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I think this is related to the fact that really good barbecue is specifically about a really good pit master. It's like asking Picasso's kid to carry on painting like their dad - it's just not going to be the same. Any restaurant with BBQ on the sign ought to be able to do reliable, decent pork shoulder as sort of table stakes. But, two things will kill it - one is a pit master who doesn't eat, breathe, and love the art of barbecue. Second, and directly related to the first - the moment you open that second location you've got a heavy lift that's going to be hard to do reliably. It's just hard to scale good barbecue. That's undoubtedly why the best barbecue is in single location restaurants in places where the rent is lower.

Just as an FYI, we are at about 31/100 (31% complete) on the regeneration of the search index and about an hour and a half into the process. I would guess that we will finish that process somewhere during the early afternoon hours today.

Just having Chicago and New York on their list ruins their credibility

I do too. I also like night shooting. This is my Charles Daly HiPower that I purchased from a member here. I had it milled to accept a Holosun 507k and had him install the Dawson Precision rail that’s designed for the 1911 and Surefire X300V-A. Then cerakoted black. This gun is a total one off I’ve never seen any other one modded like this. I can’t wait to get it out under NODS.

I like the Holosun. Some folks find it busy, but I like the eotech style donut of death reticle. It’s solid, well built and only second to the trijicon with regards to ruggedness.

Figured it was time for a family portrait.

The search index has been regenerated. Everything should be back to normal now.

Funny you should mention this as there was an article back around February on restaurants and what happens when the next gen steps in to take over or in some cases another person buys it and keeps the name. A lot of bbq joints went downhill or just shut the doors not long after the founder passed or sold it. Bbq is truly a labor of love.

Almost forgot, it got new G-10 grips as well.

Tonight, we went to the first annual bluegrass festival in Millersville. The community center there is nice, the crowd was small, and it was free. The talent was amazing! My wife saw it on facebook back in the spring and put it on her calendar. We could find nothing else about it. I definitely plan to go next year. That’s a nice little community right out of Nashville. Everyone was friendly. I noticed no one left amy trash lying around.

And it’s all Gran Torino’s fault.

I’d be willing to bet there aren’t 1000 dual-illumination RMRs out there with more than 100 rounds on them. They sound like a great idea - and they are within the right use case. But they really don’t solve a problem that the regular RMR and a pair of backup irons doesn’t. It exists to sell on GSA contracts and to folks in the private space who’ll spend more if you show them how.

I had a boss who carried everywhere, including military bases. He always said, they won’t know I have it unless I need it, and at that point I’ve got bigger worries than a gun free zone. He paid close attention to keeping it concealed, probably more than most of us.

I am still trying to figure out the best way to do this without ruining the overall experience for new users and non-Benefactors.

Often, some of the best BBQ is found in the sketchiest part of town.

I don’t know who’s pitching the “lead with video” strategy. Nothing makes me close out a tab faster than being force fed video of a story I could read in a tenth of the time.

Can’t help to get a tad bit sentimental this time of year. My Grandma taught me a lot

I have upgraded us to the latest version of the forum software this morning. There are some new features that I still need to configure before they are available. There are also some subtle changes we may notice as we use the software in the days ahead. One thing to note is that the forum's search index is being regenerated. This process takes several hours. While the index is being regenerated, you will find that keyword searching may not work very well.

So I'v been buying some S&W parts kits from everygunpart and decided to rebuild a M10 with a Victory model barrel and forward frame section from another parts set. The victory model is a Canadian proofed 38 S&W cartridge barrel that I had no luck selling on Ebay so I figured it would make a nice snake bore with its .360 groove diam. Add to that, I reamed it out with a T drill and then spun polished all but about .001 of the lands out so as to not run afoul of a smooth bore NFA pistol reg. This first shot is after I mig welded the top strap on. The weld joint is about 1/3 of the way back from the thread head. Then I fabed up a forward bottom corner out of some miscellaneous steel I had laying around. probably 4140. Welded & shaped Most of the grip frame dosent come with the dewat frame so I had to match the grip contour to a new fabed up grip frame section. I think the Canadian poofs look neat on this Victor 10 snake gun. You can see the frame one by the barrel pin. After all the final shaping I put the frame in my kiln and roasted it to 1140 F for a couple hours to get rid of the weld stress. Then brought the temp down to 340 F and oil quenched it there just to give it a slight bit tougher skin. The worst case scenario is it could stretch the top strap but I highly doubt that with the rather smooth over sized bore and light loads that will be home made fodder. "If" the CCI shot capsule breaks open, I get about a dead on POA pattern of about 4" @ 10 feet. A rifled bore throws the shot out of pattern pretty early leaving you with a wounded snake or missing him all together at anything past 10 feet. This is my idea of the fix!

Oh for the days of the Full Moon Bluegrass Festival. Not the one that was at Percy Warner Park, but the one back in the 80’s on the farm off Old Hillsboro Road. Those were some good times and GREAT music. John Prine would even show up on occasion.

My local taxidermist called today and said my deer was ready, been waiting to get him up on the wall. Anybody looking to have a quality mount done Byrds Taxidermy in Huntsville, TN is a good one.

Beware of old masks. While going through a late friend's stuff for his wife, I found several mil-surp gas masks. All were useless due to deteriorated rubber and straps. Some late production mil-surp masks may be good. But be careful of how and how long they may be stored.

Nope, there's a hurricane coming. They need an extra hand.

BTW @Garufa Rat Snakes come in different colors: black, yellow, and grey with the yellow having a completely different pattern. They emit a musky stench when defending their selves. I just removed a grey one from my back yard last Saturday, and two of my dogs decided that they wanted to roll in the stench left in the grass were I had picked up the snake.

Personally think that Surefire is a bit to large for the frame, but really like the Holosun aon the slide and the new grips. I have an older MkIII that might benefit from some changes like this.

You got some very nice ones! Someday maybe I'll post mine.

Yes, a Rat Snake.

This is a silly thing to have a problem with. First of all, the shake-awake feature really should be considered a "Sleep If No Movement" feature. The purpose of it is to take what is already an incredibly long battery life for most modern red dot optics and extend it even further by hibernating the emitter when the gun is in storage. You don't WANT the optic going to sleep when you're carrying it, IMO. Second, the battery life of modern dots except for the first generation AimPoint Acro which suuuuuuucked, is measured in thousands of hours... MONTHS... at mid-level brightness. We survived without so-called shake awake for years on Trijicon RMRs. We still do and even without them running out of battery unless we're just negligently stupid about not changing batteries on a schedule. I have six RMRs and a host of Holosuns. My RMRs have never run out of battery because I change them every six months. Easy peasy. Lastly, Trijicon already produces an RMR that uses dual-illumination like what you're asking for. No one uses them*. *That I know

Bryant's went way down hill after Arthur Bryant died and his daughter took over. I think that happened in the early 80's.

Use Firefox for your browser, In the upper right corner of the browser you'll see the 3 bar menu icon. Click on it and then click on settings. When it opens type autoplay in the search box. Autoplay will come up and then click on its settings. In the "Default for all websites" dropdown box select "Block audio and video" and then click "Save changes."

We were in KC a few weeks ago. We tried Arthur Bryants and it was barely passable for decent BBQ. Then we went to Hog Jawl Que and Brew and KC BBQ was redeemed. We were pleased and impressed and would eat there again when we are in the area.

I like it. who did you get to mill your slide.

When I lived in Pascagoula, Ms. in the early 70's there was a black man that had a 55 gallon drum turned into a PIT MASTER!! On Friday's he would cook ribs and made what he called rib sandwiches, which is 2 pieces of white bread and about 4 ribs with the bone in stuck in the middle. He cooked at the back edge of a shopping center on a little side street. That was some lip smackin pig popsicles!! Fast forward to the early 90's and a customer's dad had a little BBQ place out in the sticks right next to his house and he had probably the best ribs. He was an older black man and me and him hit it off the bat talking about catching bluegills. He said the first thing to cooking good ribs is having a good rib, he said a #2 rib was his choice, the bone isn't too big. Makes my mouth water, when I cook my ribs tomorrow I will think of these gentlemen who were bbq masters!!

I just heard that the Knox County Sheriff’s dept. will start having a free class the last Saturday of every month to help people understand what exactly permitless carry means. More details to be released next week. That is the kind of service more LE agencies should start providing as the misunderstanding about what this all means is astounding.

Yes they did. Both game 2 and 3.

A mere $4500 gives you a fun toy, but better yet, a great way to stop folks from tailgating you. https://www.smga.com/tippmann-armory/tippmann-9mm-gatlin-gun-glock-mag-10897??wk

This guy Daniel 12 and his buddy Alex sure have been busy this morning. Just so happens that he has a Police Positive that I'm looking for. And another one bites the dust.

Daniel12 was banned about an hour ago!

About like the daily 2 or 3 calls wanting to extend my warranty on my car. The newest vehicle I own is a 2006 Buick Lucerne, I don't think they really want to warranty it!! Pretty much if you call me and your name isn't in my phone you better leave a message noting who you are or you get deleted.

I’m not encouraging anyone to violate any laws or the the wishes of any private entity, but concealed means concealed y’all.

I pulled 7 supers off today and extracted about 15 gallons of honey. I probably had another 3 supers worth of partially capped honey. I will pull honey off again late July.

Years ago I bought a RG .22 from a co-worker for $10. I took it to the range and usually four of the six rounds would fire. At 7 yards, I probably would have gotten a better group throwing rocks. A week later, I took it to a gun buy back in Memphis and got $75 worth of grocery and gas gift certificates for it. See, they do have their uses. A few years ago, my disabled lady friend asked me to look at her gun. It was a RG .38. You had to hold it a certain way to get the cylinder to advance and the timing was so bad, I didn't dare shoot it. I traded her a well used, but completely functional S&W Model 10 for it. I was going to destroy it, but a dealer friend convinced me to sell it to him for $75. Believe it or not, he sold it for $100 and the buyer knew exactly what it was and what was wrong with it.

I am pulling some of my frames on Sunday. Probably 48-56 medium frames worth. The rest I will get mid July. I will give an update Sunday evening.

I'm sorry. Lone voice of dissent here. If you can't smell these scams from a mile away, then I have some ocean front property in Arizona.... These PMs are a slight nuisance, but I have always thought haggling and bartering was best done in PMs, not in the thread. Without the ability to PM, you get people offering trades that could just as easily be viewed as bypassing Purchasing benefactor status. Either way is fine. The fact that you ask for input is another monument to the real community of this site. Thanks!

Good on you for not harming it; snakes are our friends. That looks like a rat snake.

Sorry for the late reply but the OP's snake is what we call a Good snake!! My brother in law who isn't quite right says you can't trust nothing that don't have shoulders!!

At least they got something right.

^^^^ This. I made friends with an Alabama pit master outside Birmingham once. Great big 'ol black guy, nicknamed "Tiny" of course, that had a walk up window concrete block shack near all the truck yards. Once told me he gave me a little extra to take home since I should not come back after dark. "Skinny white boy like you won't last long out here after dark" I think was about what he said. Great pulled pork!