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Bell Buckle is nice, I pass through there on my motorcycle quite often. I'm not far from there, Christiana. I think you'll like Tennessee's more relaxed gun regulations over California's. Welcome to TGO.

Soylent Green.

Spot on Nightrunner. Some people have this fantasy that you could live off the land. That might of worked in the 1800s when the U.S. population was around 5 million total. With 331 million of us now, we're already "artificially" feed through the farming/food industry. There isn't enough wildlife to sustain us anymore. Guess you could go total vegan and eat dandelions and stuff like that. Me, without bacon, I'm sure I'd die quickly.

Young alligator gar look a bit like a short nose, however, only the alligator gar has a double row of teeth in its upper jaw. But do handle with care when checking those teeth. LOL In reality, it be pretty rare that you catch a gator gar in TN. I know they're stocking them, but they haven't taken hold yet in my observance and I use to bowfish a LOT of gar. The longnose is probably the most common caught on hook and line, and they get big. The state record is 38lbs, which probably be approaching 5'. I know they look like 6 or 7 ft swimming around, but it's that optical illusion like the whitetail deer that people think stand 5' tall at the shoulder. Just not so. I use to tournament bowfish and we considered any longnose over 50" a trophy. Below is one my brother and I tag teamed below Nickajack. Nowadays, I'd rather chase rough fish with a fly rod.

Been eating gar for years. Good eating but pain in the ass to clean. Yes, exactly like you show, tin snips and take out the boneless backstraps. A bowfishing buddy and I were to supply fish for a company fish fry. Enough to feed a dozen+ folks. We whacked about 5 good size gar and cut them into nugget size, and into the hot oil they went. It was gone in no time. Never told anyone what kind of fish until it was all eaten. They didn't believe us, thought we were lying. LOL BTW, yes, the eggs are toxic. Meat is fine.

Had mine built by Floyd at tornadosaferoom.com ... it's piece of mind during these warnings we've had lately. It's basically a 950 lb steel box with a gazillion bolts holding it into concrete. It's awesome.

Turned 16 in 1971, bought a 1966 Opel Kadett LS for $400. A lot of money back then for a teenager working at Micky Ds. But when you think of it being only 5 years old, that be liking buying a 2015 car today. Did inflation really get that high!? Man, that was a bargain after all! ... link below is even the same color. Glory Days. LOL https://www.etsy.com/listing/218457399/1966-buick-opel-kadett-car-continental

Off of Middle Tennessee Blvd., which is off of 231 E in M'boro.

Two words ... Shop Vac!

My rarest Smith, teaser gun for Greg (TripleGGG) ... 8 3/8" Model 29 DX.

52 gr. Sierra BTHP with 4198 with the trusty .221 Fireball, but then really, ANY .22 centerfire recipe put in the RIGHT spot will drop yotes quicker than lightning. Make the shot and they will drop.

Grayfox, that sounds like me when I bought a Weatherby Ultra Lightweight in .300 Weatherby Magnum. It kicked so hard, I had my big brother sight it in for me that fall. Killed a buck and sold the rifle afterward. Yes, I am a wuss when it comes to mule kicks on my skinny ass shoulder! I'm real happy with my 7mm/08. It's actually enjoyable to shoot, and it kills deer like lightning struck.

.375 H&H is badass. My buddy, Tim Farmer, who hosted Kentucky Afield outdoor show,invited me to tag along while he did an archery boar hunt segment on Ted Nugent's ranch in Michigan. It was January and unbelievably cold. Nugent put us in a blind, while he took another client on the other end of the ranch where he had a buffalo herd (big ranch!). The client had a brand new Browning BLR, .300 WM I believe. When it came time to pull the trigger on the big buff, it went "click." Can't remember if something broke, frozen, whatever, but Nugent handed his back up rifle to the client, an A-bolt .375 H&H. He later showed us the video playback of the .375 hitting the buffalo (broadside lung shot) and the steam vapor exiting from the entrance and the EXIT hole at the moment of impact ... at 100 yards+. The buff went right down. Definitely a caliber that punishes from both ends. LOL

That should be a thumper!

I like the small one on the far right. What do you call that one GT? And will you be making any more of those? Big knives are pretty, but small knives are great working knives.

I'm a Burris or Leupold guy, but I've had good luck with Weavers on my cheaper rifles, good clarity and quality for the lower price they are.

Carried one of these for awhile, but went through several .380s since. Then I bought a Smith M&P .380 EZ. So much easier to rack than ANY of the others, and shoots like a bigger gun. You should take a look at those. With a good pancake holster, will conceal nicely too. Only problem I had was once my wife found how easy it was to rack and load, she wanted it. Guess I need to buy a second one.

Selling the .380 short? C'mon, I've seen James Bond shoot guys at 100 yards with his PPK ... while skiing down a mountain.

I love the moon clips for my Smith 625. I can "toss" six rounds into the cylinder at once, and keep on firing. It's the fastest way, IMO, to do reloads. Also easy to find and pick up your brass, all nice and tidy in a little cluster of a clip. And .45 acp in a revo makes a fine target/competition/plinker gun with a lot milder recoil than my .44 mag for sure.

They've broke ground. Moving dirt and marking off the ranges. They say we'll be able to put shots down range by early fall. We'll see.

The "Ad closed" is a great tool to show your item is no longer for sale, and to help other members from needlessly clicking on items that interest them, that are not really for sale anymore. We regular members do a good job on editing after a sale, but seems a lot of the new members keep it active (green banner) even after the item is sold. Could there be a note banner posted over the classifieds asking members to update their ads? Or some way to get the message across? Thanks.

I've owned a lot of style bikes over my 63 years. They're all fun in my opinion. I sold my HD Road King last year because I just didn't road trip anymore. But I still have to scratch the itch now and then and bought this little Beemer 650 thumper. It's a fun bike for short trips and you can go from the road to a path in the woods, all the while getting 50+ mpg.

I've gone through a pile of them. Some of them just made me mad! LOL

I think that you just have to accept that any 1911 needs some tuning to make it run right for the individual owner. Different grip hold, support hand position, grip strength all seem to come into play. But once you get it right, they'll run reliable. Getting together with a 1911 expert/gunsmith would make you happy again with that EMP. Neat guns IMO. I have a Range Officer compact, and it runs well after having a few bugs worked out by some people I know who are smarter about these guns than me. Breaking it in good with lots of rounds down range helped too, and fun to boot! My biggest issue with 1911s are finding magazines that will always lock the slide back. I've gone through a half dozen for my RO, but looks like I found some that work.

As soon as it gets above 40 degrees, I've got some to try.