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Be aware that there may be some serious ventilation requirements for indoor shooting. The last thing you want is to be even remotely responsible for your participants breathing in lead and mercury vapors. The second to the last thing you want is a visit from the EPA.

Call your local PD or Sheriff's department and ask if they'll take it.

YES! I am very concerned about it. Though I do most of my bill-paying and make most of my purchases digitally, I still want to be able to use cash to buy certain items without fear of Big Brother knowing what I have. If the country were to go to full digital currency, then you and I would be entirely unable to buy a shovel or a hammer, for example, without Uncle Sugar knowing what we bought. I also worry that it would be really easy for someone to decide that I, a retired fellow, only need x number of gallons of gas a month, and simply deny a fuel purchase that I don't "need". Or perhaps someone might decide that I only need to shoot a certain number of rounds a month. I know that's a little bit foil-hat, but I still worry about it. Give government means to power, and it will exploit those means.

The whole point of the safety is to prevent an unintentional discharge. So long as the safety is engaged, your should be okay. Of course there is always a chance that something untoward could happen, but you should be fine. Take a look at the design of your particular gun to see how the safety works. That could help set your mind at ease.

That's one of the best I've seen in a while! As Curly might say, "Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck."

Hey Marvet. I'm fairly new to TN myself, having arrived five years ago. Also a jarhead, though a decade before your time, and also live near Crossville, out in the Crab Orchard boonies. Welcome to the forum, you'll find a lot of helpful guys here, and the odd smart ass.

The dies are spoken for. Thanks for looking!

I've had these two dies in my reloading room for over 40 years without ever really knowing what the heck they are. I finally looked it up on the internet, and apparently they're for forming brass for 401 Herter's Powermag, a caliber I'd never heard of until looking up these dies. I think the two dies are identical, as they are both marked "30-38-401 EXP". Only one of the two has the decapper and expander plug. Now, I could be entirely wrong on what these are, but I guess if you have a 401 Herter's Powermag you'd know better than I. At any rate, they're free to anyone who can use them.

same bike

This one followed me home today. 2013 with 8050 miles on it. It should fill a niche nicely!

That's interesting. I've always avoided even a smidge of zinc in my lead pot, and never considered casting with it. Have you recovered any fired rounds? I'm curious if they remain intact.

I think it was I who was confused. The news article I quoted was from Cumberland county, and didn't mention that either driver was a deputy. The story that Greg mentioned was from Macon county. Apparently these are two separate incidents. Sorry about that!

This from the Crossville News website: Two people were killed in a head on crash early this morning on Lantana Road about 11 miles south of Crossville. According to THP report, 51-year-old Randal Bartley was driving south in the northbound lane of the highway. 52-year-old Alfred Dishman was driving north in the northbound lane. The two vehicles crashed head on killing both individuals. The crash happened around 4am.

Cool! I didn't know that site existed. Thanks for sharing, and good luck to the OP selling that barrel.

And what a HUGE problem that is! I grew up during the Viet Nam war, which disabused almost everyone of the notion that our government was truthful, but I think the major news agencies were trying to get it right. Now they are trying to push their own narratives and agendas. We may as well read Tass or Pravada (and I actually do). And even when the news tries to get it right, they often get it wrong. I spent a lot of years volunteering with my local fire department, and three quarters of the time the news coverage of events of which I had first hand knowledge got many of the details entirely wrong.

Yeah, it ticks me off, too. As an aside, I sold a motorcycle to an out of state buyer last year. A few weeks ago I got a letter from the state asking me why I was no longer carrying insurance on the bike. So the insurance companies are notifying the state when people drop their insurance. It shouldn't be such a tough thing to suspend registration on uninsured vehicles.

And many of them have a serious drinking problem, as well.

I'd go get an estimate, then contact the at-fault individual and see if he'll come up with the money. But I find it doubtful that anyone who drives without insurance will be good for the couple of grand that repair will surely cost. I'd give the guy a fixed, short time to come up with the money, and if he does then I'd just deal with it outside the insurance company. If not, I'd go to my insurance company to get it fixed and sue the at-fault guy for the out-of-pocket costs, and maybe for the whole amount. My insurance company, Progressive, has some accident "forgiveness" depending upon how long you've been a customer. Does yours? It sucks, but insurance companies seem to care about CLAIMS, regardless of fault. You're better off avoiding a claim if you can, but are you willing to be out the cost of the repair if the at-fault fellow fails to come through? Driving without insurance should result in immediate loss of license and confiscation of the car's plates, in my opinion. Now you're stuck dealing with another man's mess. Sorry about that! And good luck!

I own an ancient Garmin hand-held GPS and it still works very well. It's quite basic in that there is no topography or landmarks actually in the unit (ancient!). But I can mark my truck when I get out of it, head out into the woods, and can easily find my way back to the truck again. If I find an interesting body I can mark it and name it and go back to find it another day. I know the newer units are FAR more capable, and whatever you choose is going to work well for you. I bought another GPS made specifically for dirt bikes. Again, no built in maps, but it lays a "track" that allows me to explore a network of trails and old logging roads without having to remember ever turn I've made. Whatever GPS you decide on, you're going to like it. I'm pretty comfortable in the woods with a compass, but there havebeen times when I've come back out to a road that I know my truck is parked on, but don't know which way on that road the truck lies. The GPS entirely removes that uncertainty. And you can mark a fishing honey-hole, too.

Man, I love my straight razors! But I use mine for shaving, not as a collection. GLWS!

I'm thinking that your clutch may be dragging just a bit, or maybe you're not pulling the clutch all the way in when you try to kick it over in-gear. I kick start my bikes in neutral, although I would do it in-gear if there was some good reason. My GasGas trials bike takes a little ritual to start when it's cold. Gas on- full choke, kick it over three or four times. Choke off, throttle open, kick it over two or three times to clear the cylinder. Choke on, throttle closed, starts on the first or second kick. It helps if I'm wearing a green t-shirt and face to the east.

I caught some pile perch from the ferry dock in the San Juans (Washington) when I was a kid. I filleted them and my mother popped them into a hot skillet and then started to scream. Worms were coming up out of the flesh trying to get away from the hot oil. I never ate a pile perch again! In fact, it's kind of turning my stomach to think of it now!

I'm curious about the value, too. I have a Win 70 Featherweight in 30-06. Mine's been carried through the woods and isn't so pretty as yours, but it's among my favorites. I bought it new in 1980, I think.

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Are there any high-performance riding schools in the Knoxville area? I used to live half an hour from a track (The Ridge, in Shelton, WA) and did quite a few track days and schools there. I hope that when the Cumberland County track opens I'll be able to do some track days there, but who knows when that will be? I saw that there's a class advertised at the Pole Cat training center in Fayetteville, but I haven't had a reply after trying to contact them a couple weeks ago. I'm getting a bit too old and fat for a race school, but I always have benefited from the classes I've taken and would like to find another one not too far away. I was tempted to go to Birmingham for the California Superbike School, which I've taken before, but that one is pretty darned pricey. Any suggestions?