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This is my Springfield 1911 mil-spec. It started as a stock gun. I added: 1. 3 hole, light, long trigger 2. trigger job 3. 19lb mainspring ended up with a 4.5lb trigger pull. very little travel or reset 4. wilson combat commander size drop in grip safety. fitted GS no filing on the frame. 5. commander hammer 6. Ed Brown flat mainspring housing 7. better sights, larger white dot. 8. wood double diamond grips, it had alumagrips Did all but the trigger job myself. found most items on ebay or in forums. This is my fav gun. If you have the cash and time, have the SA custom shop do it. They do great work.

S&W M&P 15

I would get a S&WM&P15-22 or a Sig 522.

Marlin Mod 60. inexpensive and accurate. I have had one for 30 years and it still kills squirrels. Fun plinker too.

CMMG would be a great way to go if your on a tight budget. Buying good productoin AR will be cheaper than building with quality parts. Starting with a CMMG bargain bin flat top M4gery rifle, then learning and upgrading as you go will get you going.

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It is already against the law for felons to posess a fire arm. so what is the purpose of any background check? Lets just keep writing redundant laws. It doesnt matter how many legal owners are checked, the criminals will still get guns. They won't go thru any background check. The constitution, specifically the 2nd am, does not mention background checks. Nor does it or the 10th mention that firearms are the states responsiblity. both say "people" not state. background checks are just a way of big gov to see what we are doing and for TN to get a few extra dollars. It serves no purpose since there are other laws. The background checks only slow down law abiding citizens in their pursuit of their right. This is gun control. How can we have the right to "bear" given to us in the 2nd and god, when we have to ask permission again from the state. It sounds like they define right as privelege.

Exactly. The 10th amendment removes the fed gov from this and puts it on the "States respectively, or to the people". This was done to protect us from the fed gov if it were to ever become opressive. 10th full text: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The 2nd amendment explicitly does NOT give regulation of fire arms or militia to the fed gov. 2nd full text: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Thus the 10th takes effect. The 2nd explicitly specifies "the right of the People....". So, i agree with you that a local gov should be the organizing entity, but the People have the right to defend themselves without any government entity.

two things are up to interpretation 1. "Well regulated": What does this mean. How regulated? Regulated by the Fed Gov, Local Gov or by a chosen leader of that group? 2. "Militia": Is militia defined as the National Guard, loosely formed armed group or simply an armed citizen population. I dont believe our forefathers ment a mob (well regulated), so that throws out loosely formed group. 10th Amendment says it is not the Fed gov. 2nd Amendment + 10th Amendment = well regulated maitia is an armed civilian population (not regulated by the federal gov) that organizes to defend itself against opression of any kind. This seperation of the federal gov from the people was created to give a layer of protection to the people from an opressive federal gov. The libs define Well regulated militias as a Fed gov run National Guard. Thus, no allowance for individual ownership. They forget about the 10th amendment.

Glenfield mod 60 with squirrel on stock. Dad bought it in the 70's. The stock had some issues, so i had to refinish it and the barrel got some surface rust. It is a squirrel killer.

anyone planning a trip to the guns and gear expo? There will be a real gun show and expo in central TN. They promise no jerky, swords or nazi patches. lol. Mid-South Guns And Gear Expo - Mid-South Guns And Gear Expo New Guns and Gear Expo coming in Dec 2009! NOT your daddy's gun show!!!! - AR15.COM

I have 2 tix and will be there friday night.

I live in Eads just inside Fayette County. We are just a few miles east of Memphis.