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It starts at the beginning. Don't give him the bird. I know this isn't what you are looking for, but I really try not to flip people off.

I am an ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time) rider and I believe that riding without a helmet is just the right amount of chlorine in the gene pool. However, I agree with you on freedom. If you're an adult, you should be able to make stupid decisions if you want to. I feel exactly the same about seat belts and seat belt laws. Or pretty much any law that dictates behavior of an adult.

I can't think of a good reason to ever put a P938 (or any SAO gun for that matter) in "half-cock".  Ever.   If you're not comfortable carrying it in Condition 1, then it isn't the gun for you... no big deal, plenty of others to choose from.

One of the dumbest laws we still have is that you can't buy alcohol before noon on Sunday.

I got mine a few years ago.

I've been busy the last few days. This shotgun is a H&R pardner pump I picked up back around Black Friday for $162 shipped from Buds. Solid shotgun, basically a 870 clone with a heavier steel receiver. I enjoy pistol grips on anything I shoot offhand so I went to work. Put in a mesa tactical AR stock adapter for an 870, cut the beavertail off of a B5 grip to use, and put on a MOE stock. Changed the handguard out for a CAA unit so I could run a afg and hand stop on the side rail for my thumb. I like it 10 times better now, and it handles a lot better. Second is a Saiga in 223 I bought from a member here, R1100R. I knew exactly what was in store for this gun before I even got it home. I spent last night painting and baking it as well as doing the conversion. Paint is Aervoe coyote. I think a little before and after is in order (credit to R1100R for the before photo) Before: After: Again, sorry for the crappy pictures. Sadly, one of my hobbies is not photography

Short of Metalhead's suggestion, I don't think you could handle it better. Just because you're armed doesn't mean you should invite confrontation. While I am a firm believer in stand your ground and castle doctrine and all that stuff, no matter how big of a d-bag a guy might be, it's not worth taking his life because you had to use your brakes and move the steering wheel and everything turned out Ok.   ***Language Warning***   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8062QEFk5g

been riding for many mango seasons.  went down in 72.  I am against the helmet laws, but I wear one and will no matter the law.  I don not like someone telling me what I can wear and not wear.  I feel the same way about seat belts.  I wear one just don't like the government telling to do so.

You have a phone right?  Dial 911.   Never drive anywhere close to where you live with someone on your tail.  Leave the area.   As much as it pains me to say it if you flipped the ass off then you can be seen as the aggressor, especially if you are packing heat.

Proper thing to do? Probably not flip off someone over something so trivial.

I'm about sick and tired of all you Middle TN people bragging on WalMart ammo deals.   Stop it.

  1K of Perfecta 9mm is a $154.33 with tax my friend.

If Jessie is being abused, why doesn't she ever have any bruises or cuts?

That is the price range I can go for, I "use" a knife.

I have found that the easiest was to hunt with a large pistol is to use a walking stick with a v notch at the top.  Really helps holding the pistol steady for a shot.  Thats what I used when I used to hunt with a TC Contender.

I see no point in ammo consolidation. In fact, I see it as a disadvantage. Let's be honest, are you going to shoot any more or any less if you are just buying three calibers? I have a gun in .380, but that does not mean that I have to shoot it. I generally buy one box of .380 per year when I stumble across a deal. What if there is a real run on ammo and all that you can find is a box of .45acp, 40, or 38spl. You can break it down to reload, trade it, or just shoot the gun you have dedicated for it.

I have a thing for old Winchesters myself. Picked this one up last year as a beater and just finished it off a few weeks ago. . Barrel had been cut back but not even at all. So decided to Cerakote it and cut the barrel back a little to even it up. Color is Tungsten with small pieces in Black. Barrel has been cut back to 18 1/2ish Cleaned up the action a little and had a butt pad installed along with the barrel and chamber honed out. Nothing like firing it off as fast as you can pump it. [URL=http://s93.photobucket.com/user/verne3/media/Weapons/Winchester%201897/IMG_7973_zpsvkabrc2v.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s93.photobucket.com/user/verne3/media/Weapons/Winchester%201897/IMG_7980_zpseybc1oba.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s93.photobucket.com/user/verne3/media/Weapons/Winchester%201897/IMG_7983_zpswml9jmfj.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s93.photobucket.com/user/verne3/media/Weapons/Winchester%201897/IMG_7976_zpsuk5knmeu.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s93.photobucket.com/user/verne3/media/Weapons/Winchester%201897/IMG_7981_zpsii7vofhh.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s93.photobucket.com/user/verne3/media/Weapons/Winchester%201897/IMG_7979_zpszfxz28tf.jpg.html][/URL]

Still prettier than a Glock. :stir:

Not much to say but what a cool little pistol. I loved the ease of concealment and the familiar 1911esqe controls. It was reasonably accurate in spite of its small size. I can hit a man size silouhette at 25 yards consistently. 7 yards and closer was almost instinctively easy to blow the chest out of the silouhette. The thing that surprised me the most was the far gentler than expected recoil. Try one, you won't be disappointed.

In the great state of TN it is illegal to give or receive oral sex, shoot any game from a moving automobile except a WHALE, sell a hollow log, and carry a skunk into the state!!! LMBO I thought these were really funny.

Bud and Mike.357, I appreciate the futher insight, I do need to be better at taking the high road and just being zen instead of being a tool.

 I guess I'm with Mike .357 on this one, neighbor. I think you're looking at the wrong end of the problem. I think your time would be better spent building some self control and coming up with a less provocative response than figuring out how to get out of the next mess your lack of self control gets you into. Public displays of anger and derision can really mess up your life good.

It's astounding what plastic costs these days.

  Interject. Interject.

You're not trying to go for a real, thorough cleaning, just getting rid of the excess fouling. Leave the hot water for a deep clean when you get home.

Got it, I promise Im not an immature person Hence, the full disclosure. I try not to even beep the horn at anyone around here

  I keep looking for Perfecta .45 but all I can find is 9mm so I buy several boxes of it at a time so as not to waste a trip (yes I do have 9mm pistols, I'm not buying it to sell or for trading fodder).  I have a pretty nice stash of cheap 9mm built up now.  I'm thinking about piling it all on the bed and rolling around in it.   :rofl:

If you don't wear a helmet when you ride, you don't have anything that needs protecting.

^^^ +1, last time someone got aggressive with me I dialed 911 and headed to the closest police station.

Joe Bonnamassa is a great player. Unfortunately, I've heard he's not a very nice person. And sometimes I think he sounds a little too much like Eric Johnson.

  Maryland allows people to apprentice for 2 years instead of having the 1500 hours http://www.dllr.state.md.us/license/cos/coslicreq.shtml.  Sounds like Tennessee is more strict them the people Republic of Maryland strange.  Remember hair stylist do more then cut hair they also use industrial chemical on people hair.  Doing something wrong can seriously hurt someone.  I agree just having a piece of paper doesn't make them good at cutting but in theory they should at least have the knowledge to not do something stupid and hurt someone.   Thanks Robert 

Couldn't find the HP, but here's a Glock done that way: And an AR: - OS

  Yea, but we're talking about laws that DON'T make sense.

The cheapest 300 BLK I have found is Fiocchi.     http://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/fiocchi-300-aac-blackout-150-grain-fmj-ammo-50-rounds?a=1742950    If you catch coupons and have a Sportsman's Guide account, you can get it for around $30/50 rounds.  There may be cheaper, but the stuff has run very well for me.  

  It really matters for him. You know that the G26 will only be worth maybe 20 bucks after the 43 comes out. So even if he can't hit a bull in the ass with the 30S, at least he will keep his resale value. :)

    I also like the flexibility of the kydex sheaths (especially being left handed), but prefer the feel of leather.  If they offered kydex in a dark brown instead of black, I'd jump.    I don't recall exactly how I came across the deal.  Someone posted a different Boker Magnum knife so I googled it and found this.  I saw it listed on several other sites for $50- $60 (with good reviews) so I was pleasantly surprised to find the OEM offering it for much less. :)

I understand the variety spice....I do, but there's also truth in the old saying 'fear the man devoted to one rifle'

So as my wife was driving me around the other day I noticed my iPhone was polling people's routers. It would tell me the router name and ask to connect. I never do even though most are not secured. That got me thinking that if I am getting their information what information are they getting from me. So when I got home I checked my router and my name was on my router so I assume my it will be on other people's routers. Also, there were several questionable devices in the connection list but they did not connect but showed up in the list. That got me to thinking that I had had better change my name on my phone so when it tries to connect to someone else's router it will not have my name. And while I was at it I changed my router name as well. But I decided to have some with it. So my new name for my phone is "DEA Surveilance Van #8" so as I drive by routers it will show up in their device list. After changing it I checked my router and that is what it says. Along with that I changed my router's name to "DEA Camera #5". I am going to turn the range up so it will show up on people's phones as they drive by. Should make things interesting for the druggies living a few houses away and making daily runs.

If you will notice, the "Constitutional Carry" bill IS that Omnibus bill.  Daring this legislature to vote against a bill that truly expands firearms rights when most who would support such issues sit on their hands and do nothing does not scare these folks one small little bit. They bold faced stole the "Right" to vote for Supreme and Appellate Court Justices with the electorate's eyes wide open.  the have billions of dollars, and Fred Thompson and TV and Radio. It will in fact take a Herculean effort, ala the fight against the Income Tax to ever make a change, and that was 20,000 people at the LP, and a credible threat to legislative seats.  We did not even get Steve (Naifeh Eight) McDaniel, he is Beth Harwell's right hand man. We are going to have to get a lot more folks engaged, walking the halls and making their legislators fear reprisal via primary opponents. I know how my elected reps are going to vote if they ever get a chance, and I see they are cosponsoring the right bills, if everybody could say the same we could get something done. As it is, Don Quixote is on the way to pick up Sancho Panza for another round of tilting at the windmill that is Bill, Beth and Ron, who will form up with me?

AFAIK, we now have only two knife laws:   - no knives on school property, essentially period - use of switchblade in a crime is an additional charge. So use a Bowie or something to knock over a gas station, minimize the counts   It remains gray as to whether knives are indeed even relevant under the no carry sign prohibitions, as far as criminal penalty.   - OS

No matter how bad you hate your job just remember somewhere somebody is working in a dildo factory

Nice, I have the M&P15 ORC and love it. Yes It's a compliant model but it's still pretty awesome and I have added a few upgrades to make it my own. Once I'm out of this crappy state and living in TN I will most likely buy and build a few more. Mine:

I bartended at a couple bars on 2nd Ave. in Nashville for years and I can't describe the taste because I never got tricked into it but I'd have to say that a "bar mat" shot would be the worst. This is typically reserved for "that guy", you know the one that is rude and obnoxious to the bartenders or patrons or maybe it's the person that tries to cause trouble and start fights or the person that thinks that when it's closing time and everyone is told to leave that it applies to everyone but him,, that's who this special shot is reserved for. The ingredients differ every time so if you don't like it this time then try again tomorrow.. For those that haven't figured it out, here's how it's made, you know the rubber mats that the bartender places the drinks on while they complete the other drinks in your order? Well the little "nubs" on the surface of the mat serve a purpose in that they creat void area between them to catch all the over flow, spills, cigarette ashes, etc... You pick up the mats one at the time and empty them into the cup until its full and then generally hand it to the A$$HOLE and tell him that "this ones on me". I've seen reactions that range anywhere from a really sour look all the way to causing such a scene that the guy ended up getting arrested. That was enough to tell me that nothing good could possibly come from drinking one.

The one with the cigarette butt in it....

Chrome lining is not the best treatment any longer. Melonite treatment is far superior to chrome lining. I know chrome lined is milspec but milspec does not mean it is the best. Eventually the military will adopt melonite for its AR barrels too, they already use it for their machine gun barrels. I would take melonite over chrome lined any day. It is more durable, more corrosion resistant and more accurate than chrome lined.

Serial number is as said. The Garand community wants the barrel date within a year or so of the receiver. (Pull back op rod and look on barrel.)   The rest of the parts have draw numbers. Those all can be replaced with year correct ones if they have been changed out. Barrel and receiver dates are what we look for when buying one.    As said before the bayonet has been cut. The "blood groove" not ending gives it away.  The groove is for manufacturing purposes not blood. The scabbard is a factory 10 inch. An earlier cut down scabbard plastic would come straight out of the metal and not have the little interruption on either sides.    Garands are just plain cool, keep it forever.

CM1021,   First and foremost..., Congratulations on now having “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” - GEN Patton.   TONs and I mean TONs and good information out there for the Garand.   Here is a good place to start, the CMP's page where Garand nomenclature is covered.    http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/nomenclature.html   For a Garand to be a correct grade every one of those parts would have to match the time period of the rifle's serial number.   JMHO, but most folks who worry about everything matching forget that soldiers sitting around cleaning their weapons aren't too worried about some future collector.  These rifles are meant to be shot.    Get some good 30.06 from the CMP along with a few clip (and YES - they are clips) and send some FMJ down range!    Enjoy!  :up:            

You Garand was made in May 1944. We would need several more and very detailed pictures in order to offer any estimate of its value. The term "numbers matching" in the Garand Collector world would mean that every component's drawing number, heat lot code, inspector markings, etc., etc., would have to be in the correct range for the rifle's serial number.  That requires a detailed disassembly of the rifle to confirm.  A WWII production Garand with all matching parts is rare and we refer to them as Correct Grade.    The bayonet is a Model 1905 that is referred to as a "cut-down" from when the blades were cut from 16″ to 10″ during WWII.  There should be a date on the opposite side of the blade.   The ammo is some of the Korean M2 ball that came in a few years ago.  It is very corrosive.

"Love or Hate" is a good descriptor for the 1897 Winchester...still it's one of those iconic firearms you just want to own...