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I already thanked you in your original thread, but I thought this awesome act of generosity deserved its very own 'Thank You' thread.

Naw, you're one of the best people here to argue with. Some people cave or stop replying to quick, at least a guy can depend on a proper argument with you. :cheers:

Update: I got a phone call from the District Manager, he was very nice and very apologetic about the situation. Conversation sounded like they confirmed my account of what happend but they have to do their due diligence before any action is taken. He said that he is pulling the tapes from that day and the appropiate action will be taken. He assured me that they have no policy that allows an employee to hold anything for anyone. He is also going to use this incident in his push to get the 22 put back up at the service desk to make sure that this does not happen again. He said he will be back in contact with me in the next couple days after they review the tapes.

had to leave some for others

Our buddy at the Bangswitch called Wolf. Get you some sanity...   http://www.thebangswitch.com/is-the-x39-world-coming-to-an-end/

Because some of us don't want to overpay for it by calling it .300 Blackout and putting it in an unreliable platform like the AR. ;)

Stoked, Christmas in March ! Seen Jeff Quinn had one for his 480 Alaskan, was only right to have one for my 454. So I emailed Bob Mernickle out in Nevada. Less than 24 hours he mails me back with info. I call and Bobs wife answers, transfers me to Bob. Order is placed. 4-6 week turn around but it was closer to 4. Great service and product. All I can say wow, this thing is bad ass. Happy, happy happy.

  Lots of old people in Savannah. You should fit right in :)

Well, not leaving but I'll be living in Savannah most of the time...still maintaining my home in TN, voting here, etc.   I'm on assignment there but TN is still my "home".  That said, I want to get involved with GA's firearm community since I will be spending so much time there and it's always nice to have the insight into a state's laws from people who are far more familiar with them that I am; at least initially!   So; not really leaving (although I'm sure there are more than a few here who would be more than happy not just to see me go but would offer to help me pack). :)

I'm amazed there's a '93 Dodge anything still running. :stunned:

... and this is how the shortages, price hikes, and conspiracy theories regarding shortages, price hikes, and conspiracy theories get started. Reposting non-sense and then not wanting to be the "alarmist". :surrender:   PLEASE stop this non-sense.

If I had been involved in this or had seen this happen, I would absolutely spread the word. Thing is, in some respects I'm a pretty heartless bastard. I have some very good friends that I've lost over the past few years, along with folks I would consider buddies and acquaintances. I didnt think much about it when some of them were lost. It was part of the deal. You go to war and you might die. If it were me doing the dying I wouldn't expect my buddies to lose much sleep over it. Hell, I wouldn't want them to. So it didnt affect me much. But when we came home and did ceremonies for the fallen and their families showed up it was a whole different story. These weren't just buddies who drew the short straw. They were sons, brothers and fathers. Seeing the families made me bawl like a bitch once I got to where no one could see me. I'll admit, when I saw this story teased I didn't even click on it. I saw it in this thread and decided to take a look. It started out with introducing an air national guard officer, which is about as POG as one can get, so I had my prejudices about it. Then in continued and I heard that boy's story. I couldn't watch it all the way through. What that boy is going through is exactly what I worried about my boy going through when I left him at 5 months old to go back to Iraq. I see nothing here but the purest form of emotion. Yeah, maybe the press is clinging on to it for a few more hits on their website, but that doesn't take away from what this is. The father is a hero. The boy has shouldered a burden for this country that most of us, to include myself, will never understand. Our obligation, as fellow Americans, is to honor the fallen and the families that have made the sacrifice. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  Butter knife perhaps, maybe even a spoon.

Typical liberal BS. Mandate something that costs 4 times as much, to fix a problem that doesn't exist.

Those issues were worked out a long, long time ago. The modern M16/M4 functions absolutely flawlessly if maintained properly. The modern stories of rifles failing in the sandbox are because they're operated by undisciplined children with worthless NCOs who have never put a dab of CLP on their rifle and the damn thing is full of desert dust. I've carried M16 series rifles for over a decade through deserts in half a dozen different countries. My rifle has always functioned fine flawlessly, even with dust, carbon, water and even the Chicken and Rice menu MRE in the upper. The rifle is just more reliable than some of the troops who have no business carrying one. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

according to a member here it is all crap anyway.  So why buy it?   ;)

I was raised in a christian home, but don't go to church as I should. But I'm still a believer, and am sick and tired of all the atheist, and gay marriage crap. No more praying, no more Pledge of Allegiance, and all the pussifaction that is going on in our country. I fear that if this crap is not brought to a halt soon that we will end up like Sod'om & Go-mar'rah. 

I believe that the ills of this country are a direct result of U.S. turning our backs on GOD. I say this as a whole, not singling anyone out. Every time I think of the Millions of baby's aborted I wonder how WE will pay for this as I know that the Bible plainly states "Do not suffer the little children" I know that all those senseless murders has hurt our GOD and he is not happy about it. I always remind people how GOD allowed HIS chosen people to wander in the desert for 40 years and they could have easily walked across it in 3 weeks. If this is true, how long do you think he will let us "wander" in the desert. We have allowed the minority atheists to take GOD and prayer off of most everything, but is still puzzles me that "In God we Trust" is still on our money. The question is do we still put our trust in GOD??

TN is doing fine now. He posted a video on what happened.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYdFSaBobhA

  That's a load of hooey.

So I've decided start reloading 300 blackout for my yet to be completed TGO build. Still need a barrel, a hand guard, and a dust cover. It will be shot without a suppressor until more funds are available. These are my starting components. 2000 inert 308 tracers. 142 grain I think. I need to weigh some and see for sure. Several once fired 223 brass casings. 100 Hornady 208 grain match 100 Hornady 180 grain interbond 100 Hornady 178 grain A-max 60 pulled 147 grain NATO 8 lbs of H -110 and 4 lbs of IMR 4227 What else should I be looking for and what dies should I get.

Let's turn this shit up a notch...   [media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24b4hMMrq90 [/media]

  I understand you may not be trying to fan the flames but that is exactly what posts like this do.  Some ignorant fools will read this hunting for ammo and think they'll never be able to get it again.  Therefore they buy it all up.  Retailers face a run on stock, wholesalers cant' keep up then start raising prices, etc., etc.  Not to mention just plain greed that gets factored into it all.   Has the .22 famine not been enough of a lesson of how this all works?  Haven't we been through this enough?   Russia is NOT going to cut off the shipments of anything to this country.  If there is a shortage it will come from trade sanctions and import restrictions imposed by the US guvment and primarily hysterical gun owners.

Sounds like the best decision was to give Academy the opportunity to handle the situation internally.

Now I know why my son has been asking for a quad...

Yea, I didn't agree with the sentiment, but the meme cracked me up!!!

I thought it was funny but I bet he wasn't joking.. I don't know... Ahh well.. such is life :)

I mix glow in the dark powder with two part epoxy. There is not a solvent that I have found that will remove it once set. I use the 1 hour epoxy and this. I mix the epoxy together then mix in enough powder that it begins to look a little grainy on the surface. Then I use a toothpick to dab it into the front sight dot. Then as it dries the dab rounds and smooths.   A 1 second burst of light leaves a dot brighter than tritium for at least 3 hours.   You can also do the same with titanium dioxide for the brightest white dot you have ever seen.

It was a hot Saturday evening in the summer of 1958 and Fred had a date with Peggy Sue. He arrived at her house and rang the bell. “Oh, come on in!” Peggy Sue’s mother said as she welcomed Fred in. “So, what are you and Peggy planning to do tonight?” she asked. “Oh, probably catch a movie, and then maybe grab a bite to eat at the malt shop, maybe take a walk on the beach.” “Peggy likes to screw, you know,” Mom informed him. “Uh…really?” Fred replied, with raised eyebrows. â€Is that so?” asked Fred, incredulous. “Yes,” said the mother. “As a matter of fact, she’d screw all night if we let her!” “Well, thanks for the tip,” Fred said as he began thinking about alternate plans for the evening. “Have fun, kids,” the mother said as they left. Half an hour later, a completely disheveled Peggy Sue burst into the house and slammed the front door behind her. “The TWIST, Mom!” she angrily yelled at her mother. “THE DAMN DANCE IS CALLED THE TWIST!!!”

Funny thing my favorite colt that I have is not in that pic . It's an 1918 colt that I call rusty . I was cleaning up some of my colts and had them on my workbench and it looked cool to me so I took a pic . Thanks for the kind words guys

  Well, if it's like the kid then "she was so upset by his actions that she could neither look at him nor talk to him."   Mission accomplished? :rofl:

Yeah, this will not end well for you.

Sorry, but I gotta be the Ahole here. I always question the validity of these stories. Even removing the Christian ethic from the equation, it seems all these type stories have a common denominator. They all have people blowing their trumpet saying "Look at me and what I did!" That's NOT how you give. You don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. A free hearted person who WANTS to give for the sake of giving does so in secret. The reward is feeling from helping another. To give and then tell everyone what you've done negates everything and makes the whole ordeal about YOU not the person you made an effort to help. The Christian ethic for those who believe can be found in the book Matthew chapter 6: 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

  Such things rarely go on day in and day out for years on end.   If I hard a range I would be out there 3 or so times a week and my neighbors would  be ready to boil me alive within a year.   A noise ord is a good solution.   Certain hours are off limits,  guy gets to shoot sometimes, everyone wins.  

  What about leaf blowers, lawn mowers, construction machinery, etc?

No, I wouldn't risk my job to help out my friends with something as trivial as getting them an inside edge on ammo so they can mark it up and make a profit. Anyone that would is just a slimy sleazeball. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  Yes, it is helpful and I do the same.  However, it is not a necessity and I would not go to the trouble of trying to make my own.  A little spray of Hornady Case Lube is quite sufficient.

They've invaded the Crimea. There is no ammo production there. Even if Russia had the ability to annex Crimea, and it became Russian territory, it would have no effect on Ukrainian production. Ukraine and Russia aren't going to war. Barry has his hands tied as well. No one wants to place any sanctions on Russia besides us. He has no support, and there will be no sanctions on ammunition.

[URL=http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/WaltKloeppel/media/sortingbrass.jpg.html][/URL] You're raising him right! :up:

  The brother THOUGHT it was her boyfriend outside with her. He saw them talking, maybe arguing and saw them go into the woods. He knew her boyfriend was hunting that day which explains the camo being worn by the abductor. From what I read he didn't want to call 911 over the two having a breakup or lovers quarrel. He also said he didn't want to stick his nose into his sister business. I'm sure he regrets that now because A LOT of people are blaming him for her disappearance, as you are.   Now, I'm kinda with you, he should have checked on his sister but we have no idea what relationship they had as brother and sister. What I find strange is I haven't read what or where the boyfriend was, what's his story? I've also read that the local police really botched the investigation from the beginning because of being short staffed and most likely underpaid. All kinds of local folks helped in the initial search, some on 4wheelers. Any evidence left behind in the woods is probably still there, buried.   Whatever the case, in time the truth may come out but IF the brother had something to do with it I suspect he would have broken down by now.

They're breaking their oath, period.  But, it's not like that isn't uncommon today.  They also break their oath anytime they perform a search based on exigent circumstances, or attempt to prohibit video taping in public..  The list is a mile long... :(   I've called both my state representative and senator about the constitutional carry law...  but, I think we need to focus on pressuring our legislators to stop supporting Beth Harwell as speaker, because she is the road block to getting better firearm laws passed.    

I'm pretty sure the world has always been pretty violent and full of evil. We've just reached the point where we demonize those who wish to defend themselves and apologize for those that commit violence against innocents. It used to be people defended their lives and their homes, and those that attacked them would hang from a tree. Now we give them free college. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The guy at Academy was breaking a store policy to give an unfair advantage to those 2 guys.The manager at the store even stated that was a clear violation of store policy and I got the same response from the person at the corporate office. If David chooses to sell just to TGO members that is his right because it is his business to run they way he wants. Now if David had a rule set in place for his business that says you can't hold items for friends and family and he did I would have a problem with that.   I am more upset at Academy than the two guys and I would not have posted the pic if I had not seen them in there back when the stuff was up front or they had not made the joke about how much these go for online.

I was in retail management for 10+ years and I know the second Loss Prevention gets called it will get looked into and I bet even if they don't reprimand the employee it will put a stop to it. You never want to be on LP's radar.    Tanker- I will suggest that to them.

Done! http://www.armslist.com/posts/2769304/knoxville-tennessee-ammo-for-sale-trade--22lr-bucket-o-bullets-and-1000rd-m22   Figured putting it up without bashing them in the title would get more view, and maybe these guys will see this and know there pic is out.   Edit: Fixed, thanks CZ

But what if they really love each other.

unfortunately some of todays youth look like they went bobbing for apples in a tackle box :shrug:

Take a deep breath. Now either change the title on this to "Mods please help" or delete and start a new thread in the feedback forum with that title. Its probably just a glitch in the system, its technology, stuff happens. I'm sure they will get it cleared up. Btw, acting like a child and being pissy when you have Christian in your name isn't real Christian like is it? Tapatalk ate my spelling.