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Les George just informed me that he may be sending me a Bonus to include in the Knife package that I will put with the first 50 orders, he is an awesome guy, Pro Tech and Les George together you could not ask for a better collaboration!

Good Morning TGO, I want to wish everyone a Happy Easter and may God Bless you all.  

Baby seals make great slippers.  I special ordered some Crocs in them.  Still awaiting delivery, but I did receive a nice invoice. But I'm not sure why they titled it "Restraining Order"......

But reality doesn't back up your theory....   Citizens varying from no training (most people) to a lot of training are 5 times less likely to kill an innocent person in a justified self defense shooting than a police officer which we know has a lot more training than your average citizen.   The entire point of carrying a gun is that it requires little to no training for an individual to protect themselves...   If you were right, where is all the innocent people getting killed in the 30 states that allow unlicensed open carry?   I think people should get training, it's a good idea...  one that I strongly recommend when somebody asks me about getting a firearm...  but I don't think it's the governments business to make people get training...  I'm just not concerned about getting shot and killed by a good guy with a gun...  Government officials with sovereign immunity on the other hand terrify me.    

How's this for a pic......wish it were mine.... [/URL]">http://[url=http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/Armybrat1961/media/4506_fired_zpsdbad9525.jpg.html][/URL]

Around 9 o'clock last night the power went out as the wife was heating up some noodles on the stove. It was a rolling blackout or, more likely, some drunken driver hit a pole. Three hours later the juice was still off so there wasn't much to stay up for. I finally drifted off after 30 minutes, but just dozing. At about 2 a.m. I was awakened to the alarming voice of the wife saying, "Oh, my God!.....Oh, my God!" I instinctively knew she wasn't talking to me. Turns out the noodle pot was left on the electric burner. When the power was restored, the water boiled off and the noodles started to burn. Smoke filled the kitchen pretty quickly and she just happened to wake up at the right time. As it says in the Psalms, "He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep." I'm thankful that He kept an eye peeled on our house, too.

QUESTION: Where do the threads go when they are deleted?    1) The Catholic's approach to deleted threads: The nice threads go to thread heaven, where life is good. The threads are bathed in the light of happiness, all their troubles are soothed, and there's not a delete thread button in sight. Most of the nice threads are A's and I's, those that have never been, er, involved with other threads. Often, you'll see A's or I's with N's or T's. These are threads in love: monogamous on the page, together again after deletion. You'll see quite a few Q's too. They seem to feel particularly guilty for no good reason. The naughty threads are punished for their sins. In case you were wondering what the difference between a nice thread and a naughty thread is, I'll tell you. Naughty threads are those involved in the creation of naughty words, such as "breast," "sex," "objectivity," and depending upon usage, words such as "feminism," "reproductive freedom," "contraception," and "science." You may ask, and rightly so, why the threads are blamed for the words they assemble, when in fact they are not responsible for their own configuration. But we feel that a thread has an obligation to oppose any naughtiness in its own configuration. If it truly felt guilty about the word it was forming, it would rebel. --------------------------------- 2) The Buddhist Explanation: If a thread has lived rightly, and its karma is good, then after it has been deleted it will be reincarnated as a different, higher thread. Those funny characters above the numbers on your keyboard will become numbers, numbers will become letters, lower-case letters will become upper-case, and the most righteous and good of letters will become C's. Why C, you ask? Who knows, but C it is! If a thread's karma is not so good, then it will move down the above scale, ultimately becoming the lowest of characters, a space. -------------------------------------- 3) The 20th Century bitter cynical nihilist explanation: Who cares? All threads are the same, swirling in a vast sea of meaningless nothingness. It doesn't really matter if they're on the page, deleted, undeleted, underlined, etc. It's all the same. More threads should delete themselves. (nihilist threads are easy to identify. They're usually pale and tragic, and they smoke a lot.) -------------------------------------- 4) The Mac user's explanation: All the threads written on a PC and then deleted go straight to PC hell. If you're using a PC, you can probably see the deleted threads, because you're in PC hell also. -------------------------------------- 5) Stephen King's explanation: Every time you hit the key you unleash a tiny monster inside the cursor, who tears the poor unsuspecting threads to shreds, drinks their blood, then eats them, bones and all. Hah, hah, hah! ------------------------------------- 6) Dave Barry's explanation: The deleted threads are shipped to Battle Creek, Michigan, where they're made into Pop-Tart filling; this explains why Pop-Tarts are so flammable, while cheap imitations are not as flammable. I'm not making any of this up. ------------------------------------- 7) IBM's explanation: The threads are not real. They exist only on the screen when they are needed, as concepts, so to delete them is merely to de-conceptualize them. Get a life. ------------------------------------- 8) Environmentalist's Explanation: You've been DELETING them???? Can't you hear them SCREAMING??? Why don't you go CLUB some BABY SEALS while wearing a MINK, you pig!!!!

But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him.    Mark 16:6 

He is risen! Halleluiah!

Yes, everyone have a great Easter.  As for me, thank you Lord for dying on the cross, and making people like be eligible for eternal life with you.    Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,  1 Peter 1:3   http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Peter+1:3

  That's on the individual though.  If they don't want a permit then that is their business.  I think we can look at other states which have permitless open carry and vehicle carry as examples of systems that work just fine.  People still get permits who wish to travel out of state.  Honestly, while I support Constitutional carry, I have no problem with keeping a permit system for the purpose of carrying in other states, and I support those other states to have their own laws governing carry.  I don't live there so it isn't my business to say otherwise.

This talks about the report JayC is probably thinking of - http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/12/foghorn/guns-violence-united-states-numbers/   Nick Leghorn  compilation, Murder Rate by Group (7th graph down) from a VPC study.

  minor government involvement? There's nothing minor about the TN carry laws.

Everyone makes mistakes, good mechanics fess up when they do. I fail to understand how the car left the service bay with missing parts. When I think I'm done working on the car, the first thing I do is look around for stuff that I might have forgotten to reinstall. At the end of the day, the mechanic should be cleaning up his work area and found the parts. He should have told his boss immediately, who should have called the customer immediately. Sure, that's a bit embarrassing but it's better a lot better than the customer finding it days later.

Like prag said, they may take some adjusting. They are great for a personal defense weapon, in my humble opinion.

They have 103 handles ready to go if we get that many orders and the Logo is ready to be anodized The ball is rolling on this I am Excited

Have you looked at the XS night sights?

  Yeah, but this is allowing an actual, you know, firearm freedom for most everyone, so ya never know, coming from a member of MAIG, oops, I mean, lifetime NRAer.   - OS

Sorry for such a long delay, but I finally installed the truck holster. Even with removing the panel (5 or 6 screws), the project too only 30 minutes, give or take. Not bad at all. As I put some thought into how I was going to install the holster, I was slightly concerned that, over time, the plastic panel would begin to crack from the pressures of continually inserting and removing the firearm. As luck would have it, that panel is almost completely backed with metal reinforcement. Who knew? Three of the four bolts go through both the plastic panel and metal backing. That thing isn't going anywhere. Because I have large/fat hands, along with the curvature of the panel, I had to use 1 inch spacers on the left side, and 1 1/2" spacers on the right. This allows enough space for me to get a comfortable hold on the grip. Also, even being big and tall, there is no way my legs would ever come in contact with the holster. I tried moving every which way, and I couldn't even get close. This is in a 2002 F-150 XLT. I tried to come up with an alternative location to install the holster, but this was about as good as it was going to get. I know a couple people who've been using those Gum Creek holsters for a few years, and they haven't experienced any issues. We shall see.

That's all I got.

I go around and around in my head with this issue myself...I've hunted with a firearm since I was big enough to fire a 410 shotgun...I've owned my own 12ga since I was 12 (and I think it was still legal then :) )...I've owned and do own many firearms and I believe in training and try to do at least two major classes per year as well as my own training regiment. I really DO understand how important it is for someone to KNOW how to use a firearm properly and safely and how dangerous a person can be to themselves and other innocent people if they DON'T KNOW.   HOWEVER...   I ALSO believe that people have a basic, natural/God-given right to carry ARMS for their own protection and for the protection of other innocents...that includes but is not limited to firearms. Our Constitution recognizes and protects that right and there is nothing in our Constitution that requires "training" to bear arms any more than the Constitution requires a certain level of IQ and/or education before being allowed to exercise (or not exercise) their chosen religion or to engage in free speech. So...I am left to conclude that "permit-less" carry is what our Constitution demands and that ALL laws restricting the right to keep and bear arms IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

  These two statements are utterly and totally irreconcilable.  You fail at logic, and apparently freedom. 

Has anyone noticed some of our members with the highest post count have simply disappeared over the years. Members who were very respected and rarely had a negative thing to say are just gone.    I know that life sometimes gets in the way so I hope everyone is doing fine.   A few that come to mind:   Bronker-miss you buddy   db99wj--he was online recently apparently?   SUNTZU-MIA 2 years   Molonlabetn   Magiccarpetrides   Bubbiesdad   JeffsSig     This is just a few of the people that come to mind.         

 I've long thought that the most devastating firearm out to 60yds would be a full auto 12ga loaded with buckshot and that guy has 2 of them! They seem to have little more recoil than a Red Ryder BB gun but are quite an ugly shotgun.   http://www.ddwebvideos.com/mostpopular/aa-12-fully-automatic-shotgun-2/

Charlene.

this it?   http://rkba.org/research/cramer/shall-issue.html

PayPal sent.  Many thanks!

I should add since 173 brought it up, pistol caliber carbines and shotguns are good to go.

jeff43 you are not wrong but that safety is lawyer speak for, "it's gotta have it or you will be sued" but they break fairly easy. If the hammer slams forward on it it will break. A lot of the cowboy guys remove them. I left mine in and figured I'd just be careful not to drop the hammer on it. I probably still have my original hammer springs laying around here somewhere. I'm also pretty sure they are comparable between the .357 and .45 as the trigger assembly is the same. Just the barrel and cylinder are different sizes, I have a matched pair of open 1860's in .45 Scholfield. I had called Wolfe and asked them if they sold spring kits for the open tops. They said they only sold Cattleman spring kits. I took my Cattleman and 1860 apart and compared the hammer springs. They were exactly the same springs. I have no idea why they say they don't carry them except maybe the other springs don't work. I plan to slick up the pair of 1860's this summer since they're definitely a lil slower than the Cattleman. The open tops looks like this old gun I sold. This was the same but in .38/357. I wanted the larger caliber. ***NOTE: Edited to clarify what I said above....I would suggest you DO NOT rely on that 1st click safety. As I originally said I rest my hammer on an empty chamber and IMHO anytime I see a pin that can stick into the chamber and onto a primer then I treat that gun like it has no safety.*** [url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/u1_zps40b22429.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/u2_zps7c4e4498.jpg.html][/URL]

This is just a general statement and not directed at any one person. You can complain all ya want, but show me a doctor, lawyer, judge, carpenter OR mechanic that hasn't made a mistake and I'll call them a liar. If you expect every person you meet to be perfect, well, you are expecting too much. A tech working in a busy shop gets pulled ten different directions at any one time. Things happen and I can assure you that most mechanics are more disappointed that it happened than you are.  If you can do a better job I recommend doing it yourself. But don't get mad or complain when you are charged to fix your mistakes. What most people don't know is this- A lot of the independent shops bring your car to the dealer without you ever knowing it. The dealer fixes it and the independent shop returns it to the owner and charges a little more. It happens!  Try fielding calls every day and have Bubba asking "I got a code bla bla bla. What's wrong with this thang?" And then go back and remember exactly what you were doing before. 95% of the time all is good, the other 5% can cause a headache.     These topics piss me off because there are good mechanic and bad mechanics (kind of like gun owners). There are bad mechanic in good dealers and independent shops, and there are good mechanics in bad dealers and independent shops. Not every shop and mechanic is perfect but that doesn't make them all terrible people. If a dealer/mechanic steals from you call them out and start a post about it.     I'm going to start a stupid driver thread.    I had an owner get mad at me the other day because he drove his vehicle with the oil light and "NO OIL PRESSURE STOP ASAP" text display on. This caused the engine and turbo to seize.  When the service writer asked me to talk to the customer on the phone he started off with a " I know a lot about cars". If that were the case then he would have pulled over immediately.  So all drivers must be stupid, right? No! The guy made a mistake. He tried to get to the next exit and it cost him. The guy at Mini made a mistake and it cost him. He saved the parts in hopes you would return. He more than likely got a butt chewing once you left. Smart people can make a mistake but dumb people keep making the same mistake. Not that it helps the OP but he probably won't let it happen again.  

[quote name="roverboy" post="1140835" timestamp="1398009164"]Set up on this morning that was gobbling his head off but, when he flew down he went the opposite direction. He was still gobbling his head off at every call I made. Some toms have a place that they just want to go.[/quote] Same problem here. Set up triangulated between 3 gobblers on different hilltops. They all went the opposite direction... I hate turkeys. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had a buddy bring me 5 quart bags of filets yesterday and give them to me because he didn't have room in his freezer for them. Love friends like that...... :up: If you were up this way I could put you on a few spots on Old Hickory Lake but don't know anything about your area for Crappie.

A light trigger should not be an issue on a SA Cowboy gun. They're meant to be light and crisp on the break. Since you have to manually draw back the hammer to cock and  shoot the gun the only time you have to worry about a light trigger is when you want to shoot it and then you did everything to do just that.    Three other things I forgot to mention if yer new to SA Cowboy guns.  1)  Cattlemen have no blocker bars. Always load 5 and leave the hammer on the empty cylinder. The load sequence is; load one, skip one, load the other 4, fully cock and lower the hammer on the empty chamber. 2)  Never dry fire a Cowboy gun with a protruding firing pin. They can break. 3) If you push the cylinder pin in too far it will prevent the gun from firing as it blocks the hammer from falling all the way.   Lp.

Anyone wanting tires to split wood or grow potatoes in PM me.  You can come by and have as many as you need.  

I've forgotten the model of the top one and it's not marked , the smaller one is a Runt 2. Thanks for the compliment ! :) Oops , forgot , gave this one to the wife. Runt 2 as well. Should have cleaned it up a little for the pic , straight from the purse to the table , sorry.

Love'em ....

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It was a really fun day. Thanks for all the help with our squad Tim. Always great to shoot with you. Thanks again to Greg for running the electronic scoring. It was fun sitting at lunch after the match reviewing and discussing the scores.

He is risen indeed!!!   Luke 24:6,7   He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

Happy Easter folks!

    Actually a standard ton is 2,240 pounds   A metric ton is 2,204 pounds    A short ton is 2,000.  This is the standard used in interstate commerce and most commodities.  

Wait wait did someone say : De wheat? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 of course it ate my spelling.

Guys....you know that posting in a thread like this shows that you're spending too much time on TGO..   :pleased:

That’s easy enough... It’s a Right or a Privilege. What you are suggesting is a privilege; we already have that.

[quote name="Authenticman" post="1140059" timestamp="1397819557"]Yeah, I dont know how large the gray area is in the law. I imagine there are circumstances in which the law would not apply. But, I have seen the law applied at court cases before. (In mainstream media of course)Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk[/quote] Well in TN there is now such law. Reasonable fear means just that. If I'm in reasonable fear for my life, laws are moot anyway, aren't they? If I'm staring death in the face I'm not too worried about a court case, am I? I'm gonna defend myself with any means necessary. If the law says that I'm required to die in place rather than pull a firearm, I guess I'll spend the rest of my life in prison, but at least I'll be alive. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  Really

I am extremely jealous of his shooting range. 

If its free, its for me!

Great info! Know where can I can order some food stamps or other government assistance? I like this getting stuff for free ... I might be hooked. Hillary 2016!! Hahaha. Jk