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Well, I got a great Christmas present from my son and youngest Grandson this morning. They just filled my freezer up with about 160 lbs of processed assorted cuts of deer meat. They killed two 8 points and a 6 pint and had it all processed and it is now in my freezer. I will have some great eating for a year now......................

Thanks for the update. I'm wondering if your root cause of restlessness in life may be simply due to a clinical case of paragraphphobia. - OS

Going to give you some advice that may seem somewhat unsolicited, but maybe you were hoping folks would offer some? Anyway... I think your problems, or at least the past ones, stem from two major things: Impatience (leading to anger) and lack of resolve to see something through to completion. Thematically, the experiences that you described were short-lived and terminated by your own hand. A few of them you rationalized were out of your control, but you still ended them yourself: Fired from one job for throwing a pizza Didn't have the resolve to run a kitchen job (sober) Wasn't easy to find time to exercise while working a prison job, so you didn't Nursing education didn't work out for undisclosed reason Phlebotomy education didn't work out because you didn't prep enough to pass the exams So my advice is this: Sack up. Life isn't easy. Hard work and perseverance will take you past where talent or natural gifts (such as academics coming easy) let off. There's nothing wrong with bouncing around between things while you figure out what makes you happy, but there's a nothing right about giving up prematurely or blaming outcomes on circumstance. You are the master of your own destiny. Make your own "luck". Find something in life and stick with it past the point of your own comfort, just to prove to yourself that you can and so that you discover that "comfort" is a state of mind and therefore something that you control. Just some honest talk from someone who was restless in his 20's and thankfully had someone sit him down and talk to him like this. I hope you get it all figured out.

Ho Lee Hel. TGODavid was nice enough to spot me a benefactor membership for the month, some comments got going about me being the old Ebow1 and the legend of throwing the pizza oven so I just spent the last hour re-reading through that thread. I forgot just how much went into that. And I guess I forgot how long I'd been gone. I think I got tired of looking at the guns for sale and never being able to afford them. Anyways, I guess I'm back, so I thought I'd catch everybody up what's happened since that Domino's nonsense. I know there were a lot of justified speculations about my maturity. Well let's see, after Domino's there was Applebee's. That didn't last long, truly I just can't run a kitchen when I'm sober (seriously). Then there was pizza hut and driving for them, while working the campus bookstore and going to school. Finished out school at some point with a 2 year police science degree, was working for Papa John's by then. Got my truck totaled. Some guy tried to run a red light and I was there just in time to stop him. Ended up leaving Papa John's what with not having a vehicle and got a job working at Deberry, being that I was still out of shape, I thought I could work a prison job and get in good enough shape to become a cop. Yeah no such luck. Never exactly had a whole lot of spare time with that job. I ended up leaving that job with a two weeks notice. It was turning me into a level of asshole that I just didn't like what I was becoming. But I can say this much, I put up with a lot worse than one asshole manager without any violent outbursts. Went to work 3rd shift at a Shell in the meantime, heard about TN reconnect, decided to go to school again into a nursing program (didn't want that initially but it was what the state was willing to pay for). Had to leave the Shell cause I couldn't make enough at that job with my school schedule the way it was. Ended up driving again for a different Papa John's. Nursing didn't work, transferred to Phlebotomy, didn't pass that. Somewhere along the way I realized I've never really had an idea what I want to do with my life and that I've just been guessing. Well now I'm working at Valvoline and actually enjoy my job and like the company I'm working for. I've been in a serious relationship for a good amount of time now and she's helped me become a lot more mature. Don't know if yall were interested or not, but thought I'd share it as I guess I didn't realize how long it'd been.

Not safe for church...

I hunted some in college and for one reason or another never got anything. Decided to give it another go last year and got nothing. This year was going about the same until yesterday morning. I know it is not very big, but, my first deer. Shot from a blind with my Winchester 30-30. Open sights from about 30 yards.

Geez... I thought it was but I wasn't sure. Ok, look, here's the deal: I set you up with a Benefactor account that will expire at the end of December. If you want to renew at the end of that time, it would be appreciated. If not, I won't bother trying to help next time around. Merry Christmas.

The further complication of that for service people, is that full time duty assignment counts same as state of permanent residence of record under federal law to an FFL. But I personally would be pretty leery about personally selling any firearm to a "guy from San Diego", regardless of where he (says he) is stationed. Even with some military paperwork to show, that's just a complicated area I wouldn't want to get into as a private seller. - OS

I am regretting my decision a little.

Federal law requires a person to be 21 to buy a handgun from an FFL. Tennessee state law only requires they be 18. So an FFL can’t transfer a handgun to an 18 year old, but you can sell them one on a private sale if they are a Tennessee resident.

Saw this on Twitter

My first FOF experience was with you, you promptly shot me square in the left nipple. I learned. timcar86, thanks for posting.

I think that could be said for many of us.

Well, welcome back. Oddly my takeaway from this is that you should stay away from pizza.

Please please please I want to know about the pizza throwing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Over 100 boxes of 325rd Federal Auto Match for $19ea at Academy in Smyrna last week. Plenty of CCI Standard Velocity for $4/50, and tons of Aguila for $4-5 box depending on type.

I buy most of my jeans from Sam's. Usually around 13-14 bucks a pair. Also have found some really nice Wranglers at second-had stores for under 10. I'm wearing some of them now in fact.

For the December match, Gallatin Gun club will host an IDPA match with Rifle side match on December 10th. Start time is 9:00AM. Set up starts at 7:00. 5 stages about 90 rounds. The IDPA Stages will be reshot with rifle after the IDPA match. Rifle will be under IMG rules. Match fee will be $10 for club members - $20 for Non-members. Current range closure is set for February 13th. I will try to have matches in January and February, weather permitting. Their is currently no arrangements to hold matches until the new range is completed after range closure in February. We may shoot the new IDPA classifier if it becomes part of the new rules book for the February match. I have made a registration page in Practiscore if you would like to register for the match ahead of time. https://practiscore.com/december-idpa-match-with-rifle-side-match/register

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My first response was really to ronald_55, who claimed USB was universal so why design a proprietary one. I just suspected he felt that Apple pulled USB-C out of their rear solely so they could charge for adapters. In my opinion, switching to USB-C was a great option as it is a standard. You have valid concerns for certain technical aspects, but they currently do not bother me. I bought an Anker USB-C to USB-A adapter to keep in the bag. My needs sound vastly different than yours. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've seen first hand in my life how the term "no good deed goes unpunished" is more than just a saying.......more times than I like to remember.

I'm surprised I didn't hear one of them say "But it worked for the Duke boys"

That's hysterical and definitely NSFW or anyone else that gets offended by salty language.

Yeah sounds like a really good way to screw up your life.

Rick has has enough trouble finding himself much less proper footwear. The only thing cowboy boots are good for is looking good on Saturday night at the two-step. They sure aren't cut out for getting through the zombie apocalypse.

Not really an option in my business. They are the best tools for the job.

Welcome to the group

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And I've never figured out why Vermont, the bluest of blue states, has the most lax gun laws in the country. But you don't see me living there just so I can brag about gun freedom.

You said you live in Wears Valley (Sevier County), I believe Sevier County is one of the few counties in the state that has a county wide building ordinance to control the building codes, probably why one just simply can't build a rifle range everywhere or even in a cow pasture. I also believe due to your location, not much outdoor rifle ranges exists in East Tennessee without at lest an hour drive somewhere. As far as the NRA, likely in the valley, you are surrounding more by non-native valley goers vs. native. Some of the more recent folk that moved into the valley have brought with them their native thinking. As I near the 1/2 century mark, and being both a lifelong Tennessee resident and a life long gun nut from an early single digit age, to see how Tennessee has changed on guns vs. the nation as a whole, is remarkable. Yes, Tennessee may charge for a concealed carry, and it may take a little red tape (finger prints, class, qualifying) to get a permit, its okay in my book considering for many years like others have said you could not even have a gun in your vehicle not to mention on your person without being a special deputy. You should have been in mid 90s during the the first wave to receive the concealed carry permit. When Concealed carry first began back in the mid 90s, no one cared about the cost and hoops to jump through, we were just happy to have the ability. I personally was in the first group that took the classes, it took >6 mos to get the permit due to the log jam of the number of applicants. BTW, back then the Brady Bill was in full effect, Assault Weapons were in full effect, and Al Gore was still tinkering with the idea of a internet. Welcome to Tennessee, and also as a former fellow Sevier Countian for 30+ years, as long as you check your Yankee ideas & expectations both good and bad at the state border, you will do just fine here in Tennessee. BTW, assume you like the no income tax, cheap property tax on real property, and cheap car tags.

Well, since Tennessee doesn't have an income tax, the state looks to pinch money any which way it can to fund daily operations. We've debated a bit how much the actual process of processing HCP applications is on the state since they use existing facilities and workers at the DMV and TBI...but it is what it is. I'm going to guess your location has more to do with this than anything. From my location in Murfreesboro, I have access at least a two indoor pistol ranges, and four rifle ranges (three of which I know have a pistol area) within an hours drive. That's just off the top of my head, so I may even be forgetting a few more. Compare that to your location, where there isn't a lot of population density win driving distance to support a bustling firearms range selection. You're also in the "touristy area" so that's not helping things when it comes to local ordinances and what not. Well, the NRA rep to our state is a joke, and the only attention they really pay to Tennessee is when they brought the annual convention to Nashville, and when they want money. While I'm sure plenty of us love the firearms safety and promotion of the cause, the rest is off-putting to me at least. The NRA range requirements is just using a ready made format, IMO. No, it's just that our Republican government is the capital R type of Republican that loves to talk a good game while making sure the plebs don't get too much freedom to turn against them. I think with a few exceptions we're at a decent medium on the macro scale, but it's all situation and location dependent.

Yep. It was right up there with Letereat's "you're all homos" thread.

Don't know about PA but as a New Yorker, I can honestly say it is SO much easier and relaxed here.

Well, that part is certainly not true as far as possession/carry. Before the HCP process, for about 25 years there was no legal way short of being a crony "honorary deputy" for the average joe to legally possess a firearm even in his vehicle, let alone on the person in general public. So that has actually come a long way toward firearm freedom, with some significant recent changes thrown in even for non-permit holders. But one thing, it was looser until sometime in the 70's regarding guns in autos, forget which year, but the days of legally having the rifle or shotgun in the back window did indeed go away. As far as places to shoot, growing up, I don't think "official" ones of any kind were any more prevalent. The difference is that back then we simply weren't so crowded a state, and there was a bigger choice of "unofficial" places to shoot, either city/county/state unimproved land where they didn't really care, and also the fact the most everybody knew somebody with private land who didn't care either. Now, the larger expanses of private land are in fewer hands, and of course city/county lands are mostly "full" of something. There's a lot less empty "there" anywhere. I think you are right about state lands however, they have clamped down on that a lot more, only allowing it at their dedicated ranges. But yeah, we are far from deserving the "Patron State of Shooting Stuff" moniker anymore in that particular regard. The folks who can shoot out west on the vast tracks of federal land have more of a claim to that IMHO. - OS

One thing about ranges in my area is that most everyone has somewhere the can shoot free. Either the back yard, 'the back 40', or just a friend's place. Even the national forest has an outdoor range that is $3 a day for a lane. You can shoot a .50 there if you want. The ranges around get pressure from people protesting noise (even for indoor ones) and the whole 'I don't want it in my neighborhood' attitude. Really it ends up being a few sour grapes that ruin it all for everyone. Because TN is such a big diverse state, laws that make a little sense in Nashville or Memphis end up getting passed and enforced in small town TN. Even if they really don't apply.

Good to see another member from the superior--uh, i mean Northeast--side of the state. Welcome!

Yep we made a donation last night. Rather give it through Dolly than the Red Cross.

Dear Chip, If I want to pay full retail to buy your product from your branded store in an already posted mall, your letter of over whelming concern is a concern. You take no real measures to ensure nor any responsibility or accountability for my safety. The Bad Guy has already defeated the first layer of mall security, the GUN BUSTER SIGN, so he's already in the mall. That vault like security did not keep him in the parking lot or decide to try strong arm vs. armed criminal activity. Your message of no guns probably didn't hit his Facebook or Twitter feed, he probably didn't watch CNN before leaving the house. He will more than likely evade the second layer of security at your store entrance, another NO GUNS SIGN (and maybe a framed and autographed copy of you PC email hanging behind the register) You see Chip, a Bad Guy, whose back up plan is to use violence or lethal force during the commission of an illegal act, isn't dissuaded by ink on paper. With no due respect, You ain't GettingmyGoods

And unless you actually, legally post your stores then I will 'respectfully' ignore your lame-a** request - if, that is, I actually go into any of your stores. Which I probably won't. I don't care about the jeans but I do like Dockers - which are made by Levi's - because I can wear them to work. Honestly, though, I don't buy them from the Levi's stores. In fact, since I really just wear them to work and since I hate spending money on clothes just to wear to work, I often look for and find pairs of Dockers that look like they were never worn at Amvets or Goodwill so Levi's doesn't get any of my money for buying them, anyhow. I do, sometimes, pick up Dockers at the discount stores in Pigeon Forge but I don't think those are actually Levi's stores.

Hey I just noticed that if you are an Amazon Prime member, this book is free in the Kindle library. Not real handy to use while reloading, ,but easier to carry around and read on the go than the 800 page paperback. Plus you can see if you are really interested before laying down the cash to buy it.

Catch me, Chip

Watching that video reminded me that a lot of gun writers really say and write stupid things. Such as pointing out the undercut of the P10's trigger guard and saying it's a popular thing that people do to Glocks. Glocks come with a healthy undercut already! Sure, people add more, but the Glocks I own came with more of an undercut than the P10 appears to have. Also such as calling the grip pattern a "grenade pattern". I guess? I wouldn't have identified it as the type of pattern that a grenade has. It looks very Glock Gen4-like. I do think it was smart to carefully copy the Glock 19/23's dimensions and configuration of the frame forward of the grip to make the P10 fit existing Glock holsters. I also wonder when Glock will file a lawsuit against them. Edited To Add: I want one.

Found a video of Raoul at last year's party:

It used to get a bit rowdy around here apparently. Our warehouse staff moved to a different location and took the party with them, but I was here for one year of it. Drinking, smoking, all kinds of general merriment last year that I had to watch but not partake in being up at the front of the store. This year rumor has it we are getting Popeyes chicken, so while it wont be as fun as watching drunkards arm wrestling over the last slice of pizza, at least it'll be chicken.

And to expound on how it can negatively affect accuracy. With a low magnification you center the scope up on the target and pull the trigger. No rush or hurry. With a high magnification scope you line up on the target then you are forced to jerk the trigger. The reason is because with high magnification scope you can see your heartbeat in the scope. Even your pulse in your hand can be seen through a high magnification scope. Another reason high magnification scope can affect accuracy is when you can see the bullets holes as you shoot. Most people will get frustrated if they are that amazing three shot group go to help with a fourth shot. And along with that frustration comes a loss of concentration that can negatively affect group size. When shooting groups I generally turn the magnification down until I cannot see the bullet holes at the distance I am shooting. In a perfect world one should fire between heartbeats and between the natural pause in your breathing. And one more small tidbit, when shooting for groups never fire with your gun while resting on a hard surface of off a bipod. They can cause erratic harmonics that can negatively affect accuracy. I use bags or a cheap backpack with a pillow inside. Even resting your gun on your fist it better than resting it in a hard surface.

Carl needs to get a proper eye patch and cut his damn hair. I've got no problem with guys having long hair but he's looking way past girly and that ain't cool.

Rememebr that 22LR is just a gateway caliber. It stars with BBs then 22 and then the next their you know they are hooked on 556.

I have an old friend who likes to shoot that M22 through his Russian made CM2 at 300yrds. I would like to walk into an ammo selling store and stare at 20 different kinds of .22 rimfire on the shelf again while still being able to buy off the shelf bricks of CCI Standard Velocity. Even though that sounds like fantasy it was like that not so long ago.

Chalk one up for the good guys.

God bless him.