i.ve got both and while the walker is cool, it,s BIG, but the rem fits my hand better, so I shoot it more.

If you are talking about collecting original firearms, the walker has more value.

I'm on board for a Ragnar category.

They'll knock you over if you're not careful. Lol. Not my firearm of choice, but I'm not trying to compensate for anything, ;-p

I went to a range with a few guys from work and one of them had a short barreled .500. I fired it three times. No thanks. I'd rather attack it with a sword. LOL

Sigh. I'm done here.

A S&W .500 will get that boar. And they taste waaayyy better than domestic pig. Mmm mmm!

Has there been any undated on this? That report was in July.

That is one incredible event and is as clearcut a violation as I've ever read. These guys are just missing some swastikas to fully equipped.

Ya, 3 guns sounds pretty fun. Damn the price of ammo.
Though, in my personal experience, the best way to improve your skills isn't to go drop a hundred dollar every weekend shooting; but to go out and shoot like 5 rounds a day. It's going to be that first shot that counts, and that's usually what needs the most practice, particularly drawing and target acquisition .
Although, that's kinda of hard if you can't shoot in your own backyard. Lucky me.

you are right. that's the one. thanks

Thought it was this story...
http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/05/nevada....

Were you thinking of a different one?

it was not a fed agency?

Good idea.

I believe that was the Henderson Nevada Police. I read the homeowner filed a lawsuit but have not heard anything since.

I can see your point Mike, but at the same time guns have become a lynchpin for personal freedom within the US. It is the ultimate expression of freedom to hunt for your own food and defend yourself and family. It is important to a vast number of people. Many on the natural freedom of self-destiny level and others in the biblical sense of Christ telling his followers that if they had cloaks and no swords to sell their cloaks and buy swords. It appeals to many people for many reasons. If that right is lost a substantial amount of people will consider the American way of life to be lost along with it.

There are certainly aspect of life more important to AS, but how many issues right now carry the importance of guns and the gun control debate and what that might mean to our civilization to come?

Nah, I am using commercial brass, mostly Winchester. I have some Lake City I got a really good price on, but I have not used it figuring on developing a load separately for it. I am mostly looking at hunting accuracy. There are no ranges around here that I can push into the super accuracy game. If I can get "Hickok45" type accuracy I will be happy.

What about The Second Amendment Cafe?

Yes, how 'bout it?

That would be awesome.

I can hardly believe that we both forgot to include the arming of Reardon's foundry workers and their efforts to repel the thugs from Reardon Steel. The account of Francisco standing on the roof picking off bad guys with a pistol in each hand should be burned into our collective minds.

Would you propose they should have thrown quarters at them?????

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If you are using military brass, 42 grains will be a compressed load. I use some mil srup brass for practice, but my competition brass is Lapula. The stuff is NOT cheap, but it's very consistent. And that's the important thing. A difference in wall thickness run out of .003" will cause a 6" deflection of the bullet at 500yards with a .308.

While I recognize the point you seem to make, that guns were not a significant tool utilized in AS, I would counter that in addition to the two references you gave the use and references were far larger than you presented.

Certainly you recognize that Ragnar was utilizing guns from the beginning of his part of the strike. While most of us "gun people" would have included more details about firearms had we been the author, this lack of inclusion may indicate a lack of understanding on the part of the Ayn Rand. Not a criticism, just a observation that many people, for many reasons never learn to properly handle firearms. This lack only points to the need for such instruction as can be given in these pages.

One noted fear that many untrained hold is that the inanimate object will somehow cause a otherwise sane person to suddenly become a mass murderer. It sounds silly to us who understand firearms, but this very concept has even been described in the halls of congress. That should not give it any more value than the worship of the moon as god gets, but there you are.

Still others, the more prevalent thankfully, simply fear firearms due to a lack of familiarization. These are folks we can and do help. Help is offered through NRA basic pistol classes for those who have never touched a pistol before to private, one on one classes with certified instructors, like myself. As an Army armory instructor I taught many students who were fearful of firearms. And one of the most basic needs was to recognize that guns are just tools, to be used for good or bad. The final usage is up to the individual.

The propose category would allow a specific place where a foundational database of solid information could be assimilated and accessed by all. A place where specifics of the use of firearms can be cataloged as more and more join us as strikers. There is far more value to the life of a striker in the knowledge of firearms than in the production of beer (although that's important to as a life skill), but the production of beer is a skill that has a fixed bit of data to learn in the life of a striker, firearm knowledge will protect, feed, clothe and warm a striker.

The exploration of "Numismatics which is far more important to capitalism" has value to culture and therefore has a home, firearms do not.

I am opposed. A "Guns" category would violate the design structure of the discussion board.

My primary hobby area is numismatics. What most people call "coin collecting" is the art and science that studies the forms and uses of money. The subject is highly important to capitalism. Here in the Gulch, I have posted articles and links to articles about gold coins, stock certificates, industrial award medals, and similar topics. They go into History or Business or under some other Category. So, too, with guns.

The rubric "Guns" is conceptually less abstract that the other Categories. That is why I never asked for a Numismatics category.

I also learned to fly. I never completed the certification, but half of my hundred hours are solo, including night. I have an article here on "The Virtues of Aviation Culture." Find it here: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/bc...
"Piloting an aircraft demands, rewards, and exemplifies the virtues taught by Objectivism." I placed it under Culture. It could have gone under Philosophy or Technology. But a separate "Aviation" category would be inconsistent with the design structure of the discussion boards.