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    Warning on HiBid Auctions

    Just wanted to pass along something for everyone out there. I have been hitting up a lot of internet auctions lately, primarily to find ammo (which I have, occasionally at decent prices) as well as firearms when nobody realizes what they have and it goes for a good price. I recently had...
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    Suggestions in regard to feed failure

    I was given a brand new, never been fired, RIA 1911A1 Tactical. Before even taking it to the range, i like to feed a few magazines through manually, just to check for feed issues. The factory mag hangs on loading the first round if it is fully loaded, and I have tried 4 other after market...
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    Modding a Mossberg

    I still have the 20ga shotgun that was my first real gun. Since I was about 7 or 8 when it was given to me, the stock had to be cut down a little in order for me to be able to hold it properly. Fast forward about 40 years, and I want to make it into something practical again. I would have to...
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    Jaded?

    I guess it's just all been getting to me. I walked in a local gun store yesterday that I had not been in for some time and was just so overwhelmingly surprised just because they acted like they should. Decent selection of firearms for the size of the store. Good prices. The fellow behind the...
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    (TX) Austin police chief shows his colors again

    In other news, our wonderful Austin police chief has come out with his opinion that citizens who do not agree with him are 'lying extremist with undeveloped brains'. Art Acevedo, the political hack that he is, basically insults people who disagree with his opinion that universal background...
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    TX - Several issues involved in shooting

    There is too much information not present in this to make a call one way or the other. I don't think it is going to go well for this fellow in the end... GEORGETOWN — A Northwest Austin resident accused in the shooting death of a man outside his house in the Avery Ranch area plans to plead not...
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    Advice for the future

    Well, I just got back from my father's funeral. Not the best time of my life, but it certainly went worse than I thought. One of the few things my father and I ever bonded over was guns. Hunting and being outdoors together were always special times, but when my father called me several years...
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    TX - Sept 1

    With the new law taking effect Sept 1 that you are allowed to keep a firearm locked in your vehicle at work, is anyone getting themselves something new to fill this role? I don't want to leave my HK or Kimber in my truck all day, so am thinking about getting a small revolver that I won't feel...
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    (TX) Man shot, killed near Ponder

    PONDER — A woman shot and killed her former husband Wednesday morning after he apparently lay in wait for her and forced her into the home where she was living with her parents and children just off Seaborn Road in unincorporated Denton County. ..... She told investigators that she had a...
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    The New Gun Control

    The New Gun Control Posted on April 30, 2011 by a west texas view Copyright violation risk http://constitutionclub.org/2011/04/30/the-new-gun-control/
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    (NE) Aimed at glory

    Aimed at glory By Mark Young | Sunday, March 20, 2011 4:07 AM CDT The North Platte Telegraph When a young Mullen girl decided to achieve, it was all about ability - not disability. That's what drives 8-year-old Gracie Hoyt as she sets her sights on a state championship title in BB gun...
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    (PA) Local gun maker introduces high-end pistol

    Local gun maker introduces high-end pistol By Bob Frye, TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, May 1, 2011 Pennsylvania gained fame more than two centuries ago for producing some of the finest, most accurate longrifles in the world, the misnamed "Kentucky" rifle. Could it next be known for being home to some...
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    New Blog Tests Factual Foundations of Opposition to Gun Control

    New Blog Tests Factual Foundations of Opposition to Gun Control http://finance.yahoo.com/news/New-Blog-Tests-Factual-prnews-1312907639.html?x=0&.v=1 Know your enemies.... Copyright
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    'The American Frontier Rifleman' exhibit hits bull's-eye in timing

    At Fort Pitt Museum, 'The American Frontier Rifleman' exhibit hits bull's-eye in timing Rifle exhibit will coincide with ... the NRA convention! Monday, April 25, 2011 By Vivian Nereim, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Standing amid 18th-century rifles, Alan Gutchess seemed perfectly at home...
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    Now Firearm Tragedies Aren't a Matter of 'Bad Things Just Happen'

    Now Firearm Tragedies Aren't a Matter of 'Bad Things Just Happen' "Accidental Shooting" is now an Oxymoron Tuesday April 26, 2011, 7:50 am EDT PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Improved Guns, Inc., a not for profit company, is founded to promote the US Pat 7,036,258...
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    (UK) Farmer menaced with death threats....police turn up to confiscate her shotguns

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380753/Farmers-fury-gipsy-death-threats-999-results-legally-held-guns-confiscated-case-retaliates.html Having confronted travellers cutting down trees on her farm, terminally-ill Tracy St Clair Pearce found herself subjected to a terrifying ordeal. Some...
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    Probably sounds silly to most....

    I have recently had a Colt AR-15 A2 come into my posession. I know how to fire the blasted thing, but I really don't know much about the care and cleaning of same. The Navy had me firing everything but this type of rifle, so I am a little out of my element. I hear they can be a bit...
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    Austin TX gunsmith?

    I would like to have an AR-15 and a shotgun checked out by a competent gunsmith. The shotgun, I can check over pretty well, but I have to admit that my familiarity with the AR is low enough that I will pretty much be starting from scratch. I do, however, want to make sure everything is in...
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    Guns in the NH Statehouse means no student visits

    http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=13909653 Since there is no longer a gun ban in the New Hampshire statehouse, teachers do not want to take the risk of conducting field trips with their students to watch government in (in)action.
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    Finally, the answer to gun crime.... ;-)

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=cross-check-blog-2011-01-24&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20110126 This fellow goes from to figuring that pretty much all the gun violence is related to income inequality, and that if we just move to a Socialist system, then we would eliminate most all...
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