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I've seen people that were "pistol whipped" with them. Brutal injuries. I've shot them into gel packs for ballistic testing before as well. I think it might be more accurate if you put it in a sock like a bike lock.

Ack... nope. You strike me as a late 80's Goldwing aficionado.

Lol, not today. I'm bike shopping. Looks like a GSX1000R, or an R1. Dunno yet. I do know that the Hyabusa is out....

When will you be taking that 1UZ and dropping it in the 521?

Interesting. I'd assume like anything else, you could get a decent one, or crap. Kinda like Springfield XD's. The test ones we got were awesome... then guys started buying them and a couple were total shit... I've seen a few crappy ones come out of a lot of high end places too. Had a Knights Armament K10 that was a $5000 train wreck, they ended up sending me an entirely new gun. Similar stories from HK, FN, Nighthawk, Wilson Combat, and Christiansen. But we're talking less than one percent for them. Guns like Taurus and Rossi though... I've seen as many good as bad. ...and then there's Hi-Point. The gun that only works for murder...

There's a lot of stuff we pulled that I didn't include. The First & Second Cod Wars were left off because the only official fatality was an Icelandic Engineer who died accidentally. And they occurred in 1958-61, & 1972-73. We pretty much stayed out of those, as we have military bases in both countries. Jumping in the middle of them wouldn't really change things for us. Basically... we've been at war since our inception. "Protecting American Intrests" is really not a lot different than colonization.

To be fair... here's what we're doing 2010-2017 *I'm leaving out Occupation of territories that we'd maintained presence in pre-2001. I know, some of them qualify... but they're contentious. 2001-2014: Afghanistan War 2003-11: Iraq War 2004- present: Pakistan (drone and ground support in War in Nortwest Pakistan) 2010- present: Yemen ** 1999-2010: Columbia, "Plan Columbia" *** 2008-10: Mexico & all Central America Meridia Initiative *** 2010-11: Iraq Operation New Dawn ** 2011: Libya ** enforcing UN resolutions during Operation Odyssey Dawn 2011: Pakistan Operation Neptun Spear ** 2011: Somalia ** 2011- present: Uganda, supporting US backed forces ** 2012: Jordan, to contain the Syrian Civil War 2012: Honduras, joint campaign to stop drug trafficking *** 2012: Turkey, missiles and troops to contain Syrian Civil War 2012: Chad, to pull Americans out of Central African Republic 2013: Mali, supporting a French campaign there. 2013: Korean Crisis (its only on the list because so many DPRK citizens starved to death... you keep it or toss it) 2013: Somalia & Libya: SEALS make night raids killing and capturing ** 2014- present: Uganda, US forces attempting to locate Kony and his forces 2014-present: Iraq.... again... to support the US backed gov against ISIS ** 2014: Syria, JSOC sent troops in to recover James Foley. After heavy fighting Foley was not located op was aborted 2014- present: Syria, direct American intervention in Syrian Civil War ** 2014: Yemen, SEALs hostage rescue missions into the country result in recovering two Americans that both died. ** 2015: Cameroon, American intervention in the civil war there ** War on Terror *** War on Drugs There's more, but... I'd say this paints an accurate picture. These are only cases where there were deaths of nationals of other countries due to the US using, US weapons/military. The only exception is the 2013 Korean Crisis, which you can take or leave.

That's why so many German mercs were used in the revolt here. It's not like 'Merica is any better here's a list of Wars we've jumped into: 1900: Chinese Boxer Rebellion 1901: Panamanian War for Independence from Columbia 1902: Colombian Civil War 1903: Honduran Civil War 1903: Dominican Revolution 1903: Syrian Muslim Revolt 1903-04: Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1903-14: Isthmian Canal 1904: Dominican Revolt (again) 1904-05: Korea during the Russo-Japanese War with the fighting in Korea 1906-09: Cuba (to overthrow the government empowered by a legitimate uprising there) 1907: Honduras (Honduran - Nicorraguan War) 1910: Occupation of Nicaragua 1911: Honduras (Revolt) 1911: China Xinhai Revolution 1912: Honduras Puerto Cortes 1912: Panama to "oversee the election" 1912: Cuba (Oriente Province) 1912: China round 2 Xinhai Revolution 1912: Turkey, First Balkan War 1912-1925: Nicaragua quelling rebellions 1912-1941: China protecting "American Intrests" post Kuomintang rebellion 1913: Mexico extracting Americans from Yaqui Valley 1914: Hati shutting down rebels 1914: Dominican Republic enforcing US led peace by blasting the shit out of civilians. 1914-1917: Mexico, Tampico Affair, interesting mess, but basically we kicked Mexico in the heuvos. 1915-1934: Hatian Occupation (they kept rebelling against the ppl we put in power) 1916: China, Nanking quelling a riot on "American Property" 1916-1924: Occupation of Dominican Republic after "chronic rebellion against American influence" 1917: China, Chungking quelling riots threatening American interests 1917-18: US declares war on Germany to enter WW1 1918-19: Mexico... again... Battle of Ambos Nogales 1919-1920: Panama, Occupation to prevent the overthrow of the US backed government 1918-20: Russia, American Expeditionary Force Siberia & American Expeditionary Force North Russia against the Bolsheviks 1919: Dalmatia (Serbia) to enforce peace between the Serbians and Italians 1919: Turkey, during the Greek Occupation of Constantinople 1920: Guatemala to protect US interests during their Revolution... 1920-22: Russia to claim the Bay of Vladivostok... which we had zero claim to 1921: panama and Costa Rica over a boarder dispute 1922-23: China, repeatedly sending in the Marines during riots against the US backed government 1924: Honduras during their Elections, big surprise, the US backed candidate won.... 1924: China, again Marines sent in repeatedly to kill rioters against the US backed government elements in Shanghai 1925: China, again Marines sent in repeatedly to kill rioters against the US backed government elements in Shanghai again.... 1925: Honduras, La Ceiba, to prevent uprising against US backed government 1925: Panama, quell rent riots against US Occupation... So... these are JUST the situations where US Military Forces killed people in other countries in the first quarter of the 1900's. Technically we weren't "at war" for most of these. But the president sent in troops to kill people to further American agendas. Common English definition of War is, "a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state." I'd make the case that anytime a uniformed invading force from one country invades into another countries boarders, armed, and kills people there, or fires on them in a naval battle.... that meets the definition of the word, although not officially declared by US congress.

I'd just be returning your parts... ....besides... Hobo clearly has room in his stable for more 620s...

Ah hahahahahaha, nice. It really is just sloth on my behalf. I could follow Bleach's torsion bar tutorial and drop the front with the existing parts.

I actually didn't know that Remington was making pistols like that. Our Remington guy is on the East Coast, I really only keep up with Smith and Wesson, Glock, and Beretta. I could ask him if he tested one, and what he thought. He normally does our rifles. He built my Model 700. I carry one quite a bit. They're easy to conceal. There's a couple armorer tricks that can make a normal one off the shelf a lot better. I could post up what to do if you care.

My next tattoo.

This is why when I finally decide I'm done Datsuning... my 620 will go where all good 620s go to die.... ....on gato's front lawn.

Don't think for one second I wouldn't drive that, or this.

Good, them siding with the EU means when we fight the next WW we can kick their asses too. It's been too long for ze Deutschlanders, zey need a war.

They are cool little cars. Parts are crazy though. They seem to be worse than the 510s...

We had the Ruger LC9 as well... umm.... it washed out. We actually sent it back to Ruger... no one wanted it after the trial. The compact Sig 9mm and .40 both found homes, so did the Kimber micro whatever, the IMI Jericho baby whatever, all the H&Ks I've ever been sent, the FN smallest 9mm is in testing at another location now, and fuck, someone even took the Hi-Point... but... no one wanted the Ruger.... I couldn't give it away....

I'd suggest one of these two. I prefer 9mm as my defense round because I can put more rounds where I want them faster. I could argue calibers, but it's really personal preference. After I switched from .40 S&W to 9mm Luger my lethality rating nearly doubled. But that's a shooter by shooter qualification. I've seen guys out do my lethality score with Nighthawk 1911s.... more than once. Selection number 1, Smith & Wesson M&P Shield. This one was upgraded with a custom stipple, Apex Duty Carry Kit, and Trijicon HD Sights. It's a single stack semi-auto. I've run courses with these and for $325 + $125 (trigger kit) + $80 (sights) + 4 hrs armorer time (stipple, feed ramp polish, trigger assembly polish) they'll keep pace with their competitors. Hell, a stock one shoots fine. The Shield is my standard issue EDC weapon to my shooters. Some of them are waaaaaaay fancier... fuck... one of the girls has probably a grand into her gun. But... she'll fuck you up with it faster than you can blink. These come with an optional thumb safety which is why they're the benchmark for us. Some shooters prefer the safety. This one is mine, so that's why it's setup like this. Selection number 2, Glock G43. Upgraded with ZevTec internals (I'm product testing them), Taran Tactical +3 basepad, Trijicon HD Sights, Streamlight TLR-6 light/laser combo, with a DSG Arms kydex appendix carry holster it starts about $425 + ($200 for the internals I think... I'd have to ask Zev) + $200 for the TLR & holster + $40 basepad + $100ish for the trijicon. Then I've got about 1 hr of armorer labor in. It will outshoot the shield starting at 25 meters. Keep in mind that most of my shooters are Glock guys. This one is a test gun. I got it about a month before public release and it has been RUN HARD and put away wet.

Dauschund in a Datsun.

Yeah... so here's some pics. I know, I need to finish dropping the front. The semi-gasser look isn't really a thing. I'm waiting on parts that are on back order to do the front.