What did you get for Christmas? Post it in here!
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kantonburg
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kantonburg
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Tag's are nice. Pricey too
Here is my Christmas haul!
Here I thought I got a lot.
StockPolo6R
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Santa was kind enough to leave this for me! It's a brand new / unfired surplus Springfield long beach operator. I'll probably never fire it! It will however be repeatedly hand molested and detailed! Lol!
:drool::drool::drool::drool:
Santa is quite the unfair old chap. I wish he brought me one of those!
:laughing: you will definitely fire it at some point! Unless you're a man of very strong will. I fired my SA FBI Pro just a few weeks after promising myself I would never :laughing:
tuscarora dave
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A new pair of Redwing Boots "Irish Setters". My last pair were worn through the tread and half way through the foam. In just a few days my toe was going to pop through the foam. I've been worried about coming up with the extra loot for a new pair, so what a relief that was.
The nice thing about these boots was that since the day I bought them (2 years ago) and as worn out as they've got in that time, they haven't fallen apart, my feet hadn't gotten wet once and my feet haven't really hurt since before my first pair of Redwings.
I'm a happy camper now!!
The nice thing about these boots was that since the day I bought them (2 years ago) and as worn out as they've got in that time, they haven't fallen apart, my feet hadn't gotten wet once and my feet haven't really hurt since before my first pair of Redwings.
I'm a happy camper now!!
cardaddy
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Yeah well, it was something different THAT'S FOR SURE! :laughing:
I totally missed all the opening of presents. I was outside with a few *presents* of my own. BEJEEZUS were there *presents*!
Ah yes, and singing out the night with: "We wish you a $hitty Christmas, we wish you a $hitty Christmas, we WISH you a $hitty Christmas and a Pissy New Year!" LMAO
Santa was kind enough to leave this for me! It's a brand new / unfired surplus Springfield long beach operator. I'll probably never fire it! It will however be repeatedly hand molested and detailed! Lol!
Digging that brother! Especially the part about it being "repeatedly hand molested and detailed". :dblthumb2:
I'm so glad you mentioned your new Red Wings Dave! I almost pulled into a store the other day just to look around. I have a pair of Red Wing "Loggers" that I bought sometime around 1988~89 for $175 and wore them daily till 2003 when I retired (with my back). Still have them, and while the soles are worn, the insides are as comfy as they were that first year. And I STILL don't get wet feet wearing them. Same ones are probably $275 now, but well worth every dime. Heck I used to know guys in the towing business that'd go buy cheap $60 boots and every 8~9 months or so they'd be buying new ones. I kept wearing my Red Wings. Over and over and over they'd buy new ones, and my ol' Red Wings kept going. Eventually I had some converts, the rest just kept wanting to steal my boots! :laughing:
FWIW, my Dad had a shoe repair business in the 60's, complete with a German Cobbler that could build shoes from the ground up. I learned how they were put together as soon as I could go to work with my Dad, probably about when I was 7. Guys would come in needing a new heel, or a half sole and even as a kid (well before I was a teenager) I knew how to do it. I cherish those memories.
But more importantly it taught me not to buy cheap work shoes. Keep your feet dry and you'll have a good day, plus be happy when you get home. 
Not sure about the glued bottom shoes, but if it's got a double or triple welt and is sewn on, then it's built for a lifetime of service. You can replace the heel, you can replace sole, or you can replace the entire unit, (like with the loggers).
Marc Hufnagel
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some other things too but no pics..
ryanbabz71
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Son got a C7 corvette
I got a new set of rims
Ryan
I got a new set of rims
Ryan
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tuscarora dave
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I just went in this afternoon and picked up my "Irish Setters", the loggers in there were $425.I'm so glad you mentioned your new Red Wings Dave! I almost pulled into a store the other day just to look around. I have a pair of Red Wing "Loggers" that I bought sometime around 1988~89 for $175 and wore them daily till 2003 when I retired (with my back). Still have them, and while the soles are worn, the insides are as comfy as they were that first year. And I STILL don't get wet feet wearing them. Same ones are probably $275 now, but well worth every dime. Heck I used to know guys in the towing business that'd go buy cheap $60 boots and every 8~9 months or so they'd be buying new ones. I kept wearing my Red Wings. Over and over and over they'd buy new ones, and my ol' Red Wings kept going. Eventually I had some converts, the rest just kept wanting to steal my boots! :laughing:
FWIW, my Dad had a shoe repair business in the 60's, complete with a German Cobbler that could build shoes from the ground up. I learned how they were put together as soon as I could go to work with my Dad, probably about when I was 7. Guys would come in needing a new heel, or a half sole and even as a kid (well before I was a teenager) I knew how to do it. I cherish those memories.
Not sure about the glued bottom shoes, but if it's got a double or triple welt and is sewn on, then it's built for a lifetime of service. You can replace the heel, you can replace sole, or you can replace the entire unit, (like with the loggers).
If I were a logger (knowing what I know now about Red Wing Boots construction and custom fitment) I'd have no problem dropping that $425.
Just02896
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A bag of Blackfire blackice wax?
cardaddy
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Well I was never a 'logger' but being as I was driving a rollback 12~18 hours a day and never knew when I was coming and going, walking through mud and shattered car parts, over and under smashed up cars those suckers were a lifesaver.
Actually my Grandfather worked at Georgia Boot for years back in the 60's, 70's and 80's. They made a seriously nice work boot as well. Still do actually! (Maybe not as nice at the original Red Wings though.)
I was checking after the last message into how much it'd cost to resole mine, looks like it'd be at least $85. That gets you new laces, but unsure if it'd get all new insoles (which I need). Nothing wrong with the liners, nothing wrong with the outers. Just keep them oiled with boot oil.
rops:With the M&P that kit is a must in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, it is a great gun out of the box, but that kit enhances everything about that trigger. You will not be sorry if you make the change, it really makes it a nice crisp trigger with a sharp break (and an incredibly short reset).
Mine has never double tapped, or had any issues that I can of. I've put about 3,000 rounds through it over the 3 years of owning it, only issue was a round that stove piped.
Never had a failure to fire, never had the gun shoot until I told it too.
Long story short: Be careful putting a kit in your M&P, it might just become your new favorite :dblthumb2:
Marc Hufnagel
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I might be picking that up soon, if I do I'll hit you up. I do have it for the PC though , would that work?
I installed the kit on my M&P40, as well as installed on a M&P40C (compact).
The toughest part is the sear spring, everything else is a cake walk! (there's videos on youtube of how to install the kit.) If you run into any issues, please contact me, I'd be happy to help.
