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Coal Creek has an SR9 rental... Coal Creek Armory Indoor Shooting Range I believe that any rental/range fees are deducted from the price if you buy one.... ie, trying one is free if you buy it.

Similar to red-light cameras. Just bend over and take it. Shame to see the authorities resort to such tactics, so much for "protect and serve". I grew up in Hixson and went to UTC for a couple years. You can imagine the fun when you're living on campus in summer school and the Bessie Smith Strut is a block away. I did get to meet Reggie White one year (before he went waco). I was walking from campus to Riverbend and he passed by, entourage in tow. I said "hi Reggie" without stopping. He stopped, said hello, shook my hand, and chatted for a moment. He was quite polite. I didn't have the presence of mind to get a picture. And seeing Glenn Frye and Joe Walsh play the year before the Eagles reunion was really cool. Then the prices went way up and the talent went way down. I haven't been in about 10 years.

If it's got the Heinie sights, they are intended for "center of mass" hold rather than 6:00. http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/handguns/27171-heinie-straight-eights-love-em-hate-em.html

For hunting inside 200 yds, the 16" will be plenty accurate, though the longer sight radius on the 20" helps. Shots longer than that should be considered very carefully anyway. The 16" will have a little more muzzle blast and noise, but be a little lighter. But if weight is a concern, don't load it down with optics/lights/lasers/etc. Other issues are gas operation. The carbine length gas system is more abusive on the hardware than the rifle length. If you shoot 2000+ rds/yr that may be a concern. It doesn't matter for most people. If you think you might get into "tactical" type competitions that involve shooting inside buildings, you need the shorter barrel. The pinned/welded muzzle device effectively increases the barrel length to the 16" minimum.

Agreed, sounds like a computer problem. Something is telling the transmission to downshift to 1st gear. Could be a bad sensor or damaged wire.

I have an older LG flip phone you're welcome to. edit... it's a VX8300, if that matters.

Played golf in Tellico this past Saturday. They were so loud near the wooded areas it was hard to talk over them.

There's something undeniably sexy about those huge, hot, noisy monsters churning and hissing steam. Besides, I always wanted to be a real engineer...

I can see that soaking the belt would effectively ruin it. In your case, I'd stick with the nylon "wilderness instructor" type belt when fishing. I've worn my beltman daily for 4+ years and it's still in excellent shape. I hope "proper" maintenance means none... I've never done a thing to it, other than wear it.

There's classes for bone stock street cars. Minimal prep necessary. It's fun and it's cheap. I used to go with friends when we were in college. I still remember going full opposite lock around the turns in an inline 6 Ford Fairmont POS. Hard to tell who was laughing more, us or the corner workers. Good times.

Also not real close to you but fun. My wife and I have ridden a couple times. Plan to take the boys when they're a little older. Great Smoky Mountains Railroad: Bryson City, NC

I'd never heard of it, though google has educated me. Neato.

One of my favorites. OOOOOH YEEEEEAH!!

Interesting. The "Club Special" on the web site is buy 6, get 6 free.... 12 sharpeners for $70 (+ shipping, I assume). That's about $6 each. I'm sitting here thinking about how many of these I could give as gifts to justify it...

Gun and spare mag on belt when possible, Leatherman always on belt. Keys and single AAA flashlight in left front pocket chapstick and cell phone in right front pocket wallet and handkerchief in back pockets Watch, sunglasses ...and I have a man purse in the works for when I'm out with my kids (diapers, wipes, first aid kit, snacks, etc.)

Funny, but not entirely true... snopes.com: Stabbed Marine

Flimsy railed receiver covers seem quite problematic. They have to be quite tight to hold zero, but they bind up the bolt/carrier when too tight. Check to make sure the iron sights are reasonably close to zero before using the red dot. Irons that are way off can be indicative of other problems.

Amen. I can't see the videos, but what I read sounds highly suspect. Did the drug dog indicate the presence of residue on the money? Wait... there wasn't a drug dog? An owner/operator trucker could very well have large amounts of cash on hand. I'd think they'd have receipts for it too, but I don't know if that's required by law. Trucks come and go from my place of employment with up to $10M in freight aboard.

Holy thread revival Batman! I like my PT145 too.

All you could ever want to know is here.... The FAL Files Forums In a nutshell... yes, quality on those can be hit or miss. It's a battle rifle, not a tack driver. Is it a "new" Century built gun or a kit someone else built? My Imbel kit is (finally) nearing completion.

I've used all manner of things. Purple power works fine.

I had my share of BB gun war wounds, though nothing real exciting. The best story I've got I was only a witness to.... A friend and I were having a BB gun war with his older brother and another friend. Our "safety gear" consisted of pants and long sleeves (in the summer) and bandanas wrapped around our heads such that only a slit for our eyes was exposed. My friend and I had run from behind one set of bushes to another to get closer to the other guys. We ran through a hail of BB's and dove behind this bush. My friend had a CO2 pistol and (in classic TV/movie style) stuck his hand up and fired a few shots from his back in the other guys general direction. We heard his brother holler so we called "time-out" and went to see what happened. One of the BB's hit his brother directly between the eyes. A quarter inch to either side would have blinded if not killed him. So we rooted through the garage, found some safety goggles and kept playing...

I might sound a little less "know it all" too if I'd said Ti alloys are readily heat treated in a vacuum furnace. You can't just heat it with a torch and dunk it in a bucket of oil like you can with some steels. I'll assume you mean HRC 70 ... yeah, that's quite hard. The most common Ti alloy, Ti-6Al-4V, can be hardened to about HRC 40. Not bad, but not tool steel either. It's very tough though, low material removal rates and it eats up tools. Commerically pure titanium (CPTi) is quite soft and gummy. Kinda like copper. As for the hammer... I agree. If the hammer was that soft, the hardened firing pin would wear a dent in it in no time.

I work on Ti alloy parts all the time. Caster is correct in that the primary benefits are strength to weight ratio, high temperature strength, and corrosion resistance. The drawback are cost and machinability. However he's not correct about heat treatment - Ti alloys are readily heat treated. They cannot achieve the same hardness level as steel, but do come close. Seems like a lighter bolt/carrier would just get whacked around because the AR gas system is tuned for steel parts. I don't understand the comment about a hammer being destroyed from hitting the Ti BCG. Only if the hammer is low grade steel. A hardened steel hammer will wear out the titanium.