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XPS is a superior insulator to polyurethane foam at refrigeration/freezer level temperatures anyhow (<498R/276K/38F/3C)

No need to reinvent the wheel, you know?

What about latches and all that? Or just using a simple lid with a lip? Factory replacement seals, hinges, and latches are available for all sorts of coolers, from Igloo, Coleman, Yeti, and others, Shouldn't be too hard to adapt them to a DIY cooler.

Laser beams and sharks! Not sure if it was the p250, but I saw a sig at the shop the other day with a cool finish. It had a purple hue, but would change color slightly depending on the angle. I'm sure there's some term for it, but I'm drawing blanks. Yeah they had a few of those there too. Those are the .22LR Mosquitos; similar weight to the full size calibers but cheaper to load.

or a Para-Ordnance Warthog

especially with night sights, trigger and/or action job, and a laser

I could easily see myself with a P250 Compact, in .45 ACP of course.

If you aren't lucky enough to go to their factory and pick up a factory second/customer return model, then I would wholeheartedly reccomend building your own with XPS foam sheathing and fiberglass. Or find one on eBay.

At MSRP I would agree they are overpriced. The prices I saw for their customer returned/factory rejects are reasonable, though. The customer return models are given a new lid seal, new latches, and if necessary, new grab handles, so they're practically new, besides a few cosmetic blemishes. They're made with a 0.50" roto-molded polyurethane outer shell, 2.00" inch polyurethane foam core, and 0.50" roto-molded polyurethane inner shell. They field test them by rubbing the outside of the coolers with raw meat, stashing the raw meat inside the coolers, then dropping them off in wooded areas that bears, mountain lions, and other predators are known to inhabi, then come back after a few weeks to pick them up. Lots of claw marks, teeth marks, scrapes and scuffs, but they have never managed to get to the meat inside.

H&K's felt very similar to the XD's, only without the grips safety. No XDm's, unfortunately.

I did buy a Rothco 21" extendable baton, though.

Even had a Gun & Knife show here in Lubbock today. Got to molest an untold amount of USP's, 1911's, XD's, Glock's, SiG's, Beretta's, AR's, AK's and more. SiG 227/229/250, Glock 17, H&K P30 9mm, H&K USP .45, Springfield XD9, and Beretta 92 were standouts for me. The XD45 and Glock 21 didn't feel as good in hand as their XD9 and Glock 17 counterparts, strangely.

they even converted a cooler into a planter box for their waiting area

Snagged a reconditioned 120 quart Yeti Cooler for 300 bucks (MSRP 499.99) at the Yeti factory in Austin. Phenomenal people working there, for sure, even got 2 made in USA hats thrown in free. They even had a few 200 qt. Gen. 1 Yetis there for 265. Too large/cumbersome for our usage, though. If anyone happens to be in Austin, I would highly recommend a visit, even if you don't buy anything.

Key words being "properly applied".

When applied properly it's tough as nails. Because its an oven cured epoxy/ceramic paint and not a conductive powder it can be sprayed on any surface, not just metals. Oven temps are much lower than powdercoat so even composites and woods can be coated without fear of ignition or melting. Pretty neat stuff.

Various testing results of Cerakote: http://www.cerakoteguncoatings.com/testing/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/the-strongest-woman-in-america-lives-in-poverty

hell why not Cerakote it hell why not the whole sled

hell make it 12" integrally suppressed

one of those with a 16" barrel in .300 BLK would make a nice stash anywhere coyote gun

Better than Irish Car Bomb for sure

already all on the lake I would assume so, there's no less than a bajillion of each of those on the water

Just a few I've seen down at the harbor