to get good parts.

Actually, I have plenty experience with one (actually more then one), that is why I do not recommend them. I don't care what government agencies say, the gun is not the best choice out there. I can use them, just prefer not to.