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A close friend of mine sent me this a long time ago and I can't remember if I have ever posted it here or not but going to post is just in case I haven't and if I have maybe someone missed it and new members may enjoy it!! Life lessons 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.

It doesn’t have anything to do with gun laws. Memphis has a higher murder rate than Chicago and citizens there are armed. It has to do with deciding who is running the city; the gangs or the people. Untie the hands of the cops and tell them to stop the problem, call in ICE and give them a free hand, get some hard core prosecutors, sit back and watch.

@john455 - The City of Chicago has clearly failed to hold these firearms accountable. Everybody there agrees that the violence is caused by guns, yet not a single gun has been charged with homicide and sent to prison.

Good choice. GJ does good work ...

Well according to the news lastnight, it's not a Chicago problem, the problem is the surrounding states that make it easy for illegal evil guns to make there way into the city!!!! TOTAL LIBERAL BS

14 1/2" OAL, 8 1/2" long blade, made from a Farrier's rasp and acid etched. It has Spalted Elm handles with SS, black G10 and leather accents with SS pin and large lanyard tube. The guard is 1084 carbon steel.

I didn’t even think about that. Sometimes I use a processor and sometimes I process my own. What I noticed this past weekend is all the foliage where I hunt. Visiability is not going to great. As long as it is not to hot I will probably get out for a little hunting.

That's how John Browning did it.

I asked him that. He didn't seem to think the game warden would realize how it worked unless he explained it to him. With the insert in place, it cannot be loaded from the breech end. I believe that is the legal definition of a muzzleloader according to the TWRA. Sorry for hijacking this thread, Sidewinder!

That’s a neat idea. It was a fun project - and is loads of fun to shoot. It was a good barrel beforehand, and retained its accuracy. I’d be plenty comfortable with a shot out to 200 meters. It could probably go farther - I’ve just not stretched its legs. Truthfully, I tried it first on a handi rifle planning on working my way up to doing the same on a Ruger No. 1. But, the handi rifle shoots so well, I just stopped there.

Yep, the price tag was the single best feature of the handi rifles. That and the fact that they served a great utilitarian purpose well. Sometimes you don’t need a lot of junk, you just need a rifle to get the job done. I converted a 45-70 to smokeless muzzleloader a couple of years back. It’s great for that purpose. But - now that they’re not sub-$200 anymore, unless you’re just filling out a collection - I don’t know that there’s a ton of appeal.

I'm looking forward to getting it!

H&R wanted them back to fit - I expect for liability reasons. I’ve bought several second hand over the years that all checked out fine. But, yeah. If you don’t know what you’re looking at - it might be good to enlist someone who can be sure.

I’ve bought 2 from him already lol

Damn. That is nice. Love those ivory grips. That is my kind of bar-b-que gun!

HOW IS THIS THREAD STILL ALIVE I haven't been here in like two years, and here it still is lol

Or, Chicago buyback gun turns up at scene of police shooting

Letting the Chicago PD "do their job"...hmm, what could go wrong? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/19/homan-square-chicago-police-disappeared-thousands

I am just going to stay away and I think I will be safe!

Good to hear . When I reload I have to have all the kids out of the house and just me and maybe the wife at home. Kids will definitely mess you up. I reload in groups of 50 and then look don inside the cases before I put a bullet on top to be pressed. One time I saw that I had double charged one , so the fact that I take time to look down into each case paid off. So far I'm only making reloads using FMJ's and plated bullets. Later I will try casting lead ones.

In my case it was blatant stupidity...errr I mean Focused inattention. LOL Complacency kills, in so many aspects of life. I learned my lesson. My Glock destruction event was in the 2000's (I've been handloading since the mid 1980's) and if I must interrupt any step in my handloading process, I clear the area and began again. Meticulous adherence to what you're doing is a small price to pay for safety. Being OCD as a handloader has it's positive elements.

After renting and shooting all the small .45s, I bought the Springfield XDs. It came down to personal preference. The Glock 36 was OK, but felt very unbalanced to me. It didn't point naturally in my hand. The XDs just felt better and shot better for me. Like I said, personal preference. Go rent them and put a couple mags through each. That should help make your decision easier.

Send GT a PM, he is very easy to deal with.

Well, I was one of those that may have posted about blowing up a Glock 21 years ago. But that was totally my own fault and in no way Glock's! I double charged a load that should have been 5.7 grs of Winchester 231 under a 230 FMJ bullet. Let me tell you, 11.4 grs of W 231 will bulge a barrel, bend the slide, crack the frame and blow the plastic parts off the trigger, and soundly eject a partially loaded magazine.... quickly and cleanly I suffered no injuries other than a numb trigger finger for a few minutes. fwiw Glock replaced the pistol at no cost to me, even shipping, knowing it was a double charge handload voiding their warranty. They wanted to examine the pistol. I told them if it had happened in my 1911 I probably would have suffered some fairly significant injuries, and I believe that's so. I mostly shot FMJ 45's in my Glock, but did run a few thousand lead bullets through it without issue. No, the lead bullets did not contribute to my blowing up that 21 (in case anyone asks). I ran many thousands of 45 fmjs using the above recipe of 5.7 grs of 231. It was my favorite handload for 45 acp as it mimicked POA/POI and felt recoil of my then carry rounds (45 acp 230 gr Hydrashoks). As to the brass, I reloaded it until it eventually split (8-10+) times or I lost it in the grass or sand. Glock chambers are generous aiding in their reliability but certainly not overly generous in my experience. There was much internet fervor regarding "Glock Kabooms" several years back, but this revolved around 40 S&W Glocks and improperly sized lead bullets iirc. Your Glock 21 and 30 will handle a steady diet of full power 45 acp loads for a long, long time. Just mind the "focused inattention" that got me... Jamie

Yeah, like Greg said they make great hunting rifles. I killed my best deer with one.

Yep, several of us on here make holsters.

I love FAL's...heavy SOB's but great guns....as far as Knock Off Highpowers...I recommend buying the real thing while they are still not completely sky high.

Well, to be Era Correct..., it should be a Browning Hi-Power to go along with a FAL. Not that I'm trying to get this topic off-track!

Keep it properly lubed and it will come out just fine.

Don't try to up the feed and print speed, it might jam.

Tanker bought a Tisa. Didn't like it. Posted a bunch of stuff. Got banned later for some other stuff (unrelated). Now every time the date equals Pi x (the previous days stock market gains) divided by @TGO David's post count, someone comes and resurrects this thread. If it were possible I would mark it on my calendar, but it is an unexpected event:) I hope it never gets locked. I hope it lasts forever.

Withdrawing

But still a fruit bat, so recognised by the Lord. (sorry for the CarMax advert)

Man, I do Knox to Johnson City for work all the time, it's nothing! You could make a day of it. Leave early, hit Knife Works in Sevierville on the way back, pick up some Ammo and a new toy! His class is very similar information you could find in a book on the topic, but there's something quite useful about seeing, finding, and touching the plants in their natural environment. I've gone twice, and would like to go again, as the plants change from season to season, and with most skills, fades quickly if not used. Betcha you could find another TGO'er to split the gas with. It's worth it IMO. Having been to the class, I'd drive 3 hours to take it.