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I'm pretty sure .22 availability will increase and the prices will decrease eventually IF   IF.....IF the politicians don't get involved.   I have a boatload of .22 stacked up, and I will shoot it if the occasion arises, but I am plenty busy casting and loading for .30  cal rifles and handguns.   I have sold and traded a few guns, and I usually regret it later.

More accurate than AKs, the SKS lacks the EEEEVIL "assault rifle" pistol grip associated with the panty-wetting anti reaction.   The SKS is my truck gun of choice.  I had some that were put into folding stocks and I tried optics on the receiver cover and most of the gadgets out there.   I tried the 20 and 30 round mags,  never got any to feed reliably in any of mine. The stock 10 round mags are just peachy with stripper clips.   I never had any stolen and thrown into a lake, but I did lose mine in a tragic boat fire.   I recommend you:   1) Go here  great bunch of people there.   2) Obviously its yours to do anything to it that you want, but please don't " bubba" a pristine virgin.  If you feel the urge to " tacticool" it, recommend you pick up a beater specifically for that purpose.  They're still cheap enoiugh to do that.   N-JOY!

I have owned & shot 9mm .40 and .45 carbines and all the pistols as well. Gotta love lifetime warranty and made in USA!   Too bad they were lost in the tragic boat fire that claimed all my guns.

It's worth noting that the cartels have tons of money and guns.   This kind of supports the theory that "it's not the gun that kills, it's the person."

  I'm the FNG here learning about TN laws and rules, so I would not offer an opinion on the best way to procceed in TN.    I can say for certain that PA does NOT have its carry permit ( we call it a License to Carry Firearms) linked to driver license numbers. County sheriffs issue the LTCF and it is not linked to the PennDOT driver license database.   Also, ( around here) when educated carriers are pulled over, they do not volunteer the information about being armed, unless it becomes obvious that Offier Friendly is going to discover that fact on his own.    The 4th and 5th amendments are great ones to support, as well as the 2nd.

Oh but it may be very useful whilst infiltrating goat raper camps.

My solution to gas storage: 5 gal cans, numbered. Once every couple of weeks I will dump one into one of the vehicles.  Take the can to the gas station and refill on the next trip to town. Put that can at the back of the rotation. I'm up to 35 gal of gas stored, most stored in the metal NATO Jerrycans.   No issues to date, and If gas prices spike due to stupidity, I can delay a purchase for a couple of weeks.   Also my local grocery store gives 5 and 10 cents per gallon off for every $50 spent. It's nice to get 40 gallons at $1.80 off the list price per gallon occasionally.

Rotary rock tumblers are designed for quiet long life.   Vibratory tumblers seem designed to beat themselves to death.   I blew through two RCBS vibrators with lifespan of about a year each. RCBS replaced them, but...when the third one died, I wearied of spending my money to ship back dead equipment for replacement.   I got store credit and used it for partial payment on a chronograph.   I switched to Harbor freight tumblers.   First one lasted about 3 years of hard use.   I bought another recently.  I also acquired a thumblers tumbler that is the bees knees.