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I have a Jennings .22, not a POS per se but it is picky on what it shoots.  Besides that one I can't say I've run into any weapon that I couldn't get to work right.  I do have one that can use a little smith work, a 303 British which needs to have either a rear ramp sight reinstalled (crooked, and elevator missing) or somehow get a scope mounted on it.  It shoots well but it was sporterized by bubba, but it was given to me by my godfather so it stays in my possession and not in a great big hurry to do anything to it.

There are quite bit of them out there including some DIY display cases: https://reloadingunlimited.com/product/mtm-cartridge-display-board/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwwpm3BRDuh5awn4qJpLwBEiQAATTAQYo3hkmFRxJ9gtMUm_I5rdSYY6c_ek3QW4MShXEpcdIaAigJ8P8HAQ

M249?

I doubt it, but my project probably isn't as financially attractive as bigger ones.

I asked them for a quote on a deck, a few months ago...still waiting.

That's funny, I swept up a bunch of sawdust once and tossed it in a box I had thrown spent primers in.  I was burning yard debris so decided to toss it in there, even spent primers pop in a fire.  I had to walk away as every pop threw sparks 5 to 10 feet, with primer cups and anvils going everywhere.

Then what will I put in my pocket? I may just have to go out and get a 10mm too!

Very well stated; most laws are written to CYA the law enforcement people.  They do not want to make it out to seem that they want you to go shooting anyone on your property on sight.  Having said that, most know that criminals can and will escalate a simple burglary trying to keep from getting caught, and having homeowners trying to guess whether they can defend themselves is not a good thing.  As for me, I am not saying I am going to start shooting the second I see a thief, but as I am armed most of the time, I am not going to get into a physical confrontation with someone of whom I know absolutely nothing about.  They may be a trained martial artist, hopped up on meth, well armed or just plain pumped up with adrenaline which can make that 80lb 4 foot nothing female into a killing machine.  Underestimate your opponent and you die, simple as that.

That is the setup I had for the longest, but never ever used the iron sights.  The issue with having see through mounts is that it puts the scope pretty high off the bore of the rifle, which makes it so you have to move the crosshairs a lot just to get it sighted in and you lose some of the scopes adjustment.  The closer the scope is to the bore, usually about 1", the better, that way you have most of the scopes adjustments available to you.  For me at the time it made sense to be able to use both iron and optical, and with a .22s range it was possible.  But I even did it to my .270 and 30/06 and at over 100 yards it was darn near impossible for me to make out how many points if any a deer had so always used a scope set at a minimum of 4 power.  Now its all optical or red dot sights for me on my hunting rifles and my one handgun, on my plinkers I sometime use the irons to keep myself sharp but mostly its scope there too.  But as you said, to each their own.

Nope, just the rings.

Two different squibs, the one you seem to be talking about is what we call a round that is improperly loaded.  In special effects, they call the fake gunshots squibs; these guys seem to be advertising they work on TWD: http://squibfx.com. I've also heard them call the part that works the gun a squib instead of a blank but that may be incorrect.

Sounds like a good story emerging.   For years I always used see through rings on all my hunting rifles, though I KNEW closer to the bore is better.  I always thought, what if my scope messes up, what if it gets foggy etc etc.  But you know what, I never had to, so a few years ago I stopped doing that, not even BUIS on my last few builds.

Here is a good link on how they do it in movies: http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/9196/are-real-guns-used-in-movies

Yea, my instructor was also a lawyer and I have spoken with many a LEO and lawyers, have yet to have one publicly support my point of view; but privately, quite another story.  In NC, while stationed there in the mid 80s I had a dog stolen.  While talking to the officer, SD came up in a conversation, at the time no castle doctrine existed.  You were expected to retreat before lethal force was allowed.  I straight up told him I would not retreat as my front door was between my bedroom and the kids.  He smiled and said, "we normally don't worry too much about perps, just be sure to drag him back in if he falls out".  I took the last part as a joke, but got the feeling that the first part was standard practice.

Never had any issues when I would buy the cheapest or available, currently it's CCI at Midsouth.

Probably didn't see them until it stopped.  I had a bobcat come up to a tree I was in, it froze just like that though not as long.  Probably deciding whether to kick some a, or run away.

Good question I guess it depends on what they use.  If standard blanks they are definitely loud, but if they use squibs, the sound may be added later.

Looked more like a lynx than a bobcat, but yes big rascal.

Welcome to the group; Angry, Happy, Depressed doesn't matter we have all kinds of moods here.

So, scenario: You find someone in your garage or carport, a place where you have a right to be and an intruder is present.  What, you think he will just kindly leave the premises when you confront him?  You think that a wiry skinny perp can't do great bodily harm on his way off your premises?  Anytime I confront someone, I am of the mindset that they can and will cause great bodily harm to me or mine.  The TCA does not say you have to allow great bodily harm to come to you before you try and defend yourself.  Sure, you don't shoot him in the back as he is trying to run away or pop him while he is tugging on your stereo but at the same time I am not going to get into physical altercation with an intruder; and I am sure not just going to run away and let him proceed to rob me blind.  So, you confront him, threaten him with force (how I will leave that to your imagination) perp now has a choice to make, laydown and let the law come for him, let the irate homeowner beat the crap out of him, run away, or attack said homeowner because he had the audacity to stop him from making a living...how do you think this scenario will play out?    When you go check to see what all the barking is about, or go check where the noise outside came from do you go armed?  While armed are you going to resort to wrestling an intruder?  The law does make some fine points about what you are allowed and not allowed to do, but the incident will dictate when it comes to either protecting your property or your life, and in most cases both are one in the same when you confront someone that does not want to be confronted.

Just like protecting your home, in TN you are allowed to protect your property with lethal force if necessary. TN Code 39.11.614

Hey, some of m...those zip guns are quite the piece of art :devil: jk, I doubt any of the zip guns someone takes a lot of work to produce end up at one of these sales.

A guy would compile Iraq videos to songs like this, some of my favorites.

He had one heck of a career, I am glad he finished it off with my Broncos and that he went out on top.  Good luck to him in his future endeavors, I am sure he will remain in football in some way shape or form.

No, not a 12x12 room...more like 8x8 aluminum enclosure w/doors open and an M134 Minigun going off.  And no, not tougher; like I said you would be surprised about the effect of it.  You probably do suffer damage to your hearing anyway(Tinnitus is a b.), but in your mind you do not register the fact that there are mini explosions gone off; you are more concentrated on where the fire is going and what may be coming back at you.  Watch any of the YouTube videos out there filmed by our troops, most are not wearing hearing protection.