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I know what I said, but when I saw it in person. Well.....

I know it is popular to decorate your vehicle with your favorite gun or gun accessories manufacturer stickers. What are your guys' thoughts? I avoid it. First it says, there might be a gun to steal in my car. Second, it makes my car more identifiable.

I love to hunt squirrels! I got 2 yesterday, going again tomorrow. My biggest joy comes from taking my Grandsons and watching them harvest Tree Rats. Good stuff indeed!

This will be my first year hunting suppressed. In my early days of hunting, I never wore ear pro, at least when deer hunting. One day in high school, I woke up and noticed both of my ears ringing like crazy and they've never stopped since. I was never one to try and damage my hearing. I really hated loud noises (except deer hunting). So, I don't know why they all of a sudden started ringing, but since then, I've been super paranoid about protecting my ears. I was the goober all through high school and college who wore ear plugs to dances, concerts and SEC football games....well I went to Mississippi State and the Cowbells can leave a lasting impression lol. I have this awesome velcro wallet with a pouch on it thats just for carrying my ear plugs just in case I find myself in a painful location....i'm super cool as you've already noticed. Anyways, since my ears took a dump, my love for hunting has only grown. I'm blessed with access to quality land and I take full advantage of it. I've never fired a shot without ear pro since high school and never intend to either. Honestly, if there was a Boone and Crockett buck in front of me, and I couldn't manage to get some ear muffs on, I would pass. It wouldn't be worth the lifelong hearing damage. When deer hunting, I don't wear any ear pro until I'm about to shoot. That way I can still use whats left of my acuity to pinpoint where sounds are coming from. There have been several times the deer ended up on top of me to where I couldn't put my ear muffs on without running them off. While turkey hunting, I wear Pro Ears electronic muffs. Some of the best money can buy and while they are great, audio acuity (judging distance and direction of sounds) is still not as good as my bare ears. So, i've acquired a few gun mufflers over the last year and am looking forward to seeing how this changes my hunting. I'm also interested in seeing how animals react differently to the sound of a suppressed rifle...which is harder to locate, than that of an unsupressed rifle. I mean, they are going to hear it....its still loud...but just curious if maybe they would be less spooked? Maybe after you've shot, you've noticed new deer enter the field afterwords because they were hanging out a little further and just not spooked? I still plan on throwing on some muffs even though its technically "hearing safe". I'm not sure the governments number of 140db's is law for everyones ears but I did shoot my 308 suppressed 3 times without ear pro, and its still pretty loud....but it didn't ring my ears at all. So, if that Boone and Crocket shows up....he's going down ear pro or not! I'm curious, anyone care to chime in on their suppressed hunting experiences? Anyone going to be shooting suppressed this year for the first time? Anyone run out yet to get you a velcro wallet?

You can always SBR your hunting rifle. The rifle I hunt with the most lately has a 9.25 barrel on it.

I have a TGO sticker on mine only because the vast majority of people think it's just the TN flag logo, it's small, and somewhat inconspicuous. Otherwise, I see others or a bunch or stickers as just plain tacky.

I made my annual trek to SC this weekend. So I just had speckled butter beans and sweet potatoes with smoked pork. Also had a big skillet of veggies from my garden with tomatoes, eggplant, squash, etc. I need a nap...

Here's my take on this: The notion that firearms related "flair" on your car increase the odds of it being broken into, seems to have been around on the Internet since the first gun forum opened its doors. I've searched the Internet for actual cases where police reported that there was a direct correlation between a car being broken into and the gun stickers on the outside of it, and could only find a few cases where it was suspected. I've been able to find far more cases where cars were broken into because of the car-audio related stickers on the outside. This seems to be one of those commonly held truisms that are rooted more in feasibility than actuality. Sort of like the idea that if you open carry into a convenience store, you're the first guy a robber is going to shoot when he comes in to hold the place up. Could that happen? Sure. But my own experience has been that while open carry is dumb for a variety of other reasons, the majority of folks are so preoccupied with themselves that they rarely notice you. And I've seen enough surveillance footage to believe that stick-up artists are so nervous and focused on the clerk behind the counter that they're probably not paying too much attention to the guy with the 1911 on his hip at the back of the store browsing the beer cooler.

My vehicles are sticker free, no one pays me advertisement fees for a rolling billboard.

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Yea I guess them Texas boys that by hitting 2 home runs with 1st 2 batters it would rattle those Japanese players. That little Pitcher never missed a step after that and Japan showed them they have long ball hitters also. Texas don't not have anything to be a shamed of. Them boys played some tough teams and scraped their way back to the title game and that team didn't even exist till 6 years ago. There is always next year if the country is still here by then. At the rate things are going I look to wake up in the middle of a civil war and not even know who's side I'm on? I will hope TGO it still up so I can write someone to find out who I need to side with...........

I'm not climbing any mountains so a few extra ounces don't matter to me. That being said, my can does make the rifle very muzzle heavy. It's not bad, but a lighter can would obviously help.

Next year (2018) is anybody's guess, but this article from last year (2016) says HCP is good to go per Lebanon PD: http://wilsonpost.com/lpd-to-increase-officers-at-wc-fair-cms-88827 "There are no plans to change procedures for entrance to the fair, and Hardy said they have not specifically banned firearms at the fair." "We follow Tennessee state law on firearms, meaning if you are licensed and permitted to carry a firearm and have that documentation with you, you are allowed to bring your firearm," he said."

Wingshooter, I agree. I was wanting it to be just slightly smaller. I was ready to buy after getting a chance to look at it up close. I wasn't even that put off by the fact that the trigger mechanism is mostly, non-compatible parts. Garufa, after considering last night, I think it might be related to the dual slide release and changes in the locking block making it slightly wider. Not sure, just a guess.

The studying I've done on it today indicates the grip is actually larger and the pistol is wider. Two negatives.

I dont know that I can do any better than the article that Recoil posted. http://www.recoilweb.com/inside-the-glock-gen-5-129141.html But let me know if there is something in particular that they dont show that maybe I can and I would be happy to.

My Son just graduated Basic Training and is now off to school Attack Helicopter repair. The wife and I couldn't be prouder. He told us he wanted to serve his country first then go to college. After serving 40 years myself I thought he would know better by now.:)

Awesome! If he's an apache mechanic make sure to instill in him early and often to keep his name clear and learn as much as possible to apply for a contractor job when his enlistment is up. Six-figures pretty much guaranteed because there's no schools that civilian mechanics can attend to work on those birds. Smart choice of MOS.

Well I guess when I die all my blue jeans and dress shirts will be going to Disabled Veterans Store as stated in my last request sheet in my Will.............JMHO

I own one suit. Its nice and looks good on me. But if I'm wearing it, somebody is either gettin' married or buried. Back to the original topic..... The best piece of advice I ever got and have tried to pass on to my sons: Never pass up a good opportunity to shut up.

Everything U want to know about the Gen 5!

I was given a piece of advice as a young man when an aspect of my job involved some things that could be particularly dangerous. My mentor's advice to me was, 'always tie your shoes." What he meant was, before you go into this thing that could potentially kill you, take the time to make sure you have your junk together. I kind of look at a suit the same way. It's a process of getting ready to go do what I'm about to do. Frankly, there aren't many people outside of my wife that I feel a particular need to impress these days. But, I'm considered an expert in my field - and I'm expensive enough that you probably deserve to see me in a suit It's different now that I'm in my forties, but as a younger man in the business world you're always being judged. Early on in my career a company that I started got acquired by a security agency. My team went to New York and I spent my first morning there getting fingerprinted about 300 times for all of the clearances, agencies, etc. My new boss took me to lunch, and after lunch he handed me a business card of a tailor on Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan. I'll always remember his words to me. He said, "we know you've got the skills for the part - we want to make sure you feel like you can look the part." The tailor measured me for three suits and seven shirts. They paid for them. To that point in my life, they were hands down the nicest suits I'd ever seen - much less had. The tailor then sent me for shoes. Man, I loved those suits. I've still got one of them to this day, and I occasionally break it out. Just because. And because those jackets had some cool tricks up their sleeves, too. Literally.

I live in a very different world from you guys. Everyone in my circle is leery of a fella in a suit.

I wonder why the Mayor just doesn't suspend the first amendment like she is the second. Wouldn't that make the whole safety concern easier. I guess that wouldn't be supporting her lefty cause though.

One of society's biggest problems... the lack of properly administered ass whippins

I've been hunting with a suppressed .308 for several years. It makes the entire experience much more pleasurable. I find ear pro uncomfortable if I wear it continuously over several hours. So, as often as not it's hanging around my neck when a deer walks out of the bush. The suppressor means that's not an issue. There is still a super sonic crack... but it's well away from me and doesn't hurt my ears. The deer certainly know the direction the shot came from due to the round breaking the sound barrier but they are looking in my general direction instead of right at my stand. It has allowed me, on the rare occasion, to take a second deer out of a group. I tried hunting w/ the subsonic .300 b.o. and while I was blown away by how quiet it was, I really don't think it's suitable as a hunting round (at least for me). I took a deer at 120 yds with it... so it works... but I had to compensate for something like a 14" drop. Additionally, when we butchered the deer we found that the round failed to expand and tumbled pretty severely. It was a heart shot, so it didn't matter but for me to trust a round, I need consistent penetration and expansion. Sooooo... in my mind subsonic .300 bo is ideal for CQB but not so great for hunts where you might need to reach out a bit. Regardless, I'm a big advocate for hunting suppressed.

I've found that suppressors often will drive animals towards you after the first shot. That is, at least with supersonic bullets - they hear the crack of the bullet and associate it with coming from the noise. That'll get your attention with hogs...

The Hound gets some of the best lines.

LMOE mentality all the way. There would be no winning side in a new Civil War.