Snark before the Gathering

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Good morning. Crazy weekend ahead...but it's not at work. :)

Off to have breakfast. Happy snarkin.
 
Wife and I are heading back to Starved Rock today. Many things still to see there. Hopefully the colors are even more beautiful now. The rain and wind have reeked havoc on many of the trees here, so, we'll see.
 
Mornin everyone! Time to go make some breakfast!
 
Mornin'.

I'm gonna kick back for a couple of days with my feet up. I have 4 new knives I need to review and eval, but you know what? I gonna watch Star Trek TNG, and Once Upon a Time, and just fondle them for a.couple of.days. Ice, elevation, and rest, see if I can get over this crap.

Moose
 
'morning everybody. My breakfast today shall include taco meat and eggs, but we're outta tortillas, so this should be interesting.

@moose: TNG is a good call, just remember "All good things, Picard, must come to an end." Hope your uric acid levels return to norm. soon.

@DubZ: have a good trip, looking forward to pics :)

now, off to consume eggs and coffee.
 
TMHunt said:
Ah cool. I've never worked with A2. It is air quenched steel? How do you like working with that foil? Can you let it cool inside it, or doest it have to be removed?
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Yeah, Air-quenched, like 154CM, and VERY dimensionally stable in quench. We do it two ways. Either pull,cut,squish,grab,wave,plate(optional) OR just throw the whole packet on the aluminum plates. Mr. M has a huge section of 2" thick round aluminum and we throw a plate on top of that. Works pretty well. Depending on the profile you might wanna pull it out of the packet, but that can be tricky. I don't like fighting with the packet when it's hot and needs to cool *NOW*. I'm doing less O1 because it's pretty much the most complicated sequence when you add oil AND the packet. But I *LOVE* not having to go back to 180g to sand out the decarb, and it helps protect against overheating from the heating elements.
A2 has a narrower toughness curve than O1 for tempering, tho, and the target temps are just on the edge of regular domestic equipment capabilities so you either have to pay close attention or temper in the kiln.

The foil is about .002" thick and goddamn sharp when it's cut, so gotta be careful.
 
Moosez45 said:
Ice, elevation, and rest, see if I can get over this crap.
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I had an odd episode in my toe joints, which I unscientifically diagnosed as a uric acid issue.
Correlation does not necessarily imply causation, but it sure SEEMED like several rides on a 40-year-old motorcycle with a good vibe in the footpegs loosened everything up. YMMV (I get 55. ;))
 
Just put a Fisk edge on the BK9. Holy hell, I love it even more now. Also saw the edge chipped on the last outing, but it'll smooth out after a few sharpening jobs.
 
Jonny1280 said:
That might be the first time I've seen reliable, budget, and AR-15 in the same sentence. lol :D
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Was asking because I was reading CTD's article on the Mossberg AR-15, and there were several DPMS owners posting comments who seemed to think that their DPMS guns were nice and cheap but still pretty reliable. That mossberg is under 700, which is a heck of a lot more budget than the 1K+ I usually see them for.
 
crimsonfalcon07 said:
Any of you fellas have any recommendations for a reliable budget AR-15? Looking for the rifle, not the carbine.
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local shop sells a lot of DPMS when people ask for it, and a lot more stag model 3 (partial quad rail for "free")... about $780 or so. LOTS of those are sold and almost none of them come back.

as well, if you're a huge fan, the Bushmaster AR plant in Maine opened back up, under a new name, and they're making even BETTER stuff than the originals:

http://www.windhamweaponry.com/shopnews.asp?type=Windham Weaponry MPC Review by Grampas Guns

like a phoenix...

or you could buy a modular AR, be able to change barrels and stuff, or just buy a "weird" one, AK calibers, 6.8, 300 blackout, 5.7 with FN magazines (50 rounds)

so what do you want to DO with it :>
 
AR-15's sure are nice.
I've just found it hard to pull the trigger on one, so to speak.
I've been looking at 1911's lately.
Same deal. It's just hard to drop a grand on a gun.
 
Jonny1280 said:
AR-15's sure are nice.
I've just found it hard to pull the trigger on one, so to speak.
I've been looking at 1911's lately.
Same deal. It's just hard to drop a grand on a gun.
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oh, no, it's really easy to drop a grand, or two, or three :) very easy.

might be hard to let go of them money though ;)

want pricey? check out Knight's Stone AR 15s $2500, but you don't NEED to upgrade them ;)

for the money, one can buy a .22LR version of many fun rifles, and use that. cheap ammo, same ergos, and mostly the same feel operation. several good ones to choose from, some VERY good. under $500 for most. you could hunt small game too, or just get good training and then step up when you feel you have the money.

or go old school. get a nice mosin nagant, from the 91/30 "spear" at around $120 - and ammo is dirt cheap, or a carbine up to and including the "rifles of the white death", ah, the Finnish Mosin Nagant - perfection. more expensive than the typical 91/30, but nicer, accurate, and HUGE BULLETS CHEAP.

get some :)
 
Smoking a pork shoulder right now. About half an hour left. Damn it smells good.
 
Bladite said:
so what do you want to DO with it :>
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Modular sounds good to me. Lots of plinking, but I wouldn't mind being able to swap for a heavier caliber if I wanted to. I suppose mainly it's just that, honestly, I have a serious love on for the Mk12 mod 0/1.

And yeah, 1911 would be nice. I wouldn't be surprised if I end up spending 2500 easy on a 1911 when I get around to it.
 
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