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    Gas Block question - Yankee Hill Machine suppressor gas block

    My first rifles and carbines were made with 5 ounce carbine buffers and 7 ounce rifle buffers. I've since tried a Superlative Arms gas block with a lightweight bolt carrier and empty buffer; it was easy to tune and gave bizarrely light recoil. Today I tried an Odin Works adjustable on a 13.7...
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    NY Red Flag law unconstitutional

    https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2023/2023-ny-slip-op-23088.html In other words, due process requires evidence then state action, not state action and a scramble for supporting evidence, which is the structure of many RFLs.
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    US v. Rahimi - Civil protection orders don't allow federal prosecution for possession of a firearm

    https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23596606-5th-circuit-ruling-on-domestic-violence-restraining-order-gun-restriction A man is subject to a CPO after assaulting his girlfriend and subsequently found with a firearm and prosecuted for the same part of the federal code that has you denying 11...
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    Attaching rail to a free float tube

    I am asking here because I am not handy, and if I am thinking about this incorrectly someone here might warn me off. I have a rifle with a simple aluminum free float tube. No picatinny, no holes. I like it, but want to add, a QD sling swivel cup and small piece of rail for a bipod. My plan...
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    Joshua L. Powell leaves the NRA and writes in support of RFLs and UBCs

    At least that's what Danny Hakim and Maggie Haberman assert in the NYT. It's fair to wonder whether someone can be principled in opposition to RFLs and UBCs, but then reverse the position in a fit of spite. I found interesting the manner in which LaPierre is condemned...
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    A much weaker AR15 carbine buffer (action) spring

    I need an AR carbine action spring that would be perhaps a third the weight of a normal spring. I don't know any source for a profoundly less powerful spring, but would be happy to hear any ideas on where to look. My plan is to file one side of a spring and see how that reduces strength. Is...
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    Have any of you tried a bullpup rifle and found it unsatisfactory?

    Context: By history, I'm a pistol and bolt action rifle shooter, but in the last decade, I've made ARs too. I have an interest in bullpups now, but I have reservations as well. A pistol is in my hand or a holster, so I always know and can control where it points. A rifle, even an AR carbine...
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    Judge Barrett's dissent in Kanter v. Barr

    Her name may come up again when a vacancy arises on the Sup Ct. You may recall her senate confirmation hearing in which Sen. Feinstein took exception to the evidence of her roman catholicism in her writing. Barret's analysis extends the logic of the an individual right in this context in a...
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    Ms. Pelosi isn't thrilled about the 1st Am. either

    The House passed HR1, a sort of grab bag of further federalization of state elections, including mandatory election registration and donation disclosure and politicization of the FEC. The most obviously objectionable part involves the federal regulation of speech, a purported legislative...
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    Kavanaugh's certiorari statement may be a roadmap for 2d Am. activity

    Since Kavanaugh was sworn in, the court has denied cert in a couple of cases involving free exercise and free speech. With those denials came statements about the reason for the denials - the cases weren't factually clear or certain in a way that would lead to clear analysis and decision. Yet...
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    Problems with NRA messaging and defense of a civil right

    It has been suggested that this be its own thread. With some frequency, we read here the thesis that the NRA's message is alienating to a larger population of potential supporters. One member here recently wrote: If there is a larger audience/market for a less strident message or tone, what...
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    AR15: Would a 60 safety/selector switch solve my first world problem?

    To flip the selector on an AR to safe, the usual switch must be rotated 90 degrees from vertical to horizontal. This requires that I contort my hand each time. While not the worst burden a fellow could bear, it is a much less natural movement than the sweeping thumb movement for the safety on...
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    carburizing nitriding processes and old blued guns

    Is it feasible to have this done on an old gun? Or is there so much prep involved that it isn't worth the time? I had a MKII Ruger long ago, but my skin chemistry stripped the bluing from the lower quickly. If I stripped an old MKII Ruger of its small parts and sights wood I end up with an...
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    How much wear does repeated upper disassembly put on an upper receiver?

    One of the ways I appear to have a screw loose is my habit of letting stray thoughts about upper configurations turn into built uppers. My reasoning is that building a new upper doesn't leave me with a bunch of spare parts and avoids the stress of reassembly on an upper. My uppers are...
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    Which .22 for a child?

    My younger daughter is interested, so I am looking for a rifle for her. She is small enough that the length of pull and weight on my adult sized czech rifles rules them out. I think the best option I've seen after a few hours of searching is a Savage Rascal. It is small and light, and...
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    AR15 heavy/extra power trigger spring?

    Does anyone know a good source for this, an extra power spring just for the trigger? Lots of places market reduced power springs, but extra power doesn't seem to be a frequent request. D&L Sports has such an item described on their site...
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    Carbon Fiber free float tube for AR

    If my idea is stupid, please let me know. If I took a 12.5 inch tube of CF with an internal diameter of 1.875 inches, could I thread it directly onto one of those ubiquitous aluminium threaded barrel nuts and drill just the tube for a set screw? Yes, I understand that some people get the...
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    Lightweight 20 inch barrel, free floated AR upper?

    I think I know what I want, but do not find it sold in an already assembled upper. I believe I would like an A3 upper with a lightweight or pencil profile 20 inch nitrocarburized barrel like the kind offered by DEZ in the link below...
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    Would anyone know last time BATF were sued over stockpiled 4473s?

    And what the case name would be. I looked around, but can't find any.
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    Kagan a convert?

    http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2521413 Above is a link to an article that includes Scalia's prediction that the Supreme Court will be taking another Second Amendment case in the near future. That does not seem an especially difficult prediction. I thought more interesting were his...
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