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Headed to a new home. It's made from 1/4" thick 1095 professionally heat treated to RC 59 and received the cryogenic treatment as well. OAL is 12" Blade is 5 5/8" Scales are bog oak from the Ukraine. This is from the seller...( This is Russian Bog Oak lifted from the bottom of a river near the city of Chernigov. This precious material is called Russian "Black wood". The Bog Oak have been soaked in many years of history. Over centuries and a mellinium, sinking Oak trunks lay upon the bottom of a surface of water. They lie there for many years without any exposure to oxygen, completely submerged. In result of the chemical processes, the sap from the wood and minerals from the water dye the wood a black color. The birthplace of Bog Oak transpires from a few extremely important components: Oak trees growing by the riverside, a certain speed of the river current, and a few definite minerals in the water. Bog Oak is an extremely rare and unique material which color speaks for itself. The light pinkish yelow color represents aging from three to four hundred years, while the black is equivalent to more than a thousand years. Like elite wines, this incomparable wood undergoes many years of preservation, enabling the wood to gain a few unique qualities. Bog Oak is incredibly stoic, and through it's longevity it obtains an unrepeated texture. For a long period of time Russian " Black wood" has been used in carpentry, jewelry, knifemaking, etc. In Rus' there are many beleifs about the healing properties that Bog Oak contains. The wood is commonly used to heal people, and was especially popular as an item that usually surronded people. This valuable wood emanates a type of living energy that people absorbed involuntarily, thus speeding up the process of healing. The age of these Bog Oak blocks has been determined by a radiocarbon analysis and it's about 5460 years. ) It has copper liners and accents along with OD Green G10. It has mechanical as well as epoxy holding the scales. It also has a lanyard hole. The sheath has carbon fiber boltaron pattern on front and black kydex on the rear.

Happy Holidays, my friends! I spent the Christmas holiday with my family in Mexico. My family has a home that is perked up on a mountain overlooking the largest freshwater lake in the country. It was the first time that my siblings and I have spent Christmas in Mexico and it has been well over 40 years for my parents. In the spirit of the forum, I have included photographs of my grandfather's Pre 70 Series Colt 38 Super Automatic that was produced in 1966. He gave it to my father prior to his passing in 2006 and my father gave it to me on Christmas Day.

Depends on the seller. If I am selling to someone I do not know I ask two questions, "Are you a citizen of Tennessee?" and "Are you prohibited from owning a firearm?". If they answer correctly I take their cash and hand them a gun. If a seller wants me to fill out a form with all kinds of personal information I walk.

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Glad to hear it !

Heres wishing everyone on TGO and their families a HAPPY AND PROPERSOUS NEW YEAR IN 2017.............

They cut them when they cut most all the other K-frames. Don’t need a K&L frame both. They are plenty rugged; many cops carried K-frames for many years. (19, 66, 13, 15, 10 and others) The 13 was produced from 74-99, the -2 was produced in 77-82.

I've about decided that if it truly hits the fan, I'm just gonna go down swingin. Hiding just doesn't sound appetizing and I'm old anyway.

It'll be interesting to see if insurance rates in TN start going up now since people don't have a choice now. They went up in KY when a similar law was enacted many moons ago. Slowly started creeping up over a few years, and now in KY insurance is at least 50% higher than here in TN. When I moved from KY to TN in 2010, the same coverage by the same company on 3 vehicles went from $250/month to $150ish. Hope it doesn't happen here too.

Thank you sir! January marks our 10th Anniversary, which is almost impossible for me to believe. Much has happened in those 10 years!

I'm going to add some other things tonight or tomorrow. Have a couple holsters I need to do, and I'll do a partial how to on welted sheath construction.

Guys thanks for all the responses. I fully recognize that some people for whatever reason don't want to sign a bill of sale. I can appreciate the argument on both sides. You may lose a sale as a seller, and conversely you may lose the opportunity to purchase as a buyer. It's all good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This one is fairly simple and it opens into the safe room. I had my carpenter build a self contained book shelf unit that fit the opening taking into consideration that the finished trim will cover the crack all the way around. The shelf unit will need to be hinged from the back so that it opens properly. To do this I used a pretty good sized piece of angle iron, 3" and about 5' long I think, which is lag bolted to the framing of the opening. I welded three heavy duty hinges to the angle iron then a smaller piece of angle (1") to the other side of the hinges. This smaller piece attaches to the back edge of shelf unit; it runs full length of the shelf unit. I also added a diagonal steel cable across the back with a turnbuckle so I could adjust the the height of the non hinged side. I figured we would have books and so forth on the shelves and didn't think, over time, it would hold up to being loaded. It actually swings really well. I mounted a deadbolt lock in the top of the shelf unit and made an adjustable strike out of a short piece of angle iron. I can pull the shelf tightly closed, set the lock and it looks normal. If someone knew it was there it would be easy to kick in. Hopefully it's camouflaged enough that no one will find it. It also has it's own alarm contact, anytime the door opens I get a phone call whether the house alarm is activated or not. One issue that came up was that the rough framed opening was not completely plumb from one side to the other. It was sort of twisted. We had to fix that the best we could before starting. Make sure the framing crew is real particular about it and they use good straight wood for that part of your build. I still have a little more reveal on one side than the other but it's not noticeable unless you know what you're looking for. I also have dark finished wood trim rather than white painted trim so any cracks blend in well.

Nope. Not a military cartridge and therefore ok to own. Thats a gorgeous view of Lake Chapala.

Man I really miss Mexico sometimes. Most people only see the border region and think that is what all of Mexico is like but once you get a bit inland the country is a totally different country.

The wife got me this for Christmas. Can't wait to put it to the test. On ES, my F-Class guns run from the high single digits to the low teens. My hunting rifles run high teens to low 20s. Never cared enough to really test my supersonic AR stuff.

Just bought a S&W Model 30 from a friend. Of course I am going to be reloading for it. All the little 32 Smiths I have shot have been great. Not much noise or recoil. Just a pleasant revolver to shoot. Does anybody know who locally has some 32 S&W Long brass for sale. Doesn't have to be new. Used brass is fine. If I can scrounge up about 100 rounds, it should last me almost forever. Will be loading light, plinking loads. Also need to find my own set of dies. Will be borrowing a set from time to time till I get mine. Any load recommendations? I plan on using a 98 gr SWC. I've heard that 231 and Bullseye are great in this case. Also Red Dot, Green Dot and Trail Boss. Thanks!

Minnesota just ended reciprocity with TN. I know most of you won't care but I have a lot of family there so it's disappointing for me. "after researching the laws of other states and communicating with their representatives, four states are no longer eligible for reciprocity because their state laws include age and training exemptions that are “NOT similar” to Minnesota laws that mandate a minimum age of 21 and require specific Permit to Carry training for all applicants. These states are: Arkansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.”

Just a note, The new image: Isn't referenced in the Darker Theme, still calls for: The new one wouldn't show up all that well in the darker one though I guess. Oh, yeah, and congrats, glad to have been a part of most of it!! - OS

Cool. Been here since 08. Didn't realize the site was less than 2 years old when I got here

Greg and I have been around here for 7. I guess we're not the newbies anymore

TN only has one kind of permit so can't see how that would affect reciprocity by simply an extension of expiration date.

It would be a hell of a ride..... for 30 yards!

Great. Just what we need, more government regulations on how to live your life.

I was out last night and this morning. Nothing moving on my place but driving out I saw a large group of does (6 - 10) with a couple of young bucks trailing behind on my neighbors property. This was 10am or so. I'll try to hit the woods a few more times this season. Pretty sure I could fit another doe into the freezer.

This is essential to S&W fans: https://www.amazon.com/Standard-Catalog-Smith-Wesson/dp/1440245630

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Yeah my grandfather was a stickler for keeping things in order. I had never heard the name either. I know a lot of companies used to do that stuff though. Make a "value line" under a different name. Dad said it had probably not been hunted with since before I was born. I am betting that was the last time it was shot too. He had a bunch of old ones, but I had limited time for pics.

I can't believe no one mentioned the COHIBAS!......nice sidearm too.....

https://www.tn.gov/safety/article/hgreciprocity

I tend to be drawn to work for agencies that have Glock 23's as duty weapons so I keep a couple of spares.

Neat. I can guarantee you there is no serial number on it, so there is no need to disassemble. Serial numbers were not required before 1968 and many, many old guns simply do not have them.

I got started a month ago for under $150.00 Got a lee Challenger press kit. And a set of 2 to 3 dies, 1 pound of powder and primers with 500 once fired brass 223 mixed hit Stamps. Got everything except powder, primers and brass at Academy. I purchased the brass from ESTY for $12.00. Powder and primers were bought locally... so to answer your question yes you can get started fairly cheap. My Pressis a single stage press so going is slow but I find it very relaxing. I hope this helps some. But be warned reloading gets in your blood and can be quite addictive.

You're absolutely correct, and Dave always states this in his ads. I'm not put out or stressed about it, I just thought he might want to know this policy has prevented him from selling things in the past.

It is still entirely his prerogative to expect it of anyone he sells a gun to. Most folks do a simple bill of sale for a car or any other major item they sell / buy privately. I think it's curious that some gun owners get very put off whenever someone asks the same for an item that we all know has so much legal baggage attached to it. And yes, I get and appreciate that some buyers want to be "off the radar" but in doing so they essentially are leaving the seller with all burden of proof if the buyer or a subsequent buyer does something illegal with it. If a seller wants me to sign a form, I'll sign the form. If they don't ask, I don't volunteer. I have a lot of other things in my life to stress about. This isn't one of them.

Agreed. I wouldn't want to be surprised either if I was buyer after driving, arranging sale etc and then get forced to sign something I wasn't expecting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very nice but won't that get you thrown in prison in Mexico?

I got mine in the mail just before work today, so I also did not get a chance to use it. Thanks for including the extras, not needed but appreciated nonetheless! Looks awesome!

Agreed. I never liked that they started throwing all mass murderers into the "mentally ill" category. For the reasons you state and because I never understood why the NRA felt the need to give these people an excuse. Some people are just evil and full of hate. I know several people with mental illnesses, but they are not cold blooded killers. More on point, this move will affect social security recipients who have a "representative payee." In my experience, those who need a representative payee have a mental disability and do not have the capacity to manage their own affairs. I act as a representative payee for a mentally handicapped relative, and she doesn't even understand what a gun really is. I think this is generally the case for these individuals. Not that I agree with anything pushed by Obama, but I don't see this as becoming an issue for someone who needs to have access to a gun.

NRA writeup, just out today. Click in the various links within for full details of just who and for what is included on the prohibited list: https://www.nraila.org/articles/20161223/grandma-got-run-over-by-obama-ssa-finalizes-new-gun-prohibition-rule - OS

If you have never fired a 38 Super before, you're going to love it! That is a beautiful handgun and words almost fail me for the scenery. Amazing!

Heck of a view and a very nice sidearm. Can you bring it in country though?

Man, what a treasure that is!

My best gift giving was a couple years back. Wife and I went out to pick up some toys at K-Mart as fillers for some family stockings. As we pulled in, I noticed a Fire/Rescue crew there collecting toys. We went inside and started picking things to take back out to them. As we strolled around, I kept seeing more and more ideas, and some really good low prices. Before we really knew it, we had filled 2 carts with balls, bats, dolls, games, cars and trucks, as well as a few other items. I paid and we went out to hand them over. One of the guys came up and asked which one was for them. We stopped both carts and told him all. The look on his face was priceless. We got thanked and hands shook by all of them and walked away quickly. One of them called for us to stop and take a picture. We declined. Told him we did it for personal reasons, and for the kids. We wanted no praise for something we felt we should do. I regret that we haven't done it to that extent since. Best feeling I've had in a long time.

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Lol

Nice cartel! Here's a few more variants for you to acquire: Bulgarian Ak74 folder, Polish folder, Egyptian crutch folder and Yugo M72 Rpk