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Haven't had a chance to get in some outdoors time with my knives for a long time now. Startin to bum me out. Oh well Walking Dead will console me.
 
ac700wildcat said:
Looks like it should be a good season of The Walking Dead!!

I have a friend that has wanted an ar15 for a long time. He finally decided to spend the money and put one together, so I told him I would help him out. He ended up not taking my advice on parts and ordered one of the cheapest kits he could get his hands one and had someone else put it together for him. It will only fire one shot and then won't fire again unless he flips the safety off and on again, then he will only get one more shot. Now he's wishing he woulda taken my advice. I guess someone else he knows ordered two of the same kit and are having the same problem too.
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sucks to be him. i'd attempt every method to get my money back, or sell it.

building a gun from parts is ... silly and risky when you can buy a purpose built gun for cheap made by experts. imho :)
 
Building an ar15 really isn't hard at all. You are way better off buying parts made by the bigger companies and sticking with their brand for most of the gun. If you buy the cheapest you can get like he did, you end up with problems. I'm guessing his problem is somewhere in the trigger group and can be fixed fairly easily, but I agree that he should probably just send it back and buy good parts.
 
Couldn't take having the coating on my 15 anymore. Just finished stripping and sanding it a bit. It should be much better helping out in the kitchen now. Just gotta thicken the handle a bit again and it'll be perfect.
 
I'm guessing the trigger spring was installed wrong and it's not resetting right on that AR. I built one that functioned flawlessly last summer and its pretty hard to mess it up if you take your time. I would be looking for my money back, if I were him, though, and would start over.
 
I built my own by following the directions on the ar15 site and have had zero problems with it. The same guy put all three rifles together, so its either the parts in the lower or the guy that put em together. I told my friend to let me look at it, but he gave it back to that guy to work on. If its parts I would hope he would send it back.
 
Saw this on the Tomars FB page...


Also saw that some of the existing ZKs are now made in the US out of 1095CV...Think it was the tanto and warsword?

2013 Preview:

A) In January of 2013 KA-BAR will be introducing a few new releases starting with additional models in the Zombie Killers line that will be produced right here in America as well as the 5700 & 5701

B) Coppersmiths, a (New Line of Traditional Folders) is supposed to really neat and there is allot of excitement about them.

C) KA-BAR will also be introducing the start of producing the BK-24 which will be the BK-14 constructed in D2 steel.

D) Here is a surprise, a Tactical Ice Scraper manufactured from Grivory

E) KA-BAR will also be producing a new line of patches, signs, decals etc. for many different knife model lines.
 
CamH_16 said:
Saw this on the Tomars FB page...

D) Here is a surprise, a Tactical Ice Scraper manufactured from Grivory
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yeah, those are neato. i think if you look close in my Blade 2012 photos, you'll see it :>
 
CamH_16 said:
D) Here is a surprise, a Tactical Ice Scraper manufactured from Grivory
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Its called The Lake Effect. Toooj kicked my ass with one at Shot, and then repeated the process at Blade. Ice scraper/pain compliance device. Yeah, Kabar gets down like that.

Moose
 
If this ice scraper is better than the one's I keep breaking every year, count me in. Darn things never last here in frozen tundra.
 
ac700wildcat said:
Couldn't take having the coating on my 15 anymore. Just finished stripping and sanding it a bit. It should be much better helping out in the kitchen now. Just gotta thicken the handle a bit again and it'll be perfect.
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mrn8 said:
I'm guessing the trigger spring was installed wrong and it's not resetting right on that AR. I built one that functioned flawlessly last summer and its pretty hard to mess it up if you take your time. I would be looking for my money back, if I were him, though, and would start over.
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ac: if one has used and field stripped a ar15 type, or related more than a few times, and generally likes taking apart and cleaning guns and doesn't need a manual to do it right (esp after the first 6-12 times ;D), then yeah sure, maybe that person wants to build something.

from scratch? esp for a newbie who doesn't shoot? i would never recommend it unless they have money to burn (yeah, the barrel threads were stripped like that from the factory ;>). instead, as per local gun shop guy "here's a complete for $750 (for example). it shoots. it has a warranty. when you decide you don't like something on it, swap it out. if it doesn't work then, you know why, swap it back. learn as you go." building a whole working system even with high end parts, sometimes you need more than LEGO skills :> hell, even the manufacturers mess up.

yeah, as well, it sounds like the lower is having issues. if he has a trusting friend with a working ar15, i'd swap the entire lower and see if the upper cycles well/etc. if yes, then examine that lower carefull to the other working lower- drop it, and rebuild it to spec, not what it looked like (ie: backards spring example).

cheap is sometimes good, but well, not always :>
 
mrn8 said:
If this ice scraper is better than the one's I keep breaking every year, count me in. Darn things never last here in frozen tundra.
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Kabar handle, 1/4" thick scraper stock, FRN all the way, and a 3.5" wide scraper that can capture and hand, elbow, and put pressure on parts of the body that don't like pressure.

I make up 2 of Toooj, and he whipped me like a bad puppy in no time flat. Twice.

It does make me feel better that Toooj is probably the 3rd most dangerous man on the planet though........

Moose
 
I'll be clutching a couple each evening at the Gathering in case anyone tries to invade my hammock space.

Zipper comes open? Forehead slash. Hilt to nose. That is all.

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My daughter is a badass. With a tactical ice scraper, I think she could take out Chuck Norris.

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Bladite said:
ac: if one has used and field stripped a ar15 type, or related more than a few times, and generally likes taking apart and cleaning guns and doesn't need a manual to do it right (esp after the first 6-12 times ;D), then yeah sure, maybe that person wants to build something.

from scratch? esp for a newbie who doesn't shoot? i would never recommend it unless they have money to burn (yeah, the barrel threads were stripped like that from the factory ;>). instead, as per local gun shop guy "here's a complete for $750 (for example). it shoots. it has a warranty. when you decide you don't like something on it, swap it out. if it doesn't work then, you know why, swap it back. learn as you go." building a whole working system even with high end parts, sometimes you need more than LEGO skills :> hell, even the manufacturers mess up.

yeah, as well, it sounds like the lower is having issues. if he has a trusting friend with a working ar15, i'd swap the entire lower and see if the upper cycles well/etc. if yes, then examine that lower carefull to the other working lower- drop it, and rebuild it to spec, not what it looked like (ie: backards spring example).

cheap is sometimes good, but well, not always :>
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I get what you're saying. He would have definitely been better off just buying a production rifle. I offered him to swap my upper onto his lower and his lower onto my upper to see if things worked or not, but that didn't work out. I messaged him a bit ago and I guess the guy got it working. I asked what the problem was and all he knew was that a piece wasn't machined right.

I want a friggen tactical ice scraper!!!
 
It's going to be hilarious if my ESEE giveaway fades without anyone taking the stuff. :p

ETA: Nope it's gone. I figured someone would like the patch.
 
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Nice! I was really close to trading my CZ75 in on the XDS but decided to to pay cash and keep the CZ. Glad I did, it's really one of the most comfortable in the hand that I've ever used.
 
Guyon said:
It's going to be hilarious if my ESEE giveaway fades without anyone taking the stuff. :p

ETA: Nope it's gone. I figured someone would like the patch.
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you had an ESEE giveaway?
who are you anyway?
 
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