[Main reason for your gun, guns?]

I just like them!

[Anyone use a wood furnace]

They work really well if you have a basement. I fabricated and installed one in my basement when I built my log house back in the early 80's.The basement is fully finished, with access to the outside through double doors, instead of hauling wood down stairs. Ties into my duct work for cooling and heating.Only have small electric wall units in bathrooms to knock the chill off if no fire.Have a small gas log fireplace in the living room to knock chill out if no fire. Build a fire and have thermosthat to kick the blower on to force air through duct work.Still cut split and haul wood myself, but will have to look at different source for heat because getting older. Electric bill runs less than $60 a month in the winter time. If power goes off heat still rises through duct and we make it ok. Usually burn less tha 3 cords a year.

[Ginseng]

Does Tn. have a season to dig ginseng or can you dig any time of the year?

[Another 380 Thread]

My pocket carry is a 32 Seecamp. Works for me.

[Carrying into someone's home?]

Would leave it in the car, until I met her friends and knew their opion on firearms and conceal carrying, out of respect for their beliefs.

[Incident at Rural King...nothing happened]

Take a deep breath. The world is full of rude and crude people, you can't shoot them for that. Be careful out there.

[Shed Plans - What Would You Have Done Differently?]

If you have a level lot to build on and are storing fire wood , think about a concrete floor. You can calculate cost both ways, concrete verses wood floor, depending on how many ricks or cords you burn you may need more storage space than you think.

[Reloader question. Cheap source for lead.]

I use a Lee 20# for ladle pouring, works for me. Also have a propane fish fryer with large ss pot to melt large pieces and wheel weights in so as not to get a lot of junk in my 20# pot. Clean lead = good boolits.Have also used my electric cook stove to melt and cast back in the early 70's.Use good hygene pratices and not likely to get lead posioning. If you are serious about making your own boolits, suggest you go to Cast Boolits site and read for a couple of days before you try it yourself.

[Positive id Made today.]

Cantalope makes a good bait for live traps. Make sure the trap is big enough for the ground hog to get all the way in because if the tail is hanging out they will just back out of the trap. I've tried the smoke bombs, moth balls ,didn't work, the only thing that works for me is death by bullets.I was also told pouring broken glass shards in their dens would cause them to move on because the glass would cut their feet, but have not tried that.Back in the early 60's , we would pour gasoline in fox dens and let the gas vapors settle down to the bottom and throw a torch in to set the gas fumes off, would cause quite an explosion, might work with ground hogs too.

[Bee Season is coming!]

Been giving them heck for the last couple of days. Already shot over 350 bee loads. I made a set of dies to load them with walnut media and have loaded over a 1000 loads, loaded some in 357 special to use in my sp101, but you have to be close for the 2.2 in barrel. Also 38 spl in a 6in s&w reach out to about 6 ft. 45 lc work good also. My s&w brazilian in 45 acp work really well also. I buy my wads from circle fly out of Pa. This is the only hunting I do anymore. Live in a log house so have to keep them in check or they will make a mess.Also have three old barns to shoot at. Happy shooting.

[Recommendations for a new tumbler]

The frankford arsenal rotrary tumbler with ss pins does a really good job on dirty brass, deprimed brass comes out looking like new. I only use my vibrator tumbler to clean lube off of sized brass and to shine loaded ammo, with a dab of wax , to preserve the finish, for long term storage of loaded ammo.

[Nevada Couple Denied Right To Foster A Child Because They Have Gun Permits]

Looks like a Federal civil rights lawsuit just waiting to happen. Violation of the Second ammendment.

[new long Gun]

Might look at a Savage Axis xp in .223. Not a lot of money and .223 ammo will always be available, easy round to reload. Boyds makes a laminated upgrade stock if you want something that is more eye appealing.

[How's the weather where you are?]

Two inches of slushly sleet with 6 inches of snow on top of that according to my yardstick. Nasty mess ground not froze underneath and muddy out feeding hay this morning.

[Which 380?]

I bought a Walther ppk interarms ss to pocket carry in the summer time because I sweat alot when out working. I pocket carry a .32 Seecamp most places now, but would like to have a .380 Seecamp to pocket carry.

[Boar buster feral hog trap]

W_W makes good stuff. I have some of their cattle handling equipment, heavy duty. In Texas they catch and transport live to slaughter houses to process them.

[Any Morel hunters??]

Used to find a few when turkey hunting, I have to really focus on my surroundings to see them anymore, old eyes.

[Very happy NRA member]

Handshake maybe, bearhugs no.

[AG opinion 15-12: Tannerite possession may be a criminal act]

So guess can't make black powder either.

[After 15 years....gonna start deer hunting again. Coyote too.]

Have hunted and killed deer with a 44 mag Ruger revolver, from 15 ft to 75 yards. All one shot kills using open sights, so yes the 44 mag will kill deer. I've been looking at a savage axis xp 19174 in .223 rem as my coyote gun, Have a Bar in 7mm mag but am getting to old for the recoil. That thing will put a tatoo on you if you don"t really hold it tight. A .243 is also a good flat shooting bullet that would be good for coyotes or deer.

[Insurance and Wood Burning Stove]

It's usually not a problem unless it is your primary source of heat. I have TFB and they have been my insurer as long as I've owned my log home. Heat with a large wood furnace that is my primary heat source, located in my basement and tied into all my duct work, but I also have a gas fireplace and electric heaters in the bathrooms. TN Farm Bureau was the only one that would insure my house with the wood heat.

[Shooting in enclosed spaces and hearing damage.]

Shot a varmit out the door of my tractor cab with a 7mm mag, barrel sticking out the door, was not pleasant, will not do it again. The concusion was bad enough to make me lose my focus for a few seconds. Had to set there and wait to regain my balance.

[recommendations]

A good reloading manual has a lot of the information you need in it. I have " Modern Reloading " second edition by Richard Lee. If you decide to cast your own boolits, check out Cast Boolits forum, more information there than you can read in a week. I find developing good loads for my firearms as much fun as actually shooting. Have always used a Lee single stage press and have loaded thousands of rounds with it. My reloading room  is in my basement which makes it easy to reload about anytime for me. May be some one near you to help in learning the ropes about reloading, always remember safety first.

[hard time finding .357 mag ammo]

May be time for you to consider reloading your own. Swage or cast your own bullets, reload, problem solved.

[Pit bull kills owner]

Had a friend that was attacked by a St Bernard. Knocked on neighbors door when neighbor opened the door the dog went for his throat, but the dogs mouth happened to be up high enough on his face and jaw that he couldn't close its mouth, or would have probably severed his jugular vein. Teeth did penetrate through his jaw. Dogs are like bulls, never turn your back on an agressive one. My friend had been around this dog several times. Guess dogs can snap and go crazy just like people do.