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I'm wondering if there is a common "mainland" term to refer to people that you consider "family", that aren't blood or marriage related. I'm not just referring to just close friends, but something closer than that.

I live in Hawaii, and we have two terms we use for it. One is "hanai", which more or less means, informally adopted.

The second term is "calabash".

For example, my Mother's close knit group of friends from before I was born, I consider to be my Aunties and Uncles. Their children, who I grew up with, I consider cousins. We simply refer to each other as cousins. Only is someone asks how we are related, we say we are "calabash cousins".

I obviously know that "hanai" is a strictly Hawaii term. But until recently, I assumed "calabash" was a generally common term in Hawaii as was a well as the mainland. It was recently brought to my attention that "calabash" is also a fairly region specific word.

So is their a term for this on the mainland, or at least different parts of the mainland that mean the same thing? I'd like an easy explanation for people, not from the island, when inquiring about it.

Looking to buy a low cost angle grinder for the occasional use at home. No major projects, but sometimes I just need one.

I see them ranging for anywhere from $35 to over $100. From 6 amps, to over 12 amps.

I want to know what features, and power I should be looking for in one. Am I going to notice a big difference in performace between a 6 amp and 7 amp? Should I stick to 10 amp or more?

Looking to do this on a budget, with the holidays and all...

Been looking to add an angle grinder to my tools here at home. I don't need one very often, but would rather not have to keep borrowing one when I do. Checked the local hardware store and saw a few models ranging in price between $35 (for a Skil) to over $100 for a Dewalt.

I already know I'll be getting one with a 4 1/2" wheel, but I'd like to know if there is a minimum amperage I should be looking for or avoiding.

As I said, this isn't for commercial or shop use. Just for occasional and casual projects. I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible.

I'm pretty much past the point of buying firearms I need, and now I just want a few fun guns to satisfy my inner fanboy.

I would love to own an iconic "sawed off double barrel shotgun". Mostly because when I was a kid I was obsessed with them. I'd love to have one in my collection just for the hell of it.

Here is the problem though. I live in a retarded state that allows AOW's, but not SBS"s.

That means if I want my fun toy, it must have been originally built as an AOW. No conversions allowed.

I'm not looking for a howdah pistol or a Serbu Super Shorty. I want the real deal lupara.

Anyone know a source for sawn off double barrel AOW's made from a virgin receiver?

I am looking to have my Mossberg 590 threaded to accept chokes. I know it's mostly unnecessary, but this is just going to be a project/fun gun.

Looked into an aftermarket barrel, couldn't find any. Checked with the factory, and they have a single one for sale for almost $200, and I'll also be stuck with using their "accu-choke" system, which doesn't have the same aftermarket availability I'm looking for.

So I decided I'd rather have it sent off to be threaded by a gunsmith.

The problem is, I have heard that older 590 barrels had walls that were too thin to properly thread and install chokes, but the newer ones were fine.

So this is a two part question.

First off. What year did Mossberg change their barrel design on the 590?

I bought mine sometime around 2006. I asked the rep form the factory but couldn't get an answer.

Second question. What is the recommended wall thickness on a shotgun's barrel to be adapted for choke? That way I can check my barrel with a caliper to see if it is even possible.

No gunsmiths locally... The few I've been corresponding with via email have all given me the same answer... "I'd have to see it". So I just want a good baseline I can check before committing to sending it off to have the work done.

Honestly, it's been giving me so much of a headache that I might just breakdown and buy a Remington 870... But I really like the 590's action and controls better.

Bonus question. Any recommendations on who I should send this to, to do the work?

First and foremost, I would like to say that this is not a criticism of vegetarian/vegan lifestyle choices. I am only coming here to gain fresh perspective on my opinion of something.

Secondly, I would like to establish the fact that I am both a meat eater, and a hunter. I know that I will garner a lot of negativity from some of you on those grounds alone.

I represent the 99% of hunters that are never acknowledged. I do not hunt for trophy, pure sport, and I am not a poacher. I follow all legal and moral codes, and wanton waste laws.

I am often labeled as compassionless by vegetarians/vegans.

But what I absolutely cannot stand is when someone who has never hunted a day in their life, will label me as compassionless, and then order a steak from a restaurant.

I don't take pleasure in killing things. I take pleasure in the fact that from the field to the kitchen, I put the work in myself. It is the same feeling I get when I cook vegetables from my own garden. It is about as free range, hormone free and organic as it gets.

There is a high level of hypocrisy with most meat eaters. They feel zero remorse for something they buy at a grocery store, yet see what I do as wrong.

Imagine if every meat eater in the world was given this option. To kill, clean and butcher an animal at least once in their life, to appreciate where their meat comes... or to never eat meat again. I bet most would opt to become vegetarians.

I would just like open minded thoughts on my opinions.

One of my biggest pet peeves whenever a caliber argument is made, is when someone says "Get a (insert NATO caliber here) because ammo will be easier to find after SHTF.

Now, there are a lot of great reasons to own these calibers. They are widespread, available in almost any store, cheap to buy in bulk, and are very effective calibers for their designated uses.

But in what kind of video game fantasy world do people think they are just going to "find" any sort of ammo just laying around? You're not going to just find it laying in the middle of the street, sitting next to a med pack and rations.

Trying to buy ammo from a store after the SHTF is also a ridiculous concept, you definitely won't be ordering it online. This is setting up a plan to fail. We can't even keep common calibers on the shelves in stores during "panic buys", as 2012 proved. That's even if stores are open if "SHTF".

The only thing I can think of, is that these people plan on looting. Breaking into private property and scavenging whatever they can. These are the people we own guns to protect ourselves from. If your preparedness plan involves breaking the law, something is wrong.

The ONLY ammo you can count in any sort of emergency is what you already own. So it doesn't matter if it is a common caliber or not. Stocking a lot of ammo deep is the only sensible thing to do if you are worried about it.

If anyone can give me any valid arguments to prove my opinion wrong, I am willing to hear them.

Does anyone have anything bad to say about these mounts?

The single point of contact raises my eyebrow a bit. The 45 degree rails is odd, but not much of a concern for me. They also are ridiculously easy to install.

I understand they are aluminum. I was anti aluminum for awhile, but for the amount of money I want to spend, I don't think I'll be getting steel. Besides, this is for a recreational range rifle. I won't be using this for hunting, competition, or in the field in any way.

In fact, I'll probably still shoot my gun with iron sights most of the time, I just want the option of mounting a scope if my buddies want to have a friendly competition to see who's buying lunch.

The Sadlak and Springfield armory mounts are right about the same price. But I still have people recommending the Basset to me regardless. I'm not looking to invest too much into this, and $150 is about a reasonable enough price tag. I won't even be buying a new scope, I'm just going to use one of my old hunting scopes in my random gear drawer.

Any reason why I shouldn't go with this thing?

http://www.bassettmachine.com/prod_smpr.htm

A close shooting buddy of mine told me this happened to him. He isn't the kind of person to embellish or make up stories, he is quite soft spoken and humble.

He had recently purchased a "service grade" M1 Garand from CMP. This was his first Garand. Like the good former 11b he is, the first thing he did was spend time field stripping, cleaning, and relubricating it.

The first day he shot it, it began to double fire. At least once or twice every clip (hurray for the proper use of the word clip for once!).

Now, I've heard of worn hammers, sear issues, and soft primers causing this. And of course, improper trigger pulls. But my buddy is an experienced shooter, and I doubt his trigger pull was the problem.

He said the problem was that he used CLP, rather than grease. Once he stripped the gun clean, and began using grease he hasn't had the problem since.

I have always been told to use grease in these styles of guns (I own and shoot an M1a), because they function better. I didn't realize that this was the reason why.

He knew this too, but he just didn't have any grease, and really wanted to shoot the gun the next day. He figured one day of using CLP wouldn't hurt. He was wrong.

What I want to know is how actually possible is this, maybe my friend was mistaken. Is this a freak occurrence, or something the Garand fans knew all the time. I feel like more people would be talking about it if did.

Lastly, don't try this at home kids.

I let my cousin move in with me for a few months while he was having financial and health problems. He is a very sweet and kind hearted guy, but incredibly clumsy. Per my apartments rules, we cannot smoke on the balcony because it is too close to other residents windows and "common" areas, but smoking in the apartment is allowed by the building.

Long story short, one morning I wake up to find that he has left a cigarette burn in my carpet, which I was incredibly angry about because it looks horrible.

I can't stand to look at it, it is a white carpet and the burn stands out like a sore thumb. It is a deep burn that goes about 75% of the way down thru the rug, but not completely thru.

It is your pretty typical bare bones carpet of short-medium thickness. White (or a slight off white).

Does anyone know any ways to mask, remove or hide the burn? Eventually I may want to recarpet the living room, but I don't have the money to do so. Asking my cousin to pay for it is not an option, as he has already moved out of state, and makes very little money.

I'm planning a trip to Australia next year, and have a question about non residents bringing firearms into the country. I've read the application for international visitor firearms permit, which I know is a must have if I am going to bring a rifle. They ask a lot of specific questions about what I'll be doing with it and why.

The application seems the greatly emphasize the three following reasons to bring a firearm into the country.

-Shooting at a specific range with a clubs invite.

-Shooting on private property with the owners permission.

-And shooting for a specific hunting or safari reason.

I don't fall under any of these three. I plan on doing some camping, off road trails, backpacking etc... I would like to bring my rifle for camp protection against any wild animals in a worse case scenario. I'm honestly hoping I won't have to use it.

Does anyone know whether the government would see this to be enough to apply for the permit and have it approved?

Btw, the gun in question is a lever action rifle chambered in .30/30. I know handguns and semi-autos are even more heavily restricted there, I felt this was the most sensible choice.

For the record, I have no interest in poaching, shooting off shots in the middle of nowhere, or looking for trouble. I just want to have an extra added layer of protection for myself and my family.

I'm somewhat planning a trip to Australia next year, and have a question about non residents bringing firearms into the country. I've read the application for international visitor firearms permit, which I know is a must have if I am going to bring a rifle. They ask a lot of specific questions about what I'll be doing with it and why.

It seems the greatly emphasize the three following reasons to bring a firearm into the country. Shooting a specific range with a clubs invite. Shooting on private property with the owners permission. And shooting for a specific hunting or safari reason.

I don't fall under any of these three. I plan on doing some camping, off road trails, backpacking etc... I would like to bring my rifle for protection against wild animals. I'm hoping I won't have to use it.

Does anyone know whether this would be enough to apply for the permit and have it approved?

Btw, the gun in question is a Marlin 336 in .30/30. I know handguns and semi-autos are even more heavily restricted there, I felt this was the most sensible choice.

Also... please no snarky comments about Australia's gun laws. I'd like real answers, not just a bunch of people spouting off hate for another country's laws. We, all know they are much stricter than the US's, and it does no one any good to flame on them.

I'm trying to remember the name of a game we used to play after basketball practices when I was a kid.

Everyone would line up single file at the free throw (or three point) line. Everyone would have a basketball in their hands.

The first person would shoot, if he made it in, he went straight to the back of the line. If he missed, then the second person would shoot, while the first person rebounded his ball and kept trying to make it in. If the second person made it in before the first person, then the first person was "out". Then the second person would head to the back of the line, and this would keep repeating until it was last man standing.

I vaguely remember this being called "lightning", but I really can't remember. Anyone else play something similar?

I recently bought a Springfield M1a National Match second hand from someone. It was in great shape, and an absolute steal for the money I spent.

While I'm familiar on how to field strip and clean a standard M1a, I've been told and have read that I should not do the same to the National Match/Super Match series of rifles, because I could potentially screw up the bedding.

I was wondering what the acceptable level of cleaning I should do for this gun is. Currently I just brush out and clean out the action that I can reach from the open receiver, as well as using a bore snake for the barrel. Then I apply a thin coat of either oil or grease.

I own a 2007 Mazda3. Mazda recommends I use 5w-20 oil in it. Recently I found a bunch of Mobile1 10w-30 when cleaning out my garage. What I want to know is if it would be unwise to use it in my car. Obviously I should stick to the manufacturer recommendations, but I figure I have it, I might as well not let it go to waste.

For the record, I'm not a total cheapskate. I'm fine with buying the correct oil if I need to. But I figure if I can use what I have, why not.

Btw, the car has high mileage on it, over 110,000 miles. Also, I live in Hawaii, so cold weather performance isn't exactly an issue.

Been poking around the idea of getting an adjustable gas block for my AR-15. Been trying to look into the pros and cons, and have found a product called the "Govnah" http://micromoa.com/ that looks promising. What I'm trying to discern is whether I would be reaping much, if any benefits with it.

Most people running adjustable gas blocks, are doing so because of 1 of 3 reasons it seems. They are because they are running a suppressor, running a short barreled rifle, running a wide range of ammo (from cheap to high end).

In my situation, I'm doing none of these things. I don't have any class 3 items (or live in a state which allows them). And I almost exclusively shoot federal xm193, because that's whats cheapest and available near me. I never shoot tula or wolf, because local shops wont carry it.

So what I want to know is if there are any pros/cons to installing one on my gun. Would this possibly pose any problems down the line? I know even small items like a BAD lever can gum up certain guns.

The gun in question a Daniel Defense m4v4, carbine length gas tube, H weight buffer, 16inch barrel. Its never given me problems in reliability, so its not like I'm trying to fix a broken problem. I just feel like dressing it up a bit.

Did anyone else notice the promo featuring just umaga during the commercial break? It was promoting "superstars" by showing about 25 seconds of umaga clips followed by the promo. I was to believe umaga was released from his contract due to violation of the wellness poicy. This this was just a goof, and that some tech guy forgot to yank the promo, or did eddie fatu get resigned?

Hey everyone, I'm close to getting my Utah state CCW (as an out of state resident) I was curious though about Washington states take on open carry. Do you need a CCW liscense to be able to open carry there?

my dad and i decided we wanted to start shooting skeet and such and are going to go half half on an over/undergun, niethe rone of us has shot skeet before and dont know how serios we will end up being about it so we really just want something decent to use once in an awhile that doesnt cost too much, what suggestions do you have?

i'd say its a tie between selenas and traci brooks