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  1. normbal

    Can "pink eye" kill us now?

    Pinkeye Was Only Symptom in Child Killed by Enterovirus - Bloomberg This is so sad. What's sadder still is how many parents are going to be bringing in their kids for me to evaluate with "pink eye" who are going to say "do you think he has that virus, that entero thing?" What do I tell them...
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    Post count?

    Before the board update a few months I had in excess of 1,000 posts. After the updates, around 600. Logged on tonight and my post count is 1. One. What's up with that?
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    Gunsmithing Looking for jam nut wrench for an AR10/LR308 float tube

    something like this: Free Float Jam Nut handguard Spanner Wrench AR15 : Gunsmithing Tools & Gunsmith Supplies at GunBroker.com but with the curvature to match the radius of an AR10/LR208 float rube jam nut. I have literally, while watching the movie Orson Welles and Me with my wife and...
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    Suppressors Maryland 02 FFL? Looking to transfer a couple of cans.

    People I'd been doing business with for 15 years are out of the business. R&S Arms in SS. Yeah, I know the details. Sucks. So I'm looking for another FFL to handle transfers for two cans, incoming. I have a trust, saves some time and hassle, but yeah, I know I'm in for at least a six...
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    Movie Theater "The Company You Keep," or, why are so many of Hollywood's elite leftists?

    This is bothering me. A lot. Risking posting what may be seen as a "political" post and get me knocked off the board for a few days or permanently. I'm posting this in the spirit of prior discussions about who we, as citizens, civil rights activists, gun owners, support with our hard-earned...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns S&W 1911 Scandium E-Series woes.

    I'll try to keep this short and to the point, but some description is necessary. Bought a Smith and Wesson 1911 Scandium (S&W 1911 E Series Scandium Frame 45 ACP 4.25" 8+1 Wood grips - budsgunshop) about a month back. I just got this gun back from S&W for warranty repair today. I picked it up...
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    National Weather Service needs ammo now?

    So how come gov.gov agencies are arming up? [Mods: if this is considered "political" my apologies, I'll accept whatever punishment you consider appropriate, but it's damned strange, and from what I can tell not much different from the DHS buying 750 million rounds post below.] Date: 8/14/12...
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    Movie Theater Doomsday Bunkers

    Interesting. Caught this one the other night, premier episode I think, some guy in the midwest building HUGE custom underground bunkers. Like 1200 square feet for around $450,000. My wife kept saying how STUPID it was for the guy who was "big in the prepper community" that he was even...
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    Suppressors Looking for a manufacturer, TL Gun

    Guy name of Ty Meligan. I bought a couple of cans from him about 12 years ago. Nothing wrong with the cans, they still work great after thousands of rounds (even full auto but that was way back when). I want to ask him about cleaning the things. I've only got his address, no email after...
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    Gunsmithing Bench vise suggestions, recommendations

    Preferably American-made. About 3-4 times a year I work on a project where I can really use a good bench vise. Mostly I wing it using c-clamps and/or a drill-press table vise. That said, I've built a dozen F'N-FALs, about half as many ARs, rebuilt a dozen or so 1911s and S&W wheelguns. But...
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    Gunsmithing Scope refinishing questions

    digging around on the web and this board for hours, and even read the instructions. How do you go about cerakoting a scope? Have the cerakote. Have the nerve to do it and the patience to tape it off in strategic places, question is how much sandblasting of the current finish is necessary to...
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    Bobro scope mount choices help.

    For a couple reasons I'd like to get a bobro QD scope mount to put on a DPMS REPR. I'm using a leupold Mk4 50mm scope. Question is, having gone through all this with solid/non-moveable rings, I got the height question answered, question now is standard, or extended mount? I have a set of Troy...
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    Suppressors Accuracy with and without suppressor

    This topic has come up several times in this forum, and I finally got around to shooting with and without my suppressor. Winds were messed up this day, but I tried shooting in calm periods. Hopefully you can read my chicken-scratches on the targets. Rifle routinely shoots better than I can...
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    Photos C-Mag 223 LTR

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    VARGET VARGET Who's got the Varget?

    Should have bought FOUR jugs last year when I stopped at Widener's en route to Nashville. I could use another 16# or so. Anyone have a lead on Varget in stock (reasonably priced, say, under $190 for 8#? Ahem, $150). Norm