palmettomoon

Thanks! I think that's what I knew I'd have to do all along.

1993, father in law owned a rifle range where we burned the trash in burn barrels. It was about 95 degrees and very humid one Saturday afternoon late and I made the catastrophic mistake of asking my brother to put a little gas on the target trash in the barrel so I could light it with a cigarette lighter. I vaguely remember seeing the sky and clouds through 35lbs of burning debris as I floated backwards to the ground. I woke up with him and my brother in law piling dirt onto my arms to extinguish the flames. Rule number 1.) Never ask my brother to help me with anything. Rule number 2.) Always, always lock up the Coleman Lantern Fuel in the trunk of the car before burning trash.

I have looked but can't seem to find an answer to the question. The Para Pro Custom (which I like except for the two mags with which it ships) factory mag well will not allow the 14.45 mags from MecGar to fit properly. The lips on the base pads are too high on both the sides and front it appears. I've modified one base pad in an attempt to get it to fit properly but i cannot remove too much more material in order for it to do so. Does the catch notch need opening a bit to get it to fit securely (slide catch is not working unless I press on the base pad)? Does anyone know if an aftermarket base pad will fit the factory mag well better with the MecGar mags? Any help is sincerely appreciated.

Speaking of the AR15: In my experience this is the number one most stupid thing I’ve come across in 30+ years of gun shop counter conversation. I related this tale on another board and thought I’d share it here. Newton had it all wrong. Stopped in a large gun store along I-75 about 2 ½ years ago and the cluck behind the counter was patiently explaining to a middle aged Fudd, “You see, the .223 Remington cartridge ain’t like your other regular raffle cartridges. It drops continuously after exiting the muzzle and if you’re zeroed at 25 meters, you should be on target at about 300 yards (so far so good, eh?), but here’s whar it’s different than say, your .308 which keeps a dropping to the earth. The .223 Remington bullet begins to rise after about 300 yards.” Now I’ve heard some ridiculous sh...stuff standing in ranges, gun shops and at shows, but this dang near takes the saltpeter spiced cupcake. Most of the ludicrous things I’ve heard in gunshops were related to the cluck attempting to mislead the Fudd into buying some geegaw that they clearly don’t understand how to use. But this cluck was like a black hole of IQ, sucking the other customer’s limited IQ points into his gravitational field. I myself barely managed to escape the store with enough IQ points to remember where I parked and how to start my vehicle. It was akin to being caught in a short bus tractor beam. I have a graphic illustration but am so new I cannot post it. It's quite funny.