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Darrell

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  1. The dog that moved in here, uninvited, finally convinced me that a fence was needed. But I have a big property with a lot of woods, and a fence wasn't super-practical. So I bought a Halo collar, and subscribed ($6.00 a month) to their service. It's worked VERY well for Katy. You use something like Google earth to define an area that the dog is allowed to roam free within. Once that's defined the collar and application work together using GPS. When the dog gets within 10 feet or so of the boundary, she gets an audible warning. If she get to the boundary, she gets a shock.

    And Katy WAS in shock for the first few days, wondering, I suppose, where the monster in the woods came from. But within a very short time she was well aware of her boundaries and respects them. She'll walk out to the mailbox with me, but stop a bit short of the warning boundary and wait for me to return. Even a filthy squirrel can't entice her to cross those boundaries, which is amazing.

    The system isn't cheap, about $500, but compared to a fence it's not bad. And one can change those boundaries at will. If you go on vacation you can easily set a new area for the dog, though I've not tried that.

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  2. A farmer named Clyde had a tractor accident. In court, the trucking company's fancy hot shot lawyer, was questioning Clyde. "Didn't you say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine,'?" asked the lawyer.

    Clyde responded, "Well, I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite cow, Bessie, into the..."

    "I didn't ask for any details", the lawyer interrupted. "Just answer the question, ...please. Did you, or did you not say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine!'?"

    Clyde said, "Well, I had just got Bessie into the trailer behind the tractor and I was driving down the road...."

    The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Your Honor, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway Patrolman on the scene that he was just fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question."

    By this time, the Judge was fairly interested in Clyde's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favorite cow, Bessie".

    Clyde thanked the Judge and proceeded. "Well, as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite cow, into the trailer and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my John Deer Tractor right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting, real bad and didn't want to move. However, I could hear old Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans.

    Shortly after the accident a Highway Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning, so he went over to her. After he looked at her, and saw her fatal condition, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the Patrolman came across the road, gun still in hand, looked at me, and said, "How are you feeling?"

    "Now tell me, what the heck would you say?"

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  3. I, too, have a number of arms in the safe that have been fired very little, and a few that haven't been fired at all. Like a lot of guys on here I just find it hard to resist adding one. But I tend to be a buyer, not a seller.

    The guys that I've transacted with from TGO have all, without exception, been on the up-and-up, and I wouldn't hesitate to deal with any of them again. But of course it's always important to check out what you're buying and satisfy yourself that the deal is fair.

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  4. Assuming that you're walking on a public road, you have every right to do so. YOU are not waking the man, his uncontrolled dogs are.  I find it incredible that the police told you not to walk on the road. Whomever told you that just doesn't want to deal with the situation.

    You might consider wearing a body cam and getting the neighbor on video. You might also consider speaking with an attorney. 

    What a rotten situation! Good luck.

    Added by edit:  My initial assumption was that your neighbor was carrying a rifle as a way to intimidate you, which is illegal. But it's possible that he was carrying his rifle because he didn't know what was riling his dogs, not as a means to intimidate you. When I go outside to investigate a noise or something, I am always armed, though not always visibly.

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  5. On 1/13/2024 at 8:20 PM, spdfrk70 said:

    The range that I shoot at also sells firearms I understand they can't follow people down to the range with each sale but I sure wish they could provide 30 minutes to an hour of instruction complimentary with every fire arm purchase

    Off-topic, but I've made the same comment about motorcycle dealerships. I worked for the Navy, and young sailors would come off a deployment with a sack full of money, go to the MC shop, and ride off on a bike that they had no business on.

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  6. I bought an Ruger LCP in .380 for the boss, and she was comfortable shooting it but was unable to rack the slide reliably. I ended up buying a LCR in 357 Mag, which she's just as comfortable shooting (loaded with 38 SPL). She wasn't going to be swapping mags in a fire fight anyway, so the wheel gun was better for her.

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  7. Yeah, 9mm brass can be picked up at the range pretty easily, and you won't get much for it unless you process it first. I think it would be pretty easy to sell, cheap, on this forum if you were in Tennessee.  There are surely quite a few members in the Memphis area. Maybe try an ad in the classifieds here?  If you just want to be rid of it, but don't want to throw it away, you can take it to a local range and leave it with a "free" sign on it.  Or check around to see if there's another recycler near you who might buy it for scrap.

  8. 37 minutes ago, DeepSouth said:

    I posted here to clear things up.

    It's still not clear DeepSouth. Are you giving it away? Do you want to sell it?  Are you just asking for comment?

    I was surprised that a recycler wouldn't take it.  Maybe post it on LSN or Craigslist and a local reloader may want it.

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  9. 17 minutes ago, pop pop said:

    May be an option for you Darrell. 

    I checked into that and in the end I think it makes more sense for me to own my own machine and heavy brush cutter. The forestry mulchers that you describe are REALLY expensive. I can rent one on a skid-steer for about $3500 a week, but the machines burn 20 gallons of diesel a day, so add $80 of fuel x 7 days for another $500 plus another $500 for delivery. And then I would have to work at it for 8 hours a day to feel like I'm getting my money's worth on the rental.  And I'd have to go to town every other day for diesel.

    You're right, I think, that the rate those guys charge is pretty fair considering the cost of the machines, cost of maintenance, and cost of fuel, plus a fair wage for the operator. I'm one of those who has more time than money, though, and I enjoy working with machinery to boot. I have 20 acres, and I'd like to take the underbrush out of almost all of it, so it's not going to be a job that's done in a day or two.

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  10. I've been giving some serious thought to buying a used tracked skid-steer. From what I've seen so far, it looks like a well-used, but still good, machine is going to cost $20K to $25K. I'm just looking for something to use on my own wooded property, primarily to run a brush cutter to clear between the trees. I have a tractor and brush hog, but it's not as maneuverable as I'd like in the brush. I want a tracked machine because I have some slope to my ground and there are places that can get soft and wet.

    I know a little bit about heavy equipment, but not a whole lot. I know one thing for sure, that making a mistake when buying a used machine can be EXPENSIVE, and I want to avoid that. So I know I need to check for smoke at start-up, take a look at the pins to make sure everything is tight, make sure that there's plenty of life left in the tracks, all obvious stuff. I also expect that if I find a machine I like that I'll take an oil sample and have it analyzed. 

    Do any of you experienced guys have any specific things I should look for?   Thanks!

  11. 38 minutes ago, 19_A_CPT said:

    Well you should go to Africa! It's a blast!

    I would love to do it, but there are always other things to spend my pension on.... groceries, gas, guns.....   But a Cape Buffalo or a lion would be a dream.

  12. On 2/3/2024 at 7:19 PM, leroy said:

    Take a look at Belt Mountain basepins. 

    I ordered a new base pin and latch from Belt Mountain and installed both last weekend.  The base pin stayed in place through shooting a couple dozen rounds, which was the desired result. HOWEVER.... when I tried to remove the base pin to clean the revolver after shooting, the pin didn't want to come out! It would move in and out 10 or 15 mm or so, but no further. I finally had to use a wooden dowel and a hammer to tap the pin out. The base pin latch had distorted the notch in the base pin just enough to keep the pin from being withdrawn. I was able to use a jeweler's file to remove the burr, and once again the pin is easily inserted and withdrawn, but I'm more than a little disappointed that the notch was so easily deformed.  I hope that little bit of filing was all that's required, but I'll run some more ammo through the revolver and see if the pin deforms again.

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