there are a few states with no income tax, but they have higher sales tax. I was born in knoxville and I really like the eastern part of TN. I've never been to the western part, but I won't go to memphis for sure.

I'm trying to get the shipping cost from mcmaster and still am not able to get 'em...how much do they usually charge for shipping for 2 bars?>

you got in? it says it's down for maintenance...

what are you looking at and what length/width/thickness?

I got in no problem O>O?

looking at some 1/8" x 1.5" x 18" and some 1/4 x 2" x 18"

I call them to ask about the shipping cost they said it will show after you place your order. So you are basically at their mercy as far as shipping cost. I was told "around 12 dollars" for those 2 bars of 01 tool steel...

My shipping costs from McMaster were as follows:
Shipment 1: $10.50 for 2 pieces of 3/16" x 2.5" x 18"
and
Shipment 2: $11.50 for 1 piece of above steel, 2 sanding belts, 2 boxes of screws, 1 piece of 12" x 12" micarta, 3 whole house filters

So, it appears, the more you order, the better the shipping per item looks

... I sometimes get items next day or 2-day from them since I live only about three hours from ATL.

odd, the url came up as a subsection of scrap yard. went through fine once i noticed.

The McMaster link seems to be set up using an HTML format rather than using UBB markup. For me, it goes to http://www.scrapyardknives.com/ubbthreads/www.mcmaster.com, which returns the "Website down for maintenance..." message.

so some guns i've never seen before (out of the loop since college) are catching my eye. GSG? a .22lr mp5. i think that's a great idea.

bushmaster used to have this bullpup, m17 if i recall, and i was quite upset when they discontinued it.



finally, comfort. unless it costs $2k. the m17 was relatively cheap and used your standard ar15 mag. still, there are these cool little 22's.

MAG22,
thats not a standard ar-15 mag & it says kel tec on the side



im guessing it is their prototype .308..looks like a FAL magazine

The Bushmaster looks similar to our SA80....they are compact....but the triggers are always very complicated on Bull Pup Designs...the sear engagement has to travel a long way from the trigger to the bolt at the butt...as a result they often have terrible trigger pulls...but you do at least get a long barrel for their compact size....the best I have used is the Steyr-Aug for accuracy and trigger quality...but very expensive.