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When I think of all the years I served this country, have paid my taxes every year, work a full time job since graduating High School, and try to explain to my kids (All of which are now young adults) that this is the greatest nation and one of the best states to live in, I just can't get over feeling like a second rate citizen when I look at maps like the one in this link: "http://www.opencarry.org/maps/map-open-carry-of-a-properly-holstered-loaded-handgun/"   Just the other day I asked a very stubborn permit carrying individual the one question he had no answer for:  At the point in time when your permit expires, and you haven't got the money to pay for that renewal to your Constitutional right, do you think you're any less of a citizen of this country now that you can't legally carry your firearm outside of your own house? Yesterday you could, but today you can't!  Paying anything for your 2nd Amendment rights is just wrong.   Today it is our right to have and bear arms, tomorrow it may be that you can't speak your mind.  In fact, it is almost a hate crime already to say I'm a Christian and believe the Bible should dictate my behavior, morals, and ethics.   Every state that borders Tennessee except Georgia is an open carry state!  Even West Virginia gets it right on Constitutional Carry!

I got engaged. :)

Got a "Cool little blade" off to heat treat yesterday and started yet another. I'm digging this file-work! This one will be special!

I know 2 people with that tick borne illness. I use permethrin and bug spray when I'm in the woods. If I ever find a tick on me, I shower in dog flee and tick shampoo. Kills them dead! True story, at one point when I was a kid, I got into a nest of seed ticks. I literally had thousands buried in my skin. The only solution was dog flee and tick shampoo and it worked like a charm. The only side affect is that if you rub my stomach my left leg starts twitching.

Yup, quickly accurate on COM to 150 yards or more with just cheek weld with iron sights, plenty of velocity with 5.56 out of 10.5" barrel or even shorter with softpoints or other expanding bullets, with 20-30 quick chances too. :) Can do it for 'bout same price as a Glock, so if stolen it's not the worst financial blow. Also, can legally carry it outside the vehicle in TN in normal times if necessary, and do it quite gray man if you keep it in something like this: Here's mine, lives in the above racquet case behind the seat in my toy truck: - OS

Phoenix Arms HP22A, then a Norinco 12ga Lever Action. Next, I bought a slot-machine handle, but it worked fine..

Congrats man!!! Don't listen to all the old bitter guys that bitch about marriage. If you picked the right one it's really great

I know everyone has seen a Glock 17 but I bought this several years ago used , oiled it up , stored it away for my son, and now today is the day :no1: My son is 18 years old today and we are so proud of him ! He has awesome grades in school and in 2 months will be going to college to become a history teacher . He has never gotten in trouble , has gotten great grades , and just a great son . When he was smaller he would watch me shoot and he loved it . I got him a small Marlin bolt-action single shot 22LR . He did great . He learned to shoot my Glock 22 and my personal Glock 17 . He loved them . He even has wanted me to show him how to reload 9mm and we are in the beginning stages of that . So when he gets home from school today , his Mom , Sister , and I have an awesome surprise for him ! I am so excited for him . He has no idea about this . I am so excited to see his face that it's like I am the one getting a present ! Sorry to ramble on and just wanted to share . [Uercel89/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_2975_zpswamhdxrc.jpg.html][/URL]

I miss the days when military weapons had panache and style. Many of us grew up watching the awesome style daddies in movies and TV. Now, well not so much. Allow me to illustrate. Below is the 40 mm Bofor’s - our primary anti aircraft gun in the Pacific theatre. This is the gun where the barrel moves back and forth as it shoots. You see, this gun has class and style. Heck, these guns are so cool that Star Wars copied them. Next we have the present day 20 mm Phalanx. I don’t mean to hurt it’s feelings, though it would be much more at home in the movie “Minions”. Star Wars, not so much. Next check out the completely stylish military / law enforcement pistols from yesteryear. Now, coming to present day. egads!! Let’s take a look see at battle ships. Ultra cool vs fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Oh, and it doesn’t end there. Check out hip, slick and cool vs coyote ugly.

It comes down to what you want... bolt, lever, semi. I'd go Marlin 336 30-30 for a best truck/deer hunting set up. It's tough, durable, faster than a bolt for defensive purposes, can put deer down out to 200, availabe ammo, lays flat under a truck seat without the bolt handle. I think the Ruger American you mentioned is a good choice if you'd rather have a bolt gun. I don't think a bolt gun makes quite as good of a dedicated "truck gun" as a lever, but what you want is important. An AR or AR pistol in 300 blackout is a great truck gun that is also a capable deer gun. To me, the bolt gun tips the scale towards hunting. The AR tips the scale towards a defensive truck gun. The lever gun balances the scale. Just my opinion though. Get the one you like best.

Marlin .45/70 Great deer rifle, plus would be handy for when the rabid elephants start roaming around, you know just in case.

AK or AR pistol.

1896 Hand ejector.  Larry Potterfield to the rescue.   https://youtu.be/ER8tQfRn7pQ

Just for that you get a new gun!! Congrats Mav!

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Thanks guys . He was thrilled . He's learning to detail detail strip it now. I kinda wanted him to start out on one of my old Ruger P-Series to understand the conventional double action/single action semi-autos but he loved shooting the Glock 17 in the past so that is what I went with . He has shot my P-Series and likes them but seems to like the Glock slightly better.   I had always kept a Glock 22 hidden in the house to where him and me knew where it was in case of emergency . Now he has his own pistol to get out in case of emergency .

A green Glock 19 with zev tech innards.. Horrible pistol. Ended up welding it to a slot machine handle in my basement to remind me gambling beats a glock any day of the week..... Lol only kidding hahaha

I lost a cousin to a 6th or better offense DUI driver.    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.    If it comes back that this tool was drunk during this altercation, I have zero pity on him. And I venture a guess based on the accomplices, and the extensive records of them all, for DUI, that he was in fact under the influence of something more than caffeine and nicotine.   If he was 100% sober and deacon of the local church on his way home from feeding the homeless, I might be able to drag out some pity. Maybe. Guilty is as guilty does. You run, you just forfeited your presumed innocence IMO. It all comes back to your choice of being tried by twelve, or carried out by six. If I am innocent, I am going to put my faith in twelve of my peers.  

  You appear to be fixated on officers being out of control here for some reason and throw out random opinions with no proof. It seems many here have simply taken it from granted the officer jumped into the truck bed to stop the driver. I don't know what he did, I'm not happy with what I've read and I'm completely disgusted reading all the anti-police-I hate cops-cops are criminals some of you are spewing out. If you want to act and sound like fools with nothing to prove as to the how and why then carry on.  

Middle TN Shooters Club will be hosting its monthly 3gun match on Sunday April 3rd. It will feature 5 fun and challenging stages. Stage 1. 14 shotgun and 24 pistol Stage 2. 13 shotgun and 32 rifle Stage 3. 10 shotgun, 20 rifle, 20 pistol Stage 4. 18 pistol, 28 rifle Stage 5. 8 pistol, 12 rifle, 13 shotgun 2 slug Match total 50 shotgun, 70 pistol, 92 rifle The round count could go up a few during set up so bring extra. Longest rifle shot is 200 yards. No slings necessary. Registration will be available on practiscore or day of the match between 11:00 and noon. We will start shooting shortly thereafter. Match fee is $25 for non-members and $20 for members. Range Address: MTSC 1862 Sixteenth Model Rd Manchester, TN 37355 Take the right fork at the Gun Shop Office. Set up is Saturday 4/2/16 and starts at noon, the more help I get the more elaborate the stages.

Join us for a Fun match this Wednesday March 16th at Sumner Gun in Gallatin Tn. We will have at least 4 fun stages including paper and poppers/plates. Round count around 75. We welcome new, safe shooters. Bring the race guns and Pistol cal carbines for a fun alternative. You'll need a strong side holster, and around 3 mags. Mags may be fully loaded for this match!

hold up some britches and guns, all hand tooled 1/4 inch thick saddle skirting 1 1/2 wide.

I've been wanting a new pocket gun for a while and ran across a good deal on a Kimber Micro today. I also found a PPQ. It was FDE so it had to come home with me too. Because it was FDE.

30-30 is easily good to 200 and with a lighter bullet you can push that a little more, probably get 300 if you were really careful with a stout handload.  I know the 30-30 is considered weak but goodness you can drop a deer at 100 with the right ammo using  357 or 44 in a rifle.    You want to kill it in one hit so a little overkill is not a bad thing but 30-30 is often treated like a .22 LR or something ...   An ak47 is a lot like a 30-30 except you can put more holes in the target (not talking deer ... you wanted a truck gun which implies a bug-out rifle of sorts).  Or a 300 BO AR.

I bought a 10x10 from a local storage building company (Cherokee Storage Buildings). It is run by Mennonites and it is the best yard building I have ever seen. Way over built and solid. Highly recommend looking for Mennonites builders they take pride in their work. Besides what has already been said about bigger (10x10 was as big as would fit where I wanted it) go at least 10 ft wide, most times the 10' comes with a bigger door which will appreciate when you start moving things in and out. They also delivered with a real trick trailer that puts the building where ever you want it. I ordered the wrong ramp and they took it back and delivered a longer one the next day, only charge was the difference it the cost of the two ramps. When I said I might be putting extra heavy stuff in the center they added an extra pier in the middle, no extra charge. You sit down and tell them what you want and what you don't and they tell you the cost and built it with siding, roof, size, etc you want.

Nice!

I always thought the Phalanx looks like R2D2 is sitting on top of it and driving the gun.    :D   I agree with you though. Style is one reason I prefer steel over plastic guns. The classics have, well, class. :).

"Too shaken to speak". Smart man.

Smyrna, Tennessee at the Smyrna Airport, . Formerly Sewart AFB before it was decommissioned in 1971. I entered the world in the base hospital which as I recall was not too far from the flight line. I saw my first air show there when the Thunderbirds were flying the F100 Super Sabre.

I'be built a couple of the portable Dutch barn looking sheds. There ain't much to it. It's the best why to get what you want in my opinion.

  Motorcycle gunfighting is only for advanced riders. That's what I like about the minigun approach. If you can see it, it's done been shot.

Great cover, in my humble opinion. [media]https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4[/media]

Hello my name is Earl33 and I'm a addict. Wish I was Earl.

See what you can shoot effectively while wearing your riding gloves. 

Congrats to all that stepped into the fire. 25 years this April 4th for us. Life is best when you share the good and bad.

I hate to say it, but a Kahr Pm45. It had FTF, FTE, light primer strikes, and not to mention that ridiculous little retainer spring. I never wanted a gun to work so bad. It was a perfect size and feel, but was just so unreliable.

Congratulations to Mav and Mike both. Marriage and life are both a journey but doing either with someone you love and call your best friend makes it all worth while. I can't attest yet to the many years the other old codgers can, but I wouldn't take a million dollars for a single second of it.

My first turd was a 597 as well. I also bought a brand new 870 last year that worked fine but was just poorly finished and sliced my finger open the first time I racked the action. I don't even know how it happened, but it did. That was gone in about 3 weeks. My other turd was a brand new Taurus PT22 that was given to my wife for Christmas by her mother. Piece of garbage. The trigger engages about 40% of the time. It's absolute garbage. Sure, I could send it off to Taurus... but I kinda like letting the piece of crap rot in a junk drawer... much more satisfying.

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Looks like it's a 32 long, first model with a swing out cyl.   http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2014/01/happy-early-birthday-to-me.html

Congrats Mav, I'm going on 18 years and still in love!

Matt,       That was close. I'm shooting better with the tangfo. Tracking the sights better and getting use to the DA/ SA transition.

Congratulations. I'm at 15 years in April. Met her 21 years ago.

We celebrate 10 years this month, after 15 years or more as friends.   If I could bury her in the backyard and get away with it I, uh... wouldn't.   Cause then who would I tell all my secrets to?   Granted our heathen might help.                         The most important thing is being committed to the concept of forever. Things won't always be great. But it helps to stop and remember that times will be good too. My wife is my best friend, and I couldn't imagine going through life without her. But don't tell my dog that. 

Congratulations.  Coming up on 54 years with the same woman for me. 

25 for me April Fool's day. It is a great thing.

I read the Lancet article yesterday. When I came to "background checks on ammunition purchases", I started to throw up and closed the browser.   :shake:   :blah:

just got the call from CGW that my 97 is coming back to me this week!     Work performed:   E package including complete internals replacement, hammer, trigger and 1911 barrel bushing Meprolight night sights

Are you tired of carrying around the tools to adjust your gas block? ME TOO! It requires a LONG allen wrench for adjustment. This could get bent easily. I don't need to make frequent adjustments but as I play with different loads I have found accurate loads that don't cycle until I open up the gas flow. SO I do need the tool from time to time. To cut down on nasty crap in my action, I like to keep the gas as low as it will go and still cycle. Running a can is nasty and any help keeping it clean is welcome. I took two old crappy weaver rings, chucked them in the four jaw and mowed them down in the lathe. Then flipped them and drilled a thru hole. One I made a thumb screw for and my gas block adjustment tool holders were born. Gave them squirt of engine paint and put them on. Out of sight, out of mind and handy if I need it. Tune in next time for more Complicated Solutions to Non-Existent Problems!!!!