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Just got home from vacation and found my M1 waiting for me/ Here are some fresh out o the box pics, pre-cleaning. This is a Postal Meter Very Good - Fine grade: The splotches on the wood appear to just be on the surface. It's either a dried substance or perhaps some mildew/mold. It scratches off easily with a fingernail (which was promptly washed). Any suggestions on cleaning the wood? With my old Mosins I just scrubbed the wood with Simple Green and rinsed them off with clean (ish) water....they were $80 Mosins. I suspect I may need to be a bit more diligent about this one. I was thinking Murphy's oil soap would do the trick. What say you? The metal looks to be in great shape. No significant wear that I saw off hand. No rust. The wood has no cracks, but has the usual dents, dings,, etc. The barrel is marked Underwood 3-43. I'll get some better pics, including the bore after cleaning. P.S. I can confirm the email from Midway posted above is legit. I received the same one.

Ohhhhhhh my........ The hives are in full flow right now! It was too hot to do any real harvesting today, but she collected 4 frames to make some room & harvested 11 pints of honey! We have around 30 more frames to harvest next weekend. VID_86300520_063544_247.mp4

Everyone should have a .357 mag in their collection! Congratulations on getting a great one!

Thanks. I did some reading this morning and it looks like some odorless Mineral Spirits is the best first step on the wood. I don't want it to look "like new" so I won't be stripping it or ironing it to remove the dings. I like them. I just want to get the grease and whatever the splotchy stuff is off there....I'm pretty sure it's mold. Good thing I have some masks sitting around to use while cleaning. Once I get it cleaned up, I'll post some pics of all the markings I can find.

Sig Sauer optics are actually made for them by Holosun.

Honestly that has to be a form of mental illness.

There are several threads/posts out there on boards like the CMP boards regarding cleaning wood stocks. Believe it or not one of the most promoted is the dishwasher method. Do your own research on the process but it basically a hand wash with something like simple green and then a cycle in the dishwasher (without the dry cycle) and without added cleaner/chemicals other than the simple green. Apparently it not only cleans all the grease, oils, and dirt from the wood it also restores some of the minor dings and dents much like steaming a dent with a damp cloth and an hot iron.

Unique should be great.

THANKS SO MUCH! I didn't know Altamont was selling to the public. They have grips for Taurus,,,IN STOCK! I just ordered a pair of black micarta for my 945 that were on clearance for $20 with free shipping. reasonable prices on all of their grips and it's Altamont so win win. I'll be emailing them for a custom set for my 608.

Their returns are almost as easy as their ordering. So, at least you're not stuck with it.

Guys. I know I don’t post much. Mainly just a lot of reading to learn. Well it’s time for me to do a little teaching If you do not have one of GT’s knives get one or two I have several custom made knives and have wanted to get one of Grand Torino’s because they look good. In the past I have always been a day late and yeah sometimes a dollar short. But NOT THIS TIME. His craftsmanship is top shelf. The fit and finish on this knife is probably the best these hands have held. And the edge( while not yet proven) is super sharp I am rough on a knife and I’m sure to do a follow up on how well it preforms GT. Thank You Sir

I recently acquired a S&W 686 revolver in .357. I understand (and have tried thanks to @Darrell) it shoots .38 special loads as well. Can I shoot .357 Sig? I hope to eventually handload once I can get dies and powders again (at reasonable prices), does anyone use Titegroup (what I use for my 9mm loads)? Recommend a particular bullet? I use Berrys copper plated now. What about commercial self-defensecammo? Gold dots and HST? Any tips and or tricks? Its my first revolver! Love it so far. The SA trigger is so crisp and light. Thanks. - K

Back in December ( or it could have been Nov, ) I got up from my chair to go to the bathroom and saw what looked like a ribbon laying in the floor. As I got close, it headed for the bookcase so I realized it was a small snake. The bookcase is on those super slider things so I slid it out and sure enough it was a skinny little rat snake. It was about 16-18 inches long and maybe 3/4" in diameter. I grabbed it and started to get up off the floor ( this requires me to hang onto something ) and it wrapped it's tail around a spindle of the end table, pulled out of my hand and hauled ass. It was under the china cabinet in the dining room and I wasn't about to move it. It was also bedtime so I decided to look the next morning. Not going into what all is in the dining room, but let's say there is a lot of places for it to hide so I decided we could co-exist until he showed up again. It's not unusual for my dog to bark at things outside the front door but today I was sitting here at the computer and she started barking right beside me. After I got myself off the ceiling I saw she was going from one end of the dresser to the other and was interested in something behind it. Flashlight in hand, I started checking and sure enough Mr. Snake was behind there. It was too far back to get hold of so I used one of those reacher things with the rubber cups on the ends to get hold of it. We played tug-of-war for a few minutes but I finally got him out so I could get hold of him. He'd done a little growing, now he was about 3' long and about 2" in diameter. He is now an outside snake.

Have you contacted piano moving companies? They are used to heavy, single item moves. Not sure if they would tackle a safe, but I don’t see why not.

The .357 magnum was born out of a desire to get more power out of the .38 Special. In 1930 S&W introduced a cartridge called the .38-44 High Velocity. This was simply a .38 Special loaded to current .357 velocity. In 1935 S&W was concerned about heavy duty ammo being used in cheaply made guns. So they lengthened the cartridge case 1/10th of an inch so that it wouldn't seat fully in a .38 special chamber and the .357 Magnum was born. Other than being just a tad longer, All other dimensions are identical. Yes, .38 Special can easily be shot out of a .357 Magnum. However, the .357 is too long to work in a .38 Special. The .357 Magnum is the "Jack of all trades" in the handgun world. You can shoot anything from light . 38 Wadcutter target ammo to 180 gr full house magnum hunting loads. In the 1930s Daniel Wesson hunted everything in North America, including the big bears, with a .357 Magnum just to prove its effectiveness. For defensive use, the full magnum 125gr HP loadings have been rated the #1 man stopper for many years according to several studies. That's one of the reasons why a great many LE agencies went with the caliber back when revolvers were still king. When reloading, the same bullets work for both calibers. However, don't try to push hard cast lead bullets over about 1100 fps as it can cause serious leading. I don't recommend swaged lead bullets at all. My favorite powders for full power loads in the .357 are W296, H110 and 2400. My own pet load for the .357 is a hard cast 158gr LSWC over 6.0 grs of W231. This is a mid-range load that I've chronographed at 1100fps. Wonderfully accurate in all my guns, doesn't lead the bore and is pleasant to shoot.

Titegroup might work good for .38 loads but, if you want full power .357 loads, slower powder like 2400, H110, Win. 296, Blue Dot, IMR4227, etc. I've loaded a thousand or more, .38 Special with Herco. Loaded some .357 too but, it's not the best for full power loads. There's a lot of good cast bullets available(or once was) that will work good. I like 158 gr. swc or flat point. As far as defense loads go, about any 125 gr jhp or similar weight will work.

We get 2-3 of them a year out in or near the coop. Every single time the egg production drops suddenly, she asks "you think its their food?"

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I fished Watts Bar last night and caught 12 Bluecats in a few hours. Caught some drifting channel ledges and dragging in back creeks. Nothing big, biggest was 12lb. But during the spawn that's how it goes. Bluegill, Shad and Skipjack was the bait.

*** UPDATE *** Received my 03 FFL in the mail today. Thank you DaveTN for that suggestion, I now know exactly what the holdup was - the BS domestic charge my ex-filed and the DA dropped but the disposition didn't show up. A couple of back and forth letters, phone calls, and e-mails with the lady from the ATF and we got it all squared away. Now... curious as to what will happen when I buy a modern firearm. Another denial from TICS? I am going to send TBI/TICS a copy of all my paperwork, not sure if that matter or if it will help, but in any event any denials should be quickly overturned I would think. Much thanks to everyone who had helped and supported through this mess!

You can call Holosun and speak directly to them. I had to with an issue with a product. Their customer service was top notch. You could ask them directly if the Amazon Store is affiliated with them.

MTSA will host its monthly USPSA match on June 26th. 5 stages with classifier 06-01 Big Barricade. Looking a around 150 rounds. Check in is at 8:30, match start is at 9:30. $25 match fee. https://practiscore.com/mtsa-uspsa-june-match-1/register

Well, remember that Amazon didn't fulfill the order -- the Holosun Store did. So they're responsible for shipping out the counterfeit, no matter how they received it. If Amazon had done the fulfillment instead of a third-party vendor doing so, I'd be raising hell with them too. In this case, Amazon just processed the order. Of course Amazon does some of their own order fulfillment, so this is also a good reminder to see who is fulfilling your Amazon order. I placed another order, this time not to be fulfilled by the Holosun Store, and it's supposed to arrive today. I'll see if these guys send me a real Holosun or another fake.

My wife would leave and never come back to this house if a snake was in it. When we moved here there is a 12x12 barn style shed and she was going to use it for her crafting. Well when we moved here we just put all her totes of stuff in there, so about 6 months later we cleaned it all out and I found several snake skins, one was 7 feet long. She said you wanted a chicken coop so have at it. Well about a year or so later I found the 7 foot long chicken snake over the door. She also doesn't like the little lizards or chameleons, I am not exactly sure what the scream would sound like if a bear or gorilla got in the house, but I have a good idea. So when the blood curdling scream comes I ask her where is it? I go catch the poor little creature and put him outside.

I have 2 for myself, and got one as a gift for a deer hunter I know. He won't use it for skinning, etc., says it too "pretty" to use. LOL. I'm not a knowledgeable person on knifes, but they are super nice to look at, and Don is a super nice guy on top of that.

He sure did have a purty mouth

Nice! I look to have 10 medium 8-frame supers full of honey this year. I have added one more super to the short hive ( it was a swarm I caught this year).

Yeah. But it lasts a long time. And, you can't make a decent hot toddy without it.

I have a couple of great ones too. I was going to get him to make me a big one before he got famous. Next thing I knew, he was Mr. Knife. One of these days.

I put the brakes on shooting my magnum rifles until this foolishness passes. Loading some of big boomers an entire pound can go into making a 100 rounds. That, plus the bullets makes for some pretty pricey reloads.

That’s a metric crap-ton of honey!

Sounds like a King Snake. Those are good snakes.

If there's no other reason to join TGO, and there are many, the craftsmen who offer their wares for sale here are more than reason enough to join. I have several of his knives and hope to have more in the future. No idea how he sells them so cheap, but I'm sure glad he does.

I was at Sportsmans Warehouse in Chattanooga yesterday. No powder or primers on the shelves, limited selection of bullets. They did have several boxes (500 ct) of 9mm in the 115-125gr range. I don't reload for handguns, so don't quote me on the weights. One box limit, but if you're looking for something, Also had some 556 FMJ bullets as well. Prices ranged from $150-200 for the 500 ct boxes depending on contents.

I wish we had rat snakes. The garter snakes don't do much to cut down on the moles or gophers.

Rat snakes are a Good thing. I even have my wife convinced of that. Not only will they keep your rat population under control they wil eat rattlesnake and copperhead. As long as they stay away from her chicken eggs we are good.

I own one acre. As long as the snakes are nowhere on that acre, I'm OK with them. If they're on the property, let alone in the house, I immediately go into territorial killer extinction-level mode (maybe not immediately, sometimes it's preceded by a brief bout of screaming like a little girl). I know all the arguments about how beneficial snakes are, "good" snakes and "bad" snakes, etc. As far as I'm concerned, they're all deadly psychopaths bent on murder and mayhem ...

I assume that you are single. There is no way in h-e-double-toothpicks that my wife would allow me to wait around to remove a snake from the house. Congrats on the win!

Honest question. Is it really worth paying $14.50 entrance fee to go look at overpriced ammo & guns? What's the draw anymore? Haven't been to a gun show in years.

Numbers 1 and 2 are the same blank and made from 1/8" thick 1084 carbon steel. OAL is 10" and the cutting edge is about 5". They are $75 shipped with combo leather/kydex sheath shown. 1. Handles are G10 with G10 pins and SS lanyard hole. 2. SOLD!!! Handles are OD green G10 with brass pins and lanyard tube. Numbers 3,4 and 5 are the same blank and made from 1/8" thick 80CRV2 carbon steel. OAL is 9" and the cutting edge is about 4". They are $70 shipped with combo leather/kydex sheath shown. 3. SOLD!!! Antiqued hickory handles with locust accent and G10 liners with brass pins and lanyard tube. 4. SOLD!! Antiqued Chakta viga handles with bloodwood accent and G10 liners with brass pins and lanyard tube. 5. SOLD!!! Mahagany handles with wenge accent and G10 liners with brass pins and lanyard tube. Thanks for lookin'!

Welcome and stay awhile. Build a mini oil rig in the back yard and start training the g-kids and gg-kids.

Good fishing on priest today. Took my kids down to paddle the creeks. I fished while they played. 25ish assorted panfish. 2 largemouth. 2 smallmouth. Decent catch for as much noise as they were making.

Nothing wrong with iron sights. They are simple, tough, and the battery is never dead. Sometimes there's something to be said for tried and true.

Well, I don't have a dog in the fight, but respectfully, you've missed on this one. Removing the short barrel from an SBR removes it from NFA purview. It becomes a normal CGA firearm, ie a receiver. Changing to a 16" barrel (a properly pinned barrel of that length counts also), makes it a normal CGA rifle. Which may be traveled with across state lines without a form, and may be sold under same provisions as any other CGA rifle. Because it is no longer an SBR, as unlike a machine gun, ATF considers the configuration of SBR/SBS in the "totality of its configuration. Now, the original lower is still "in the registry" and though not required, is a good idea to notify ATF in writing of it's current state and your desire to permanently remove it from the registry, and it's usually suggested to send it via registered mail to get a signature receipt. (Although nothing is ever actually "removed" from the registry, even a destroyed firearm, it is simply annotated as to its new status.) The one proviso is to never have in your possession a short barrel that fits the firearm without its having a legal use other than making a short barreled rifle, but of course that is the same for any rifle configuration. I offer as support the following FAQ in my archives from ATF site, which I admit has changed around to where I can't find it onsite there anymore. I think they do that every few years to keep everyone guessing. Note the last paragraph in particular as regards SBR and long barrel. -------------------- Q: May I transfer the receiver of a short-barrel rifle or shotgun to an FFL or to an individual as I would any GCA firearm? A: Yes. A weapon that does not meet the definition of a NFA firearm is not subject to the NFA and a possessor or transferor needn't comply with NFA requirements. The firearm is considered a GCA firearm and may be transferred under the provisions of that law. Q: Who is responsible for notifying the NFA Branch when I transfer the GCA firearm to a FFL or another individual? A: There is no requirement that the transferor or transferee of a GCA firearm notify the NFA branch of a transfer or that either party determine whether the firearm was previously registered under the NFA. There is no also no requirement for the registrant or possessor of a NFA firearm to notify ATF of the removal of features that caused the firearm to be subject to the NFA; however, ATF recommends the owner notify the NFA Branch in writing if a firearm is permanently removed from the NFA. Q: What is the registered part of a Short Barreled Rifle (SBR) or Short Barreled Shotgun (SBS)? A: While a receiver alone may be classified as a firearm under the Gun Control Act (GCA), SBRs and SBSs are classified in totality under the National Firearms Act (NFA). A firearm that meets the definition of a SBR consists of a rifle that has a barrel less than 16 inches in length. A SBS consists of a shotgun that has a barrel less than 18 inches in length. The serialized receiver is recorded for registration in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR). Q: I possess a properly registered SBR or SBS. I intend to strip the receiver and remove the barrel prior to selling the receiver. Is the bare receiver still subject to regulation under the NFA as a SBR or SBS? A: A stripped receiver without a barrel does not meet the definition of a SBR or SBS under the NFA. Although the previously registered firearm would remain registered unless the possessor notified the NFA Branch of the change, there is no provision in statute or regulation requiring registration of a firearm without a barrel because its physical characteristics would make it only a GCA firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3)(B). If the subsequent owner buys the receiver as a GCA firearm and installs a barrel less than 16 inches in length (SBR) or 18 inches in length (SBS), the firearm would be subject to a $200 making tax and registration under the NFA by the manufacturer or maker of the SBR or SBS. Because registration depends upon the stated intent of the applicant, there is no provision to allow registration of a NFA firearm by anyone other than the maker or manufacturer. Q: If I remove the short barrel from the registered SBR or SBS, is the receiver still subject to NFA transfer and possession regulations? A: If the possessor retains control over the barrel or other parts required to assemble the SBR or SBS, the firearm would still be subject to NFA transfer and possession regulations. ATF recommends contacting State law enforcement officials to ensure compliance with state and local law. Q: Does the installation of a barrel over 16 inches in length (SBR) or 18 inches in length (SBS) remove the firearm from the purview of the NFA? If so, is this considered a permanent change? A: Installation of a barrel greater than 16 inches in length (SBR) or 18 inches in length (SBS) will remove the firearm from the purview of the NFA provided the registrant does not maintain control over the parts necessary to reconfigure the firearm as a SBR or SBS. ----- - OS

This is my range, known as Magaland. It’s in Dekalb County near Center Hill Lake. It’s only 5 acres, but it’s mine, it’s paid for, and it’s fun

My guess is that 1911 belongs to an Officer from the West Point Class of 2015.