The Firearms Forum - Gun Community http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/ This is a site with a network of several discussion forums, and more. To find out more about The Firearms Forum.com, go to http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/ en Wed, 22 May 2013 14:42:36 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/images/misc/rss.jpg The Firearms Forum - Gun Community http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/ <![CDATA[isn't it funny (IRS Scandal)]]> http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125494&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 14:36:28 GMT it just occured to me that the same IRS officals going before Congress today that shat upon the Constiutional Rights of the American people they are supposed to serve, are now standing behind the same document's protection of the right against self incrimination

I believe that is called irony ]]> The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum dbcooper http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125494 Primers for trade http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125493&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:22 GMT Hello I'm new to the forum but I'm looking for someone in delaware to trade primers with. I have cci 500 small pistol looking for cci 400 small rifle ]]> Raymond80 http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125493 Picked this up a few days ago, http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125492&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:06 GMT and other than it being a Kukri Knife, it has no stampings or markings?

The lady I got it from only told me what she new and that being, she said
her grandpa gave it to her and he told her he'd brought it back from "the"
war.
I asked her what war, and that she couldnt tell me for certain. (she thought he'd brought it back from WWII. So, with no markings/stamping of any sort,
I was wondering if anyone could help me out on this one.
I have NO clue...real/fake or actually used in combat?

I appreciate any help/input/info!!!

(it's not letting me post pics...I'll re-boot and post the pics):o
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]]> Zane71464 http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125492 Support for the 2nd from a surprising source - Russia http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125491&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 12:47:17 GMT Came across this editorial http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/28-12-2012/123335-americans_guns-0/ in the English language version of Pravda. The guy does not have any thing good to say about the U.S., but thinks the 2nd amendment should stand. Came across this editorial http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/col...ricans_guns-0/ in the English language version of Pravda. The guy does not have any thing good to say about the U.S., but thinks the 2nd amendment should stand. ]]> stev32k http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125491 Colt 1905 .45 automatic http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125490&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 12:04:35 GMT Just for show and tell, this is my Colt 1905 .45 automatic I got with a piece sawed out of the frame, before and after rework & TLC. Grips are my rework also. After my prep and polish it went to Turnbulls to get the new lettering & blue.

Any guestimates as to worth now?



]]> rhmc24 http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125490 CZ 912 Tom Knapp Edition http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125488&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:37 GMT I bought the Tom Knapp edition new and haven't taken it out to the range yet. Now after his passing :( , should I use it or save it?

In Memory of Tom Knapp 1950-2013

It's a very nice looking shotgun and I have heard very good reviews about them. ]]> Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun bob1010 http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125488 Majic http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125487&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 08:21:13 GMT Thibodeaux and Boudreaux entered a chocolate store. As they were looking at the candy, Thibodeaux stole 3 chocolate bars. When they left the store Thibodeaux said to Boudreaux, "I'm the best thief, I stole 3 chocolate bars and no one saw me put them in my pocket. You can’t beat that.


Boudreaux replied: "You want to see something better? Let's go back


to the shop and I'll show you real stealing." I'll steal while the


shopkeeper is watching me and he won't even know.





So they went to the counter and Boudreaux said to the shopkeeper:
"Do you want to see a great magic trick?"

The shopkeeper replied: "Yes"






Boudreaux said: "Give me three chocolate bars. "

The shopkeeper gave him three chocolate bars and Boudreaux ate all three.

The shopkeeper asked: "But where's the magic ?"






Boudreaux replied: "Look in Thibodeaux's pocket."






` ]]> The Pump House Saloon aero http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125487 A question about Ar-15 22LR http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125486&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 08:04:11 GMT I have the chance to pick up a Colt M4 Ops Carbine 22LR in almost new condition. the guy selling it says he has only put about 150 rounds through it. It comes with 1 30 rnd mag. I don't know about how well they last but it seems to me 150 rnds is almost NIB.

I don't know anything about these but it would be fun for hunting the wild tin can when they are in season. I also see it as a way to keep the skills up with out blowing through 5.56 ammo. Yes 22LR is expensive just now but still less than .223 / 5.56.

The guy wants $325 for it. He is in a bad place financially and needs the money. I want to help him out but I don't want to rip him off. I also don't want to be ripped off.

I know its impossible to appraise a fire arm sight unseen but in general is this a fair price and a fair deal or is someone taking a hosing. ]]> siplace http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125486 <![CDATA[H&R 922 value, is it brass or what ?]]> http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125483&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 03:34:10 GMT I'm thinking its about a 1934 according to serial number 165,xxx. cant find any pics of 1 that looks like this, could anyone tell me what its made of and what its cash value is?
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]]> rockweasel http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125483 Top Constitutional Experts: Obama Is Worse than Nixon http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125482&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 02:57:08 GMT Great article for those of us with a long attention span who are interested in Absolute Power and some of it's history:

By: Zero Hedge |
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 12:48 pm EST

In the wake of the twin scandals of the IRS targeting conservative groups and the Department of Justice spying on AP reporters, the comparisons between Obama and Nixon are everywhere.
But what do experts say?

Former New York Times general counsel James Goodale – who represented the paper during its Pentagon Papers fight with the Nixon administration – said in an interview yesterday that Obama is worse than Nixon when it comes to press freedoms. And see this.
Former constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald noted last year:
We supposedly learned important lessons from the abuses of power of the Nixon administration, and then of the Bush administration: namely, that we don’t trust government officials to exercise power in the dark, with no judicial oversight, with no obligation to prove their accusations. Yet now we hear exactly this same mentality issuing from Obama, his officials and defenders to justify a far more extreme power than either Nixon or Bush dreamed of asserting: he’s only killing The Bad Citizens, so there’s no reason to object!

Jonathan Turley – perhaps the top constitutional law expert in the United States (and a liberal) – writes:
The painful fact is that Barack Obama is the president that Nixon always wanted to be.

Four decades ago, Nixon was halted in his determined effort to create an “imperial presidency” with unilateral powers and privileges. In 2013, Obama wields those very same powers openly and without serious opposition. The success of Obama in acquiring the long-denied powers of Nixon is one of his most remarkable, if ignoble, accomplishments. Consider a few examples:

Warrantless surveillance:

Nixon’s use of warrantless surveillance led to the creation of a special court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA). But the reform turned out to be more form than substance. The secret court turned “probable cause” into a meaningless standard, virtually guaranteeing any surveillance the government wanted. After hundreds of thousands of applications over decades, only a couple have ever been denied.

Last month, the Supreme Court crushed any remaining illusions regarding FISA when it sided with the Obama administration in ruling that potential targets of such spying had to have proof they were spied upon before filing lawsuits, even if the government has declared such evidence to be secret. That’s only the latest among dozens of lawsuits the administration has blocked while surveillance expands exponentially.
Unilateral military action
Nixon’s impeachment included the charge that he evaded Congress’ sole authority to declare war by invading Cambodia. In the Libyan “mission,” Obama announced that only he had the inherent authority to decide what is a “war” and that so long as he called it something different, no congressional approval or even consultation was necessary. He proceeded to bomb a nation’s capital, destroy military units and spend more than a billion dollars in support of one side in a civil war.

Kill lists

Nixon ordered a burglary to find evidence to use against Daniel Ellsberg, who gave the famed Pentagon Papers to the press, and later tried to imprison him. Ellsberg was later told of a secret plot by the White House “plumbers” to “incapacitate” him in a physical attack. It was a shocking revelation. That’s nothing compared with Obama’s assertion of the right to kill any U.S. citizen without a charge, let alone conviction, based on his sole authority. A recently leaked memo argues that the president has a right to kill a citizen even when he lacks “clear evidence (of) a specific attack” being planned.

Attacking whistle-blowers

Nixon was known for his attacks on whistle-blowers. He used the Espionage Act of 1917 to bring a rare criminal case against Ellsberg. Nixon was vilified for the abuse of the law. Obama has brought twice as many such prosecutions as all prior presidents combined [and see this]. While refusing to prosecute anyone for actual torture, the Obama administration has prosecuted former CIA employee John Kiriakou for disclosing the torture program.

Other Nixonesque areas include Obama’s overuse of classification laws and withholding material from Congress. There are even missing tapes. In the torture scandal, CIA officials admitted to destroying tapes that they feared could be used against them in criminal cases.
Of course, Nixon had missing tapes, but Rose Mary Woods claimed to have erased them by mistake, as opposed to current officials who openly admit to intentional destruction.
Obama has not only openly asserted powers that were the grounds for Nixon’s impeachment, but he has made many love him for it. More than any figure in history, Obama has been a disaster for the U.S. civil liberties movement. By coming out of the Democratic Party and assuming an iconic position, Obama has ripped the movement in half. Many Democrats and progressive activists find themselves unable to oppose Obama for the authoritarian powers he has assumed. It is not simply a case of personality trumping principle; it is a cult of personality.
Long after Watergate, not only has the presidency changed. We have changed. We have become accustomed to elements of a security state such as massive surveillance and executive authority without judicial oversight. We have finally answered a question left by Benjamin Franklin in 1787, when a Mrs. Powel confronted him after the Constitutional Convention and asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got — a republic or a monarchy?” His chilling response: “A republic, if you can keep it.”

We appear to have grown weary of the republic and traded it for promises of security from a shining political personality. Somewhere, Nixon must be wondering how it could have been this easy.
Nixon’s “Enemies List” is famous, and the former head of the National Security Agency’s global digital data gathering program says that Obama also has an enemies list … which has been used to take down a wide variety of people, including the head of the CIA.

The Washington Post’s Ed Rogers notes:
Obama doesn’t need a traditional Nixonian enemies list. In the digital age, with the Obama machine’s much-celebrated technological capabilities, the president can sort his enemies by keywords.
You’ve heard about the AP spying scandal, and the head of the Department of Justice implies that the government has spied on many other reporters.
Reporters who criticize those in power are being smeared by the government and targeted for arrest (and see this).

Indeed, the Obama administration is treating real reporters as potential terrorists.
After Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges, journalist Naomi Wolf, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and others sued the government to enjoin the NDAA’s allowance of the indefinite detention of Americans – the judge asked the government attorneys 5 times whether journalists like Hedges could be indefinitely detained simply for interviewing and then writing about bad guys. The government refused to promise that journalists like Hedges won’t be thrown in a dungeon for the rest of their lives without any right to talk to a judge.

Wikileaks’ head Julian Assange could face the death penalty for his heinous crime of leaking whistleblower information which make those in power uncomfortable … i.e. being a reporter.
Daniel Ellsberg notes that Obama's claimed power to indefinitely detain people without charges or access to a lawyer or the courts is a power that even King George didn't claim. Former judge and adjunct professor of constitutional law Andrew Napolitano points out that Obama's claim that he can indefinitely detain prisoners even after they are acquitted of their crimes is a power that even Hitler and Stalin didn’t claim.

Indeed, Obama has turned America into the most spied upon nation in world history, and has rolled back liberties to the time of the enactment of the Magna Carta in 1215.

SOURCE:
http://www.investingchannel.com/arti...n#.UZwun90o6QI ]]> The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum Steve02C5 http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125482 Hopkins and Allen http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125481&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 02:49:36 GMT I have a Hopkins and Allen single shot falling block shotgun and am looking for some specs on chamber size, and what type of ammo it was originally chambered to fire, any info is appreciated. I have a Hopkins and Allen single shot falling block shotgun and am looking for some specs on chamber size, and what type of ammo it was originally chambered to fire, any info is appreciated. ]]> trs455 http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125481 See you folks in a couple of weeks http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125480&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 02:15:56 GMT We'll be catching the eleven something bird out of here tomorrow morning, on our way south to attend grandson's HS graduation. Will pack my C&R 03 license along and advise if any neat items just sorta follow us home - it happens every so often. :) ]]> General Discussion nmckenzie http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125480 Spring Squirrel- Shotgun or 22? http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125479&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 01:16:15 GMT My brother called me the other day and wants me to come to his place and thin out the squirrels. Seems they are chewing some wires up on his work truck and leaving nut shells in the motor compartment.

I was trying to decide between my 20ga. or 10/22. I've used the 10/22 before in the fall when the leaves were off, but I'm thinking the shotgun might be better for spring season. Up close and fast moving squirrels would be easier with the shotgun.

What is your preferred firearm of choice for spring squirrel season? ]]> Grandslam http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125479 Compressed loads http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125478&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 01:06:11 GMT I'm getting ready for range day. It's gunna be the first time this year we will be shooting, so I want to have plenty. I'm making more 300 win mag rounds working my way up to find a good load. I'm loading a compressed load and while I'm seating the bullet I'm hearing crunching of the powder. Is that normal? It just kinda makes me feel like I put too much in when I hear that noise. Gunna shoot both 9mm's, the 22 that my son just bought after selling his SW M&P 15/22. He bought the ruger 22 take down, the carbine one with the wood. And the savage 300 win mag. So we will have a long day. But that noise, is it normal to hear it, while seating a bullet if its a compressed load? ]]> AR guy http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125478 where can i get ?? http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=125477&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 23:33:24 GMT just purchased this yesterday, but cant find the batteries for it. anyone have any ideas where i can find a 6.9v battery ??? it says is gaurenteed for life,, if i can just find the batteries,,, HELP just purchased this yesterday, but cant find the batteries for it. anyone have any ideas where i can find a 6.9v battery ??? it says is gaurenteed for life,, if i can just find the batteries,,, HELP
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