Recent content by PocketRocket

Rail Driver - I’m not wrong. In August 1981 I purchased a documented DIAS at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Broward County, FL. I was a homicide investigator at that time and I was not interested in losing my career and doing cop-time in prison over a felony conviction so I went to the BATF...

There have been numerous cases where the mishandling of firearms has caused injury or death. Even if the shooting was unintended the consequences are irreversible. I used to just yell out, “Hey, don’t point your gun at me!”, but now I only stay at our club range (rarely used M-Th) as long as...

The BATF ruled that any auto sear manufactured after November 1, 1981 was classified as a machine gun and had to be registered. I can’t speak for this current time, but at that time any documentable auto sear manufactured before that date was legal to own without any BATF paperwork. I am...

Rail Driver - Perhaps I was the one who was unclear. I have two lowers, both Bushmasters, one of which is a registered pistol lower. My reasoning is that I want both to be capable of using a registered drop-in auto sear to legally convert them to full auto. That can’t be done unless both can...

Rail Driver - I appreciate that you took the time to help and for the education on all the bolt carrier types. Maybe the next time I’m in conversation about the AR-15/M-16 I might fool someone into thinking I actually know what I’m talking about! :D “There is no reason to switch back and...

Rail Driver - Correction: my bolt carrier is the “half circle” type and not the SP1 as I had indicated. I am not familiar with the term “sear block”. I looked up the Colt parts legend and it was not listed. Anyway, I opened up the receiver and the only thing above the walls of the lower...

Rail Driver - I installed the M-16 BCG then attached upper & lower together and it runs good. I had a second AR-15 project going; this one is a AR-15 pistol. It is a new Bushmaster complete factory lower (circa 1999) and an 11” JT Distributors upper (supposedly made by FN -- barrel maker is...

Rail Driver - I now have the M-16 bolt carrier in my possession and I can readily see the differences that you displayed and I also know the purpose of the changes. You also displayed the “AR enhanced” bcg. I was unaware of it’s existence until now and I would like to know what, if any, is...

WOW! A couple-three things or so… About eight years ago I figured (apparently wrong by my making this post) that I had just about collected enough handguns to cover just about any contingency that I would encounter. I decided that I would just be as proficient as my ability would allow me, so...

TAKtical & Keaner - Thanks for the replies. Keaner - special thanks for the link -- you can’t get more specific than that!

I need a very compact .380 pistol that I can carry in my pocket when I’m doing my lawn duty at the house. The purpose is mostly for protection against some pack-dogs that roam our semi-rural neighborhood. The gun is going to be in my pocket so a polymer framed gun would probably be a good bet in...

Is it a violation to have any M-16 part in an semi-auto AR-15? Specifically, I was offered an M-16 bolt carrier for my parts-built AR-15 upper and I need to know if it would be illegal to use it. It would be the only M-16 part in the rifle.

9mm on Steroids -- 9x23 Win. I was required to carry a revolver while on road patrol. When I went to homicide I first carried a S&W 559 (like the 459, but a blue steel frame and slide - only 2500 made) mainly because reloading ammo was cheap. I prefer the 1911 platform, so when a Colt Combat...

This old dog (devil-dog) missed this trick: What's a "cloud"?

35mm film canisters (usually free at your local photo processing shop) filled with cheap (out of date?) flour and capped. A cloud of smoke (a huge cloud of smoke with a powerful pistol or rifle) and a Hi-Yo Silver away…