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No one has to stay on the street in Nashville. Plenty do. There are a lot of reasons for that. Over 180 churches participate in Room In the Inn, feeding and housing the homeless in their churches overnight. We do it once a week, and I stay overnight about once a month. It will change how you think about things when you sit down and share a meal with these folks. My kids go with me, make beds, serve food, and eat with our guests. There are some great advocacy organizations here in middle Tennessee. We really struggle with affordable housing. But programs like RITI make it a lot more tolerable. If anyone is ever interested in seeing what it’s about, if you’re interested in staying overnight, or think your church might want to be involved, shoot me a note. It will change you. If you’re interested in donating/getting involved, here are some great organizations: Room in the Inn - overnight shelter and a variety of services Nashville Rescue Mission Open Table - advocacy and helping get people housed Safe Haven - our only family shelter

Mental illness and/or drug abuse are the main issues that plague most homeless people. I am not equipped to help people deal with either. I understand The Nashville Rescue Mission is a worthy cause to donate and/or volunteer if one is so inclined. https://nashvillerescuemission.org/

I’ve been quiet and I suppose in denial. My son and my cousin’s wife are battling cancer. My son has had four week long sessions of chemo, his numbers were down after every session. He was supposed to be cured after those; he is not. He is now facing more chemo and possibly radiation and surgery; he is my son and business partner. My cousin’s wife has had lots of chemo and a stem cell transplant, she is doing well; as I understand, on her way to a hopefully total recovery. I don’t ask for sympathy, just lots of prayers; the squeakiest wheel gets the grease. Send the grease.....

Greg is right, Go to the Mission to help.

Forgive my skepticism, but the only thing I've seen supersized since I've been on this earth is government.

The FAL was always the superior design. We never should have fielded the M-14.

I figured it was time for me to embrace the future and put a red dot sight on a Glock. I chose my Gen 4 Glock 19 for this and ordered a stripped slide from Suarez International done in their black Melonite treatment with plain black, suppressor-height, front and rear sights. I filled it with a set of stock Gen 4 Glock internals from Big Tex Outdoors, tossed in a Silencerco barrel that I've been sitting on for a while, and topped it off with a Trijicon RM07 6.5MOA red dot sight. It's riding on my Gen 4's frame with an Agency Arms minimalist magwell, a Streamlight TLR-7 light, a Crux Ordnance extended mag release, and a bit of thumb-index stippling done by yours truly with an ice-pick heated up with a BIC lighter. Just kidding. I used a woodburning tool, but I totally could have done that with a hot ice-pick. I may put a different trigger in it. I'm not sure. I am one of those weirdos who likes the OEM Glock Gen 4 trigger, but the trigger on my Gen 5 is just so damn nice that it has me thinking about an Agency or Apex trigger on this. We'll see.

I’ll just mention Second Harvest in east Nashville as another very cool, very worthy organization that is always looking for food, canned or fresh, blankets, clothes, etc. they work at being as self sustaining as possible with big gardens, chicken coops and the like. It was my pleasure to provide a few materials for their gardens a few years ago and was there when they were putting in the coops. If you’ve never seen a 50 year old, one armed, malnourished man work a sledge hammer to break up asphalt, it was an inspiring sight to say the least.

Ha, I knew there was something about you I liked! 99.7 is one of 3 I listen to, 650 AM and 105.9 are the other 2. Uncle Phil is a hoot on my way home.

Neat idea and I’m sure some will bite but I’ll stick with good old USGI ammo cans. A .30 can will hold 1000 rounds of 9mm if you’re the type of heathen that dumps ammo out of their boxes, about 600 of 5.56.

It was going to be for a hunting rifle. After seeing what I would have to invest for a good can I decided it was not worth it for something I was only going to shoot a couple times a year. Decided to just put that money towards another gun.

This has been discussed here many times. The video on the traffic stop is probably the best I have seen. The only thing I would do different is that I have my HCP and driver’s license together. That way I don’t have to have a discussion about firearms unless he wants to have it. I fully understand that notifying the Officer is not a requirement in Tennessee; but as a former Police Officer I believe it is a very good idea. He makes a good point about not arguing about the violation with the Officer. There is nothing wrong with calmly discussing the alleged offense, but traffic court isn’t held on the street. Having a calm discussion with the Officer is a good thing. A positive discussion reduces the chance of a ticket. As far as a shooting… The only person that will be impacted legally by your shooting is you and your family; not your attorney, not anyone on this forum and certainly not the cops. Therefore it is your responsibility to have a plan that makes sense to you. …and works. I know the difference in a good shoot and a bad shoot. I also know that people at the scene are making decisions about me that could impact by life and my financial well-being. If a person is shot or dead; I am detained. Officers and Detectives at the scene will decide if a crime has been committed and if I committed it. They can’t decide that and let me leave without a statement from me. So they will get that. Now I know that isn’t a popular thing to say on a gun site where you have had it beat into your head post after post to not say anything and call your attorney. If you want to invoke your constitutional rights and not make a statement, or you don’t want to make a statement without your attorney present; that’s fine, as I said above you and you alone will bear the consequences of that decision. I can say that because I know I am not going to be a willful participant in a road rage incident. If I am a willful participant in an argument and I get attacked; I will either take my azz whipping, or whip their azz; I will not pull a gun. If you pull a gun or shot someone in that kind of circumstance; yes, you need to have an attorney before making a statement. If you pull a gun on someone and they take off; call the Police and stay until they arrive. The biggest advantage I see to having shooting insurance is that you have a 24 hour a day phone number of someone you can call. Some seem to think that you saying you want to call your attorney will cause the Police to let you leave; I can assure it will not. They will tell you to call them. It would be in your best interest if you can talk to your attorney at 2AM when you have been involved in a shooting. So if you are going to invoke your right to remain silent try to have an attorney that you can talk with at the scene. They aren’t going to let you leave until you either make a statement or are arrested. I hope this never happens to anyone here.

I would love to see a 21st century FAL. It could lose some weight and gain some capacity with modern materials.

that's not an option!

Couldn’t agree more, everyone knows if you’re gonna can FMJ ammo you use a “Ball” jar.

Back in the early summer of 2018, I purchased a No4 Mk1 T off gunbroker that had no scope or mount, only had the mounting pads screwed into the receiver. I got a repro No32 scope and mount and still have yet to sight this thing in, but thought I would share. Rifle has the Holland and Holland stamps on the stock as it should, but neither the receiver nor the stock just behind the safety contain a serial number for a scope. Perhaps it just never had one issued?

You are the man, Mac!

The Nashville Rescue Mission is one of a few groups I support, and have been for about 15 years. I became aware of them while a road salesman who got bored with about every station. I discovered 99.7 and have been hooked ever since. I really like that the station management and air personalities give of themselves to support the Mission as well.

Yeah, but I am planning on using a bear creek side charging upper. I cannot go back. I have seen the light and I have been converted. But I do have a PSA side charging upper that they sold years ago. I will not get rid of it.

I didn’t say they were cheap. Of course I’ve got over $3500 in my FAL. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The only reason FALs were so cheap for so long was the plethora of surplus parts kits that were floating around after such wide adoption around the world.

Thanks. I've got another 19 with a suppressor as a nightstand gun. There's no reason to take a suppressed firearm anywhere that I shoot. If I'm going to have to wear earpro because of other non-suppressed shooters, it's not worth the remote risk of a baffle strike. *shrug* This particular 19 now wears a Surefire X300UA 1,000 lumen light. Its transformation to "Full Roland" is complete.

I hear ya...I got a TiRant45m and its pretty cool but honestly since im not a hunter a 30cal can would probably just collect dust for me too....I wouldn't mind dabbling in hog hunting with my KS47...but that's what ear protection is for, right?

O Lord thank you for another day, please look after this man and his loved ones. Thank you Lord for another day.

That's a fascinating piece. Back in 1977 when Springfield A came out with the M1A, I bought one brand new for $379.00 My SN was 006022. If any one here has it, I would consider maybe buying it back. I sold it in about 84 for the new Springfield SAR48. My biggest peeve with the rifle was the accuracy degraded badly after you got most of the way threw a mag. Cold.... clover leaf, no prob, hot, shotgun groups of 4" @ 100. So I looked into National Matching the bedding system and decided it just wasn't worth it. Every disassembly degraded the very finicky bedding over time and would have to be redone. After I bought the FAL, I never looked back since those M1A problems were non existent with the FAL. The AR's may be fine for a lot of folks accuracy n all but I tend to go to extreme in the HD-ness of a battle rifle design and a hot cal like the 7.62x51 in a impingement gas system is just stupid. Put 4 or 5 full 20 rd mags threw the action as fast as you can go and heat in the aluminum action is never a good thing. The FAL is the king of the hill in that group with the HK bringing up the rear. not much in between as far as run em to the melting point. The MK36 gas system is a proven design in harsh conditions and it would not suffer the wood stock accuracy problem of the M1A. It scopes well over the M1A and drop mags is a plus. Not a bad try at a modern M1A but with DSA Voyager FAL's running a thousand bucks with life time warranty, you have to really have a woody for that action design to walk past the 90 country mil spec FAL.

My prayers for you all. Cancer doesn't affect just the patient...all the family and many friends are devastated by the disease and the treatment. I know this well. As a Leukemia/Lymphatic Cancer survivor, I know the scenario quite well. My story quite similar to both those. I had 9 months of daily chemo treatments, a week on and a week off. It wasn't pleasant. After that, my tumors were still active, and I was sent to the Sarah Cannon Center at Centennial, where I was introduced to the hard core people. A tough bunch, but with a determination to see me though. I was told of the Stem Cell Transplant procedure, and then introduced to the other half of the process...the High Dose Chemo. I thought I had it bad before. I was wrong. Five days of high does of very potent drugs. I walked in on Monday morning. Monday afternoon and the following 4 days I was taken everywhere on a gurney. I hope and pray this lady can bypass the latter part of my story. Had 3 months of radiation, and after another 3/4 months of recuperation, I was pronounced to be "in remission." Two little words that took my breath away. Lots more to the tale than that, but you don't really want or need to hear it. My course did somewhat parallel what your son is going thru. I had a grapefruit sized tumor between my stomach and colon. I was told not to worry. Surgery and a little chemo or radiation and I would be fine. Surgery was performed and Doc found a vessel encompassed by the tumor. It hadn't shown up in all the scans, so he closed me up and we began the chemo 6 weeks afterwards. That's where my previous comments come in. The chemo drugs are supposed to be more effective now, with lesser side effects. I don't know. I've heard yes and no on that from other patients in waiting room conversations. One thing I found is that cancer is a true bonding glue for people. Many, like myself, will talk for hours about what we went thru. It's cathartic for those who endure it, and informative for all others when discussed. Sorry to be so long here. Tell the both that there is hope of at least remission if not a total release from it all. I found that family, prayer, love and faith can work wonders. I wasn't really expected to be here today, but all the love and prayer, not to mention, nor leave out, the absolutely wonderful team of doctors and nursed I had; I am here. I always say that God didn't want me yet. I still had/have something to do here. I will keep you all in my prayers. May God Bless and Keep you all in his arms.

I didn’t get to shoot much, I did get lots of practice loading mags though.

I'd open the gas some more before swapping out the buffer. I use Spikes ST-T2 buffer in my 10.5" SBR, and also have adjustable gas like you do, I just leave it a bit open so I can shoot 55gr and 62gr ammo without any changes and I've never had an issue with it. I'm less worried about that unicorn of sweet spot, and just away from the spectrum of overgassed.

I have both the wire hangers listed above, the single under the shelf and the one that holds one above and one below. I prefer the single as it seems heavier and leaves the shelf space for the extra mags and stuff.

This is what I have been using... https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Storage-Solutions-Handgun-Hanger-2/dp/B0056GSCBM/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=accuratescom-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=&creativeASIN=B0056GSCBM As others have said though they do flex a bit more than I would like, but they do work for now I just try to put the heavier pistols on the top of the shelf so if they do bend my pistol wont end up at the bottom of my safe. I would also agree the best solution is probably another safe, lol, that;s what I am planning on especially since my wife has started to invade the safe to store her items in. If another safe isn't an option and if you don't find something you like that is currently on the market then perhaps find a good wood worker and see if you can have some racks made that will hold what you need for the space you have available maybe something like a pull out rack that uses the whole depth and width of the shelves, or something along those lines. Just my thoughts they may or may not be good so take it for what its worth, lol

While I agree that inflation has made the 60's era prices of old milsurps seem more attractive than they really are, I was curious if your comparison of $100 in the mid 60's equates to $1500 today. After doing the calculations, I found that your example yields an average inflation rate of 5.1% over the 54 year period from 1965 to 2019. Using the more widely accepted average rate of 3% per annum, $100 in 1965 would be equivalent to $493 today. Using those figures, the typical Garand bought in 1965 has more than kept up with inflation, but there are many investments that would have done better than the rifle over the same period ...

Hmmm. When you compare the purchasing power of a dollar in the mid '60s to today, you see that $100 back then is roughly the same as $1500 today. So that $100 excellent condition Garand has only kept up with inflation. The carbine is probably an Alpine or National Ordnance. So the $80 carbine you bought in 1966 would only sell for $600 today. Not a good investment.

So, I was in the market for a cheap coyote gun when this used Axis popped up. Crappy rattle-can stock, stock trigger (30lb of grit...) & factory Bushnell. Mind you, it was $200 so I'm not complaining & it came with 400 round of 50gn hollowpoints. Picked it up this morning & immediately decided it was too long &, well....normal. 12 o'clock & I get a 1hr lunch break so I figured "*%#$ it". Pulled the stock, removed the mounts & scope, whipped off the barrel, ran to a friend with a lathe, used said lathe to chop it to 16¼", turned a nice 11° crown, ran home, removed the trigger, replaced the stock spring, installed an over travel screw, polished the trigger & sear (3lb pull, zero overtravel. Didn't have time to fix the pre-travel. I'll live with it!), reinstalled it, screwed on the barrel, headspaced it, tightened everything up, scope on, stock on, loaded the mag & zeroed the thing (1½" high at 100yds, ¾"group) & STILL had time for a cheese sammich! Do THAT with your Remchester!

Reviving an older thread, but I gotta give a shout out for another fine shooting savage. I aquired a model 10 .308 with sporter barrel and flimsy stock. Not expecting much, I tighted up the action screws and went to the range. 168gr hornady ammo produced clover leafs. I still haven't found one that I'm willing to disassemble and tinker with because they just shoot so good...

Apparently. I congratulate you on your ability to hide it. I went back to reread it and still can’t find it.

Hush! Don't spoil the SHOT Show 2020 reveal.

That’s gonna look silly without a tritium mag release and bolt catch.

When I sent in my 995 for warranty work, they request all mags. In my case, they replaced them all with new manufacture. The new mags display the HP logo and mfg date. Ymmv

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Best solution, buy another safe. Just like guns, you can't have too many.

My brother and I have screwed the cloth over the door shoe holders to the doors of our safes. Cheap and can hold a ton of stuff. Also have socks on a lot of stuff and stack them deep.

Rifle shed on 11/3/18

I have a couple 30 cal suppressors, you are welcome to come with me and shoot some. I have some pistol suppressors and a MG. Bring some 9 or 45 an you can shoot the MG as much as you want

The fact that the word Gucci makes you think of Gucci Mane means you are from Tha Durty Souf.

If this doesn't make sense to you, maybe someone will come along and explain it to you. But this is what I think of whenI see this thread title.

I totally forgot about this post, putting the Glock trigger back in did the trick. I do miss the Zev trigger though. Thanks for the trust John Wells!

My experience is glocks do not suppress well. Ditched my g19 and got a HK VP9 and love it. Loved it so much I also bought a 45ct. I have the HD45 and love it. Thinking about getting the osprey next, as all my mounts will work with it too.

Not exactly pertaining to this but the Broomhandles, Lugers, Hi Powers with stocks, etc that are C&R typically require the stock to be original and not reproduction. That varies by model though.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/which-firearms-are-regulated-under-nfa There are the rules directly from the ATF" Which firearms are regulated under the NFA? (4) a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; So if either of those conditional statements are true (an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length), you have a firearm regulated under the NFA. Furthermore, there is this, which makes it as plane as day: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/if-person-has-pistol-and-attachable-shoulder-stock-does-constitute-possession-nfa If a person has a pistol and an attachable shoulder stock, does this constitute possession of an NFA firearm? Yes, unless the barrel of the pistol is at least 16 inches in length (and the overall length of the firearm with stock attached is at least 26 inches). However, certain stocked handguns, such as original semiautomatic Mauser “Broomhandles” and Lugers, have been removed from the purview of the NFA as collectors’ items.

I didn’t see a barrel length listed for that model, so I didn’t know. I edited to add my first post after you quoted but the Tavor X95 in its original Israeli configuration has a 16” barrel but is less that 26” overall. It had to be lengthened for the US market to not be an SBR.