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Just received a vintage Savage 340 30-30! Here's what makes it special. This is my grandfather's rifle he used to put food on his family and neighbors families tables in the rural Ozark mountains of northern Arkansas. My grandfather died at the age of 28 from what is believed to be an aneurysm, not too long after returning from Korea. My dad was only 5 years old and this rifle was one of the few possessions my grandfather had that my father was able to keep through the years, house fires, and normal life issues. My grandfather purchased the rifle through the only general store in the little town they lived in, probably from a Belknap catalog. I do have the catalog as well! Probably purchased sometime in late 1950 or early 1951. Which is pretty cool as well since the 340 came out in 1950. Also have the original box of ammo that my grandfather had at the time of his death with 4 shells left in the box! Gun isn't a high value gun but it's priceless to me. To hold in my hands the tool the man I never got to meet, used to feed his family. The gun my father used to kill his prized mounted 10 pointer the day I was born ... It doesn't get any better than that.

Because the Media stopped doing journalism years ago and now just generates contents to suit agendas and attract eyeballs to pages. I hate them.

The panic is on. Drive by a gas station if you don't believe me.

I am not a musician. I am a hack that makes noise with my instruments. If that counts here is a picture.

From L-R: Homebrew tele, Homebrew strat, Tokia "Les Paul", Carvin DLC126, Homebrew '54 "Lesa Paul", Gibson SG, Gibson SG, 1965 Epiphone Olympic, Gibson Melody Maker. And just for you Mikey Magnatone lap steel. Next up, amps!

With all the emissions crap on them now, I would only get a newer one if I was where they don't have emissions testing. You can delete that junk off and greatly improve the efficiency (mpg) and power.

Gah.... false alarm and apologies, guys. I found that by squaring them off it was hosing the format on some mobile devices. The theme layout that we use right now assumes rounded avatars so I broke a couple of things by changing it.

This one made me snort beer out of my nose. WARNING! Do not consume liquids while watching this video!

Ok I'll admit I was one of the ones who disliked the round one and I do like the square one but I do think round one looks "cleaner" and more fitting to the general style and layout of the forum. So, yes we are impossible to please

That is way nicer than the silver one.

Here is a second gun resurrection post. This is a "how's it done" posting that I hope will be enjoyable as well as an informative posting. The Marlin #47 pictured here is one I bought on GB a few years ago. The 47 was made in 1930-31 and only given to investers who would buy at least 4 shares of Marlin stock for $100. It was also the First Marlin to get the new cyanide process color case hardened receiver. Of course it would have to be THIS rifle to be caught up in a fire! All the springs including the mag tube spring are still in good working condition making it a worthy project. This segment will deal with making a new pump handle since the wood on this was toast. I have already fitted a new semi inlet butt stock from Numrich Gun Parts. To find a piece of wood that may be the easiest to remanufacture into a handle, I found I had just the piece. It was an unknown broken butt stock that would save me one whole machine operation. The butt stock tang bolt hole happen to be slightly larger in diameter than the Marlins barrel OD. So I band sawed the stock to include half of the length wise hole. Once the chunk was cut out, it was a simple case of measuring the mag tube hole center below the barrel channel and putting V counter sink holes on the ends for turning the piece on centers. Here I match the OD to the original tho slightly over for later sanding. Once I had a round handle, it was easy to bore the mag tube hole centered in the 6 jaw lathe chuck to this raw pc. The next step was to mill in the action bar relief. The mag tube hole drill is set into the handle and then clamped snugly into the bench top mill so as to not crack the handle in the vise. A nice snug fit The action bar has a defined rust line where the wood covered it so that line was where I chucked the rusted end of the bar into the vise. I use a drill that would be the ID of the bar's attaching holes. That drill is put directly in line with the Bar hole and then the wood is slid on under the drill and a perfectly in line hole is born! Same pre line up the hole, then get the wood in between the bar & drill. Once the line up holes are in, the handle its self is chucked up and the holes bored to attaching screw OD. Then the screw escutcheon reliefs are bore to exacting depth. The escutcheons yet need to be sand blasted cleaned and blued before I press them in the handle, but here it is in the rought. The next segment will be the relining of the barrel.

So excited. 77 again! Thank you!

I filled the truck this am before I knew about this. I just filled up the Yukon and my daughter's car. The 4wheelers' are full of non-ethanol for some deer stand maintenance tomorrow morning Hope it doesn't last and the prices cone back down soon.

I was out driving around to see if the new shocks helped my truck's ride. A local Shell station in Bellevue was up to $2.59 (for regular unleaded) a little bit ago. People were going in to try to buy gas cans in addition to topping off their SUV.

I know it'd be a pain in the butt to do that all the time, and get expensive, but damn I bet it'd be just a little fun too.

I live in Columbia too. I drive a truck and will be home in the morning. I was wondering about our stations. I may be driving my Pete around town this weekend.

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A lot of stations out here in Columbia, I topped off the vehicles and cans just in case. Still $1.89 at my local station. Kroger was .30 cents higher earlier. Now they have signs, "Diesel Only". Oh well at least I work from home.

Down here no problem with a dealership taking them traded one off couple years ago and they will still do warranty work. Boy if the EPA really went out they would be fining thousands of people in this state. Even in your neck of the woods I know plenty of people without some bolt back on to pass test and yank them off again. It is dangerous running with a DPF etc when it does a burn off and you lose up tp 75% power when pulling a load you have to pull off the road sometime to let it Re-gen

Well, it's by the county for testing and the problems with deleting are, in no real particular order... Warranty EPA can (and apparently will) fine you if they catch you Dealerships won't take one on trade if it's been deleted (see previous)

A skit akin to "Who's on first?"

I'm jealous. I didn't have the opportunity to learn to play an instrument as a youngster but I always wish I had. Here's a tribute tune.

Do not point items at police or me!

Here are some audio examples of it...

Just another filter or two....and more oil.....and that DEF crap on the newer ones.

The only reason I don't have one is because I am afraid of the maintenance and repairs. I know nothing about them really.

I don't blame you. I never carry cash anywhere. Glad you're bringing someone!

Mrs. DaddyO texted me just a while ago and said I better stop on the way home and fill up if I can. It's crazy in Williamson County.

Whatever makes anyone take a BB gun or anything else like that when the police are yelling at you is beyond me. Common sense has gone by the wayside.

Up like a rocket, down like a feather.

Yep. Local Kroger is out of Regular and Mid-Grade. Premium gasoline was still available an hour ago. Diesel not impacted (thankfully) so far.

No. Don't speed this year up any quicker! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We will be taking cash and cards.

I don't disagree about the idea that stickers make you a target, but I happen to like stickers, I have insurance, and if I conduct my life in fear, evil wins.

A good start for liberty!

This is a link to the Bill Summary below: http://www.senate.mo.gov/16info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=22246426 The "Truly Agreed on and Passed" Version that was overridden: http://www.senate.mo.gov/16info/pdf-bill/tat/SB656.pdf Effective Dates There is an Emergency Clause for immediate enactment of Section 571.104, which has to do with the military permit renewals. Enactment of Section 571.030 would be delayed until January 1, 2017. This section has to do with carrying concealed weapons under subsection 1 (permitless concealed carry), additional persons being exempted from crimes under subsection 5, and changes in penalties under subsection 8. All the rest should be enacted on October 14. (Thirty days from the Veto Session on September 14 would be October 14; see 21.250 RSMo.) Note: Missouri still can't carry on Buses or Trains legally but hopefully next session this can be addressed.

Yeah, you had five copies of the address in your profile and somehow the ZIP code was repeated on the street address line as well as the ZIP code field. I've fixed all of that for you. You should be good to go now.

I'm still on the Cthulhu bandwagon. Why vote the less evil when you can vote for best evil?

The CZ 75 SP-01 SHADOW ORANGE pistol differs in new procedures and operations added as a part of the serial production process (e.g. the manual fitting of the barrel, the lateral definition of the free movement of the bolt and the sophisticated trigger mechanism). The gun has a burnished barrel and its "orange 2012" name is based principally on its long thin and aluminium grips of that color. The weapon is presented in an identical case to that of the CZ 75 TS CZECHMATE. FEATURES: handmade barrel matching and precise slide side setting Improved trigger mechanism polished barrel metal polished recoil spring guide polished recoil spring + recoil spring set (13 lbs. And 11 lbs.) Polished main spring + main spring set (13 lbs. And 16 lbs.) Buffer set (3x thick, 2x thin) orange grips - thin, long (aluminium) 3x magazine with aluminium magazine bottom (orange) defender type rear sights and red fiber optic front sight 5,5 x 2,5 x 1 mm newly designed sa/da hammer cleaning oil, cd, polymer case better shooting comfort, increased accuracy. more stable recoil during shooting. Parts service life increased. smooth and precise trigger mechanism. http://oakhillguns.com/pistol/cz-usa/cz-75-sp-01-shadow-orange-9mm.html

If you want a CZ that's NOT for carry, that's an excellent choice. Personally, I don't care for guns I can't carry.

Yeah. Nobody would want to break in to steal patchouli oil and stale granola.

I don't even like having the dealership sticker on my cars.

--- most of first paragraph redacted. I realized after reading the responses while NOT doing a dozen other things that I believe I missed the sarcasm font on a couple responses. My apologies!--- Disagree with their choice in musical direction versus your personal taste, cool. I don't really like the Beatles very much. There. I said it, haha! More than the fact that I am a big fan of all their music (seriously... all of their music. Even St Anger has grown on me through the years!) I am SO over this election and these absolute turdsacks of candidates we have left at the bottom of the trash pile. Johnson too. And that's hard for me to say. I truly believe one has to be mentally ill to enthusiastically support any current candidate. Please note I said ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT. I understand the "well, this one's less spawn-of-satan-pure-evil than the other" argument. I don't begrudge anyone for feeling that way. I'm feeling just about hopeless with politics right now. This shirt feels like all I can do. Even more than how much I love Metallica, I dislike what's going on and this is my statement of dissent, er whatever.

Shameless plug... one of the nice things that I intentionally designed into the TGO decals is the fact that at a casual glance, they don't look like a gun-related decal. There are so many Tennessee tri-star decals out there that people just see it as one of those unless they are really paying attention.

Dave shipped these yesterday, i should have them soon if if you haven't given me your shipping info, please do so now

OK friends. I need some book recommendations! I'm recovering from surgery and will be homebound for several weeks... I just finished books 1-3 of the "New Homefront" series by Steven Bird. They were decent and set locally here in East TN. +1 to that. https://www.amazon.com/Last-Layover-New-Homefront/dp/1507808577/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=39X2YXC6RWNV1A9VPBK5 I also read book 1 of the "Day by Day Armageddon" Series by J.L.Bourne. I particularly enjoyed the style and content of this book and will probably pick up book 2. The format is written as a journal entry and is remarkably well executed. But, unfortunately the Amazon reviews pretty much all state the series finishes poorly... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439176671/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Currently I am re-reading a book I pulled off my shelf that I haven't read in probably 15 years. While not a SHTF book I highly recommend it to my gunny brothers & sisters here. It's "Tactical Reality: An Uncommon Look at Common Sense Firearms Training and Tactics" by the late great Louis Awerbuck. from 1999. I have subscribed to SWAT Magazine for a few decades now, and I have always read Louis Awerbuck's section first. I regret I never took the opportunity to train with him. My loss! https://www.amazon.com/Tactical-Reality-Uncommon-Common-Sense-Firearms/dp/1581600518/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473679670&sr=1-4&keywords=louis+awerbuck So help a brother out and recommend some quality reading material for me! Please...