Stasher1

My degree is in Criminal Justice but wound up going in a different direction after graduation. Earned a handful of inspection certs and I'm currently working as QC Inspector for a nuclear fabrication facility. The pay is better than LE, and nobody shoots at me...yet.

A little late to the party, but check with your local colleges to see if they offer online or hybrid (half and half) classes. I earned my degree through a local school, and took the best combination of traditional, online, and hybrid classes to fit my work/family schedule. If you stick with a school that's geared primarily towards working adults, you'll probably have better luck finding classes that will fit your schedule.

Remove the chrome cover from the end of the reel and spin the end-piece off (the part that contains the pins that pop up when you start reeling) and make sure the ends of the springs attached to the pins are properly seated in their retainers. If they're not, the pins will flop around and occasionally snag the line mid-cast. I had this happen several years ago with a Platinum 33. Zebco was quick to send out replacement parts, but I had already solved the problem with a dab of JB Weld before they arrived.

As Raul mentioned, a 5" Senko rigged on a 3/0 ewg hook weighs roughly 3/8 oz, as does a 7" Power Worm rigged with a 1/8 oz weight and a 3/0 ewg hook. If you can't cast either of these with your baitcaster, you need more practice or a better reel. The OP's problems are most likely a combination of poor thumb control and inexperience setting up a baitcaster.

Like I said, you're either lying or ignorant. I think we all know which one you are now.

I honestly don't have an exact count of the total number of my posts that have been edited in the past ~5 yrs, but it's definitely way more than one. This is no misconception, and to state otherwise is either ignorance on your part of what your mods are doing, or a blatant falsehood.

They just edit and delete posts to make it seem that way.

Yup, and according to what I'm hearing, it'll be going on for several months. Many stores are doing what they can to ensure that customers can get ammo by limiting ammo purchases to one box per caliber (Academy Sports) or three boxes total (some Walmart stores). It appears to be working as I was able to pick up a couple boxes of ammo from Walmart this afternoon. It wasn't quite what I was looking for (never thought I'd be excited to buy Tula ammo), but it ought to be good enough to punch holes in paper.

Sorry about that. It must've happened when I was editing my post. It's fixed now.

Exactly my point.

Actually, those are two different things. One is covered in a brown gravy-like substance (country fried), and the other is generally served with a white pepper gravy (chicken fried). http://www.yumsugar.com/Chicken-Fried-Steak-vs-Country-Fried-Steak-3049096

Went through the same crap with Direct TV when I lived in AL. It would go out every single time it rained. Every. Single. Time. Had problems with their equipment, and they wanted to charge me $90 to send a technician out to look at it. I said: "No thanks, I'll just call the cable company instead. They'd be glad to set me up with service, and it won't cost me $90." Direct TV rep: "Ok, we'll waive the service charge and have a techician out to your house tomorrow." Next thing I know, there's a $90 service charge on my bill that takes months to get straightened out...just in time to have another equipment problem, and we get to start the process all over again. When we bought this house in GA, it had a dish hanging off the west wall. I took it down, threw it in the trash can, and had Comcast run new lines. I have my phone, cable. and internet all bundled together and have no complaints at all. It may not be cheap, but it's crystal clear in bad weather. It'll be a cold day in Hades before I give a single penny of my money to Direct TV.

I don't know if this will help, but a local dealer is selling some Noveske lowers... http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_8_35/513415_Bullseye_has_Noveske_lowers_in_stock.html

Maybe not in your area, but they're routinely showing up in this area for ~$1100-$1200, and some of the retailers (like Walmart) have had new ones trickling in slowly. The price is already starting to come back down from what it was last week, and the ads listing rifles for $1500+ are being bumped repeatedly by sellers still looking for a sucker...but it's just not happening. I'd strongly advise anyone interested in an AR to wait a few months for the market to stabilize. The panic buyer are snatching up everything they can get their hands on at ridiculous prices, and they're most likely going to take a beating on this stuff when the AWB scare subsides.

This actually sounds about right. If you really want to make as much money as possible, sell the ammo, mags, and accessories separate.

No, I haven't tried it...but I grew up in southern NH and now live in the Atlanta area so I have some experience. What drives Atlanta (and most tourist-based) business is convenience. By not accepting credit/debit cards, you're driving potential customers to your competition. That's just a simple fact. Unless you've cornered the market on truly unique products that are in demand, and not available anywhere else, you're losing business to the competition. I wish you well with your business, but a retail outfit that can't afford to eat the cost of credit/debit transactions doesn't seem like a very profitable one to me. The few places in ths area that I've seen try it (like the barber that used to cut my kids' hair) have all gone under within 6 months. I think you give your customers entirely too much credit (no pun intended).

That may very well be the case, and it may work well for you in your town in NH, but it definitely wouldn't work in the Atlanta area nor would it work in any of the more "touristy" parts of NH. Way too much competition to even consider something like that.

True, but it also increases sales. As a buyer who rarely carries cash, I wouldn't shop in your store if I couldn't use my debit card. It's the same with gas stations. If I can't pay at the pump, I won't buy gas there.

No problem. I just didn't want any inexperienced gun buyers or new gun owners to be confused.

The P95 is a 9mm, not a .45 The .45 version is the P90.

I rarely carry cash and use my debit card for just about all of my puchases. I've found that I'm far less likely to buy stupid little $5-$10 items or stop at a fast-food joint if I'm going to have to swipe my debit card for the purchase. I also have credit cards, but they're strictly for emergencies or items that I can't put on my debit card, like hotel rooms and rental cars (I book them on my credit card, but pay for them with my debit card), or plane tickets. When the bill comes in, it's paid off right away. All other large purchases are made with my debit card. If I don't have the $$$ in my account to cover it, I can't afford it.

It's my understanding that the Walmart stores don't order their ammo (or anything else, really), it's all done automatically by their computers. I believe the stores have had the ability to special order items, but they can no longer special ammo because their distribution centers don't have much (if any) in stock and can't predict when more will arrive. The stores are still receiving ammo, they just don't have any say in which calibers or quantity they get. I was at my local WM a couple days ago when they were unboxing their most recent ammo shipment (the first one they've gotten this year), and it was just few boxes of 9mm, a couple boxes of .38, a single box of .45ACP, several boxes of .380, a half case of 7.62x39, and ~16 (225rd) boxes of .22LR. There's no big conspiracy going on. Demand is exceeding supply, and that's the reason for the empty shelves. When/if ammo does make it on the shelves, people are buying all of it because they don't know when they'll be able to get more....or they're buying up just to resell it on gun forums at ridiculous prices.

It's the same way around here. People are in full panic-mode, buying up everything, regardless whether they need it or not. Occasionally I'll stumble across a few boxes, but it's never the caliber(s) I need. I've started buying it anyway, just so I can trade it for what I need. I traded a few boxes of .22LR for a couple boxes of .308 earlier today. Around here, .22LR, 9mm, .223/5.56, and 7.62x39 are pretty scarce. The few stores that do have some are limiting buyers to (2) boxes.

Blizzard. I wound up getting tired of sitting at home, drove around the barricades on the on-ramps, and went to work.

It's fine once you get used to it, but it was extremely aggravating for me when we first moved south. I moved from NH to AL in the summer of '92. Late winter/early spring of '93 we had a snowstorm that dropped 8"-10" on our little part of AL, and EVERYTHING shut down for about a week. I remember having a wicked pizza craving, but nobody would deliver.