Leaderboard

My day started with a visit to TGO around 6:15AM right about which time the forum decided to puke because of a corrupt search index. I worked on that until I absolutely had to walk out the door and head to my job, and then worked on it a bit more for another hour or so between meetings, to get it back online. At one point I literally had to completely obliterate the forum database and restore it from a backup I took right before the outage occurred (premonition???) and even then it looked it it wasn't going to come back online. We've only been around since 2007 and have 25,000+ members and several million posts and private messages. All of which flashed before my eyes a few times while trying like hell to get it to work again. But hey! Here we are! Go, technology! I swear I might become Amish and swear this stuff off one of these days. Until then, there's beer. How was your day?

Sorry your day sucked. Your work and effort is very much appreciated .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/us-judge-strikes-down-dc-concealed-carry-gun-law-as-likely-unconstitutional/2016/05/17/d36d35dc-1c49-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html It'll be appealed, but it's another gun rights case where Heller is being felt. Between this and finding the NSA metadata collection unconstitutional, Judge Leon is all right in my book.

Reagan tried to do a similar assault weapons ban like Clinton did but he could not get it. Reagan was a great president but was a horrible gun advocate. He openly wanted to do away with "assault weapons" but the true Republicans kept that from happening. But the 1986 MG ban, which Reagan signed, opened the door for the AW ban by Clinton. And 99% of the California gun restrictions are from when Reagan was governor. And because of that most of the gun restrictions on a national level are based on California's restrictions. Because of that I consider Reagan no friend of gun owners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act http://theweek.com/articles/582926/how-ronald-reagan-learned-love-gun-control BTW, the NRA supported a lot of the gun restrictions Reagan passed in California.

Someone here actually COMPLAINING about a USA made gun. Yep, it's the end of the world. Everything is backwards.

Folks, this sucks and there's no way to sell it any differently. In order to correct a problem that manifested this morning related to our software upgrade last week, I am having to rebuild the search index for TGO. This process takes about 3-5 days to complete. My best guess is that it will be done some time late Friday evening. While this process runs, some of the search features will not work as expected. Namely... The search for New Content / Activity Streams will only show new posts and threads from right now, forward, until the index rebuilds. Once it rebuilds, it will show new content from prior to this moment. Think of it as "temporary amnesia" for the forums. It'll know all of the new stuff it meets between now and when it finishes, but it will not know the old friends from prior. Give it time and it'll start to remember. Likewise searching for content of any sort prior to this moment will be hit-or-miss until the index is rebuilt. I know we just went through all of this last weekend but there was a problem of some sort that finally reared its ugly head this morning and caused our outage. I was able to work around it, but we've got to square off and face this ugly bit of work for a few days to get to a better place. Please bear with us and accept my apologies for the inconvenience. If there were any other way, I'd have taken it.

David, Next time you make fun of me for not having a smartphone, and my hatred of computers, I will remind you of May 17, 2016. Amish sounds just about right. I was thinking just yesterday of retiring in a log cabin, without Internet, TV, computers, all that technology junk. What bliss that would be. Sorry you had a bad day. Plan for the day you can leave all this IT crud behind! There is light at the end of the tunnel! (unless it's an approaching train...). Up until such time, we do appreciate you suffering for us to make TGO possible! Cheers!

Mmm. Beer.

Similar to friends saying "Buy a Boat". Translation: You get all of the expense and headache, we get all the fun! (Well at least most of it). Maybe it isn't so bad, they do buy the beer

Then you don't understand the second amendment. The second amendment exists to make sure that the people are always as equally armed (or at least have the right to be) as the state. So that when the state crosses the line, the people have an adequate defense.

Genuine question, if that's not a significant impediment to the 2nd, what is? We'll have to agree to disagree on the stance on Reagan

Yep. When Abe first saw Janet Reno, it turned him gayer than Little Richard.

Well... he shoulda said it, and then shot Janet Reno in the ass with one of his tanks.

And I agree with him, nobody NEEDS an AK47, we WANT an AK47 and we should be able to have an AK47. Besides, many here would not own an AK if they had a Ma Deuce.

If your SKS was originally made for a 10 round fixed magazine, please don't keep the myth alive that there is a simple adapter part that will allow a steel AK mag that is 1.015" wide at the top into a SKS receiver mag well that is only .970" wide. Now if you have a SKS M or SKS D model, both of those models have their mag wells machined to accept the thicker AK magazines from the factory. Maybe that is what you have.

I have alway thought the original 10 round fixed magazine was the best. Nothing else in my experience comes close.

You asked for it... HERE IT IS!! Just in time for Summer, we are making available for order for the next 21 days these high-quality T-Shirts with the TGO logo on the left-front breast area and a variation on our popular "Shall Not Be Infringed" decal design on the back, with words from the Tennessee State Constitution reaffirming the citizen's right to be armed for their common defense. These are available via Teespring and come in Black, Grey, Olive Drab and even Pink (for the ladies). >>> ORDER YOURS HERE <<<

If I do not get called out to work before I will be attending this years Blade show for the 2nd time in a row, Protech is hooking me up with a Employee pass so I get in with the show early along with all the vendors. Dave will be handing me the Prototype of the TGO Strider SNG so I truly hope to make it! if you like knives you owe it to yourself to attend the show, it is in Atlanta and folks from all over the world attend, for us it really is not that far away

ROTGLMAO....Sure...S&W would never import anything and sell it with the S&W name on it. Come to think of it neither would Colt....right?

Just ordered one for myself. Thanks Dave.

Yea, definitely appreciate the effort put forth to keep us sharing and arguing about important and totally stupid subjects. Keep up the good work, we will be right here even if it means staring at the maintenance screen while you get it running the way you want it.

You know you can reload these, right? Nice looking rifles though!

Related to the "Unread Content".... you can bookmark that search. Just hit the "Unread Content" button then update your bookmark to that URL. It's generic and updates every time. Saves a few clicks.

The NRA also supported the 86 ban. They are no friends to NFA owners. It's sad that an org as big and with as much power can't support the entirety of firearms but only the ones that they pick and choose. I I wouldn't be member if I didn't have to be.

It's the forum upgrade, made me start thinking crazy.

No problem bud...I like sharing knowledge and making videos. I have a 20" fluted Lilja 6.5cm barrel that will be here this Thursday and Im going to build another upper and compare it to the Christensen Arms carbon fiber barrel.

Even the Glocks made in Austria don't use tenifer. I wouldn't worry about it. Made in USA wouldn't bother me.

Owning a .380 Kel-Tec myself (not sure if it's the same model, but could be), I'm flabbergasted that he was able to pull the trigger while re-adjusting it. I hope they throw every law in the book at this guy. Stupid should have consequences

Been a loooong time since I last had access to a workshop, but I had a fun day today! Got this hunter profiled, ground & heat treated. O1 steel 3/16 thick. 4¼" blade fully flat ground at 62RWC. 5½" handle. I'm just waiting on some bar stock to come in for the pins, but I'll be handling it with blaze orange G10 with blue & white liners.

I haven't seen one but I think I would prefer it. I'll have to go shopping I guess i dig me some made in the USA stuff, which is far and few between.

Fitty I just finished watching your Precision Rifle series. Seriously incredible work man. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

You computer guru's never fail to amaze me......cool deal.

Not to mention his all out ban on newly created machine guns. Ill never understand the the fanaticism when it comes to Reagan. He did more damage singlehandedly to the 2nd then Clinton and Obama combined.

A couple of clamps later, I'm using the TriWay Cutter vertically. Haha! I can trim, chamfer, and deburr about 500 rounds an hour with this thing. Not bad! I did find out, though, that I can only do 30 carbine with their big setup, not with this one. That was a bit of a bummer. If I start shooting enough 30 carbine, though, I'll probably buy one. Don't know that I will just yet, though. I also ordered another 5 lbs of pins so I can do more brass at once. I have collected a few more pounds of 380 and 223 recently that I need to decap and clean. Hopefully I can get those done this week. Brandon

TULA/SIMONOV 1954 SKS-45 Its Russian, it's red, it looks like new and I would never even think about doing any mods. to it. As much as I like that gun, that poncho liner it's sitting on means much more. I brought that back from Nam 1967, they were worth there weight in gold back then. I've kept it all these years, some things are just hard to explain.S

If you're looking for an SKS, check SIA over in Hardin Valley. I bought a Chinese one from them a month or so back for $299.

I was going to ask if she could swing by my house and squirrel away some cash? Very nice gun, I looked at one the other day, but also put it back do to lack of squirrel activity.

Pass. The Siminov rifle is a wonderful all around gun to have.....in stock configuration. Aftermarket magazines suck. Stripper clips and the original magazine is the only way to go IMO.

If you are ever in my area, give me a shout and you can put some rounds threw mine with the shockwave and see how it feels to shoot with it .

I'd just skip the pocket and carry it up front in Thunderware

Managed to get the scales glued up, pins installed, shaped & finish sanded over the past couple of days. ¼" stainless pins, G10 scales with white & blue liners. All I need now is for my leather to arrive & I'll get a sheath made up.

Thank God for "Blue Bloods" and Tom Selleck. So far.

These arrived today!!! :D These are the RTIC 30oz and the Orca 27oz tumblers. I just ordered a 20oz Yeti and a 20oz Orca to compare. These 30oz and 27oz models will hold a LOT of beverage!

Get you some hornady lever evolution boolits for it. Easily extends the range of the 30-30 to 200+yards. A 160grn bullet going 2400fps sighted in 3" high at 100 will be 0.2" low at 200 and -12.1 at 300.

That CAN'T be more fun than wingshooting the little bassards with a revolver.

  Yep.   Im going to stick to my AK or 300 BO suggestion.    I respect a skilled lever gun shooter in a "situation".   It takes a lot of practice,  but don't sell it short either.   I would rather have the higher capacity and faster semi-auto, of course.   My advice in these situations is to sit on it.    I see this a lot -- "I have $500 to spend what can it get".   Now, 500 might get you what you want, and if so, that is awesome.   If you are drooling after something that costs 750 ... sit on it until you have 750.    Or get the gun now and the optic for Christmas.    The point is to remove the budget restriction from the equation.  If you had 2500 bucks in hand today, right now, what would you buy to put in your truck?  Answer that one, and then see if its a workable goal in a workable timeframe.   And don't forget used ... that 750 gun new might fall into your hands for 600, 500 used if you find one.

well i have been thinking hard about a Marlin 336. maybe i can find an old used one for 300 or so

I would still stick with the Marlin 336, but a budget AR or AK would be great choices as well.     Just to save a few bucks, you can look for a Glenfield Model 30A.  They usually run about 25-30% less than the Marlin equivalents.  The stocks aren't as nice, but that shouldn't matter for a truck gun.  

Yup, quickly accurate on COM to 150 yards or more with just cheek weld with iron sights, plenty of velocity with 5.56 out of 10.5" barrel or even shorter with softpoints or other expanding bullets, with 20-30 quick chances too. :) Can do it for 'bout same price as a Glock, so if stolen it's not the worst financial blow. Also, can legally carry it outside the vehicle in TN in normal times if necessary, and do it quite gray man if you keep it in something like this: Here's mine, lives in the above racquet case behind the seat in my toy truck: - OS

Marlin .45/70 Great deer rifle, plus would be handy for when the rabid elephants start roaming around, you know just in case.