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These are my first suppressors. I had a total of seven suppressors in jail. I purchased these at the end of August and they were approved in December. It took them an additional month to mail the stamps. Hopefully the other four will be here soon. I’m a little giddy right now. SiCo Osprey9, Dead Air Mask .22 and Surefire Socom SPS 300

I was left unattended at the shop the other day and decided to pick this up! Glad my wife loves me! RIA M1911A2 Tac Ultra It's heavy but I love the feel!

Purchased a new Ruger SR1911 competition 45 ACP. Took it to the range this afternoon to start the break-in process and it is a great shooter.

You realize this is a public forum, right?

Every single one of the new restrictions on the little guy's ability to trade is designed to protect the hedge funds against the "swarm" of little guys, disguised as protecting the little guy. This is corrupt at its core.

I already had a Spyderco Manix in S30V steel and black G10 scales, but I'm a sucker for special editions and especially when they are made with CruWear steel. I ordered a pair of these from DLT Trading when they went available this past Tuesday. I received mine in the mail yesterday (Thursday), so talk about some lightning fast shipping. The blade is DLC coated CruWear. CruWear rates very highly on all four axes of Edge Retention, Ease of Sharpening, Strength and Corrosion Resistance - which makes it a hell of a good steel for a daily carry tool that will see use. The action on the Manix is a lot of fun to fidget with. I've probably absent-mindedly flipped this open and closed a hundred times while sitting on conference calls yesterday and today if I've done it once. My wife and oldest daughter are both fond of purple, so I figure I will gift one of the knives to whichever of them tries the hardest to take mine away from me. I suppose I might list my previous Manix 2 for sale at some point.

I had typed out a response on this thread a few days ago, and before hitting that submit button the thought "I don't want to go on record saying that" went through my head, and I hit the back button instead.

They called that thing the "thumb buster" for a reason. Maybe try it in slow motion first I can still remember a friend of mine peeling back the skin on the top of his thumb from running one fast with not quite the right grip.

Wooly's Off-road is south of Nashville. Its basically a small private owned property. Its fun but not something I would do often. its pretty mild but can be sketchy in a few spots so be careful or go with someone knowledgeable the first time. Now for 1stGen 4runners we're opening a whole topic I can talk for days about. Are you familiar with the variants of years, what to look for and current market? Feel free to share any listings and I can give you my opinion if that's something you would like

Now THAT is illegal activity. Rumor mill suggesting there was a call from the Swamp. I believe it. Rules are for thee, not for mee!

Here ya go. I’m working on tracking down a M1917 bayonet as well.

Hi all saw this on my news this a.m. TBI says 818,567 guns were sold in Tennessee in 2020.

Bayonet inbound.

Think how many were already out there! Good job Tennessee. Gun owners are not the/or a problem, politicians are the problem!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9199339/Hedge-fund-billionaire-Leon-Cooperman-slams-GameStop-surge-attack-wealthy.html "Stealing from wealthy people" Carlin said they is a club and you ain't in it.

A thousand rounds of 223? Might even go eleven hundred.....

Land Cruiser ’nuf said

Are we sick of the elitist crapping on us yet?

The proper approach to this question and others like it isn’t “what can I do?” It should always be “what must I do?” Whether in your home or elsewhere. So the question isn’t “can I shoot this person,” the question is “must I shoot this person to defend my life, or the lives of others from imminent harm.” If that’s your operating position, I think the odds of you actually being in a position to shoot anybody are pretty damn low, and facing legal trouble over the shoot well below that.

Chris Vittetoe 865-237-2547 He's in Knoxville area. He may be able to do that.

I would add to chip's advice to try not and put yourself in a position to shoot at a dark figure. A flashlight may save a loved one, a drunk college kid or neighbor....and a lot of regret. Both a handheld as well as a weapon mounted light are good investments.

So maybe it is my mid life crisis or maybe it is because I am a stay at home dad with three kids doing virtual school all day but I am really daydreaming a lot about getting into off roading. I want to buy a first gen 4runner, the kind you can take the top off of. There is one on Craigslist and two on Facebook marketplace in middle TN. I read online that there is a place an hour south of Nashville to go. Like an off road park. Where does on get started in this? Thanks.

After a few decades away I have returned home to the mountains of my youth. After having spent the last decade or so in the commie-wealth states of New England I am so looking forward to some overdue range time.

@Steaks this is the best advice you're going to get all week. The law is pretty clear on when deadly force may be lawfully used and it requires "a reasonable belief that there is an imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury"*. This is true in your home or anywhere else you might lawfully be. In your home you're presumed to have that reasonable belief, but the facts can refute that. A classic extreme example to illustrate the facts refuting the presumed belief is of a homeowner who holds an intruder at gunpoint, has them on their knees, ties them up, and shoots them in the back of the head. The homeowner is not in reasonable belief that there is imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury at the moment the trigger is pulled and the facts will prove that. This is not justifiable self-defense. This is murder. There are plenty more examples like Chip's naked napper, or a homeowner luring someone in so they can kill them, etc. The short version is that away from home, you have to prove you had reasonable fear. At home, the prosecution has to prove you didn't.** This is the burden of proof Chip mentioned. Read the law for yourself here -Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-611 specifically paragraphs b, c, d, and e. Para. c lays out the presumption of belief. *"Serious bodily injury" is defined in Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-106 Look at (a)(36). **Note that it's not strictly limited to your home. In TN it applies to a residence, business, dwelling or vehicle.

After looking through my rather vast collection of factory pistol cases, I didn't have anything I liked. This Apache brand Pelican knockoff was $12 and change at Harbor Freight. The 4 piece fishing pole and Pflueger reel were substantially more. They will fit nicely in the suitcase though and in my opinion are well worth the money. These days I seem to be able to make time to fish during lunch breaks and whatnot, and that's about it, so I need to be prepared.

Yep I recently picked up a .45 also. It's not as pretty as yours, but I bet you know what flavor it is.

Who wants to bet that reddit itself doesn’t get corrected after all this? The financial overseers are pissed and I bet they could make it happen.

I also have this...

You are so correct. It is hard to find out how many .22lr the U.S. manufacturers make per day, but somewhere around 30,000+ bricks per day times 313 days production per year equals 5,250,000,000 rounds, in a 2015 interview a senior product line with Vista outdoors and they estimated between 50 and 80 million .22 owners. So if we take the low side 50 million divide into the annual production we get about 105 rounds, not bricks of ammo for each .22 owner. Now if somebody has access to better data, figure it up and let us all know.

Congratulations! I remember the day my first three were let out of jail! Enjoy!

SMART! I wish I'd thrown a few in jail, so to speak, last year. That's going to be a heck of a lot of fun.

I just can't come around to that tanto profile on the PM2. It makes it harder to sharpen - I don't know that it's worth it.

Are you going to beat up a $50K truck out on the trails?

I think I may have to break out the KME sharpening system later today and put a mirror edge on this thing, though. It's already wickedly sharp but I can make it better and prettier.

Yeaah Buddy..! The " greatest of all streetsweepers "... The receiver, stock, and inspection marks are great..! Im glad this one went to a " loving home " Brother... Ya know, these guys were built in several variations. Trench n riot models. Believe it or not, im thinkin the " riot " model is the rarest. We have a 1926 flaming bomb marked model that is about 80% of the condition of your scattergun. Bought 20+ years ago at the Birmingham Gun Show... It used to be the " Shotgun Ultima "... Enjoy... There aint nothin like slam firin these boys. Hold the trigger back n pump. Its a helluva thing... Admirin leroy, the model 97 evangelist...

You may be thinking of Adventure Off-Road Park. It's about 90 minutes south of Nashville. I'm not as familiar with middle TN but I'm sure there are other places to off-road. @Lumber_Jack might have some ideas. Those are awesome but they are getting really expensive if they are in decent shape and they are getting harder to find. If you got one in rough shape it might be a great dedicated wheeling rig. My truck is set up for moderate off-roading but it's also in great shape and it's my daily driver so I try to avoid trails that are going to destroy it. Having owned a 91 4Runner I would strongly encourage you to avoid one with the 3.0L V6. Here is one for sale in Charleston TN. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/165023738456652/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined It sounds like you are already doing it. The first step is research and picking a vehicle platform you want to roll with. Just know that you'll need to be decent with a wrench in order to do much of the work needed. Otherwise you'll invest a lot of money in a rig that may not be worth much. Let me know if you have more questions and I'm happy to help.

Call my lawyer before making a statement!

And not broke either, at least not yet anyway ...

I was really confused when I opened this thread. Sweet gun.

Thanks! It gets better... The best part is that I was in South Dakota last week and saw one in a Cabela’s. I almost walked out of there with one that had its bayo and had a wonderful patina. It was $3500. Even after I track down the M1917, I’ll have about 1/4-1/3 of that invested. I picked this up for less than the price of a reproduction, and I didn’t even have to search the deal out. It fell into my lap by way of a friend of a friend. I’m super excited right now.

I am calling this thread the best of the net today!!!

The guy I bought it from got the receiver as a project to do a standard build on. Then he discovered the proof marks and realized what it was so he built it up with all surplus, takeoff or NOS parts. I would consider it the equivalent to a rearsenaled mixmaster. Once my buddy who has ahold of it gets home, he’s going to send me the serial so I can date it.

In Tennessee, people can justifiably use deadly force to defend themselves or others if they believe there is an imminent threat of death or serious injury. There is no duty to retreat from your home. Do you believe the intruder in your home poses a threat of death of serious injury? Then you are legally justified in using deadly force to prevent that death or injury. You cannot use deadly force to prevent the intruder from walking out the door with your 4K UHD television.

You can defend yourself and your loved ones from risk of overwhelming and imminent bodily harm. You're not obligated to retreat. You're not permitted to prevent theft of property with deadly force. IANAL.

Dont knock a single stage press for handgun rounds. Its all I ever used since the mid 60's and I never felt they were to slow. I can kill time watching TV or reloading in the workshop. Nothing wrong with being alone for a few hours and assembling a couple hundred rounds of 9mm or 45 acp. If your a competitive shooter I can understand going to a progressive press.

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Quoting this from a spot on post to save space... I remind myself of the primary purpose for wearing the mask all the time, which is as you said to take care of others over myself. There are two ends of the professional spectrum I come into contact with a lot...the Radiologists I work with and service industry (grocery store, restaurants mainly), and they both need others to be reasonable. For the rads, I want to make sure my practice has the bench depth to keep shifts staffed with healthy and rested physicains sticking needles in people under ultrasound guidance, reading your ED scans, mammograms, and oncology PETs. For the service workers, I would absolutely feel like a heel if I was the reason somebody who needs that hourly pay had to sit at home for two weeks, and possibly have a hefty medical bill on top of it. A lot of people are hurting right now, and I feel a sense of duty to make sure folks willing to show up at work don't lose out because of me. It's kind of ironic that there is a not so small subset of "government isn't the answer" types who aren't stepping up when an individual action as simple as the mask wearing for the collective good is the best thing we can do to keep the country open and the government from taking the case numbers into a new series of authority we'll never get them to relinquish.

I guess I made a mistake selling a little over 3k rounds to a forum member for .06 a round last week and today. (Not a mistake) I had extra and they wanted to shoot their .22s. I just can’t bring myself to sell my extra on gunbroker for stupid prices.