DaveTN

I was there on December 7th 2001. It was amazing, and emotional.

Welcome to TGO and to Murfreesboro.

I bought all the .40S&W, so there is none left for you guys….sorry.

Taking a quick look at those sections, (without being too specific) It appears to me those sections have to do with firearms at the workplace or firearms while hunting. Those laws will not be done away with, you will just have the same exceptions laid out for permit holders. The state will never say they have zero authority. They will still have the authority to limit carry, permit or not, wherever they have enacted legislation providing for that, and define who prohibited persons are. They have already done that for carry permit holders, so they are just using that language instead of changing all the laws.

Does the "Dies and Reloading Gear" section of this article help any? https://www.6mmbr.com/6mmbr.html

Thanks, I may have to look into that. I’m not concerned with the mechanics of investing, I doubt that would take long to learn. I’m more concerned about knowledge of the markets I would invest in. Seems that would take a lot of research time. And even then; aren’t you guessing based on past performance? Do you not think the new “powers to be” are going to have a detrimental effect on the stock market across the board?

There are many options if you just want to be a hobbyist, but don’t have access to mills, lathes, etc. Brownells, among others, has a ton of videos on YouTube that will take you through selecting parts, and building your own AR. If you want to do trigger jobs on S&W Revolvers, and have basic mechanical skills, Jerry Miculek’s S&W TRIGGER JOB – DVD is outstanding. If you want to pursue it as a career or home business, you would need to go to school or serve an apprenticeship somewhere. If you want to take in work at your home; you would need an FFL. (That’s pretty much a deal breaker for those of us that can do the work)

Did I suggest anywhere throwing anyone in Jail? Did I suggest we need more laws? Or that a Corvette needs to be affordable for all? (Not sure where that came from, or how it applies) Absolutely not. The supply is not compromised. Hence, the manufacturers aren’t rising their prices. If a store sells their supply in a day instead of a month, so what? The only way a gun store is going out of business is if someone else is getting their normal allotment of guns or ammo. That could be happening. Wouldn’t that be free enterprise; the strong killing the weak? There is ammo available. If people want to pay the inflated prices; they have that choice. I’m not suggesting someone can’t buy it up and flip it here for crazy prices. Or that retailers can’t charge crazy prices. I’m just saying its wrong. This thread just happened to be about availability and stupid pricing; so we are giving our opinions.

Yes, they are brass. Thanks

I was going through things today and I have what I think is a 1910 ammo belt for the 1903 Springfield?? Anyway it’s a 10 pocket ammo belt with 5 round 30-06 ammo on stripper clips. If I remove rounds to look at the headstamp, can I put them back, or do the tabs break? Or should I quit messing around and just leave them alone.

https://www.military.com/money/personal-finance/owning-marijuana-company-stocks-could-endanger-your-security-clearance.html Well that article says it could impact your security clearance. That’s not an issue for me, my concern would be that weed could be outlawed tomorrow by the Feds. However, I think you would be good for at least the next four years. That is, unless owning stocks puts you in the category of being perceived as being entitled; then the government taking office in January will want it.

The supply of ammo and guns will eventually catch up. But pricing recovery will be dependent on the retailers. I’ve seen around 15-18% and still rising since January on guns at the online dealer I use mostly, with no price increase from the manufacturer. And they don’t have them, so the price may even be higher when they do. And of course ammo pricing is just crazy. I could make a butt load of money right now. But I refuse to be part of this. “Free Market” or “supply and demand” being legal doesn’t make it right. Now, having said that there are plenty of folks on this forum that are pricing stuff right.

Terrible

Dang man... I thought he was betting better.

That's what I would like, but my wife thinks if I'm having fun; its a no go. As you probably know....wives can be like that. [Checks to see if wife is looking]

Yeah, I haven’t given up on that idea yet. I’ve owned and showed Vettes most of my life, until about 10 years ago. I haven’t looked to see what Covid/Economy has done to the collector car market recently.

We can hope….and write to our legislators.

I do have a question for investments. I have a lot of cash setting in the bank doing nothing. I also had some CD’s that were 3.5%, but now CD rates are less than 1%. I let them mature and didn’t take the new rate. I told the wife I should take that money and buy guns that would not be the target of restrictions or bans. But of course she isn’t going for that. Also used gun prices are high right now. I thought about buying collector cars, but then I have taxes, insurance etc. I’d like to do something with that money, but be able to have access to it in a reasonable amount of time if needed??

So you are saying an increase of 10% in 11 months after fees for 2020 is not a good return? I didn’t instruct them to invest conservatively, my risk tolerance is medium to high. My return was in the low 20's for the last three years.

I only ran a few mags though it so far. No problems. I didn’t try to see what it would do; I had other things to do. But I put rounds in a man size target at about 15 yards. I don't use sights for a SD gun, so I don't even know if the sights were right, really can't even remember what they are. But if you are getting the one with the red dot; that shouldn't even be an issue. When I say “belly gun” I mean its, like any small gun with a hard trigger pull. It is DAO and has a long trigger pull. It’s not something you will want to target shoot at the range with. But I feel the same way about the Shield (except it has a lot better trigger) and I carry one a lot. While the M&P compacts or a Ruger would be fine for that. I guess what I’m trying to say is that the SCCY and the Ruger aren’t in the same league; but they don’t pretend to be. They aren’t in the same price range either; unless you find a good deal on the Ruger used.

That would depend on which gun you want; you can put a red dot on most anything. If it’s for Range/Home Protection/Carry I would take the Ruger hands down. Although my first pick would be the M&P 2.0 Compact with the optic cut, and my second choice would be a M&P Shield with the optic. But both of those will cost a lot more than the $310 for the SCCY with red dot. Ruger doesn’t make the SR anymore. I own a SCCY and it is good for what it for. It’s a gun you can throw in your jacket pocket when you take the trash to the curb. Because there is no way you can accidentally pull the trigger. It’s a DAO with a long hard revolver trigger pull. Great belly gun. Its cheap and its American made.

Nvidia stock was around $250 when you bought it in March 2018. It's $535 now. You didn't make a bad choice buying it. You just didn't stick around for the ride.

Well of course they are; they were stoned when they came up with that plan. Another case of politicians being intoxicated with power.

Everyone’s experiences are different; I really like Edward Jones. The only issues I have had is that my account advisor has changed four times in seven years. In the last three years my IRA % (rolled from a 401K) has been in the low 20’s. I’m happy with that. Like everyone I took a big hit with the economy shut down. I’m back at 10% for the year; I think that’s pretty good. With my account advisor changing I was concerned that I would not get the performance I had been getting. I asked if he picks the stocks or they do, and he said their investors handle that. I had been thinking about changing, but I’m afraid to; they are doing well. And with what’s going on now; I think they did an excellent job at recovery. When I meet with my advisors, I told them, I think I’m pretty intelligent. Intelligent enough to know I’m not a Doctor, so I hire one, I’m, not a lawyer, so I hire one, and I’m not a financial expert so I hire one. That’s his job. Take my money and turn it into as much more as he can. Then we talked about guns for long time. Investing isn’t about knowing how to invest; anyone can learn that. But you have to know the markets and the companies you are investing in; I don’t know that and have no desire to learn and keep up with it. But you have to feel comfortable with your investment advisor. If you don’t you should change. It’s not like there aren’t plenty of proven performers out there. I’m temped now to cash out my investments. Biden is going to destroy this economy. I hope I’m wrong and if I am I’ll be the first to admit it.

Mind didn’t clear up until I did that. I could have paid $25 for a FBI background check, and had to get fingerprints to send. A C&R was $30. I thought the feds might be more willing to tell me what was happening than the TBI. They were. Also…. It appears to me that the TBI is kinda butt hurt that they not allowed by law to keep background check information on file. When I asked them if I could submit the documentation I had, to them, so this didn’t happen again, I got “Oh we aren’t allowed to do that”. I asked, So this will happen again? She said probably. In their defense; there was an issue. Was it a disqualifier? No, and it was over 25 years old. When I told her it was misdemeanor, she said it could be a felony in Tennessee. Whatever… I don’t know how it was sent to the FFL. I assume it was faxed since that was how it had to be submitted at that time. Have you checked with the FFL?