Remington's latest rifle: Remmy just announced that they are adding to the R-15 line, by expanding to the .308 platform and calling it the R-25. Calibers are .308 of course, .243, of course... those are the obvious choices... but then they also have the R-25 in 7mm-08.... HELLO! This isn't good news for me. This is actually pretty grim news. Because I'm going to have to wait till Christmas now since I've had a rather insane gun buying spree this last couple months. Look up the shooting characteristics of the 7mm-08... What a fantastic little cartridge. It's a personal favorite of mine... good energy, velocity, trajectory, in a cartridge that bucks less than the .308. It's very well a candidate for the title of the most ideal plains game cartridge. Coyotes to elk. Yes, I said elk. 7mm-08 takes a lot of elk around here every year... ethically. It his harder than .243 because it can use heavier bullets. I'm also fond of the .260 Remington cartridge, and I have been scratching my head as to why Remington isn't putting the R-25 out in .260... That would have been my first choice... it's similar to the 7mm-08, but using a 6.5mm slug. What scope would I put on an R-25? Do you need to ask? Vortex Viper 6.5-20x44 with the Dead-Hold BDC reticle. What about the R-15? Diamondback 4-12x40.

A couple friends stopped by the shop today. Maria and Kira. You guys have seen Maria before. She helped out on Charter Arms review. She's cheesing it up Charlie's Angels style. She's newly married guys... Kira on the other hand, just finalized her divorce. If I was married to this girl, I'd have moved mountains to hold on to her. She's a sweet girl, quite lovely, and she's a shooter. She's an IDPA shooter, runs an XD 9mm, and she can hold her own. Woof! No, I will not pass on marriage proposals. She's going to enjoy being single for awhile now.  Maria packs a classic .38 Snubby.  She's an old school cowgirl... a little on the naughty side.  They didn't mean to dress alike today, but it was a happy coincidence.  As you can tell, they are both stacked and packed... and caused more than a couple guys at the counter (on both sides) to blush as red as those shirts.  The guns the girls are holding is a pair of Kahrs.  An MK9 and MK40... A couple of of my favorite concealment guns.

SIG: I have to say that I really dig the SAS versions of the the SIG line. What I would really like to see is a combined Platinum-SAS. A Platinum series, with the rounded contours and DAK trigger. That would be awesome. I'm digging the 1911 RCS. It is like a C3, but dehorned... something the C3 just begs for. I might have to order one next year if we can still do that after the Dems take over. Yeah, I'm not feeling optimistic about November. The RCS might be my celebration if we win... or the last gun I buy if we lose. I don't know... we'll see.

Another soldier ordered to Iraq is refusing to go. This dude needs to suck it up, pull his shit together, and do his duty. If he doesn't, he needs to face the UCMJ and spend some time in the brig. Cowardice can not be disguised as conscientious objections. There have been a lot of such objectors, and they still served as medics or in other duties... but they still served and this pussy can't even do that much. Fuck this guy. It isn't his place to judge the validity of a war – his job is to freaking go. Now, if he is over there and he is ordered to rape a kid or shoot a nun or something – then that is an illegal order and he can refuse. Seriously, right here... I'd just shoot the fucker in the head and move on. He volunteered... he signed up... he swore an oath. That means something to me. Now this pussy is going to refuse to serve his duty? That's a prison sentence at least. If he doesn't get arrested and tried, I'm going to be pissed. If he gets jail time, he's lucky.

This is the fruits of the softening up of the US Military... the eased off on the Basic Training so now anyone with a bit of stubbornness can get through it. They gave the hats of an elite unit to everyone so those who didn't rate could still look cool. Then they came out with this Army Of One bullshit... and now we have these guys refusing to serve. Great. What's next? Giving them marshmallows and Mt Dew and an XboX to get them to feel good about being in the Army? I know disabled guys that have begged for the honor of serving. This jackass has no honor... kick his ass out... he doesn't deserve to have a uniform.

FBMG's Gunsmith is now blogging: Gun Doctor.

Email from Kristopher: “HK fanbois ... they suck, and they hate us.”

One of the funniest things about having a blog, is the backlash you get. For example, there is a strange forum dedicated the 6.5 Grendel cartridge. In it is a thread that discuses my AR-15 rifle article. They go on to say how ignorant I am and how great the AR is... but then one of them says this:

“After thinking about it for some time, and I've seen that article before, the only thing I'd change on the AR is I'd make more room within the receiver and put the bolt-carrier group (BCG) on rails like the AR-180 to minimize its sensitivity to combat-conditions grit. Yes, I'd make it a piston system to solve heat in the receiver and to make it more easily work with a wide range of ammo rather than playing around with port sizes and to slow down the cyclic rate which causes the bolt to work faster than the magazine can reliably feed cartridges in full-auto, but that is only a secondary solution to the principle concern of a receiver that's cramped for space. - John”

So I'm an idiot, but the AR is fine... so he's going to just off the cuff basically rebuild the whole damn thing. New upper receiver design, a new bolt carrier design, and a new gas system. Uh... Okay, yeah, sure, the AR is fine... just replace everything and it's all golden! Nice. You can see why it continues to entertain me.

Oh, I forgot another big – monolithic huge – HK flop.  This one in the UK... The SA-80 rifle rebuild. The UK contracted with HK to fix their sketchy SA-80 rifles. HK spent a lot of money, rebuilt all the rifles, and bilked the UK for millions of dollars... and the rifles are still problematic hunks of crap. Sure, they are accurate... when they fire. Much like the AR now. HK is less impressive the more you look at them objectively.

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57,436 hits on average a month now!  I dang near had a heart attack reading that.  That's freaky.  But then again, I've been blogging now for over 10 years, before it was called Blogging, and I am known as a Blog-Father to many many other blogs.  Still... holy crap.

HK EMAILS: “Apart from the 10 round mags you should mention that the thumbhole stock was not designed to be held by the human hand. I mean, when they first came out I held one and was WTF?!?!? I'm not being remotely sarcastic when I say that the person who designed the SL-8's stock never held a firearm before in their lives. I dunno, maybe they believe most people have the hands of a 6 year old struck freakishly by severe arthritis. And yes, their pistol line has gone downhill. Yes the USP's were still more expensive than most but my stainless .45 shot like a dream, 9mm soft recoil and condition one capable. "World's most expensive polymer pistol line" (excluding STI/SVI's) is not a title I'd be proud of. All that being said, I really need to get me a 10mm. What do you think of the XDm? It's a .40 but built on a modified  XD 45 frame. So in theory one could ream out the barrel, put in heavier springs and have a 16+1 10mm! Although I'd be happy with a 9+1 SIG 220 10mm but apart from giving Bruce Gray an exorbitant amount of money for a conversion, I probably won't see one in my lifetime. Your thoughts, Mr. Hill? :-) -Andy” True that about the ergonomics. And we can also just go ahead and say it... they are ugly too. Yeah, I said that. A 10MM on an XD frame? DUDE – If you can build that – I want one.

HK EMAIL 2: “Over the span of the time I've been reading your site, I've disagreed with you, agreed with you, and spent almost a year wondering who the F*%$ the STIG was. I work at a pawn shop and a big box sporting goods store and I've played with dozens of the models you speak about. HK handguns are ridiculously overpriced. I have a FEG hi power clone that has run with 4 fte's in 6000 rounds that cost me $350 used plus some hogue wrap arounds and a browning extractor and spring. That's a 99.93 reliability. My $725 SW 1911 has 9500 rounds through it with 9000 on the original recoil spring until I had 3 failures to feed. 99.97% reliable/ 100% if I changed the spring every 3000 like I'm supposed to. Now explain to me why I should by a gun for a cool grand that feels like a toy when I decock it? Taurus PT92's feel better when you decock them. Hell Bersa's feel better...no resonating handle, no thwoing after the hammer drops. I carry a 1911 every day and a Kahr Arms K9 as BUG. I will likely swap the 1911 for a 4" XD45 compact in within a short time. I will have paid $549 if i paid retail, which I don't (insert evil grin) and have a gun as worthy as I can imagine. My best friend has run 13000 rounds through his XD9 without a malfunction yet. Why would I pay two thirds a months salary for a pistol with no other benefits than the emblem on the side? I am not a SEAL, nor do I wish to be one. I can John Woo XD45's for about what I'd spend for one HK. As far as rifles go I think you can buy an AR-15 with a piston upper in 6.8 or 7.62x39 for about 2/3 the cost of an HK. Maybe I'm missing the advantage to a 10rnd HK. And if they can't assemble a gun that holds more than 10 rnds here, why can't they assemble some 30rd mags here and put them in when they get off the boat... I'm just thinkin out loud. John BR, Louisiana.” You can buy a lot of different AR's now that have op-rods... and kits that let you convert the AR you already have.

It's time for some off color comedy. Another clip from “Coupling”.

For those running Windows, some observations. Sorry about the Free Vista video clip. It got a few of you, so it was worth the laugh. Back to business. Service Pack 3 has caused no problems, and if there are holes it patched up – great. Go ahead and roll out SP 3 if you like. AVG 8 is out. 7.5 wont update to 8, you have to download it and install it. It's a big improvement, scans faster, works with Thunderbird better, and has more web protection. Unfortunately that bit doesn't work with Firefox beta 3. Still, another thing worth updating.

It must be nice being of another nationality and coming to the USA where you are compelled to criticize Americans and our Culture. Because we are not able to do that... we have more tact and manners... and we try not to be asses on purpose. But if you are Canadian, you can go in to an American Gun Shop, and spout off about guns and how we shouldn't have them and how Canadians are better shots. Basically being a complete dick. We get this from time to time at our gun shop. We get lots of people from around the world. Mostly from the UK and Germany, but we get others too. It's funny, they will look at all the guns, and we do have an impressive gun collection. They will have big eyes and act as if they are at a holy shrine. Say how cool it is. We will offer to show them a gun, hand them one... but they act as if we are handing them a poisonous serpent. Then the dicks will bluster on and be dicks about it and thump their chests about being superior because they can't have guns back home. This is what is called “Sour Grapes”. You are not fooling anyone.  Ben talks about an America's Hat er... Canadian we had that visited us.

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I wont be back into the gun shop till Friday. Our hours are 9:00AM MST, to 7:00PM MST. You can call in your Vortex orders to me. Some things we have on hand... others will have a delay. The 10X42 Vipers and Razors are on hand, 4-12x40 Diamondback are on hand... well.. we have a couple left... Nomad spotting scopes with free compact tripods. I really love Vortex stuff... the only things about them that I question are the longevity and strength of the rifle scopes, and the Strikefire. The Binos and Spotting scopes are fantastic for the money... better than more expensive established brands, like Nikon. Yeah, I said Nikon. I went there.

My beef with China lays solely on the communist Government. The news of how bad that quake was, and all the damage and havoc... it's humbling and reminds me how lucky we are here at Ogre Ranch.

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“What do you think of HK guns?”

“Mediocre yet over priced and arrogant with triggers like toggle switches.”

“Oh.”

“Who are you?”

“The HK rep.”

“Oh.”

So HK is selling these UMC and SL8-6 rifles and wants us civilians to buy them. The prices are high. The magazine capacity is limited to 10 rounds. I see no point, no point at all.   SIG has the 556 (great trigger on mine), Bushmaster is bringing out the ACR, FN has the FS2000 and the SCAR coming out... lots of really cool rifles from gun makers that don't give the American Shooter the middle finger by neutering the magazines and limiting them to just a few shots at a time. Are they serious?  Are they really thinking that we can sell guns with a 20 round deficit in capacity with no other selling point than "It's an HK."  What is HK doing to add value to that?  Giving away optical gunsights?  Oh, wait, FNH was doing that earlier this year.  What has HK done to for the American Shooter?  What have they come out with lately?   Rebadged USP's? The last military gun, the MK 23 was an epic flop. The last famous thing they have accomplished is a video game cover. HK has become the Al Bundy of the gun industry. They've become a sitcom of their own creation.

VORTEX OPTICS: If you are in the market for some glass. I recommend Vortex Optics.  If you need any, contact me. I need to sell a bunch. Binos, I got the Viper 10-42's for 499.  Rifle Scopes, I've got the Diamond Back 4-12 for 199.  This is a great scope and I like it a heck of a lot more than the Nikon Buckmaster.  Spotting Scopes... let me know which one you want and I'll get you a price.

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Bob Barr is going to hand the election over to the Democrats. I'm not too happy about this. Some Libertarians think this is a good idea to run on principles. Well, it is... in an ideal world with pink skies. In reality, running on principles is going to hand the nation over to communist fucktards who are hell bent on ruining this country. Bob Barr is going to split the conservative vote, just like how Ralph Nader did. What did Nader accomplish for the Liberals? He handed Florida to Bush and the Dems lost. Great for us, wasn't it? Well, Barr is going to be our Nader. I might be a Rabid Libertarian, but I am asking everyone out there to ignore Bob Barr and not give him any money, votes, or the time of day.

In my “Why I hate the AR-15” article, Mad Dog makes the astute observation:

"The best way to improve the AR-15 is to unscrew the front sight, and put a new gun under it."

FNH heard us.

Marlin Madness: I don't know what the hell is going on at Marlin, but they used to be a solid gun maker. As I've mentioned before, Marlin's quality control has been slipping. Well, now they have just thrown themselves off the cliff. They sent us a couple new rifles. Two lever actions. One an 1895 and the other an 1894. The wood in the fore ends do not match the wood in the stocks. Not a bit. That and the wood is total crap. I went outside and found better wood on the pallets our ammo is shipped in on. WTF Marlin? No, this isn't just Marlin not finding decent lumber. Because Marlin also totally screwed up the checkering. You can get better checkering by hitching a chain through the trigger guard and dragging the rifle behind you on a gravel road. Disappointments do not end there. The traditional Marlin Flappy Trigger is still there, but somehow it has become worse. The action feels rough, pitted, mottled, and altogether nasty, like a cross between a catlitter box and Kristie Alley's thighs. I was jonesing for an 1894 in .357 Magnum... but I think I'd rather have a splintered plank of pine 2x4.

I know a lot of guys like Windows Vista. I like XP better (but not by much). For those who want to try Vista on your machine, for free, you can. Try this.

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Stretching your gas mileage: I've had a couple guys question how I'm getting so many miles per gallon out of my Contour when they, who have similar cars, are getting less. Have I done anything special to my car? No. Let me fill you guys in... it's about driving technique. First.... Get your car in good shape. Check your tires inflation. Proper inflation is important... I'm not rolling on low rolling resistant tires either, because I like to corner. Air filter needs to be clean, spark plugs in good shape... those are all obvious. So if you get the junk out of your trunk, and keep your kit tip top... the rest of it comes down to driving technique.

Coast it: Got a downhill slope? Don't just the engine off all the way, it's hard on the engine to restart it. Put the car in neutral, take your foot off the gas, and let it roll. The engine will be turning over at you idle rate instead of at your cruising RPM's. This means the engine is burning fuel at a reduced rate. This also means it's generating less heat while at the same time you still have the water pump circulating the coolant and you have a high volume of air through the radiator. This cools the engine. Lower operating temp means less internal wear and longer engine life. Lots of benefits. Use gravity in your favor when ever you can. Some vehicles will roll better than others... much like different aircrafts ability to glide... they can all glide at one rate or another. Some glide like birds, others just fall with style. Cars and trucks the same way...

  I have one span of road where I can roll in neutral for miles... here is a section of that.  You can see in these images that not only does my Contour roll with little resistance, but you can see I even pick up a couple MPH in spots.

  For those that know where this area is, I can roll from the top of Maeser, all the way to Main street if I hit green lights.  Speaking of green lights... try timing the lights so that you arrive at the light while it's green and not red.  If that means slowing down, that's okay.  If that means picking up a few MPH, do it.  Because that will be less gas than stopping and accelerating back up to full speed again. 

Race it: You burn a lot of gas when you slow down for a curve, then accelerate back up to speed. Take the racing line. The fastest way through a curve is the longest way through... by taking the racing line you scrub less speed which means you waste less momentum. This also means you minimize your braking. Passengers will hate you... but you will burn less fuel because you are on the gas less. Simple enough to understand isn't it? Then there is the technique you see on NASCAR all the time... Drafting. This is letting the car in front of you push the air out of the way for you. Lowers your wind resistance. This lowers the amount of power your car needs to maintain speed. This lowers your fuel consumption. It is risky... so be very careful when you do this. The closer the better of course, but even if you follow the 2 second rule, the car in front still punches the air and allows you to cruise through more turbulent air... so follow and don't pass unless you need to. Drafting, when done right, can really stretch your mileage.

Lug it: Low RPM's, High Gears means the engine is pushing less fuel and and air through the system. Don't lug it too much, because then you are defeating the purpose... but shift earlier and allow the car to take longer to accelerate. Be patient and relax. Find a good radio station or CD. Take your time. Don't be an asshole and make guys behind you wait for you to get up to speed... but if no one is behind you and you are not in a race or late for something... take your time. Enjoy the drive. You'll burn less fuel this way. Acceleration burns more fuel than cruising. The higher RPM's you are turning means the faster you are pumping fuel through the engine. Keep them low. I almost never go over 3,000 RPM's unless I'm in a rush. Most of the time I never even get over 2500 RPM's. Even when accelerating.  Sometimes I'll even skip second and forth gears.

Cruise it. Use your car's cruise control whenever you can. The computer can modulate the throttle more accurately and consistently than your foot. That means less time getting on the throttle to speed back up to where you want it to be.

There are other techniques you can use on top of these... use them all consistently and carefully... and you will see an increase in your mileage.  Also, only run the AC when you really need it.  My Dad always drove this way because he hates OPEC with a passion that burns like the sun...  Well, now I drive like this because of fuel prices.   Now, if I'm in a hurry... all bets are off and I drive it like I stole it.  Carving the apex and crushing the throttle... four wheel drifting through some bends.  This is why I have a Valentine One radar locator.  This is also why I buy new tires every damn year.  I do enjoy DRIVING.

WELCOME HOME MY BROTHERS!  My bros have completed their second tour of duty in the sand box and have made it home alive and well. That's a mother's day present for our Mom that she values more than any Hallmark card.   Here is a pic from their last tour with an MP unit... this last time they were kicking ass with a Cavalry Scout unit:  My little brothers are my heroes.

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I mention the Porsche because I saw one for sale today.  It was jaw dropping. An 86 Carrera, red, almost perfect condition outside, looked “BNIB” inside. It looked like it was a 2008 by the condition. Had a few rock chips on the front end paint. But no big dings. Oh man, this was one sexy car... made my tongue hard. Enough said. I noticed this car because it was parked where the car I wanted to look at was supposed to have been parked. I wanted to look at an 87 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. I could almost trade straight across, my Contour for the Crown Vic.... but... well... looks like the Vic was taken. Damn it. Seriously, damn it to hell. I love my 'Tour... but I need more room for my boys. I could happily drive this Tour for another 5 years... but my boys are growing.  So I am kinda looking for a trade... but not real seriously.

IDPA: First stage – I'll pretend it didn't happen. Next 5 stages, I redeemed myself nicely. We had a couple guests with us today. Some dude from FMG Publications showed up... you might know FMG by one of their rags... “GUNS Magazine”... ever hear of them? Also, some dude from Team Safariland, Mike Lerner. Mike was a 30 year vet of the San Diego PD. Good shooter. Shot an STI and was fast and accurate. Unfortunately his STI had serious reliability issues.  We were considering bring the STI's into our shop... but after close examination, we took a pass.  I'm glad we did.  I don't think STI guns live up to the hype a lot of guys gush on about.  Oh, they are great... I'm not saying they are not... but I'm just not that impressed.  I'd rather have a Kimber... which still has not failed me, bobbled, or even slightly disappointed me.  Round count is about 5500 rounds.  Jams?  One, but it was ammo related, not a fault of the weapon.

If I was going to buy a new Bow today... Limbsaver Deadzone. These bows are freakishly, supernaturally accurate. Limbsaver says it is the most accurate bow ever. That very well could be true from what I've been seeing and shooting. It beat my beloved Hoyts.

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California urges caution around coyotes.  That is very interesting.  For The Horde on the other hand, I urge the generous use of ballistic tips.  I don't care what you might feel about coyotes after reading The Daily Coyote blog... Coyotes are viscious cold hearted predators... that friendly coyote is only friendly to two humans and a cat... because it was raised from a pup around those two humans and a cat.   Coyotes, given the chance, will eat your babies and your pets.  They need to be shot on sight... every time.  If you don't like that, go hug a tree and cry to Al Gore.   Would I shoot Charlie?  Not if he stays in line... if he gets out and away from his protected area... yeah, I'd turn his ears in for a bounty.   You bet.   Because he's a damn coyote... he's only acting like a friendly dog because he benefits from it.   If he got hungry enough, that cat is lunch, and so is the doll that blogs about it.

Country Fried Home Videos has contacted us about this video. The want to put it in their show. If they can deal with the video quality. If they do it, they'll pay some bucks for it. This money will go to Willy, who has 2 girls and a boy to take care of, and a shooting habit to support. This would be a good deal for Willy. What I don't like about it is that Bill Engvall is going to say some dumbass comment about Willy, or about shooting... without knowing the real story. So let me clue everyone in. Willy is a former US Marine. He knows shooting, and he knows safety. He knew the risks of ricochet and took that 1.5” steel plate and angled it back and to the side so if there was a bounce it should have bounced up and away from the shooting position. In reality the round should have penetrated the plate with no problem. He was shooting an Armalite AR-50, which is chambered in .50 BMG. This is the round that shot down German fighter planes in WWII, and is still being used by our military. This was such a freak occurrence that it is flat out spooky. The velocity of the projectile, and the weight of the projectile that came back and hit Willy – Had it hit him more directly, he would have been killed... it would have been like being hit point blank with a .45 ACP. He was lucky it only broke his jaw bone. He's a good man and could have been killed. And Bill is going to crack jokes about it. If it wasn't for Willy's kids, I'd turn CFHV down.

Windows XP SP3: I've updated Hordecaster, my trusty laptop, with Service Pack 3. Ah, yeah... I don't know what they changed... but I don't see anything different going on other than Zone Alarm popping up once in awhile. Really all it is, is a batch of security updates. I'm not impressed.

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Some Political Opinions: The greatest thing about the Obama-Clinton war is that it is dividing the Democrats like nothing else. But it looks like Obama is the victor. We knew this would happen, what we didn't know was that Hillary was going to cling on like a barnacle and not let go for anything. Not even for the good of her own party.
What we need to do now is foster the idea that Hillary should run as a 3^rd Party. If she did that – the Dems would be completely ruined in November. As great as that is on its own merit... the best part would be that it would leave room for a Conservative 3^rd party. So we would go from 2 to 4 overnight.

Of course, the downside is that we could end up with a President that has less than 25% support.... no mandate to do anything. Up shot is that the new president would not have a mandate to do anything. It's not perfect, but a 2 edge sword... at least he (or she) couldn't pooch the nation any harder than it already is.

I'm going to have to take back all the nice things (both of them) I have said about McCain. The man remains a flabby tit even when the opportunity is there for him to stand up and take a leadership role. He's the kind of Less Nessman type guy that only got to where he is because no one else wanted the job. If he had any balls, other than in the scrote hanging under his chin, he would stop complimenting the Democrats all the damn time, and go on the attack. Make valid arguments rather than felating Howard Dean's camp. Raise points rather than talk about his resume and how nice the Dems are. If I was going to be vulgar about him, I'd say he's a twat. You can look that word up – McCain fits every definition.

RE: Hemmingway: WOW. You other bloggers out there, you want a flood of email? Ask an opinion on Hemmingway. Holy cow. By and large, the biggest response was for the Nick Adams stories and Hemmingway's short stories. I think every work has been suggest, with those winning the most nods. In short, the answer is “all of them”. My boy will eventually read them... and don't think for a moment that he is too young. He reads at a college level and has every book I have in the house. I have a lot of books. I have college books. He home schools. He home schools from college texts. See the pattern? He's already read most of HP Lovecraft's works and can carry on intelligent conversation about the deeper meanings in Chaucer.

Gout: Kim du Toit and I could be brothers... save for the fact that I'm Scottish/Irish and he's South African. I read his post about him being sick of the pain of gout. Well, as you guys know, I have it too. It's in my right knee and foot. It used to be in my left knee, but it took surgery to cut out the crystals. Yes, crystals. Let me tell you what Gout really is. There is uric acid in the blood because of too much protein... either kidneys not flushing enough of it out or you are excreting too much uric acid. Either way, it gets in your blood and collects in crystals in your joints. During a flare up, these crystals can tear at soft tissues in the joints. This causes the red swelling and pain. Pain to the point of madness, compounded my mobility issues... your body becomes it's own Iron Maiden torture device. I can't afford to take a day off even during the worst of it. I take huge doses of pain relievers, in combinations that make my doctors nervous. During my peak migraine times, I did this too, for most days during the week... the result was that my liver almost completely failed and I almost died. My migraines, I've learned to deal with in other ways than just pills. But gout? My God - It's torture. Pure unadulterated torture to the point that it is prove that not only does God exist, but he's pissed at you. At least with a migraine, I can move.

AR-15 Magazines, and SIG quad rail handguards: If anyone has any spare AR type magazines, or some SIG 556 SWAT type quad rail handguards that you are not using... send them my way... I can put them to good use!

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