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"For Business:"Feddersen nitrided .920 barrel, Victor Titan stock, 30mm tube Mueller 8-32x44 SF s/1/8" Tgt Dot on EGW 20MOA base with sunshade and UTG rubber eyepiece. Mr. MaGoo (me) has got to be able to see. Once it arrives I'll install a Kidd bolt and charging handle set. [url=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/ch8156/media/Feddersen%20Titan%20Muller_zps28isbmwb.jpg.html][/URL] "For Pleasure:" Then for general plinking and horsing around I picked this up from another TGOr, Plinker4life: Kidd barrel, Japanese-made Tasco 8-32 w/1/8" Tgt Dot. [url=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/ch8156/media/Kidd_zpsbhhr5mh5.jpg.html][/URL] Here is one that can shoot inside a nickel at 100yrds if someone other than me is shooting it. Green Mountain Heavy taper barrel, stock bedded, etc: [URL=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/ch8156/media/stainless%20twin_zps2jxnifsd.jpg.html][/URL] And here is my wife's by way of TGOr Plinker4life, another Green Mountain Heavy Taper with a C-More. Rifle stocks on the 2d and this rifle were refinished by Plinker4life - very nice: [URL=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/ch8156/media/Cmore%20HT_zpsalb2j5by.jpg.html][/URL]

I have a feeling if that drone were under control of the NSA or whatever three letter agency, or local LEA, etc, most everybody would be against it?   But some of the same folks would say it's okay for another private citizen to do the same?   - OS

Believe me, you will really regret not including toilet paper in you bag.  :cool:

May his kilt ever wave.

As we were having a dinner for two of my friends/ co workers today for their retirement, it was pointed out to me that except for one older fella, whose only there because no one has taken the time and trouble to get rid of him, it was pointed out to me that I've now been there longer than anyone else.   It seems like just a few days ago, I showed up one February morning. Looking around, most of the guys reminded me of my grandfather.   Man, life sure sneaks upon ya.   I'll certainly miss these guys, and the knowledge they'd amassed, along with the many that have left before them. I don't think I'll be able to fill their shoes.

I read this on another forum a long time ago, and it is still one of the funniest things I've ever read. Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little bad-ass compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor will take 6 close range rounds before it goes down? Tough sumbich. That got boring, so being the 10 yr. old Dukes of Hazzard fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up T-shirt doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming arrows all over the place. Keep in mind this was 99.999% humidity swampland so there really wasn't any fire danger. I’ll put it this way- a set of post hole diggers and a 3 ft. hole and you had yourself a well. One summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming arrows into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I happened to look over towards the carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid (ether). The light bulb went on. I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I figured it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner. Let’s face it…to a 10 yr. old mouth-breather like me ether really doesn't "sound" flammable. So, I went back into the house and got a 1 pound can of black powder for muzzle loader rifles. At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a little bit around the ether can but it all sorta dumped out on me. No biggie, 1 pound of black powder and a 16 oz can of ether should make a loud pop kind of like a firecracker, You know what? Fight that! I'm going back in the house for the other can. Yes, I got a second can of black powder and dumped it too. Now we're cookin'. I stepped back about 15 feet and lit the 2 stroke soaked arrow. I drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. Upon releasing the arrow I heard the sound of a car door closing as the arrow sped its way to my target. In what can only be described as the slow motion frame by frame advancement on a VCR, I turned to see my dad getting out of the truck. SHEET…he just got home from work. As God is my witness it took 10 minutes for that arrow to reach the can only 15 feet distant. I see my dad walking towards me with a *** look in his eyes. I turned back towards my intended target just in time to see the arrow pierce the starting fluid can right at the bottom, right through the pile of black powder and into the can. When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I don't know if it was the actual concussion from the blast or the 235 fighting decibels of sound that laid me out. I do recall a milliseconds glimpse of the violence during the initial explosion and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering 1 foot above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a low layer of a dust based fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, ants, earthworms and a crawfish or two. The daylight turned purple. Let me repeat this...THE FIGHTING DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE. There was a big Sweetgum tree out by the gate going into the pasture. Notice I said "was". That mo-fo up rooted and ran off. So here I am, on the ground, blown completely out of my shoes with my Thunder Cats T-shirt shredded, eyebrows singed with my dad on the other side of the carport having what I can only assume is a Vietnam flashback. ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOUR BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE GOD DANG IT…CEASE FIRE!! His hat has blown off and is 30 ft. behind him in the driveway. All the windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a slow rolling mushroom cloud about 200 feet over our backyard. We had a Honda 185s 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard. The fenders are drooped down from the heat and are now touching the tires. I wish I knew what I said to my dad at that moment but I truthfully don't know - I know I said something. But I couldn't hear, my ears were ringing so loud I couldn't even hear inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either...not that it would have really mattered. The fact is I don't remember much from this point on. It's all very foggy. I said something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp pain, blacked out, woke later.... this happened for an hour. I remember at one point my mom had to give me CPR. And I do recall hearing dad say something to the effect of “bring him back to life so I can kill him again”. But I’m told I was just hallucinating. Thanks mom. One thing is for certain...I never had to mow around that stump again. Mom had been *****ing about that thing for years and dad never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled business. Dad sold his muzzleloaders a week or so later, we got some new windows, and that quad I'd wanted for some time. And to this day I still have some sort of bone growth abnormality either from the blast or the beating, maybe both. I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into archery. It's a good discipline and will teach them skills they can use later on in life. Sent from the backwoods

Yup, you're one of the old guys now. ;)

    I think we see eye to eye on a lot of things Hozzie, but here we will have to differ. To be honest I was creeped out within the first minute and a half of the video. Call me old fashioned, but if the homeowner wanted the world to see his backyard and property in real time, he'd probably have a website dedicated to it set up with webcams.   Now my digs are not nearly as spectacular as all that, but I just think, what it that was my house and the day you decide to just casually view other peoples private property in my neighborhood coincides with the TrickyNicky 12th Annual Naked Pudding Wrestling and Orgy Party? Maybe I do have something to hide, is it really unreasonable to be able expect to do so on PRIVATE property? Does it really matter how much detail you pick up? Who owns the rights to the arial footage? Maybe TrickyNickyNakedPuddingWrestling.com? You?   There are pretty clear cut definitions of what can and does not constitute a reasonable expectation to privacy, I would say that spending a few hundred bucks shouldn't make anyone immune or dare I say 'above' the law. (Get it, above, like a drone? :rofl: ) If you can't reasonably tell from 1.4 miles away what you might be getting yourself into, you shouldn't be flying there. Public property of course is a whole different ball game. If I rent space at the park to have the first annual TrickyNicky Fully Clothed Pudding Wrestling and Handshake Party for instance I'd be pretty foolish to start crying foul on what was easily publicly observed being filmed. Especially if I had chosen a public venue for the event. 

Im sure half the things I did when I was younger would be considered domestic terrorism now... Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

  Yes, 500' over "populated" areas, 1000' over "densely populated" areas.  However, RC aircraft are designated as "hobby" vehicles for now, the FAA lost a court case in the spring in which they were trying to assert jurisdiction over "drones" (which is probably not the correct term for quadcopters and their ilk), according to the case Congress has yet to expand any sort of regulatory authority to the FAA over UAV's, other than that already defined by normal airspace restrictions.  As such, as of today there are essentially no guidelines or restrictions on these types of crafts, the FAA recently published some "suggestions" for RC pilots, such as limiting altitude to 400' agl and keeping the craft in "line of sight", however it's generally believed that unless Congress changes some laws that the FAA has zero chance of actually winning a case based on these guidelines...   It's difficult to believe that a pilot of a jetliner could spot any current quadcopter or similar device at a distance of 100' below the flightpath, while flying a 200 mph approach, I know it's often hard to accurately spot one from the ground at 100'.  In any case there are already airspace restrictions around established airports, most airliners will fly into mainly class C and above, which have will have limitations imposed to at least 5 miles from the airport, if there was a UAV flying in the final approach path then there was clearly a violation.  As an aside, the DJI Phantom 3 (the model that was shot down being discussed in this thread) will not fly into classified airspace in GPS mode, and if an attempt is made to launch one within the specified airspace of a known airport, the motors will not activate ...

I have owned both 9mm and 45acp in the 1911 platform. I had both calibers in GI and commander size guns. The recoil is different IMO. The 45acp is more of a push and the 9mm is more of mussel flip. 9mm ammo is less expensive then 45acp. If you have old hands I would recommend 9mm, if not, go with the 45. If you already have a 9mm you may not want to add another caliber unless you want to. I know I really didn't answer your question because both are excellent calibers in the 1911. Just not for me because of hand problems.

Assuming it's specifically for carry, I'd choose the 9mm because of 2 more rounds capacity and possibly faster and more accurate follow-up shots.

I'm going to be going for a similar build soon, and am probably going this routehttps://www.primaryarms.com/Yankee_Hill_20_Inch_Barrel_Threaded_Fluted_1_9_p/yhm-79-tf.htm Plus, friends don't let friends buy from Cheaper Than Dirt. :-D

It's no wonder today's generation are so soft. The most dangerous thing they get to play with is a cell phone or a video game controller. They grow up to be the kind of men who call roadside assistance to install a spare tire in their OWN driveway or hire a contractor to build their kids a tree house. That is...IF they hang around with baby-momma long enough to actually see their kids grow up.

Roman candle wars using a metal trash can lid as a shield.  Fun times! :tough:

My Yugo had a horrible trigger. It had so much creep, I called it a 2 breath trigger. Pull it half way, breathe, pull it the rest of the way. It was stiff, gritty, ... just bad. After Kivarri modified it, it's a wonderful 2-stage trigger. Stage one is perfectly smooth and nearly effortless. Stage 2 is maybe 5lb (appropriate for a battle rifle), short stroke and a clean break. It's very similar to my K31 now. Tremendous improvement, worth every penny. The trigger alone cut my group sizes in half.

Wait until the day comes when you find out where grumpy old men come from. One day your sitting in the recliner and think of something that needs done. So you say to yourself I'll just go do that it'll only take a minute. Then you try to get up and your 60 something year old  body says sit down dumb a_ _, where do you think you're going.  :shake:

To his credit, even in a time where none of us even knew what a helmet was - much less owned one - the kid did put on an old Army issued M1 helmet that somebody had for his inaugural trip down the hill.   The funny part of this story was that someone played a joke on him and put a pair of underwear around the headliner on the inside.  So, after the wreck he was left lying in a neighbors yard bleeding and hurt.  The helmet had of course gone flying in the crash, but he was left with a pair of underwear on his head.  So, all us kids came running up to see how bad he was hurt, only to find him lying semi-conscious with a pair of underwear on his head.   I haven't thought about that in years.  People are looking at me like I'm nuts as a sit here laughing as I type it.

Looks like you've got it covered. I got nothing to add. I do prefer a Stihl chainsaw though.

Don't forget one of these: After all, you might as well be comfortable while bugging out ...

  No, not the interior, the exterior surface when properly sealed and maintained won't absorb water as readily as a rough or poorly maintained holster finish will. But interior holster surfaces have other options than rough surfaced leather.

Don't be a tight ass. Go to ARP and get the barrel you want. Don't get hung up on twist rate. My original do all rifle was a 16" 1/7. Took yotes at 400yds+ on numerous occasions. Personally I like 1/8 over any of them, my most accurate barrels seem to sport that twist rate .

I have 2 Kimbers in the Pro variation-one in 9mm and one in .45-I carry the 9mm.9mm is so much fun shooting.

Ok I would go with the 9mm. Two reasons I carry the Professional daily. So I would not opt for the 45 acp. I am sure the 45 is nice but just wouldnt be my choice. Next I did not realize how much 9mm Perfecta I acquired when they were on roll back. Either way I think you will be happy.

I think we all have the "addiction" . If not......... we would be doing other things than posting here. [emoji2]

I am using a Raven Concealment OWB. I am not a fan of IWB holsters. The Raven rides high and close. If I have to tuck my short in I carry a pocket gun.

How’s that different from those that want to outlaw 50 cals and “assault type rifles” for the very same reasons? ISIS using C4 and a drone? Why not just use an RPG? Off the top of my head I can think of far more accessible and just as deadly delivery systems that are less noticeable than a drone with C4 and can carry far more weight than a drone.

Well, according what I see on the FAA's website, once that drone leaves your line of sight, it is illegal:       There's no way they seen that drone over 1000 feet away, so that will bring another variable into the equation.

I have a high school education and the rest of my education came from hands on working. Back in the mid 80's I was employed at Brentwood Shell as mechanic when shell made the decision that all dealers had to get their mechanics ASE certified in 90 days. My boss went and purchased all the books he could find and passed them out to the mechanics for them to study so they could pass the tests. When he got to me and offered the books I just smiled and said thanks Rhea but I won't need them for the test. He said, Are you sure and I said yea. Test day comes and we go to Hillsboro High school to take the exam. The director was asking each person which tests they wanted to take to qualify for certification. When he ask me I said I was going for the Master and he looked at me and said that he has only had 2 other people try that test and both failed it but got certified on a few of the tests they took. I said well, maybe I can pass a few of them but he handed me the Master test. We had 4 hours to finish the test in. I got up in about 3 hours and walked up and handed in my test and left and went to get a snack and bottle of water.     The director met me in the hall way about 3 minutes later and was smiling. He looked at me and said congratulations. was the first person he had ever had to get a grade of 95 on a Master exam for ASE that he had given. I took all 9 exams in one test and got an over all 95. About two weeks later we got our plaques and mine said ASE Master Technician on it. I also got all 9 patches to have to sew on my shirt along with the big patches to so on that said ASE Master Certified. That was the only patch I had put on my uniform shirts. I didn't want all the bars down the sleeves.   Rhea, my boss came out to the shop and ask me to come to his office. I did and he said he was going to give me a raise on my Commission bonus we got each month which was a percentage we made each month. Everyone else including myself got 3% of our gross earnings each month over and above our hourly wage we earned each week. He raised me to 5% for being a Master Tech.   I Credit all my education to the school of hard knocks cause except for reading. writing and math I don't use anything else I learned in school....................jmho

No self respecting Legal carry person is going to be consuming alcohol in a park either just visiting or attending a rock Concert. It is all in the minds of the anti gun people and I don't think anything is going to change that...............jmho

Good job once again, Fitty. 

You got room for all that, why not throw in 4 Marines between the age 20-25 years old and walk in the middle of them.

Entrenching tool...theyre cliche but if you need to move some dirt, edge your sidewalk, have a portable griddle or bludgeon your fellow man then there is no alternative. Multi-tool for sure, Leatherman makes good ones, I cant tell you how many standard issue Gerbers I have snapped. Ratcheting screwdriver with different bits...you never know. Im not sure whats all in that med kit by the picture but if nothing else all Id carry is torniquets, tramau dressings (Isreali bandages), hemostatic dressings (QuikClot) and if you have the skill then Saline Locks and one or two 1000mL bags of lactated ringers or saline. Compass and protractor...along with good elevation maps that are up to date so that Lake you found on your 1998 map doesnt turn into a Condo in 2016. Water purification tablets. Hand crank emergency band radio (unless its an EMP then maybe not) Id suggest loading all of this and humping it...all of that gear, plus rations and ammunition and weaponry is going to weight around 100+ which isnt too bad if youre used to it...most people would get smoked after a few hundred feet. Or you can do what some friends of mine have done and have 55 gal drums stashed around everywhere near Fayetteville, NC filled with nitrogen to preserve reloading supplies, ammo, guns, MREs, smokes, dip and booze. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

I would add a few things if you plan on heading to the woods. A cooking pot of some sort. A storage container for liquids A portable solar charger Soap to wash with Salt Hatchet for when you run out of gas

  I'll get a PALS adapter and strap it to the back. I just have to get it converted to run on fairy tears, since it should be abundant at that time.

 Dang. We ain't far apart there fellow old timer.

I love people who really think that the sheep skin on the wall really makes one either smart or dumb it one doesn't have it. I have the school of hard knocks and learned it the way it sticks by having your hands on it. You can read books or Ebooks all you want, but until you wrap your hands around a wrench or hammer or scapel or whatever, you are not going to be very good at it. I don't look down on people because they have degrees hanging on their walls, but I don't think this automatically makes them smart either.

I've ordered from them many times and will in the future. Good customer service too.

Brownells is good to go.

Top notch video and what an unusual reciever! Your video production and presentation skills are excellent. Well done!

Well I reviewed this a bit more and while I sympathize with the man who shot the drone I question the legality of his actions and am certain the incident will cost him a lot of money. But with that I'm also concerned with the way the responding officers are reported to have handled the drone in that it was returned to the owner. No camera or SIM card (if present) were removed. No ,ention of viewing any footage was reported. If the drone was recording teen girls sunbathing in their yards as reported that could present some legal issues,, particularly if any of the girls were underage and nude or topless. FWIW I think modern recreational drones are an amazing tool and was really excited with the prospect of their use in disaster mapping, lost child or missing persons investigations.

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche   It's a wonder any of my generation got to be this old. :pleased:

  First let me say I am not approving or supporting what these guys did, that's not my point.  I suspect they were being perv's, but I want everyone to understand what one can actually see in detail from 50 yards with one of these.     It isn't that you can't see people, or even enough detail to make out an object from 50 yards with most drones, but you cannot for instance zoom in and see specific detail on a body part.  I have a better than average drone with a 4k camera, but from 50 yards, all I could make out is probably what person it is if  I know them.  I am not going to see great detail.     Unless you are running a 5-10k drone that holds a DSLR with a zoom attached (which I would be almost certain these guys are not, you would have to be within 10 yards or less to see any spefic detail of a person.   I suspect these morons may have tried to come in that close at some point, so I am not even saying I am against targeted action, but I wouldn't get too worked up over someone just flying over my property at a reasonable height (probably somewhere in the 100ft category is ok with me).  What they can see from that height they can get from Google quite easily.  Granted, the Google image is a one time still.   I will splice together some video from different heights when I get the chance to give you an idea of what you can see at what height.

Chances are if you had a "dangerous toy", your Dad bought it for you and the only time you got to play with it is when he was done playing with it. :wave:

Folks used to have more kids back then because odds were you were going to lose a couple of the weaker specimens during the raising process. This was not a bug, but a feature.

  Close enough to be shot down with a shotgun. Those pervs were spying on underage girls at their pool, probably some college age idiots, they deserved their drone destroyed.

The weight didn't seem unnatural to me since the gun is so compact. My suggestion, if you haven't already upgraded the trigger, spend the money on that first before looking at more optics. Your group sizes will thank you. The best optics won't overcome the crappy factory trigger on the Tavor IMO.

Received mine today.  Immaculate!  Fit and finish is superb.  No problems with the ambidextrous safety.  The seller included an extra recoil spring and a few mags as well.   It reportedly has had a hundred or so rounds through it.  You can't tell it ever had one.  :)   I hope to shoot it tomorrow and will take some photos later this weekend.  I'm thoroughly impressed with it.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that to be 100% legal when selling someone a firearm in TN, you need to do two things: #1 - Ask the buyer if they are legally allowed to own a firearm in the state of Tennessee and/or if they are a convicted felon #2 - Ask them if they are a resident of Tennessee   Legally, you do not have to actually see their DL or HCP, just ask them if they are a resident of TN.....but just to cya,  it's a good idea to ask to see their DL or HCP anyway.   Anything else, like a bill of sale, is up to you. Personally, if the gun I'm selling is one that I picked up privately and did not have to sign a bill of sale for, then I will not require a bill of sale when I sell it. If it's a gun that I bought new from a dealer or one that I had to sign a bill of sale for, then I will require a bill of sale when I sell it.