Wow. Minor details huh? My mistake. All are short action.

When king Trump is done, it will be like Obama never existed...

If it is not a barrel I will need as a replacement and has too Many rounds through it (1500 and up) it becomes a tomato stake.

sirhrmechanic said:

Oh my God... look at the damage that Trump has done to the White House... Total destruction...

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Oh wait... this was when Obama put a basketball court in the White House.

And not only was a word not said about it... I had no idea he did that!

BTW, I am honestly not sure this picture is from the Obama Basketball court..... the picture honestly looks older. But maybe it is. The point being that every President has made changes. Some massive. Probably the biggest in 'modern' times was when Jackie Kennedy spent millions to massively restore and redecorate. But in the process made huge structural changes. I believe including the addition of underground Situation Room and other big changes.

Anyway.... just a cool picture.

Cheers,

Sirhr

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I understand that Trump and private donors are fronting the money for the ballroom. I've heard costs of 250 to 300 million dollars thrown around. If true, that's a pretty good tab for a ballroom. But I also remember hearing, quite a while back, about an upscale rural resort adding a new wing that cost quite a bit. I think it was the Greenbrier in West Virginia.

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MrSmith

308pirate said:

I think a pair of glasses would have been cheaper

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I had an MRO the dot wasn’t round. Not even close. It was in the shape of a comet. Glasses didn’t make a difference. When I took a picture with my phone the dot was clear and round. So it was my eyes, 60 plus old eyes.

I've been messing with one for a little bit now on an accurate AR. I am not crazy about the weight either, but in all other ways, it is an exceptionally nice scope in terms of optics, mechanics and usability.

It is easily one of the stronger contenders in the MPVO world. Diffractive reticle illumination really makes a difference on 2x and the way the tree reticle is designed is just right for the mag range.

ILya

DeadNutz said:

looks like barrel nuts are used

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Barrel nuts can be used. Mine is shouldered.

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Because if it was black it wouldn’t work?

akmike47 said:

She looks like a stick figure drawing of a rat, she can’t dance, her music sucks, but I’m not hating she found a niche and got rich either

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Maybe it's nitpicking, I'd argue her (already-)rich parents found her her niche and put together her image. Daddy used to fly her down to Nashville every weekend to try and get her signed, and when that record deal materialized, he bought a record company instead.

ttt

50 years ago my SDI was a Staff, , one DI was a Sargent, the other was a Corporal, Corporal Duncan. That fucker was about 5’ 5” and built like a brick shithouse. He used to tilt the brim of his Smokey so he could poke us poor bastards in the eyes with it, then scream “ did I say you could blink” . Good times. He had a couple hash marks so the rumor was he got busted down while running the brig on Okinawa. Added to his rep, never did find out if it was true.

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No one has asked which ammo the OP intends to shoot in his 223, that is relevant to the twist.

Jingoist said:

Taylor Swift is one of the most popular, also, but that doesn't make her respectable. Just saying.

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A long time ago during a 9mm vs. .45 thread someone posted here about the 2009 Ft. Hood shooter. He used a 5.7x28. Up until then (I researched what he posted, and he was right) I thought high power .22 cals were just overblown .22 Mags in a pistol. Not much more going on right? Wrong! The Ft. Hood shooter shot 52 people, of which 12 died. Of the remaining 39 victims of his shooting, none could continue their counter-assault on him after they had been hit. Meanwhile, the shooter had been hit six times by 9mm's and finally succumbed when one of them hit him in the spine. Both are proof that the 5.7 CAN kill and the 9mm can poke holes. In no way do I agree with the shooter, but it shows that high power .22 cals are worth looking at. I recently purchased a 1911 in .22 TCM as it is more powerful than the 5.7x28. After purchasing it I took it to the range, where (being cheap by not purchasing a watermelon) I set up an apple at 10M. After zeroing I shot the apple. It blew the apple four feet in the air and four feet to the right. And, when it came down it was in shreds. The only part that hung together was a few cracked chunks held together by some skin. I use 9mm mags as the .22 TCM is about the same size.

I have peripheral exposure to this as well as cybersecurity and the industry wide approach currently seems to be "do just as little as it takes to keep management out of jail if something bad happens". The scary thing is that I don't see that attitude changing anytime soon.

roostercogburn98 said:

I would have backfilled the slot with clear epoxy to seal it in better

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I didn't want to make it a permanent, irreplaceable solution, in case I need to replaced the tritium later (it's about 6yrs old now, near the half-life). Will see how well the setup holds up under recoil.

I have had at least a dozen J-frame Smiths through the years. I even had a pair of the 9mm revolvers that used moon clips. Alas, like a dumb ass I sold them all before the prices went wonky. Now I have nothing but semi-autos and I don't miss revolvers at all.