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    Any once fired 30-06 brass around?

    I'm not finding any once-fired 30-06 brass at the places I usually check (Brassmanbrass, top-brass). Has anyone seen any in stock anywhere? I'm going to pick up my first Garand in a few weeks and I have all the components on hand except for some brass.
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    Recommended Gun Shops in Raleigh, NC

    Thanks for all your recommendations! I was only able to make it to Hills Inc., but I really enjoyed the shop. They had a good selection and I like the old time hardware store atmosphere... reminded me of trips to the gun/hardware store with my dad when I was a kid. I'll save this post and...
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    Recommended Gun Shops in Raleigh, NC

    I'm going to be in Raleigh for a few days in the near future and wondered if there were any nice gun shops I should visit? I don't mind a little bit of a drive, but I probably won't be able to go more than an hour out of Raleigh while I'm there.
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    Inconsistant OAL with .223

    Thanks for all the input guys. Let me see if I can address everything everyone brought up. I think it is probably a combination of two things you guys brought up: Differences in the bullets: They are pulled milspec tracers that were sealed. So I'm sure the pulling force needed to be high...
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    Inconsistant OAL with .223

    I am loading some plinking ammo using some cheap tracer bullets that I bought a while back. They are pulled milspec tracers. For some reason I am getting inconsistent OALs when seating the bullets. I am shooting for a 2.255 OAL. For some reason I am getting weird variations in the length...
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    Virginia Drops Reciprocity With Tennessee

    Anyone know who should be contacted in TN to get this worked on? My state rep?
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    Anyone been to the Blacksburg VA shooting range

    Google map pic: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=blacksburg,+va&ie=UTF8&ll=37.290639,-80.462193&spn=0.002902,0.005021&t=h&z=18
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    Anyone been to the Blacksburg VA shooting range

    I shoot there fairly often. The range runs out to 100 yards, but nothing is marked. There are small ridges at about the 25 and 50 yard lines. If you want to be serious about distance you'll want to bring something to measure with or be able to pace it off yourself. Bring a target stand...
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    Gun safe in the garage

    I've often wondered how a decent safe (1/4" plate sides), properly anchored to a 4" thick concrete floor would fare against a full size pickup truck with a chain. If you have enough chain you could get a good bit of momentum with the truck. I guess it would boil down to how much force the chain...
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    VA and NC Carriers: Beware Blued Ridge Parkway

    Ah, Blur, thanks for straightening that out. Anyone know what the punishment is? It doesn't look like the guy has been sentenced yet. National Park code says that the penalty for breaking section 2 (the firearms part) is a fine and up to 6 months...
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    VA and NC Carriers: Beware Blued Ridge Parkway

    Wait a minute.... I just re-read the original post and realized this guy WAS in VA (I was thinking NC). The VA law I linked to above explicitly says CHL is OK in a National Forest (see section G). So, VA says its ok but conflicts with the Federal law? If so, we need to get handguncarry.us...
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    VA and NC Carriers: Beware Blued Ridge Parkway

    How does this work with Federal vs State laws? For example, Virginia allows concealed carry by CHL holders in National Parks (http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+reg+4VAC15-40-60). Is there a Federal prohibition against concealed carry in national parks? If so, does that mean...
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    My wife, the converter.

    I've found that a very good learner's pistol for women is a Buckmark with a Tactical Solutions lightweight barrel. This combo is very light and my girlfriend was able to shoot it all day without fatigue. My standard Buckmark or Mark III with bull barrels got to her after a while.
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    U.S. border laptop searches approved

    Here's the fix for that... http://www.truecrypt.org/
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    Where to get Ammo cans reasonable

    Here's where I bought my last batch: http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=6940&dir= http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=6494&dir=
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    Trimming .45 ACP and crimping question

    I've read several places that most people don't trim straight walled auto pistol brass. If every case isn't the same length, how do you crimp (or de-bell) properly? Won't you end up with rounds that all have slightly more or less crimp because of variances in case length? Is it just too small...
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    Legalities of a truck gun in Tennessee

    Well, I'm not a lawyer, but assuming you aren't a felon or fall under any other such restrictions: 39-17-1308. Defenses to unlawful possession or carrying of a weapon. — (a) It is a defense to the application of § 39-17-1307 if the possession or carrying was: (1) Of an unloaded...
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    Duracoat Identification Help

    Take a look at the Sig 226 in this thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=4342230#post4342230 Any idea which colors/coatings were used on that pistol? I'm guessing the slide is a standard color, semi-gloss black or something similar. What do you think the frame was coated...
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    Show me YOUR PICS of.....

    Exposure (or anyone else who might have a guess), which Duracoat colors did you use for the slide and the frame on that Sig? Looks great! I'm asking because I want to refinish a Sig225 and your frame color is exactly what I'm looking for, so I want to be sure I get the same product.
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    "The Call "

    Every time I've heard them call mine in (in TN) they give the serial number and it's been in several different shops.
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