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When new or newish shooters come over I break out the single action Ruger wrangler. Obviously go over safety and all that jazz, I feel that having them pull the hammer and then have no recoil even though they anticipate it is a good start to get them comfortable behind a firearm. From there, bolt action single shot older Winchester .22. After that it’s usually a Ruger mark iv with a dot to build there confidence. Then a 10/22 a little farther back. If they seem like they’re enjoying it and competent I’ll load a tx-22, and work up to putting one round in a 9mm striker. I feel like loading the single shot and talking to them while loading mags kind of builds their confidence a bit. Only reason I haven’t gifted my wrangler is that I use it as a confidence builder for novice shooters. Carrying I don’t have much advice. I think far more people carry and keep guns in their vehicles than should. I guess I’d say get a proper belt and walk around the house for a week. Eventually the thought that everyone knows you have a gun on you subsides.

https://www.familyfirearms.com/product/springfield-armory-sa-35-9mm-handgun-hp9201#product_detail $640 shipped. Believe no tax with this dealer. Under $700 w/ transfer and BC.

This thing is sweet.

TCAT holds a standard set by the state to maintain accreditation and funding. You need to be in attendance for all of the hours the program requires. You can’t pop in and learn at your own leisure, the whole goal of TCAT is to get people “ready for the workforce”. It doesn’t matter if you’re older and have employment, you can miss maybe 6 full days of class before you aren’t eligible to proceed in the program. That being said, they will work with your schedule. You could potentially do part-time and show up for 3.5 hours a day. As said above some place will do night classes. Also for the first month or so you’ll be doing book learning which is no doubt invaluable in making it a career but will be more than you need to just be competent welding things you need to fix (mufflers, fence posts, targets, etc). You’ll learn print reading and all the different type of welds and how to join and bond different ferrous metals. I’ve known a few people that have gone through the welding program and it was great for them. TCAT is definitely career focused though and not hobby based. In theory if you wanted to blow through all the book work on your own time and you were dedicated you could get it out of the way and then just do tests for a couple days. You could do a tour and talk with the shop teacher and ask if this is possible and then just see if he will teach you and let you practice flat/vertical/overhead stick and do your own thing rather than adhere to the program. As someone above said do a couple of classes at the forge. MIG certainly can’t be mastered and you won’t be stacking dimes in an evening but if you have decent hand eye and lots of patience you’ll be able to learn the basics and hopefully get what you need to fix your own projects. Mig is far easier, to be proficient in stick it will take a long time. The last time I stick welded it took quite a few warmups before I wasnt completely disgusted with myself. I still wasn’t thrilled with my weld but it stuck. Welding is very much a use it or lose it sort of skill in my opinion and I consider myself decently coordinated. You can also just get an Amazon welder and just mess around. They’re not designed for commercial use but have used my buddies in his driveway and worked fine for small projects. I’d find one with a warranty and beat the bag out of it after going to the forge a couple times. https://www.amazon.com/Voltage-Welding-Inverter-Portable-Detachable/dp/B0B2VQSHLS/ref=asc_df_B0B2VQSHLS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642123667882&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10847099940282451529&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9013122&hvtargid=pla-2143002847432&psc=1&mcid=95d878e779be35bd9ddf97b8ffd398c4 ^JR commented on the 110V welders and seems to know what he’s talking about while I was typing

Pm sent.

https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/russian-ammo-imports-banned-halted/424581 Tried to find a non political article. Gave up. If you type Russian ammo ban they all read pretty similar.

That’s a no-brainer. Nice rig.

Congrats. I got skunked last weekend out in Waverly. Plenty of drags and tracks across the cornfield. Picked the coldest weekend of the year to sit in a blind and birdwatch. Don’t know if I’ll make it out again this season but happy for everyone’s success.

^ both comments. As much as I’m no fan of big gov esp on private property, a small minority could ruin the whole ecosystem for the majority. Don’t hunt out of season or poach and you’re good.

Lost your number due to a new phone. I’ll shoot you a PM on the RI. If the melted was 9mm would have been easy.

Peace of mind comes with a price. I hate working on cars. Could I do the timing chain on my 4Runner, I’m sure I could. Do I want to think about it for 2 months straight every time I turn the key hoping I torqued everything to the right spec someone on the Internet tells me? Nah, I like that truck too much to worry about my own shortcomings. You’re smart enough to know what you don’t know. I had a yard hydrant leak underground on me to the tune of a $200 water bill. Panicked and called and the guy showed and quoted me $900. He said his price was high and to shop around. I ended up digging the trench, shutting the water on and off myself, buying the parts and having someone show up with a couple pipe wrenches who charged me the minimum $99 service charge because I made it easy for him. Was the cost of not having the tools but worth the peace of mind.

Had to sneak off from Xmas to help the TGO crowd

I’ll second gnarlys post. Want to say I picked up this same ammo, site, and price in late 2022. Ran well in all the glocks sigs and SW we sent it through. Think I had one light primer strike and my buddy sent it in his shield. If memory serves me correctly they had rebranded the boxes into something close to “Buffalo ammunation” (not Buffalo bore). All had ZSR marking but had put the ammo into a new box when it hit the states and included a pocket constitution and some religious literature. Wouldn’t hesitate to use again.

I’m actually selling a firearm and grabbing another 3k. It’s the cheapest I’ve seen for decent ammo post Covid even with charging sales tax. 9mm has been trending downwards, but election year, CCI saying price increases 1-7% across the board, and god knows what else is coming… figure I’ll most likely want the cheaper ammo more than another range gun. I just missed the delivery as well. Madison location is sold out. Mt Juliet and Clarkesville have some.

For the record I lost your number or I would have sent the text. You were a great guy to shoot the breeze with.

Academy: PPU/Magtech 9mm .20cpr + tax If we dealt before and had a good exchange I gave a merry Xmas text with a heads up. Figured I’d take a break and log in real quick so everyone could spend their Santa fund. https://www.academy.com/p/monarch-9mm-luger-115-grain-fmj-centerfire-ammunition-250-rounds

PM sent with a question.

Shoot. Sorry boys. Was doing Xmas with the family and didn’t do the due diligence. They used to not charge.

Blazer 9mm 1000 rd $239.95 shipped! Unless they recently started charging tax. Will sell out. https://www.ammojoy.com/checkouts/cn/Z2NwLXVzLWVhc3QxOjAxSEhUMjhDUTFaVDZHVDZYNDQ4OFBNQkdN/information?ew_m=f

Stoeger- STR 9 factory blem. $159 after MIR. Free shipping. Taxes transfer and BC looking around $210. Decent reviews. https://www.kygunco.com/product/stoeger-31720-unochoke-blem-str-9-9mm-4.17-15rd-black

As long as it’s properly grounded it would be fine. Barring some freak accident that would expose a bullet to an electric motor. Interesting related tidbit: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/kalashnikov-cv-1-designed-by-rifle-makers-disappeared-without-a-trace-184711.html

Not directly related to a magnate but I did something very dumb today. Was cleaning out the safe. Going to swap out batteries on safe and optics and I got distracted. I decided to make space and load mags. 9V battery. Pocket full of the leftover various calibers that I was going to put in a random mason jar. All of a sudden my pocket got very hot…. I absolutely should have known better. Figured this didn’t warrant a post and not exactly on topic but magnate/energy related. Just a friendly reminder to not be absent minded like me. Edit: I also forgot that I did some research before my last MRI. I was doing a lot of overhead welding and caught considerable slag over my right shoulder and neck. Apparently welders and millwright should give the doc a heads up, I was fine but I did mention it.

Last price drop. Safe clean out.

Do you need any extra mags?

Bump with price drop