Equipment Crew- Part II

[buffbrown21]

If you need a zombie killer 12 gauge you need this one:


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Yeah and it has finally been released! I think I will wait for any bugs to be worked out and then pick it up.

Many jobs back I was conducting a performance audit of the TBI (Tennessee's version of the FBI). Basically, I was to evaluate them as a governmental agency and determine whether they were performing the job that they were established to perform and whether they were doing it efficiently.

Needless to say, the audit was kind of a joke, but I got some very interesting perspectives on things. The agents liked to talk about guns and one undercover agent's advice on the best home security weapon was a sawed off shotgun. When he told me this was his suggestion, my response was, "Isn't that illegal." To which he responded, "Yes, when the cops come to clean the intruder off your walls, let'em right you a citation."

I know a few TBI agents, they are a good group (I am a former GBI agent and did some training with a few of them about 2 years ago). Although In would disagree with them because a sawed off shotgun would cost you more than a citation (at least in Georgia).

hey tim- what is that shotgun? i think i saw it in a guns n ammo buyers guide but can't find the magazine anymore. doesn't that monster hold like 25 or something crazy?

Keltec KSG

Its cool bc you get 2 tubes of ammo (14 total rounds) with a selector switch. So you could switch from buckshot to slugs with a push of a button.
Also, its got that nice, short, bullpup design.

Here is a good review of it, with several pics and videos.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...w-kel-tec-ksg/

Current price is at least $800 (see my other comments about purchasing it above).

[mroc17]

I'd like to hear some suggestions too. Looking for a phone that will have an app to set up alerts of new postings of good deals on Craigslist, using keywords to search.

Not sure what has already been mentioned on this topic, but I use an app like that. My bad if it's been mentioned already. It's called Craigslist Pro and it's free. You setup a custom search for an area and you can set up an "agent" that will continue searching even when closed and alert you of new listings that fit your criteria. It's in the Android market. Not sure what kind of phone you're looking for besides just having that ability (which any Android has), but Galaxy Nexus is great! Most Android phones are pretty awesome, but Galaxy model phones are usually quite nice.

[irongrandpa]

i'm finally able to post attachments,so here is some pics of the leg curl machines i asked for opinions about a few days ago, also i included a pic of my homemade power rack, i 've been watching CL for nearly a year for a good rack, the closest one i saw was over 4hrs. away so i built one from materials i already had.before that i had to squat on my 1/2 rack. thanks again for the input on the leg curl machines.

[rthawker]

Guys give me some suggestions on smartphones. My blackberry died the other day and I picked up a motorola bionic. I like it and I might keep it, I haven't made up my mind yet, but the battery life is terrible. I'm afraid it may cause problems for me if I can't stay tethered to the power cord. Are they all this way and I'm just going to have to deal with it, or is there a better option?

I realize none are gonna work like the blackberry , but really this battery is terrible and I've had it for 2 days. Sucks so far.

I don't know if it works the same way but on my wife's Iphone if she doesn't turn off the apps she uses they continue to run in the background and significantly reduce battery life.

[Northernmoris]

Not sure what has already been mentioned on this topic, but I use an app like that. My bad if it's been mentioned already. It's called Craigslist Pro and it's free. You setup a custom search for an area and you can set up an "agent" that will continue searching even when closed and alert you of new listings that fit your criteria. It's in the Android market. Not sure what kind of phone you're looking for besides just having that ability (which any Android has), but Galaxy Nexus is great! Most Android phones are pretty awesome, but Galaxy model phones are usually quite nice.

I have the app on my nexus. I love it. It has made me a small fortune by seeing.ads right away.

I don't know if it works the same way but on my wife's Iphone if she doesn't turn off the apps she uses they continue to run in the background and significantly reduce battery life.

At work if I'm not recharging I will go through a standard and extended battery in 9 hrs. That with a high refresh rate on the app.

[Keetman]

Yeah and it has finally been released!


Keltec KSG

Its cool bc you get 2 tubes of ammo (14 total rounds) with a selector switch. So you could switch from buckshot to slugs with a push of a button.
Also, its got that nice, short, bullpup design.

Here is a good review of it, with several pics and videos.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...w-kel-tec-ksg/

Current price is at least $800 (see my other comments about purchasing it above).

I almost had a religious experience Buff..... I mean, I looked at the review you linked us to and I'm literally doing Monk chants as though the sky's just opened up to a concentrated beam of light onto that magnificent weapon.

berightbackdepletingthejuststartedharleydavidsonfu nd.......

[mroc17]

I have the app on my nexus. I love it. It has made me a small fortune by seeing.ads right away.




At work if I'm not recharging I will go through a standard and extended battery in 9 hrs. That with a high refresh rate on the app.

Yeah, it's a great app. I use it and it's been great for finding what I'm looking for without much effort. The only thing it's failed me in is Ivanko revolvers, but...that's just due to lack people selling them around here. I'm about to pull the trigger on 4 pairs of 45s, but...not sure yet. Is $217 per pair a decent price?

[animalfan]

Yeah, it's a great app. I use it and it's been great for finding what I'm looking for without much effort. The only thing it's failed me in is Ivanko revolvers, but...that's just due to lack people selling them around here. I'm about to pull the trigger on 4 pairs of 45s, but...not sure yet. Is $217 per pair a decent price?

i don't think it's a fair price, but i'm cheap.

[Keetman]

Yeah, it's a great app. I use it and it's been great for finding what I'm looking for without much effort. The only thing it's failed me in is Ivanko revolvers, but...that's just due to lack people selling them around here. I'm about to pull the trigger on 4 pairs of 45s, but...not sure yet. Is $217 per pair a decent price?

$2.41 a pound?


No.

You can get a 500lb set from Gtech Fitness (with a bar) for $1250....that's about $2.5/lb. I'd pay more for Ivankos than I would for other brands if I was buying used, but I sure wouldn't pay .9/lb less than new.

Unless I'm missing something in the equation, this seems like a terrible deal. I probably wouldn't pay more than 1.5/lb used for Ivankos and that's stretching the cost until it hurts, imo. The only time I'd consider more than that is if I was trying to finish out my set or something and just had to have what was being offered because they don't pop up too much.

[buffbrown21]

I almost had a religious experience Buff..... I mean, I looked at the review you linked us to and I'm literally doing Monk chants as though the sky's just opened up to a concentrated beam of light onto that magnificent weapon.

berightbackdepletingthejuststartedharleydavidsonfu nd.......

Yeah, I have been drooling over that gun for about a year now!

[animalfan]

Jeez guyz, this thread is in the equipment forum isn't it? Did I stumble into a gun forum?

Anyway, I'm cutting up some stall mats for the gym floor. DB problem is also solved for now, I found a pair of standard handles I didn't know I had. They are only 14", but like I said, db work isn't really high on my priority list anyway. I'll probably buy a pair of 16 or 18" handles soon, I've got enough pancake plates to go over 100# each.

Looks like I'll be selling the dbs I have, but I might keep a pair or two of the roundheads. I'm also going to make a kettlebell rack out of 150 year old reclaimed wood I've got left over from an old project. Should be cool. Not sure what I'm going to do for the walls yet, but I'm liking the progress so far. Pics will be up sometime this weekend, though the walls won't be pretty yet.

[KBKB]

I'm also going to make a kettlebell rack out of 150 year old reclaimed wood I've got left over from an old project. Should be cool.

Looking forward to seeing the kettlebell rack. It might give me some ideas about organizing my own kettlebells. (At the moment, they're just sitting on the floor in various places.)

[animalfan]

Looking forward to seeing the kettlebell rack. It might give me some ideas about organizing my own kettlebells. (At the moment, they're just sitting on the floor in various places.)

that's what mine are doing right now. i don't think i'll have the rack done for a couple more weeks, still have to come up with a "plan". ok, i have to come up with the time first.

[AttyGuy]

Jeez guyz, this thread is in the equipment forum isn't it? Did I stumble into a gun forum?

Too many shotguns.

[Cleveland33]

there have been a lot of questions/threads lately about belts.

Guys using belts - at what point did you get a belt and why?

[AttyGuy]

But if you must go with a shotgun, go old school.

[Northernmoris]

there have been a lot of questions/threads lately about belts.

Guys using belts - at what point did you get a belt and why?

Second this..

[Keetman]

there have been a lot of questions/threads lately about belts.

Guys using belts - at what point did you get a belt and why?

My first one I bought in the early nineties. I worked out at the firehouse and I was just out of highschool...I needed a belt because everyone used a belt!

I never really used one much after that though. In the past 4 years I've learned they typically aren't necessary, but I went ahead and bought a good one a year ago. I got this one because my 40 year body has a 60 year old back and a 16 year old mind....I hate being down, but my back is so quirky (even before I fell off the ladder). I use the belt a lot now, just to remind me that my back sucks and in case it wants to let me down its already splinted. I've heard many complain you're cheating yourself if you wear the belt. At my age I am stronger than I was when I was 20 with a good back....and I do plenty of stuff that should help whatever muscles aren't being all they could be if I use a belt.

I'm squatting, deadlifting, doing GHRs, and weighted hypers.....not to mention other crazy stuff I couldn't do when I was 20...or didn't know about. If I'm missing a little bit of core exercise/muscle building because I'm wearing a belt...so be it.

[Wildtim]

Yeah, I have been drooling over that gun for about a year now!

Me too! I keep going back and forth on it though, for sure I'll wait until the bugs are out of the design.

My first one I bought in the early nineties. I worked out at the firehouse and I was just out of highschool...I needed a belt because everyone used a belt!

While I wasn't at a firehouse this sounds really similar to my situation. I have an old school everlast belt and a more modern Valeo one, I use neither. Since I bought the Everlast when I had about a 31 inch waist I use it as inspiration, I'll look damn good when it fits again

[Skidmarx]

that zombie killer is awesome !

I'm going pistol shopping this weekend, gun show in town.

[animalfan]

there have been a lot of questions/threads lately about belts.

Guys using belts - at what point did you get a belt and why?

i got one from my dad when i started lifting, it was a tapered (wide back, narrow front). i hated that belt, so i didn't wear it. when i started squatting and deadlifting, i bought my inzer, though i didn't really wear it for a while. now i wear it when i'm close to 80% of my max lifts.

[yankeemarko1]

@ Keetman.

I have a DROID RAZR and I need to change it daily. They did just come out with the DROID RAZR MAXX. I read the battery life is terrific. The phone is great. You may want to check it out.

[animalfan]

@ Keetman.

I have a DROID RAZR and I need to change it daily. They did just come out with the DROID RAZR MAXX. I read the battery life is terrific. The phone is great. You may want to check it out.

that's the phone i'm getting next- i'd have it already if verizon would letme without making me pay full retail.

the original razr (flip phone, before all the newest technology), i loved that thing. my sister still uses it, i added a line to my account for her.

[KBKB]

WOW thats awsum..... thnx....

Negged for posting the exact same message to a bunch of threads.

[Wildtim]

WOW thats awsum..... thnx....

Gone for posting the same thing in a bunch of threads.

[animalfan]

still needs some work, but i've got the equipment set up how i want it. i think. i need to insulate the walls, replace the windows (so they open, these are old ones that don't), figure out heat, etc.

[ndmike99]

still needs some work, but i've got the equipment set up how i want it. i think. i need to insulate the walls, replace the windows (so they open, these are old ones that don't), figure out heat, etc.

Some of that looks really familiar lol. Btw I am going to be selling all of my York plates (I probably have close to 1000 pounds). If you need any (sorry no 35s) shoot me a PM and we will see if we can find a way to work it out.

[Tyrbolift]

there have been a lot of questions/threads lately about belts.

Guys using belts - at what point did you get a belt and why?

Second this..

My first one I bought in the early nineties. I worked out at the firehouse and I was just out of highschool...I needed a belt because everyone used a belt!

I never really used one much after that though. In the past 4 years I've learned they typically aren't necessary, but I went ahead and bought a good one a year ago. I got this one because my 40 year body has a 60 year old back and a 16 year old mind....I hate being down, but my back is so quirky (even before I fell off the ladder). I use the belt a lot now, just to remind me that my back sucks and in case it wants to let me down its already splinted. I've heard many complain you're cheating yourself if you wear the belt. At my age I am stronger than I was when I was 20 with a good back....and I do plenty of stuff that should help whatever muscles aren't being all they could be if I use a belt.

I'm squatting, deadlifting, doing GHRs, and weighted hypers.....not to mention other crazy stuff I couldn't do when I was 20...or didn't know about. If I'm missing a little bit of core exercise/muscle building because I'm wearing a belt...so be it.

i got one from my dad when i started lifting, it was a tapered (wide back, narrow front). i hated that belt, so i didn't wear it. when i started squatting and deadlifting, i bought my inzer, though i didn't really wear it for a while. now i wear it when i'm close to 80% of my max lifts.

I worked a carpet cleaning job from early 90's through the mid-2000's...moving and lifting up furniture, pulling a heavy drag tool while walking backwards. Began to cause back trouble.

Boss bought me one of those velcro-stretchy kind they sell for vocation rather than lifting.

I found it much preferred for squatting and other lower back challenging exercises. It provides good firm support as you move, instead of the one position ratchet effect of the conventional type belt. Love it.

[animalfan]

Some of that looks really familiar lol. Btw I am going to be selling all of my York plates (I probably have close to 1000 pounds). If you need any (sorry no 35s) shoot me a PM and we will see if we can find a way to work it out.

yea, most of it came through you and keetman.

i'm not looking for any more plates besides 35s and a pair of york 100s. i've sold about 1000# of plates and have another 600 or so to get rid of. i'll still have 20 pair of 45s and 4 pair of the smaller plates. all yorks except a pair of cap 35s and 2 pair of cap 100s.

[yankeemarko1]

that's the phone i'm getting next- i'd have it already if verizon would letme without making me pay full retail.

the original razr (flip phone, before all the newest technology), i loved that thing. my sister still uses it, i added a line to my account for her.

I like mine a lot. This is the 1st smart phone I've owned. The screen is terrific & it never locks up. If you are a heavy web surfer you should get the MAXX version. I have the regular RAZR & it really nukes the battery when you're on 4G. When you're on Wi-Fi, it lasts quite a bit longer.