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I truly hope you and yours have a very happy Easter.  Just remember without Him, what would the world look like today.  Remember and believe.    For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.  (John3:16-17)

So a club friend knew I was looking to replace my 95 Vulcan with something more comfortable and suitable for two up riding. So we made arrangements and I sold my Vulcan 1500 to a guy from North Carolina Friday night. Saturday morning I picked this up and put 500 miles on it that day. It's a 2001 Honda Valkyrie. Flat 6 cylinder motor, 110 horsepower or so, quiet pipes, aftermarket saddle bags and windshield, Ultimate touring seat for driver and passenger with backrest. Highway pegs, etc. It rides like a Cadillac and has no problem running 85 up the interstate for hours in complete comfort. My only complaint is gas mileage. It hovers in the upper 20's, lower 30's. Probably not bad for a 6 cylinder in a heavy bike running kinda hard, but I'll probably add a belly tank at some point for extended range. Anyways, I was excited to share. My old Vulcan 1500 My new 2001 Valkyrie My new 2001 Valkyrie Sent from behind the anvil

So I have just completed my new EDC. It is a Glock 19 MOS that replaced my G19 G4. I added the Trijicon RM07 6.5 MOA RMR along with the recommended kit, AC32064 RMR Mounting Kit, a SureFire XC1, and a set of Dawson Precision iron sights for backup. I went with the Trijicon over the Burris that I have on my 41 because the Trijicon can be left on at medium brightness for up to 4 years and it was much easier to find sights to work with the Trijicon than the Burris which sets a little taller. I am amazed at how much better I am able to shoot with a red dot on a pistol. As I get older it is harder to focus on the front and rear sites and the target. The only thing I couldn't find was a holster and most companies are not making one at this time that will accommodate the SureFire XC1. I ordered one from Dara Holsters but they are 8 weeks out. This next paragraph may sound like an advertisement but it isn't and I get nothing but the satisfaction of recommending quality work out of the deal. I needed some kind of holster now, while waiting on the Dara to come in, so I did a lot of searching and found out about Bruce here in Middle Tennessee. Bruce is a Firearms Instructor, Gunsmith, and has been making quality kydex holsters for the last 4 years. The holster you see in the images below was made by Bruce for my gun. I am not sure what his normal turn around time is but he had mine made in about a day and the quality and fit are fantastic. I am in no way affliated with Bruce but you can reach him at roninsar@gmail.com if you are interested in a custom holster from a local source. Be sure to put kydex holster in the subject line. Pictures below.

I've been working on a couple of new projects recently. First one is a pocket sleeve and tie down for a spare pistol magazine. This one went to a neighbor of mine who wanted a way to carry a spare magazine but keep the lint out. I added the tie down to snap over the belt so that the magazine can be removed from the pouch one handed. [URL=http://s1246.photobucket.com/user/gjohnsoniv/media/IMG_20160306_132417_zpswnexenzn.jpg.html][/URL] Today's project was a snap cover for a Gransfors Bruk woods axe and a strike guard for the handle. [URL=http://s1246.photobucket.com/user/gjohnsoniv/media/IMG_20160326_222519_zpsipzndiys.jpg.html][/URL]

Have you ever pissed one of these off? Pure evil. Plus they crap all over the place.

This reminds me of back when I was just a kid growing up about 35 miles due west of Chicago in a small town called Lemont. My mother was raised in the south and my father grew up in Hickory Corners Michigan and was a truck driver and my mother was a waitress in a truck stop in Tennessee and that is how they met. They married and settled in Lemont which was about in the middle between hometowns. After the four sons were born, me being the youngest we began coming south every year on vacation because my father enjoyed the south a lot more than Michigan Plus most of his family was scattered to the 4 winds across the country. My father had put up a flag pole in our from yard and flew and American flag for years. When I was about 6 years old we came south and while here he purchased  Confederate Flag. When we got back home he put the flag on the pole just below the American flag. Those flags flew on that pole for the next 11 years till my father decided he had had enough of living up north. He and my mother decided it was time to move and south was the direction. At the ripe age of 17 I was ripped up and transplanted in Cheatham County Tennessee on  huge ranch/farm. had to get out of bed before sunup and work stock, hogs chickens, cows and ducks before school. The adjustment was over whelming at first but as I adjusted I found it much more educational then the life up north.    That flag did draw a lot of looks as folks would be out of Chicago on a Sunday afternoon drive and they would stop and ask about it trying to guess what state flag it was. Just to keep it simple my father would just say Tennessee. Some folks would just make a face and move on and others would smile as if to say where is Tennessee? After living down here about 6 months you couldn't drag me back to Illinois. I would go back once a year to celebrate opening day of Squirrel and Dove Season with my life long hunting buddy and then come back home to Tennessee.     My father put up a new flag pole when we moved south and it to flew both flags until the day he passed away. I just wanted to post this because my father was a man raised in the north but his heart was in the south and he wanted folks to know it and that was the reason for flying it. I saw him look up at that flag on the pole in Illinois and smile and get in his car and drive to work. The smile was knowing soon he would be were his heart was. Thanks for the post FITTY..........loved the video too!!!

Sorry to hear all of this. I wish you well. I just went through something similar and had to make the difficult choice to put my best buddy down last week. It's heart wrenching. We believe Kennedy had the canine version of ALS. I also found out he had two large tumors in his abdomen that were causing issues. He was 12 which is just above average for Weimi's. I take solace in knowing he was loved and had a pretty incredible life for a dog. It's never easy, but I know I did what was in his best interest. I have no doubt you will do the same.

I like it...I like it a lot. I'm in the same boat as far as eyesight and have a similar setup. It's hell getting old. [url=https://flic.kr/p/myW2Cx][/url]

Unless the Vendor is irrefutably guilty of unethical or illegal business practices and that information has been shared with the TGO Staff first and we believe that there is legitimate cause for concern to protect the members at large, I honestly don't want to hear a bunch of complaints about the Vendor no matter who they are.   If you're in business, you are going to piss off someone or hurt someone's feelings sooner or later.  You might not get to a customer in your store fast enough to suit them.  You might not provide the sort of discount or price that suits them.  You might not provide the sort of "customer service experience" that suits them.  They might just not like the way you look, smell, talk, or dress.  Someone, somewhere, is going to get a stick up their butt about you and then use the Internet to malign you because they think that they have a right to do it.   If a consumer has an individual beef with a Vendor, they should take it up with that Vendor in person.  If they don't have to guts to do that, then I don't want them using TGO as their emotional dumping ground.   Just my thoughts on that matter.

My doctor has never had to ask if there are firearms in my home because when I took my coat off in her examining room to get my BP taken she saw mine in my belt holster. She did ask what caliber I was packing and I said 380. She opened up her doctors smock and said mine is 380 also and smiled and went on with the exam. Everyone working in her office has a gun on them except the very elderly lady at the front desk. She paid to have all of her people go through a gun safety course and carry course and she paid 50% of the cost of each persons firearm they chose to carry.................... :up:  :up: 

https://youtu.be/UbuyfgWPHSg

Oh shit.... He said "You'll be alright..." but I wonder. Also, what weapon was up Carol's sleeve?

I was thinking the other day; The Walking Dead need release a book full of all the witty colloquialisms used on the show. Title it, 'The Proverbs of Abraham'

Tandy Leather on Harding at 24, about a block and a half of the interstate, on the left after the raliroad bridge. 405 Harding Industrial Dr, Nashville, TN 37211 Phone:(615) 833-1635

A foursome of male golfers, all in their 40's, discussed where they should meet for lunch. Finally it was agreed that they would meet at Hooters, because the waitresses were young, good looking, had big breasts and wore short-shorts. >>>>> Ten years later, at age 50, the golfing buddies once again discussed where they should meet for lunch. Finally it was agreed that they would meet at Hooters because the food and service was good, they had many televisions to watch the games on, and the beer selection was excellent. >>>>> >>>>> Ten years later, at age 60, the foursome again discussed where they should meet for lunch. Finally it was agreed that they would meet at Hooters, because there was plenty of parking, they could dine in peace, and it was good value for the money. >>>>> >>>>> Ten years later, at age 70, they discussed where they should meet for lunch. Finally it was agreed that they would meet at Hooters, because the restaurant was wheelchair accessible and had a toilet for the disabled. >>>>> >>>>> Ten years later, at age 80, the friends discussed where they should meet for lunch. Finally it was agreed that they would meet at Hooters, because they had never been there before.

.... because there's a chance he might find it and get to play with it again.

Urban gardner here, I've got around 80 4" pots going to sprout seeds here.  Beans, tomatoes, squash, peppers, Okra and such.  Along with a bunch of flowers.  Hoping we're done w/ frost at this point, but it's not mid-April yet...

I never thought of the food aspect... both were named by our kids. It's funny but I never noticed! Trust that time helps karma. Just the fact that you have and still are giving Max as good a life as possible proves this. Where would he be today without you? Every dog I've ever had has given me many weeks or months of joy for every day of worry or grief. They are Positive influences in our lives.

Oh Hozzie! I am so so so sorry to read that!! My best boy was put to sleep 2 years ago this July, after 14.5 years he just couldn't do it anymore. He would have held on forever if he could, but I refused. We had a vet come over and it was very peaceful by the flower garden. This little turd is different. He's little but he is a fighter through and through. Whatever is wrong, won't stop him. He's enjoying getting to sleep with us and his new special diet. I'm hopeful we can figure it out, but I'm prepared to send him to heaven if it just becomes too much. I don't believe in allowing dogs to suffer for our comfort. The thing is, with the loss of our girls, I just don't want to lose another one this year. That's the hard part. I'm so sorry to hear about Kennedy. I'm so sorry for your loss. We're staying home with the pups. I think we are going to miss the big celebration at our friends. However I will be making Ruebens so we won't suffer. There might be a trip to the vet today to help drain his bladder too. We'll see how he does. Thanks for your kind words. Happy Easter to you and yours!

And then there are swans.  A nesting swan will take over a small lake and keep all the fishing boats off.  They'll fly at the boat and buzz you with their 6 foot wingspan.  Big birds!   Quite a strong cross-current and/or wind.  We've drifted from zero points thru zero stars, Comms, Adam 'n' Eve, snakes, original sin,  animal souls and evil birds.  Reckon we'll ever get back to warning points or just drift forever?

I don't care if you have a giant purple chamber flag in your weapon. If you point it at me, we will have problems.

I've been in your shoes.  It can be confusing going in for the first time.  Here's what I did and it worked out great, I learned a lot, and in my opinion I got a nice rifle out of the deal.    #1 Acquire a lower.  Stay away from polymer, no reason to go down that road to save $20, you are not a hobo. #2 Buy a PSA rifle build kit.  It will have everything that you will need to complete the rifle when paired with the stripped lower, minus the magazine and sights.  #3 Look up a video on Youtube about how to assemble the lower.  My upper came pre assembled, two roll pins and it's on.    As far as sourcing parts... 1.  Are you an operator? 2.  Are you an accomplished 3 gun competitor looking to stay at the top of the game? 3.  Will this rifle be mostly used for shooting beer cans, varmints, carrying at public demonstrations and/or at your job as a mall security guard, I mean ninja?   If you answered "yes" to questions 1 or 2 you may be best served looking at some fancier brands. If you answered "no" to questions 1 or 2 but "yes" to question 3 then PSA is a great choice for you as it is economical and generally of serviceable quality. 

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.

Looks like next week we finally meet Lucille the vampire bat

Uh oh... don't go all "Shepherd Master" on us.  :biglol: BTW: in case I accidently reported someone, I didn't have my glasses on and thought I was clicking "MultiQuote."  :whistle:

I found myself unarmed and in the middle of a herd a few years ago. They came out of the woods and across the trail where I was. I just stood still and they didn't seem to notice me. As soon as I developed an interest to hunt them, TWRA squashed the idea. Just curious how this is working out? So far success/failure/too soon to know?

I have put a few hundred rounds through it and it is holding zero so far; at least as far as I can tell. I did use loctite on the rmr to base screws. I know the military use a lot of Trijicon and if it takes the abuse they put it through I feel pretty confident. A high priority for me were the backup iron sights.

Get out the multimeter

I know what you mean. Keep us posted. Hope you and monkey have a great Easter !

good luck with it all TDR.  Been there done that.     Man I wish kids understood about trust. Once that is gone it is never there again. 

  Yep, that can happen.  Its thankfully usually the steel that makes it here, the brass berdan is rare. Um ... steel cases ... you do remove those ... right?  Those could be tough to resize too :)   A good magnet is the usual method.

I feel bad for the guy, but:   If you listen to the amount of tannerite that was used, ... calculate the forces involved ...  and/or when you watch the video and try to find the microseconds between when the round was fired and the shrapnel flew past the camera, I think you might deduce that... while you may have done something as dangerous as this... very few people on the planet have (recreationally) done anything way more dangerous than this even once... much less lived to tell about it.   The fact that any of them lived... much less all of them, is pretty remarkable.

Well, I'm out.  But the whole don't talk about sponsors thing concerns me a bit. First let me state that I have no issues, as of yet, with any sponsor, so not directed at any of them.   I understand not trashing them for some perceived slight or an issue not addressed by management first, but even sponsors should be able to be reviewed IMO.  Just because they buy advertising space should not afford them protection from someone posting their experience with them if negative.  This is the second time I've seen posters get trashed for simply posting their opinion, and not too bad a comment if you ask me.  

I read sometime ago the LEO was trained to think cell phones might be a firearm. I carry an old flip phone, not that kind, LEO wont think mine is a firearm. That said they will look very hard at a smart phone from now on. So next time someone "pulls" a smart phone to get a video of LEO doing their job things could go bad fast.

  I went and bought some of the Kaizen foam today. I don't really even have a use for it but I told my wife it looked like a solution searching for a problem. Thanks for the heads up.

You can just walk in during normal business hours. They'll get you all setup and schedule your safety class. The class consists of a meeting with an employee who will go over a PowerPoint presentation with you. You can bring specific guests 3 times. After that they just join or discontinue coming with you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If he shouldn't voice his opinion because it's regarding a TGO vendor, we may never know.

Well stated Leroy.

Fitty... This ain't aimed at you or is it intended to be a criticism of what i would term "instructional educational endeavors (...which i think your video is...)... Its an old geezer's rant about what I have observed in the current atmosphere in the discussion of issues on which there is a sharp disagreement or a revisionist position on ... The specific subject is the Civil War, it's rightness (..or wrongness...), the attendant symbols, the honor of the participants... on and on... ya get the idea.... That bein said, here goes...   Divergent or sharply debated views and articulations of those views are a hallmark of the American experiment... This country is one of the few truly free nations on the face of the earth where you are able to discuss all views, good, bad, or indifferent; heinous or holy, profane or good, and do it without fear of ostracism, or interference from governments and special interest jhadists...    The leftist education intelligentsia, the "public discourse" intelligentsia, and the news media has so firmly planted the idea that somehow anything they (...not you...) deem to be "improper, racist, or whatever "thing dujour" they deem to be "bad"" must be prefixed with the phrase "...I'm not racist (...or whatever... fill in the blank...) but"....     This idea was conjured up by these sons and daughters of satan to put anyone who disagrees with them or does not follow their "dogma" on the defensive and to set him back on his (...or her...) heels before the discussion begins... It's "defacto" giving over your right to sensible, reasoned discussion, and sometimes your First Amendment rights to "robust discussion of issues in the public forum" to your adversaries... It's an attempt at self censorship; pure and simple...   The lamentable lack of knowledge of the principles on which this country was founded and the re-writing of history to suit the disgusting views of jhadists of all stripes; be they the black grievance cottage industry, the anti-american hippies, the socialist demagogues, or whatever other bunch of clowns or would be tyrants hoisting their views on whatever subject has brought us to this sad point...   I say, don't be intimidated into being put on the defensive to explain any view you may have... You are not obliged to do those things... If you are in the debate or discussion business, that's what it means... Reasoned discussion... The hearers are obligated to listen and consider your argument; then agree or disagree with it... It's called "robust debate"... It's a hallmark of a free society...   There are folks out there that want you to be a slave and bow down... They want to muzzle you an intimidate you into silence and/or inaction... The demagogues, would be tyrants, and speech and history revision jhadists among us are tryin, and in some cases, succeeding in making people voluntarily give up their right to voice their opinions in the Public Square... I think that's a disgrace, and i'll not let people do that to me.... Neither should you... All of us here are Americans... We should not be afraid of folks callin us names... What if you are a bigot...?  What are they gonna do about it...?  Not a dammed thing...    Remember the wise words of the great French thinker Voltaire..."... To find out who rules over you, simply see whom you are not allowed to criticize..."...There is no discussion off limits, and there is dammed sure no subject that needs a "preemptive apology" before the discussion begins... .. Your mileage may vary...   non apologizin leroy, the free speech geezer...

If you have a big source of cow manure, you can make full sized Obama dolls. 

  If the evidence is there is "should be" black and white, I know what should be and what is is often two different things but still, if it was proven that some big dude was charging someone with a machete 20 feet away screaming i'm going to kill you and the dude he's charging shoots him in the chest with his 3-gun competition 14 round 12 gauge that has "I love killing people" written on the receiver, all that really matters is that the raging dude with the machete was endangering the life of the dude with the shotgun. Shotgun dude is innocent.  Yea I know some prosecutor will BS a bunch of hoplaphobic bed wetters to think shotgun dude was at fault, i'm sure it happens a lot but they don't always BS everybody. Now this case I have heard that the guy that was killed was unarmed but I still would like to hear all the evidence before I opined if i was on that jury but what he had written on his AR is of no importance, at least to me.

Interesting... amazing what a lawyer can do w/ a jury....   Reminds me of the topic of 'no trespassing' signs, as it's something I'm looking into (acquiring some acreage). I've heard it said that it's ill advised to post threatening verbiage on Posted signs (e.g. Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again), as it can be used to suggest pre-determined intent rather than a forceful suggestion to GTFO my property...   As someone acquiring acreage that's been un-inhabited for many years, and showing signs of hunting-use, adjacent to public land, I have to admit, the notion has given me pause for thought. Maybe I'll just post a few near where we plan on building? (Personally I just love that one, and 'if you can read this, you're in-range') Then again, I plan on building a berm for my personal 'range' near the 'public' corner, perhaps that will be enough of a message to potential trespassers...?   - K  

I know people can sometimes change their minds about things but I have found that politicians only change their minds when they need your vote! A Leopard never changes his spots. He just learns how to be better at using them for camouflage. I don't trust flip floppers at all  and that is what he is. He looks at his polls and sees he needs a big boost and what better place to look than the GUN Owners of this country? I mean there are over 200 million of them to try and pull votes from............jmho

One of these days I'm going to own one of your knives!

Once upon a time I had a guy working for me who came from the "troubled yoot industry" He claimed some of his kids drank diluted bleach to cheat urinalysis drug testing...hell kids are licking toads and snorting bath salts to get high...

  The "fix" was changing "the desire of the Dems to take 'em up." to "the desire of the .GOV to take 'em up." It wasn't about the drug issue.   If you think there aren't people in Washington with an ( R ) next to their name plus a crap ton of un-elected bureaucrats with neither a ( D ) or an ( R ) who would love a disarmed populace, then look closer.

This country made it 240 years without having to answer that kind of question from Doctors and gun ownership has nothing to do with the mess we're in now as a country. I feel it's none of their damn business for the next 240 years just like it's been for the past 240 years. Like post #3 by 101 shows more deaths by poison than firearms, yet there's never any talk about locking up your drano stash, registering it, or passing bills that make you accountable for poor storage of poisons in your home if a child or someone drinks it and dies.  It's all about firearms and the desire of the Dems to take 'em up.   They need to spend this time and money on the pandemic drug problem in this country that's killing our young people by overdose and getting the drug dealers in prison.   https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates

My Doctor, Attorney, and Minister are free to ask me whatever they like. I am free to answer however I like. I see no problem. The problem comes into play with what is done with that information. If your Doctor asks if you or anyone in your home smokes; your insurance company can get that info and charge you higher rates. Smoking is not a constitutional right; gun ownership is. Doctors are certainly free to not take you as a patient if you own guns (or smoke, or do anything else they have a problem with). The courts will need to answer the question about whether or not insurance companies can charge you higher rates if you exercise you Constitutional Right of gun ownership.

Maybe we should ask our children's Doctors if they are into child porn. It's for my child's own safety of course. I sure don't want my child's doctor to be a pervert and be putting my child at risk. 

The answer to that is "everything."