I'm surprised nobody has asked if it turns blue in the presence of Orks?

Seriously though, very nice handiwork. If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.

Gunfighter14e2 said:

We'll agree to disagree, as I've seen far, far more people cut their selves using a dull knife, than a sharp one.

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You're talking about someone who doesn't respect the blade and cuts into themselves, because they don't think it's sharp enough to cut themselves? I get that maybe someone who respects it more, i.e. someone who thinks it's razor sharp, may be more careful, but that really isn't the same thing to me.

I carry a 3" cleaver blade folder. I just find that a straight edge with very little point is extremely useful, and I don't need a stabby in my pocket. If I need stabby I have many other knives suited for it. I moved my mom last week, and one of the movers didn't have a knife and borrowed mine. He exclaimed how sharp it was, and maybe for him it is. I consider it very dull, and don't want it razor sharp, because when I do that I invariably nick myself. Never bad, but a small nick that I don't get when it isn't as sharp as I can get it. Mind you, this is a utility pocket knife that opens boxes the majority of the time. Polishing it down to a scalpel isn't necessary or advantageous, nor would it be if it was a butter knife.

I want my edc to be sharp enough to easily open a box, but not so sharp that touching skin with no force instantly splits it either. That's only the one I carry. The rest I want stupid sharp, and I like my kitchen knives stupidly sharp too.

Aside from getting stabbed, my worst knife injury was cutting carpet from the back side. I was cutting away from me, and the blade came out of the handle and stuck half way into the carpet, and when I brought my hand back to make another cut it sliced me in between my thumb and index finger so deep it hit the radial artery from the top. Bled like a geyser and was spurting blood all over the room. I am not squeamish, but seeing that much of my own blood that fast was concerning. Direct pressure with a hand towel got me to the hospital without feeling faint, and some cauterizing and sixteen stitches later I was ok. The hand specialist asked me if I was left or right handed, and I would not answer. What fucking difference does that make? I need both my hands to work.

Cut me from my wrist right to the webbing almost all the way through. Miracle it didn’t hit anything but the artery.

I now don’t trust anything with a blade that can come loose. That carpet blade was scalpel sharp btw.

I was not being dangerous at all, but I was cutting the back side and did not feel or see the blade come out of the handle. It happened on the forward stroke, not the cutting one. Honestly, if I was alone I’d have had to call 911, because hard pressure is all that was keeping me from leaking out, and I couldn’t spare a hand to drive.

Anybody in contact with @Blue Sky Country?
Haven't seen him in a bit

Picked up this full size Benchmade Taggedout with Magnacut blade steel and CF scales Weighs nothing.

FWIW, I traded my TRG22 for a AW and never looked back. Sometimes I do miss it since it's actually very rare to see one with the Gen 2 folder.

I thought this was going to be a civil service thread…

Bench

Randall Model 14, cut down tang, single finger grip handle, stainless blade, saw teeth.
It's not a "newer" knife because of the sheath. Been a while and I would have to look it up but probably over 10 years old.
Very nice knife. That is/was a fantastic gift.

One sold. One available

New in orig box

Geno C. said:

Or the one hanging up might be longer in the measurement from the back of the lugs to the front of the bolt or extractor. Cover the front of the bolt and extractor and back of the lugs with sharpie. Then try and close the bolt a few times and see what’s rubbing

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It's really hard to tell with the sharpie method. It appears as if one of the lugs may have had minimal contact. I used silver sharpie by the way, but again, it's very tough to tell.

I want to assume the bolt body rotating on the extractor mechanism is where the drag/friction is happening. Perhaps it's dirty or there's dirt/grime etc.

OP where are you located? I’d agree that you should shoot a TRG. Both Sako and AI are superb. With that said, I feel like AI owns the market in a sense due to their support, quick change barrels and so forth.

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Would trade for ZCO 8-40 NLE 10 Mil in either MPCT1X or MPCT2X.

I have a couple Timneys, and like them pretty good. Then my brother got an MPA with a Bix and Andy, and it is simply amazing. Amazing!

LuckyDuck said:

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Well, you made me go out and buy another FT-60, since there was a $20 off factory coupon when ordering from HRO.

I went ahead and ordered a Comet 15" dual band antenna to go with it, so hopefully it works better than the factory antenna, as I have a hard time getting through on my local repeater when I'm inside the house. I can key the repeater, but my audio doesn't get through. It doesn't help having a metal roof, and a ridgeline between me and the repeater that's about 35+ miles away.

I'm going to be in Denver next week, and if I have the time, I may swing by the local HRO. It's been over 20 years since I was last in that store, and probably 15 years since I was in the Dallas store.

So I checked this out the other night and felt like overall, it sucked. I mean I hate to say it but I said it. And it took 2 years to come up with this? It’s not even something that should take years of effort imo. There isn’t a lot of special effects or anything of the sort so I don’t understand why it takes them years to produce these things. I mean years for a mediocre 8 episodes. Maybe I’m just spoiled cause I grew up in a time of where we got weekly 1 hour episodes of stuff as kids that imo was a lot more creative/engaging than stuff today. Anyways, the only episode that seemed somewhat interesting so far was the 3rd. I’ll withhold judgment of the entire series until the end as maybe it’s just a really slow start but so far, it kind of sucks and I really think it’s because they are trying too hard. It’s like it’s trying to be Seals and John Wick at the same time and doesn’t do either of them very well. Just my take. Your exp may differ. I hate it because I love Jack Carr and the books but this specific series round is in need of some help. I wonder if he was on set with the one and if they had any consultants?

Looking at a Manners T2A-GAP with a 700 short action - standard fill - roughly what contour of barrel suits to have balance a few inches forward of the mag well for PRS style matches?

cheers

TGM_1989 said:

Are you interested in a Kahles 525i DLR SKMR reticle. If not I'll try to get it sold and I'll take that Leupold

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If you’re looking to sell the Kahles to buy the Leupold, I may be willing to buy it from you.

$150 Shipped.