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Been looking for one of these for two+ years. Finally found a Sig P220 Legion in .45 ACP and brought it home.

Some time last year I ran across a good deal on a 5'X8' American flag. At the time I did not have a way to display it properly. We did this for Memorial Day, looked good but I did not like leaving it fly all day and not be there if a storm came up. This past week I was at a job site and me being me I just had to look in the construction dumpster. Found 4 pieces of chain link fence top rail. Well now I have a 22 foot flag pole to display my flag.

Memphis has BBQ, blues, rock, and soul. Nashville has 840 to get around it. Memphis has not always been some liberal ####hole actually. When people that could make a difference started moving outside of the city limits, well, see what has happened in every other city in the country.

That is so sad, but I fear it's true. It's too bad Wyoming is so damn cold in the winter!

It's has been sitting on the shelf for the last 25 years, collecting dirt and dust. These were well made saws. Constructed of all powder coated Aluminum, with very little plastic. And good, strong running engines. So this morning I decided I would try to get it running again. It's been a good saw, but has been badly neglected. And I felt bad about it. So the first thing I did was open the fuel cap and turn the unit upside down. I thought it was empty, then after about 10 seconds this vile thick snot like substance came running out. It resembled a slimy 90W gear oil. Most likely it's what was left over after what gas was in the tank evaporated over the last 25 years... Yecch! I filled the fuel tank about half full of fresh 40-1 Tru-Fuel Mix, and swished it around, and let it soak up and absorb whatever assorted crap was left in the tank, while I washed the unit down with some clean Kerosene. And then I blew it all off with compressed air. I wiped it down and detailed it a bit with some WD-40 and a clean, soft cloth. It cleaned up really nice. After I got it all nice and clean, I pulled the plug and replaced it with a new one. Then I drained the fuel tank again, and filled it with fresh 40-1 Tru-Fuel, with some Sta-Bil added to it. Along with about a tablespoon full of some fresh Husqvarna Synthetic Blend 2-Stroke Oil, to richen up the mixture a bit. (I was able to find the operators manual on line. And Homelite say's it should run on a 32-1 mixture of gas and oil). I oiled and adjusted the chain, and drained and filled the bar oil tank with some fresh Mobil 1, 10W-40 I had laying around. I really didn't expect it to start. But after a couple of pulls with the choke on, I switched it off, held the throttle wide open, gave it a yank, and it fired right up after the third pull! I was shocked! It stumbled and smoked a bit until it burned all the crap "fuel" out of the lines and carburetor. Then I let it idle for a few minutes to warm up, while goosing the throttle to draw more of the fresh fuel through the lines, and into the carb. Now at full throttle it really screams! To be honest, it's the best I ever remember it running. I let it get good and warmed up, and all total I burned through about a third of a tank of the fresh, Sta-Bil treated Tru-Fuel. So now she's good to go. I hate neglecting power equipment. And I thought for sure I was going to have to pull the carburetor off this thing, and soak it. Especially after seeing that nasty crap that drained out of the fuel tank. But she fired right up, saving me a lot of aggravation. So now between this and my old Honda generator, along with my brand new Echo 8010-T power blower, and my Simpson / Kohler Power Washer, I've got everything all freshly fueled and running like Rolex's. I feel a lot better now!

The barrel was touching the stock right where the sling swivel stud was. Had about a 1in section that had to be ground down. The paper will slide all the way to the receiver now with no contact. Got a 3-9X40 Vortex coming for it in the mail and we'll see if it improved. Thanks for everybody's input, I've done what I could just gotta wait on the scope now.

The problem with my 20 year old Poulan is lack of use. It gets used maybe once every couple of years. Its a real PITA to get started that first time. But once you get it going, it runs like a top.

Get yourself some firecrackers and you won't even have to go to the range. Just shoot them out the front door

I have Red Dots, but I don't need one on carry gun. If you want to do that you can either leave it on, if it doesn't automatically shut off, or get one with the shake awake feature. Get one that won't require the sight be removed to change the battery.

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Check the barrel inlet in the stock to be sure it's not putting uneven pressure on the barrel. To check, cut a 2" strip of notebook paper, loop it under the barrel in front of the fore end. Attempt to slide the paper between the barrel and channel. If it won't slide up the channel you have contact points that may effect your accuracy. It could be the wood itself; or over the years dirt and oil can pack down in the channel causing problems. Easy fix is to remove the barreled receiver from the stock and first clean; then sand the high spots using a short wooden dowel and a medium grit sand paper. Don't be too aggressive, but slowly clear the inlet so that at least 1/2 to 2/3's of the barrel is free floating and the NB paper slides easily between the barrel and the stock. Done this many times with my bolt guns and can make a big difference with the thinner tapered barrels. Best of luck Regards Rod

Let's do the time warp again!

Good to hear from you Doug. Glad you and Daisy are doing well. We had a cleansing on our last 2 moved. Donated a ton of stuff to KARMS here in Knoxville area. Great feeling to get rid of stuff.

I just drop my stuff at Goodwill or the Habitat Thrift Store.

Found this and wanted to share. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/the-gigantic-180-meter-long-us-army-land-trains-of-the-1950s.html The Gigantic 180 Meter Long US Army Land Trains Of The 1950s The Texan company, LeTourneau, was instructed to design these huge land trains in the 1950s by the US Government. The United States Army got three units built (experimental ones) and the largest reached a length of 600 feet (183 meters), which holds the official record for being the longest vehicle that is off-road. Road trains are still in use today, in some roles, but the Army examples (along with a few other derivatives) seem to be the only models which were built as off-road land trains. LeTourneau was based in Longview Texas and produced heavy equipment, in the early 50’s the came up with the idea of utilizing a diesel/electric transmission that would drive multi-wheeled vehicles. Each individual wheel would be driven by a separate motor, which served to give better traction as it spread the force out across a number of wheels. These vehicles were basically the same as locomotives of this time but had rubber wheels instead of steel .

Knox County Commission passed the resolution on second reading this past Tuesday and Mayor Jacobs (Kane) signed today. Mostly symbolic I know, but still kinda cool.. https://twitter.com/GlennJacobsTN/status/1266325678594699264?s=20 The resolution: HERE

Hi Folks. It's nice to know when someone is missed and for that I thank everyone. I have not been spending a lot of time on computer recently but will probably be spending more now since I am a lot closer to being settled in my new home. When I moved I didn't realize how much junk I had accumulated in my last home till I began packing it up. I lived there 20 years and when I moved in I did so in a couple pickup trucks and 1 trip. When I got packed and SIL and some friends moved me it took a 20 foot enclosed trailer, a 15 foot enclosed trailer and 3 pickup trucks full. I have been taking my time about unpacking and still have about 10 boxes that I have not cut the tape on cause at present time I have not found a use or a need for what is listed on the boxes. If I don't find a use for any of the stuff in them they may get put in SIL's truck and taken to the big dumpster at his company warehouse and disposed of. I have not done much shooting but one time since being here and it scared Darby so bad she hid under the bed didn't come out and would not get near me for a couple hours. I knew she would hide under the bed when it thunders in a rain storm so until I can figure out a way to not scare her by shooting out back I might have to wait till I can find a range nearby to go shoot at. Well again thank all of you for thinking about my absence from the site and I will try and be here more!!

I call 'em the RUST years, not the golden years.. Gotta be tough to be a senior citizen.

Getting old sucks Tell me about it. today is my birthday, I'm 73. The only thing keeping my here is, every morning I get up and check the grass. If it's green on my side, that's a plus for the day.

Got to see BS&T in 1970/71. Was a fantastic show! I was at stage left about 50feet from the wall of speakers! I think I still vibrate from it! lol In fact, bouncin' and rockin' here now listenin' to this!

Well, taking a bit of different approach for now. Ordered a Pulsar Axion XM30 and am going to pair it with a Sightmark Wraith HD Night vision for now. I think the combination will allow me to do what I want until I decide to go further. I will probably go with the Pulsar Thermion XM50 if I decide to go ahead with a thermal scope as well. Before I spend 5k on that scope, figure I will use the monocular and see how it goes. The Wraith will be here next week. Axion will be a bit longer since it is on backorder.

Glad to hear from you Doug. Know what you mean about the junk. Two of us live in 3200 sq ft house and can't open a closet that stuff falls out the door. Been prompting my wife to get rid of the junk, but she has feelings for it I guess. She is not a hoarder, just likes a lot of junk, IMO. She likes to decorate our home for every season. She tells me it takes a lot of room to store all those what-nots for a large home. Oh Well! Been a looser on this one for a while.

Shooting is sobering. It can happen anywhere. You are slacking @BCR#1