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  1. I was at an auction a couple of weeks ago and one of the 22 models sold for $55. I thought about bidding on it, but when I looked at it, I decided I'd be better off without it. Didn't know anything about these guns, but I've seen cap guns that looked up tighter than that thing did.
  2. Was out in California, driving along HWY 1. Found a lighthouse with some bluffs, decided it was time to look out at the ocean for a while. Lost track of time staring out there. Too bad their politics are so screwed up in Cali, the weather and landscape in norcal is incredible.


    I agree. Would love to live there if it weren't for the crazies.
  3. Mine is a pic of our last dog, John. He died suddenly this past summer. His registered name was Quite Man John Wayne. He was a great dog that I'm sure would have fought to the death to protect my wife.

    We now have a puppy, Ruger. He is a work in progress, but he is showing the same protective attributes toward my wife. Hopefully, between Ruger dog and Ruger gun, my wife will be well protected while I am away working long hours.
  4. I had the same problem with a pair of mini channel locks that were in the side pocket of my carry on bag at Nashville. I am still mad about having to reliquish those due to time and catching my flight. I have not been able to find another pair that small. The perfect pocket size.

    I looked at the regulations after the encounter.  You can carry scissors with pointed tips up to four inches long, but a knife, even one inch long, is forbidden.  I think, next time around, I'll have me a pair of four inch scissors just for ####s and giggles. 

     

    I happen to be in the medical profession, and one trip to Philly, I had several medical items including suture, scissors, needle drivers, stethoscope, etc. They never batted an eye at that stuff.  With my working knowledge of anatomy, I am certain I can cause more morbidity and mortality with the ball point pen I had in my pocket than I could have done with that little key chain knife. 

     

    Interestingly enough, per the TSA website, plastic or round bladed butter knives are permissible.  I wonder how they would feel about this "plastic" knife?

     

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    http://www.amazon.com/Polymer-Knife-Japanese-Boot-Dagger/dp/B009UQB234

  5. Through hard work and unrelenting attention to detail, TSA possibly prevented a potential hijacking.  This past week, I took a trip to Colorado using Nashville and Denver airports.  Everything went great flying out; checked a bag with a gun as always and had a backpack as a carry on.  On my return trip from Denver, I was stopped at the TSA check point.  I thought, "no big deal, probably just a random bag check." There were several other people "pulled over" as well.  The TSA woman asked if that was my backpack, which it was.  Then she informed me that there was a knife in the bag.  My first thought was that I had mistakenly left my usual carry knife in my back pack, but this was not the case.  She proceeds to riffle through my bag and produces a key ring with the smallest, Victorinox key chain offered.  I thought they had changed the regulations to allow such items, but she was adamant they had not.  I informed her that I had flown with the same item multiple times before, but she said, "oh, they most have just missed it before." She took it and said she was throwing it away. 

     

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    At the end of the day, I was able to fly feeling comforted by the fact that we have such diligent people providing for our safety.  If that "knife" would have fallen in the hands of a terrorist or a belligerent drunk on the ten other trips it had previously flown, I could have been scratched or poked.  I just hate that I never even got the chance to lose the tooth pick. 

  6. I'm a 10/22 fan, but I understand they're not for everyone. That being said, if you're not stuck on semi-autos, I would second the previous recommendation for the Henry guns. Nice and smooth and plenty accurate for cans and squirrels.
  7. I had seen the increased prices like everyone else, but I saw my personal record today. My wife and I walked into a flea market today in Alabama, and there was an ammo case there. Wife says, "hey honey, you need some ammo?" I look up, and there in a 1000 rd box of the Winchester M22. Price tag was $200. I literally laughed out loud and said, "not at that price!"
  8. I used a variable power Simmons for a while, but here recently, I've used a fixed power 4x32 tasco and love it. It has held zero well and is clear as a bell. I know some people like to drop money on the latest and greatest stuff, but I am happy to make do with the stuff that uses technology that would have been top notch 15-20 yrs ago for a fraction of the price. I guess what I'm saying is that if you're looking for a scope to knock around in the woods and shoot some tree rats at 20-30 yards, I doubt you will appreciate much difference in a decent quality/decent reviews $40-50 scope verses a better name $100-120 scope.

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