Grayfox54

I always thought there were way too many emojis anyway. The legacy ones were about all I ever used. The rest just got in the way and were annoying. I'd like to see you dump all of those. BTW: need a legacy version of the roll eyes emoji. I like that one and would use it pretty regular. The other versions offered just didn't work for me. :rolleyes

Bubba has no limits. When he hits bottom, he just keeps digging harder.

Nothing happening in Memphis that I know of. At least there's nothing on the local news. There were a few demonstrations a few months ago when all this started, but they remained fairly peaceful. A few arrests, but nothing serious. Some squatters tried to set up camp in front of city hall, but they got run off. These antifa/BLM nuts haven't tried anything serious in a red state yet. It'll be interesting if they try. Memphis may be a democratic stronghold, but I kinda doubt they would put up with that stuff.

Shelby Country seems to be over the hump. 1825 active cases. That's about half of what it was just a week or two ago. However, 397 deaths. Gonna be interesting to see the numbers in a week or two after the Labor Day weekend.

I have thought about getting CC insurance, but really don'r know much about it. Please, name names and give recommendations. I think many of us would be glad to see some open discussion on this topic.

If looking to stay with what you already have, I'm quite fond of the .308. Its an excellent "do it all" caliber. If you're in the market for something new, what do you intend to do with it? BTW: everybody needs a good .22LR rifle. I don't see that on your list.

I've seen some articles where doctors are concerned with the coming of the normal flu season. Symptoms are very similar to Covid and there are worries of misdiagnosis leading to major problems with both diseases. Back in July I lost a filling and chipped a tooth. Before I could get to the dentist, it got infected. The infection spread to my sinuses and somehow triggered a serious COPD episode. I was sick as a dog and barely able to breath for several weeks. I was scared it might be Covid there for a while, but tested negative. I'm just now getting over it. Weird how one small ailment can lead to other much more serious stuff. Trust me, I'm an expert on that and it sucks.

I think I may have found something. [url=https://www.windhamweaponry.com/firearms/rifles/223-556-caliber-rifle/a1-government/] WINDHAM WEAPONRY A1 GOVERNMENT[/url] Looks to be what I want and seems to sell in the $800-850 range. Some minor differences such as the barrel profile ain't quite right or the stock is a hair longer, but I'm not that nit picky. Of course, right now nobody has one in stock. I really don't know one brand from another. What's good or what's bad. Anybody got any opinions of these?

The Brownell's rifle is pretty much what I'd want. But I'm just not sure I want to spend $1200 on what would be just be a nostalgic toy. No way I'll spend $2500 on a pony. If I remember correctly, most of the rifles I was issued in the Army were made by General Motors. I don't think I ever had a Colt. These were also the rifles that turned me against the M-16 for 40 years. Good shooters when they worked. The problem was keeping those A1 POSs working. I've seen M-16A1s do some really weird malfunctions. Most unreliable firearm I've ever had. Not just mine, but many others as well. The only reason I own the S&W M&P 15 now is that at the time they were pushing the ban real hard again and I just thought "why the hell not?" Like I said, I'm not much of an AR guy anyway. Again, I have no idea why this notion has struck me now. Maybe I've just been locked away from the world for too long. Gettin' bored and crazy. IDK, maybe if I can stumble across the right rifle at the right price? We'll see.

Ok, bear with me here. While I own a M&P-15 Sport II, I am not a AR kinda guy. Honestly, I don't really like the things. However, sitting here with my mind wandering in isolation boredom ( and I mean really bored as Hell!) Its occurred to me that if (really big IF) I were to get another AR style rifle, I wouldn't mind having one similar to the M-16A1 I used back in my Army days of the early 1970s. I'm talking 20 " barrel, forged in carry handle, solid butt stock, tri-angular handguards, pretty much G.I. semi-auto clone from days gone by. About the only thing I might want different would be the A2 style rear sight with easier to adjust knobs. But I'm not totally sold on that. Anyway, my googlefoo isn't the best and attempts to search mostly turns up millions of current style ARs with all the bells and whistles. Frankly, I don't feel like sorting through all that crap. So, does anybody know of a good company making a rifle like this at a reasonable price? Honestly, if its too expensive, I'll just forget it. This is just a random thought rolling around in my head and not something I'm seriously committed to. I'm sure if I looked enough I could find an older rifle from years ago in this configuration, but what price could I expect to pay? Anyway, like I said, just bored and spit ballin' here. Bear with an old man.

Count me in!

Looking forward to a range report. Particularly interested as to if they've worked the bugs out reported in earlier guns. This is the first one I've heard of for sale in quite a while. The 2020 Python more or less just disappeared after the initial batch showed some problems.

Glad to report that Shelby County has been on a steady decline in active cases for about a week now. Dropping by as much as 100 or more a day. Current active case count is 3261. Just a week or so ago it was climbing to near 5000. Maybe we've hit the peak. One can only hope. Sadly, the death toll continues to rise and now stands at 346.

I hear ya. My younger son and his new bride are looking for a house. Right now its a seller's market with many houses going 15-20K over asking price. Every time they find something they like, they get outbid on it. So now they're looking into building. The advantage is you get to pick things like paint, carpet, cabinets to suit yourself. OTOH, you're looking at 6-8 months to move in. Its a PITA any way you look at it.

If you don't have all the mags you need by now, you're probably already too late.

I've been taking 5000 IU of vitamin D along with a muti-vitamin daily as part of my routine meds for several years now. I really can't remember which doctor started me on the stuff or why. I can't say if it helps, but I certainly hope so.

As soon as I saw this picture, I thought of actor Arthur Hunnicutt. He played a number of very similar looking characters in many western movies from the 1950s to the 70s.

I don't know about other folks, but when I buy a gun that uses magazines of any type, I almost immediately buy as many magazines as I think I may ever need. In some cases, I buy more than I need. I see no point in putting it off until later. However, in restricted states, like Cali, I can certainly see a rush right now. I don't blame those folks at all. Now's their chance, go for it! For the record: way back in 1994 when the assault rifle ban was still in talks, I saw the writing on the wall. At that time I only owned one "Hi-cap" firearm. A Browning Hi-Power. So I went ahead and ordered two spare mags before the rush I knew was coming hit. BTW: this was pre-internet sales and I ordered by phone. However, I was notified that there was already a waiting list. I got a confirmation letter on my order in a short time. Three months later, I got another letter informing me that my order had been cancelled due to lack of inventory. This is why I always make sure I have adequate magazines for all my firearms.

Totally useless, I've tried. The reason WLP is king is because he owns the Board of Directors or at least enough of them. That's why Ollie couldn't get anywhere. Its not the first time somebody inside tried to rat WLP out and got burned for it. BTW: When the whole Ollie North thing came out, I tried many times to call or e-mail my opinions. Strangely, the Contact section of the NRA web site was down for several days. You could write a e-mail, but for some reason it wouldn't send. Phone calls didn't go through either. Ya know, instead of letting your NRA membership lapse, consider holding on and riding this out. Don't give 'em a penny extra, but hopefully the rebuild process will get something more to our liking.

I knew TWRA officers had powers and authorities beyond regular LEOs, but DAYYUM! I had no idea! Legal or not, this just ain't right. One should have the right to complete privacy on their own land. At the very least a court order should be required to set up surveillance on private property. OTOH, Ronald makes a good point. In both cases the law had been broken before. In my experience, people who break game laws tend to make a habit of it. But still, a minimum of a court order should be required.

I built a bunch of models as a kid. Got pretty good at it too. I was mostly into hot rods, but the occasional plane, tank or ship got in there as well. Firecrackers were cool. But did ya ever sink a ship with a BB gun?

Just checked the latest Shelby County figures. These are after the weekend as they don't report on Sat or Sun. Active cases up 155 to 4599. Sadly the death toll is now over 300 with a total of 304.