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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.

Seems to me the market has become pretty saturated with new/different brands of gun oils. Lately I have been pretty happy with the New Lucas Extreme Duty Gun Oil. Prior to that I was pretty faithful to M-Pro 7. I almost always have a can of Rem Oil laying around for applicatoions where I need to spray a lot. What does everyone else use/like?

Alright... we've been checking in here for purt near 2 years. I think we have enough to organize a militia get together

Been kicked out everywhere else, except arfcom.

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

You do understand that a helicopter will only take you as far as the crash site, right? I wrenched Navy helos for 20 years and I approve that joke. LOL

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.

Time for me to join the club. 1941 Mauser 42 code sn:58xxP

I am fully aware some folks don’t like it. But it hasn’t cost me any gun sales.

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.

I always like to meet at The Outpost, if I'm buying from north of me. If it's local; a Wal-Mart parking lot, away from the store always seems to be convenient.

I have a Dillon 550 and have had that sucker since '89-'90 or so. It's currently set up for 9mm and I handload between 10-15 k of 9 each year. I still use my Lee, which I've had since the mid-1980's for 5.56 and .38 spl. I learned the basics on the Lee and neither press is worn out yet...believe me, I've tried LOL. As has been mentioned, Dillon customer service is second to none. They rebuilt my 550 for a nominal fee a few years ago...so I reckon it'll outlast me. Please excuse the mess, but I love being able to crank out a few rounds of whatever I need when I have the time or inclination. I am so habituated to hand feeding the brass I'm not sure that feature is something I need. Hand feeding the brass allows a last minute inspection and I still easily manage 300-400 rounds an hour. We (as a group) cast and powdercoat our 9mm rounds, purchase our components in bulk, so we have an affordable source of accurate and functional handgun rounds. Over the past several years, with the component shortage we had, we developed several powder use options and a chronograph proved invaluable in that endeavor. Welcome to a great and fruitful learning experience.

I have added a Private Party Bill of Sale to the FAQ section again. Not sure how we lost the last copy, but no worries. You can find the new one here: As has been mentioned already, this is not required by law and some buyers will refuse to conduct a transaction with you. That is certainly their prerogative. I have in the past required it and likewise in the past not required it. I tend to keep at least two blank copies with me and go on instinct or previous knowledge of the buyer when deciding whether or not I want to use it. If I think it is even a possibility, I will let the buyer know before wasting their time or mine with a meeting. That said, if a buyer voices no concern about it in advance and then balks at the time of the transaction and consequently "wastes my time", I will absolutely log negative feedback for that person here on the forum as a courtesy to anyone else who might consider doing business with them in the future.

There use to be one, but I don’t think the link works anymore. This is what I use…

The 650 is a lot more press than the 550. I have both. If your going to do a case feeder the 650 is the right one to use as it was designed from the ground up to use a case feeder. The 550 is more of an afterthought. The best part about the 550 is everything is cheaper to purchase and it's easier to change over. If your doing 500pc runs I would suggest the 550, 2k runs for the 650. Here is some information you may find useful. http://brianenos.com/pages/dillon Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This thread should be pinned!

Well, I certainly found that entertaining. By the way... did you guys find Waldo?

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!

Simply showing up is such an underrated virtue these days. You've definitely put the time in. I hope that mountain lease pays off for you.

I went to the Nashville armory looking for a can and seen they had a few M9A3's stamped Gallatin. $999.00,first I've seen in any of the local shops.

Can't say it better!

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!

That is awesome. Congrats.

The chronograph probably mistook it for a small import driving by.

That is a great Christmas present. Full of family heritage and tradition. Cherish it.

Congratulations!

I agree if it's teotwawki or similar. I like hiding from the twisters though .

That's why I put the comment out there... to get the yay/nay reactions Thanks for the advice. I haven't fully explored the idea yet, so that gives me something to research.

And you won't be if you don't mess with us.

I shoot 200gn hard cast Underwood in my 20. It is very accurate! I have not observed any leading. When I back up to about 30yds from the target board, I can hear the SMACK of that slug hitting the board, lol. I've never chronoed it, but I know it hits hard. The accuracy amazes me. I carry it as my "woods gun".

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.

I'm calling BS on this photo. It's obviously a Photoshop.... any gun owner in the world knows that Russian block weapons only stack like this

  How's that?