OhioM4

Instigator! This community was so quiet and peaceful before your inflammatory post asking where to get a deal on an M4.

Kip apparently is also doing penance by dropping his price back down to $189.00 on his website. The $236.25 is still there as list price but is crossed out with the SALE price below. If you haven't ordered yet this is your opportunity to get on the new improved waiting list. I just ordered mine a few days ago. All us new guys can take over this thread and b!%&H & moan over the long lead times...I think I'll start now! It's been two whole days since I ordered my ti tube! I hope it arrives by Christmas!!!!

Let's settle this debate once and for all. Why don't you guys meet on the field of honor...walk ten paces...turn and fire! I'm pretty sure the results will be exactly the same.

Metals do expand at different rates. If you put a lot of rounds down range in a hurry, I do believe it could loosen up. The threaded cap has serrations on it to prevent it from unscrewing on that end but since there is no lock washer or spring putting constant pressure on the threaded joint, it could unscrew from the receiver. I probably will put at least a little dab of loctite in the threads when I reassemble it as a precaution.

I'm going to try doing it the natural way...heating it from the inside...by running a hundred rounds through it and then TWIST! When I put the new mag extension on I plan on welding it in place! Unless Kip is planning producing a one piece receiver+extended mag combo made from a solid titanium billet! Seriously, are mag tubes prone to spontaneously falling off? Does the spring pop and spray the bad guy with unfired cartridges?

Won't anyone buy the mag extension this post was created for? The suspence is killing me!

If you are willing to spend the extra 95 cents the duct tape also comes in black! I thought this was an amusing joke until I Googled "Tactical Duct Tape" and got 78,000 hits. My favorite was: Tactical Anti-Terror Bulletproof Duct Tape® I'm too new to the forum to post pictures and links so you'll have to look it up yourselves.

My first ever firearm purchase was a Benelli M4. I had considered a simple pump action gun but really feel the semi-auto was a better choice. My friends tried to dissuade me saying it would be prone to misfeeding. I asked if they had ever short cycled a pump action and that usually shut them up. I'm saving up right now for a 357Mag revolver as my next purchase. I had discussed my choice with numerous friends and we determined that firearm selection is at least partly based on who you are more afraid of; President Obama or Burglars! Scenario #1 Obama: My first choice was the tactical shotgun (Likely to be restricted along with AR15 and AK47), My second choice will be a high capacity semi-auto pistol (same reasoning), and third choice is the revolver as it is the least likely to be restricted. Scenario #2 Burglars: My first choice would be the revolver. It's simple to use and less likely to cause problems for a Newbie like me. If it doesn't go bang, just pull the trigger again. My second choice would be a simple pump action shotgun. The Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) doctrine applies. My third choice would be the semi-automatic pistol. My limited experience so far has proven me to be unreliable (notice I said me, not the gun) with numerous FTFs. Looks like I was initially more afraid of impending gun legislation than burglars and now I am correcting course. All that being said I plan on purchasing all three and practicing with all of them regularly.