TomInMN

Suuuure... The "customer"... You're just kinda gonna have to coax it off the front. Might put the rear of the slide on a countertop, so the muzzle is pointed at the ceiling.

@tercel89, this is cool to see, thanks for sharing! If that skin is that tough, could it be used for knife or gun leather? Maybe a belt?

I'm gonna have to dust off The Man With No Name Trilogy one of these days...

While I agree that saying nothing is tacitly giving permission, I'd also note that there are a certain number of folks who have given themselves permission to act like this and nothing anyone says to them will convince them of the error of their ways.

Since the masks most of us have access to aren't capable of protecting is from others, but rather are intended to protect others from us, this really seems to me a lot like a thumb in the eye from you to all your nearby coworkers. Has anyone called you on it yet?

@Handsome Rob, having no experience with this kind of hunt, I'm curious about how you identified/ chose your camp site. Are there designated areas? Did you just spend some time with maps to find a likely looking area and were horribly unlucky that others had the same thought?

Then as @Garufa said, either #4 or 00 buckshot would be good choices. Federal Premium in 2 3/4" shells is a great choice. I believe they make a low recoil load, which should be more than sufficient for self defense in one's home. Keep in mind that good buckshot will likely only spread about 1" for every yard it travels. (It'll depend a bit on the specific load, but it's a good rule of thumb.) So, if you're standing at one end of a 20' hallway and shooting to the other, your pattern will probably only be about 5" wide. In other words, be sure to aim rather than just point and pull.

@MAD King, inside or outside of your house? Do you live where houses are closer together, or out in the country? What are you anticipating defending against? Is your shotgun a 12ga?

Very interesting thought experiment. @buck1032, what's your break point for unhooking the 5th wheel if things are going bad? How long does that process take you? Can you abort half way through if things get much worse much quicker than anticipated? Would it make sense to simply plan your routes such that you always have the ability to maneuver as needed with it attached, and eliminate stops that don't meet that bar? (I.e., Don't go do touristy type stuff on side streets for the day until your 5th wheel is set up wherever you plan to leave it for that day, and once you're hooked up plan to travel to your destination with only required/ wide open stops...)

The "buy bigger" advice is good. But keep in mind that "bigger" could be accomplished with two safes. It's probably more expensive than a single larger safe, but can be done in stages, allows storage of firearms and other stuff seperate from ammo, and would be easier to handle yourself if there's a move anticipated in your future.

Checking with the receiving FFL was a great course of action. I'll add, it's worth seeing what a local dealer will charge you to ship. They might do it cheaper than you could via FedEx or UPS. Worth the cost of a phone call, at any rate...

Woof! What a terrible-looking gun! Tell you what, I'll buy it off you at a really reasonable price. That's a nice pistol, and I hope it brings you lots of joy!

Maybe so, but he's HANDSOME!!

I don't remember seeing anything from S&W marketing the Bodyguard specifically towards the fair and the aged. Not to say that lots of sales staff don't (wrongly, I'll give you that for sure) pull it out of the case for those parts if the market. That's a big mistake. The Shield 380 EZ is, however, marketed by S&W in that manner.

Is it possible this was a commercial example from its beginning? A military action could've been converted to double-set triggers, but maybe it started out that way?

It's harder when fishing topwater, but my go-to technique to get fish to but when jigging or bobber fishing is to act completely uninterested. Get yourself set up, then grab a sandwich or some chips and crack open a beer. And hey, if the fish still don't bite, at least you're on the lake having a sandwich and a cold beer!

I'm looking at the handle on the floor there. Do you have to pull start an AK?!

@Henry347 let us know how it works for you? Could be a good value... Thanks!

Check out Navionics, see if they have data where it would be useful to you. A lot of guys up here really like it.

So @gregintenn have you all made any progress on this?

One of the great pleasures of my life has been watching hummingbirds with my grandpa out his big front window, talking about their journey, being surprised more than once at how aggressive they can be. Amazing critters!

I feel like I've heard that somewhere before...

I'm not familiar with Homelite. Was that a private label made by another manufacturer? Also, @10-Ring what's the purpose of the bow saw setup? Just looking at the picture, it doesn't seem like it would do anything that a standard bar would not. (I guess pictures are worth 1,000 words, but not nearly as valuable as handling or actually using something...)

Any local churches that could use it? For their parishioners, I mean.

I guess there's no little reaction icon for pure envy. But that's what I feel. I haven't done 1500 rounds total over the last 5ish years. But, family time, work, projects around the house (one of which is the house) are taking precedence for now. And I'm okay with that.