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As it was manufactured before 1899 it is an antique and therefore FFL regulations do not apply. Pick it up while you are there and bring it home.

From Lower Left Clockwise: Colt Agent. Serial # places it from 1970. Shrouded hammer and Pocket Clip grip. Colt Peacekeeper. Unpolished, flat black finish. Manufactured in the 1980s during the strike. Colt Python. Serial # places it from 1972. Has a 2 ¼ in barrel. I actually have the original box for this. Colt Model 357. I’m placing this one in the early 1950s. I understand only 15,000 were made. Colt Detective Special. Serial # places it from 1972.

It would be the best money ever spent. I've spent the whole night staring at them. These photos so do not do them justice. They're just gorgeous.

Means the sponsor wrote a bill to include a specific caption, or segment of the TCA Code, that they want to work on, so they put up a broad enough "Caption" that they can amend later in session to get something done. All you can do with any bill is purportedly modify the segment of the law you originally included in your bill, but you can modify it in any way by amendment so long as it stays within its "caption". Been hanging around up there a while, Goins is one of the best, (Former Marine, honest to a fault and a friend of the firearms Rights enthusiast) what you see is what you get, he is leaning to work within the system.

I knew a man like this in the small town I grew up in. A lesson of life Read the following and have a GREAT day! I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily apprising a basket of freshly picked green peas. I paid for my potatoes but was also drawn to the display of fresh green peas. I am a pushover for creamed peas and new potatoes. Pondering the peas, I couldn't help overhearing the conversation between Mr. Miller (the store owner) and the ragged boy next to me. 'Hello Barry, how are you today?' 'H'lo, Mr. Miller. Fine, thank ya. Jus' admirin' them peas. They sure look good.' 'They are good, Barry. How's your Ma?' 'Fine.. Gittin' stronger alla' time.' 'Good. Anything I can help you with?' 'No, Sir. Jus' admirin' them peas.' 'Would you like to take some home?' asked Mr. Miller. 'No, Sir. Got nuthin' to pay for 'em with.' 'Well, what have you to trade me for some of those peas?' 'All I got's my prize marble here.' 'Is that right? Let me see it' said Miller. 'Here 'tis.. She's a dandy.' 'I can see that. Hmmmmm, only thing is this one is blue and I sort of go for red. Do you have a red one like this at home?' the store owner asked. 'Not zackley but almost.' 'Tell you what. Take this sack of peas home with you and next trip this way let me look at that red marble'. Mr. Miller told the boy. 'Sure will. Thanks Mr. Miller.' Mrs. Miller, who had been standing nearby, came over to help me. With a smile she said, 'There are two other boys like him in our community, all three are in very poor circumstances. Jim just loves to bargain with them for peas, apples, tomatoes, or whatever.. When they come back with their red marbles, and they always do, he decides he doesn't like red after all and he sends them home with a bag of produce for a green marble or an orange one, when they come on their next trip to the store.' I left the store smiling to myself, impressed with this man. A short time later I moved to Colorado , but I never forgot the story of this man, the boys, and their bartering for marbles. Several years went by, each more rapid than the previous one. Just recently I had occasion to visit some old friends in that Idaho community and while I was there learned that Mr. Miller had died. They were having his visitation that evening and knowing my friends wanted to go, I agreed to accompany them. Upon arrival at the mortuary we fell into line to meet the relatives of the deceased and to offer whatever words of comfort we could. Ahead of us in line were three young men. One was in an army uniform and the other two wore nice haircuts, dark suits and white shirts...all very professional looking. They approached Mrs. Miller, standing composed and smiling by her husband's casket. Each of the young men hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke briefly with her and moved on to the casket. Her misty light blue eyes followed them as, one by one, each young man stopped briefly and placed his own warm hand over the cold pale hand in the casket. Each left the mortuary awkwardly, wiping his eyes. Our turn came to meet Mrs. Miller. I told her who I was and reminded her of the story from those many years ago and what she had told me about her husband's bartering for marbles. With her eyes glistening, she took my hand and led me to the casket. 'Those three young men who just left were the boys I told you about. They just told me how they appreciated the things Jim 'traded' them. Now, at last, when Jim could not change his mind about color or size.....they came to pay their debt..' 'We've never had a great deal of the wealth of this world,' she confided, 'but right now, Jim would consider himself the richest man in Idaho .' With loving gentleness she lifted the lifeless fingers of her deceased husband. Resting underneath were three exquisitely shined red Marbles. The Moral : We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath.

Don't know if this qualifes as a rare caliber but I do have one of these in my safe and shoot it once in a while and people do look at me if there is anyone in the range because it does make a real amount of noise when fired. It is a Tokarev 7.62x25.

I have a S&W model 53 in .22 Remington Jet....basically a centerfire .22 I inherited this from my Dad along with 4 boxes of ammo, 6 SS inserts for .22lr and the apparently very rare .22LR cyclinder that came with it. The box had a cut out for the cyclinder but I understand Smith used the same box to sell the ones without the cyclinder....just didn't punch out the hole.

I want one of these for that very reason....

http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1006.pdf If everyone wants to help a good bill, this is it!

Now that you have the rifle all ironed out. You need a good pistol!

It's probably already void as I opened it up and increased the sealing time slightly. I can't help but tinker...

Well Matt, I hit the "Like" button for your AR10. What I won't like is when you're kicking my ass with those match grade loads!

Yep, loud for sure and fast and accurate rounds. I had a buddy get one and he let me shoot it and I fell in love with it but it's a lot of gun to carry so it stays in the safe a lot. I have I think 3 or 4 sealed ammo boxes of factory ammo I bought back years ago for I think $89.00 a can. I don't think you can order the factory boxes of the ammo any longer. Now as for loud, I normally wear ear plugs at the range but when I take the Tok I take my heavy duty muffs and it's still loud..............

This takes either S&W 38 or the 38 Colt New Police not a 38 special. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Very nice collection.

I used this software for posting some items for the first time today....from starting to completing a sale. I like it! I'm a devout technotard and still found it extremely easy to use. Much appreciated David!

Thank you mootw. No need to trouble yourself. I just have a special fondness for hammer shrouded Colts. And yours is a beauty! I carry a S&W 640 with Barami Hip Grips, have since '92. Would love to have an Agent to go along with it. After seeing your collection I reckon I better start searching LOL.

I honestly don't know, prag. I'll take a closer look and see if there are any tale tell marks. Bought it years ago and those were the grips on it at the time of purchase. It's in perfect condition, though. Love that one, too.

I think my decision has been made. Now to see if I can remember where the controls are after the buzzer goes off! In case you can't read it - that's 0.817" at 100yds with 155gr Nosler JHPBT bullets, and 0.644" with 175gr FGMM. Armlite AR103GN18: Adjustable gas block, tuneable brake (I hate brakes, but the combination of these two made for a very soft and flat shooting rifle), free floated keymod handguard, Timney trigger, Raptor ambi charging handle, ambi selector, and adjustable Luth-AR stock - all straight out of the box. I did the barrel break-in, set the gas and tuned the brake and it was good to go. The only part I changed was the triggerguard - I put a Magpul on there because the stock one always digs into my middle finger. And I'm freaking thrilled!!!

This is my shocked face. :|

WOW, what a nice collection!!!! I really like the Python.

Doesn't even matter about the antique part, any non-NFA firearm is legit to transfer interstate via willed bequest or even intestate succession, no FFL required. Specific exception iterated in US 18 922. - OS

Beautiful collection of Colts.

I agree with garufa. Very nice rifle to have too!

38 rimfire odd enough for ya?

Take glow in the dark pigment and mix it in with clear two part epoxy then add it to your sights. Works great and with a charge it is brighter than tritium for at least two hours then a quick burst of light from a flash light and it is bright again for hours.

Kind of gets you in the feels. Dang now I got something in my eye.

My 2mm pin fire.

I also have a .30 Carbine Blackhawk. I guess unusual caliber is a matter of opinion based largely on the person you're talking to. Often I've been at the range with guns quite common to me and had somebody ask about them. I tell them its a .44 Special or maybe a .38 Super and get blank stares. "Its a what? Never heard of that one?"

This is how the conversation goes when the subject is brought up with loss prevention. "Company policy prohibits keeping firearms in the truck, but nobody here is going to search your truck. Let me repeat that, NOBODY here is going to search your truck."

Nowhere is there more "I thought" and "they said" than in firearm/weapons stuff, and especially firearm law. The only DOT related firearm/ammunition laws/regs you will find is in regard to hauling them as cargo. As often as has this come up on TGO, I'm surprised that any long timer here still doesn't know it, really. Um, Mikey. And yes, a hammer can indeed be considered a weapon, same as a baseball bat or tire iron, depending, right here in TN, but doesn't have anything to do with DOT or other federal law. - OS

You know, if he could just filter out some of the casual commentary he could be a lot more effective. It is as though he's trying to push the more fact based voters away. And I'm not talking about alternative fact lovers or fake news victims. I'm talking about those who object when they hear from his mouth stuff that is simply false. I won more EC votes than anyone except Reagan. No you didn't. Well I meant the most of any Republican. But you didn't. Well I saw it somewhere. Why does he do that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Anybody seen many of these?

My 10mm built on a Fusion frame with Ed Brown and Wilson Combat parts.

Funny, I only own two Kimbers. There are other manufacturers of 1911's I prefer way more, and for a variety of reasons. One of my two Kimbers is a 10mm, the other is a .38 Super . . . .

Here is the only picture that I have of my newest .38 Super. Master Gunsmith Sam Hoster has it right now - - - he is doing a retro style build for me on this one.

Well if this is gonna turn into a picture thread.......... I'm kinda fond of ol' slabsides myself. Its an old pic. I have more. BTW: I have 4 .38 Supers.

@gregintenn, that is some might fine leather you make there sir. Well done. As for me, this is the only 1911 I own (same gun, not my picture though),

Interesting indeed. I think I understand what is says, but I'd like to hear a lawyer-ish person translate that into common-folk-ese.

WOW, that is a strong pro-2nd Amendment bill.... This isn't just a civil immunity law, it's a criminal immunity law as well!!! We all need to call our legislators and have them back this bill.

My custom 10mm

We would be crazy not to get behind a solid bill like this that will open up quite a few places for legal carry. Yeah it's not constitutional carry and it's not open carry, but a lot of people would be able to benefit from this bill if it became law, especially people who frequent public college campuses.

Sounds like the person who drafted this bill has friends or family in the metal detector or armed security guard businesses. On a serious note, I don't really think this will fly.

I live about a mile from one and go there a LOT!! At my age, lifetime warranties don't mean much. haha! PS...it's right beside a Krystal to boot!!

This is only one of the idiotic things gun owners do that cause me to be the lousy hypocrite I have become. I am a staunch supporter of everyone's rights.....but in my heart, I do not believe in it. It may get me flamed, but Constitution or not, not everyone should have a gun. Even if you ain't a criminal or crazy...some people just don't need to be in possession of one. BUT, here's the rub, who the hell is ANYONE to make that decision for me or you?

I've got a Desantis like this that I use for my M&P compact 9. It's actually quite comfortable to carry, and I find it easy to draw. I wear in the 5 O'Clock position, and find that the upside-down and canted angle 'works' for my wrist. I can pull it out and get on target fairly quickly. I imagine carrying w/ the firearm oriented straight up-and-down would require more vertical draw, and my elbow and wrist start to ache just thinking about that movement. I've actually been looking for a replacement as my current holster is getting worn and 'sloppy'. - K

I'll be 75 when mine expires so I will probably pass on the lifetime permit.  :D

Mine expires in June 2018. I will just do a normal renewal since by then I will be 70 years young. Would not benefit me to go lifetime..........jmho

Why would you move out of TN?   Unfortunately, I'm too old for $200 even to be a good deal. Should give a reduced price for those over the hill folkes.    Jim...