Recent content by shoobe01

That's what I was gonna say. Not sure why the spare barrels never make it online but every LGS has a half dozen (and some scores!) of spare barrels of all sorts, I guess like sights and other accessories, considered Not Part Of Gun so go in a random pile when a spare comes with a shotgun. At...

Today, nostalgia etc. But then: what else are you going to buy? The Delta Elite guns were (mostly) things that did not otherwise /exist/ (or at least were only otherwise from very boutique makers so you didn't know they existed or couldn't get them or it was a 3 year wait list). A 10 mm 1911...

I am gonna +1 on the myth of over-lubrication. Unless it's something like a compressor or engine where the oil can get the wrong places, all it can do is make a mess. Never seen a gun shut down from over-lubrication, but tons of them from under. Adding lube can cover many sins. You don't need...

This, but also this. Does everyone forget that almost nothing was free floated just 50 years ago, and among the things that ruled were slings? Not just resting on the barrel or a handguard that's touching the barrel, but actively pulling on the side of the gun. How'd that work? Consistently...

The biggest risk for heavy metals (and most poisons at all) is ingestion. Breathing or eating the contaminant. So: basic hygiene will get you a long ways. All reloading in one area (e.g. don't don't tumble and dump tumbling somewhere else, keep it all one place). No touching /anything/ without...

Either have the LGS do it and not your problem, or as above twice: buy a cheap plastic case, with cardboard over-sleeve. These work great for safety; I got a very expensive gun shipped to me in the original (but cheap-as-hell) plastic case in a box. Plastic case broke but stayed together because...

To the point of threads like this: were you born with innate knowledge of best practices and state law in /everything/? There are at least 10,000 new gun owners a day in the US, and some make it to forums like this looking for knowledge. They may have seen they can get a CCW license but their...

First, paint pent not sharpie etc. Second, the rubber bands aren't bad but they do not make in all colors. But I follow up for serious consequences (e.g. 300!) with tactile differences. I use: • Aluminum for 5.56, all with old-school magpul rubber bottom loop things • PMAG for 9 mm (with...

LOTS of the "everyone knows" data on crime is dead wrong. For home burglaries, try this (all under the numbered titles are quoted, some have links maybe). Disagree: fine. Do as you will. 1) Definition. TL;DR: Def: Home Invasion is a robbery of a dwelling. In general, home invasion robberies...

Didn't say that, but 1000% yes. Personal issues (even just a job, you are skylined for any other reason and people hate you, etc) in even otherwise nice areas can mean you have a long-term or permanent condition that means you have a higher threat. I should have said I have LEO friends who — and...

I voted the "haha... oh, seriously: no." Things like home invasions simply do not happen randomly despite the fearmongers. They are, 99%, drug house thefts, and similar. A handful are wrong-address but I don't live in such a neighborhood. That said, threats vary. In the past, I have been...

Internet is portable. Look at it, do some quick looking (unless in one of those shops that thinks using the phone is illegal) to make sure not wildly out of price, then... usually buy it. By definition to me, your grail guns are things you do not see but every few years, or decades, in easily...

Original M14 stocks are worth some money. Can go over $300 for an original wood (pretty shortly, in service, they replaced wood with fiberglas which are themselves worth over $150!), but like collector stuff, small differences and proof of it (provenance, or marks) makes all the difference. Do...

ORM-D is coming up on 3 years out of date. The Limited Quantities warning for the stuff we care about here is just the diamond (white, with black top and bottom stripes). No letters or words.

This. While possible, slow and hard and you are shining a light at them so they can see you doing it. Also: not a dazzler. Only way it works to reduce the threat is by being a blinding device, which elevates you to have a weapon in some mindsets. Dazzlers like the Glare Mout are explicitly...