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This is a real head-scratcher. You've named a fine 1911, an evil black rifle in .223, a duck gun and and a .30 semi-auto rifle... why did you leave "howitzer" and "slingshot" off the list? :) But seriously, the choice depends on what you want to do with the gun. First, decide if you can justify...

As someone who deals with AutoCAD on a daily basis, I believe it is the superior only to having Ray Charles draw in the desert with a plunger handle during a sandstorm. AutoDesk, the makers of AutoCAD, is the Microsoft of the CAD world: they're the elephant in the bathtub who makes an inferior...

Your dealer probably had you wait unnecessarily. Reason 1 The waiting period law (Fla. Statutes 790.33) applies only to walk-in retail sales; i.e., the gun was already sitting in a display case and you said "OOH, gimme!" Your purchase is a transfer and not a "walk-in" retail sale by virtue...

I think Maryland stinks---and I'm from New Jersey! I have considered my 5+ years here to be akin to a prison sentence and the only thing that keeps me going in grad school and work is that there is an opening for me in the Florida office. Everything you've heard about Prince Georges (or PG)...

Monkeyleg, I believe you misunderstood my message: the SC will become monotonically leftist. That is to say, it's only getting worse with time, so the best time to act is as soon as possible. We will never be assured of a favorable (i.e., correct) interpretation of the law, but we can assume...

Why we need Hillary in 2008 May I offer the counterpoint? Hillary Clinton is exactly what gun owners need in 2008. Well, her and a little backbone. We must face facts that a real conservative is not going to receive the Republican nomination: there will not be a Gingrich, Rice, Tancredo...

It may sound odd, but a listed residential sprinkler head will wet everything except the safe below it. The residential head is designed to spray water to the sides to wet the walls and combustibles near the walls (furniture, etc.) to delay their ignition so you can escape from your home. A...

Retrofitting safe to protect it from fire requires a multifaceted approach because you have a few objectives: Prevent direct flame impingment on any portion of the exterior Limit temperature rise within the safe Protect against damage from firefighting activities Make the safe somewhat...

Spontaneous ignition most often occurs with the fuel initially at room temperature. Hotter environments will promote spontaneous ignition: it's like giving the reaction a head start. It's unlikely that freezing temperatures will allow spontaneous combustion for most fuels because the time for...

"Spontaneous combustion" is the slow oxidation of a fuel that slowly heats the surrounding fuel. This heating raises the rate of chemical reaction and the oxidation occurs more quickly and the temperature continues to rise until flaming ignition occurs or the ventilation limit is reached. That...

Stay out of Maryland. Crime, high taxes, oppressive laws, lousy sports teams, and incredible traffic are waiting for you. The only good thing I can think of in this area is that every road leads away from here. Virginia is better. Of course, if you are going to work in DC, the difference in...

I'm an engineer. However, I don't believe oxygen is a metal --- it doesn't experience metallic bonding (disassociation of electrons) but it exhibits some magnetic properties when in the unusual liquid state. Sometimes, "looks like a duck, quacks like a duck" results in something that's not a duck.

It's actually possible for nonferrous materials to exhibit magnetism. The typical "magnetism" you encounter with iron (ferrous) materials is called ferromagnetism which is interaction between dipoles of atoms. However, there are also the phenomena of paramagnetism and diamagnetism, which allow...

You're right, my mistake. My friend told me his mags were single stack, but now that I have looked at them again, they appear to be double stack. Oops. I still don't like the XD, though.

Having shot both, I'd steer you towards the SIG. In my soon-to-be-flamed opinion, the XD is an oversized, oversprung, underengineered weapon. It's almost like Springfield Armory asked "How can I make a 1911 look like a Glock?" and the answer was "XD!" The slide is too wide and blocky for CCW...

Lesson on fire This is incorrect. Halon, in its various forms (1001, 10001, 1011, 1202, 1211, 122, 1301, 104, 2402, etc.) do not work by displacing oxygen from the room --- if they did, anyone in the room would suffocate. This is why carbon dioxide extinguishing systems (which operate by this...

"Lastly, what a lot of folks fail to understand is that since our rights are given to us via a governing body, that same governing body can alter our rights. It sucks, but true. Since that governing body created and gave us our rights, then that governing body gets to interpret what the rights...

This is actually a famous ambiguity in Maryland law. The law is: You can make a compelling argument that the University is not a public school because it is described under a different section than grade- and high schools in the Maryland Code. For instance, there is under the section...