High Lord Gomer

I'd be a happy pig, too! I mean, I'd be happy as a pig in.... I mean, I wouild like to offer my services as a guinea.

I get no dust because I use NuFinish car wax in with my corn cobb media and rice. It has the added benefit of no dust / lead floating around when run through the media separator.

Damn! Is this disc immediately before/after the previous one?

I assume you meant to include:

I have made such a point of stressing to my son that every time he handles a gun that he should first check to make sure it is empty, that I also check to make sure my carry gun is loaded every time that I pick it up/put it on.

My oldest step-son is mildly mentally handicapped. He's now 25 and has a full-time job at Walmart and shares an apartment with his 19 year old brother. He's raced motocross since he wa 12 and is very safe doing that. We tried driving but he didn't have the capacity to analyze the volume of input coming at him and predict the possible outcomes. He had no problem physically controlling the car, he just couldn't handle the unexpected situations properly. One day while driving, the van in front of us started to veer off the road and almost hit the curb. Danny never slowed down or tried to give himself more room. When I asked him, he said he saw the van about to hit the curb but that he was the right distance behind him. I would worry that if a kid climbed over the berm while he was shooting that he might continue thinking that he was shooting in the proper direction. I also don't believe he would ever be capable of making the decisions necessary to own or carry a gun and I don't want to give him that false hope by getting him started.

I just picked up a couple of those with the adjustable belt loop. I really like the ability to adjust it. I'm not too happy with how PMags fit in it, though. I had to loosen the tension all the way and they fit ok in the wrong direction. When I turn the mag the other way (top curving rearward), it is still very tight and I have to pull it out and back fairly far and hard to get it out.

My late wife was in and out of the hospital a lot for her last 3 months. The kids were 6, 14, and 20 at the time. I didn't take the youngest to see her in the hospital as much as I did the older ones. I tried to make his last memories of her when she was as good as she could be at the time. Ever since, when talking about her to them, I try to do it about a good memory, not about being sad that she is gone.

NOW we know where all of the bullets are!!

Congratulations and happy birthday! You're right, that would be a great present!

Congratulations, Nick! Caesar, you've got a lot to be proud of in that boy, and shooting is just a small part of it.

Can I ask who made those?

I read it as you do...that it should have been a No-Penalty-Miss.

My late wife had RFA to "cook" some tumors but I hadn't heard of using it to repair a disc.

Ever tried an inversion table? My impressions is that it is self-administered traction. I bought one when I blew out 2 discs in my neck (and broke C7), but since I had completely trashed them the inversion didn't help any. What kind of surgery did they do before? Mine \/

LOL! It had me trying to smash it with my thumb

My son does pretty well with the M&P with the small backstrap, if a different gun with replaceable backstraps is an option.

Forgive my ignorance, but why would you need a lighter striker spring if you use a lighter recoil spring?

She's looking at me like she wants me............to go away.

What time do you expect us to finish up on Sunday? I've got to drive to ATL and fly out that evening and I need to know when to schedule the flight. Thanks!

I've got to be in SF 6/29 through 7/3. Would it be worth the hassle to bring a gun with me? Are there any night-time matches there during the week? All of my mags are 15+...would that be a problem?

Not sure what the length on these is: http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=917984

From: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0246.htm HOUSE BILL NO. 246 INTRODUCED BY J. BONIEK, BENNETT, BUTCHER, CURTISS, RANDALL, WARBURTON AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM FEDERAL REGULATION UNDER THE COMMERCE CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES A FIREARM, A FIREARM ACCESSORY, OR AMMUNITION MANUFACTURED AND RETAINED IN MONTANA; AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Short title. [sections 1 through 6] may be cited as the "Montana Firearms Freedom Act". Section 2. Legislative declarations of authority. The legislature declares that the authority for [sections 1 through 6] is the following: (1) The 10th amendment to the United States constitution guarantees to the states and their people all powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in the constitution and reserves to the state and people of Montana certain powers as they were understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889. The guaranty of those powers is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889. (2) The ninth amendment to the United States constitution guarantees to the people rights not granted in the constitution and reserves to the people of Montana certain rights as they were understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889. The guaranty of those rights is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889. (3) The regulation of intrastate commerce is vested in the states under the 9th and 10th amendments to the United States constitution, particularly if not expressly preempted by federal law. Congress has not expressly preempted state regulation of intrastate commerce pertaining to the manufacture on an intrastate basis of firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition. (4) The second amendment to the United States constitution reserves to the people the right to keep and bear arms as that right was understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889, and the guaranty of the right is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889. (5) Article II, section 12, of the Montana constitution clearly secures to Montana citizens, and prohibits government interference with, the right of individual Montana citizens to keep and bear arms. This constitutional protection is unchanged from the 1889 Montana constitution, which was approved by congress and the people of Montana, and the right exists as it was understood at the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889. Section 3. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 6], the following definitions apply: (1) "Borders of Montana" means the boundaries of Montana described in Article I, section 1, of the 1889 Montana constitution. (2) "Firearms accessories" means items that are used in conjunction with or mounted upon a firearm but are not essential to the basic function of a firearm, including but not limited to telescopic or laser sights, magazines, flash or sound suppressors, folding or aftermarket stocks and grips, speedloaders, ammunition carriers, and lights for target illumination. (3) "Generic and insignificant parts" includes but is not limited to springs, screws, nuts, and pins. (4) "Manufactured" means that a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition has been created from basic materials for functional usefulness, including but not limited to forging, casting, machining, or other processes for working materials. Section 4. Prohibitions. A personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Montana and that remains within the borders of Montana is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce. It is declared by the legislature that those items have not traveled in interstate commerce. This section applies to a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured in Montana from basic materials and that can be manufactured without the inclusion of any significant parts imported from another state. Generic and insignificant parts that have other manufacturing or consumer product applications are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition, and their importation into Montana and incorporation into a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Montana does not subject the firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition to federal regulation. It is declared by the legislature that basic materials, such as unmachined steel and unshaped wood, are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition and are not subject to congressional authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition under interstate commerce as if they were actually firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition. The authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce in basic materials does not include authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition made in Montana from those materials. Firearms accessories that are imported into Montana from another state and that are subject to federal regulation as being in interstate commerce do not subject a firearm to federal regulation under interstate commerce because they are attached to or used in conjunction with a firearm in Montana. Section 5. Exceptions. [section 4] does not apply to: (1) a firearm that cannot be carried and used by one person; (2) a firearm that has a bore diameter greater than 1 1/2 inches and that uses smokeless powder, not black powder, as a propellant; (3) ammunition with a projectile that explodes using an explosion of chemical energy after the projectile leaves the firearm; or (4) a firearm that discharges two or more projectiles with one activation of the trigger or other firing device. Section 6. Marketing of firearms. A firearm manufactured or sold in Montana under [sections 1 through 6] must have the words "Made in Montana" clearly stamped on a central metallic part, such as the receiver or frame. Section 7. Codification instruction. [sections 1 through 6] are intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 30, and the provisions of Title 30 apply to [sections 1 through 6]. Section 8. Applicability. [This act] applies to firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured, as defined in [section 3], and retained in Montana after October 1, 2009. - END - Edited to add: If you click on the Status of this bill link near the bottom of the page, it was signed into law 4/15/09. Looking over the history, it was submiited 10/27/08.

Wow! Too cool! I have a couple friends who are true metal craftsmen. I am in awe of what they/you do.

Congratulations, John! I wish you had told me...I have a few extra you could have picked from.