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it looks like thats a basic butler creek folding stock that has been cut down in the forend area to match the shorter NFA barrel that has been installed in the 10/22 action...

thats not overkill! that is beautiful!!!!

the easiest way to do it is to remove the barrel from the gun, then start putting shells into the magazine tube. after you put the 3rd shell in, you should see a small dowel rod start coming out the end, grab it and pull it out. then there are two small clips at the end of the magazine tube where you insert the shells, you will see that they hold the rounds up in the tube. carefully depress these two clips and it will let the bottom shell back out. do this for all three rounds that you just put in the magazine tube to unload the gun, then put the barrel back on it. you then should be able to put 5 3" shells into the tube and one in the barrel. hope this helps...

i carry a Glock 27 and Glock 22 in mine and dont use a Safe-T block either. they hide easy, and as PackinMama said it is pretty quick to get to as long as your shirt is untucked (which mine is about 99.99% of the time anyways. i was nervous at first with the Glocks in the belly band holster, and carried with a empty chamber and trigger cocked. after about 2 weeks of daily carry, and the trigger hadnt pulled itself, i started carrying with a live round in the chamber again. everyone bashes Glocks about no safety, or AD's or ND's...but i have found that as long as you dont pull the trigger or get anything into the triggerguard area when holstering the gun, that they simply will not fire. imagine that... treat a revolver with the same lack of gun safety discipline and they will do the same thing a Glock will do. sure people (cops included) accidently shot themselves with revolvers, but that was chalked up to a design flaw of the revolver was it? thats why i love revolvers and Glocks, no levers to have to remember to flip, no special way you have to grip it to get the grip safety to disengage, just nothing to worry about. draw, aim, squeeze the trigger, and bang... anyways, didnt mean to derail there...i'll look at the brand of mine and post what it is on here. i really love it...

OS, owning and shooting a mountain howitzer would be fabulous!!! just not for using it for hunting purposes...unless your hunting zombies...i'd like to open up one of them on a field full of zombies!

i have one and love it...hides a big gun very nicely...

+1, lifetime warranty means nothing if it costs you your life! i think you do need a home defense handgun, but i also think it should be used to get to your shotgun. they are both a requirement. revolvers are simple and easy to learn to use. especially for your wife, if your semi-auto jams she will have to clear the failure and keep fighting. not so with the revolver, if for some reason it doesnt go bang when you pull the trigger (bad ammo?)...just keep pulling the trigger. whatever you chose, go with quality and what feels good to you. then get proficient with it, practice regularly. then find a shotgun and do the same thing...

yeah, that just sounds stupid to me. not very sporting either to shoot at a deer at 100 yards with 148 12ga pumpkin balls simultaneously...

looks great! i love the 10/22...i've been thinking about building another one of those myself lately...

on scopes, i would stick with Bushnell or Nikon. they are about the best bang for your buck. a good 3-9x40mm will run in the $150 range, but a fixed 4x will be cheaper. i'd stay away from the ultra cheap scopes, but thats just me. i use those on .22's only. the Bushnell Legend and Elite 3200's are super nice, as are any of the Nikon's. you can get a low end Nikon at walmart these days...

of those two options, i would use the Marlin .357. scope mounts will be cheaper and more readily available for it also. treat it like a loud bow, and you should have venison out to 125 yards. which for woods hunting in TN, is way long shot. most areas i hunt in the woods are only about 60 yard shots at most. thats why i use a .30-30 and no big high powered stuff for me...just dont need it. on the scope, i would say if you are going to do it, get at least a 3-9x40mm variable or a fixed 4x. in my opinion, its not worth messing with a 2x, just shoot iron sights if thats what you want. as you are becoming a new hunter, i would strongly encourage you to learn the animals anatomy that you plan to go after. find out where the heart & lungs are, and where they will be at different angles and such. this will help you with your shot placement. if you do go the .357 route, i would avoid directly on the shoulder shots. that bone is thick, and without alot of punch it might not get deep enough to reach the heart and lungs. i'd shoot it slightly off the shoulder and slightly higher on a broadside shot to make sure i got the heart and at least one lung (thats what i meant earlier by treat it like a loud bow).

thats just plain stupid...blatant disregard for the wildlife in my opinion. there is no way one area can withstand that "beating" that was just put on them. and the ducks will probably go to waste...i hope those guys get whats coming to them...make an example out of them TWRA!

last time i was there they were open with the statewide TWRA seasons. they also have there own special hog hunts as well after the statewide deer season closes...

i love the looks of that rifle, and think a SBR setup would be ideal! combine it with a Glock 21 for mag interchangeability and thats a nice package!

yes, .22 centerfire is legal in TN to hunt big game with. will it do the same thing as an '06? maybe, maybe not. with these smaller calibers on game like deer, alot goes into the bullet weight, bullet construction and most importantly bullet placement. place a 150gr .30-06 slug on the shoulder of the whitetail deer and most likely you've got venison in the freezer. do the same thing with a 45-55gr HP (remember, its illegal to hunt anything in TN with FMJ) .223 and you most likely have lost a deer. put that same bullet from the .223 just a hair off the shoulder like you would with a bow and you've got meat in the freezer. also make a headshot with that same bullet from the .223 and you've got meat in the freezer. the key word in that last sentence is "make a headshot", not fire at the head and blow off an ear. shots like that are for those instances you know you can place the bullet where you want...not for the average "hunt once a year Billy Bob" out there... just my .02 cents...

thanks guys...looks like i might order me a kit as well...especially if the upper is complete and ready...

has anyone bought from Del-Ton before?

my SKS's are rock solid reliable. never had a FTF or FTE, just got to clean them like any other gun. i'd love to have an AK, but for now i'm 100% with my SKS's...

i'm in all the way... and i LOVE that pic!!!

oh i know its real... i'm with you, aint no one convincing me different! :-)

or just stay at home and shoot out of your supply stash... who says you have to go anywhere?

i guess i've watched a few to many zombie movies! :-)

i'm going to play the devil's advocate here... which is faster to reload, a pump/semi-auto shotgun or an AR? if you have loaded magazines, then hands down that AR is. but after you run those initial magazines empty, which is faster to reload? IMHO, i feel its about as easy to carry loose 12g rounds than it is to carry 20 or so AR mags. also with empty AR mags verses empty shotgun magazine tube...i can cram 6 rounds into the tube and be shooting again before you can get one magazine loaded. run out of loaded mags with an AR and the games over. with the scattergun its not likely to be game over until you run out of shells. also with the scattergun you can tac-reload when you are at cover. only takes a second to keep cramming shells up that mag tube and you can do it while your hiding. here is my take, indoors grab a scattergun. going outside grab a rifle. now about the rifle, i love the AR platform. however, due to the cost of mags, its hard to keep 1000 or more rounds loaded and ready to rock. not so with an SKS. its very easy to keep 1000 rounds loaded into 10 round stripper clips, and very cheap to do so. 100 stripper clips will set you back about $35-40, or the cost of 2 or 3 AR mags. my SKS rides with the stock 10 round mag, not any detachable. it is 100% reliable with stripper clips. i know that i've only got 10 rounds on tap verses the 30 round mag of an AR, but the ability to have 1000 rounds on hand loaded and ready to go in the gun is hard to give up. plus the 7.62x39 has more punch than the .223. that hurts indoors if you dont want overpenatration...but as i said above, the shotgun is for indoors. the rifle is for outdoors... JMHO...

so only a $5 tax? not the $200? how much did the 870 set you back? maybe its more doable than i thought. what makes it an AOW and not an SBS?

that is sweet!!! i want an SBS double barrel, just cant get myself to do the paperwork and pay for one... guess i'll just have to be content with shooting 18" barrels...