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This is a new unfired 16” sr-15 upper. Keymod handguard sitting on a QD cup lower. B5 stock. Comes with everything pictured. SOLD pending transaction. $2500 or trade for night vision (PVS-14).

Hello Volunteers, I moved my family to Chattanooga from behind the Iron Rainbow Curtain this year; as my kids prepare to strike out on their own, I just could not saddle my future generations with million dollar starter homes, corrupt and bloated government, and a culture that runs counter to almost everything we believe in. I own and operate a successful firearms manufacturing business, full service gunsmithing operation, and retail store in CA. The state figured out a few years ago that they could not eliminate the 2nd Amendment, so instead they have cleverly attacked FFLs by increasing fees to the point where doing gun business in CA will be unsustainable. Imagine having to pay $15 every time you sold a box of ammo that you make $7 on... the math puts people out of business very quickly! I have gunsmithing staff remaining in my CA store who I trained up, and I'll be doing my own gunsmithing work from my ranch in Harrison Bay. We love Chattanooga - it feels like heaven on earth. I wonder if you folks know how good you've had it here! I'm also an avid automotive enthusiast, and I appreciate the proximity to the Appalachians and several top-notch racetracks in the region. Looking forward to the rest of our lives in Tennessee.

Another Marlin model 60 here. Also has the squirrel on the stock. Got it 42? years ago and I still have it.

Actually, no, I am early 60's and a Baby Boomer but those Marlin 60's were mighty popular. They had the three necessities of the day: 1) Cheap, 2) Reliable, and 3) Cheap.

Sorry for the long wait. You are more than welcome to come and watch any of our matches. Robert

Marlin / Glenfield 60 with the lil' squirrel.

Well, believe it or not, mine too, was a Marlin model 60 when I was 10. I was not allowed to use it unless my dad was with me, however. Oh..... and I still have it also.

Thank you, Snaveba. I do all work, but there are some things I prefer, some things I turn down, and some things I will be unable to do here (at least in the short term) since I don't have access to my full machine shop back in the California store. I specialize in accurizing handguns and rifles, Cerakote refinishing, chassis lightening, scopes (drill & tap, hand lap rings, laser boresight, etc), authentic C&R/antique restoration, and general troubleshooting/repair. I love working on S&W revolvers, especially the new ones with the crappy MIM internals that are, in theory, just as good as forged, but in practice I have replaced more than 100 cracked/split MIM hammers, sears, and triggers. When you consider that there are orders of magnitude more Smith wheelguns out there with forged internals than there are MIMs, the real-world failure rate is disproportionately high. I do believe in the science of MIM; in practice, I don't see it. On old S&W's, some Colts, and Rugers, the hardy ignition groups take very well to fitting, tuning, timing and polishing, and cracked parts are generally the result of an ammo issue, not a gun issue. I love accurizing 1911's, CZ's, metal framed Sig's, and other semiautos. Moving beyond parts-changing and drop-in triggers, getting frames and slides to mate in perfection and tuning triggers and sears to glass-break is challenging and rewarding. My least favorite thing to do is shotgun lockwork - it is tedious, replacement parts often take lots of unpaid time to research and procure, and the guns are extremely valuable. We're good at it and it pays extremely well so we do it anyway, but I will be limiting my intake on them since I don't have a journeyman to pass it on to here. In more practical terms, without a lathe here I won't be able to make replacement rods, pins, bars, etc., which are often required on these old/rarer guns with unobtanium parts. I am very good at creating world-class AR15's. We manufacture some unique receivers and components, specializing in ambidextrous controls and non-reciprocating side charging uppers. Unlike many custom AR manufacturers I've seen, I apply real-world downrange experience in setting up my carbines, so that they are functional and effective in use. We've made plenty of eye candy rifles, as well, but our bread and butter is custom ARs assembled with quality US parts that come together as a complete system, not a collection of Gucci (or Guntec) parts. Edit: Just a note, I'm not selling my custom guns here; I only mention this as an explanation of my background. I don't mention the name of my CA gun store for the same reason; I'm here as a new neighbor, not a businessman. I did bring a whole auxiliary Cerakote blast cabinet, downdraft paint booth and curing oven here, but I haven't set it up yet. I'm still settling in, but I am thankful for a vocation in which there is endless demand and little supply. As parts-changing Armorers are well suited to servicing the popular modular/drop-in conventions of AR's, Glock's, P320's and the like, full-service gunsmithing is a dying profession, I'm afraid.

I sponsored and shot in the 2022 Georgia State IDPA Championship Oct 28-30 Dawsonville Georgia at Riverbend Gun Club. I competed in the Backup Gun Division with my 25 year old "box stock" Glock 26 with now very dim Trijicon Night sights. I shot the match on Friday the 28th and went back down there on Sunday to pick up my banner and a couple of awards. That's me in the black and gray jacket accepting my awards (1st Place Master BUG and 1st Place BUG Division) from match director Ed Moser. If you have Facebook you can see video of all the stages and a few pics here....https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083096239602

1994 Ruger M77 Mark II in 7mm Magnum. Comes with Ruger integrated scope rings. Took this on trade from a good friend who bought it new in '94 to hunt elk. It's probably had no more than a few boxes ran through it in its 28 years. Been sitting in his safe. Nice example of one of the early Mark II's, nice patina to the walnut, a few minor hunting nicks, nothing bad. Tried to show the few on the magazine floor plate. SPF Have 15 rounds to go with it. FTF Eagleville/Murfreesboro area

Black Friday price $395 NEW IN BOX: Girsan MC-P35 9mm semi-auto pistol (Browning HP clone). 15 plus 1 capacity, single action, ambidextrous safety. Includes factory hard case, bore brush tool, lock, and user manual. Asking $ OBO cash and carry, no trades, no shipping. Local face to face transaction, West Knoxville area. For sale to eligible Tennessee resident.

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About two months ago I bought an item off of e-bay. Well it seems that they sold my e-mail address to the spammers. I checked my e-bay account and sure nuff there's a setting in there to prevent them from doing this. In my case, it was not on. I didn't even know it was there until I went looking for it. Ever since then I've been receiving anywhere from 50 to 100 spam e-mails every single day! My e-mail is personal and confidential information. Nobody has the right to just sell or share it without my permission. This is a real PITA!. I've even taken the time to un-subscribe from each and every one. So far it hasn't even made a dent. And what ever happened to the "Do Not Call List"? I get several phone calls a day from people wanting to buy my house, extend my car's warranty or sell some BS or other. Enough! I just sent blistering e-mails to all my Congress Critters saying a law really needs to be passed to prevent this stuff. I'm here asking all of you to do the same. If we raise our voices loud enough maybe, just maybe, we can get something done about this mess.

My first was also a 67. Was my Dad's and he gave it to me when I was around 12. It is an early one before they started putting SN on them. Had a few Daisy BB guns and a Benjamin 310 .177 pellet pump up air rifle earlier. Still have the Model 67 and the 310. I should get the 67 out, it has been a few years.

That is a fine rifle! We’d love to see pics!

I know I have an SR-25 wrench. I can't remember if I have a URX-4 or not. I think the URX-3 used something a little different. Let me check.

I sent him a dm a couple minutes after posting so you were about an hour late

I'd hang on to the 19X. You still get the benefit of the 17rd mags, it'll fit any G19 holsters that you already have, and it's somewhat unique in the sense that it's not just another black Glock. OR... sell them both and pick up a Zev OZ9 or a Shadow Systems MR series so that you have something a little more different than every other Glock.

Pretty much every TN State Senator, with the exception of Frank Nicely, Dawn White, Janice Bowling, Joey Hensley and Kerry Roberts are 2nd Amendment Butters. I had hopes that Sen. Paul Baily was going to join the fold, but the jury is still out on that one. The main reason that we can get nothing done to return the Rights due Tennesseans is the mindset of the Lt. Governor. He thinks the laws on our books now are perfect and sees no need to even discus any changes. We will only move forward if the People light their Senators up demanding a return to the principals of the time of the Founding, as was directed by the Supreme Court in the Bruen decision, from that : "To justify its regulation, the government may not simply posit that the regulation promotes an important interest. Rather, the government must demonstrate that the regulation is consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. Only if a firearm regulation is consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition may a court conclude that the individual’s conduct falls outside the Second Amendment’s “unqualified command.” Instead, the government must affirmatively prove that its firearms regulation is part of the historical tradition that delimits the outer bounds of the right to keep and bear arms. We looked to history because “it has always been widely understood that the Second Amendment . . . codified a pre-existing right.” The Amendment “was not intended to lay down a novel principle but rather codified a right inherited from our English ancestors.” Id., at 599 (alterations and internal quotation marks omitted). After surveying English history dating from the late 1600s, along with American colonial views leading up to the founding, we found “no doubt, on the basis of both text and history, that the Second Amendment conferred an individual right to keep and bear arms.” We then canvassed the historical record and found yet further confirmation. That history included the “analogous arms-bearing rights in state constitutions that preceded and immediately followed adoption of the Second Amendment,” id., at 600–601, and “how the Second Amendment was interpreted from immediately after its ratification through the end of the 19th century,” id., at 605. When the principal dissent charged that the latter category of sources was illegitimate “postenactment legislative history,” id., at 662, n. 28 (opinion of Stevens, J.), we clarified that "examination of a variety of legal and other sources to determine the public understanding of a legal text in the period after its enactment or ratification” was “a critical tool of constitutional interpretation."" Our State Senators know this, and by their actions to deny you your Rights originally enumerated in the Bill of Rights of the Union Constitution and those in our Tennessee Constitution's Declaration of Rights analog they are in fact guilty of Official Oppression.

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I always wanted one of those. I’m a big M1 carbine fan. That would make quite the accompaniment for them.

The old Japanese made Tasco scopes were hard to beat. I can't stop myself from snatching one up whenever I find them at garage sales and such.

I did have a Red Rider back in the mid 70’s. I wish it was still around. We used to sit on my best friends deck and shoot the carpenter bees flying in the garden.

Looks just like the one I got back in the early 70’s as my first rifle. The Marlin model 60 now is in the hands of my cousins sons. I need to get that back from them.

Marlin 99M1. Got it for Christmas when I was 12. Its the same action as the Model 60, but with a 16" barrel and made to resemble a M1 Carbine. Great little rifle. I fell on hard times in the 80s and foolishly sold it. But I have replaced it since then. This one ain't going nowhere.

$100 Norinco SKS new in the box with the complimentary gallon of cosmoline . . . Shot maybe 20 rounds through it. I sold it several years later for $100 before I actually got into the hobby. I thought I did good to get my money back out of it . . . DOH!

Are you in your late 40’s to 50’s? I think it was a common first rifle for GenX kids

I also got a Marlin model 60 around the age of 8-10. And I still have it (at 53)

I went yesterday morning and froze out once the wind picked up. Saw one young 7 pointer. I didn’t go this morning because the weather forecast was windy. Should have went. It is calmer than yesterday. I did finally get this one processed today. I think I’ll wait until Saturday and go with my son.

I apologize for missing all the newer comments, still trying to get used to the new forum layout and functions. Thank you for all the comments and encouragement, it really means a lot. I went to my local range last week and shot all three of my pistols. I can’t rack any of them, even the EZ, with my left hand. I was able to hold them with my left hand, rack them with my right then swap the pistols back to my right to shoot. Not ideal but it works for now. I handled the recoil much better than I thought but I still need to work on a different and better grip. I have decided that my Sig P250 in .40 has to go, as it’s just a bit too much for me. I bought a G19 yesterday off a member here to replace it. I plan on adding a rmr which will let me rack the slide with my left hand. I looked at several new guns while at the LGS and the employee let me try to rack a few, including his personal Sig 365 xmacro, that had red dots. I was able to rack them all left handed after a bit of fiddling. Here is the results from all three at roughly 10 yards. All over the place but this was trying different ways to grip each one, it’s a start.

There is actually a 21 foot one at Bunch Road in Franklin Ky. Not exactly in the road though.

I've recently renegotiate my work schedule. I work the same amount of hours, but now I'm off the same amount of days that I work. It's given me time to look at things I didn't have time for. I'm finding the problems slowly. We adopted 3 kid several years ago. They are all three meet the definition of "special needs", but one is severely handicapped, one is 40% , and one is 30%. They were/are taking up most of our time. I've pretty much adopted a 4th. He is normal and an outstanding individual. He's the only person I've ever recommended at work in 25 years. They immediately hired him. The upstairs ac unit is controlled by the kids. Kids who close all of the doors. The thermostat is in the hallway. The hallway that doesn't have vents. That's being addressed. The insulation is not what I want it to be. That's being fixed this weekend. Talked to the oldest kid. He wants to help with the installation and cost of insulation. He also wants to help with bills, but the Wife is hesitant. Every dollar he saves goes towards a home, but he's doing well working with me. We are going to have the power company check and see if the problem is on their end or the meter. I'm on vacation this week, so I'm having plenty of panic attacks. LOL

Selling a Walther PDP Full Size 4.5". Dawson Precision Fiber Optic Front and blacked out rear. Includes 6 18rd magazines and a Comptac OWB holster (for competition). I have about 750 to 1000 rounds through this pistol. I purchased earlier this year. Excellent firearm. Reviews are spot on regarding the trigger and accuracy is incredible. Speed of follow up shots is also incredibly fast. I purchased this pistol for range use and as a competition irons gun. Overall I really like the features, design and quality but it does not quite fit my hand like my CZ. I like to have all my pistols share the same platform and grip for familiarity when switching from compact to full size etc... thus my reason for selling it. I still have the free coupon code from Walther for the optic plate which I have not used so you can still choose the plate you need for your optic. Selling for $800. Thanks for looking.

Do you think maybe you could start with an air sort or pellet pistol, then move up to a 22, and then on to center fire? This would be a cheap and safe way to refine your fine motor skills I think. We sometimes forget, but popping a beer can with an air soft or bb is a really satisfying experience as well as good practice.

I got my grandson a used Remington Model 7 in .243 when he was younger. It seems to have been a good choice. It took me a while to find that one. Now that I am older I like it as well as he does. I am sure there are other good options but I think the .243 is hard to beat for the young and the old.

5.56/.223 with a GOOD bullet is exceptionally good for deer. I'd be looking for a Ruger American in .223 (or an AR) & load it up with 77gn Sierra tipped Matchkings. 65gn Gamekings if you can't find TMKs.

My kids killed their deer with a 16 inch 300 Whisper and a 5.56. I've put my kids on ARs from the start because the gun can grow with them. A 243 will kill any deer your kid will ever shoot at normal range and so will a 6.5 CM. I have a 6mm CM I shoot quite a bit and it's a very close to a 243.