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Ah i see. Well the 60d is obviously an advancement to the 30d, 40d, and 50d. :r
i'll need a computer too. My netbook sucks for anything but web surfing.

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:fu :tg

ouch, yeah photo editing on a netbook is.... *grimace*

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Yeh. :td
Money Money Money. The PC is last on my list though.

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if you're willing to get a desktop, you can build something powerful enough for short enough money...

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The guy that works here told me that as long as i had at least 4gb ram, dual core processor of some type, and 750gb HD i'd be ok. He got a small acer from Walmart for $300 that he uses for his editing.

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DONT get 4gb. not enough. you need 8gb.
4gb chokes and crashes photoshop if you have a large enough file and its got a crap ton of layers. been there, done that. and the 18mp files from the 60D would do it.

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:sh
He's does photography as a side job and uses the 60D and his PC has those specs. Think 4gb would be ok for now if it has space for 8gb? I really don't want Win 8

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What does Windows 8 have to do with it (and yeah, I don't want that sh!t either). Even windows 7 home basic x64 will allow up to 8gb of RAM. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...mits_windows_7

And yeah, 4gb is enough for now, long as you have space for 8gb.

My guess is that he's never created a really layer intensive file, or tried to open 5+ images at once. You can't imagine the frustration when you work on a file for 20 minutes, got a bunch of layers, and then try to save it and photoshop says that it doesn't have enough memory to save the file. :bh

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:r
I dunno. Win 8 has to deal with i'm limited in my choices by the operating system installed on it too. Alot more choices with win 8 than win 7 right now

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err yeah... or just build one yourself ;) :tg

There also are a number of system builders that offer models without an operating system preinstalled.

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yeh but then i gotta pay for an OS. I'm on a very small budget son!

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true dat..


derp... just checked my old AR lower that I'm selling (the one I picked up early December)... hammer spring is backwards. Never noticed it before, didn't take that bit apart to clean before...

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now that I suddenly ended up with a complete RED X upper I wasn't expecting to ever show up, I'm thinking I may mate it with that lower and wander down to the gun show Saturday, see if someone wants to give me $1200 for it......

It's this upper, looks pretty nice in person. THICK Bull barrel makes it a little front heavy, but honestly not that bad, especially considering that there was no optic on it to help balance the weight rearward. I'd keep it, but a heavy 16" that s only a carbine gas is not quite my cup of tea. Prefer middy gas in a 16", and a threaded barrel.
http://shop.redxarms.com/16-RXA15-X-...UPPER-5433.htm

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Heck, try for more than $1200. Thats what I got for mine plus about $200 worth of shotgun shells too.

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might be your area... I was having no luck a few weeks ago trying to get $1500 for a 20" tricked out AR, complete with scope, bipod, etc. Granted it was a cheap scope, rail, etc... but still, it looked the part, which is usually enough to hook a sucker or two at a show.

This one... I might have to put my sightmark red dot tub on it in order to "complete the look".

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Think I'm going to the local shop to see how their AR stock is (they had 7-10 two weeks ago). If their stock is low, I may put my gun up for consignment and see if I can get 1600-1700 for it.

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And poof im poor! Got the 60d kit w/ 18-135mm lens and got a 16gb sdhc card

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Never heard of that kind of gun :sh

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:sl stfu we were talking about it last night. Gun related cuz I sold a gun to fund it

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Here's a quick pic of the extra children I think I'll try selling tomorrow at the show.

TOP:
Red-X upper, 16" carbine, 5.56, twist fluted stainless bull barrel, 1/9 (new)
Red-X Auto BCG & Tactical charging handle (new)
CMT TAC billet lower, Firefly/Serenity engraved (new)
Umbrella Corp grip (new)
Core-5 LPK, commercial buffer
VLTOR light carbine stock w/ battery compartments (used)
7.3lbs
--Might swap out the umbrella grip for a stock grip. I like the angled look a little better... but figure the umbrella name might carry some weight for a purchaser. Particularly paired with the Serenity lower...

BOTTOM:
PSA M4 Premium Madness, 16'' CMV CL, 5.56, carbine gas, 1/7 (new)
AR-15 BCG and standard charging handle (lightly used)
Doublestar lower, unknown LPK, commercial buffer (lightly used)
standard grip (new)
Core-5 standard carbine stock, fits a little loose (new)
6.3lbs
--Might throw a lightly used carry handle on the PSA upper to give it a full sight picture... and I don't need the handle anyway.


http://i.imgur.com/MmhBBjB.jpg
(click for larger)

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Dropped off my AR to the local shop to sell. If it sells, it'll net me a $500 profit that I'll use toward a new build.

They had 5-6 ARs on cosignment but the people were asking a rediculous prices ($3500 and up). The shop said those will be hard to sell

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Couple more pics of that RED-X upper:


http://i.imgur.com/3hMMksN.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/HSaL16f.jpg

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Nice, hope it sells in your area! My area prices have dropped below $1500 for normal AR's now :(

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Nice guns Francis. Like the looks of that Red-X upper.

Well Camera and Lens should be here on Tuesday, just in time for my 2 days off :noon

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nice nice, plenty of time to get to know her :tu

yeah, that red-x upper is pretty nice looking. Funny thing is, if I parted it out and sold each one on gunbroker as parts, the PSA gun would fetch a couple hundred more!!

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That redx upper is brand spankin new.... not sure whether I should run a clip through it in the morning and sell a "tested working" gun... or leave it be and sell a brand new gun....

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leave it NIB

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Kentucky Gun Co has the 100rd AR mags in stock. $200

http://www.kygunco.com/kci-ar15-m16-...BMag%2BSpecial

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I have a trade offer for my S&W.460 mag XVR revolver (with 100 rounds) for a 20" double-star 6.5 Grendel upper with 350 rounds of ammo,five mags, Nikon one piece scope mount and a cheap scope.

A good friend of mine and myself are planning on building grendels for hunting purposes (Four legged) anyway, this sounds like a good load testing and general fun upper.

Your thoughts? would you trade a 1K revolver for the package?

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Thinking I'll sell my MINI 14 as well.... keep the mags, sell the gun. Two AR's in the house will be enough for now, and I can always buy another mini later... but it will be nice to have the cash in reserve while I'm in south America.

Don't feel like lugging that around on my should tomorrow though... two ARs will be enough.... I'll probably just post it on gunbroker. Easier to post a mini14 online than it is to post a parts gun.

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Crap.. just noticed that both ears on my dog (Lab) are full of pus... trip to the vet in the morning may be in order rather than the gun show.....

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Francis, ever get your ammo shipped?

Sorry bout your dag

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yeah, got the ammo shipped finally. he spent a few minutes looking up regs, and finally took it. had my hand poised on the speedial :)

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:tu:tu

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yep, vet scheduled for 11:45, and gun show is an hour away, so no show today! And I've learned that the Sunday show is USELESS for selling... Another show in 2 weeks, but that's an eternity in this market... So possibly off to gunbroker with the parts.

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Has anyone here ordered a Henry rifle lately? A friend and myself ordered two 17 hmr Golden Boys last October 6th and they're still not here. I know they were having some production problems with tooling for the 17 hmr and then the hurricane hit, but 5 months seems like a long time. Just wondering if anybody has tried to order anything through Henry lately.

Larry

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Is the dag going south with u?

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NO.... the dog is a presently a huge problem. He was mom's dog (although I grew up with him), but she was forced to go to assisted living last year. He's a healthy farm raised 12 year old dog, no major health problems (today was his first ever ear infection). Best damned dog I've ever had, well trained, not an ounce of aggression in him. And even at 12 he's still got an 18 hour bladder. Breaks my heart to see him go, but I've got to find him a home. A REAL home, where he'll be loved.

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That sux bro. I know it's gotta be hard.

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Sorry to hear about your dog:(

Beautiful gun. Never looked in to building one and probably never will. What does it cost at non gouger prices to put something like that together? Bought my neighbors DPMS 243 after he passed away at a great price, but might want to get a 223 eventually.

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Did end up picking this up around the first of the year.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...7/photo1-1.jpg

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New mags finally arrived from Midway
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps764a1b75.jpg

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Sweet ! :tu

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Sweet! Too bad no one can ship them to MA... :MH

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well, PARTS on that gun were about $1000.
The upper, despite its slick looks which I hope will allow it to tell for a high price, really didn't cost me any more than a normal looking upper.

putting together and upper receiver can be a little tricky from the perspective that it requires a few specific tools. But the lowers are easy to put together without any tools, except maybe a cheap butt stock wrench. you may also want to spend the extra $15 on a "bolt catch pin punch" from brownells... I'm very glad I did for mine, saves you from scratching your new receiver.

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Did a trade yesterday. I met a guy and traded my Remington 700 .22-250 for a Sig P226 9mm :)

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nice :tu

Wideners had some police trade in P225's for $425 last month... I almost picked up one. Sure it's used, but its a P226! :)

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Dunno if you made a typo there, but the P225 and P226 are not the same gun. The 225 has a single column magazine, the 226 uses double stack.

If that wasn't a typo chances, are I'm not telling you anything you didn't know already.

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I think Wideners did have the 225. It's the same gun pretty much, but as your stated single stack. I believe all the 225s you see for sale used are German police trade-ins.

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TYPO. It was a P226 :)