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"For Business:"Feddersen nitrided .920 barrel, Victor Titan stock, 30mm tube Mueller 8-32x44 SF s/1/8" Tgt Dot on EGW 20MOA base with sunshade and UTG rubber eyepiece. Mr. MaGoo (me) has got to be able to see. Once it arrives I'll install a Kidd bolt and charging handle set. [url=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/ch8156/media/Feddersen%20Titan%20Muller_zps28isbmwb.jpg.html][/URL] "For Pleasure:" Then for general plinking and horsing around I picked this up from another TGOr, Plinker4life: Kidd barrel, Japanese-made Tasco 8-32 w/1/8" Tgt Dot. [url=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/ch8156/media/Kidd_zpsbhhr5mh5.jpg.html][/URL] Here is one that can shoot inside a nickel at 100yrds if someone other than me is shooting it. Green Mountain Heavy taper barrel, stock bedded, etc: [URL=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/ch8156/media/stainless%20twin_zps2jxnifsd.jpg.html][/URL] And here is my wife's by way of TGOr Plinker4life, another Green Mountain Heavy Taper with a C-More. Rifle stocks on the 2d and this rifle were refinished by Plinker4life - very nice: [URL=http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/ch8156/media/Cmore%20HT_zpsalb2j5by.jpg.html][/URL]

I have a feeling if that drone were under control of the NSA or whatever three letter agency, or local LEA, etc, most everybody would be against it?   But some of the same folks would say it's okay for another private citizen to do the same?   - OS

Believe me, you will really regret not including toilet paper in you bag.  :cool:

May his kilt ever wave.

As we were having a dinner for two of my friends/ co workers today for their retirement, it was pointed out to me that except for one older fella, whose only there because no one has taken the time and trouble to get rid of him, it was pointed out to me that I've now been there longer than anyone else.   It seems like just a few days ago, I showed up one February morning. Looking around, most of the guys reminded me of my grandfather.   Man, life sure sneaks upon ya.   I'll certainly miss these guys, and the knowledge they'd amassed, along with the many that have left before them. I don't think I'll be able to fill their shoes.

I read this on another forum a long time ago, and it is still one of the funniest things I've ever read. Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little bad-ass compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor will take 6 close range rounds before it goes down? Tough sumbich. That got boring, so being the 10 yr. old Dukes of Hazzard fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up T-shirt doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming arrows all over the place. Keep in mind this was 99.999% humidity swampland so there really wasn't any fire danger. I’ll put it this way- a set of post hole diggers and a 3 ft. hole and you had yourself a well. One summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming arrows into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I happened to look over towards the carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid (ether). The light bulb went on. I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I figured it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner. Let’s face it…to a 10 yr. old mouth-breather like me ether really doesn't "sound" flammable. So, I went back into the house and got a 1 pound can of black powder for muzzle loader rifles. At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a little bit around the ether can but it all sorta dumped out on me. No biggie, 1 pound of black powder and a 16 oz can of ether should make a loud pop kind of like a firecracker, You know what? Fight that! I'm going back in the house for the other can. Yes, I got a second can of black powder and dumped it too. Now we're cookin'. I stepped back about 15 feet and lit the 2 stroke soaked arrow. I drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. Upon releasing the arrow I heard the sound of a car door closing as the arrow sped its way to my target. In what can only be described as the slow motion frame by frame advancement on a VCR, I turned to see my dad getting out of the truck. SHEET…he just got home from work. As God is my witness it took 10 minutes for that arrow to reach the can only 15 feet distant. I see my dad walking towards me with a *** look in his eyes. I turned back towards my intended target just in time to see the arrow pierce the starting fluid can right at the bottom, right through the pile of black powder and into the can. When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I don't know if it was the actual concussion from the blast or the 235 fighting decibels of sound that laid me out. I do recall a milliseconds glimpse of the violence during the initial explosion and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering 1 foot above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a low layer of a dust based fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, ants, earthworms and a crawfish or two. The daylight turned purple. Let me repeat this...THE FIGHTING DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE. There was a big Sweetgum tree out by the gate going into the pasture. Notice I said "was". That mo-fo up rooted and ran off. So here I am, on the ground, blown completely out of my shoes with my Thunder Cats T-shirt shredded, eyebrows singed with my dad on the other side of the carport having what I can only assume is a Vietnam flashback. ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOUR BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE GOD DANG IT…CEASE FIRE!! His hat has blown off and is 30 ft. behind him in the driveway. All the windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a slow rolling mushroom cloud about 200 feet over our backyard. We had a Honda 185s 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard. The fenders are drooped down from the heat and are now touching the tires. I wish I knew what I said to my dad at that moment but I truthfully don't know - I know I said something. But I couldn't hear, my ears were ringing so loud I couldn't even hear inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either...not that it would have really mattered. The fact is I don't remember much from this point on. It's all very foggy. I said something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp pain, blacked out, woke later.... this happened for an hour. I remember at one point my mom had to give me CPR. And I do recall hearing dad say something to the effect of “bring him back to life so I can kill him again”. But I’m told I was just hallucinating. Thanks mom. One thing is for certain...I never had to mow around that stump again. Mom had been *****ing about that thing for years and dad never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled business. Dad sold his muzzleloaders a week or so later, we got some new windows, and that quad I'd wanted for some time. And to this day I still have some sort of bone growth abnormality either from the blast or the beating, maybe both. I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into archery. It's a good discipline and will teach them skills they can use later on in life. Sent from the backwoods

Yup, you're one of the old guys now. ;)

    I think we see eye to eye on a lot of things Hozzie, but here we will have to differ. To be honest I was creeped out within the first minute and a half of the video. Call me old fashioned, but if the homeowner wanted the world to see his backyard and property in real time, he'd probably have a website dedicated to it set up with webcams.   Now my digs are not nearly as spectacular as all that, but I just think, what it that was my house and the day you decide to just casually view other peoples private property in my neighborhood coincides with the TrickyNicky 12th Annual Naked Pudding Wrestling and Orgy Party? Maybe I do have something to hide, is it really unreasonable to be able expect to do so on PRIVATE property? Does it really matter how much detail you pick up? Who owns the rights to the arial footage? Maybe TrickyNickyNakedPuddingWrestling.com? You?   There are pretty clear cut definitions of what can and does not constitute a reasonable expectation to privacy, I would say that spending a few hundred bucks shouldn't make anyone immune or dare I say 'above' the law. (Get it, above, like a drone? :rofl: ) If you can't reasonably tell from 1.4 miles away what you might be getting yourself into, you shouldn't be flying there. Public property of course is a whole different ball game. If I rent space at the park to have the first annual TrickyNicky Fully Clothed Pudding Wrestling and Handshake Party for instance I'd be pretty foolish to start crying foul on what was easily publicly observed being filmed. Especially if I had chosen a public venue for the event. 

Im sure half the things I did when I was younger would be considered domestic terrorism now... Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

  Yes, 500' over "populated" areas, 1000' over "densely populated" areas.  However, RC aircraft are designated as "hobby" vehicles for now, the FAA lost a court case in the spring in which they were trying to assert jurisdiction over "drones" (which is probably not the correct term for quadcopters and their ilk), according to the case Congress has yet to expand any sort of regulatory authority to the FAA over UAV's, other than that already defined by normal airspace restrictions.  As such, as of today there are essentially no guidelines or restrictions on these types of crafts, the FAA recently published some "suggestions" for RC pilots, such as limiting altitude to 400' agl and keeping the craft in "line of sight", however it's generally believed that unless Congress changes some laws that the FAA has zero chance of actually winning a case based on these guidelines...   It's difficult to believe that a pilot of a jetliner could spot any current quadcopter or similar device at a distance of 100' below the flightpath, while flying a 200 mph approach, I know it's often hard to accurately spot one from the ground at 100'.  In any case there are already airspace restrictions around established airports, most airliners will fly into mainly class C and above, which have will have limitations imposed to at least 5 miles from the airport, if there was a UAV flying in the final approach path then there was clearly a violation.  As an aside, the DJI Phantom 3 (the model that was shot down being discussed in this thread) will not fly into classified airspace in GPS mode, and if an attempt is made to launch one within the specified airspace of a known airport, the motors will not activate ...

I have owned both 9mm and 45acp in the 1911 platform. I had both calibers in GI and commander size guns. The recoil is different IMO. The 45acp is more of a push and the 9mm is more of mussel flip. 9mm ammo is less expensive then 45acp. If you have old hands I would recommend 9mm, if not, go with the 45. If you already have a 9mm you may not want to add another caliber unless you want to. I know I really didn't answer your question because both are excellent calibers in the 1911. Just not for me because of hand problems.

Assuming it's specifically for carry, I'd choose the 9mm because of 2 more rounds capacity and possibly faster and more accurate follow-up shots.

I'm going to be going for a similar build soon, and am probably going this routehttps://www.primaryarms.com/Yankee_Hill_20_Inch_Barrel_Threaded_Fluted_1_9_p/yhm-79-tf.htm Plus, friends don't let friends buy from Cheaper Than Dirt. :-D

It's no wonder today's generation are so soft. The most dangerous thing they get to play with is a cell phone or a video game controller. They grow up to be the kind of men who call roadside assistance to install a spare tire in their OWN driveway or hire a contractor to build their kids a tree house. That is...IF they hang around with baby-momma long enough to actually see their kids grow up.

Roman candle wars using a metal trash can lid as a shield.  Fun times! :tough:

My Yugo had a horrible trigger. It had so much creep, I called it a 2 breath trigger. Pull it half way, breathe, pull it the rest of the way. It was stiff, gritty, ... just bad. After Kivarri modified it, it's a wonderful 2-stage trigger. Stage one is perfectly smooth and nearly effortless. Stage 2 is maybe 5lb (appropriate for a battle rifle), short stroke and a clean break. It's very similar to my K31 now. Tremendous improvement, worth every penny. The trigger alone cut my group sizes in half.

Wait until the day comes when you find out where grumpy old men come from. One day your sitting in the recliner and think of something that needs done. So you say to yourself I'll just go do that it'll only take a minute. Then you try to get up and your 60 something year old  body says sit down dumb a_ _, where do you think you're going.  :shake:

To his credit, even in a time where none of us even knew what a helmet was - much less owned one - the kid did put on an old Army issued M1 helmet that somebody had for his inaugural trip down the hill.   The funny part of this story was that someone played a joke on him and put a pair of underwear around the headliner on the inside.  So, after the wreck he was left lying in a neighbors yard bleeding and hurt.  The helmet had of course gone flying in the crash, but he was left with a pair of underwear on his head.  So, all us kids came running up to see how bad he was hurt, only to find him lying semi-conscious with a pair of underwear on his head.   I haven't thought about that in years.  People are looking at me like I'm nuts as a sit here laughing as I type it.

Don't forget one of these: After all, you might as well be comfortable while bugging out ...

        Well to date there is not a reasonable expectation of privacy outside in your backyard unless you taken reasonable measures to assure such. The airspace 500'+ is considered navigable and you'll have a hard time attempting to stop anyone with a pilot's license and a plane from flying over it. Now the individual property owner's "airspace" extends as high as they need where their legal use of the land is concerned. So if you had a 150' RF antenna tower that was legally marked and erected it would be reasonable that you could expect any "aircraft" to pass at a safe distance, depending on the craft that could be from 50' to 500' at that altitude. 

  I was curious about the wiretap stuff as well, but unless someone coughs up the sd card, there will never be proof that it was actually recorded.

I purchased a 9mm RO Compact last week.  I chose the 9 as I have two 9mm 1911 pistols and several 45 acp pistols.

I have 2 Kimbers in the Pro variation-one in 9mm and one in .45-I carry the 9mm.9mm is so much fun shooting.

My son has one in 45 and it's a nice shooting pistol. Go for the 45, anything else is blasphemy. :) Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

1. - Apples and Oranges.  Especially since we both know that depending on exactly where the trespasser is, they may automatically be considered a threat, according to TN law. ( Anybody remember the off-duty deputy a few years back that was on the front porch of a house he didn't own, and was shot by the home owner through the door?  How'd that turn out? )   Also... TN allows for the use of force - but not lethal force - to terminate simple trespass.   2. - Since a drone isn't alive, no amount of force used against it can be considered "lethal". It's not alive, so it's nothing worse than property damage.  The only trouble that will come is from such things as firing a gun where it's illegal, or endangering others.   One way or the other, we're not discussing shooting humans here... only their toys.

I saw on the news this morning that a drone flew within 100 feet of an airliner that was trying to land at some airport and Pilot almost had to abort landing. I don't have any objections to big boys and their toys but I think Big boys need to grow up when it comes to safety and respect of other people. If they cannot fly their toys and respect the feelings of others and safety of others then they should be arrested and charged accordingly.............jmho

  That's why felons can't carry, to prevent crime, that's already a law so in their minds no criminals ever carry guns because they are banned from doing so. Also I carry with a view to prevent crime, mainly to prevent assault against me, and some others.

I don't think most of the politicians from certain parts of cities in TN even are aware that we have a state constitution that doesn't allow the state or local government to ban the wearing of arms unless with a "view to prevent crime." The fact that the fast few years have proven banning guns in parks (see parks that allow carry vs parks that banned) proved that banning carry doesn't make a lick of difference in stopping gun crime in parks.

A chainsaw is great to clear downed trees over roads if you're bugging out with a vehicle. Obviously, it won't fit in your bag though. This is what I keep in my bag, and it fits great http://www.amazon.com/Sportsman-Chainsaw-Carrying-Professional-Survival/dp/B00GMR0MZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438431132&sr=8-1&keywords=Hand+chainsaw

Scope came in yesterday, looks good, nice scope for the money. I got the Millett scope mount also. With a $30 rebate from Bushnell, it's a hard deal to beat. Maybe a 4.5-18x40 with a .223 BDC will be on order next, before the rebate ends.   http://www.millettsights.com/tactical-hardware/Scope-and-Cantilever-Mounts/

I would add a few things if you plan on heading to the woods. A cooking pot of some sort. A storage container for liquids A portable solar charger Soap to wash with Salt Hatchet for when you run out of gas

A good multitool, I run a Leatherman MUT. I'd suggest a heavy camp knife over a machete for local terrian. A machete doesn't hold a light to a 10-12" bladed camp knife or Khukri. Pair it with a 3.5" bladed fixed blade and you have an amazing do anything combo. Sent from the backwoods

I am confused by the different profiles.  I understand the M4 cut out for a grenade launcher, and a heavy barrel for improved accuracy but beyond that I cannot find on the internet an explanation of the pros and cons or design purpose of the different profiles.  Which profile(s) are good for a 16" mid-length general purpose rifle and what are their pros and cons?  Thank you.

Don't get to out of sorts on the barrel profile, concentrate more on the twist ratio and headspace. Monitor the leading edge wear and make certain that whatever flash suppressor/muzzle break you run fits squarley and has proper clearance for the fired projectile. Remember one of the reasons the military went with the larger OD barrel on the M-16 was soilders were bending it doing stuff they shouldn't have been doing with it. Personaly I can think of easier ways to open crates then with a rifle barrel.

I like to believe most of aging is mental. That's why I strive for childishness. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I547 using Tapatalk

Yup, was just there a few minutes ago. ;-) By golly I just got a box o' lowers a couple weeks ago! Oh well, adding one of these tp the list.

Now if they could come up with the uper to match

So, some of you may know, I have been on a perpetual job hunt for 5 years now.  I have never been unemployed during that time, which I am very thankful and blessed to say.  I lived 100miles apart from wife for 4 years while she was in med school. I tried for years to find a job nearby and nothing panned out.  When she graduated we moved to Nashville, and I have been fortunate enough to have enough contract work with my previous company to sustain a full time salary on part time work.  But this required a lot of travel and out of town stay, as well as a lot of physical field work.  But thankfully today, I officially accepted an offer from the Tennessee Division of Forestry as a Program Specialist in charge of the State Forest program across the state.  Its a really great opportunity and I fell truly blessed to have been selected....FINALLY!!! A lot of prayers were answered this week.  

I remember being 14 and 15 and thinking life moved soooo slowly.  Wow, that sure has changed

Brownells is good to go.

Order from them?  Nah, I just like to give 1/4 of may salary to them every once and awhile.    No risk!

Between competing addictions it's a challenge to feed both!

Well I reviewed this a bit more and while I sympathize with the man who shot the drone I question the legality of his actions and am certain the incident will cost him a lot of money. But with that I'm also concerned with the way the responding officers are reported to have handled the drone in that it was returned to the owner. No camera or SIM card (if present) were removed. No ,ention of viewing any footage was reported. If the drone was recording teen girls sunbathing in their yards as reported that could present some legal issues,, particularly if any of the girls were underage and nude or topless. FWIW I think modern recreational drones are an amazing tool and was really excited with the prospect of their use in disaster mapping, lost child or missing persons investigations.

  Excellent research. I'd posit that may prove to be a quite good legal leg to stand on.   - OS

I have a Meprolight Tru-Dot RDS on my Tavor.  I really like it but not for sure how it would work at 600 yards.  I haven't tried a magnifier behind it since usually only shoot it out to 150-200 yards.

All I know is that back in the day, if you had a chemistry set and an encyclopedia, you could figure out how to blow $#i+ up.

Some of those seem like they make for an engaging childhood.

  Close enough to be shot down with a shotgun. Those pervs were spying on underage girls at their pool, probably some college age idiots, they deserved their drone destroyed.

Yep. It'll clean up a bit if lightly buffed but won't all go away. What you need to understand though is this adds character to the gun which is one of the more defining reasons to own such an older firearm. Remember we're talking about a 1911 that's almost 100 years old here!.

I went with a Kydex from Leatherneck Tactical in Murfreesboro. I love it.