Recent content by ronaldbeal

depends The real answer depends on lots of variables... Given the ideal conditions you list, once you've properly zeroed both optics,and as long as the POA doesn't shift between shots, your performance between a cheap and expensive scope should be the same. What you DO get on a more...

The serial number is :K5184S From the chart linked, I assume it is 440c Stainless steel. (black armorhide) I will try to get some pics up this weekend. Thanks for the help so far. RB

I was cleaning out the attic when I came across an old Gerber Mark-II I had bought when in high school. The blade has quite a few small rust spots, (from a distance it looks like an old rusty blade) What is the best way to clean/ restore this knife. Thanks RB

fatal flaw Without checking your math in detail ('cause I'm lazy!) The first fatal flaw i see with your work is the incorrect assumption that "air resistance" is BV where B is a constant based solely on shape and air density. What you are describing is "drag coefficient" Instead of drag...

Phil Lee said: "He had me up to: "it is worth noting that Admiral Yamamoto advised the Japanese military ruling council against a land invasion of California, primarily because the large number of armed citizens would make it an ungovernable quagmire." This modern internet WWII Japanese...

reply to Brighamr: First, there is a much more emotional reaction with Nazis, and other well known hate groups. The association with the other guns you mention is more technical than emotional. It is far easier to disprove a technical misconception than an emotional one. A good defense...

Use... range gun, safe queen, plinker... yes. Self defense... only if there was no other alternative. Imagine a DA using the proof marks to imply you have less than honorable intentions. Especially if the bad guy is an ethnic minority. just my $0.02 RB

Because Heller is fresh on our minds, we are looking at how to get the court to overturn 922(o). Let us not forget congress can simply repeal or amend it. The chance of an outright repeal is low, but remember it was a last moment poison pill to try to kill the FOPA. No reason a repeal of...

The current "restrictions" on free speech are not "prior restraint" They don't prevent the speech before it happens, they only impose penalties if the speech is harmful. Yelling "Fire!" in a theater isn't harmful if there is indeed a fire. It is not harmful if the theater is empty. It is...

But there ARE forums where people do fret and compare which pet immune motion sensor will work outside, and not give false positives from snow... etc... just not on a gun board. Different facets of security, and sometimes different forums (cocoontech.com is my favorite home automation and...

Also : City of Castle Rock, CO V Gonzales http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-278.ZS.html even a restraining order doesn't require police to respond

Another Here is another good source: The Racist roots of Gun Control

I think the real problem is that the "owners" aren't who they think they are. Most of these business properties are owned by corporations, not individuals. The problem I have is that the corporate "person" has many of the "rights" of a real person, but much fewer liabilities and...

"I don't doubt that at some point(s) in history our enemies were deterred from engaging us on our land because of the well armed public." Indeed Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, of The Japanese navy said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of...

mekender wrote: "i suggest you read the back of your ticket... in most places, using the ticket is consent for search of you and your property... just like you agree not to hold the venue liable for injury at a show..." A ticket is an agreement by several parties... you the purchaser, and by...