Recent content by xcgates

If you are going to shoot stuff that isn't bio-degradable (aka, plastic, metal, etc), put your stuff on a large tarp so it is easy to pick up the pieces. Soda bottles and cans I've never had a problem just picking up the remains, but if it going to spread little bits all over, just shoot over a...

How does it break down? As in, how big is it all packed up?

I like X-Rap's idea, or the one with a pelican case secured to the floor. X-Rap's idea is good for simplicity, and real compactness. I have to say something like a gun sock might not be a bad idea to keep crud out of the barrel. For X-Rap's idea, slip the sock on, then cut it where the lock...

Long story, but I was wandering around a bookstore slightly drunk on an early Friday night, and while I couldn't remember exactly what your name was, I remembered it started "Cor", and I still couldn't find a copy of MHI on the shelves. Not sure why it never occurred to ask an employee, they...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMNWK3i8IV4 :evil:

So with the really dressed up and lookin' fine women, do they all shoot, or do some just come along for the socializing? ;)

Hmm, not enough random, apparently unrelated objects for a true Rube Goldberg machine. I am impressed at the density though!

I would first suggest you ignore any suggestions of behaving like a schoolboy settling some 'score' out back in the yard. Second, every range I've been to (not that many, admittedly) had a rule that anyone could demand to see anyone elses range card. Heck, at one range that was in the middle...

Berkeley? That is a hoot! Glad to see some sensible people live there. I've got one or two sensible family members there, and maybe one or two in NY, but I'm sorry to say, I'm not going to take you up on your signature, unless forced to move. Way too many other places I haven't lived yet...

Ever spent all day shooting a shotgun? My delicate hearing is as good a reason as any other for suppressor. Looks like I'm not the first in the thread to point out the interesting fact that most everything that makes noise is required to have a muffler of some kind, yet a gun requires a device...

Yes, I realize I tend to think somewhat pie in the sky, and believe it or not, I had these same opinions when I was in NY. Believe me, I wasn't overly popular up there, especially with educators, except with one professor I don't think I ever agreed with, but had great conversations with...

I'm saying that someone on my property illegally, destroying it/depriving me, is a VERY short step away from harming me or my family. They have no respect for my effort embodied in my property, why should I assume they will draw the line at harming people? (me, my family, my friends.) I am a...

Okay, so they are simply getting more precise with how long a fingerprint can be recovered after being placed. What I'm interested in is they say that do remove them, you have to clean abrasively, so as to actually smooth out the top layer, and does that mean tumbling would remove the traces?

I guess I just live in a fantasy world where the burden of proof should be on the government when they want to take something away. As in, we think you are a prohibited person, hang on, we will get back to you eventually, versus we will get back to you within [fill in the blank] days, and if we...

ACK! Guess I should read what I post more carefully. I meant to ask, is there a time restriction on the appeal process? Similar to the delay, where if it doesn't get finished in X amount of time, it defaults to proceed? (I said I went looking for it, didn't say that I failed miserably with...