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I say we just hang him and dispense with the formalities. No point in dragging this out longer than necessary.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - global warming is a myth and a shakedown, pure and simple. The planet goes through climate cycles and mankind can in no way influence the heating or cooling of it. To think otherwise is hubris.

If we were really serious about dealing with global warming, we would figure out how to stem exploding populations in developing countries. I think overpopulation does more harm than any of the steel mills or coal-fired powered we're running.

But to think that we can somehow cool the planet off is laughable.

You might also talk to Gentry about installing it. I'v read reports online from several gunsmiths that installing this particular safety almost drove them batty. It might be worth the extra couple bucks to hire it done.

You might also visit Brownell's website or call and speak with one of their techs on Monday. I'd bet one of their gunsmiths could point you in the right direction if you cannot come up with anything online this weekend.

Tony,

You're too nice; stop taking in boarders. The first sign something was amiss should've been when the homeless girl sat in her room on her laptop. Since when can homeless people afford a laptop? I'm not homeless and I don't have one! If she needed cash, she could've pawned the laptop.

I can appreciate wanting to do the right thing, but please, be careful. This could've ended differently and much, much worse. I don't want to tell you that you can't trust people...just be careful.

-Jason

Even in light of the apparent 0.02% mortality rate, I'm not comfortable with the idea of a black lung disease running loose in the States. I already catch every friggin' nuisance disease that comes down the pipe from the women at work...I sure as heck don't want this!

No, its not a crazy idea. And it is possible...however...

A fellow that posts here from time to time named Clark put one of these conversions together a couple years back using a Win 94 barrel he bought from Numrich GPC. I believe he was even able to get the sights to line up. However, what he found when he was done was he could not make it feed from the magazine at all and had a hard time making it extract and eject even after he'd spent a whole bunch of time tinkering with the bolt face.

Looking at the Mosins that I own, short of milling out a new magazine, turning a new bolt head, and constructing a new magazine interrupter/extractor, I'm not sure the end result will work as well as what you started with. I hate to say it, but this may be one of those projects that sucks up a lot of time and energy but the results aren't there. I am not saying it can't be done though.

If you are looking for a bolt action 30-30, I'd try and locate an old Savage. They're really neat old rifles.

A couple things you might look doing with a Mosin are rebarreling it with an actual .311" diameter barrel (none of the current crop of surplus rifles' bore diameters are in spec) or rebarreling it with a .308" diameter barrel and cutting a long lead to allow shooting .311" bullets if you had to. Ruger did that with their Mini-30's and none of them were ever damaged that I recall. Either way would probably give 10X more accuracy than you have now. You may also relocate the bolt handle behind the rear bridge and fab up an over-the-bolt scope mount. There was a pretty article about that in SGN a year or so ago. I'd like to try it some day.

Its November 10th - Happy Birthday Jarhead!

Anyway, I'm bracing myself for when the Army forces us to do mandatory sensitivity training. Gen. Casey said he's concerned the Army will lose its diversity.

There is no diversity in the Army...you all bleed green...

I think justice would be better served if they tried him, convicted him, and turned him loose on base.

I will also say that I say our President's "comments" live on Fox as they were happening and I must say that I've never been that angry at a politician. He should've just kept his mouth shut. I mean really...wow.

Some Finnish Mosin Nagants used a .308" diameter bore. However, the general rule with Mosins is the bore will be .311" or larger. Load for mine using the same bullets I use in my Lee-Enfields.

I recommend .311" bullets. Sierra Matchkings are most accurate in my 91/30.

Kenny,

You gonna start answerin' to "Lucky" now??

Does that guy have the scope mounted high enough on his "custom Mosin sniper"?

You might contact Brian a BDL Ltd. I hear he's "the man" when it comes to Lee-Enfields.

http://www.bdlltd.com/

You might also try Springfield Sporters. I've bought some Lee-Enfield parts from in the past.

Was the rifle doing this before you sent it off and have you spoken with your gunsmith about this?

All I can think of would be to take the bolt completely apart and reassemble it. Maybe something was mis-aligned during reassembly after the work was performed.

Rice,

JB Weld will probably work in a pinch, I would try something like Loctite first. If you cannot find Blackmax, use Acra-gel. That stuff is ridiculously strong. I've used it to glue all sorts of stuff together.

Still, I've seen people like Duane Wiebe make reference to using Loctite to install sight bases. I'd start there.

Jason -

 

Did any of your relatives know Jim Reeves very well? I periodically pass by his gravesite and memorial.

Bob,

Its quite possible. My family lived in Panola county back when Carthage was "the big city."

Off topic, but why would you be passing through the Carthage area? And if Carthage, do you ever make it down as Appleby?

My father and great aunt collaborated a few years ago to compile my family's genealoy and it is sitting open on the desk in front of me right now.

Apparently, my ancestry dates back to Nottingham, England in the 1500's. Later on, I had two ancestors that fought for the Confederacy. After the war, it looks like they all settled in or around Panola County, Texas. My great, great grandfather is buried 35 miles from my chair and I have visited his grave. Its pretty cool to know where you're from.

Best of luck with your genealogical search. I hope you're able to turn up some good stuff.

-Jason

Yup!

Its a different breed that lives west of I-35. Not bad, just different.

Outstanding! I plan on doing some bowhunting myself this year. I'm really looking forward to findng out what all the hub-bub's about.

Consider this:

A vehicle at 15 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 800 gallons a year of gasoline.

A vehicle at 25 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 480 gallons a year.

So, the average clunker transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year.

They claim 700,000 vehicles – so that's 224 million gallons / year.

That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.

5 million barrels of oil is about ¼ of one day's US consumption.

And, 5 million barrels of oil costs about $350 million dollars at $75/bbl.

So, we all contributed to spending $3 billion to save $350 million.

How good a deal was that ???

They'll probably do a great job with health care though!!

Remember September 11, 2001.

I have not forgotten. I will never forget.

And I will never forgive those responsible for this.

Did I miss something or have we been upgraded?

I have wanted to hang night vision and a silencer on my FAL for so long....

The old man's lucky Rosie didn't try and eat him or something.

For $40 it might be worth a try. I would not factor in your time however.

My only concerns about this would be the structural integrity of the bottom of the case after you drilled out the anvil and the diameter/depth of the primer pocket. Last time I looked at a berdan case, it had the anvil and two little holes. Does drilling one big hole between them effect case strength? And, since berdan primers and boxer primers aren't quite the same size, I have to wonder if the dimensional difference has any effect on performance or safety?

But again, for $40 it might be worth a try. I'll definitely save this one for later.