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That guy knew exactly what he was doing and deserves the harshest sentence they can give him. This is exactly the type of thing we DON'T want happening at gun shows.

So some know I am heavily into 22 Benchrest. I also do most of my own barrel work, etc on my guns. I won a Douglas barrel blank at a match and it isn't what I normally use on my competition guns, so I decided to make a customized 10/22 since I had one laying around. Actually, this has zero Ruger 10/22 parts. The only part I used from the donor gun was the action and it was from a T/C22 which is just a Ruger clone, but I liked it as it had the pic rail built in. Anyway, here is the rest of the story. Receiver was internally threaded to 3/4-16 so that the barrel would mount like my other custom BR actions. I threaded and chambered the .920 Douglas Barrel to fit and chambered it based on being in the 10/22 platform which basically means it has to be a little larger chamber with more taper for feeding. This is still way tighter than a factory chamber, even a Bentz. I purposely did not go too loose as this is built for accuracy and precision which it is does very good at. What this means is that it can be a bit finicky with certain ammo's and feeding. I only use SK or better (Lapua normally) and it runs pretty good. It may take some trial and error to see what ammo you have that it likes. This is a bench gun, not a walking around gun as the barrel is pretty long and heavy. It has a Kidd Bolt, springs, and 3oz/3oz trigger. It also has their rear action mount that creates a second action screw into the stock. The stock has been inletted and bedded to fit. The stock is a Boyd's At-One. The scope on it is not priced with it. Price is $1000. As I got the barrel for free and did all of the work, just the parts are worth more than this. So why am I selling? I'm just not a 10/22 guy. If you like 10/22's and accuracy, this is a pretty good opportunity to pick up something that will outshoot most factory bolt actions with ease. Pickup in Franklin, Columbia, or Murfreesboro areas as I am in between all three. Any questions, just let me know.

S&W M&P9 M2.0 Compact, Optic Ready, with a Holosun 507c X2 mounted on a CHPWS plate. All were purchased new, zeroed, and have sat in the safe since. Probably 100rds or less fired. Includes 2 factory 15rd magazines, box, a total of 4 grip inserts, and the factory optic plates, lock, manual, etc. $650 FTF in the Tri-Cities (Bristol, JC, Kingsport) area. I can add a Dark Star Gear AIWB holster (grey, RH) for $50. Also have several new, unfired 15rd factory mags for $25ea.

I guess it depends a lot in what weight is in it, but seems pretty high to me as well. I would probably opt for a more traditional side bag, especially with a second rider.

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Springfield 1911 9 mm box ,papers ,holster,mag holder 2 Wilson mags excellent cond must be able to legally own pistol no trades meet in Kingsport.

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Sure looks that way! Hard to believe this is entrapment. Too many guns over several different dates. I believe he knew what he was doing.

I have a touring bike, and had like 50lbs in the tour pack. Load it up and try it around the neighborhood see how it feels. If the front feels light put all the guns and ammo in the front bag!!

That sounds fair if you’re happy with what they provide. What other fees are there? Yearly? Buy/sell? Percentage of gain? I fired my last advisor after about the third time she failed to do what I asked her to do. You’d think she’d be telling me what to do. Anyway, I moved everything to Fidelity and do it myself. It gets done like I want it. Very fair and low fees. I’ve made a ton more money since I told her to go pound sand. It takes a bit of effort, reading, and self confidence on your part, but no one gives a damn about your future like you do!!! I also do my own taxes. LOL!

Five indicted in Iron Pipeline investigation of guns smuggled from South to NYC (nydailynews.com)

Sounds like they've updated the website if it looks 2005ish. Lol

LPVOs don’t generally have any shorter eye relief than a regular scope. No reason it shouldn’t work if you are interfacing with the rifle correctly. That’s not to say you should put one on though. Leave that poor enfield alone.

Just finished this 8" Chef's knife for one of my neighbors I think they will be happy. The steel is Damasteel RWL-34 stainless. Knife is 13 1/2" long, 2" wide blade and.100 of an inch thick. Tempered to 58-59Rc. Razor sharp edge, used it last night to chop up some veggies for dinner. I have to make sure it cuts! Handle is double black Micarta, nicely shaped to fit the hand, should last forever. Knife case is kydex. Just started some hunting knives, will have a few for sale on the forum. Season will be here soon. All work done by me in my shop, as always.

I have a used sig p320 AXG scorpion with Romeo pro 1 optics 3 magazines , sig matching knife and all factory goodies I have fired the weapon with 5 rounds to zero in the red dot and it has sat ever since. asking 1500 or best offer

I used to know a competitive shooter who would loan a new gun to the indoor range that sponsored him as a rental gun for a few months. He wanted it all nice and broken in and he was fine with someone else doing it for him.

It doesn't matter which side of the state you are on, it always seems to be the case doesn't it? I see all kinds of good stuff over in Nashville. lol

Oh I wouldn’t hesitate to carry it. I just have others I like better. I’m not a Taurus snob. I hike with a 627 Tracker .357. The ones I’ve had, have been good guns. This is my second G2. I also have TX22 that a blast to shoot!

My name is Tom and I have lived in the Clarksville area since 2015. I'm a 14 year US Army OIF/OEF veteran and I finished my time as a soldier in 2018. I'm currently a student at Sonoran Desert Institute and I really joined so I could get a feel on some of the most common problems gun owners have in the state and what ideas would be the best for my future shop (not advertising, it's not named yet nor does it have a location and I will certainly register as a vendor here when I do). During my time in the Army I was lucky enough to be an armorer in a mechanized Infantry battalion and that was ultimately what sparked my interest in firearms to begin with. Over the years that interest faded until I made a friend who runs a very professional training course not too far from where I live (not advertising, I didn't say the name of business nor the exact location). Ultimately, attending his course several times rekindled my interest in firearms and I doubled down when I realized there was a degree program for that exact sort of thing and frankly, I want to make a living doing what I love which is building custom builds and making repairs. Notable Firearms In My Collection: Largest: S&W .500 Magnum Performance Center Edition Smallest: Ruger LCP Max Longest: Highly Customized 30-06 on an MDTTAC chassis 1st Favorite: My first AR that I built on a G&G Gunworks lower receiver 2nd Favorite: My Canik I bought after my last deployment Most Desired That I Can't Actually Acquire: Browning M2 HB Most In Need Of Cleaning: The AK. It's always the AK.

Used, but in good condition as far as I can tell. Includes new hardware, as I don’t like to reuse old hardware if I remove them for anything. I do spray over the big white BCM logo, so be aware of that. $120 shipped.

Selling a Christensen Arms Ridgeline .308 24" Aerograde Carbon Fiber Wrapped Barrel. I am asking $1475.00 New Price "$1275.00" for the rifle. I have a total of 40 rounds through the rifle and it is in the same condition as purchased. Rifle comes with a 20 MOA rail. No Trades please. I prefer payment in Cash, Cashiers Check, or USPS Money Order only please. Thanks for looking. Sold - Thanks TGO "The purchaser of the rifle must be a resident of the State of Tennessee, Prefer to have a TN HCP, and Fillout and Sign Bill of Sale"

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Yep. We're conflating 4 different issues in this thread: The method of storing energy - ICE mostly wins this one because gasoline refills are fast and available everywhere effectively creating unlimited range. EV gets a bonus because it's easy to start each day with a full "tank". Cost - ICE wins the up front costs and major repair costs. EV wins maintenance/operating costs and is closing the gap on both up front and major repair costs. External control - Tie. This ranges from annoying (subscription to use your seat heaters) to frightening (remote disabling/controlling). Neither is immune from it. Right-To-Repair - ICE wins for now because that horse is out of the barn. EV is the emerging tech the mfg's are trying to fence in. All 4 are mostly independent, but since EVs are generally closer to the cutting edge of technology and are usually loaded up with more of it, they're currently more likely to get caught up in #3 in the near term. In the medium term, all ICE cars will see the same thing. There's likely no significant long term for ICE as far as new production goes. Toss in the government meddling trying to force consumers to EV who don't want to go so it adds to our EV con list and makes it an emotional rather than rational conversation. Nobody likes to be told what to do. That stops critical thinking skills to where we can't see the advantages of EV (performance, always full at the start of each day, lower operating costs, enough range for most needs) and only focus on the negatives (high up front cost, not really green like advertised, limited public charging infrastructure, charging times, and limited heavy-duty availability for those who need it).

Folks are letting their hatred of EV rile them up enough to were they’re completely missing the point. Has ZERO to do with the propulsion system. EV, Hybrid, ICE, or 3 squirrels on a treadmill makes absolutely no difference when it comes to control of vehicle in the recent thread context. Its 100% about modern vehicles having their systems run thru a centralized OS which can be externally modified and/or controlled. Hate EV if you want, but at least be clear on what the real problem is on the expanded control topic. The ICE model is running through that same and is just as vulnerable to being exploited by bad actors.

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As I've already mentioned on here and a couple other forums I belong to, if you think EV means you'll have the same freedoms as you have now with mean ol Mr ICE think again. More control for big brother less freedom for you. Count on it

I think (hope) its not as big as it appears because its turned toward the camera. No bigger than a fairing I would guess.

I’m too in awe of the size of that front bag to consider how you’re going to ride around with all that stuff piled up in the back.

This is one of those weeks I’m glad I stayed in the stock market.

Looks Like GI Joe changed a bit after I stopped playing with them Ah, the lets replace 95% of the guy with Robotics dream... And "We ran out of ideas, so we will just make a TDOT employee a hero"

Great work. Shades of Sr Airman Andy Brown and the Fairchild AFB Shooting

I thought so. The website looks like it hasn't been updated since 2005 so I was a little skeptical. I guess that's normal for the government though.

Maybe I should have said "frequent participators ".

I have both a 20 and a 29 in Glock 10mm. They both are fun to shoot, so I decided to try some full power rounds, I purchased the Buffalo Bore heavy bullets. In the 20, they were fine, just a bit snappy. In the 29, they were downright uncomfortable for these old arthritic hands. After we shot those two, we shot the 357sig glock with standard ammo. It was also very snappy with standard ammo. I had some Buffalo Bore for that one two, but myself and my son in law decided to not try the 357 sig in Buffalo Bore since the pistol was almost uncomfortably snappy with standard ammo. Decided not to keep the 357 sig, it was just too uncomfortable, but do on occasions carry the 29, mainly in the winter where I have more clothes to conceal. That was my experience, your mileage may vary!

I'm registered for the white light 5k. PT: When we were 100 days out from this year's match, I set a list of target run times (3 miles, no load) and dates by which to hit them. My ultimate goal is to do 3 miles under full load in 29 minutes by match day. Anyway, here's the aspirations vs. ugly truth of how I stack up so far: Target date/Time - Actual date/time 5/31 - 32:00 6/1 - 26:45 6/10 - 31:30 6/11 - 28:22 6/20 - 31:00 6/23 - 26:09 6/30 - 30:00 7/1 - 25:27 7/10 - 29:30 7/7 - 25:52 7/20 - 29:00 7/27 - 24:45 7/31 - 28:30 7/29 - 24:06 Marksmanship: I committed to at least one range visit with rifle and sidearm every 4 weeks. Still need to buy an optic and practice low light shooting - not up to snuff on that. Any recommendations for an optic to use in white light nighttime shooting out to 50 or 75 yards? Comms: I committed to learning how to use my hand scanner effectively so I can quickly plug in the target frequency on event day and monitor. On track so far. Land nav.: I need to recheck my pace count with full load and add ranger beads to my kit. Also need to buy a good terrain map of Dead Zero. That's me for now. Looking forward to this year's match!

On Sunday July 17 2022 I (along with my assistant instructor at Harris Combative Strategies AJ Holst and Al Swymer ) attended John Hearne’s (Two Pillars Training- https://www.facebook.com/TwoPillarsTraining/) Cognitive Pistol with Tactical Anatomy class at Royal Range in Nashville TN. This is the shooting part of John’s Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why” class. In that class was offered on Saturday but AJ and AL and I had all done that one back in February when John and I teamed up to teach a combo class called “Saving Your Life with a Pistol, What Matters and What Doesn’t “ in Dayton TN where he did the 8 hour “Who wins” lecture and I covered the shooting (and low light shooting) portions of that class. So we were just there for Sunday this time. This is not a “teaching you to shoot better” class. It is a teaching you where to shoot and how to think with a gun in your hand (or in your holster). Everyone can easily find classes to teach them how to shoot but not everyone teaches how to make better decisions under stress or cognitive load. That is what this one is all about. This is not going to be an exhaustive review, but we essentially covered classroom material on “Tactical Anatomy” which is what shot placement tends to get best results in making people stop what they are doing (as much as that can be done with a pistol) and John provided some videos of why what you have been conditioned to think about the effectiveness of certain firearms through TV and movies is not how they work for real. Essentially pistols are pathetic little pop guns that require correct bullet placement (and often several of them) to FORCE someone to stop. Half (or more) of the time when people stop what they are doing when shot with a pistol it is because they simply CHOOSE to stop. The bullet did not stop them. That is why we sometimes see dedicated opponents fighting on after being shot numerous times. So it is best to plan for the worst and pray for the best case. On the range we shot a few “ pulse check” drills so John could get a feel for the shooting ability of the class. This was a high achieving class with several people I either know personally or by reputation or have been in class with before. Some of these were Aqil Qadir of Rangemaster and Citizens Safety Academy and Chris Baker of Lucky Gunner . Not sure who else wants to be named so I’ll stick to just those guys and my crew. Because of the high level of gun handling and accuracy shown by the whole group John was able to push the curriculum a little faster than normal. We did numerous drills that all started with a visual cue instead of an audio cue. That is important as you are generally LOOKING for someone’s actions to cause you to draw not listening for an audio cue like a shot timer. John employed turning targets and a light system (with a roving light bearer) so you would have to scan for visual info on when and how many rounds to shoot. In the Anatomy department we used 3D targets to see what track bullets take from different angles. John used metal rods to show the wound tracks and angles from entrance wound to exit on the TacMan targets. He also included an anatomical overlay on the back and a “spine” One of the pics I have included shows 9 holes (3 groups of 3 ) that I shot from different angles to the target and all 9 perforated the “spine”. If you are to one side or the other of the target you will need to aim differently than if you are facing it straight on. At those angles aiming at the sternum would have simply cut through the other pectoral muscle but aiming at the close side pec punched through heart lungs and spine. We also did a block on safely moving around others with a gun in hand and did a man vs man shoot on steel with the go signal being the appropriate colored light. We finished up with a run on the Farnam spinner target which is harder to spin than it looks.....at least my reload was fast... All in all it was a great presentation from a good friend of mine and an opportunity to shoot drills that you cannot get just anywhere and was held at a world class facility. If you are at the level where you are looking for a class that teaches you how to think with a gun and where to shoot for best results and then testing those skills then catch John’s class when he comes to your area. And just in case you were wondering I get no monetary consideration for this review and in fact I paid to attend the class. Pics and videos can be found here......https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=147999101186068&set=pcb.148017177850927

"...Hes not exactly worried about company repercussions, because any man in his right mind would rather forfeit his job than his life...." Or as a friend of mine who is not nearly as diplomatic as you once said, "I'd much rather be alive and looking for a job, than to be a dead guy who followed orders."

We did a variation called "bailing out". You get as high as you can, then flip your feet up over your head and (hopefully) land on your feet below the swing. No broken bones that I recall, and lordie! we did it without helmets and elbow or knee pads.

So the answer to the question that probably no one asked... Where has Oldironfan been? I mean He has not posted in close to two months and only visited once or twice to read the goings on. I bought a new bike and took off for a few weeks to ride. I had been planning a fly and ride trip over the Spring. I knew I had some time to take off work around the first of June so I was looking at big bore adventure bikes in Texas, Colorado, Oregon, California, and even a few in the northeast. The plan was to fly out and buy a bike then take the long way home over a couple of weeks. All that went out the window when I found a bike about an hour and a half down the road near Cookeville, TN. I picked it up near the end of May and promptly tore it apart to set it up for my needs and wired in some accessories. I then quickly revamped my plan for a ride during my time off. Should I go out to the east coast and places like Cape Hatteras? Nope, the weeks following Memorial Day and the official start of summer beach season would mean traffic and tourists, lots of them. That was out. Should I go south to ride the Florida Keys. See above plus it was going to be hot and swampy down there. Should I go West toward the mountain passes of the Rockies and the deserts of Arizona or Nevada? Maybe, but the heat would probably be high in the desert and my comfort level off road with narrow mountain passes on a new bike might be an issue. North was the only option that made much sense so off to Canada and the Great Lakes it was. I decided I would ride around the perimeter of all the great lakes. I did make the executive decision to ignore lake Michigan and Michigan all together. Too many trips to Detroit, Grand Rapids, Benton Harbor, and Chicago for work made spending much effort on seeing Lake Michigan seem pointless. I needed to dip a toe in Superior, Huron, Ontario, and Erie. So June 1 I set off and headed for the west side of Lake Superior. About 10 days later I returned home with an additional 3200 miles in the bike and a bunch of memories to go with the pictures. My route was Nolensville, TN > Rockford, IL > Stone Lake, WI > Thunder Bay Ontario CA > Wawa Ontario CA > Manitoulin Island Ontario CA > Wiarton Ontario CA > Kingston Ontario CA > Niagara Falls Ontario CA > Erie, PA > Cleveland PA > Columbus PA > Nolensville, TN (home). Through it all I managed to get in about 250 to 300 miles of gravel and forest service roads in Northern Wisconsin and Canada. I camped a few night, stayed in a cabin and a bunkee a couple nights, and hit a few hotels on the way up and back. Also had to hit a hotel in Niagara Falls as there were not many camping options close by. Also snuck in a ferry crossing although it was not as enjoyable as I would have hoped due to rain and upper 40º F temperatures. My steed for the ride and my new commuter is my '05 BMW R1200GS that my wife has nicknamed Tucan. In addition to the 3200 miles on the trip I have put a about 1800 miles on locally bringing my total for the summer to 5000ish miles.

Sadly they finally took out the old swing set and tall metal slides from the elementary school near my house. Remember burning the out of yourself on those metal slides in the summer.

All we needed was a little mercurochrome and a bandaid to get back into action…if even that.

Haha we were south in the riverside area. Absolutely live it here but do kind of miss the the desert shooting aspect. That being said not looking back

Welcome to good old East Tennessee. I've lived here my whole live with no plans of leaving. Also glad you left the politics behind and although I've heard California is beautiful, seems it's becoming a less beautiful place to live.

Unfortunately, there's no BLM land in Tennessee, although we have some nice state parks and state forests, a few of which have firing ranges. State of Tennessee Shooting Ranges (tn.gov) Cheers, Whisper

When I worked at Range USA in Memphis I was their Armorer- And can say first hand that they never sold any of their rentals- We kept them until they quite literally were worn out- I can attest to what firearms at that time held up and which didn't- Most of the handguns and rifles had 1000's of rounds expended with out much down time- I can also lay to rest the idea that AR15's are not reliable- We also had a Taurus G2 that had never but once broke-extractor issue-1000's of rounds later- We had a Bersa Thunder 9 that couldn't be killed- So until a person actually works in the industry and see's first hand what works and doesn't-it's false to make claims of brands that are No Good- I would imagine that the reason most Range's don't sell their old stock would be to take responsibility for a wore out gun that could become a liability-