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This is it Folks, if I do not have your Payments by 10:00 AM tomorrow, you will not be in on this Pro Tech will receive the money and start the build tomorrow when I give them the final count I am very excited and can not wait until these come in!

I mean a lot.... A whole lot....    Sorry, i've been away so long. Just the Girlfriend and the issues of selling a house have taken my mind away from being on this site as much as I would have liked.   I finally sold my house back in the second week of March. Was sad to see it go but it had to happen. Didn't get what i was asking, but i didn't break even either or go in the hole on the sale, so I'm ok.   And it will be 2 weeks this coming saturday that i'm officially engaged to the love of my life.( going to be a while to get used to going from calling her the "girlfriend" to the "fiancee".  Great thing is, she already has her HCP and i took her out to shoot my AR last weekend( she loves it). I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing though.   So a lot has happened, wedding date isn't set yet, but it will be sometime summer of 2015.

My condolences to the family, but they need to get their heads out of their asses. This is above and beyond "out of character behavior". It would be "out of character" for me to show up at work tomorrow hungover. When you engage in life threatening behavior you can't cry foul when your life is threatened in response. Trying to make someone pay financially for justifiably defending themselves is just nothing more than opportunistic greed. If they really wanted to make a positive difference in the community they should focus on why "a good 'respectful' kid" would resort to armed robbery and not on disarming the people said kid is terrorizing.

[quote name="LagerHead" post="1147121" timestamp="1399572952"]I don't trust people who don't like dogs. [/quote] I don't trust people my dog doesn't like.

I don't trust people who don't like dogs. 

I don't think these "can I shoot scenarios" are productive. It is quite simple: are you in reasonable fear of death or great bodily harm or that of others? I have no moral objection to shooting someone for breaking in, however, I don't want to deal with the legal issues resulting from a shoot if I can avoid it. I don't believe the question people should ask themselves is "can I shoot"; it should be "should I shoot." If you have to wonder if you "can" shoot, then the answer is you shouldn't. If you are in fear for your life or the life of a loved one, whether you can or can't is moot, is it not? When the alternative is death, what person would waste time considering what a jury will say? Not me. So these "can I shoot" scenarios are, in my opinion, a display of a trigger happy mentality. Not that the death of a criminal would bother me, I just think folks need to understand what they're actually asking when these threads come up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll wear earbuds sometimes when I don't want to socialize with anyone. I don't even plug them in though, their really just to keep people from trying to talk with me at Walmart. :rolleyes: I also like letting the scammers looking for "gas money" think they've inconvenienced me by making me take them out while they give me their pitch. Most of the time I just start putting them back in and turn away mid way through the story without saying anything. Shuts them up and lets them know that I'm not buying it. Yeah its kind if a dick move, but so is trying to scam me out of my hard EARNED dough. Plus I would never be that rude to someone who wasn't obviously a meth/crack head.

You just gave me the perfect reason why to get one - why going trough all the crap and wait of registering an SBR when u can get this now and don't have to do anything to it thank u sir

  I'm pretty much the same way, I've only done something for someone when they told me the truth and that was once. Was on 2nd Ave with some friends when a homeless dude asked us for a dollar, didn't give us a sob story, just said, "Man I just wanna beer." I said, "You sir were honest with me so I'll be honest with you, I have $3..." Pulled out my wallet with a GI Joe Kung Fu death grip and got the money from my wallet, " So I'll buy you a beer." I saluted his honesty with a forty that I bought for him. May seem like I was enabling an alcoholic, which let's be honest I was, but he was honest with me and didn't give me a story that would've made for a great hollywood film, felt like that in itself deserved some kind of reward as 99% of the other 'down and outs' I could have ran into would've fed me some stupid asshattery that only a geeked out meth-head could've come up with.

Hmmm. My birthday is in September.

The next model will definitely be a Godfather, I am thinking around September I should have the second forum knives situated and possibly have them delivered before Christmas if all goes well!

It's a little hard to get used to doing but it's always best to leave your doors unlocked, unless you have a car alarm AND are within earshot of it. Thieves will get into you car whether the doors are locked or not. At least leaving them unlocked will save the cost and clean-up time of broken windows.   Here's to hoping they will pawn that GPS and get caught!!

I'm less concerned with wondering if I CAN shoot in a given situation, and more with being prepared to if I MUST... If I use deadly force, you can bet it wasn't a choice. In the real events described, I only know 2 things... I wouldn't have gone upstairs, and there would have been some buckshot discharged when they came down.

I just read a story that CCI is adding capital equipment. In this economy manufacturers are leery of making capital equipment expenditures for a demand that will not stay high. Unless there is some political intervention; supplies will return. Now whether or not prices will return is anybody’s guess, if folks are willing to pay the price they won’t, unless stock is sitting on the shelves. The gun haters didn’t create this pricing and hording; gun owners did. The firearms market will have to straighten it out.

    Tip for your next GPS, don't put your address in it, but rather program the home address to a near by place like the police station and or hospital.  I forget which one is on my wife's but I told her it will get her close and she better now how to get home from there.

When I am by myself, I am as polite as the situation allows. If my family is with me, there is no politeness involved in my response to anyone getting inside what I consider the "zone". These fake story tellers are a level of disgust I've yet to come up with a name for.  I haven't had less than two trucks in so many years I can't remember. But 2 or 3 years ago, I stopped in the gas station across from Matco Tools on Murfreesboro Road in LaVergne while taking a break from hunting. A guy approached me in the middle of my lunch and gave me a story, so I gave him one back and continued eating. He stomped off in a hissy. A few days later I was in my other truck and again, came out of the woods for lunch and bathroom break. I guess he didn't recognize me since the vehicle was different and began his story. So I let him start the story and abruptly stopped him and finished his story. Wish y'all could have seen his face. I said "Don't ever come up to me again with that bullsh!t!" and he was gone, this time a little faster. Glad yours turned out to be non threatening but like you said, it would make me more mad at myself for letting him get that close.

Exactly. I've never understood how people run or cycle with earbuds. They're oblivious to the world around them. I see that and it just screams "sneak up on me."

I personally hate gas stations. I think you learned something valuable, that's for sure. I always try to stay aware, even more so here lately. One of my "favorite" gas stations to go to here in Columbia was robbed at gunpoint last week. It's well lit, and only a few feet off the main highway. I'm in there at least a couple times a week since it's only minutes from our home. Just shows you never know, that's why we carry

  That's a hell of a lot of .22LR-- where'd ya get it? Smuggled across the Canadian border? :hyper: :rofl:

I was getting gas yesterday morning and got a little scare...   It takes a while to fill up the truck, so I had my earbuds in listening to an audiobook. I am pretty aware when I'm out and about, but not exactly code red...just my usually glancing around. I saw this black guy in a nice suit pull up to a pump across from me. He starts pumping his gas and goes and talks to a black lady directly across from me. I figured they knew each other, so I let him drop off my radar.   When my pump clicked, I rounded off the last 26 cents, removed the hose, and turned around to hang up the nozzle. This guy was right on top of me. I mean uncomfortably close and with his arm outstretched. I straightened my left hand, holding the nozzle, moved back a few steps, and reached in my pocket out of instinct. Apparently that scared him as much as he scared me, judging by his expression. Realistically, it probably only took 1.5 seconds to evaluate the situation, see he had nothing in his hands but a church pamphlet, and let it register that it was the same guy in the suit from earlier.   I pulled my hand out of my pocket and yanked my earbuds free as I hung up the nozzle and he apologized. He was trying to tap me on the shoulder to offer me a church bulletin and invite me to church. That explains being inside my "too damn close for comfort" circle. I told him "I'm good, you just scared all the Hell right out of me" but took one anyway, apologized for being so jumpy, and left.   I'm NOT EVER wearing earbuds in public again...he wouldn't have gotten that close otherwise. Next time, it might not be one of the good guys...lesson learned, but I should have known better to begin with.

Thanks I feel honored in a weird way kind of like a sailor going through a shellback ceremony Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 of course it ate my spelling.

I have 2 AKs at this point...and I gave my wife a laundry list of stuff to get me for father's day and my birthday since they are only a few days part....but, its just coming up on mother's day this weekend...am I wrong for that?? I am such a kid at heart....lol

The official name of the TN division has been Department of Safety & Homeland Security for a couple of years or more now.   And yes, that means various funding from and  integration with federal DHS.   - OS   edit: great minds think alike, eh Bubba? :)

Well I just wonder why they are involved in state business. If you have a carry permit then of course you own a firearm. Seems to me that would be just like a registration of firearms in a round about way. If that is the case then they know of at least 300,000 + people who own firearms in Tennessee. And you can bet they know if you own 1 you own more...........jmho

I have a Remington VLS (Heavy Barrel Varmint, laminate stock) in 308. Also have a Mossberg MVP in .223. The VLS in in your price range, The MVP is about half the price. In fit finish and feel the VLS is far superior to the MVP. I can’t make a direct compassion on them for accuracy because the glass on the VLS is far superior to the glass on the MVP and I haven’t shot the MVP much. My question would be why do you want to spend that much on a target rifle that will do 600 yards and then pick .223 for the round? That will be your weak point on accuracy for long range shooting. Sorry but my recommendation would be a Heavy barrel Remington or Savage in 308.

Finally sent you the cash for #16. Thanks Steve!

So you are saying that criminals wont carry guns because they do not have a permit and that this system we have currently works to prevent them frim having guns?,,did I read this wrong?  Lol..they banned guns altigether in Chicago and know the only people being killed are the defenseless ones by criminals that obtained the guns illegally.    This is a simple question and many of you may have heard it purposed a few different ways so hear it goes... If everyone was carrying a weapon for defense, do you think that criminals would be as brazen and open in there attacks while using guns?

IMO .... it serves the turd right

I found it! It had got stuck on the fishing line and I just missed it. It was I. The back seat of my truck. I was so happy to find it :D Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

I've got an old tired '95 XJ. Love it! But it's pretty worn out. I hope to have enough coin to pick up a '99/2k soon. (one that's actually worth washing!) I'll check out the new site!

This story popped up on Bing's current stories bar at the bottom of their home page this morning.  A missing three year old boy found safe and sound - largely because his dog stayed by his side, apparently even using its own body to shield the boy from a thunderstorm.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/07/dog-protects-missing-boy-carson-urness_n_5282408.html   Good dog!

Mine would stay with me through anything as long as I had a ham sandwich.

I've basically stopped shooting esp rimfire.    I can shoot 9mm reloads for what .04-.07 per round, so I just cant justify .10-.11/round for .22lr.

I'm not going to get say what I'd do... but I will talk about principles...     The second somebody breaks into your house while you're there, they pose a risk of death or serious bodily injury...  so much so that we have a castle doctrine in TN law that assumes any forcible entry into your home meets that threshold.   Why on earth would you give up the element of surprise to a would be attacker in your home?  First rule, use every advantage given to you.   Eliminate the threat as quickly as possible, and call the police to come investigate...  Unless something else is going on, no DA in TN is going to charge an otherwise law abiding citizen with anything for shooting an intruder inside the bedroom area of your home...  won't matter if they were shot in the back, or in the front... if they had a weapon or not...   But as always, the best bet is to move to the nearest bathroom, or if that isn't available inside a room with a single entry and hold the fatal funnel until help arrives.   If you do end up clearing the house yourself, firing is often an effective way to drop one, and if there are any other bad guys, cause them to run away...  If they stand and fight after you drop one, they were likely going to kill you to begin with.

Ya, I think the 22 cazyness is still going strong mostly because so many people are still buying/hoarding it. I've also read that its pretty low on the list of calibers for manufactures to produce because the profit margin is so low.   I know I've walked away from shooting 22lr for now. Which sucks because it is so fun, but half the fun was also tied to it being so cheap to shoot, not anymore! I can't bring myself to shoot any when I think about how I used go shoot a 500 rnd box for fun over a few hours for around $20.   I've bought a little here and there over the last few months (like real little, like maybe 1-2k rnds), but it was all from the store at resonable prices and I was buying other calibers anyway.   I hope it comes back to the old normal, and sooner than later, but I've mostly put it out of my mind and just go shoot my centerfire cartridges.

Or a better idea is to use the code lock built into almost all GPS's. That way all they really get is a light brick of plastic and circuit board. 

Sounds to me like some one may have a load of lead coming in................... :shrug: :shrug:

I can't tell you TGO folks what it really is, or many of you would want in on the deal and it's already spoken for by about 40 people... Maybe I'll post the details next time we order it in bulk...

Yeah, I can guarantee your gun is over gassed. Most guns built in the last 10 years use a larger than needed gas port. The reason is manufacturers do not want their guns coming back for warranty work because they will not cycle weak foreign ammo.   You can adjust the gas without replacing the block as well. There is a company that make a gas tube that can be adjusted. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/2979396319/mgi-adjustable-gas-tube-ar-15

Right on! Wish it were 2 days till we get em!  :woohoo:

Reminds me of a story i once heard about a guy a friend knew that got approached by someone with ill intent (don't recall him being armed but can't remember the exact circumstances) while he was pumping gas at his full service station. He pulled the pump out and pointed it at the guy with one hand and pulled a lighter out with the other. The assailant decided to run away.

Wudya believe original C. Sharps 1859 in .45-100? Shoots nice, too! I did some horse trading for it. Ok more pics...These are a lil bit better focused. Please let me know if they're ok. [url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/IMG_2801_zpsff41c913.jpg.html][/URL][url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/IMG_2793_zps332ff76c.jpg.html][/URL][url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/IMG_2796_zps265f2f71.jpg.html][/URL] I have not had a chance to get out to the range with it due to work and home duties. I will get out and shoot hopefully by this Friday and will get some range pics. As you can see it began life as percussion carbine. You can see the rail for primer caps just under the hammer. Lp

  Contests are really the only reason I have a FB account. My only friend is my wife, only stuff I share is contests for her to enter as well.

You must be pulling out all the stops and buying every gadget that ACME sells in order to get that pesky bird. :) Seriously though, you might check with some of the larger long haul tractor trailer moving companies since some of them also have warehouse storage.

I'm pretty sure I'm right because I had one just like it last year. But my dad would say it's either a copperhead or a rattlesnake depending on if it had a rattle or not....:) Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

  Just to clarify: You may carry ANY handgun that you legally possess.  You can borrow a gun from your neighbor and carry it as long as you legally possess it.

Google this topic, read articles, read other forums, and watch some videos. There's a lot of info out there comparing these guns.    My subjective observation: the LCR trigger beats the snot out of any right out of the box plain jane J-Frame D/A trigger. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't shot them side-by-side. I can't vouch for the new LCRx's S/A compared to a Smith.   I think of the LCR like a Glock. It is a fugly reliable gun made to do a job and it works. Although I wouldn't make a habit out of shooting .357's out of an LCR, I actually like the couple of extra ounces in weight in the .357 to help tame .38+P loads. I don't think there is much, if any, advantage to shooting .357 rounds out of a 1.875 snubby. But recoil with certain .357 loads isn't as bad in the LCR as one might think. Also, I like having full ammo compatibility with multiple firearms.       It took me a long time to get it in my head that a revolver could be made of plastic. The LCR isn't "pretty." Most Smith J-Frames have a sexy look about them. I think the LCR does as well but in a weird utilitarian type of way. Besides looks, the only real downside to the LCR is the ability to find holsters to fit the trigger guard.     This is a Coke/Pepsi argument. You can't go wrong with either but my vote goes to the Ruger.    

Welcome. Remember that we don't care how you did things up north, and that this is one of the last mostly free places left in the USA. Let's all try to keep it that way.

My opinion is, in the end he was just being arrested for drunkenness, or whatever. If he struggles a little so what. If he wiggles free, so what. If he was present a violent danger to the officer and others, ok, but I have my doubts about that. I realize he could try to grab a weapon and all that. But he was clearly in control by two other officer before the choke was applied. I feel it was excessive and glad JJ acted with authority.

Assuming that you mean by "They" that you mean schools (if I can follow your syntax), I have a question for you.  Are you being serious?   The average government school is in the business of pushing agendas, training the sheep to get in line and take direction without question.  Preparing a generation to go through the TSA line at the airport without so much as a thought of the breech of Liberty occurring is more the target (to gild the lily here).  To posit that the use of firearms, safe or otherwise might be remotely included in a curriculum today is past the pale.