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Spring Hill , thompsons station are great bets, and meet your criteria.

Dude, a year ago I was as burned out as you sound like. The only thing that kept me going was to go to the VP of the section I work in and ask to be reassigned. I had a solid (10 year) history with recognition, so that helped. It worked out.. if it hadn't, I told my wife I was ready to go back to bagging groceries (not like that's a bad thing, just well below what I was making). I just couldn't take my new ogre 'look how powerful I am since I hit promoted' boss anymore. Try to work it out without losing any of your time/benefits if you can.

I think I posted earlier in this thread about this book, but I think Day of Wrath should be required reading for just about every American. IMO, probably a much more likely scenario than One Second After, and every bit as unsettling.   It will make you  :mad:

I definitely plan on it, but I may only be there on Sunday.

I have felt your loss with both dogs and cats that I've had. Tough to get through- they become part of you. Stay strong OP.

Remember- leftists are not against guns. They are against anyone but leftists having access to a gun.

I grow weary of all the "French just roll over" talk. Does no one remember what they did for us in the Revolution? How many of them died in WWI? In WWII, who was it that held off the Germans outside of Dunquerque (sp) so that over 200,000 Brits and Canadians could escape, against near suicidal odds? The French did. Who was it that saved untold numbers of downed allied airmen from the Germans, under threat of torture and death? The French Resistance. C'mon folks. They've been with us from the beginning, generally willing to go into hell with us, knowing we'd back them up if sh** went sideways. Their political leaders be d@mned, they are some brave folks, unafraid of getting into the fray.

I know this is a zombie thread, but I'd searched it earlier before going the Schermerhorn this evening.  If it's posted, I could not find a sign, verbiage, or any sticker anywhere.   So, I proceeded as if the premises was not posted.   Just FYI-  By the time someone else digs this thread up, it may be.

Thanks for the replies folks! This has been very helpful, and I really appreciate it!

  Ahh, the Hornady manual. Figures that I was missing one.  Thanks- Do you just go with mid-cannelure, and not get too wrapped up in COAL?   Or do you measure and try to keep them all within a certain range of length?

Hi folks-  I have a couple reloading questions you all might be able to help me wrap my head around.   The source of the questions-  .223 Remington. I have the Lyman manual, the Speer manual, and several of the annual Hodgdon Reloading magazines with load data-   The bullet I am going to be loading - 55gr. Hornady FMJBT.  Surprisingly, there is very little data that I can find for this bullet. I would have thought info would be much more common for this. The closest I can come to is a brief mention of it in the Hodgdon magazines, but none of the typical powders are mentioned for this bullet. I have CFE223.   So, here goes- While there aren't really specific recipes for this bullet, most of the load recipes I'm finding for a 55gr. bullet call for a COAL of 2.20.   I trimmed my brass to the trim-to-length of 1.75- all good there. I made a dummy round with one of the Hornady bullets, and I get a COAL of 2.213. It's seated just about as far as I can go without completely covering up the cannelure.  I may be able to get the extra .013 seated to be officially at 2.20, but it will take up the whole cannelure. Searching around on various websites, it seems like a lot of folks like to seat the bullet mid-cannelure for crimping.  There's no way I can seat to mid-cannelure and get to the 2.20 COAL called for in the 55gr. recipes I'm seeing.   What is the solution to this puzzle?  Pay less attention to the 2.20 called for in the load data, or don't worry about how far I seat up the crimp, or covering up the crimp completely?   Also, though it's not specifically mentioned in any of the manuals, I get the impression that the COAL for .223 Rem that is stated in the manuals- 2.260-  is a MAX value- do not go longer, but a bit shorter is fine-  am I correct on this, or no?   Finally, since there really isn't specific load data for this bullet, I would imagine that what I need to do is look at all the 55gr. bullet recipes that I can find for CFE223, then pick a starting load on the low end of the range and make it up as I go, watching for pressure problems, etc.  Right?   Thanks for the help-   I think I'm getting 'paralysis from analysis'.

Is David or Sam going to be there? I could use some stuff, and haven't seen them in Mid TN for several months....

I have a 2002 Ford truck, and the trans fluid pan gasket is re-useable. They are rubber, and don't need to be replaced unless the gasket is failing for some reason.

Thanks for the replies everyone, I appreciate it!

Folks, I searched as best I could, but wasn't able to find what I was looking for-  Maybe one of you knows the answer to this question.   I own a handgun that I am considering shipping back to the factory for some minor repairs.   According to the rules and laws of the State of Tennessee, when the factory ships the firearm back to me after they are finished with it, do they have to ship it to an FFL,  or can they ship it directly back to my home address?   Thanks-

Same thing happened with mine. YHM set screw low pro gas block. I took it off and reinstalled it- no problems now.

You know, I was never in the service, so maybe I'm just ignorant, but I often wonder how many of our troops would be ok with being issued an AR as opposed to an M4 or other select fire weapon, which actually is designed for military use. Seems like a poor argument that an AR is/was 'militarily designed for mass carnage on a battlefield'.

My Shield in 9 is my EDC as well, in a Galco King Tuk IWB holster. Very happy.

Me too, as late as this week.

I just left. Grabbed a couple good $10 ammo cans and some powder and bullets- wish David or Sam would have been there, but I needed to grab some. The ammo prices at the last Murfreesboro show were better, just from what I saw- no competition with online pricing, which is not surprising. It was ok- nothing shocking, but something to do for a little while.

I did a search and didn't see anything mentioned about this book, but I just finished 'Day of Wrath' by Forstchen, the author of 'One Second After'.   Quite disturbing, and something I'd highly recommend.  Makes a person want to carry a bigger firearm at all times.  Or several.

I agree. I really think the best thing is that the Repubs now have the chance to make Dems look like obstructionists- Obama is the face of the party, whether Dems like that or not- and hopefully position the party (R) well for 2016.

So, it's been a while since my original post, so I thought I'd give an update.  I took the handguard off, as well as the gas block and tube. I cleaned everything and re-assembled. The first time I took it to the range a couple of weeks ago following this, I fired about 70 rounds, and had one FTE and resulting jam.  Today, I took it out, uncleaned from the last trip, and put 80 rounds of AE brass .223 through it without a single hiccup.   I guess that the gas system was the culprit in my initial failure- I'm a bit confused why it would have had a FTE on the first trip after reassembly though. Maybe just an anomaly-  some weird ammo statistical dud- who knows.   Since the original post, I've gotten Go / No Go gauges, and will check that. Otherwise, I think it will be an issue of checking the low-pro gas block for tightness from time to time.   If I have anything incredibly useful to add to the thread as I go along< I'll add to the post. Thanks all!

I'm clearly in the minority here, but I must be in the 'hit' category. I have them for two handguns, and mine run fine.