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Yes, worked again tonight. And no, Manchester Wal-mart didn't get any .22 LR tonight(was supposed to but no, we didn't get any). Had a few people come in and it was the .22 they were after. But later as I was running the freight to the floor another guy needed help, he was looking for .22 for his daughter to go hunting with. Now it is one thing to keep an adult from shooting, but these gougers and hoarders are gonna have to draw the line at this. When you keep a kid from getting to go hunting or target shooting with .22 it makes me kinda sad. See i never got into hunting when I was a kid, only shot a .22 at Boy scout camp before i got into guns. BB and pellet guns since i grew up in the city limits.   Long story short... He needed ammo, we didn't have any but I offered to give him some so his kid could go shoot( 11 year old daughter). Gave him my number and I hope i can help him.   I don't usually do this but he seemed genuine.

  I suspect a lot of people are looking at it this way too.  I know I am.  Bud was an icon in the industry but I think it's time the team had an oil-change at the executive level.

Good thing it wasn't a hate crime.... Lock the doors and stay in the car. The gas pedal is your friend.

Call me an absolutist if you want, but I can't get past the "shall not be infringed" part that follows "the right to keep and bear arms".

Thanks for the safety reminder. And for the record, I don't think you are an asshat. An asshat would never admit they did something like that.

It happens. Don't beat yourself up over it. Learn from it, and thanks for sharing so we might learn from it as well.

Check PSA site daily.

Would I carry a long gun around outside my vheicle - likely not   Do I believe it should be illegal - No

Wow, glad no one was hurt and thanks for sharing your tale. Hopefully your ND will be a helpful reminder for the rest of us to be ever vigilant.

Well, R.I.P. Mr. Adams.  You bought the old Houston Oilers in 1959 and got the first couple of AFL championships.  But then there was that long dry spell through the '60s waiting for big Super win, pumping Obamanian sums of money into a team that was always the bridesmaid and never the bride.  I was with you during the "Luv Ya, Blue" seasons when it looked like Bum Phillips and Dan Pastorini were finally going to take the Oilers all the way to the altar.  Alas,  it was not to be.  And after that horrible NFL title loss to Buffalo in 1993, when the Bills overcame a 32-point deficit to win  41–38 in the biggest comeback in NFL history, I certainly couldn't blame you for looking to the green hills of Tennessee for some fan comfort.  The Oilers had broken my heart too many times for me to protest.   You had to change the name and the colors to finally get into that Bowl against the Rams.  But dang,  who was the idiot who made the field 100 yards long, when 99 should be good enough?  But thanks again for the ride, Bud....you'll always be a Titan in my book.

Their name is offensive.  i say we change it to the Maryland Redskins.

This president need to be impeached and his EO's need to be reversed!

Since we will soon have a fairly large number of members in the process of building ARs, I thought it may be a good idea to start a thread where everyone can post any good deals on components. While we are about to stimulate the economy, maybe we can save a few bucks here and there.

I often practice trigger drills with my rifles. I like to be as familiar with all of my guns as humanly possible before I take them out hunting. Well, today was the turn of the trusty old '94 I unloaded it this morning (It's the ONLY rifle I keep loaded up, due to our coyote problem) & put it back in the safe. I know I unloaded it because I was there when I did it. So, when I grabbed it just now to practice, I KNEW it was unloaded........ [URL=http://s4.photobucket.com/user/robtattoo/media/IMG_20131021_142807_693_zps336814ed.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s4.photobucket.com/user/robtattoo/media/IMG_20131021_142829_252_zps7717da64.jpg.html][/URL] The dog now thinks I'm an asshat. The Wife thinks I'm an asshat. You think I'm an asshat & honestly, I agree with all of you. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, CHECK, DOUBLE CHECK & THEN RE-CHECK ANY FIREARM BEFORE YOU PULL THE TRIGGER!!! Thankfully all that was damaged was my hunting room window, the jeep & my shorts.

i Just want to know where the Air Marshall shops for bullets.  I know it is my tax dollars that pay for them but still I want to know where they find them.  :D

Growing up, I never really was around guns much, other than my little BB gun. When I was about 16, I was visiting a friend who owned a .22 rifle and he was showing it to me. I asked if it was loaded and he said "No way". I picked it up and aimed it at the neighbors house, cars driving down the street, probably even swept my friend with it. Thank God I had the sense (luck) to point it at the ground before I pulled the trigger. Of course it went bang. I shout a hole right into his bedroom floor. His mom came running in totally freaked out. My friend was pissed at me for pulling the trigger, I was pissed at him for telling me it was not loaded.   To this day I still think about that incident. It didn't strike me as much then as it does now that I actually own guns. And now, it really freaks me out that I could have pulled the trigger while pointing it at someone. I tell that story to anyone I take shooting for the first time before we even take the guns out of the case. I don't care if its a cap gun, it's loaded and does not get pointed at anything I don't want to kill or destroy.

What's up guy's?   Chickens, they're wonderful and let me tell you why. I'm a newbie with chickens and this is the fourth year of my chicken experience. Everything has gone great and in addition to delicious free eggs, I did something different this spring / summer / fall, I let them out of their coop / run and let them free range during the day. I did that because they're getting old and their production has dropped by 60% and thought I'd let them enjoy a little freedom.   I didn't know how many I would lose to predators like hawks letting them out during the day. Sort of funny because I've noticed hawks very interested and flying over head and landing in near by trees scoping them out but, one has never attacked? I was also concerned about if they would return to their coop when it got dark. No problem there, like clock work, just close the chicken run and done at dusk!   For some reason they will gravitate toward and around the house first and work their way outward, scratching and pecking away at anything. The leaves that gather at those annoying places that always need raking are taken care of by the scratching of the chickens, but I digress somewhat, as I just thought of it today.   In a normal year, we have at least a few outside bugs per week make their way into our home and the wife gets all skittish and bent out of shape. "Dennis" do something! Some of them are the critters that have lots of legs and some look like some sort of roach. No one wants bugs in their homes!   In a normal spring / summer I pick off ticks left and right around here from my yard, but not this year. I only recall picking off "one" tick all this year!   The incredible editable egg is more than that.    

Been there, done that.   Mine was a Beretta 85 that I thought could be carried cocked and locked. It's misleading because with the hammer back the safety will actually move towards the "safe" position however it's not actually engaged.    Those that say .380 won't penetrate are full of sh*t.

  JoeBob has always had free shipping over $90 but dropped the 5% discount.  They have excellent pricing on Magpul goodies and other necessities.

It won't matter whether the shooting was gang related. I doubt that it was. In the national media and in the minds of anti-gun citizens, this is another tragic school shooting and you all will have to be disarmed because of it.

Talk about a dumb ass. We had a guy who made some "body armor" out of cardboard when I was overseas. He said he did it because he got tired of carrying all that weight around. After finding this out we promptly fired him and sent him home.

A few of us have done this.  It is a lesson that when you learn it the hard way, you usually don't make that mistake again.

    The only bobcat I've ever seen in the wild was chowing down on road kill on the side of I-26 late at night in Unicoi County.    As for aging them?  Can't really do it visually once they're full size.  I think teeth are the best measure but if you get that close a live one, you've probably got bigger concerns.  :)

Sometimes you lose a job for doing what's right and good. That's how it goes. I wanted to help a little boy get some .22lr the other day. But since I was across town with none with me I really couldn't. His grandma was looking for some and of course they were bare. However they had some longs and i asked him what kind of rifle he had and it was a Browning BL22. I commended him on having a great rifle that carries the name of the greatest firearm inventor of all times and told them that they can shoot longs in it just fine. They were match grade longs so i told him he needs to make em count. He had to be bout 8 I'd say. I wished so much that I had a brick in my truck.

Responsive is right. Just got off the phone with them myself, if their product is HALF as good as their customer service we are all in for a real treat. That's right, I said we. As in, me too. :woohoo:

Sounds like a practice you don't want to add more possibility of human error to, and drinking certainly leaves things open for increased possibility of error. Of course, having a few beers doesn't mean squat, in my opinion. I usually have a beer every day with lunch, sometimes two. If you can't handle a couple of drinks without concern for losing judgement then you probably shouldn't, but if you're like me I don't see the problem. I think folks get too wrapped around the axle when it comes to drinking and doing anything. Some folks believe that the second you have a sip of beer you no longer have control of your faculties. I think this comes from a combination of sources, as folks either project the perception that all people who drink can't control themselves or a person can't control themselves when they drink and therefore feel as if no one else can. I'm a big boy and I know how much I can handle before I am no longer in control. Sometimes I like to get to that level, but I know it before I get there. Otherwise, I know where my level is at, so I also know how not to get there.

If I could choose ANY weapon to use against zombies.......it be my own personal Force Recon unit. I love my rifle and all, but I'd rest a lot easier if I had a dozen or so these guys.

Personally, I think the whole "don't pull your weapon unless you're prepared to shoot" talk is more for those who may not have the guts to pop a cap in someone's ass. I don't think this is a one-size-fits-all answer.   So much of your decision making is going to be situational. There have been many situations that were deescalated simply because someone pulled a weapon. Will the outcome be the same every time? No. But you must be as prepared as possible for any number of possible scenarios. Each is likely going to require s different set actions and reactions. You probably won't really know what those actions and reactions are until you find yourself in one of those situations.  

No way, but it's Hillary's race anyway. not a conservative alive that stands a chance against her.

Jeez tanker. Thanks for reminding me the reasons I hate metropolitan areas of all kinds.

I'd say you are right. It's easy to say what we'd have done sitting behind the screen of our computer but my Toyota FJ would have rolled over a head or two before I got out. Never abandon armor unless they can defeat it.

Thanks to Mac and CMT for doin this service for our brother and sister opiners here on TGO...   Thanks again, leroy

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Very happy that no one was injured. Thanks for being man enough to share it and help us all not to get too complacent. Things happen for a reason.

well, truth be told, I would rather read about it here like this, then hear about it on the 6 o'clock news.

Always wear your harness. Plus these are super easy to fall asleep in.

    C'mon!  Blasting caps!

That's pretty nifty. What is it?

And don't forget, the next POTUS can just as easily change the policy with a similar swipe of a pen.

Final tally looks like 166 lowers, 119 uppers and 66 BCGs.  121 total participants.

Ironically it's the cheapest way to get a new S&W .45ACP revolver these days...

Be careful out there Clark Griswold :lol::lol: From my GSIII using TPR

How about this?

Well when I can find(and afford) my Noveske barrel I'll let you know. ;)

This is my thinking. Obviously the suppressor will be a little while out, and I can't afford S&B glass. But this is the look I'm going for. Good hunting/SD SBR. I will probably part out my current .300 to build this one on the SBR lower and then build the old recievers into something else.

  Hitting her head on the corner of the table could fix her kind of stupid, but only if she doesn't wake up.

Oh, I dunno. Lots of encounters are "deescalated" daily when someone pulls a gun and perp runs off. Certainly simplifies your life legally and over all hassle wise, not to mention avoiding the cleanup, :)   Seriously though, even if perp gets away, drawing down without actually popping the cap ain't necessary a wrong thing, depending of course on exact situation. I see enough wiggle room in the statutes to where you could still be in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury without having to actually fell the perp to prove it, so it won't get you in any hot water that actually firing it wouldn't have either.   But, and a big BUT, of course you have to be capable and willing to complete the drill, or I agree with the contention that there's a 50/50 chance you've just taken your own life by only having the will to show it but not use it.   - OS

get what ya pay for

Wal-mart just fired a guy for helping a woman in the parking lot who was being attacked. I wouldn't put anything past them unfortunately. OP, good on you for helping. Walmart needs more employees like you.

1. Don't drop that thing on your toe   2. I'm a big fan of collapsible stocks. You don't give up anything with them if you get one with a friction lock. All my rifles except one have Magpul stocks. 4 are collapsible. If you're in a tight space, you'll always appreciate a shorter gun.