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From what I understand, demand has gone way up again - beyond the normal spring buying. Something about November...

The first thing I did was discreetly open my case to see if anything was missing. I realized, while I was sitting there with the case open, that I had just broken the Illinois law and could be arrested on the spot. I'll bet if a Chicago cop would have seen me with my case open, I very well might have been given bracelets. In this state, you just can't be too careful. Wayne

The wholesaler I buy from told me that there is yet another 10% increase in components coming very soon.

I have found the PHX TSA folks to be completely professional and friendly. Read between the lines... Wayne

Last month I traveled to Phoenix for a week of R&R with my family. One of my checked bags was hard case containing several firearms. I've check firearms before and this time as with all the other times, it's really a non-event. All went smoothly until I picked up my hard case in Chicago (MDW) after our return flight home. The first thing I noticed as I walked up to my hard case was that my TSA approved locks were missing. I had watch the TSA agent in Phoenix lock the locks with his master key, so I knew they didn't just fall off. The TSA removed the locks sometime after I watch the agent lock the locks in Phoenix and when I picked up my case in Chicago. If they wanted to reinspect the contents they would have used their master key to unlock the case, then relock the case after the reinspection. This all makes sense until you consider the locks were completely missing. The only logical conclusion I can draw is that the locks were purposely taken (stolen) by the TSA, or whoever decided to reinspect the contents didn't realize they were TSA approved locks and just cut them. I hate to be cynical, but I don't think someone who sees hundreds of locks a day could possibly miss the "TSA Approved" lettering on my locks. Wayne

Pablo, I'm sure you be posting some pictures for us? Wayne

Nice review! Will you be comparing more stocks? Wayne

URL to the full Ruger website (not mobile) http://www.ruger.com/products/2245Lite/models.html

You beat me to it Barry... I agreed that it's very interesting.. Wayne

I googled around and found many conversations about light primer strikes with the LCP as well. I'm assuming Ruger has the problem fixed on the LCP as they do on the LC9. My LC9 has been flawless since Ruger fixed it. Wayne

No, but I would take some sleep :-) Wayne

Shot 300 rounds of CCI blazer unplated ammo for a total of 1400 rounds through the gun. There were 3 failure to feeds this time. When I got home I discovered the barrel screw had almost completely backed out, so the barrel was very loose on the frame. I tightened the allen screw without using any lock-tite. I'll call Ruger Monday to see what they say will stop the screw from backing out. Wayne

arcconf showed no issues with the drives or the array as recently as a week ago. I was out of state for the last week until Friday at about 9:00PM, which is when I took the backup server to the DC and got BITOG back up. The RAID controller (adaptec 5805) never did fail either drive until things were so far gone, that there was no recovery. The Seagate utility couldn't even see one of the drives and found a ton of media errors on the other. It's really disappointing that an expensive RAID controller didn't fail the first drive that started having problems, that would have gotten lots of attention quickly. All we would have done is hot-swap the failing drive out for a new one and just watch it auto rebuild. Instead, the controller, for some stupid reason, just kept both drives up until they reached the point of no return. We run Debian on AMD64 with dual quad xeon and 16 GB RAM. That may seem like overkill, but trust me it isn't. We're now pushing 700,000 unique visitors/mo between both sites. BITOG, of course, being the vast majority. We also use nginx to serve the static content and apache to serve the dynamic content. Nginx is simply amazing at scaling. The server was starting to stress with just apache doing all the work, now with nginx serving all the static content, we are normally at about 10% usage across all 8 cores. It did run up to 50% across all 8 cores with just apache. Wayne

I'll make a very long 36 hours short. We had one of those extremely rare and painful events happen on the server. Our main volume is a RAID1 array with two drives. Both drives crashed at the same time - can you say ouch? We did have the BITOG server back up in about 12 hrs, which involved me driving 300 miles to get the backup server out of my office and into the datacenter, which is about 3 miles from my house. The problem is I was in my hometown in Iowa, hence the 300 mile drive. Sorry for the downtime.. Wayne

I wonder if any of the other firearms manufacturers have similar circumstances? Wayne

I have seen lots of this in 45ACP in the range I frequent. I hate the stuff in 45ACP because it has small primer pockets, which really ruin a reloader's day when you get one in a progressive press. I'm almost certain this is Winchester American Eagle IRT, which is a total metal jacket and is marketed as non toxic. Wayne

Brueggma, I have a scope on my 10/22 that I couldn't get to stay tight. I used some Threadlocker and it never loosened again. You can find it at any hardware store, just make sure you don't use the red color. Wayne

Pablo, Are you using these as practice rounds? Hoping to force the S&W to cycle correctly? :-) Wayne

How?

I was struggling with that as well.

Double Barrel 1911 It sure is interesting and unique, but has to kick like a mule. I don't see any info on their site about cost, or even if it's going to be for sale. Wayne

Yes, I do like it very much. I have fired it 507 times since brand new without a single problem feeding or ejecting. I did have the problem with light firing pin strikes, that Ruger fixed. Since the firing pin was replaced, it's been fired 257 times with zero troubles. I definitely recommend the LC9. Wayne

I've had my Ruger Mark II since 1993 and shoot it regularly. I don't know how many rounds I've sent downrange through it, but it's a LOT. I'm getting light firing pin strikes about 1 of 15 times I pull the trigger. I suspect the recoil spring is getting weak and not completely seating the bolt. I'm going to replace the recoil spring assembly and want to know if you've done the same to a MK 1, 2, or 3? If so, which brand and were you happy with the spring? Did you use a standard spring strength? Volquartsen offers a reduced spring strength to lighten the trigger pull - anybody use this one? Thanks, Wayne

I shot my Mark II last night and decided to clean it today. When I ran a jag down the barrel with some cleaner and a white patch, I got some lead flakes on the patch. The jag and patch couldn't get the last little bit out, so I use a small amount of bronze wool on the jag. It took about 15 minutes to remove all the lead that I could see. How common do you think it is to get barrel lead in a 22LR? I wonder if shooting high velocity ammo would cause the leading? Wayne

Another 250 rounds of Federal 525 bulk pack with zero problems. I'm starting to believe this could be the most reliable 22 auto pistol I've ever fired. Wayne