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Yeah, phhhbbttt, who get's on facebook anyways?..... *Slowly nonchalantly closes out facebook tab*

Meh. it's facebook. Just a cesspool of stupid anyway. Don't sweat it.

I hate snow and will continue to bitch until it stops. And yes it's snowing right now. Montana can laugh their frozen asses right off for all I care. ;)

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Home school Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

I just flagged an ad on Armslist for overpriced .22 ammo and got the "the community has spoken, this ad has been rejected" message. Choke on it, reseller scum.

Well I haven't heard anyone here complaining but I hear alot and read alot on FB moaning about a little "COOLISH" temps and a few flurries in March. Please, it's embarrassing, it's a freaking normal March in Tennessee. I have lived most all my exsistance in middle TN except for a time at Ft. Stewart and I have seen warm March's, cool March's, warm then cool then warm then cool March's, snow in March and tornado's in March. That's the way March is in Tennessee, just accept it. Folks in Montana are laughing at us. :)

 I found this humorous and his reaction was top notch.   http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/24/texas-teenager-issues-cop-a-handwritten-parking-ticket-the-cops-reaction-is-just-as-great/

  But, don't all magazine springs come off the same spool of wire? :)

An old 1977 870 Wingmaster 12 guage 20" is my bedroom gun. I added the shell holder on the butt stock.

OP is listed as living in Kingston Springs. If there's bad weather to be had in this state, Dickson and Kingston Springs seems to get it first and worst.    I make fun of my in-laws for not moving because if there's a raindrop, snowflake or light breeze in the forecast.. it'll be raining death upon that area :D

Is this where I go to complain about the weather?

Stages look great, Mr. Valentine. I look forward to it.

Is this your first 1911? Check that the mag is loaded correctly. I know this sounds odd and maybe insulting to you, but it's not meant to be.   Seriously, load your mag, tap it firmly in the heel of your hand  on the baseplate t make sure the rounds are tightly stacked. Then tap the back into your hand to make sure they are firmly seated. If that doesn't help, check the feed lips on the mag. Maybe slightly spread, this might require a more knowledgable person than myself to check.

Peace.... I understand the concern for wife and kids due to a "stanger" walkin up on the family... I also understand the concerns of others who have bad neighbors and bad situations... All that bein said; i tend to take the "watch and be ready" approach... I think the precautions ya need to take are related to where you are (...what's the neighborhood, urban or rural...), who are the people (...transients or neighbors...), and what the "protectors" (...your wife...) are willing to do to defend things if something terrible (...God forbid...) should happen...   My personal approach is the "...friendly but watchful..." approach; but im at home most all the time... If i see a new face, i make a point to visit a bit and find out who folks are... That sends a couple of messages; the most important of which is that "...im watchin...", and "...im studyin your face and features...".   Those who are petty thieves dont like that... I doubt that does much for "...stone cold killas..."; but, again, nothin does but gunpowder and lead (...which i always keep handy...)...     The sad truth is that we live in dangerous times; and everybody is edgy; so that complicates our dealings with others...   The truth of the matter is that if you are absent from the home; the only protection that can be provided has to be provided by the wife or other able bodied adult or young person... If they choose to be armed, that's a great thing and the best thing possible in my estimation... If they dont, God alone, is the only protection... I hate to say it that way; but it's the genuine truth... The truth is that i would never leave kids playing outside my direct line of sight and i would never not be armed; but that's just me... The only thing that "technology" can do for ya, is to let ya know when someone is commin.... If he (...she or it....) is the Grim Reaper, ya better be ready for what's next; and that's what the adults or other older kids watchin the little kids need to prepare for...   I know that we all want to do what we can to protect our loved ones and that's what we are supposed to do as responsible adults; but the truth is that if ya aint there, it has to be done by "others"... To my way of thinkin, the best "others" are two big dogs, the "armed and ready to shoot" wife or older sibling, or other family members (...your mean father-in-law or dear ole dad comes to mind if they are able or still around...)...   Like several here have opined; this is probably a "nothin but chance meeting", and, as such; should be considered just that... I tend to be a bit suspicious, so im always watchful...   I'll close this little essay by way of sayin by remindin everybody that "...you are the only being that can really protect you..."... I would advise calm, quite, watchful, reasoned responses to all these little encounters... It's kinda like baby bear's porrage; "...not too cold, not too hot, just right..."... That way, no body gets hurt and everything stays reasonable...   Signs, fences, and surveillance tools are just that, they are tools; they do nothing to deter anyone who is bent on doin ya harm... Only determination not to be a victim and the ability to burn powder stops the harm once the mayhem is decided on...   Here's joinin you and others in the the hope (...and fervent prayer...) that this is a simple chance encounter by a harmless wayfaring pilgrim...   watchin leroy

A little off the wall but if the creek is close to your house you could put a wireless driveway motion detector across it. If you believe that the creek may be were someone would walk up from. It gives you a narrower point rather than having someone just walking into a field. Put it just high enough where if a human walked by and disturbed the "line" across the creek you would know it in the house and go confront the trespasser. Kinda odd I know but just throwing it out there.

[quote name="gregintenn" post="1129325" timestamp="1395693525"]I didn't intend to be derogatory, and you have no need to justify nor debate it with me. I will say that I'm glad I'm not in your position that makes you feel the need for all the stuff you posted. I hope your situation improves quickly. I would be looking for a way out of whatever predicament you've found yourself in.[/quote] Dude, a person isn't nuts or irrational for taking precautions to keep their wife and kids safe. I have a neighbor who has made threats toward my wife and was charged on a related crime. I've had to take active and passive measures to prevent his contact with my family. Some may think those measures are paranoid, but dammit, folks have wives and kids to worry about. The measures I've taken have made us comfortable enough that we haven't up and moved our home, which is something a free American shouldn't have to do. So I get the impression that you're mocking this guy for having so many measures in place. I'm glad that you don't have to deal with that type of nonsense, but the truth is there are crappy people out there whether or not you pine for the days of Mayberry. Being a good neighbor doesn't make crappy neighbors or bums suddenly safe for your wife and kids to be around. That is just naive. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Match Results:  http://www.mctsclub.com/~mctscl5/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/MCTSOutlawSteel03232014.pdf   Thank you all for attending.   Starting in April, all scores will be posted directly to PractiScore directly after the match ends.

Metro got the bright idea of posting those around Davidson county. most knuckleheads that get locked up can't spell or read the word surveillance to begin with. Cough cough good one like its gonna work. On a far worst side metro has a 250k trailer that has cameras and flashing blue lights on it like a tilt a whirl or space ship at a carnival. I see it out once on a while in parking lots flashing away it's supposed to deter crime....stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 of course it ate my spelling.

If you're wanting cheap, build it in 5.45x39 and leave the 7.62x39 for the AK.

Memphis, I hear they are always looking for Yankees in Memphis.

Somebody tell me that spending almost $1k on the lone wolf 9mm ar that takes glock mags is a stupid idea.   Thanks for your support...

  It's a shame to have to tell your kids that their teacher or book is "WRONG" but it seems necessary these days. It might come down to someone reading textbooks, printing out a textbook error correction pamplet for parents to give to their kids. Of course it's the parents decision to tell their children the truth.

Now scheduled to go to House CJ full Cmte tomorrow, March 26,at 3pm CT, along with a host of other firearms-related bills: HB1400 (align HCP renewal with driver license renewal - has a POSITIVE fiscal note?!?), HB1794 which has a bigtime negative fiscal note, HB1399 (reinforces that the state legislature occupies the whole field of firearms regulation, prohibiting local regulation - insignificant fiscal note), and HB2409 (essentially converting the present HCP to a concealed carry permit, and allowing open carry - small onetime fiscal note of $100K).   Someone really rattled the DOS cage - there are numerous bills with corrected fiscal notes dated today (3/25) that indicate a reversal or correction of previous DOS thinking, with most indicating that (now) DOS feels that lessening regulation on areas other than concealed carry (such as HB2409) will not significantly decrease the number of permits issued.  Interesting - shoudl be an entertaining meeting.   Also - Senate Jud Cmte is taking up several of these same bills at 1pm CY - at the heel of a 95 item agenda...yeah, bet Kelsy busts a butt to get to those...

If you were heading down to Miami I could tell about a lil mom and pop place that is 100% authentic Cuban and by that, I mean you had better have someone with you whom can speak Spanish...

I just wanted to thank you for all the work you guys have put in this, I will be becoming a Life member of knife rights very soon!

Winston is doing a fine job.

Sure, come to the whorehouse waiting room and ask for help about your sex addiction...

Never understood why people hate small amounts of snow. I can understand if you have to shovel 10 feet but TN only gets enough to make everything look pretty and it typically melts by noon. 

I have an 1873 Hombre in .45 LC for trade. I was thinking like you Colt 1911 Gold Cup or maybe an AR-15 not one of the cheap ones either. [url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/u2_zpsd499d37b.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/u1_zps15d7fdbe.jpg.html][/URL] I might be tempting to throw in a cylinder or two of leaded bullets too. Now this was made way back in 1874 when Umberti was in it's infant stage. Waaaah. You can tell from where the finish is all worn off due to it's age. I think it's more from holster wear more so than shooting as the original owner (me) has only put around 100 rounds through it. Then again it coulda been my sitting on my recliner with a scotch bruie pad scrubbing the matt finish of it. Naw. I sent it back to Ubme...errr..Colt back in '36 to have the springs worked on. When I bought it way back when (2011) I think I paid a hefty $350 for it. In fact i found the box lying around in the root cellar. How bout that!?! What's really amazing can you believe Bass Pro Shop was in business way back then? Well, I thought about trading it but see'n as how i don't have a Facebook account I guess I can't so I'll just go on shooting her. I do like her tho... Did I mention I like calls that start with .4? Edited to remind all this is a story and the pistol is NOT up for sale or trade.... :D

  I knww all about that flood. I was staying the night at the inlaws in Dickson. We tried to get home the following morning. Kingston Springs was as far as we got. I took some backroads in an attempt to get on the interstate and wound up on a road called brushcreek or something. Dern near drove into the torrent coming around a blind corner. I'll never forget it. I did a 3 point turn to get away from the water and suddenly the bottom dropped out of the sky. It was raining so hard i couldn't see.... lightning is flashing like crazy. My wife is panicked in the passenger seat. Then all of a sudden we hear this absurd laughter in the backseat. My son (3 at the time) was watching Mickey Mouse on his portable DVD player... completely unaware of the situation. It totally took the edge off. We just turned around, stopped at the walmart and bought overnight supplies and said "yup, we're not doin that again".

I agree with highpower. This can happen with any mag, the first round needs to be tight to the rear of the mag with the bullet part of the cartridge pointing for lack of a better term up. I would check the way I was loading the mag first, then the ammo and lastly the magazine it self.

I'll take a little snow any day in March than a tornado March 1st. 2012 comming down the street I live on. [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JMH42/media/Tornado10.jpg.html][/URL]

She should have tased him.

  Was that your Ranger Regiment Buddy who you once shot in the chest?  I'd be giving you a hard time also!        (Everyone needs to get 173rdABN to tell that story sometime - steelplates, Glocks, EVAC in the bed of a pickup truck - - - sounds like the makings of a good country song....)   But DAMN YOU!!!!!  :rant:   Now I'm going to have to build that 9mm AR that I swore I never would!!!!!!!!! 

Very nice shooting !

Dangit - hate that I have to miss this one. I'd have loved to shot with another "real man" - ;-)

   My hero! ;-)

I am an advocate for the o-ring around the pivot lug to remove wobble. Just as effective as the accuwedge or earplug but doesn't run any chances of getting foam or rubber running around loose in your trigger group.     That being said, the likeliness of having a chunk beak off and finding itself into you trigger in a way that would block operation is realistically insanely low.  Its one of those things that i do it because the way my luck runs. Murphy likes to kick me in the **** whenever he gets the chance.

Metro used aircraft. It lasted about a week I think. When I was surveying we staked out their target zones on Briley Parkway. I always thought it was a dumb, expensive, idea .

The one thing that hasn't been suggested yet would be to ask your wife, "If something like this happens again and the person is acting suspicious, what are you going to do if I'm not here?"   It's her job to protect the kids too. When I have posed similar questions to some of my women friends, I just get a deer-in-the-headlights stare. The world is a dangerous place. Ignoring that fact is comforting right up until it bites you.   You need to get her to think about security and help her come up with the best options for various situations... handgun, pepper spray on the keychain, cell phone on her person when in the yard, neighbor's number on speed dial, whatever works for her. 

Basically it will no longer be illegal to own and carry pretty much any kind of knife you want. Penalties for using a knife in a crime will be increased. Because of the pre-emption law passed last year, cities can't further restrict knife laws. I might go buy a Protech Large Don to celebrate. A switchblade with a 4.5" blade.

Looks like a lot of fun. Good shooting!

  Yeah, I'd be the crazy one here, apparently.  I'd be mounting covert AV equipment and IR switches to determine patterns, then hiding out on the bank in a ghillie suit in order to wrap this dude up.   Thing is, I'd never mind someone from the neighborhood passing through my property.  Back where I'm from, my family lives in a rural area with a wide swath of land which they raise cattle on.  Neighbors are about 1/4 mile apart, but it's pretty much open borders between everyone.  Folks come right over to use the range and we cut through their property frequently on foot or 4 wheeler.  It wouldn't raise anyone's hackles to see a neighborhood kid pass over their fence.  Strangers, however, would most certainly be greeted with a well armed welcoming party and strongly discouraged from returning if they made it through the event without being hogtied and handed over to the closest deputy.    A grown man knows better than to be trespassing like that, which would raise my suspicion that he's up to no good.   But hey, maybe I'm just paranoid.  I got a wife and kids though, and it is far more important to keep them safe than worrying about hurting some bum's feelings who uses my property as a pass through.  And yeah, the world is a much different place than it used to be, but transient bums have been raping and murdering defensless wives long before there was 24 hour news.  Long before anyone here was a twinkle in their great-grandaddy's eye.

The master from Parker's is the way to go. Go as big as you can. Aaron will take care of you. Best Safe dealer around.

[quote name="tnguy" post="1040679" timestamp="1380404970"]What's at Walmart?[/quote] the wally world walk

Just a Rem 870 6+1 with double naught, cheap shell saddle with some slugs, cheap light. Lives under my mattress. Can grab the bandolier if it turns out I also need to clear the immediate area outside around the abode of small zed or Section 8 offensive. ;) - OS

when i got my safe i called them to check to see what they had and their prices.   but i went with parker's safe and vaults. parker's is a vendor here on the site.  hands down he is the best to work with.  when i got my safe i looked and shopped for several months to get the best deal/price for the safe that i wanted.  i looked at friends safes, looked at the box stores, and internet sites.  by the time i was ready to buy i knew what i wanted by size and fire rating.  i had it down to two or three brands that fit what i wanted. remember to go bigger than what you think you need and get the highest fire rating you can.  then i started calling around to different safe dealers in and out of state.  the only person that talked to me like he cared was aaron parker.  aaron parker answered all my questions by phone when others did not have the time and all they could say was to come to their store.  if a business can not spend five minutes or more on a phone with me, then they don't need my money.  i did the deal over the phone with him, sight unseen.  aaron showed up with everything needed to install the safe right the first time.  fast and easy and his install price was the lowest.  his safe prices were the lowest also.  do your home work on the safe before you shop.  know what you want and what you can spend.  a good safe is not cheap, several thousands dollars for a safe with a high fire rating.  when you know what safe you want and how much you can spend then compare the price against parker's.  there are lots of internet safe sites with low prices, but when it comes down to it all it is service after the sale if anything goes wrong.  also i asked aaron if i moved would he come out and move the safe for me and he stated that he does move safes for a low fee.  

What you are missing is metallurgy. You just discovered that not all springs are created equal. It depends on what the spring is made out of and how it is tempered. You can get bad springs, or bad heat treat. Any time you see someone making blanket statements about things involving metallurgy, physics or ballistics you should be skeptical. Is a magazine that has been in storage for thirty years good to go? No, but that doesn’t mean it won’t work when you try it. Here a couple of other blanket statements that I can assure you are false: Dry firing won’t hurt your gun. Steel case ammo won’t hurt your rifle.