Ok how many of you guys out there have walked into your local gunshop saw something pretty and shiney and bought it?  That is exactly what happened to me today.  I went down to OGC to pickup my Sig 226 and I went over to look at the consignment guns and there it was a Baby Desert Eagle chambered in 9mm.  Gene gave me the sales pitch about it being an older one made before they were labled "Baby" and how it is collectable and the likes.  The price seemed like a solid deal and out came the wallet. 

So what was your impulse buy?

Is it legal to possess, let alone use, less than lethal shotgun rounds?  You know the one with rubber pellets or rubber slugs.  I was going to order some, but figured I'd better refer to a higher power first.   

Ok guys what's in your first aide kits?  I'm not talking the small boo boo kind with bandages and some oinement, I'm talking full blown kits.  I've got over the counter drugs and some perscription kind (pain killers/anti-inflamatories and head cold allergy stuffs, but could use some antibiotics).  Tons of dressings and bandages of all different sizes as well as a couple turniqets.  I even have three suture kits with needle I thread a nurse friend gave me.  I wish I had more and different sizes of those.  The thing I worry about is that here in Hawaii there are only two medical supply distributors.  One of them, which contains emergency federal medical supplies, is located in a low lying flood area.  If a tsunami hit that area all those supplies would be gone.  I don't think they have drugs though.  I don't remember seeing those when I was there.

But if you chose to bug in or were trapped and cut off from help would you be able to provide medical attention.  I'm no surgeon but I can stitch people up well enough.  Shoot I even remember on The Best Defense on the Outdoor channel last season they even talked about emergency field dentistry and what you should have.  They even went as far as talking about drilling teeth and such.

What aftermarket triggers do you guys have in your AR's and what do you like about them?  At first I was thinking of going with a Timney trigger due to ease of installation, but after doing further research I found that some shooters had problems with them that weren't easily remedied because it is a drop in unit.  The other one I was considering is the Geissele SSA.  Anyone try the JP or Jard triggers?

Ok so one of my resolutions was to finally breakdown and by a handgun.  My SO loves to shoot but most often I'm too lazy dig out the rifles and the target stand.  So I figured it was time to buy a pistol so we could go to the steel plates side with it and my M&P 15-22.  She shot a CZ that she really liked but I was looking for something more along the lines of a striker fire type of gun.  We went down to OGC and she handled a couple of S&W she said felt comfortable in her hand.  Read lots on the internet about the SD9 and the M&P series but was interested in hearing about what your guys wives or girlfriends shoot.  I'm leaning towards the 92FS SwissK has for sale in the classifieds section because of the price and the battlefield testedness (is that a word?) of that gun.  It doesn't fit the striker fire design I wanted but I'm not set on that being the only way.  I'm open to suggestions.  The only criteria I have right now is fits her hand well and is chambered in 9mm.  The other thing I don't much care for in terms of design is that rear safety on guns like the Kimbers and XD's where you have to have a complete solid grip to for the gun to fire.  Any suggestions?

I was wondering if anyone here locally has any experience with the Enidine Hydraulic Buffer.  Basically what it is is a replacement  for the spring in the buffer tube of your AR style rifle.  I was thinking about placing one in my 6.5 Grendel AR build.  I'm by combining that with a PWS Buffer tube in hopes that it will reduce the recoil of the rifle so that my wife is comfortable shooting it.  Any input from fellow forum members is greatly appreciated.