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For those interested, 18650 cells are the way to go for rechargeable flashlights. The up-front cost is maybe 2x as much up front but will amortize quickly if your lights go through batteries quickly. A lot of what makes a weapon light a weapon light these days is build construction. Two main...

For those interested, 18650 cells are the way to go for rechargeable flashlights. The up-front cost is maybe 2x as much up front but will amortize quickly if your lights go through batteries quickly. A lot of what makes a weapon light a weapon light these days is build construction. Two main...

Oh nuts. I wish I'd seen this 2 weeks ago; it'd have saved me several hundred dollars. :-/ This was pretty much exactly what I was looking for.

What's the AG? What is 'everything else' which has been shut down by this AG? :-/

As someone who was looking at doing the same thing a couple years ago for my first rifle... let me just say: don't. It really doesn't save you all that much once you've purchased the necessary assembly tools, and then you don't have a warranty or any such thing. What you might have is a rifle...

I'm all for supporting the local shops, up until they start gouging people. Some are good, some are bad. I've had my fill of a handful of shops when I've seen them offer "best offer, $180" for a new, never fired custom 1911, and similar other atrocities to people that don't know any better.

Ya know, I've never painted guns before, and I've been skeptical of those who have. But let me tell you... About 5 years ago, my Father-in-law painted his lawn furniture - then a hideous green color - with some (likely store brand) "outdoor/patio", Rustoleum type flat black paint. He's no...

Quick, check the back lot! Someone's stealing sci-fi movie props again! :-o That is one hideous pistol. Desert Eagle meets Mauser Broomhandle meets Gundam Wing meets... god, I don't know. Something hideous.

Hey, cool. Glad to hear they're going down, finally. I'd really have loved to get a Yugoslavian about two years ago for $500 when they were available (buddy of mine did, great looking rifle for an AK). When they drop to $350 I'll think about one or two.

To those who would recommend a 20 ga with bird shot for home defense... are you out of your mind? BIRD. SHOT. It might give them a bad skin rash. (That's a slight exaggeration, but only about as much as the effectiveness of such a round.) A round like that might piss off a badger and won't hurt...

Aloe vera - be CERTAIN what you use does not have alcohol in it, because alcohol will dry out your skin. Most lotions and commercially available aloe has alcohol in it - presumably to dry out the skin while giving temporary relief, so you've got to apply more an hour later. I've also used...

FBI has been taking a lot longer to run fingerprints in the last year for a number of reasons (increase in government/clearanced people is, I suspect, one of them). It took well over 3 months for my process to get completed after I'd finished the paperwork for a very basic security check.

I'd have to say my biggest peeves are movie sounds. I can look past a lot of the movie or TV stupid, even bad movie sounds or improper firearm actions. But sometimes it's astounding how bad the sounds are: you'd think that if they'd used just ONE blank, they'd know how it's supposed to sound...

I LOVE the wood you got for your grips. What tools I've only done one set of grips (for a Star BM), and I'm happy (yet somewhat embarrassed) to say that I did these by hand: Just some plain white oak (from an old doorframe someone was throwing out) with a light stain and polyurethane finish...

That is really quite unfortunate. Is the scope manufacturer going to help you/replace the scope for you? That might be one option. If not, If we're talking about value over a couple hundred dollars, I believe it would be grounds to get law enforcement involved (particularly due to the...

I like BatteryStation.com CR123s. They're priced well at $1.25, Made in the USA, and are the most consistent ones out there (which is important when you're using 2x in series due to them being lithium ion). I like 3.7v 18650 rechargeable cells better than a 2x cr123 setup - but the light has to...

As highorder said, CPF is the end-all, be-all on flashlight geekery - though it's not all that well organized or easy to find statistical type information there. The Fenix lights are one of two brands a friend of mine recommends (the other being Surefire). $130 looks like a good price to me...

Interesting. I do believe that "evil black assault rifles" was either coined by the left to demonize such things, or it was made tongue-in-cheek by gun owners in reaction to such demonization (possibly using their own terms, I don't know). If anything, given the characteristic nature of the...

I don't know about that. I suppose it depends on how old you are: my great-grandfather likely had to deal with bootleggers (he was a cop during/prior to WWII), and I know my great-uncle did (he was a Park Ranger back when they regularly had to deal with violent poachers and bootleggers - 20s and...

Wonder if you'd be able to buy some of these guns (ie the non-stolen, non-crime-associated ones) at the annual police auction? I know you could, and still can in some places, do so. It'd sure be nice to pick up a cheap gun that way. I know a guy who got a nice Norinco 1911 for $50 at one auction...