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OK... my first TGO secret Santa and I'm feeling very humbled...read on to find out why. 1- My SS took the time to research who I am on TGO.... even going as far as to pull up a post I made about "Illegal Christmas Gifts for Guys." He used my own post "against" me... :D Exhibit 1 Then, he included an official stocking loaded with goodies as per the rules :up: Exhibit 2 My "open last" box still pulls at my heartstrings... My SS included the personal note pictured below... Exhibit 3 Under the note was.... Exhibit 4 But the best was yet to come... my SS has gone to the trouble to customize the bible.... Exhibit 5 How cool is that... :usa: I will not post the name of my SS, but I will ask for anybody / everybody to join me in a prayer for his surgery and recovery. TGO..and my SS .... ROCK! :rock:

We are all now dumber for having read that article. The data used to quantify happiness or misery isn't valid. Using commute times implies that a long commute makes someone automatically unhappy, which isn't necessarily true, or high number of unmarried or low number of homeowners. It's bad data used to write a bad article.

Lol. He doesn't know how to use the 3 seashells.... https://www.youtube.com/embed/rBI8uCKi2lI?autoplay=1&FORM=VIRE1&MID=2500&PC=APPL

A liberal friend (wait, I don’t have any liberal friends) acquaintance asked me after the Paris shooting what I thought he needed to defend his home. He has College Degrees I might add! I suggested as minimum: I advised a 9mm, a couple clips, and a box of shells. A few days later, he sent me this picture and asked how to make it work. [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Misc/liberal%20house%20protection_zpswg0utmmy.jpg.html][/URL] any questions?????

My father gave this to me yesterday. Being the ever active tinkerer he is, he decided to put new handles on this one he found with broken handles. It isn't original by any means, but I thought it turned out quite well.

Hey, fellow TGOer. I spotted you in Bellevue Thursday evening on Old Harding. Nice stickers!

I'm using AdBlock, so I don't see a single ad on Armslist.

The large blade has "Stainless Steel" stamped at the base. No other markings.   I don't figure it to be rare unless it was just dumb luck. My dad probably picked it up at an antique store or yard sale a few years back. It's not something he has had for a loooong time. Still, it's from him and it's "Winchester" so I think it's pretty cool.

My secret Santa went way above and beyond also. This is a fantastic gift and i'm amazed by the craftsmanship in these knives. I've drooled over them on the TGO for a long time. I'm very happy to say i now own one. Thanks again Santa--I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Okay...now that's impressive. :up:

When I was younger, say 20+ years ago, I modified everything.  Cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATV, jetskis, guns, myself (weight, working out, hair styles), and etc, but I never modified women, always kept them they way they came (they usually modified themselves).  Anyway where was I, experience has taught me.......................just keep it simple and the way it left the factory.   Reliability means more than window dressing and some performance enhancement gadgets.  Trust me, it may sound cool, may even be cool, but aftermarket items, and DIY tricks, increase the risk of failure and malfunction.  Trust me, I use to hold hands with Murphy a lot, but I noticed Murphy showed up a lot more when I tinkered with something vs. when I left good stuff alone. 

  With Credits.   Hope I didn't spoil anything.  :)

Wow. All I can think in my head is I cannot wait to see SNL and Keenan Thompson make so much fun of this next week.

This thread is worthless without pics...

Whew.  When I saw that header, the first thing I thought was "OMG, they selected Bruce Jenner!"

I don't know that it makes any measureable difference.

i use the dillon ss-600 super swager.  many mango seasons ago i did the reaming by hand.  i trim my 5.56 brass using the possum hollow case trimmer.  i would use what you like the best.  the reason i changed was my hands gave out and the super swager is easy on the old body.

Guilty!   If monkeylizard was too close, I would have turned on the 'back up' lights... they tend to work very well if someone is tailgating me!   There is a slew of us TGOers in Bellevue.

I'm about halfway, too. 5" 40 Pro 40 Fullsize (and 9mm barrel for caliber swap 40 Compact 2 Shield 9mms M&P10 I don't think I'm going to bother with the M&P 5.56 and .22 rifles, as I already have stuff to fit those roles. I also don't care about a .380, but would love an R8! I just got a Smith 638... dunno if I wanna spend double the money on a 340, but they're cool!

Mail truck came today with my Secret Santa gift. Folks this is bad a** to the bone! It's now in my hunting pack where it will remain for the rest of deer season, then it will end up in my survival pack for my canoe and/or 4 wheeler. Thank you Secret Santa! You could not have done better! God Bless and Merry Christmas! The note This is awesome bad to the bone!!! Thank You again!!! Dave S

You know it's funny that you bring that up.  I was thinking the other day about all of the liberal acquaintances that I have and how every one keeps a gun in their house.  Of course most would never dream that it might be a good idea to carry a gun when away from the home.  Most all of these people are way under trained and honestly don't have any business handling a gun.  I guess it was just nice to know that deep down inside a lot of those pinheads do support owning firearms.  I just hope that is in some small way a win.

My wife has told me the same thing.

Well If you take a closer look at the Ruger SR9/40/45 platforms alongside their Glock counterparts you'll understand why they have somewhat of a Glock feel to them. While not a total clone they are close enough to be first cousins. Grip angle and dimensions give the Ruger's an agreeable feel. Additionally for all the ballyhooing of M&P superiority over the Glock platform...follow the same line of though I just mentioned above. In the end most folks who become the biggest fan boy's for a particular striker fired pistol are doing so because that particular grip angle feels better to them. Some though are all about the brand name. Me? I retain the right to change my mind.   

They started last year with the Stainless back side and G10 body, they are fantastic knives This is the very first Custom Titanium model though, They are also making a Aluminum handle model that is much more affordable that I will be doing a 2017 TGO model

Best TGO gift I've ever seen. Huge amount of class and caring, generosity. Wow.

    It was nice to meet you and your better half this afternoon.  Sorry I could not spend as much time chatting as I'd have liked, but as you saw firsthand the place was total chaos.   You got a couple of real nice bottles, and being a vodka guy you will love the Deep Eddy.  And that 10 year old Rip is pretty good stuff too.   I hope you come back by sometime!   And I don't know what got into the boss this afternoon.  About 5pm he busted out all the BTAC we have been holding.  We sold it all tonight.  Made a lot of people very happy.  I did not know we even had it but there was a bottle of Eagle Rare 17 that I sold at about 8 pm tonight.  We even put a bottle of Rip on the shelf just for kicks and giggles.  It did not last 5 minutes, and the nice lady bought a George Stagg too.  Added up to a nice sale.  I think some of the best we had was Sazerac Rye and Thomas Handy Rye.  When did rye whisky get so desirable?  I was able to taste the Sazerac one of our guys bought, it was really nice,  loaded with vanilla on the front end and a nice oaky finish.  But I have to admit it does not stand up to Whistle Pig.  I almost pulled the trigger on a Handy but opted to leave it for the customers.   If I would of had a way to post it here I have given all of you a heads up about it.  NO chance to use a computer.  It was the busiest day of the year.   Whenever any TGOer can stop by be sure to ask for me.

My wife and I stopped by Bob's Package Store today and met Mike357. Super guy...glad we finally got to meet. He sold us some Vodka and Bourbon. The Bourbon that we purchased was Rip Van Winkle...can't wait to try it out over the holidays. Thanks Mike!!! B

I never had any problems with the Glocks I have, so if it's not broke, why fix it?

Anyone on here an expert on loading 22 Hornet? I'm pretty much covered on all components except hollow point and soft point bullets. I'm new to reloading this round and appreciate any advice. I've read that because of the lower velocity, 22 Hornet bullets need thinner jackets to aid in expansion. Anyone familiar with this? How do you identify these bullets, especially if they're in bulk, like at gun shows. Where can I get some of these? If anyone knows of a dealer that handles them in the Murfreesboro area, please let me know. Any information is appreciated.

Unless you have a sportsman license or are hunting under the land owner exemption you most definitely need a type 94 permit to kill does in unit L for the rest of the season.

  I enjoyed the first three, lost interest during the second three, over it a long time now. I'll catch it on the small screen one of these days.   - OS

      And it turns out to be the sending unit instead of the rear main seal, $20 part and on to 400k miles ...

We can all show up at once and ask for a group discount :)

I would not say it was an off duty police office but may be. I would say it could have also have been ex military as they also would react in a similar manner as a trained officer would. I even know some people that are neither one that have been through training and a lot of practice that would react in a similar nature. Dang sure didn't take his partner long to get gone..... :bowrofl:   I'm just glad it turned out as it did............... :up: :up: mark up one for the good guys............ :cheers:

  Might as well dig out Demolition man and watch it. The Titans are getting Demolished by New England.

Liberals like to be victims. I like to be breathing.

Why does a liberal need to defend their home?  Aren't they educated enough to talk the bad guy out of any criminal intentions? :shrug:

  I'd guess this was an off duty officer, there's too many mechanics involved in his actions to be a regular dude.  What gave it away to me was how he kept his hands up so they could see them.  That's what a cop would expect of someone. In contrast, you can see the lady is fumbling around and just don't know what to do.   Am just armchair quarterbacking it, but this is why I watch every one of these that pop up on the interwebs, multiple times.  Outside of a home invasion i'd say this would be the second most likely incident any of us would ever be the victim of.

I don't think it gets any better than that! Awesome!! Dave

Steel guide rod Stipple and undercut the trigger guard if it suits you Extended mag release, round the edges first! Nothing inside needs changing other than the plastic guide rod. The number one reason Glocks fail is cause some gumby felt the need to change a bunch of things.

85 is still a solid axle and should be a manual transfer case. So that's about all it could be. Or a broken shifter or transfer case. I would get a set of manual hubs before trying to repair the auto hubs

Because some installations DirecTV needs not to know about..

The problem with the Gen 4 20 is still the finger grooves being in the wrong place for my fingers. It actually lessens the contact surface rather than increasing it like they should. :shrug:

volume is absolutely safe -- millions of rounds have been loaded with a dipper or a volumetric dropping device.  Weight is more precise.   Volume has random air fluff in each charge,  and some powders this is significant while others it is almost zero (smaller particle powders have less air space problems).  Weight is weight ... if every charge weighs the same, you have the same amount of powder in there.   But its tedious.   If you are not making serious competition ammo or long range precision ammo  or something like that, volume is fine.   I make mine with a cheap lee disk device and the ammo is better accuracy than most store bought at medium pistol ranges of say 20 yards.    I use fine grain powder to reduce the air/error and its great.

I actually think we are in an auto bubble at the moment...lenders have made it pretty easy to get cars therefore people are paying stupid prices for them and getting stuff they can't afford with huge interest rates.  My 2015 Dodge Ram 4x4 "which is loaded from top to bottom" listed at like $51,000...didn't pay that obviously and I had a huge down payment with my 2010 I traded in, but the prices are certainly higher than what I remember from even 5 years ago when I bought that one. I bought a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT 4x4 for $15,000 with 14,000 miles on it before my 2010 if that puts it in to perspective...it has gotten a little ridiculous imo.

Mine finally made it to me today with a special surprise inside. It's found a home on my plate carrier, and will be bleeding hogs in the spring. I can't thank Willis and the guys at Protech enough. I'm about to be their best salesman. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  ;)   But seriously, I dunno in good conscience if I could give her that special consideration myself -- hell sounds like she's spooky enough she might have pointed the damn thing at me if I'd just walked by her. And if I happened to have sneezed while doing it maybe she'd have blown my goober off or something.   - OS

I find it difficult to find any sympathy as well.  I do hate to see another iconic American name bought up by foreign investors but Colt is just that, a name.  Their relevance passed many years ago.

No sympathy whatsoever for a company that can't exist without a firm bite on the .gov teet.