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These #%^k%^g comments by officials and law enforcement really get old. As if the gangsters in Memphis were not already carrying guns.

Thanks Gang! All good info, actually found a really nice guy out of Springfield. Did the job himself for a lot lot less than 200 bucks per mile. AND moved my monster snap on box with it at no extra cost. He handled it like a pro, all 800 lbs of it. totally impressed the heck out of me.If anyone wants his number DM me.His name is Devin, and he was 5 star all the way. Showed up early, no drama, no BS ing around. He doesn't do steps due to liability.Out of all the vendors we use at work, he wins my best of 2021.

Update -- A new Holosun 507K X2 from a different Amazon vendor arrived yesterday and is totally acceptable. I'm a satisfied customer...but will never order anything from the Holosun Store again. Cheers, Whisper

Wow, Yeah thats a steal of a century on a price like that. Why now.......that things not an ugly ducking at all ! But a Cinderella in ovulation!! LOL

I picked up 2000 CCI Large Pistol Primers at Sportsman's Warehouse in Southhaven, MS for $44.50 per thousand and a 1000 CCI Small Pistol Primers at Bass Pro for $54.75 in Memphis last week.

And it’s mine. This is an CAI built, AWB era Izzy heavy barrel on an Imbel receiver. Still not sure what way I’m going with it, but it will be rehabbed and turned into a legitimate FAL once again.

My wife forced me to stop at Wal Marche this morning, and I wandered through the firearms section. They had four 100 round boxes of 12g #8 at $25 per. I bought two, even though I don't really need it. I guess I'm officially a hoarder now.

Domestic instability doesn't lend itself to altruism. I've spent the last 15 years maintaining a certain level of hand loaded ammo. I'm not greedy and I haven't accumulated a crazy amount of reloading supplies. But I have enough that I am not a contributer to this current hoarding frenzy. And I should be able to limp through the Crazy Joe administration without depriving any of you lessor prepared folks the ability to stalk Wal-Mart on a daily ammo run.

Those of us that have more primers than they will ever need to loosen up. Heck, I was selling to Tennessee guys primers last winter for $40.00 a brick, any favor. Just donated a brick of 209 shot shells primers to a collage student trying for the Nationals. Come on guys, this is the Volunteer State. The more of us that have ammo, the lesser chance of someone ( foreign or domestic) taken away our gun rights.

I once put "Sorry about your back" in the comments of a huge ammo order. lol

I'm sure he's probably dead now. Either from not having any resistance built up or just being stupid. That'll kill you too.

My Neighbor bought a G3 compact last year and we shot it at my house some. The only problem he had is he had some odd ball military ammo that required a longer throat in front of the chamber. This created a problem of not being able to eject an unfired cartridge and occasionaly it would not go into battery enough to fire it. All name brand ammo went threw it with no problems. Despite that, he sent it back to Taurus before I could stop him. First he said he was going to get rid of that ammo so I forgot to tell him about the dismal repair times Taurus is known for since he genuinely liked the gun. Anyway, he got the gun back in under a month from what I remember and I told him he should consider himself quite lucky at that. The thing is, they did nothing but fire the gun with good name brand ammo so reported no issues found! Its a good shooting 9. If I wanted a plastic gun, the G3C is not as good as my son's Sig P365 but not far behind in aiming, recoil & accuracy off hand. But I think the Sig nicer & has the better trigger. For the cost difference, The Taurus did good with this design but Like I said the CS sucks big time unless over time, they can get a handle on it in their new Georgia facility. "Good" gunsmiths are EXTREMELY hard to find in manufacturers SC gigs. I have a GS that sent back a Goucho 357 SAA that I was ready to buy. The half cook notch was gone in it and they never got it back since sent in October 2019. I checked on it with them about 8 weeks ago and they completely forgot they sent it out! But it never got booked back in. I have a few Taurus revolvers that I like and happen to be well made but its a hit n miss with those.

Crime is going to be up all over the US. Nothing new. It don't take a genius to conclude if you lock everyone in their house, for a Coved year, then turn them out again a year later, crime is going to go up. With everyone basically homebound crime went down, now their out, crime will go up. Imagine that!!!! Memphis has been crime ridden for years but it is the biggest city in Tn.

Bump dralarms, I'm sorry I just saw your message this morning. I'd really like to try to trade the ammo, but I may consider selling it later on.

On my 550's: I have a strong preference for Dillon dies. I have set up tool heads with Lyman and Lee dies. Where needed, I have gotten Dillon crimp dies or FL dies for these sets of other makes. You really got many options setting up tool heads. I put together tool heads for 38 Special and 44 Special. Building up these other tool heads prevents having to readjust going from 44 Special to 44 Magnum. I did change out a Hornady die set in one tool head for the Dillon. Hornady dies are OK but I hated that particular set. Setting up for most anything reloading in this stupid famine is a patience tester for sure.

These morons have been spouting that nonsense for years. Every big city in the country experienced a rise in crime last year, due to COVID and the riots. Not every state with these big cities, has a guns in cars law. Is there not some way we can give Memphis back to the Indians?

When Walmart has ammunition available, they are not inflating the price. I've been buying bulk .22LR and getting it for a decent price (325 rds for ($19 OtD), in the Knoxville area.

I like em too Brother... Weve burned lotsa powder thru the old Smith Model 27s... I'm sure the new light ones are great. leroy...

You could also put up a DEAD END sign. Not the PC no outlet sign!!

This sign was posted at the range on Monday.

Welcome to the fold

We are beginning to get ready for our upcoming RV trip, with family, to the Grand Canyon/ Zion Nat Park, and surrounding area. Two of our daughters, and their families, will be going with us. One is driving out with us in their RV and the other is flying into Las Vegas and renting a car then driving to meet us in Grand Canyon Village at the Campground. Be 11 of us total. This will be a large trip as our family will be with us for 16 days, then leaving us out there. We, L/w will be going on from there, if we feel like it. Will probably try to leave St George UT, go to Salt Lake City then on across Idaho, and then onward across Oregon to the coast around Eugene and Coase Bay. Will then go to Northern Calif, Crescent City, to see the Redwood Nat Park. Then begin plotting our return trip to Middle TN. We have 5 or 6 weeks to make the trip. being advised the Parks are crowded this year as everyone seems to be shedding the Virus blues out of doors. A trip of a lifetime for me. Hope to stop and smell the roses along the way. We should be leaving on the 26th of June. This trip will most likely be our last big one as my age is creeping up on me.

Mike that is in the back of my mind. I went and had the shot put into my knee so I could do this very thing. Been on the Bright Angel Trail, but the days we were there the trail was closed due to much rain and mud. I have grandkids that will be ready to do this very thing. Thanks for the suggestion. Getting more excited every day. Launch time is the 26th of June, early. Little Rock the first night. Oklahoma City the second night. Going to visit the Nat Park in the city where McVeigh blew up the Murrow Building and eat at the 100+ year old Stockyard Restaurant. It seen lots of cowboys who drove cattle up from Texas to access the railroad in the late 1800's. Will have a steak in their honor. Still prepping. Had a wisdom tooth extracted yesterday.

I only have 110,000 of them, not sure if I could spare any.

I've been many times... I hate to see it go away.

Something from a Knoxville boy...

I've been wanting a 627 Tracker 6.5" 7 shot for awhile now but, nobody has them right now.

That’s awesome. Time to humblebrag here. I scored mine for $400 from a friend of mine who offloaded the project gun for what he had in it.

Yeah, I've said for years I'm going to go, and with this one being the last, I'm going to do it.

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Hitting softballs at 50 yards at my brother in laws house in West Point TN. He caught this pic that was well timed.

And note that some 357 loads require magnum primers and others do not. Pay attention to your reloading manuals, as always.

One of my totin guns is an old Ruger Vaquero sheriff stoked with 12.5 grains of 2400 behind the old 173 grain hard cast .358 dia swc stuffed in 38 special cases. If ya like 357 cases, use 13.5. These loads mimic the old 38 special hi speed loads for about 1100 fps... Powerful and accurate in a big frame pistola... leroy...

That is an up hill assisted accelerator!!

Thank You for all the replies but some else bought the gun before he could, so it all worked out.

Good story before we leave guys. I wrote here about James Druery, "The Virginian" befriended our grandson 3 years ago at a meet and great with James's fan club in Gene Autrey Oklahoma. James passed this year, and Cody stills cries every time he hears George Strait sings the song, "The Cowboy Rides away". They played that song and showed the video at close of James's funeral. Cody always called him, after the restaurant incident where James came across the room and called out "Is That Cody," then he walked up to Cody's, and his aunt's, table and hugged Cody. Cody has Downs Syndrome. Everyone in that very busy restaurant stood and clapped and started chanting 'The Virginian," "The Virginian." James was 82 years old then. Cody tells me, all the time "James Druery was my friend." James gave Cody several autographed pictures and allowed Cody to spend time in his booth at the meet and great. His fans even recognized Cody, from a picture my daughter posted, on their interned possey web site, of Cody dressed in a cowboy hat and outfit that looked like the Virginian's. The fans fussed over Cody the whole 2 days. James even invited Cody to eat at James's (The Bossmans) turned out to be (COVID) final dinner table with his fans. Cody sit directly across from the Virginian, and James told Cody, and the whole table, Cody was his most special guest. Cody truly was James' friend from that day forward. Well James is Berried in Amarillo Texas, and L/w we will be taking Cody to say good-by to his friend James Durery. We have not told Cody, but want it to be a surprise. There won't be a dry eye in our party if we can pull this off. Every time Cody sees a rainbow, in the sky, he tellls us, "My Friend James Durey is smiling." I tell you Cody was James' true friend, more than James ever knew. Edited to add Video; Hope it works for you https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+the+cowboy+rides+away+video+george+strait&qpvt=youtube+the+cowboy+rides+away+video+george+strait&view=detail&mid=FBC59699F8343FA37096FBC59699F8343FA37096& Watch the video that follows. We will be singing Amarillo by morning on the way

My condolences.

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.

Nearly matches your shoes.

Looks good now.

My Son has the G2C and really likes it-if I wasn't such a 1911 snob I probably would carry either the G2C or the G3.

I believe it is. I’ve had two G2s and both have run flawlessly. I like them!

More side effects are starting to show up and they want to start giving this to young children. I hope every school that mandates the vaccine to people to attend their school gets sued out of existence. Heart inflammation in young men higher than expected after Pfizer, Moderna vaccines -U.S. CDC https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cdc-heart-inflammation-cases-ages-16-24-higher-than-expected-after-mrna-covid-19-2021-06-10/

It killed a lot of people. Just not as many as they said. It's exactly like racism. If you talk to the folks that profit from it, it's WAY bigger than it really is. Promoters gonna promote.

That sounds about right. The Planned demic, has completely cured the Flu. All strains, nobody gets it anymore. And for a long time anybody that died, died from China Virus. Chinese people are still probably saying, "we cure flu, and nobody thank us".

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

TOTALLY unrelated . . . but does anyone want to buy 23 guns? NIB, never fired. Cash only. Must meet in dark parking garage. . .