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I have for sale a Smith and Wesson .357 magnum, model 28-2, CTG, Highway Patrolman, with a 6 inch barrel. These revolvers were produced from 1954-1986. I’ve owned this one for years. The blued finish is in excellent shape. No scuffs or scratches. Grips are original and also in great condition. Only selling to down size. Can send better quality pics upon request. 21+ sale only Located in Knoxville Price: $1000 *Must be a TN resident and legally allowed to own a firearm.

Thinning out a few of my deer guns. I picked this up a year ago because I thought I needed another .45-70. It has just sat in my safe and has never been shot. It comes with the large loop and threaded barrel. $1200

I know there’s gotta be some Andy Griffith Show fans around here. Has anyone ever noticed that the rifles in the gun rack of Sheriff’s Taylor’s office changed every show? I did years ago, but just now finished watching “The Loaded Goat” for the umpteenth time and the hardware changed in the middle of the show!

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They have some videos up on their FB page - progressing but slow.

Actually surprised I hadn’t heard of this site until last week. I’m very familiar with GOC and Snipershide but just learned about this site. I see it’s set up a lot like the hide. I like it!

SOLD

Sold.

GONE!

I’m surprised this is still here. I fear no one has disposable income anymore.

I've had one for a long time and it's one of my favorite things to shoot. Incredibly cheap fun to take to the range for experienced shooters and great for novices learning to shoot. bump cause somebody NEEDS this

Sig P226 XFIVE STAS optic ready with Dawson-style removable rear sight and fiber front. Trigger is fully adjustable for pull weight, over-travel and a trigger shoe that is removeable and adjustable for length-of-pull. Three 20-Round steel magazines with alloy base pads, 5-Inch Bull Barrel, Custom Hogue G10 Piranha Grips with Alloy Magwell. This STAS model has the extended left side thumb rest (gas pedal). This is an amazing shooter with very low round count. No trades at this time. $2200

I've been traveling for work a lot lately and it has given me some opportunities to see what works, what doesn't, what is important, and what isn't. My first observation is that I think the ideal backpack size for travel or commuting is between 20L and 26L. Depending on the length of my trip and the amount of clothing I have to take with me, I am pairing-up my backpack with a carry-on roller suitcase or a larger checked-back. The backpack itself is for my laptop, water bottle, medicines and toiletries I absolutely wouldn't want to be separated from, and sometimes a sweatshirt or light jacket. Obviously, the bigger the bag, the less room you have for your feet under the airline seat in front of you. This matters more on longer flights. The bag I've been using most, lately, is my Mystery Ranch 2-Day bag. (Note: That's an affiliate link that helps TGO) The bad news is that there's nothing subtle about this bag and it's on the larger end of the spectrum. The good news, however, is that it is insanely versatile, very adjustable, extremely comfortable, and has proven to be quite rugged. Plus it does fit under the seat on Southwest Airlines. The three-way zipper closure on this and several of their Catalyst bags has turned out to be a feature I had no idea how much I'd appreciate until I tried it. Being able to either unzip the top flap for quick access to things, or split the bag wide open has been super convenient. I'm also fond of the two side pockets that will either tote 32oz water bottles or a bottle and umbrella with ease. You don't realize how important easy access to a water bottle is until you're parched, inside the TSA security gate, and ready to fill up at one of the filtered water stations. Having to sort through a bag of stuff just to get your water bottle is a huge pain. Another plus is that this bag has a flat bottom and does not tip over easily so long as you load it properly and keep the heavier items at the bottom of the bag. Having a bag that doesn't constantly flop over into the aisle while you're sitting at the airport gate is a small luxury. Of course it also plays well at the office. Whether or not this thing is perfect is yet to be seen. Other bags keep catching my eye, particularly those with a more slim, slick, or sleek external appearance, but I keep talking myself out of them because they lack things that I've come to really like about this Mystery Ranch 2-Day bag. The load-lifters at the top of this bag's shoulder straps where the meet the body of the bag itself really do make a big difference in comfort and adjustability. And the shoulder straps themselves are very well padded and have quick adjust buckles so that you can loosen it for easier on/off, and cinch it down fast once it's on. I am surprised at how few bags incorporate load lifters or have thin, flimsy shoulder straps without quick adjustment. I am also a fan of the fact that there are two additional deep pockets inside the bag that can either be used to stow things like travel umbrella, water bottles, coffee tumblers, etc. That's in addition to the two outside, so you can run it a little more slick by keeping things inside rather than outside the bag. Anyway... just thoughts from recent travels. This thread caught my eye because I keep looking at other bags coming up on Black Friday sales and just can't talk myself into any of them yet.

I was one of those people back in the 80’s.

Is it live, or is it Memorex?

Comes with original box and paperwork. Includes four 10-round magazines and two 5-round magazines for a total of 6 magazines. This is the 18 inch threaded steel version. Incredibly smooth action and fun to shoot! Less than 500 rounds through it. No issues or dings anywhere, looks new! Simply just don't shoot it anymore. This is their rimfire 22LR rifle Must have TN drivers license.

I have a CZ 912 12 gauge for sale or trade. I got this from a co worker, whose father bought it brand new. I put around 15 rounds of the cheapest birdshot through it with no problems at all. Comes with 3 chokes and choke wrench. Nothing wrong with it, I just don’t really have a need for it. $400, prefer Lenoir city/maryville meet. I will be going through Chattanooga Friday though.

HK USP 9mm Tactical w/Threaded Barrel and Jet Funnel w/ 3 mags for sale. Another safe queen needs a new home. Excellent condition with low round count. Basically, like new. Gun comes with threaded barrel for suppressed shooting, 3 18 round mags, and jet funnel installed. Prefer local pickup at my Brentwood office or I do travel East towards Smithville on weekends. 900 obo

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(I got this hunt through the Sako forum. It was used as a way to raise money for the site. I wrote this for that site but thought I would also post it here.) My first decision to make was deciding on what rifle to take. Spaher offered up one of his Sako’s if I did not want to bring my own. The choice came down to either my Finnbear in .338 win or my M995 in .30-06. I though the .338 was a little much so I opted to bring the M995. This would be the M995’s first hunt. I have a bad habit of buying guns and putting them into the safe and not shooting them. Time to go to the range and sight this beauty in. The M995 is topped with a Swarovski Habicht 6-18x50 scope. My local indoor range has a 75 yard rifle range. I didn’t have time to get to the outdoor range so 75 yards would have to do. The first three shots were cloverleafed at 75 yards about 3” inches left and 1.3” high. I adjusted the scope and got it shooting dead on right to left and still about 1.3” high at 75 yards. That should give me a dead on hold out to approx. 250 yards. I was shooting Federal Premium168 grain Vital Shok with Sierra Gameking BTSP bullets. The plan was to arrive on Wednesday around noon. We would have a light lunch, go verify zero on the rifle and then head out for an afternoon hunt. I had decided to drive down. I am the kind of guy that likes to drive straight through instead of splitting the drive up and getting a hotel. So I took off from Nashville and drove straight through till I arrived at the ranch. Spaher was running a couple of errands so he had one of his buddies meet me at the gate. The first thing that I noticed was how well maintained the road was leading down to the kitchen and bunk houses. We get to the bunk houses and park and that’s where I met his ranch manager. Super nice guy. He got me set up in a room and showed me around the main camp area. We were having lunch when Spaher came in. He instantly made me feel welcome. We sat and talked for awhile. Not only is Spaher into deer and land management but also history. It was fascinating learning a lot about the lands history. After verifying zero on the rifle it was time for our afternoon hunt. Spaher does a lot to manage his property. He does supplemental feeding with corn and protein for the wildlife. Just understand that these deer are 100% wild deer. It is not high fenced, there are no pen raised deer or anything like that. Spaher does a lot of culling to make sure he has the right mix of bucks to does and the correct bucks that have potential to grow into giants. They run a lot of cameras on the ranch so they can keep track of the deer from year to year. That way they know what needs to be culled and what needs a chance to grow. The brush can get a little thick on this property. It is full of cactuses and other thorny plants. Because of that Spaher asks that you shoot the deer right through the front shoulder. He does not want the deer to be able to run very far. That afternoon we went to a blind that was beside a pond. It was not long before a fawn came out to feed and play. Not long after more deer kept coming out of the brush to feed and drink. There was a pretty even mixture of does and young bucks. Where I hunt it is a good day to see a couple of deer. I had a blast just getting to watch all the deer. There were 5 young bucks between a spike and up to a small 8 pt and 7 does. About 20 minutes before dark another buck comes out and you can instantly tell he is a mature deer. The ranch manager glasses him for a minute and say that is one on our hit list. I have not seen him in over a year. After a minute or two he says aren’t you going to put your rifle up and shoot him. Not sure why but for some reason I had it in my head that I was going to be shooting cull bucks. So I say I can shoot him? He responds that’s why you are here. Well then the buck fever hit me. This was a beautiful 14 pt. He was a perfect 6x6 with split brow tines. I put the cross hair on his shoulder and pulled the trigger. He bolted off into the underbrush. We wait a few minutes and then go look for blood. We get to where he was standing and can not find any blood. My stomach just drops. I get that sick feeling that I made a bad shot. A few minutes later the ranch hands show up. They are expert trackers. One of the hands found a piece of hair with a little meat attached to it right where he was standing. Still not sure how I missed it. They head off into the brush tracking the deer by his footprints. About 60 yards in they found a couple of drops of blood where it looks like the deer stopped and stood for a minute or two. I was not a lot of blood. It was dark now so they decided to pull out and look again in the morning. After talking it over the with the ranch manager we think I shot low and hit the deers’ leg. Nothing I could do now except hope we find him in the morning. So we head back to camp and get cleaned up for dinner. There is just something magical about sipping on bourbon while steaks cook over a live mesquite fire. We had a great dinner and then off to bed. The next morning the manager and I go a different blind. We are sitting there in the dark waiting for it to get light when he says hear all that crunching. I am like what is that. He says that is a bunch of javalina. They are very loud eaters. As it got light enough to see I could make out 20-30 javalina feeding off to our right. I am watching the javalina when the manager says he sees 2 deer at the end of field. We can 2 bodies through our binoculars but can’t make out if they are bucks or does yet. After a couple of very long minutes we can make out that they are both bucks. We watch them for about 10 minutes and the manager says lets take the one on the right. He is an older mature deer. He looked like a solid 8 or maybe a 10, I was not positive. I ranged him at just over a 100 yards. I took my time, put the cross hairs right at the top of his shoulder and squeezed the trigger. I saw him hunch up a little and then take off into the underbrush. The manager says I head the bullet hit him. We message the trackers and then head up to where the buck was standing. We start looking around and again we can not find any blood. I am thinking what the hell is going on. The trackers get there and we show which way the deer went. They follow the tracks pointing out where they could see the deer turn but still can not find any blood. After another turn or two one of the trackers yells found him. Talk about a sense of relief. We head over that direction and find him piled up next to a tree with broken branch laying across him. First thing I did was look for my shot placement. Sure enough there was an entrance hole right in the middle of his shoulder. I hit him right where I was aiming. He was standing broadside when I shot him. The weird part is there was also an exit hole but it was 4-5”s back near the back of the rib cage. So we have an entrance and exit hole but not one drop of blood could be found. As soon as we moved the deer and its body shifted, blood started flowing out of the exit hole. It was then I started looking at the rack. We have all heard about ground shrinkage but this was the opposite for me. The rack looked a lot bigger than what I thought it was. It turned out to be a beautiful 11 pt. I was estatic. The deer in my neck of the woods are a lot smaller. We load the deer up and head off to the processing shed. The ranch processes a lot of deer every year. Over the years they have devised a very efficient system for getting the deer from field to cooler. The first thing we do is weight the deer. They have a hoist attached to a rail system like you would see at a butcher shop. After it is weighed it is slid over to these angled holders. The deer is put into the holders. There is a big rubber bucket at the end of the holders. The stomach is sliced open. The pelvis gets split with an axe and all the gut are pulled down into the rubber bucket. The deer gets pulled back up with the hoist and slid over to outside the cooler. It is then hosed down inside and out. All the mud and blood is washed off the deer. Then it is pushed right into the cooler to hang. This cooler can hold over 100 deer. The whole time from weighing it till it was in the cooler took less than 5 minutes. I am not kidding when I say this is an efficient operation. After the deer was in the cooler we went back to have some breakfast while the trackers went back to look for my deer from the night before. After searching some more they could not find any more sign from the deer. We are assuming I grazed the leg and the deer will survive. At least I did not leave a mortally wounded deer out there although I am still sick about making the bad shot. After lunch we make our afternoon plans. Spaher decides to take me out and we go back the blind where I missed the 14pt. Knowing he is injured we are hoping he comes back to the pond for water. We see a lot of deer that evening but nothing mature. After dinner we retire to the Spahers Cigar Bar. The back of the kitchen is one of the coolest man caves you will ever see. Spaher has a couple of humidors, several nice leather chairs and a bar. There are a lot of beautiful deer taken from the ranch mounted on the walls along with other trophys he has gotten. This is where you sit around, smoke cigars, drink whiskey and tell lies. It is a great way to end a long day of hunting. Next morning the ranch manager takes me out again to a new spot. Not long after light we start seeing deer. Again it is a good mixture of fawn, does and young bucks. We are watching the deer feed and mill around. In the mix was a nice 8 pt and a real nice 10 pt. The 10 pt was a young deer probably 3.5 yo. He has good potential. The ranch manager, after comparing the older 8 pt to the younger 10 pt, decided he wanted to cull the 8 pt and told me to get ready to shoot. This was about a 90 yard shot. I had to wait till the deer behind him cleared out of the way. I put the cross hairs on his shoulder and squeezed the trigger. Another solid hit but again he took off into the underbrush. I walked up to where he was standing and looked the way he took off. It was fairly open in that spot and I could see him on the ground about 35 yards away. This time there was good blood spray all the way to him. The strange thing is that the bullet performed exactly like the last one. He was standing broadside and the bullet entered the center of the shoulder and exited about 5”s back at the rear of the ribs. The trackers soon showed up and we got this 8 pt back to the processing shed. This deer was 4.5 yo and weighed 196 lbs. One of the rules the ranch has for culling deer is if a deer reached 4 yo and is only an 8 pt or less he is culled. The ranch manager explained it like this. Since they want to keep a good mix between bucks and does they have to decide which bucks to take. He would rather put time into trying to grow the young 10 pt into a monster instead of hoping the older 8 might get bigger. The younger deer just had more potential so the older one gets culled. After the 8 pt was in the cooler we all head to a local spot for a late breakfast/early lunch. For the final evening hunt Spahers friend took me out. We went to a spot that was more open field and light underbrush than the other spots we had been hunting. About an hour before dark we started seeing deer. Young bucks and does but nothing mature. All of sudden something spooked them and they took off running. We are looking around and then we hear the distinctive call of the sandhill crane. 4 large sandhills land right where the deer had been feeding. They fed for a few minutes and then took off. As soon as they left the deer came back out to feed. Right before dark another buck came out. I was told to get ready to shoot but wait for the ok. I get my scope on him and he is a pretty, symmetrical 10 pt. After what seemed like forever I was told to go ahead a take him. I squeezed the trigger and he dropped in his tracks. Whew, we did not have to track this one. Growing up when I would think about what my ideal deer would look like it was always a symmetrical 10 pt. When I walked up to this guy and got a good look at his rack you could not wipe the smile off my face. This guy was thick as well. I think that is why the racks always looked bigger once I got to the deer. The body size is so much larger than I am used to that the racks don’t stand out as much compared to the big body. This guy weighed in at 236 lbs. When I bid on the hunt I had no idea what a great experience this would turn out to be. Spaher is an interesting fellow and a great host. It is rare to find someone as knowledgeable, as gracious and as willing to share what he has with a stranger as Spaher. I can not thank him enough for the experience. For the longest time I have been in the mode of acquiring stuff whether it be guns or whatever. Now I am at the stage of life where I want to get rid of some of my “stuff” and replace it with memories. I sold a couple of rifles I never shoot and purchased this trip. What a great trade off. I got rid of something I never use and replaced it with memories that will last me a lifetime.

HK SP5K with 2 30 rnd mags and extra threaded barrel for sale. Excellent condition with hardly any use. Has been a true safe queen. What you see is wha you get. I can’t locate the bungee cord sling or the manual, but that’s easy to get. These are ‘made in Germany’ quality. If you know, you know. Comes with threaded barrel and extra handguard. Barrel must be installed by an armorer. Priced accordingly at 2000.00 Local pickup at my Brentwood office. Possible meet towards Smithville on weekends. Don’t miss this chance. My reputation and feedback speak for themselves. Rick

Now that Republicans have control of all three branches, it would be the best time to push for this to pass. @Worriedman, is TFA and or GOA in any discussions to get this pushed through before we lose steam in this new administration? S.401 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Hearing Protection Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

I was a driver for the competition.

Those videos give me a little hope! Some day, I hope to be out there on those ranges again!

Welcome to TGO. We camp in Crossville a lot for some long weekends getaways.

Oh thank goodness.

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X2 Colt Combat Elite Pythons Colt 4.25 Anaconda Colt King Cobra 2 inch

It's 2 wd

I have nearly 100 SW collectible revolvers….none have the ‘lock’ and I wouldn’t buy one that did. They definitely killed their value to collectors.

We really should change the title of this thread, LOL. I’ve been looking at bags online, I’m very hard to please. I sent my Vertx Commuter sling back. I see that Vertx has a new line called the Urban Ghost and I kinda like the 10L sling version but i am sure it will be too small. I also was looking at the Maxpedition Entity 16L sling as well. I think if they built a man bag store that had all the different bags to look at I’d be a happy camper! I don’t off body carry, I do carry extra full mags in my bag, and I have a Velcro holster attached in the conceal carry compartment, just in case, but I the other than making sure my gun fit and that I could deploy it reasonably fast, I don’t use it. I’m not giving up my essentials 10L bag for another 10L bag, what I’d like to have is a bag just like this but taller a tad. The Navigator isn’t any bugger, just laid out differently..does anyone on here in the Nashville area have a Maxpedition Entity16 that they would let me look at?

We have had a security team for 10 or 12 years. We average 8 per service 4 teams so only serving once a month. The local DA recommended we hire a uniformed cop to protect everyone from lawsuits. I think the county charges 30 bucks a hour for a uniformed cop. Be careful about liability. The local DA should be able to give good advice on protecting yourself and your church. I have my TN armed guard so that helps with some protection, but having a cop there helps a lot. We do a LE appreciation day and invite all the LE and serve them dinner and proved gifts.

We are co litigants and John Harris is Council, I am a named plaintiff.

Our church runs around 400 Sunday morning, and we have about 40 guys total on rotating teams so we are on security every other week. About 30 of us on the teams have our carry permits. Our church has Brotherhood Mutual Insurance, which fully insures security team members for liability, medical, legal, etc with a $1 million cap (if my memory serves me right). It is very good coverage. The insurance requires permits for anyone carrying on security for them to be covered. We had a rep from the insurance come out about 10 months ago and fill us in on all that the insurance covers and it is outstanding. Our church has had cameras installed that cover every entrance/exit and most of our campus. We usually have one team person doing nothing but watching cameras, one on each main entrance, one roving the parking lot via golf cart, and one in the auditorium all with radios. We also have a designated rapid response team. In case of medical emergency, we are blessed to have a number of nurses/medical people that attend our church. We also make sure to lock our main entrance doors usually about 5 mins after our services start and just let people in who are running late. The guy who is leading our security team is really working to increasingly get us better organized. I think he's doing a great job so far. He shoots monthly with a few others in a local amateur competitive event. Another guy in our church has made available a range he has on his property for anyone on the team that wants to go through a basic modified FBI qualification course just to evaluate ourselves. He's working on trying to get us more organized training, but there isn't much available in our area. We have a quarterly meeting to discuss any security issues. I am glad that our guys seem to all take security seriously, and our church is appreciative of it. Of course we have people with all different levels of firearm proficiency. I am retired Army so firearm handling, shooting, and safety are pretty second nature for me. Its neat to hear what other churches are doing.

Law suit filed today! We are not playing. I am a named plaintiff so the game is on.

It was not just a resolution. The City intends to try to enforce it, I intend to stop that.

Found one.

I think Maverick is the best thing going on the cheap side right now. I have a 88 Security. Despite it probably being one of the cheapest shotguns I own I trust it. I've fired it a lot. It's seen a ton of truck miles and several hundred trail miles via ATV and SXS. What it hasn't seen is a lick of maintenance outside of wiping mud of it. It's never failed to go boom. If I lost it today I'd buy another tomorrow.

Appreciate the OP starting this thread - news to me. Glad our state officials resisted this. Unfortunately, I expect more of the same antics from the federal government.