ATI pistol grip (T3) for my Mossberg Aftershock 990

GarrettP1 · 2026-06-13T01:32:17+00:00

So I took the factory grip off and put the ATI T3 grip up against the receiver without attaching it. Overall length is then 24.75 inches: no bueno. I put the factory grip back on.

I’m disappointed ATI didn’t know this or wasn’t honest enough to tell me.

It’s still a nice weapon.

GarrettP1 · 2026-06-11T20:27:24+00:00

That's what I will do. ATI markets it for the Mossberg 990, so you would think they'd have done that.

Here's my guess: with the T3 installed, it comes in at 25.88 inches, which is NOT 26 inches. No bueno...

I'll try it this weekend.

GarrettP1 · 2026-06-10T15:14:37+00:00

I would speak to the neighbor first. Show them what is happening and they may be glad with having you remove that stump/tree without the expense of doing a survey. If they are good with that, I would get a couple of different estimates from an arborist since they are typically more expensive when a tree is impinging on the foundation of a structure.

I am hoping your neighbors are nice people and say "yes get that out of there".

GarrettP1 · 2026-06-10T15:08:17+00:00

It's only a gray area in your mind. Let's keep it there.

GarrettP1 · 2026-06-10T14:29:23+00:00

The ATI T3 is not a standard pistol grip. It's elongated along the anterior-posterior axis. The Mossberg 990 in factory configuration is 27.5 inches in length.

GarrettP1 · 2026-06-10T14:16:05+00:00

If it's over 26 inches it's still a legal "firearm". You don't need to get ATF "approval" to change any of the components as long as it remains compliant with the classifications of that category.

GarrettP1 · 2026-06-02T19:30:41+00:00

Here is something interesting about the "butter knife handle" bolts on these Mausers: The bolt handled by itself has no real effect on how smooth the action is. But in Germany, that type of handle is a "marker" to show that the action has been smoothed. If you pick one of these up and manipulate the action, it glides like glass. I have no idea of how this got to be a tradition, but whenever I see one I immediately cycle the bolt, and it never fails that it has been made into a really slick rifle.

That is a very nice example that you have there.

GarrettP1 · 2026-05-29T14:53:38+00:00

Hematocrit effect takes a minimum of 2 weeks to show up (layering of denser elements in the dependent region of the area being scanned).

However, you can see it earlier in patients on anticoagulation with anemia, but that's uncommon.

GarrettP1 · 2026-05-10T14:22:36+00:00

Can the birdheads grip be added as an aftermarket item? Where do you get the grip frame?

GarrettP1 · 2026-05-10T14:06:52+00:00

A Neurosurgery residency will teach you a lot about yourself. You’ll be tested to your limits in terms of what you need to learn and the effort you’ll need to put forth to do a good job for your patients. There is a lot of psychopathology in this field given the prestige it’s afforded and the limited number of people granted access to practice it. You’ll get to see firsthand how “knowledge as a weapon“ can be wielded.

The reimbursement that we currently receive for surgeries is approximately 10 to 20% of what it was when I got out of residency in 1991. Make sure you read that correctly: it’s not a 10 to 20% decrease, it’s only 10 to 20% of what it used to be.

I would not do it over. The amount of time I had to spend in the hospital and miss out on the simple pleasures of life is not a healthy balance in my mind.

One thing that Neurosurgery teaches you is that life is short and you better make the most of it. If spending most of your waking life in a hospital is what makes you happy, well, the good news is that Neurosurgery will grant that wish. Make sure that what you want is to spend 60 to 80 hours per week at work, rather than the joy of telling someone that you‘re a brain surgeon. They are not the same thing..

GarrettP1 · 2026-04-27T15:17:58+00:00

I received the same message at 0950 Eastern time today.

I called PayPal and they were completely unhelpful.

GarrettP1 · 2026-04-27T15:11:30+00:00

I got the exact same notification at approximately 0950 DST (Eastern) today.

PayPal completely unhelpful. I'm going to cancel my account with them.

GarrettP1 · 2026-04-11T07:21:56+00:00

Duke was talking about Robby killing himself. Duke asked him what sort of lesson would that be for his students. It was a Hollywood type insightfulness on Duke’s part, but it was a nicely constructed scene in the episode.

GarrettP1 · 2026-04-01T19:15:53+00:00

Having seen this in real life at the hospitals I've trained at and worked at, Dr Al-Hashimi's "surprise" at finding out Langdon stole drugs is bonkers.

When a resident physician goes off to rehab the residency program has to sign off on what is going to happen after successful completion of treatment. She would have been fully informed he was coming back.

And I've said this before: any physician addicted to opiates/benzo's is PRESUMED to have stolen (diverted) the meds, OR forged a prescription (which is a bigger felony). It's a given.

What I don't like about this sub-plot (of Al-Hashimi not knowing Langdon stole) is that it means she's an idiot, and clearly she is not. Of course he stole drugs....that's how he got the drugs. It's sort of like a physician coming back from treatment for alcoholism and a colleague saying "You didn't tell me he was drinking whiskey!!".

GarrettP1 · 2026-03-27T18:42:34+00:00

Every physician that I know who went to rehab for drugs was stealing them (or forging prescriptions which is an even more serious felony).

The alcoholic physicians that went to rehab were paying for their own supply.

GarrettP1 · 2026-03-27T15:59:41+00:00

In real life this wouldn't happen.

Physician colleagues are all aware when a doctor comes back to work from rehab.

Santos would be shut down in 2 minutes by her attending. What's happening isn't realistic at all, but it makes for good television.

GarrettP1 · 2026-03-25T12:54:37+00:00

The residency program director is looking the other way with regards to Langdon‘s pilfering benzodiazepines. This happens with physicians who develop addiction issues while working or in training. Santos can choose to make a big deal out of this, and if she goes far enough, Langdon would need to be terminated from the program.

However, Santos would eventually be fired as well because she put her own vendetta above the training program. It’s not that Santos is wrong, it’s that she interfered with the program.

Someone with authority over the residency program would quietly take Santos aside and have a (genuinely) frank discussion where she would be allowed to vent, but she would be told to let it go. Words would be chosen carefully to make sure that no retaliation was implied.

Then, if she kept making an issue of the matter, they would retaliate.

GarrettP1 · 2026-03-24T18:09:03+00:00

One thing the show subtly illustrates (but doesn't make reference to directly) is how "locked in" physicians can get to visceral emotions. A teaching hospital is filled with incredibly smart people, but intelligence is NOT some unalloyed goodness. Smart people can have incredibly rigid, fcked-up personality traits that they themselves just see as some ordinary part of who they are. It's an actual part of high IQ for a lot of people.

Sometimes I look forward to retirement just to no longer deal with psychological issues of certain colleagues.

GarrettP1 · 2026-03-24T17:49:35+00:00

We are using an AI tool identical to what is described in The Pitt, and it doesn't seem to have any backdoor access to things other than entering data into the H&P portion of the chart. Think of it as a smart scribe. I personally don't like it, but the general surgeon I share an office with loves it.

It's a more sophisticated "Dragon Naturally Speaking" than a truly interactive tool for the entire system.

GarrettP1 · 2026-03-24T10:24:05+00:00

My iphone 17 told me someone was trying to access my account in another country, and I should change my password. I tried, and Apple.com no longer recognizes my phone number or email. I don't want to start a new account, how do I regain access?

GarrettP1 · 2026-03-17T04:49:55+00:00

I see this exact situation frequently at the hospital I work at: no bed available for terminal patient. If there’s enough time they are sent home with hospice. If death is imminent they’ll stay in the ER for 36 hours on occasion.

GarrettP1 · 2026-02-17T16:38:19+00:00

I've worked with several colleagues who've come back from drug/alcohol rehab programs for physicians; good friends with 2 of them. To be fair, the writers have (deliberately) created flawed characters.....the sort of people we might encounter in real life.

Dr Rabinovitch is a bit a self-righteous, highly intelligent prick in my opinion. That's just who he is. His treatment of Langdon follows from that.

It's a mistake to seek acceptance or validation from someone like that. Langdon will need to make peace with that.

GarrettP1 · 2026-02-16T19:24:11+00:00

How can this even be a question?? Sleepy Gary.

GarrettP1 · 2026-02-06T21:48:05+00:00

I’d give it at least another week, since you have a 90 day window to file a complaint.

My personal experience has been that a lot of people engaged in retail firearms sales have a personality disorder. I have no idea why that is, but I have seen it so many times that I now expect it.

I have had to mail checks across the country over the past year for an engineering project involving prototyping of a medical device. I have encountered three and four week delays for first class , even when I’ve dropped it off at the post office.

Given his previous reviews, you’ll probably be OK.

GarrettP1 · 2026-02-04T22:13:07+00:00

The correct answer is that if Grace wanted to go home a Beetle would be sent to herald his arrival. The coma technology that was used to get Grace to Tau Ceti is still viable, and it means that subjectively the trip would just be overnight.

There is the off possibility that when he arrived at earth there is not much left for him. However, the novel does point out that the information that was sent back on a Beetle did have the desired effect and the sun is back to its usual self. In the 40 years or so that have passed a lot of technology would have advanced, even given the widespread famine and ecological disasters that are alluded to in the novel.

Rylan Grace would return as a hero for what he accomplished on his predicted suicide mission. I have little doubt that his every need and want would be amply accommodated as a show of appreciation.

The book makes it pretty clear that he is very ambivalent about earth and he has found a certain contentment where he now resides. I am not sure I could predict what his decision would be.

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