OldIronFan

For me it is not necessarily sentimental. Like many when they I was younger and less established I bought guns when I had money, sold them when I did not. I went through a round of sell off when I was out of work and going back to school to start a second career. I do not "regret" selling guns at that time because it was the right thing to do for self, family, and future but I "regret" being in the position that made that a necessity. Now that time is behind me so I have replaced some of those most enjoyed but sold off items with duplicates or similar items. I will never get back all of the $79 SKS rifles, the $49 and $59 Mosin Nagants bolt actions, and a few other dirt cheap items I purchased back in the heyday of surplus but I can buy a few of them back. Just costs a fair bit more now.

How about $175 and a bump.

Bumpity Bump

Lets drop this to $70 and give it a bump.

Like new Maxpedition Prepared Citizen Deluxe CCW Backpack. Removed the tag and used it for one trip. It did not really fit me or my needs as I had hoped. Full description here. https://www.maxpedition.com/products/prepared-citizen-deluxe It is $79.99, plus shipping, plus tax on closeout at Maxpedition.com. Buy mine for $75 Now $70. Pickup Fri thru Sunday in Nolensville. Pickup in Christiana Mon thru Thu. This is their "grey man" bag with a rear CCW panel. Lots of internal storage. Well built bag. This is the Deluxe with the expandable water bottle sleeves on both sides. If you are M, L, or maybe Xl this will work well for you. If you are very tall and/or broad chested you may find it a bit small like I did.

8 out of 10 days it is probably my Kahr P380 on my belt or in a pocket. 1 out of 10 days it is is a Performance Center Shield Plus. and the last day out of the 10 is probably a H&K VP9 varietal (Tactical or sk) I got the Shield Plus planning on it being my primary daily carry but the Kahr is just so easy to carry and conceal. The more comfortable and easy to carry the more I do, so the Kahr gets picked up more than anything else.

All shops have turn over and replace or add staff over time. Nature of the world. I can think of at least 8 employees at the Murfreesboro location, including management, that were at the old location off Epps Mill for several years and are still working at the new Beasie Lane location. There are certainly new faces on the floor but I seldom deal with them since several of the long term staff know me by name and take care of me.

Arken is worth consideration. I have a cheaper Athlon on an AR platform rifle. The Argos BTR 6-24×50 and it is great at sub 500 yards. Up near the end of full magnification it does lose clarity especially at the outer edges. Sort of what you get on the budget stuff. Clarity and field of view at full magnification is what sets the top tier stuff apart. I also have 3 different lines of Vortex products from a Diamond Back to a Strike Eagle. The Strike Eagle has a very slight edge over the Venom I have and both beat the Diamond Back. Actually I have a 4th that is a Crossfire (their lowest price point) but it is an LPVO and hard to compare. It is not significantly worse but certainly no better than the Diamond Back. I would say the Argos BTR slots in right between the Diamond Back and the Venom in my stock. All of them fall short of the Arken EP5 5-25X56 I have had the opportunity to shoot on a friends rifle numerous times. I have used some Leupold and Nightforce products but do not have enough personal real world time behind them to make any claims of value or quality. I have used Nightforce stuff at work a lot but that was indoors, only 100 meters and in controlled lighting so not fair to make judgements on that experience other than to say they take a beating and lots of recoil with ease.

Sent you a message

Still have this. Going to drop the price once and if it is still around in a week or so I will just hold on to it for truck camping.

Sending this back up.

Bumping this back up. I have now acquired my Super 14 44 Mag barrel and the 45LC barrel Shaun had above. I was also able to pickup an original T/C Contender frame. Still looking for a few other barrels and accessories

Yup, had it again (for the third time) two weeks ago. Thought I was fighting off allergy sinus related stuff for a few days then popped a mild fever. Sure enough it was Covid 19 again. Fortunately each successive case has been milder than the last. Good thing since the first one damn near killed me. If it had not been for the mild fever I would never suspected Covid. Allergy, sinus, or summer cold seemed much more likely this time around.

Added trade option for 45 Colt or 44 Mag Pistol Dies.

Sold, thanks!