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Since he did about the same experiments as I did with mine, I won't add any to it. Will have to say, I don't see the "most dangerous" aspect. It's no more dangerous than any other cutting tool, to me. It does have it's uses, tho building cabinets, furniture, isn't one of them. Takes some practice for control. Regardless, I'm pleased with mine. To each his own...... Oh, and thanks for posting the video.

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Thanks. I understand also, at 65 I am having to make decisions about keeping or selling my Harley. Yep, getting old sucks.

I’m going through that now. My parents are trying to sell their house to move to assisted living. My Dad wanted me to come and pick up some tools. I filled a crew cab pick-up (inside and bed) and still have to go back for more. Its hard for him to accept that he can’t use that stuff anymore…sad.

I just finished four days of classes at www.valorridge.com in Harrogate Tn. Rifleman 1 & Rifleman 2. Was recommended to me by a close friend who told me "Book way out because this guy's classes are always filled" Having finished the classes, I highly recommend it, in fact I am extremely pleased with what I learned and how I shot after the instruction. First off the people are fantastic individuals - as people. Really interested in the success of each student. Just good people. Solid Patriots. No yelling or screaming, positive reinforcement. But very strict on safety Reid Henrichs is a fantastic teacher and instructor and has the actual field experience to back up what he teaches The facility is first class with distances out to 600 yards for long shots. Has a shoot house for teaching neighborhood defense, home defense, room clearing. Second class of 7 i was in had three students that had trained at Valor Ridge before and came back for more - they all drove 10+ hours to attend. I was the only one from close by - two from PA, two from FL, one from DC, one from KS which tells you a lot. So if you are looking for world class training right here in TN I highly recommend Valor Ridge

I'v all ways wanted to own one of these iconic guns but never had the loose cash for one. I all ways figured I'd run into a fixer upper and actually bought a ratted out one at a gun show that was a 44-40 SRC. It was rough but thought I could rebarrel it. Well, once I got it home and took a real good look at it, I found that the pitting on the sides of the receiver actually had all ready been belt sanded to way, way thinner receiver side walls. Basically, it was a wall hanger. I ended up selling it and got my money back despite a detailed description of the monkey work on the receiver. Well, like most things, if you have patience and a little luck, this one came my way by way of buying out an old BP gunsmith this past fall. This 92 was in the shop and he let it go with the rest of the stuff. It was missing all the barrel parts forward the receiver aside from its rotted out 25-20 octagon barrel. A few action parts were missing and the lower stock tang stock screw hole was welded solid. Considering I about tripled my investment on selling off all the BP parts, this 92 was less than free if there could be such a thing. Everygunpart.com & Ebay to the rescue! I figured I would build a 357 and found a Miroku made Winchester 1873 barrel on Ebay and snatched it up despite not knowing if it had the same threads. I only had to weld a second notch on the chamber face up and the barrel screwed right into the Winchester 92 action perfectly. A few weeks ago, everygunpart had a Rossi 357 Puma 92 for sale and I snatched that up for mainly the small diameter firing pin bolt assembly. I also used the Rossi cartridge guides, loading gate, bolt locks, mag cap and follower. By the time I sell all the other Rossi parts, Its still a relatively small cost. So, anyway, the Gun Gods were extra good to me on this since the barrel clocked out perfectly tight onto the receiver with the extractor cut dead on at its 12 O clock position. On top of that, the head space with the Rossi bolt was dead on!!! Whats the chances of THAT? I should have ran out and bought some lotto tickets.....but didn't. The Ebay forend was sanded below metal fit so I shortened the forend front and rear by about 1/8th each and re cut the wood into the cap and receiver. I hate when people sand those edges down. Miroku soldered the mag ring onto the barrel so I did the same with an original ring since they had a large diam ring on there. All in all, the gun came out as a nice shooter with a franken twist. I finally own a some what, kinda, sorta original 1892! and yeah, I like the folding Marlin sight....

I wish I'd never read this thread. It got me to thinking about a big folder I sold a few years ago. Sold it for what I thought was an exorbitant price back in '08, £200. I get to thinking I'd like to have another so I checked eBay. Yeah.....Mick Strider XL Custom Monkey Edge. They're between $1300 & $2000 now *sickening facepalm*

I have a great relationship with my ffl and just use them for pistol transfers. I factor any additional cost into the selling price and/or shipping cost if using GB. For long guns I just handle it all myself. Either way it can be done cheaply and all while covering your own arse.

I haven't sold on GunBroker specifically, but have sold a lot of guns via other websites and shipped them. I never use an FFL to ship them. Just adds to the cost for the buyer which most don't want to pay for. Since you have to ship to an FFL anyway (assuming out of state), I have shipped with UPS numerous times without issue for long guns. Always go to the UPS Service Center and not a UPS Store. The "Store" won't take anything gun related including scopes. It's stupid. I have shipped a handgun with Fedex without issue as well. Just take a copy of the FFL with you when you go to ship and you won't have any issues. Always take a picture of the condition and how you packed it for reference should you need it.

I guess that although I resemble that remark I try to buy quality so that I can pass it to my kids. My father-in-law of almost 41 years just passed a few weeks ago. It somehow fell to me and my daughter to video his possessions while I commented on what it was in the video. He had a lot of junk, (he grew up very poor and never gave away his stuff because of it), but he had a lot of tools that were at least 60 years old. His boys and grandson, (my son), were able to take memories that they could actually use.

I don't believe anything at Harbor Freight is really made in America. Everything I've ever bought there was cheap and short-lived.

The rifle you are looking at is a Model 11 because it’s a short action. A Model 110 is a long action.

German soldiers with 37-mm Hotchkiss revolving cannons

Careful, you may infringe on a patent https://www.blackrosefirearms.com/chainsaw-ar15-bayonet-zombie-killer

This was my favorite bottle of Willet.

What gun are we talking about swiley383? And Welcome to the world of handloading! I/we have cast and powder coated 9mm in a 125 gr mold that drops at 130 grs with our lead. We size them at .357. I see that the Gallant bullets are sized at .356 and they use Hi-Tek coating. That coating seems to work well for folks from what I read, but I've never tried them. Our powder coating may be a bit thicker than Hi-Tek, I don't know... but we tried our rounds through 5 different 9mm Glocks (26-19 (x2) -17-34), all barrels slugged at .356. All factory barrels. All loaded using a "U" die. We found we needed to load OAL to 1.095 in a couple of the Glocks, but an OAL of 1.025" works well in my Glocks. These rounds work well in my S&W 9mm Shield as well. I think @chances R hit the nail on the head. Glocks have very generous chambers, other 9mm makes may be a bit tighter. Below is some data from 2016. I prefer 4.0 grs of Unique personally, but the 3.5 grs functioned well in all of the Glocks we tried them in. No issues with cycling. 130 gr PC RN (.357 sizing) Unique 3.5 gr WSSP OAL 1.025” FPS: 1020 1018 1059 1066 Avg Vel: 1042 PF: 135

If all I was shooting is deer, I would get a 243. Flat shooting, low recoil and will kill any deer in TN. Ammo available anywhere. And for the money, Tikka's are hard to beat. Savage's shoot well, they just look like crap. Here is a Synthetic with Stainless barrel for $638. Use all of the saved money for a good scope. https://www.gunsmidwest.com/tikka-t3x-lite-243win-ss-22.html

If you don't like the scope, sell it on for $100 or slap it on a .22 & you'll still have a chunk of change to invest in some higher end glass.

Were I in your position, I'd scroll down to the classifieds & not hesitate to buy @bluemailman53 Savage .260 It's ballistically identical to the 6.5 manbun & quite frankly, an astonishingly good deal!

Some of us splurge on optics, some of us splurge on .40 ammo. I happen to fall into that group that splurges on daycare and student loans... I almost forgot: I splurge on materials for the home remodel, too. Sheetrock and an egress window cover in the same week?! Oooh, boy! And looks like the dishwasher might've crapped out today, so I'll be splurging there one way or the other. Just to be clear, this was all meant in fun. We're lucky to have two great little boys, a home we can fix up and have a good chance to build equity with, and I'm lucky enough to have work that keeps me pretty well it of harm's way, mostly pays the bills, and keeps me from getting real hot in the summer, real cold in the winter, and real wet in the rain.

Darn it!! Now our Leupolds will move closer to the price of those scopes you buy that us mere mortals can’t afford.

When Biden bans 9mm’s you’ll wish you had a .40.

Like handguns in .40S&W?