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My wife’s brother has a daughter who has two daughters of her own. Best I can figure, that makes them my great nieces. Anyway, the oldest is about 3 years old. She never seemed to like me much, although they live several hours away from here, and we don’t see them very often. At her preschool, they were asked to name the things they are thankful for this Thanksgiving. She named off several things, including the family members she could think of. Then she asked her mom “Who’s the guy with the white beard?” Her mom said “Santa Claus?” She said “-No, Greg.” I thought that was pretty cool. It probably ain’t much to you, but hell! I beat out Sant Claus.

Every day I try make my Wife smile and laugh at least once. Every day I try to make a someone's day just a little bit better than it was.

As I PM'ed with several revolver aficionados who responded to my Ruger trade post, I realized some people might enjoy a peek at one of the focuses of my collecting: S&W revolvers. Pictured here are from top down are: 1979 Model 629 8-3/8" with a pinned barrel and counterbored cylinder 1983 629-1 4" 1976 Model 29-2 8-3/8" with a pinned barrel and counterbored cylinder 1982 29-3 4" All are "3T" Target Triggers/Hammers/Sights. Both pairs represent the jump in engineering changes from pinned barrels to threaded, and dropping the machining complexity of counterbored cylinders which results in a larger gap to the frame behind the cylinder, in order to clear the protruding cartridge rims. The long barrels are somewhat softer shooting, but the short barrels are more pointable. All require a recitation of the words "do you feel lucky, punk?" after closing the cylinder. I hope some enjoy the peek in the safe.

Ruger New Model Blackhawk "Buckeye" Edition For those unfamiliar this was a limited run issued by Ruger for Buckeye Sports in what I believe to be 1988-1989. As usual with limited runs they quoted only 500 of this model exists but I've never done the leg work to verify. I just know this one is new in the box and have been in my Ruger collection for a long time. Time to see if someone else wants to add it to theirs. Chambered for 38-40 / 10mm. The 10mm cylinder has never been spun and only left the wrap long enough for a pic. 6.5" barrel. It has the Buckeye blossom etched into the top strap to indicate the limited model and has a SN special to this run. Box isn't mint but really good for it's age. Only trade interest would be a collectible on my short list and those are pretty specific anymore. $1500 I'm in east tn but travel occasionally and I'm also not against shipping it if that's whats needed.

First, a little back-story. My estranged sister came for a visit on Oct. 7th. Hadn’t seen her in over 10 years. Life and such happens. She brought me a revolver our father gave her in 1987 when she first moved to Atlanta. It’s a S&W model 67-1, made in 1978. Great pairing for my Model 15!! Awesome! (Pics below) (The model 15 was a $400.00 GB purchase, $450.00 after shipping and such)) I took it apart and cleaned and oiled the internals. It was actually quite clean, just dry, as it had been wrapped in a towel and stored in a drawer all those years. I don’t know if she’s ever fired it and doubt my father did very much as even though he carried a gun, he wasn’t generally a shooter. My sister is not a shooter, so talisman effect... Great double DA action trigger (I rarely shoot SA)! The sights were well regulated to 158 gr .38 spls. It easily set off CCI, Winchester, Federal, and SA primers. J On my 2nd, maybe 3rd range trip the following week and approximately 200 rds through it I emptied the cylinder and closed it up. My shooting bud (an RSO at the indoor range) wanted to see it. I opened the cylinder, showed empty, closed the cylinder and the hammer & trigger were locked up tight. Trigger frozen and hammer could not be pulled back. Again cylinder opened easily. WTF? I took it apart when I got home. Nothing would budge as far as the hammer/trigger goes. The rebound slide was back slightly and it too wouldn’t budge. Darn!! As I didn’t want to ruin it (I can change out springs and parts but I am not a revolver-smith…I know my limitations.) I called S&W Customer Service. A very nice and helpful lady in Maryville answered my call. It’s fantastic being able to talk with someone local and that loves their job. She promptly emailed me a shipping label to return the 67 to the Mother ship in MA. All revolver repairs are still being done in MA for the time being, but hopefully in Maryville within a couple of years. This was Oct. 13th…yep, Friday the 13th! So off I went to FedEx. Painless and simple process. Positive interaction. So far so good… A couple of days later I received an email from S&W with the Repair number saying they’d be in touch. I fully expected to wait several weeks as we all read about on the interwebs. But I received email notification for FedEx Monday the 30th that a shipping label had been created from the Mother ship. I phoned them (S&W) Tuesday morning. Again very friendly and helpful gentleman in Maryville. He looked up the repair number and told me that my 67 had been sent over to the Performance Center and they replaced the broken hammer nose bushing and that there would be no charge and they were happy to do it. My model 67 was delivered to my home, signature required of course, by FedEx Thursday afternoon. So less than 3 weeks and no out of pocket expense. I am very impressed with S&W and very happy to have them in TN. Looking forward to S&W completing the move of the next couple of years. Excellent customer service experience all the way around. Now, time to get this 67 back to the range! S&W Model 15 and model 67 10 yards 25 yards

That response tells me that you are really missing the point, and this makes it even more difficult to extend you the benefit of the doubt. Let me try again. 1.) You say you were invited to participate in a three-day round table event hosted by people who are aligned with gun control agendas. 2.) You haven't said why you were invited. We don't know if it is because of your job as a personal counselor or if the invitation was made to the general public. All we know is that you accepted the offer and participated. 3.) You qualified your Pro 2A stance by letting us know that you are a hunter and even use your AR for that. You have to understand that we've all heard that line from a lot of gun control advocates for... decades... now. We don't know how deep your commitment to the Second Amendment runs. 4.) Your posts so far have contained a lot of the other rhetoric that gun control advocates use: We don't engage them enough. We come across as brash, bombastic assholes. (Guilty) We're entrenched and unwavering, which seems to suggest that we need to negotiate more. 5.) We still have no idea really what you told these people and whether you did more damage than good. Did you sign anything that allows that group to use your name and likeness and words in future marketing materials? Did you tell them what they wanted to hear versus what would have been more representative of the true desires of most gun owners in Tennessee? There is this concept of being a "useful idiot" and, frankly, we want to make sure that isn't what you gave them. 6.) There are signs in what you've said and on your professional websites that suggests you are a transplant to Tennessee. That's fine; a lot of us are. But are you fresh off the boat and overrunning with youthful exuberance, or have you been here long enough to have assimilated into the culture of the people you thought you were representing? As someone who has stressed their qualifications as a mental health professional several times in this thread, I would think that you would understand the psychology of crowds better. Approaching the TGO community a little more carefully on this topic probably would have yielded better results. Instead, you basically showed up to the neighborhood bar where everyone knows each other, clearly the new guy, and told us all you were here to help us do better. Tell me I'm wrong. Anyway, stick around. It's not a bad bar and these aren't bad people. We're all just naturally skeptical.

I have a few extra/duplicate Rugers in the safe that I'd like to turn into something I want more. Sale would be okay if nothing is trady. I'm not even sure how popular these Rugers are here, so I've just listed approximate trade values. I'm hoping to trade one or more for similar total value or trade up or down (with cash). Feel free to make offers via PM. I'm into everything, unfortunately, but at this point my collection doesn't need any economy guns, nor super sweet Glocks with $2500 in upgrades. I have several Ruger revolvers, but mostly collect S&W with some Colt sprinkled in. Northern Chattanooga area (Harrison) EDIT: I'll be in the Monteagle area this coming weekend for a trade (Nov 18/19) Police Service Six .38, gloss blued, light muzzle wear and cylinder trace. $550 Edit: $500 Security Six .357, parkerized matte finish, excellent condition. $600 *pending GP100 .357 w/full shroud, select grips, excellent condition. $900 *pending

I extended my offer for a call with Norseman308, he took advantage of that and did call. We discussed a number of issues. He seemed genuinely interested in the topics we hold dear. It is just that he does not have the experience here yet to understand the General Assembly and the judiciary appointed by our transpublican rulers have resulted in supporting the Jim Crow laws on our books to keep us in thrall to government (there are others on this board who are similarly so affected, regardless of time in the saddle in the state). I had a Senator admit this week that the "Intent to go armed" clause on our books is unconstitutional, but he also stated there is no appetite in the Senate to see it changed. That is because the Average Joe is too lazy to ride them all like it needs to be done. If we could get 50 people in each Senatorial District to light their elected Employees up, and talk about it in bars, churches and social gatherings we could change this mess, but till that happens we are dead in the water. Bitching at new guys here is of no benefit, climb up on your horse and get after the Senate of Tennessee.

Forgot to post this here when it happened but better late than never.... (Oct 14th 2023) Today the year long journey to the IDPA World Championship match finished up. We shot half the match on Friday and the other half today. A couple of stages on Friday were not some of my best work but Saturday was pretty solid. In my entourage here was my everything Brandi Harris , my friend Trey Hudson , and my friend / coach / “man servant “ for the weekend Michael V Swisher . Mike helped keep me focused, manage equipment, pull the wagon, and strategize. For those who just want the cliff note version of the match , I finished in the top ten in my division at the World Championship with a 5th place in Master Class in the Backup Gun Division ! And finally a big thanks to my sponsor Natchez Outdoors ! Randy Harris Harris Combative Strategies Harriscombative.com Shooting past one of the NUMEROUS non threat targets. Look who I ran into....Rob Leatham and Mike Seeklander ....I need some serious help with my selfie game...

For sale only - In Knoxville Bushmaster M17S – 5.56 bullpup design. A rarity. Early pre-ban rifle with some cool history, great conversation piece. These were only made for a few years in a very limited run in the late 80’s/early 90s. Comes with an early Swarovski reticle sight, which I was told was an evaluation model. $1500

Every time the nice lady calls to solicit a donation, I politely tell her, " Ma'am, I will not donate another dime to the NRA until Wayne LaPierre and company are no longer associated with it. I would appreciate it if you could pass this message along." They never seem surprised, and act as if I'm not the first to make this statement. I am a life member from way back, and would really like my money back at this point. It is a damned shame what this once great organization has become.

1972 Dodge Coronet Sport 25,xxx actual miles. Bought new in Morristown Tn at Hensley Dodge-American 318 v8 with automatic on the column Interior is in fantastic original condition Until a recent accident by the elderly owner this vehicle was in near mint condition. Unfortunately due to a medical emergency it was involved in a single car accident and damaged several parts on the car. Mechanically it's still sound but several panels were damaged. Trunk is rust free and solid. Original mat, original spare, jack, etc. Interior shows minimal wear particularly where old cars usually do and thats the drivers area. I do have the original hubcaps but I just got brand new tires for the car and didn't put them on for this photo shoot. They are in excellent shape. It was also just given a radiator flush and oil change. The following need repair but are NOT destroyed Left fender Lower valance Hood Price is $7500.00 Not really looking for trades but you never know

The average gun enthusiast wants .gov to adhere to the second amendment as it was written. “Shall not be infringed” is a pretty simple concept to understand. There should be NO restrictive gun laws. There should be NO BATFE. You don’t need a poll for that. Leave us alone as the constitution requires. There is NO room for compromise. None!!!

I did. I had thought this was more of a retaliation thing against the school for her perceived treatment, but learned that she was just a cold hearted bitch that had swallowed the current socialist messaging hook line and sinker.

JMHO: if you engage in prostitution knowing you have HIV, you should be charged with attempted murder.

I went with my younger son this morning and he bagged this 8 pointer. Hope you all had good luck! If you did, let’s see em!

Springfield Armory M1 Garand 30-06 is excellent functional shape. According to the stamped production model number from Springfield Armory on the receiver, this places this model somewhere between 1952-1954. The barrel is marked from Springfield Armory with a production date of 11/53. The gun functions flawlessly, as I recently tested a 20 round box of Hornady ELD 168 GR 30-06 loaded specifically for M1 Garand last month. I was able to get hits on steel out to 500 yards. The gun was a family heirloom that has sat in a safe the entire time. To my knowledge, those 20 rounds were the only rounds fired through it...as you can see in the pictures the chamber is in immaculate condition. There are a few minor wear spots on the wood you can see in the pictures. You cannot fire modern 30-06 ammo through it, you must only use the M1 Garand spec'd ball or factory ammo. Asking $1,600 OBO INCLUDED: Rifle case (show in pictures, this is a modern/basic case) 1977 MRT leather strap made for M1 Garand 2x - 8 round enbloc clips 1x - 5 round enbloc clip 1x - 2 round enbloc clip

Your heart is in the right place, and you aren't wrong about a whole bunch of people carrying who have no business around a gun. But required training is all fine and good until the required amount of training is 500 classroom hours and 10,000 rounds on target in some obscure caliber that is unobtanium. Basically, I don't want some jack wagon politician to have the ability to decide what level of training is adequate for me to carry a gun, and to be able to bastardize those standards to make it overly difficult.

I just wanted to wish all shooters here in the brotherhood* a Happy Thanksgiving. Like good old TN, this is a good place to be. *Sisters too

I picked up a “new” Winchester. It’s a 1922 Model 94 SRC in .30-30. She is is good shape for an almost 102yo. The bore looks great. Not a lot of blueing left. I moved the peep sight over from the 1926 to this one. Now the 1926 SRC in 32WS has a friend.

If there truly were that many idiots running around causing problems for everyone simply because they lacked mandatory firearms training than we would certainly be hearing about it and the TN legislators would certainly be trying to saddle us with it. I’m 100% in agreement that responsible gun owners should get training, just like I think everyone should stay out of debt, workout most days, and quit drinking, but I certainly don’t think any of that should be mandated. It’s a very slippery slope whenever we encourage the Govt to mandate something in the public “best interest” as they get a taste for it and don’t know where to stop.

The folks that registered theirs are screwed... That was the goal all along. They believed the lie. leroy...

I haven't seen .20/round 9mm that I would put in my gun. A friend told me that Academy had Blazer brass for .24 each yesterday. That is about as good as I've seen. I've been through these cycles several times now. Components are cheap>people get complacent and say reloading isn't worthwhile>Democrats win/covid hits etc>people freak out>ammo disappears>I handload for .10/round>people want to get into reloading. Back in 2018 or 2019 when primers were $22/1k, people on this site were telling me reloading isn't worthwhile. The same people were scrounging for ammo in 2020/2021 and probably standing in line at Academy every Thursday morning. I can still load pistol ammo for less than half what it costs if I use components I bought when they told me I was wasting time and money. With components bought today, it's still worthwhile. If nothing else, it's there when the next run starts and I don't have to hunt up and down hoping to find some.

Been putting up decorations for Thanksgiving and cooking turkey getting out pots and pans and getting sweat pants out. And. TUMS. LOL. hope everyone has a wonderful holiday

Odd source for this type of article on Tennessee Gun Owners. It's from Rolling Stone magazine. Seems funding for the NRA as been slipping and rather than get rid of WLP and his crew of misfits, they are cutting funding for shooting education. Imagine that. The NRA was a great organization, until the crooks took it over. And I don't see it ever coming back to preeminence until WLP and his cronies are gone. Of course, as long as there's enough cash coming in to support their lifestyles, that's not going to happen. I'd copy and paste the article here, but I'm afraid the graphics might not come over. So here's the link. Go read it for yourselves. The NRA Is Cannibalizing Itself (msn.com)

A few months back I up a 870 Police magnum from a member on the site. Added a 3 shot extension and just put it up while looking for a good folding stock for it. Well there was another 870 for sale here that had the stock that would go just right for my Police Magnum, here is the results.

FK PSD For the fashion conscious 1911's Couple of Colts...Python and Bankers Special

I never got around to sharing my TGO build. This was my very first AR15 from the old group buy. I just swapped the cheap yet sturdy UTG quad rail for a CMT HDM rail. To be honest I didn't hate the UTG Pro rail, but I felt like the rifle deserved better. It's a TGO CMT upper and lower set, 16" barrel with a Silencerco ASR flash hider, Magpul MOE furniture, AIM surplus BCG, sporting a Vortex 1x6. -southernasylum

Alright, let's see what we can find out. https://cs.startswith.us/citizensolutions/tn/issue/2 domain lookup https://www.whois.com/whois/startswith.us a Go Daddy registered domain under the named Sarah Sarah - email address sdecarpentrie@lubetzky.org Links to Sarah Senter Decarpentrie, director of the Philantropic Initatives at the KIND foundation https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahsenterdecarpentrie Lubetzky family. Linked to Daniel Lubetzky https://www.daniellubetzky.com/ - some cool stories on this site like "This is a Human Issue – We Need to Take Action to Stop More Gun Violence in America" Sorry OP. If you want to know why people aren't biting the hook... it's crap like this. YOU may be an alright dude, but this path tells me that i want no part of it.

So, I was up in the school part of Covenant Church with my wife yesterday. The school is not yet back in the space (thank you BWCC for the space you have allowed the school to use). I had not been in the building past the front foyer since the shooting. Lots of changes since I was there when TCS was still in the space. But they had a lot of damage to fix. We had to walk down the third grade hall to pick up some tables and it required us to walk past where the children were murdered. It was hard. There is not evidence of anything except they have blocked off that stairwell for the time being. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t choked up. Anyway. I just needed to get that out. Thanks.

Thanks Much to all who served and still in service. Headed to the cemetery to day to visit my dad.

Up for sale/trade is my Springfield M1 Garand. CMP service grade. Receiver dates to June/July of 1944. Great accurate shooter. Comes with rifle, CMP case, GI sling, 2x enbloc clips. Asking 1400 cash or will trade for Colt 1911s

May God Bless those who have served our country and those who are currently serving! Semper Fi

I totally agree. We wanted to kick some behind when the lazy public school teacher and principal advised putting my son on medication. He was bored, so he was disruptive. After getting my son enrolled in academic settings with more challenging curriculums, my son thrived and the disruptive behavior stopped.

@Bullseye717has been suspended for a week. Crapping on threads is not allowed. Crapping on multiple threads for no reason will get you suspended or banned.

@Bullseye717 I see you joined the forum this past summer, and your latest activities mostly consist of wandering through the Trading Post depositing thumbs down dislikes on people's sale threads. Welcome to the site. In your future wanderings, please read the Trading Post rules, paying special attention to the section that says, "don't be a dick." Cheers!

Jesus said it very similarly...

Gone

All you have to see is "David Hogg" at the start of any link to know it's a garbage opinion.

All are made from 1/8" thick 1084 carbon steel with OAL of 8" and a blade of about 3 3/4" even though one is a different shape. All have thumb jimping and come with combo leather/kydex sheath shown. They are $90 each shipped. 1. Sold to CattleBarron!! Black canvas micarta handle with OD micarta and G10 accents and liners. Brass pins. 2. Sold to John 3725 Maple handle with wenge and G10 accents and liners. Brass pins. 3. Sold to TNBuck2 Walnut handle with G10 accents and liners. Brass pins. 4. Sold to John 3725 Cherry handle with padauk and G10 accents and liners. Brass pins. Thanks for lookin'!