DocWard

I'm going to give it awhile with the shorter stock. It does make it seem to handle faster. The big thing for me is to get out and find some grip tape or something I can cut to fit so it won't want to slide off my shoulder. I like the vintage military look it has, so if I were to do anything I would try to figure out a way to do something with canvas and add some padding inside it.

Thanks, it's nice to be seen here.

I don’t need any more hobbies!!! I could see doing one in OD green canvas sort of like the magazine holders for M1 carbines, but I think leather would clash. It is food for thought, though.

I ordered one, and I didn't care for the looks on the Mini with the wood, and there is certainly no "pad" to it. It is hard plastic of some sort.

I will be completely honest, I did so because I was getting a little tired of the politics sneaking into even the humor threads. I choose not to respond, more out of respect for the Saloon than anything else. I don't like to create situations with moderators needing to step in, nor do I like creating hard feelings. As I have said to others, "if you don't like something, scroll past it." I found I was doing a lot of scrolling. In the meanwhile, I managed to take care of the Mini-14 stock that I mentioned long ago. Two pictures and a short video. Yes, I forgot to take a before of stock to compare to the after, but I have a hunch the majority of us know what a basic Ruger stock looks like. How I had the rifle before, in a Hogue overmolded stock: After in the original stock after refinishing: A short video that YouTube won't imbed. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T84yv2-zecE For my first effort trying to refinish something since wood shop in eighth grade, I'm pretty pleased. Pros of the Hogue stock, longer reach of pull, a bit of a recoil pad. Pros of the wooden stock, quicker handling, and looks. I will need to get some grip tape or something to put on the butt plate. I had forgotten how slippery it is.

Thank you for the movies and the memories, Sir. Others played the part of Doc Holliday well, but for me, he will always be the Doc Holliday. And yes, I thought Top Secret was hilarious as well! RIP, Doc.

The easy answer to that is, because they have a known country of origin. The tendency to use the broad "African-American" started when most blacks in the U.S. couldn't name a country of ancestry, because their ancestors were brought over against their will and they had no specific ancestral memory to rely on. With the use of DNA testing, there has been improvement in that area. Oh, I'm an American of Scots-Irish, Dutch and English ancestry. But I agree with the great Theodore Roosevelt as well.

Didn’t I start one of these threads not too long ago?

And their dog, according to what I read. Carbon monoxide?

Ya know, @Alpo, sometimes you start a thread that doesn't leave me wondering about your thought processes, and this is one of them. I believe you hit the nail on the head with both questions and insight. I rarely talk specifics about what firearms I might or might not own, or ammunition either, unless I have a specific need to know. Even then I try to find the answer without posting a question. On occasion I might let my guard down, but I try hard not to. Because, like you said, "it's just nobody's business."

Please, oh please, tell me you're joking.

Uhmmm... What about humans?

I will keep them and you and yours in my thoughts and meditations during this difficult time.

I do not, but it likely was just a bit before my time here.

Given your response, I'm not sure you read my entire post. My point was that by 1860, slavery wasn't normal nor acceptable. Except in the South, where they literally chose, according to their own documents, to fight a war over it. Instead of the comparison to the Taliban, having those statues up would be more akin to leaving statues and artwork of Saddam Hussein in Iraq after the war, or statues and monuments to Hitler and other high ranking Nazis in Germany at the end of WWII. I won't get into why the statues were erected in the first place. One can remember history and keep it from being "erased," without keeping statues placed for the wrong reasons. Erasing history can work both ways.