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I typed in Maryville/Alcoa and almost every one listed showed not yet contacted.. There were a couple places listed that aren't even in business anymore. I'd say the website has been a flop and not maintained and kept up to date. I wouldn't give much credit to its listings.

Coming up on 5 months for me.  :usa:

My wife carries an XD9 Service model.. She has one of those fancy purses that has a special zippered pocket holster that has a lock and key for it. While carrying she leaves it unlocked to gain fast access. Other times when in a more safe environment and the kids are around it gets locked or taken out and put on the shelf for easy access for her but not the kids.. My Kids know better than to go digging into her purse now (son 6 daughter 14). If you educate your children on proper gun safety then you won't have to worry as much. I allow my 6 year old son to help when I clean our guns and let him handle them and teach him the proper and safe techniques. We have even tested him by leaving an unloaded gun out in the open and he passed the test. Now, with saying that you still have to exercise extreme caution with children around.

[quote name='Tactical11' timestamp='1353101060' post='846801'] I was told by the inspector that you do not have to keep records of the targets just the firing score however that changing in April first will have to start keeping the B 29 as part of our file [/quote] When I took the class in September they made us write down on the target how many out of 48 shots were on the black and we had to sign it. they folded it up and paper clipped it to their copy of the certificate.

[quote name='Tactical11' timestamp='1353098535' post='846781'] Yes the Dos is going to b29 targets and eliminating shooting from the 15 yard line. However we have until april to do so or may start doing it immediately. .............bad news is for those who do well on the range, you will no longer be allowed to keep. Your target as we will now be req I Pired to keep it for our records. [/quote] I took the class in September and they kept the targets from my class.. They did allow you to snap a cell phone pic afterward if you wanted.

[url="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/witnesses-describe-shooting/nS3cd/"]http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/witnesses-describe-shooting/nS3cd/[/url] This was around Atlanta... This is the one that was in Knoxville in 2008 that Garufa mentioned. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville_Unitarian_Universalist_church_shooting"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville_Unitarian_Universalist_church_shooting[/url]

I picked up one at the Maryville Wal-Mart about a month ago.

I'm another one that shuttles folks from point A to point B.

Two of our favorite Mexican places in Maryville is El Jimador on highway 321 and now our #1 choice is El Mezon in the area by Target. http://www.elmezonmaryville.com/ Also a nice little family style meat and 3 called Gracy's is awesome.. great breakfast as well. It's on Lincoln Rd.

Welcome! From Maryville also!

I took the class in Sept. the Instructor said to pass, 33 out of 48 had to be in the black. This is the targets we used. Don't sweat it, it was a lot of fun, Good Luck!!

I applied and fingerprinted on Sept 17 and received mine Oct 10. 17 business days.

Thanks guys. I'll look into a gunsmith. Any suggestions in the maryville area?

OS, thanks for the reply. It is not a pump action. It has a lever on the right side just below the hammer that you push down and it clicks and the barrel will drop forward allowing the shell to eject out toward you. When you pull the trigger the barrel drops (breaks down) forward just a little and then when you pull it down further the shell will eject. I'll try to get a picture of it on here when I get back home..I'm on the road currently. Thanks again!

I applied Sept 17. The guy that took my pic said nothing about my glasses. All he said was "smile if you like, you should, cause your going to be packin'.. packin' heat my friend!)

I have a really old Savage Arms 20 ga shotgun that belong to my dad. He gave it to me about a year or so before he died, which was around 2003. He told me that the last time he shot it sometime in the mid 1990s that it would break down after the shot. I took it to the range on Thursday and sure enough 3 out of 4 times I shot it the barrel would unlock and partially kick the shell out. Any idea what would cause this? Weak or bad locking mechanism? Any idea how much it would cost to fix? I don't plan on shooting it alot since it was my dad's gun, but I would like to take it out on occasion to the range since my 6 year old son has expressed interest in shooting it when he gets bigger. Thanks!

Congrats! My wife has the same fears. She keeps telling me I need more practice. So I encourage her to go to the range more than once a month.

Thanks for all the replies. Makes me feel much better about passing the range test. I'm no marksman but I can at least hit the close to center about 8 out of 10 rounds.

I've not heard alot of good things about Coal Creek. I've been there once and the wife rented several different 9mm's. They seem a bit up tight and the guy behind the counter selling the new guns was falling all over himself flirting with my wife. I'm pretty sure he thought she was joking and flirting when she told him what an a$$ he was!

Thanks for all the information. We both are "concerned" about the range qualification. She has a .38 airweight but isn't comfortable using it for qualifying. She wanted a 9mm so I got her a 9mm. I'm going to use either my M&P.45 or my SA1911. Anyone in East Tennessee have a favorite range they use? We use Gunny's in Maryville since its the closest. Anyone ever use Farnsworths in Vonore?

I've done a search and can't find anything related on this forum or google about the Range Test Scoring. I did find on one gun stores web site that to qualify consists of firing forty-eight rounds: 12 rounds at 3 yards, 24 rounds at 7 yards, and 12 rounds at 15 yards. Anyone know how they score each of the distances? Does all rounds have to be in the middle of the target or do they score based on groupings? Any info is appreciated. My wife and I are wanting to practice and be as realistic as possible to do the best we can. Thanks!