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I agree, but it's still bad publicity that another Airbus crashed.

I know, which is why I said they couldn't catch a break. Two recent high profile crashes.

Haha.

It doesn't seem like Airbus can catch a break. Linky

That's what I was thinking.

Fun and professional in one package. That's great. There should be more companies like this.

Yes, that one is perfect! I'm starting to have flashbacks.

KC-135 Fairchild - Any song that Yoko Ono sang. When he goes through SERE he will understand. E-8 Robbins - Georgia On My Mind played by Ray Charles. UH-1 FE Warren (thinking Tree Top Flyer for this) - Long Tall Sally played by Little Richard. They did it in Predator. KC-130 Cherry Point (for our Marine) - To play off of XL's FMJ idea. Have the sound clip from the end of the movie when they're all singing The Mickey Mouse March. Sorry, I only had ideas for those ones.

M2, I considered converting my SKS to the Tapco stuff and then decided against it because of the 922r garbage, and I much prefer it's historical look. The higher capacity magazines are ok. If I recall correctly magazines count as 2 (SKS specific, as I think the AK magazines count as 3). You can go to Tapco's website and look at all the parts they sell for the SKS and they will also let you know how many compliance parts they count for. Just remember the SKS needs to have 10 or less imported parts. Of course, they best course of action would be emailing the ATF about it. I used to frequent forums about the SKS and people were always asking about 922r and compliance parts. The ATF did a real good job of making the law confusing enough that a lot of people are turned off to altering their AKs, SKSs, etc. And the ATF, in its infinite wisdom, decided that imported parts make a rifle evil. For the life of me, I can't understand their reasoning behind 922r. At least with other laws I can understand why they are doing it, however misguided they are, but there is no arguable justification for 922r except to make another unreadable law that even lawyers can't agree on. EDIT: It was my understanding that magazines and pistols grips are not violations. Magazines are already a part of the SKS and if you change them to American parts you should be good to go. I don't think there is any stipulation as to whether it needs to be fixed or if detachable is ok. My reasoning behind this is that AKs have detachable magazines, and if you use American made ones they count as compliance parts. Reason would assume that this also applies to the SKS. As for pistol grips, there should not be anything wrong with it. The only thing is, the law states that this is one of the items you can change to an American made part to reach compliance. Since the SKS never originally had a pistol grip, adding an American pistol grip won't count as a compliance part, but it's not illegal either. It just means you will need to find other parts on the rifle to change to American parts. Now if you were to buy a C&R SKS and just happened to put a pistol grip on it, then you would be violating 922r, which means you'd have to make the rifle with 10 or less foreign parts to make it 922r compliant and to keep the grip. In either situation the pistol grip is not a deal breaker.

M2, I have a Yugo SKS that currently resides at my father's house. It is a great rifle and the Yugos are the best of the SKS line. Mine was bought pre Obama, and I didn't bastardize it like the one you're looking at. That's a pretty good price in today's climate, plus you get a scope with it. I could never understand why someone would change the original design with that Tapco stuff. If you do buy it, does it come with the original wood furniture? If so then $300 is even better. I see they removed the bayonet, will that come with it too? Since this one has been modified it no longer carries its Curio Relic status, which means it could be illegal with the modified parts. Make sure you ask the guy selling it if the rifle is 922r compliant. When he changed it he needed to ensure that 10 parts or less are foreign, with the rest being American made parts. Here is a link on 922r, Linky. Just scroll down to the "r." Since we aren't excepted from that, we fall under CFR 27, Linky 2. And here is another link that makes both of those two easy to understand, Linky 3. And finally, here is a link that will help you see if the rifle meets the compliance, Linky 4. I'm assuming it is compliant because he removed the bayonet, which some people argue isn't necessary and some do. He probably wanted to cover his ass or use the lug to attach a bipod. But I'd ask him to make sure. I hope that helps and good luck with getting it. Here's a video of someone who turned their SKS into a bullpup: On an unrelated note, I found 50 rounds of .455 Webley. I'm excited and can't wait to finally shoot my Mk VI. I'll also have to add some pics of some recent guns purchases I made.

I found this interesting and would like to get my hands on a copy of it. Linky

Wait? When you say 1919, do you mean a Browning .30 MG? That would have been cool, but .30-06 is uber expensive. And .303 British for the Enfield isn't cheap either. It's great you got out to the range, and you fired a lot of .45 ACP it looks like. I'm waiting for an upper to come in for my second AR-15. It should be here tomorrow or Thursday, and I've already started acquiring parts to build the lower for my third AR. I almost bought a Noveske midlength upper today, but decided I will wait about a month until I get a little more funds.

I don't have an XD-45, but I also use the Uncle Mike's neoprene IWB holsters when I carry either a revolver or semi-auto. Uncle Mike's Inside-the-Pant Holsters, I find they are very effective, help keep sweat away from the handgun, and inexpensive to replace (although I have yet to replace one).

Most modern handguns these days are able to handle +P ammo regularly. But also know that +P accelerates wear on a gun regardless of it being able to handle +P or not. That being said an XD, Glock, M&P, H&K, Beretta, etc. will likely not have a catastrophic failure because you used a lot of +P. There are few people who will shoot their gun to the point that it won't work anymore. A gun will outlast its owner, provided it is maintained and cared for. I recommend practicing with standard pressure mostly and practicing with your defense load occasionally to keep your skills up, but if you choose to shoot only hot loads then go for it!

Female officers in the Navy are referred to as ma'am. At least they are called ma'am "on board" NAS Pensacola.

I saw that earlier. And the way she went about it was pretty arrogant. BGen Walsh was being totally respectful and polite. I guess all those years of customs and courtesies get ingrained in your head.

I'm surprised they didn't use that pic on the Royal Bear Force page.

I found this one on the Other Military Forces section of the Air Force page: Royal Bear Force

Seriously get one. And you need to get a decidedly American one (i.e. AR-15, Colt 1911, M1 Garand, etc.). EDIT: Punctuation!

Yeah, I thought there were 36 too, WTF?

Off the Army page: Also, I think M2 likes it because they have a picture of him up there.

My favorite from the Air Force article:

Uncyclopedia has some quality articles.

M2, Yeah I'm considering picking up some dies to reload .455 Webley. I have a Hornady press, and unfortunately they don't make .455 dies, so I'm still trying to decide which dies from another company I want to use. I know Lee makes some and so does Redding. I also want to make sure I have maximum compatibility between the dies and the press. I have a single stage press because it's easier to reload my rifle cartridges, so I don't think there will be a compatibility issue but I want to make sure before I drop some money on some.