I want to get a wooden handguard for my russian one so it is all original and looks like a classic sks and get an inexpensive yugo or norinco to customize with a new stock, sights, and detachable mags. Too bad the average price for an sks is going up.

Matt, no need to be like that. Nobody on here should be looking down on each other because of how much time they spend on the forum. You're a busy guy, you're of age to be devoting a lot of time to building the foundations of your life. Some of the other members aren't as busy and don't always think about how others spend their time. There's a couple teenagers on the forum (myself included) who still have more free time to mess around and talk on here. Eventually we'll all be in a similar situation as you, whether it be college, work, military service, whatever it may be.

Let's all be civil and understanding of how much time we have. Nobody here "has no life" for spending more time on here than anybody else. During the day, I personally check in here briefly I go on the computer to check stuff, where as at night when I have some time to waste, I spend a little more time on it.

Now let's all shake hands and keep ourselves as equals, this is not a caste of who has the most time to waste.

New Lonely Island song

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Speaking of M-1 carbines, I found an old M-1 carbine at a gun show being sold as part of a private collection by a licensed dealer on behalf of widowed friend of the family.

WWII bring back, still had the double cell mag pouch on the stock, nearly frayed into sling, and was beat to hell and gone, including a rattling top plate, but man, to think of the stories that weapon could tell.

Sadly, didn't have the 300 bucks for it and I couldn't bring myself to haggle over it, having visions of a widow struggling to get buy on VA death benefits and social security.

I remember quite a while ago (I was 10 or 11) i saw an m1 carbine at a gun store in a small town going for $400, it appeared to be an original but since i didnt have my gun identifying skills that i have now, it might also of been one of those Universal carbines.

I saw a 4506 in going for $350 with like 8 mags along with it a few years ago. Too bad I didn't even have a dollar

I've always thought the M-1 Carbine is a bit underrated in the grand scheme of firearms history. It was innovative, but suffered from a lack of a suitable cartridge. I've found it telling that the Germans were very fond of them, issuing out captured ones in great quantity.

Not quite an assault rifle, but on the verge of one.

However, I feel the urge to quote Stephen Hunter, via his proxy Earl Lee Swagger, the .30 Carbine wasn't worth a cuss, and Earl Lee made it a point never to trust a man who carried one.

Since my Kukri is all muddy and I do not feel like washing it off, the Pinata bat my grandpa got in Mexico when he was 15 is taking it's place next to me bed

I think you're taking my post a lot more seriously than I intended it. I was kinda being self-deprecating, not really taking offense to what k9870 said. I realize that I'm on here frequently enough that my absence (even for one night) is noticeable.

As for me, I spend most of my life right now at a desk in the library, so this forum is one of the ways in which I procrastinate.

I always have this and Manly Excellence open when I'm online

I spend most of my time online trying to research new things

Just making sure everything is solid between us all. Only 40% of what people write or text is interpreted correctly do to lack of inflection or facial registry, so every now and then, it doesn't hurt to clear up any confusion.

And my trusty Glock 21 takes it's place on the night stand.

If looked at as a sub-rifle or submachine gun (which it technically was, as the .30 Carbine is a pistol round), the M1 Carbine is a very effective design. It's light, reliable, accurate, and the .30 carbine bullet has similar stopping power to a .45 at closer ranges. But being looked at as a rifleman's weapon, it doesn't really meet the requirements. The M2 Carbine, if addressed as a submachine gun, would have really been effective issued in higher numbers.

My martial arts teacher fought in Vietnam for special forces, and he had a knack for modifying guns (even after he left service, he continued to smith other's guns and ship them back) and built an M2 Carbine with a cut-down barrel (he relocated the sights) and a para-stock. He said for run and gunning, it was extremely effective.

I think the M1 Carbine should be rebuilt to modern standards today. A lot of the war bring backs from WWII/Korea/Vietnam are beat up, and the top cover of the forends are the first thing to wear out. I shot my dad's M1 that was issued during WWII, rearsenaled for Vietnam, captured by the NVA, and recaptured by the US (as far as the marking tell), the forend top flew off the gun when I shot it.

If someone made a modern one, say in stainless steel with a re-designed forend, it'd be a pretty nice weapon.

Eh, I was just never fond of the .30 Caliber Carbine, nor of the sub-gun concept in general.

Speaking of Vietnam customizations, Pop's carried an Ithaca 37, with the barrel cut down all the way to the magazine tube cap and a pistol grip. He wore it in a custom leather rig with pistol belt hooks and a leather thong to strap it own his thigh.

Mind you, I've only seen pictures, but Pop's always looked pretty badass wearing that thing on his right hip, Ka-Bar on the other, a tiger stripe flight suit, with the arms tied around his waist and a M-1911A1 in a shoulder holster with his Air Commando brimmed hat.

Another weapon my Chung-Si was fond of was the M79 Grenade Launcher. Apparantly, his unit was issued 40mm buckshot and experimental flachette rounds. If you saw The Expendables, you have an (albiet exaggerated) idea of what the buckshot rounds could do, where as the flachette rounds are geneva convention banned dart-shaped rounds that could punch through trees. Probably the most insane story he told me was when he shot an enemy soldier at close range with a HE round. It failed to detonate due to the proximity, but lodged into the guy and messed him up pretty bad. So they took him with them in the chopper and tossed him out to see if they could make it detonate. I don't believe it did.

One of Pop's friend was in the 5th SFG, and as such had access to a variety of 40mm grenades, including buckshot, which he carried in a cut down M-79 that he liked to carry while walking point.

Pop's made the switch to the Ithaca after "zapping" an NVA guy three times center mass with his CAR-15 and still not dropping him. It took a blast of #4 Buck from his partner to drop him for good.

Pop's said that he had flopped down and was struggling to get his .45 out and working.

Cracks me up every time.

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In Romeo & Juliet, we've just read the scene where we're introduced to Juliet's Nurse. I keep picturing the Nurse as Eddie Izzard in a drag.

Taking a muscle relaxer and going to bed didn't make the pinched nerve stopped hurting. It keeps getting worse

Go to a chiropractor, something's probably out of whack.

Pinched nerve. There is nothing I can do about it

I've finally watched the new South Park episode. It takes the piss out of Tyler Perry.

The USA jobs site pisses me off. You check a job and it says "requirements...experience at this type of job." n everything. Sometimes even 2 years. It seems there is no entry level ones at all.

I've been in the law library the last thirteen hours...

It's extremely humid outside and there are dark, heavy clouds up above. Does this mean there will be a tornado? :eek:

I went to the doctor and they told me that I seriously strained my back

Did he give you a shitload of pain killers for it?

No, they gave me anti-inflammatories. I hate taking pain medication anyways

From Wikipedia:

[Charles Bronson] was considered to play the role of Snake Plissken in Escape from New York (1981), but director John Carpenter thought he was too tough looking and too old for the part, and decided to cast Kurt Russell instead

If Charles Bronson played Snake Plissken, then retrieving the president from Manhattan Island that has been turned into a prisio would be a walk in the park.

Any reason? Meds have never given me a problem. Actually when i had lasik done i even was given valium, that was nice:)

I get lightheaded, dizzy, etc.

Strange any chance the meds were drying you out and you werent drinking enough water?

I dunno. Drowsyness and dizzy/lightheaded-ness are common side effects of pain medication

I was reading random articles on Wikipedia and found out that Texas legislature replaced May-Issue carry laws with Shall-Issue because of a shooting spree instead of replacing Shall-Issue with May-Issue, which is the exact opposite of what some states would do

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

May Issue: "A May-Issue jurisdiction is one that requires a permit to carry a concealed handgun, and where the granting of such permits is partially at the discretion of local authorities "

Shall Issue: "The granting authority has no discretion in the awarding of the permits"

Maine is shall issue, 18 and over, in state and out of state.

Who would win in a fight:

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Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris?