Grayfox54

I'm still keeping an eye on my original order. Tracking currently puts it in Salt Lake, UT. But it also now lists a delivery date of Tuesday. We shall see.

I saw in the news today that the Governor has put the National Guard on alert. Closing arguments begin Monday and the trial is winding down. If the kid is cleared, I'd almost bet the libs will be rioting in the streets. Just like what started this whole mess.

I was an avid model builder as a kid. Mostly cars and hot rods. But also some military stuff. Armor, planes and ships. Yep, quite a few of them fell victim to BB guns and firecrackers.

That's what everybody is asking. WHY? Why did a lot of things happen? It seems to keep coming back to being cheap with everything. The all mighty dollar.

Sabotage is a possibility, but stupidity is far more likely. Many mistakes were made by many different people. But in the end, Baldwin pulled the trigger.

Seems to me that they are intentionally dragging this out. Out of sight, out of mind?

SUCCESS! The reorder arrived just a few minutes ago. BTW: the mags are marked made in Italy. According to tracking the original order left Sacramento this morning. No mention of where its headed from there.

This weekend at the Fairgrounds. Anybody going? I'll be there for a while Saturday morning. Probably around 9:30-10:00. I'm already meeting a couple of friends, would be happy to meet TGOers as well. PM me if you're going and I'll give you my phone number.

I hate to say it, but I think the poor kid is toast. MSM and every liberal with a keyboard convicted him within hours of the shooting. This trail is just for show. His only chance is for a hung jury and the prosecutor deciding not to retry. As for me, I believe the kid is only guilty of poor judgement for going there in the first place.

All package people screw up from time to time. Years ago I bought a rifle from a guy in St. Louis. He shipped by DHL. It went from St. Louis to Memphis by way of Waco, TX. Should have been overnight. Took about a week. My FFL is semi-retired and works out of a local jewelry store. I had a gun sent to him from New York State and it was shipped USPS. It arrived on a Monday. The store is closed on Mondays. The mail man was a sub and didn't know a FFL was also there. (regular guy does know) So he finds a closed jewelry store at that address and sent the gun back to NY. I finally got it 22 days later. A few years ago good friend of mine bought a scarce Nambu pistol and had it shipped to his house on his C&R. Fed Ex again. Package required an adult signature. Tracking showed it was delivered while nobody was home. No signature. He never did find that one. My point is that just about everybody has at least one delivery company horror story and it just keeps getting worse. Covid issues, labor shortages, fuel problems.... People are tired, pissed off and fed up. God help those who shop on-line for Christmas. Better order now and hope it get to you.

I guess there isn't one. But It is amazing that it got from MS to Sacramento overnight by truck. This is Fed Ex GROUND that we're dealing with. Ain't no airplanes in Olive Branch.

Here's an interesting twist. I checked on my missing package. Tracking showed it still being in Olive Branch, MS as of yesterday. Tracking now shows that at 7:03am this morning it arrived in Sacramento, CA. The replacement order shows it left Chicago early this morning with delivery still scheduled for tomorrow. We shall see.

A couple of years ago during a routine exam a couple of things weren't looking right. An X-ray discovered a large marble sized stone had almost blocked one of the ducts into my bladder. I never even knew it was there. They had to do arthroscopic surgery and cut it up with a laser to take it out in pieces. They did the surgery by shoving a camera tube up my urethra. Not a good experience.

In my career of turning wrenches, I have some really odd looking homemade tools in my box. Ugly as sin, but they get the job done. Yep, as Grunt said, necessity is a mother.

Good advice so far. The internet is full of reloading date. BUT use reliable resources. Not just some load some guy posted on some forum somewhere. Sorry to tell ya, but now is not a good time to get into reloading. Just like ammo, there's very little out there as far as reloading supplies go. It may even be worse as manufacturers can get more for loaded ammo than components. Right now I'm hoarding what powder and primers I have to only make those calibers I run low on. The days of loading a ton of any caliber just to stock up are gone. And forget about working up a best load for any particular gun.

Update: Had a conversation with a very nice lady at Springfield Armory yesterday. They are shipping my order again at no charge. Got e-mail today with new tracking number and expected delivery on Friday. I've said it before, Springfield Armory has the best customer service in the business. Now if Fed Ex can manage not to lose this one.

I carry a Streamlight Microstream in my pocket every day. You'd be surprised at how useful it is and how often in gets used.

Tennessee Cartridge Company is well known here in the west end of the state. They've been around for many years and quite a few local places sell it. As stated, its remanufactuered ammo. Mixed cases are normal. But as Chuck said, it will be loaded to the specs of what is marked on the box. I've used some myself. I'm not a fan as its not the most accurate stuff and often burns kinda dirty. but I've never had any problems with it. Any falsehood would be on the guy who sold it to you, not TCC. Where did you buy it?

Howdy. Always good to see another 1911 fan. Nice guns. You obviously have more money than me.

Then don't buy one. Just leaves one more out there for the rest of us.

Happy Birthday!

It would depend entirely on what threats you may face. For two legged predators I'd go with the 1911. However, if you're worried about 4 legged critters capable of doing grievous bodily harm, go with the .357. If bears are possible, think 12 gauge slugs.

Best guess. The cartridge stop isn't engaging soon enough on the shorter Specials. Thus allowing the next round to follow it onto the lifter. Afraid I'm not familiar with the Marlin action and don't know how to correct this. My Winchester .44 and .357 Magnums both feed Specials just fine. I'm guessing you Marlin just needs a bit of adjustment.

Thankfully there's nothing in that package that I'm in a hurry to get. I can wait. Its just damned annoying.

I would, but I can't get a hold of anybody at the hub to ask. No phone number. For all I know it could still be buried in a trailer that hasn't been unloaded yet. I guess for now all I can do is wait.