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If it's so rusted that you can't even break it down I would suggest not shooting it even after you get it cleaned up. The strucural integrity may be comprimised. Then you might have to change your name to StumpysRage. That is if it doesn't kill you.

1/48 1J all the way.

If I was going to get Robtech DVD's I would definately get the bootlegs just to screw HG out of a little more money.

These guys have huge balls to bootleg an HG product. That's like poking a bear with a stick. HG will probably go all Captain Ahab on 'em.

Cell phones and tele-cofrencing are what killed the Concorde. Business men no longer need to fly across the Atlantic at a moments notice to seal thier deals. Just like everything else that sucks in the world I blame Bill Gates.

I snatched this pic from the Associated Press

Graham, i've got big hands and am looking into buying a pistol...whats my best bet??

Is it your first handgun? If so, get a .22 and learn to shoot the right way.

yeah, until now, all i've had have been rifles:

.22

30-06

7mm

i wanted a little change up.

The Ruger Mark II is a great pistol to start on.

Meh, the .380 ACP (or 9mm Kurz for you German sprekenzies out there) is a weak round. Sure anything can kill ya but it won't necessarily "stop" someone. I'd say go for something with some ass behind it like a .40 S&W or a .45 ACP. They make lots of small C&C guns in those nice heavy stopping calibers these days.

Not everyone buys guns with the intention of shooting people. I keep a Colt model M .32cal just for farting around cause it's fun to shoot. On the street I carry my PT-99 9mm or my Glock 30 .45ACP.

I always thought that the army. air force and marines all came together to make the UN Spacy and that's why it's referred to as the "joint forces". Of course I'm usually wrong about these sort of things.

I think the .380 is just an automatic version .38 calibur round. The 9mm is about .36 calibur. Personally I don't like .380 but I hear that the Bersa Thunder is a real nice piece.

http://www.bersa-llama.com/cat_thunder380.html

u know, the F/A-22 was originally supposed to be a F-15 "upgrade"/redesign, but it didnt really fly with congress. My thinking is the F-18E/F is a "upgrade"/redesign that might as well be a totally different aircraft compared to the previous variants, so why did it get the congress OK, when the F-15F/ F/A-22 didnt at first?

Because con-gress is the opposite of pro-gress. <_<

I'm on a roll today.

Here's a silly pic I found. I don't know who made it.

hmm,nato 5.56.is that the round the new ak shoots? i heard that the ak was recently downgraded from 7.62 to 5.56 in an effort to try to increase range & accuracy

You're probably thinking of the AK-74, adopted in 1974,which fires a 5.45 mm. round. It is easily distinguished by it's orange bakelite mags. It really has nothing to do with range or accuracy it's more about the number of rounds a soldier can carry.

Maybe Crom could keep it on topic for once. <_<

Another of my favs the P-61 Black Widow.

No love for the A7 Corsair II ? The plane George W. flew to protect Texas from the Viet-Cong.

Nope, Bush flew the F-102...when he felt like showing up, that is.

CROM laughs at your bad political humor!

Umm... that must mean it's funny if Crom laughed?

Oh yeah, my god can beat up your god anyday.

ALL HAIL THE GREAT CTHULU!

No love for the A7 Corsair II ? The plane George W. flew to protect Texas from the Viet-Cong.

Nope, Bush flew the F-102...when he felt like showing up, that is.

My bad. B)

No love for the A7 Corsair II ? The plane George W. flew to protect Texas from the Viet-Cong.

One more for Kanata67. Good toys and nice pointy things.

the Skyraider would've saw action in WW2 had it lasted a couple more years, and the O-10 was one of the best planes for the Observer role and the calling in air support role whilist in the air.

The OV-10 also has the advantage of being able to carry ordinace of its own (4x .30 cals and various rockets) as well as 5 trooper. It could also be converted into a flying ambulance. Very cool if you ask me.

Put it on a tri-pod and split the ammo and batteries between the squad. A more practical approach is to carry a radio and call in an airstrike.

My favs are the A-1 Skyraider and the OV-10 Bronco. Both saw alot of action in Vietnam but the jets hog all of the glory.

After reading his negative feedback I think he knows full well what he's doing. <_

I can't help but think it would be cheaper to make my own set using a super posable [or even a yammie] and a matchbox pod mounted on slate or a brick though. How long till we see custom book-ends???

I was thinking the exact same thing.

I can tell you guys have never shot anyone.

In Richmond we have a surplus store that is half military surplus and half office furniture and they always have awesome stuff cheap. The only drawback is that it's in the hood. I'd suggest going through your yellow pages and seeing if you have a similar place.

here's thier site if your bored.

http://www.hullstreetoutlet.com/

Use your imagination.

I hate shotguns but the thing about pistols is that they have too much penetrating power. You may end up killing someone in the next room by accident no matter how well trained you are.

I work in bail enforcement and I carry my 9mm with me everywhere I go. I keep my mags loaded with standard FMJs but the round in the chamber is rubber. The few times I've been forced to fire that one rubber bullet has been sufficient to incapacitate the target without messy wrongful death lawsuits as it shows that my intent was not to kill. (I don't get paid unless I bring them back alive) Even if the rubber bullet doesn't do the job I know that I have 15 FMJs that will.