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Very cool! I was driving near my house the day before yesterday and a flock of hens flew overhead. It's amazing that such big-bodied critters can actually fly! They're impressive when going overhead.

The snowball is beginning to roll, folks. Following Thursday’s House passage of a Democrat gun control bill, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced a ban on 205 “assault weapons.” The legislation, called the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021,” is co-sponsored by 34 Senate Democrats. It would also ban ammunition magazines holding more than ten rounds.

I've been tempted by the Busa, too.

So far the democrats in the senate are voting in lock-step. There is a small chance that one or two dems from gun-friendly states could demur, but I think that Schumer has a pretty tight lock on his party. Some of the New England states take gun rights seriously, so maybe a senator or two from those states might "defect", but I don't count on it. Georgia, too, is pretty conservative as far as gun-rights go, but those gun-owners voted against both it's senators and they know that.

Welcome Don. I'm a relatively new member and have found much to like about this forum. I hope you do, too. I've been sorta kinda looking for a nice running GSXR-1000. I assume from your name you're also a Gixer guy.....

House Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) vowed on Thursday to reintroduce gun reform legislation, while the House passed a second bill aimed at background checks within the last hour. https://www.infowars.com/posts/feinstein-promises-assault-weapons-ban-hours-after-house-passes-background-check-bill/

The inspector should know of what he speaks, but if I were buying I'd want to make sure that there isn't any abnormally high moisture content in any of the framing lumber above that area of the basement. Was the inspector measuring the moisture content of a concrete wall, or was there lumber there?

Contact Mossberg directly. That's something that they'll repair at no charge to you. You'll probably have to pay shipping to them, though.

And the bill passed in the house today. Chucktshoes makes a good point obliquely. I think one of the biggest attractions of UBC for the gun-grabbers is that idea of a universal registry. With UBC in-place, it's theoretically possible to trace the owner of ever firearm sold privately as well as through a dealer.

Remember that virtually every member of congress is a lawyer, and they've been using the Interstate Commerce clause to legislate things that are not federal in nature for years. They'll surely find a way to exert control, just as they do over a zillion other things in our lives. Congress long ago abandoned the Constitution as it applies to restrictions on federal government.

Bingo! It surprised me that there were a few (not many) members here who seemed to be unconcerned about 2A rights during the past election. I'm not a single issue voter, but the 2A issue is one of my top concerns. Right now the sharks smell blood in the water, and they're circling in preparation for taking the biggest bites they can manage. Democrats see NOW as the best opportunity in many years to pass a wide range of gun restrictions. And we're seeing party-line votes in the Senate that leave me without much confidence that conservatives can withstand the onslaught. The terrible shame, in my view, is that there probably are some things that can be done to make it less attractive for a criminal to obtain a firearm. But we've passed the point that any compromise on the part of gun-owners simply becomes the new standard and that the anti-gunners begin again from that point. NO compromise will ever be enough for the gun-ban crowd, many of whom are entirely uninformed, and therefore I am no longer willing to support ANY compromise at all.

And if expanded background checks are passed, it will embolden the democrats to move forward on a range of other gun-control measures. I believe it's going to get bad, folks. And this from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972682548/house-lawmakers-launch-fresh-efforts-to-overhaul-nations-gun-laws

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/07/democrats-need-a-yes-vote-on-gun-control-from-joe-manchin/ The first paragraph of the story: The background check gun controls which were introduced in the House last week bring back Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) 2013 gun control push and make his support for the current legislation crucial to Democrat success.

Here's a 75 Cosworth Vega with under 3000 miles up for auction: https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1975/chevrolet/vega/101459720 and another with 40K wiles for $12K https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1975/chevrolet/vega/101427513 If you actually wanted one, there are some available.

Just an aside- My aunt gave me an old silver dollar when I was born (56, the coin was older but I don't know the date.) When I was 7 or so I took it to the corner market to buy some candy. The owner asked me if my parents knew I was spending it, I lied and told him they did, and he happily gave me a dollar's worth of candy for it.

There are a few listings in the Gear For Sale section of this forum. I did a quick search and see a few with prices.

Wow, that's great! Good for you. I stop in at a local shop pretty regularly and they sometimes have powder, but tell me they've not seen primers for many moons. Those resellers you mentioned really tick me off!

I hope you're right, as I surely have Alleycat beat here. This stuff came to me as part of a big pile of reloading stuff that I traded for with a friend. The price on the magnum primer pack is $7.20. I grabbed a dozen primers at random and loaded them into cases then fired them off. All the SP pistol primers fired as-expected but a couple of the SPM primers failed to go pop. I'll likely load the magnums anyway for plinking, and just pull the bullets of any rounds that don't fire. Beside this can of W296 there was a larger (I think 4 pound) sealed can as well. The powder seems to be fine.

First of all, I have a lot of sympathy for your situation, and you have my sincere thanks for your career in law enforcement. I feel fortunate never to have had a NICS problem, especially after having read of a few on this forum. But as to the quote above, proceed with caution. My wife and I moved here about two years ago, she immediately obtained a TN driver's license but I held on to my old one for a while for some technical reasons. I purchased a rifle at the local gun shop but the owner had a lot of trouble running my WA state license. The license number is formatted much differently than the TN license. I said something about having my wife buy the rifle, and the dealer said he wouldn't do it as it would be considered a straw-man purchase. I guess that's a fine-line, and as it turns out he was able to run my license after a phone call. So while it's perfectly legal to buy a firearm with the intention of giving it as a gift, it is not legal to purchase a firearm to help someone get around the NICS.

And then you have to put ammo in it......

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch used a February 20, 2021, editorial to suggest President Joe Biden could make the left’s gun control dreams come true. The editorial opened with: Ironically, universal background checks would not have prevented the Parkland shooting, yet the Post-Dispatch editorial board lists such checks as a “rational” response. In fact, universal background checks would not have prevented the overwhelming majority of mass public attacks that occurred over the last decade, because the attackers acquired their guns at retail via background checks.

I saw that on the news, but the same article said that the FedEx facility was still operating, being different from the passenger terminal. Good that you're mostly in the clear there. I live about midway between Knoxville and Nashville, and our snow was only a problem for a single day. I hope those in Memphis get clean water back ASAP.

Falling on the ice is bad news! Good you didn't get hurt. What's going on around Memphis right now? I've been expecting an "overnight" package via FedEx since Wed, and the tracking just shows that a delivery date is pending. It looks like the airport is working normally, are the roads okay?

I've seen those posts on Cast Boolits, too, and I think there are some YouTube videos out there. I don't see myself trying it. Spent primers have lead in and on them, and lead is definitely hazardous to your health. You'd probably not want to handle thousands of spent primers if you can avoid it. But if you must, change and wash your clothes when you're done and wash your hands thoroughly. (I cast and load lead bullets frequently, of course, so maybe I'm full of beans.) I'd kinda sorta like to try reloading .22, just as an experiment. There are kits out there with everything you need.

50 BMG, 338 Win Mag., 338 Lapua Mag. Does my 45-70 count, too?