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Well today was the day I got the biggest deer of my life he was a 10 at some point this year but broke off two tines so he is a 8 point used the 25-45 Sharps that I put together the year

Me and my dad have talked on and off about a setup to shoot steel that we needed to build for the last year. Well, tonight when we opened presents I got a note inside a box saying "be careful what you wish for". Then we walk out to his shop and I find this! Seriously, I think this is the best present I've ever gotten. I would have never imagined he would build this.

Men, if you aren't drinking Knob Creek single barrel (120) and falling down a flight of stairs and landing like a dead turkey then it isn't hard stuff. LOL Ask the Monkey about that one.

Looks like the Isis troops went out tonight!

I didn't get a gun, but I did get a box of CCI Mini-Mags which is even  better.

Couldn't resist any longer. Did a lot of reading and research on the internet, asked about it on the forum here, found a Sig p226 Legion at a local gun store at a very competitive price (still higher than any other gun I've EVER bought - thankfully got some gun funds for Christmas), and pulled the trigger this afternoon. If it shoots as good as I think it looks and feels, I'll be very, very satisfied.

Picked up a S&W 686

A true tale of badassery. Roza Shanina was a Russian sniper in WW2. Here are a few highlights from her story. Age 14 - Dis-obeys her parents and walks 100 miles across a Russian tundra to go to college. Volunteers for the military. Women had many obstacles to getting a combat role. She overcame them all. Dis-obeyed orders more than once to be able to fight. Was known for being fast enough with her Mosin that she commonly took out two enemy at the time. Died at the age of 20 shielding a wounded comrade. When a college-educated kindergarten teacher walked into a Soviet Union military center during the fire and rage of World War II, it did not seem as strange then as it may sound now. It was late 1941, a year that ended with the death of her first brother during the siege of Leningrad. She was initially turned away by the local military commissariat who knew how hot it was at the front, but after losing two more siblings, in 1942 Roza Shanina finally succeeded in joining the 2,484 Soviet women serving their motherland as snipers. “The key thing about the Soviet snipers was their impact on Soviet morale,” said David H. Lippman, author of World War II Plus 75: The Road to War. “They provided the ‘workers’ state’ with ‘workers’ heroes.’” But after Shanina made it through the Central Female Sniper Academy, military deployment plans nearly kept her away from the raging battle entirely — despite a widely held Soviet military belief that women soldiers made good snipers because of their greater physical flexibility and, true or not, their cunning, patience and ability to endure combat hardships better than their male counterparts. Not one to be deferred or diverted after her initial attempts, Shanina began what would be a very short but significant march to greatness. It may feel strange to measure greatness by numbers of other humans killed, but the Soviets faced a fairly existential dilemma: Win or perish. It was April 1944, near Vitebsk, where Shanina killed her first Nazi soldier. Within a month, she had taken out about 17 more. Shanina ignored orders and continued to support advancing infantry columns. Under heavy artillery fire, her commanders decided to withdraw, but Shanina ignored orders and continued to support advancing infantry columns — and not just as a sniper. She captured German soldiers and was wounded herself. Her exploits earned her military commendations and wide renown among her countrymen, as well as in the West. She returned to battle soon thereafter, fighting in a battalion that lost 72 out of its 78 soldiers. A battle she survived. Though not for long. Shanina was finally felled in January 1945, her chest torn open by an exploded artillery fragment. But before her death at the age of 20, she had managed 54 — some sources say 59 — confirmed kills in less than a year’s time. By April the war was over: Nazi Germany was defeated and in flames, and Shanina had secured a legacy for the ages. And when you consider other significantly grim records of sniper success — 109 confirmed kills by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adelbert Waldron over two years in Vietnam and the estimated 255 kills by Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (of American Sniper fame) during his 10 years of service — Shanina stands out for dispatching the most in the least amount of time. The Soviet Union was still fighting when she died, and all told, over the course of the conflict, Soviet women snipers were collectively responsible for 11,280 kills, by conservative estimates. But if history notes anything in Shanina’s case, it is not so much her kill number but the fact that she eagerly pursued a difficult, dirty and dangerous job for a cause: the continued existence of her homeland. M.G. Sheftall, technical adviser on the History Channel series Dogfights and author ofBlossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze, points out that Shanina’s desire to fight was so fervent that she made the bold decision to go over her superior officers’ heads and write to Stalin personally to ask that she be deployed to the front lines. Says Sheftall, “It shows a level of stones and guts that makes the lack of a major motion picture about her damned near confounding.”

In my opinion, the best way to value a gun is 'completed gunbroker' auctions. Not ones that end with a ridiculous reserve and no bids, but actual auctions that often start with a penny and no reserve. I've sold 'a few' guns the last two years, some on here and other forums, but the most consistent values and sales come from GB. The best sellers on GB sell that way. It generates the most views and the most bids. I've personally never owned a blue book as they are out of date before the ink dries in this digital age. Look for completed auctions with excellent pics from reputable sellers and you will be able to ascertain a pretty good value.

Got to drink some of the 10-year Old Rip Van Winkle this afternoon...got some nice leaded crystal glasses and some huge ice cube trays for Christmas! What a day...sitting out on the deck playing cards and drinking bourbon on 12/26!!! Thanks again to Mike 357 for introducing us to the Van Winkle stuff - very good. B

  Meh, I'd let her grope me.  :dirty:

Secret Santa was awesome! He brought a day on the lake, a day at the range, and a work-pad that I had been wanting to add to my bench. Got me a nice Old-Timer tooth-pic to boot! (along bit of tune-up oil for it & my auto-knives) Thanks Santa !! Bert - (R_Bert) [url=http://s585.photobucket.com/user/HR_TR_2009/media/CIMG2559_zpsluoegfku.jpg.html][/URL]

I'm not quite fat enough to pull that off, but I'm working on it.

  There you go living in the EU again.  :D

  I think you mean "I carried a Glock 19 back when I was a SEAL..."

  You know...I'm beginning to suspect you have an affinity for the 10mm. lol

Oh yeah, now I can sound gun store cool when I brag on my 19... "It's what the SEALs use."

Became a Squire in December,1972.  I own plot 1418. One square inch that is supposed to be on a hillside going up to the Barrel House above the charcoal pit.        By the way, it's for lease!

Over on some other sites, glocks have been used by certain seal teams for years.  I believe this latest decision was more budgetary and good lobbying by glock.   I like both, prefer Sig, but Glock will do.    I have said it before, Sig is like taking the trophy date to the prom, but Glock is the ugly one.  No worry, both will put out when needed. 

  Oh I don't know....from what I remember, he's not pushing it that far.....

:stir:       Your painting with a pretty broad brush. There many be a few here that feel that way, but saying "most members of TGO like to take a big crap on anyone who carries openly." is pushing it a bit far. I could care less if you want to OC, it's up to you. What I've seen here is most don't agree with any one looking like Sgt. Rock when they do OC. Just my :2cents:

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Complete lack of discipline and safety.  If you can't handle an M&P you shouldn't be carrying firearms for a job.  That gun does not a hare-trigger in the least.

Put this on layaway and will pull it out next month. 5.5" .44 mag super blackhawk Sent from behind the anvil

Just watched it.  I never read any of the canon fiction, just watched the movies as they came out, so whatever changes they made from the published works don't bother me.  Overall a good movie, although at times I almost thought I was watching the first one again, albeit 38 years later.  One difference, I waited a week to see this one, saw the first on Day 1, in pretty much the same conditions, a theater about 1/4th full ...

I would say in regards to not allowing our greatest military minds from doing their jobs by a White House calling the shots instead of the military. We have not been allowed to actually finish anything we are of got involved in since WWII. McArther had Korea won till they relieved him and replaced him with a must less adequate Officer. We could have won Vietnam if the White House would not have tied the military's hands at every turn. We could have eliminated the need for the Iraq war which was not necessary to begin with had they not told Stormin Norman to stand down at the city limits of Baghdad and allowed him to finish it there.  To many Monday morning Arm Chair Quarterbacks calling the shots is what I am guessing was what it was in regards to.........jmho   

There are over 20,000 members of TGO; all of them I assume to be gun owners. I don't know how many players there are in the NBA, but I'm sure it's considerably less. NBA players have shot more people than members of TGO. The NBA can pull their lip over their head and swallow.

It's a shame that Virginia is going this way. I live in the Tri Cities area and occasionally go to Bristol Virginia to shop. That will end as of February 1st. My suggestion is that as many people as possible notify the Virginia Chamber of Commerce that they will no longer be going to Virginia to spend their money. One strongly worded letter from the Chamber of Commerce will carry more weight with the Governor of Virginia than the opinion of every member of the Tennessee Gun Owners. I have no wish to harm financially any business in the Commonwealth of Virginia. However, I refuse to disarmed due to crossing a state line. Being a law abiding citizen my only choice then is to not visit Virginia. For any wishing to contact the Virginia Chamber of Commerce here is a link. http://www.vachamber.com/ also here is a link to the Bristol Virginia Chamber, http://bristolchamber.org/about-us/contact_us/  . Yes, I also know Virginia is an open carry state but I prefer not to stir the pot with the folks who are afraid of guns.

It's worth mentioning that there are different ways of open carrying, and it's the ones that make the open carrier look like a pompous asshat crying "look at me, I have a gun which makes me badass" that makes a lot of people get turned off to open carry.  There was also the argument about how an open carrier might be the first one shot, which is speculative at best.   Either way, I support the right of open carry as long as its just that, carrying openly.  Carry your weapon for your own defence if needed, don't turn it into a statement.

Ok, well I Normally stick to wine. So even 70 proof is "hard stuff"

its a SBR with a LAW folding stock adapter

My eyes about detached from the roll I just did after reading that.

Look what just arrived. I've been wanting to get ahold of one of the TGO Protech knives since the very beginning and now I regret not figuring out how to do it before now. Holy crap is this knife beautiful, well made and BIG (well, at least to me, of course my EDC blade is a SOG Slim Jim.) I'm gonna have to be careful, the action hits with such force I can feel it in my wrist and all the way up to the elbow. I'm already very much in love.

Curious to hear what you decide, Bob. I'll bring my empty brass down so you can test the new machine out! :D :D :D   - K  

Many years ago before concealed carry was where it is today Kentucky had a concealed weapon statue. I walked in a small store where everyone knew me with a 5 shot smith handle sticking out of my front overall pocket. So happened a State police whom I knew was standing and eating a sandwich and in between bites he said Mr. (my Name) it's against the law to carry a concealed weapon in the state of Kentucky. My reply Mr. (his name) it's not concealed if you saw it. 

  Western front was delayed for a while by overall supply issue (as the front grew in size so the efforts slowed for lack of fuel, ammo, food, ect..), the failure of Market Garden, plus the toughness of the fight in the Hürtgen Forest threw off the time tables as well.  France having a lack of good roads didn't help things either.  The Germans didn't have to deal with that as much in 1940 since they only had the big battles in the northern part of France, and didn't even have to fight in the Southern part.   Also, there weren't widespread deployments of 15yr old kids at the front until after the Battle of the Bulge as best I remember, the troops the allies faced in France were toughened veterans of the Eastern Front mixed in with fresh conscripts.

Hmmm. Honestly, for a non-interchangeable barrel, break action, single shot, I'd look really hard at Rossi over CVA. On most of the Facebook gun pages, Gunbroker & Armslist, you could easily save a hundy. Personally, at that price point, I'd be looking at the Savage Axis. Far better quality, outstanding accuracy, superb reliability & customer service & with savage's rebate program.....$250

Dillion you can't go wrong

I guess the lesson I was getting at is if people who don't celebrate Christmas are capable of showing respect, folks who do celebrate Christmas should be inclined to show the same respect towards those that don't. I'm with you on people being overly sensitive, but that goes both ways. While there are idiots who are so easily offended by someone wishing them a merry Christmas, there are idiots who get offended if you wish them happy holidays. The lesson is we should be respectful of anyone's beliefs without looking for an excuse to be offended by them.

The RO is best in class at that price, period. My 1st was so nice, I bought a second, both in 45.

The hunter safety program should be mandatory in public school if our government were serious about gun safety.   This would be much more useful than 12 years of diagramming sentences.

A few days before Christmas and I picked it up for me. Told the family not to buy for me this year. 58 cal Hawken front stuffer [URL=http://s896.photobucket.com/user/redintn/media/58%20cal%20Hawken/Hawken%2058%201_zpsznklfl5n.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s896.photobucket.com/user/redintn/media/58%20cal%20Hawken/Hawken%2058_zpsimbqmwlq.jpg.html][/URL]

I got a new pair of Leupold binoculars. I picked them our, so no surprise. You get what you want this way. I learned my lesson with the gigantic Poulan chainsaw I got for a birthday present a few years back. :rofl:

Hey, what a great surprise for Christmas! It's not as much as a surprise as finding out recently my wife is pregnant with our second set of twins...

Im ashland city shoot me a message we can meet at the range and I will bring a few guns, I have ky long rifle to my sniper muzzleloader I call it I built (remington 700 ml action hunter bolt nose kit vent liner plug pacnor .452 barrel smokeless) shoots good groups at 500

If an AK is sexy I would vote on it being a DDI. Here's the link to their site. Go take a look around http://www.ddiarms.com Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

I see no merit in Tennessee not honoring permit holders from Virginia.  There is nothing to gain by keeping good law abiding Virginians from carrying here, they are on our side, they are our brothers, and we should welcome and encourage them to carry here.  I don't think the Virginia politicians behind this measure would give a rat's behind if Tennessee doesn't honor Virginia permits.

I have a Ghost Edge connector in my 43. Haven't had an issues with light primer strikes. Is it a better pull than the factory connector? In my opinion it is. Little less uptake and a crisp break. I enjoy having it in mine. Easy install.

I hope the writers choke on their lattes. I was seriously considering letting go and watching it, but I think now I'll double down on my recent rants and say I'd rather do a year in jail than watch this peice of :poop: This Kylo Ren chump is NOT Ben Solo. Never was a Ben Solo. Three Solo children there were, Jacen, Jaina & Anakin. Luke and Mara had a son named Ben. Jacen Solo Is the next Dark Lord. Yall will undoubtedly laugh just like my wife and tell me its just a movie, get over it. Fine, whatever. Just piss on 30 years of fictional literature and more than 3/4 of my life spent reading and LOVING it. What's next? I know! Frodo never took the One Ring to Mt. Doom, it was Meridoc Brandybuck and Frodo never existed!?!? Maybe Rastlin & Caramon Majere were never brothers but actually gay lovers and Bruce Dickinson and Arianne Grande sang a duet at their wedding. Then next Count Mondego can be the one to find the treasure of Sparta and we can start rewriting all fiction just for the hell of it. I'd sooner forgive Judas Iscariot for betraying Christ than forgive these people. At least Judas had a job to do that had to be done. Keep laughing, meanwhile a massive part of my childhood/teenage years has been completely and utterly corrupted and FUBAR.

EOTechs have had problems from the beginning (battery, durability, zero shift).  This is well documented and I have personally seen it with Dept issued EOs. If you mention this in an EO v AP discussion, some get their fur up.   If an EO works for YOUR needs, march on. If you want something that might face hard use / harsh conditions and you want your battery to last for a little bit, I'd stick with an AP. I've said this for years.