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Enjoy some semi-glamour shots of my Luger.... I tried to show all the imperfections in the finish, along with the identification stamps. Not horrible condition to be 98 years old. http://imgur.com/a/NBfPn

See, that is a concept I don't grasp. An animal is not a human. They can't reason or understand emotion the way that a human can. Rehoming a pet is a very traumatic experience for them. Especially one with special needs and several years on them. Realistically, that cat will sit in a shelter for the next six months until it dies. I am being opinionated when I say this, so take this at face value. I think it is more selfish to rehome the cat, or attempt to rehome the cat, than to face the fact and put it down. I have raised my current pack/pride from underage. Moeko came to us as a kitten. My family is all she ever knew. She lived an exceptional life. My entire family was distraught at putting her down. But we all acknowledged it was the right decision. It hurt, but it was correct. Her quality of life was miserable, and it was taking a toll on her family to keep her going. We all shed a tear when we put her down. I brought her body home and allowed the other animals of the family to see her. So they would not search endlessly for her when they realized she was missing. I have raised Bandit from a four week old puppy. I hand fed her. I have trained her to rival trick dogs. Hand and verbal commands. Sit, stay, jump, fetch, catch, speak, shake, lay down... She is bell trained house broken, she is finger snap trained to come so an exact spot. She sleeps at my feet and understands her place in the pack hierarchy. She is three and a half years old now. I got here from here on this very forum and drove six hours roundtrip to get her. She is an exceptional dog. Exceptional. And that is said with only a modicum of pride. However, I would rather put her down than to see her suffer the pain of a shelter, of the confusion of a hasty rehoming. Bongo, our kitten (who is a year and half old now) is in the same boat. I pulled him out from under a car at possibly three weeks old and my daughter bottle fed him for a month before he pulled through. He is as spoiled as any other member of my family. He is Bandit's best friend and most dangerous co-conspirator. Bongo is stealth and cunning, Bandit is strength and destruction. Table scraps, eyeglasses, you name it, they handle it. Much like my wife, when I said 'till death do us part,' I meant it. Same as with my pets. Regardless of the circumstances. It is my duty as the provider to ensure they have the best possible life. I am sorry for the distaste in my post, but rehoming a twelve year old diabetic cat does not speak highly to me. However, if I am missing a massive piece of the puzzle, I apologize for my vitriol. However as stated above, even with Bandit in the prime of her life, I would choose euthanasia before a shelter. It would be the merciful thing to do. But remember, opinions are much like assholes, everyone has one.

This is from Michael Hayden, the former Director of the NSA and head of the CIA under both Bush and Obama. Just a reminder that when it comes to "counterterrorism" you don't have many friends. I'll just leave this here: http://www.wsj.com/video/hayden-2nd-amendment-changes-could-boost-security/46C5012C-D43B-4935-B41B-4376472595BA.html

It's arguable that he should have been in the dock to answer for Constitutional violations while head of the NSA. He's the guy who sold warrantless wiretapping as an idea to Cheney and crew. My favorite photo of him:

You can pick up Maker's 46 (from the folks at Maker's Mark) in a fifth. You should try that next if you haven't already.

Walked up on this one during a Hog hunt in Altamaha, south Georgia. Makes for an interesting day!

I'm from the government and I'm here to help......

Shut your dirty mouth.

It is probably best to euthanize. It is a painful decision, but it often best. I just put our family cat down at eleven due to quality of life issues. It hurt, but it was best. Better than finding her a new family. We were all she had ever known. It was the most humane choice. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

I don't know who first started using air tankers, but I know that B-17s were used after WW2 for that.

Good looking shootin' iron! Here's mine.

I have thought the scooper tanker was some great engineering since I first saw it. I'm guessing the problem is that there is never enough of them.

The truth of the matter is this.... Some decisions are life-altering (...and in some cases life-taking...) actions... I've got zero sympathy for the "...they are just kids thing...." and the "...no amount of punishment is appropriate thing..."... The fact is that these two people have caused the loss of life, stupendous property damage, and misery on a gargantuan scale to folks they don't know and who have done nothing to them... Not many people can say they have accomplished such idiotic, and monstrous mayhem; no matter the age or occupation (...or lack of one...) in a whole lifetime of screwing things up and doin evil... That puts them in a very elite and despisable class... A class that i simply do not think you can tolerate out in the general population... These two are miscreants at best and monsters at worst... Those who believe that this is "...kids being kids..." are either intellectually challenged or intellectually dishonest as far as i'm concerned... Actions do have consequences, and this is about the worst action i've seen in a good while... I (...and i suspect others...) have friends and kinfolk, rich and poor, that have lost everything as a result of this monstrous action... This conflagration has touched thousands, if not tens of thousands of people... It is on the same scale as an act of war; no matter the original intention.... America seems to be the only place in the world where we have a pretty large subclass of otherwise intelligent people who dote on our young folks and do them the genuine disservice of lying to them by failing to tell our children that "actions have consequences"... I say that if you believe in "teenage irresponsibility"; you are part of the problem... It also baffles me that there seems to be a "cottage industry" of "experts" who would tell us that "kids will be kids", and seek to explain away and/or minimize this sort of monstrous behavior.... Kids should continually be told that all actions have consequences; from childhood thru adulthood... I don't wanna hear about "kids being kids" and "they didn't mean to do it"... This is not some idiotic video game that you can re-set; nor some goofy "alternate reality" where it don't matter... People have actually died as the result of these actions and property has been destroyed on a god like scale... This one aint gonna go away... If you want kids to be responsible, you have to continually teach them to act responsible; while being responsible yourself... Sometimes the punishment is not sufficient for the crime; and i suspect that is the case here... None the less, serious punishment needs to be passed out for this; right up to and including trial for capital murder... I say, let justice take it's course and keep the "they were just kids" things out of it... Thus endeth the rant... leroy....

Awesome! The whole time I was waiting for my ride I was watching them refill the tanks on the other BAe 146. The pilots were telling me that it carried 3000 gallons of fire retardant/water per run. All I know it that it takes a huge set a brass balls to fly a 100,000 pound jet at low altitudes to drop that payload on the hillsides. Just imagining trying to get sub 2000ft to the ground while suddenly dropping 1/4 the gross weight from the fuselage gives me chills, much less attempting to do it right on the edge of a raging forest fire.

This one was in the region too, its call a Super Scooper. Came out of Montana. It worked mostly in North Carolina. There is a video on facebook of it scooping out of Fontana Lake. Basically lands on the water scoops up 1600 gallons in 12 seconds and then takes back off.

going to have to disagree with both mikeG and bubbiesdad on this one. What happened is terrible but to suggest they need "prison love" is over the line. IMO. Mark

This is a good time of year to get good prices on flashlights. I have had the Fenix PD for a year. Great light 2x123 and 1000 lumens. i added an OLight and Nitecore to the collection, both 1x123. The little OLight is rated at 500 lumens. I like these newer lights with buttons on the sides. These came from Battery Junction. The Fenix I think I got from Fenix Outfitters. I also picked up a Black Diamond headlamp 200l from Eastern Mountain Sports.

Actually that may not be entirely true. If you think $30.00 is reasonable for a bottle give Coopers a try. It's a Brown-Foreman product. Well worth a try.

Fixed that for you

I figure if the job's worth doing, it's worth doing right.

I sometimes wonder if I'm overconfident with .22 mag? Mind you, I don't think I'd try it on a big monster, but every pig I've shot in the neck with one has dropped on the spot. Honestly I worry more about some big hog coming after me with just the .22 mag than anything else. If you're down Atlanta way anytime soon, the Cabela's in Ackworth had a lot of it in stock last week.

I concur on the common caliber logic. Assuming the worst and adding reloading to the mix, I'd start narrowing down by ease to reload. I'm biased towards PCCs, I've got a HP 995 and an M1 Carbine. For defense and effective shooting (and cheap plinking) out to 100 yards, they're great. Past that I'm going to use a rifle of some sort.

Here's the old skool sheath I made fer it.

Maybe some Ruger Americans in 308 or 223. Cheap, light, simple. or... High Point carbine in 9mm

I kinda figured he commit murder, realized he screwed up and decided he would rather die than go to prison. Just a WAG though.

Yeah.....right place at the right time for me. I walked into the local gun store one day right as the guy was leaving who left it at the store for a consignment sale. Evidently, neither of them knew what it was.

From what I was taught you arm your "army" with what you have.... then relieve the ones you vanquish of their weapons..... beside the best weapon available to everyone is located between the ears....some are just smaller caliber than others.

Probably someone that either likes collecting and likes finding odd pieces that typically never get posted or sale, or someone that might intend on buying good deals and the selling them to turn a profit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Update- Got to shoot the LCP ii this morning and no malfunctions with 50 rounds of WWB; about 40 rounds of Remington FMJ and about 25 rounds of Freedom Munitions loaded Hornady XTP hollow points. Ejection was a little erratic but I am optimistic that it will smooth out over time. My impressions: 1) I did shoot it a little better than my old LCP likely due to the better trigger and the sights don't get lost on me as much. Slow fire accuracy is probably about the same, but the larger front sight (more space for the white nail polish I put on) and the shorter reset, let me speed up and still keep things on a paper plate size at about 5 yards. 2) .380 can still have recoil in a small enough pistol. Despite a few reviews I read, I did not notice a reduction in perceived recoil due to the increased grip diameter. I also put about 50 rounds through the Glock 22 I am carrying today, and even with the bark of the .40 it felt like a very soft shooter in comparison. I like this LCP a little better than the first gen models but it isn't a gun I would enjoy putting 200 rounds through at a time. 3) I always people talk about recoil for a certain caliber which never makes sense to me. The size of the pistol seems to have a much more of an impact on recoil than caliber. when I shoot multiple pistols, I am reminded that regardless of caliber, I should carry the largest one I can comfortably conceal. For me, the bigger ones are just a lot easier to shoot well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_JRM_Mars The Martin Mar's is a tough old bird but still looks pretty darn good.

Mosin, Mauser, SKS, AK, cheap pump shotgun, ...

They get used a lot here, hours per day 5 days/week. So for more "normal use", the batteries probably would last a while.

If the federal govt can say we CAN....... then they can say we can't. Would i like to be able to travel to some "occupied" states and see historically significant stuff like in Boston and Washington DC and still carry a gun? Absolutely. But moving CCW which is a state issue under the purview of the federal govt leaves open some very unsavory possibilities in the future. Now, if it is simply a matter of writing a bill that does NOTHING other than compel states to recognize all licenses (like drivers, marriage, etc...) issued by other states then it MIGHT be OK. But I have real concerns with the unintended consequences that might come to light when that door gets opened.

Yaah...!! Yaah...! what great tools...! i love these things... Glad there are some Teutonic Believers out there keepin the tradition alive... Bring out the Imperial Flag and the Beer Steins; we'll sing the old songs and re-tell the old tales... Prost...!!! teutonic adminrin leroy....

Lots of our inspectors at work have these. They're really good, but eat batteries at a pretty high rate. I'd like to get one of the single AAA versions of it.

Therein lies the problem. I've heard rumors that they currently have a 15 and 17 yr old and they are implicating others.

Yeah totally. The guy killed the guy and then shot himself??? There has to be more to this story because it just seems wayyyy too out there to take a face value.

Nice example Imperial DWM. Perhaps over the weekend I will drag mine out for a photo session

Where I grew up in Northern California it was almost every summer we would see these scooping out of Lake Shasta. Quite a site to behold, especially if out on a boat near the scoop site. They would usually have a couple small boats out there right before scoop run trying to herd the recreational boaters out of the way in time. Fast forward a couple years and I was a volunteer firefighter working on wild-land crews getting to see these and the retardant tankers up close from the receiving end. They are real game changers tactically. Not sure who came up with the idea of this as a viable water delivery technique (and I'm sure there were some pucker factor moments in the development phase) but they are owed some serious kudos for all the lives and land they have helped save over the years.

Leroy, I'm going to my safe space now. That was harsh. You know I'm kidding.

Picked up another Japanese whiskey to try and a bottle of Weller 12.

At least 10 states would appeal such a law, and I can't see SCOTUS allowing it myself, even with Trump's replacement for Scalia. Transportation is a necessity and in the public interest of all states and the federal government, and hence a driver's license is "universal", but they're just not going to see carrying a heater as synonymous. There are lots of state licenses that are not accepted in all other states, whether it's the practice of law, medicine, or hairdressing. I agree with Dave: unless SCOTUS incorporates the right to carry a heater same as owning one as in McDonald, and negating the need for a permit in the first place, can't see it standing if passed. Perhaps they should go for a federal carry permit, good in all states, might have a better chance. But I'd certainly be against that too. - OS

Back when i was getting a retro build together, a TGO member put me onto NODAK SPUD. There's more going on there besides AR uppers... Real deal retro copies and historical facts. I found that site very interesting. They even offer the very early original "finger" charging handle upper with brown furniture. Now that'd be a hoot at the range. Anyways, i did do a deal with them and even tho the fella isn't the best at communication, i can truly say he knows his product and when i got my parts they were perfect. Check out the other retro links on their website too. All kinds of info.

It sure is. I shoot at the FOP range in Loudon. There's a nice little creek that runs through the property. I see river otters on occasion swimming and playing in it. Only time I've ever seen them, outside of the zoo.

They don't need to go to prison, they need to pick up a shovel and wheel barrow. Then when they're done with that, they need pick up a hammer and nails. Then when they're done with that, they need to pick up a paint brush. Depending on how all that goes, maybe we'll see about prison. Given the situation, I'd bet the parents weren't particularly involved before so getting them involved now seems a bit late.

I recently lost my grandfather,he was the greatest man I've ever known, anyways I could go on forever. I was lucky enough to get a few treasures he had. One was this old colt 38 that belonged to his father. I will never part with it so value doesn't mean much to me. I'm thinking I would like to have it restored but want it done right do any of you guys have some one you would recommend? Let them know how much you love them while you can. R.I.P Esko J Barnard. Thanks for looking and letting me rant.

My Para FAL wasn't built by him, but it was worked over and refinished there. You have good reason to be excited.

Cartel wins this thread .

Just gave my daughter a Ruger SP 101 as her first handgun.

**UPDATE** Today is his birthday, and we've been out shooting his 3" Stainless Ruger SP101 357 Magnum, and he loves it! A part of me hoped he wouldn't care for it, as I've sort of taken a liking to it as well. Thanks for all the suggestions, and thanks to the forum member who sold it to me.