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I was given this by an ex girlfriend about 6 years ago. It is a wooden tube about 1.5 inches wide and 5.5 inches tall. The labeling on the outside reads that the shipper was Amos R Flock in Jamestown, PA. It is from the Miles Medical Co. in Elkhart, IN. It is a free sample of medicine for something called "LaGrippe". I found it humorous that on the label it also says "To Postmaster: If unable to deliver to adress given hand to someone who has had or is having LaGrippe". I looked up the stamp to get an idea of how old this is. It is a Grant 5 cent stamp and it was available from 1898 to 1899. It just found this again and decided to post this here. Pretty interesting.

Yea, I got $375.00 cash plus the Rugar in the trade.

I don't have it is my hands yet, but Jonathan sent me these pics and I could not be happier. Those are the original wood grips that he cerakoted. I cannot wait to get it in my hands.

 Depends on how much cash you got with the Ruger.  And unless you just wanted the M4 22, I'd say you got a better gun out of the trade.

ANY live footage of black panthers must be submitted IMMEDIATELY.

What do they expect these kids to do when they get to college?   Maybe this is what the 2 years of free community college is all about? So they can begin to teach high shcool level?

I'd have been pissed too..........but I'd probably have deferred to the set the cars on fire option LOL

My Dad always told me growing up "Son, choose wisely the hill you decide to take your stand on"....parking would not have been one of those hills for me.

$200.1 million and still raking in the bacon, they've almost quadrupled the budget for it in 2 weekends.

  No telling, back then. Could have had opiate in it, even heroin.   - OS

If you got that Ruger and the $375 I'd say you came out ahead.

Are you willing to negotiate on the price at all?

Bloody Friday off Guadalcanal. More sailors died fighting the Japanese fleet, at night, with their big guns, than Marines fighting on the island.  So many ships were sunk off Guadalcanal that they named it Iron Bottom Sound. This was some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II. The Japanese chose to fight at night when the US Navy and Marine aircraft couldn't fly. The Japs had a secret weapon called the "Long Lance" Torpedo which ran on oxygen. The US Navy was out numbered, out gunned and out trained. The Japs underestimated our resolve and courage.

Someone mentioned the plethora of video content already out there for some of the subjects I mentioned.  While that is true, I believe there's a certain comfort level or "bona fides" that come along with material being presented by people you interact with on a regular basis.   I would also aim to keep the content realistic and practical, which means if we end up with training videos of some sort, the focus will be on informative and education content rather than the "edutainment" that I see in a lot of videos.  If you're entertained by it, that would be a happy by-product.  You won't find backflip, hatchet-throwing, Spetsnaz, black-ops type stuff.

So why does the NRA have politicians fill out surveys on where they stand, but not people running for the board? I want to know where people stand on constutional carry, repealing the NFA, etc. As a life member I am sick of people who are just interested in keeping guns for hunting or sporting purposes.

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john... I'll take the time to echo what other posters above have said...  I would get a good reloading manual (...hornady, speer, lyman...) and do some reading... I would recommend a single stage press to start on so ya can see how the various steps of reloading work (... and to see how they can go wrong...)...   Spend the money on a good powder scale and a good powder measure... I like redding (...the best i think...) dies and a good, sturdy single stage press (...i have an old RCBS Rockchucker...)... We load for everything (...pistol and rifle...) and work up all our loads on a single stage press... I think ya always need one to load a few rounds...   One final note on presses, dies, and reloading equipment in general... Don't buy the cheapest thing out there... Buy the best ya can at a price ya can afford... Presses and dies need to be manufactured to close tolerances and they need to be made of good stuff... Buy the best ya can afford...   As ive said before; i like RCBS presses, Lyman, and Redding single stages... I like their dies as well... I use Lee stuff from time to time; factory roll crimp dies, hand priming tools and that sort of thing... I do not use Lee presses or powder measures, but that's just me... There are bunches of folks here and other places in the reloading world who do...   As to the progressive presses... There is nothin better than a Dillon (....and Dillon dies, as well...)... Any flavor of a Dillon 550 up will do a great job on anything ya want to reload; but ya need to get the recipe figured out before ya start usin a progressive reloader...Changing things up on a Dillon is a pain, even with the dies set up... I would recommend buying one of these a bit later, after ya get the feel of reloading and see that ya really like the reloading thing... More than that, they are pricey (...and worth the $$$'s in my opinion...)...I would take the dollars that would have to be spent on these tools to load ammo and get the feel of the reloading craft, and gain valuable experience...   Finally, and most importantly, the reloading thing depends on doing a bunch of common sense things right and in the right order... There is nothin hard about reloading... The problem is that ya can get hurt or tear up something ya wouldn't rather tear up if ya do the wrong thing... The thing that immediately comes to mind with me is the use of "fast powders" (...Bullseye, WW231, Unique, AA2, AA5...) to load pistol rounds...   When ya use low charge weights for target loads (...and lots of people do...), ya have to be doubly careful not to double charge a case with powder... If ya do, ya run the risk of blowing up a perfectly good firearm and loosin maybee an eye or a digit off your hand... I know this sounds severe, but it's true...   There is one sure way to prevent this sort of thing; its to physically double-check and look into each case after the powder is charged to verify for sure that the powder charge is right...That is the real beauty of the single stage press... I look in every single case before i seat a bullet on a powder charge... I simply cannot stress this enough... I will not load low charge weight reloads on a progressive reloader because of this very issue...   What im taking about now is, in fact, the main objection to the progressive loader... It's hard to see into the cases as the loads move around to the next station...  I always try to use powder that fills the case up enough so that a double charge of powder will spill out with my Dillon progressive... There are some other things that work very well, like powder checking dies that alert you to this problem, but it's very real....   Reloading is a great hobby and a real money saver... I've been reloading since the middle seventies and have reloaded for every imaginable cartridge; from the tiny 32ACP to the mighty 458 Winchester Mag... I still have both my eyes (...such as they are...), thank God, and all my digits on my little fat fingers as well... None of the guns in the safe are damaged from over-loads nor blown up; but ive seen several handguns that were...   I ain't the smartest feller that ever was, so i am a testament to the "it can be done" thing... I am also very slow and very thorough... It's a good habit to get into...   Have fun and be careful... leroy

I really like the idea of the How-To videos, especially something that could be stickied to the top of the different sections.  Like building an AR-15, cleaning it, reassembly, etc.  Maybe the same for the other various types like the AK, 1911, and other common rifles/handguns.  Even better would be to get input from the different vendors and smiths on here.

I would like to see a movie about 12 shipwreked Swedish swimsuit models on a deserted island with 2 crates of tanning oil..... Oh wait, I already have that movie, nevermind.    :)

I would love to see Mitch Rapp come to the big screen.  Those books written by Vince Flynn are excellent books.

I'd like to see Old Yeller remade but this time I'd like to see the dog played by Jane Fonda.  Just because she's dared resurface to try and rewrite her own history.

An American Sniper-styled movie about Carlos Hathcock. 

Maybe Nashville is different than redneck-ville east TN, but I feel certain they're not going to stop teaching algebra and geometry.  They're just changing the names of the classes to something less scary sounding.  Kinda like Comcast changing it's name to Xfinity...   I've had conversations with my kid's teachers about the common core stuff and they all think it's stupid too.  They view it as nothing more than the current fad and are patiently waiting for it to pass. 

Good it's about time they did this!  We can't have the smart kids hurting the "feels" of the dumb kids!  Social Justice!!

The dumbing down of America continues.

Hmm I will teach these subjects in homeschooling of my kids and they could always be surveyors and not have any competition in their age group. Thanks for the heads-up Don't kid yourself JohnC, high school of the future is intermediate indoctrination and the 2 free years of college is Advanced Voter Training.

I don't know what they expect them to do, but I know what WILL happen. Americas children are fast becoming the laughing stock of the earth. Meanwhile, some 12 year old Chinese girl is solving some string theory equation before her violin lessons.

Why waste time educating kids at all? Why not just tell the truth, they want a daycare for propaganda programming. Stupid and severely dependent never fathom revolt against the system.

What movie would you like to see made and Made well?   I am thinking if you could pick something from history where there is either no movie or no real good movie what would you like to see?   I know I have seen the documentary of Wake Island and it is also on youtube.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os3PmiXl3DU   But I would love to see a well done, historically accurate movie made about Wake Island.          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island   "The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on 23 December 1941,"   "Early on the morning of 11 December, the garrison, with the support of the four remaining Wildcats, repelled the first Japanese landing attempt" "This was the first Japanese defeat of the war, and it was the last time in history that a forced landing attempt was repelled by shore batteries."   "After the initial raid was fought off, American news media reported that, when queried about reinforcement and resupply, Cunningham was reported to have quipped "Send us more Japs!" In fact, Commander Cunningham sent a long list of critical equipment—including gunsights, spare parts, and fire-control radar—to his immediate superior: Commandant, 14th Naval District. It is believed that the quip was actually padding (a technique of adding nonsense text to a message to make cryptanalysis more difficult).[11]"     One can only image what they went though.  

My wife loves those stupid facebook games and got a BAD virus on my laptop clicking on something that popped up while playing one last night, luckily Norton caught it instantly, but I had to reset my laptop back to factory setting to get rid of it. So if someone in your house plays those games be careful. Well time to go download a years worth of updates. 

Ditto what hipower said and also if you want to ship him an extra big package let me know and I'll gladly contribute to the pile  :usa:

Whatever you do, Erik. Please tell him an old fat man in Tennessee says "God Bless and Keep You. And Thank You for your Service, now and previously."   And I will add him to my prayers.

My wife tryed to stop it to record some pagant found out it was locked

  Very well said!

Had to look that one up, so it was something for the flu?  I love old medical stuff, makes you wonder how stupid people  will think we were 100 years from now.

Was in the gym Friday, and used Metallica to get through my lift.  Their cover of Blue Oyster Cult's Astronomy is pretty good, IMO.

i start mine and press them in with this     http://www.amazon.com/Vise-Grip-12LC-12-Inch-Locking-Pliers/dp/B00004SBB1           with a piece of lexan on opposite side not to mar surface

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Jesus that looks awesome....congratulations. :up:

One Second After.

Today's society demands you run the machine like you were taught, and don't second guess it unless qc is an issue. Algebra trig and geo not needed to run digital calipers or micrometer. Either

u may wanna visit deja vu, law offices of bart durham, channel 5 studio, tn dept of small business enterprise development, or just hit broadway and bar shop! enjoy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk, Hell yeah it ate my spelling!!! again!!

  It's political correctness.  Algebra and geometry are too hard for some children so they're renaming it.  It's still the same thing...just has a brainwashed name.

I ran across this video and resurrected this thread since there was quite a bit of 2 stroke vs. 4 stroke discussion.   This race has a ton of 2 strokes there's a reason why.   They even had a few comments around the 10 minute mark.   Man...what a tough race.  7 finished out of 500 riders.  Gotta love the KTM 300.   [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6exXbuzn9I[/media]

Pure awesomeness is that that is.

There are a few NOT in Nashville any longer who wish the same thing.

I will never understand the dynamic of Facebook and places like it especially as it relates to young people. I spent the bulk of my youth trying to PREVENT anyone from knowing what I was up to. Now they're telling every move they make and wonder why they stay in trouble all the time.

  The worst for me was Taking Chance.  It was an HBO production, but is probably the most powerful war movie I've ever seen.

Glock has finally lost me.  I have two Glocks that are permanent fixtures in this house but I won't buy another.  OK, I have probably had 2 dozen over the years, but I am done.  Damn! I want the Remington R51 to work:)!

  Ron, Chip Cain and John Wall are both respected attorneys and are Vendor partners here on TGO.  They both charge reasonable rates and their work is worth their fees. Beyond that, they support this site and make it possible for you to be here enjoying it.   I thought we had put to bed the idea that economy is the key when doing a trust.  You get what you pay for, and people who are doing NFA items generally are not operating under "money is tight" situations.