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Armorer, you WILL post a link to this. Won't you? (he asked rhetorically)
Finally found a picture of the left side of the action here: http://www.angelfire.com/vt/milsurp/t18.html
For some reason I completely discounted Japanese rifles yesterday. I didn't see any with that sort of bolt-end.
Prolly quit slacking off at their job as jobs aren't so easy to replace these days!
If anyone happens to come across a nice shiny new goddamned Sig-Sauer 1911, stainless, with the tac rail, and it's so good of a deal that it must be stolen, please let me know. It probably was.
Yesterday.
Along with my TV.
They left the case, left the ~500 rounds of boxed ammo, took the 6 mags full of 230 Hydra-Shok and a couple of 230 ball, took the tac light / laser, too.
[Edited due to an understandable Rulez violation. No yardage assessed, repeat the down]F*ckers.
I'm waiting for the day when Techies can make a GPS locater small enough to install in the frame. Either that, or one of those RFD chips. :)
Be a lot easier to find your weapon that way.....
Rusty, as J(NTA) noted - NRA Membership comes with $1,000 of insurance.
"$1,000 of ArmsCare coverage with your NRA membership. This plan covers insured firearms, air guns, bows and arrows against theft, accidental loss, and damage. For special provisions and limitations of the ArmsCare Plan click here. ArmsCare "
Other gun owner/hunter organizations might also have coverage, if you're a member of any.
Of course, some will see that as a bug, not a feature. See: former good guys being told by bad guys to find your gun to take it away.
Of course, some will see that as a bug, not a feature. See: former good guys being told by bad guys to find your gun to take it away.
You misunderstand me. I don't mean that LEOs can activate it at will. I mean that it cannot be activated without a code or encryption key that only the user knows. The user can then give it to law enforcement if the firearm is stolen, but until then, they don't have the code.
I"m just sayin' there's people who won't see that as a feature, they prefer all their toys to be single-edge, not double-edged.
Just as having your cell-phone able to track you is a feature, until, for some reason, someone wants that information for purposes other than facilitating cell service and routing 911 calls.
Just as that little computer in your car is the bees knees to mechanics - until law enforcement uses it to analyze the last few seconds of that crash you were in.
Doesn't stop me from using a cell phone, or my vehicles.
Just good to know, in case either the paranoid left or paranoid right turn out to be correct, and the government does turn out to be looking for you because you don't think in accordance with accepted precepts.
I"m just sayin' there's people who won't see that as a feature, they prefer all their toys to be single-edge, not double-edged.
Just as having your cell-phone able to track you is a feature, until, for some reason, someone wants that information for purposes other than facilitating cell service and routing 911 calls.
Just as that little computer in your car is the bees knees to mechanics - until law enforcement uses it to analyze the last few seconds of that crash you were in.
Doesn't stop me from using a cell phone, or my vehicles.
Just good to know, in case either the paranoid left or paranoid right turn out to be correct, and the government does turn out to be looking for you because you don't think in accordance with accepted precepts.
But the entire idea is that it doesn't turn on without the code or the encryption key, so unless you choose to give the code or encryption key to the LEOs (or other government agents), how are they going to use it against you?