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I just put 2 on an enclosed and they are running on the rear axle. For me it makes sense to have a new one on each side

I have for sale a Colt model 1908 .25- ACP. The gun is very clean and has been taken really good care of. Blued finish has no wear marks or scratches to speak of. Ive owned for 10+ years. Round count appears to be relatively low. Comes with the original Colt stamped 6rd mag and soft case. 21+ sale only Located in Knoxville Price: $550 *Must be a TN resident and legally allowed to own a firearm.

I have for sale a North American Arms .22 long rifle revolver with a 1.125” barrel. The gun is very clean with no wear marks or scratches. I’ve owned it for 15+ years. Comes with leather holster and soft case. 21+ sale only Located in Knoxville Price: $250 *Must be a TN resident and legally allowed to own a firearm.

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If you find yourself in the area. I can heartily recommend Macon Department Store on the square in Lafayette. These folks are helpful, friendly, have a good selection, and competitive pricing. They will also wrap your purchase free of charge. It’s a great place to find that perfect Christmas gift.

I’d spread out the risk.

92 Elite LTT Compact - I had copied the exact name from the LTT website and it pasted the picture below. I'm going to leave it here unless told otherwise. Yes, I'm one of those AIWB carriers that hasn't overcome the irrational fear of ND with striker-fired pistols. In all fairness, my other carry pistol is one of the original P320s subject to the factory recall upgrade. I'm glad I got "shook" on the Sig because I immediately realized the value of custom trigger work the first time I shot this alongside my factory M9A1. Go ahead and tell me I just need a Glock but my DA aim is good and SA even better. Putting the DA and SA back to back with good results requires regular training but there isn't anything wrong with that right?

Octagonal, "JM" marked barrel ... serial number lookup says it is 2001 manufacture, before Remington or Ruger. Sweet shooter, not a mint collectors item but in very nice used but not abused condition ... $2000 OBO CASH, FTF in northeast TN (Kingsport area), no shipping

Three 19 round magazines with gold anodized aluminum Henning Group bases, three back straps (small, medium and large), pealable grip tape, Factory CZ Competition pistol includes; Apex Tactical extended magazine catch ($60), extended slide stop ($90), and HB Industries trigger ($65)). Fired just enough to find that it doesn't suit me for either optics or iron sight competition shooting. Couldn't get used to the electronic dot sight and I'm too used to a 1911 trigger to ever love this one. $600 $550 cash with your Tennessee driver license showing you're over 21. Sorry, Tricities (Kingsport vicinity) in person only, no shipping.

New Beretta 1301 OD Green Has box and chokes. $1500 Can meet in Franklin or Erin

(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.

One of the nicest pistols you will ever see or hold, the Browning Medalist 22lr is phenomenal. It is as accurate as it is gorgeous. Comes like new in the display box with the goodies. Like most of these, this looks like it has hardly ever been shot. Pristine is an understatement. Made in Belgium in 1969. Don’t miss your chance to take this home this investment that you can pass down. I am only selling this because I have another like it. Local pickup at my Brentwood office or I can meet towards Cookeville on weekends. 1350 obo Rick

Very nice piece

You are killing me Smalls...as always lingering here in the East getting left out. Tercel always selling the stuff I'd buy in a second at rock bottom prices.

Balls to the Wall

Israel Weapons Industries (IWI) US is opening a plant in Andersonville. That's up next to Norris in Anderson county not too far north of Knoxville. https://www.wate.com/news/anderson-county-news/iwi-us-inc-firearms-plant-coming-to-andersonville/

Nice looking piece. I've never carried appendix and don't carry IWB anymore due to the spare tire. I do however have the same irrational fear of striker fired no manual safety pistols. I have one, but doubt I'll carry it ever. It was an impulse buy at a pawn shop. I have a thing for Taurus .45s so I just bought it. The trigger is absolutely terrible. I'm sure I could get used to it but I'll stick with my SA/DA or a 1911 pattern. So how is the trigger on your 92?

Sixty bucks a pound?!?!?!? Holy crap!

Thanks guys. I took Fujimo's advice and put the two new tires on the rear axle and the two used ones up front. I've now spent about $600 over the past week on trailer tires, none of which were worn out, all of which had aged out. The two I just replaced were about 5 years old. The four on my dump trailer were original, I think, so I can't complain about those.

So 4 is just behind right hip

Sold

Seems like the lowers are more infrequently stocked than the uppers. I’m in the same boat. Best of luck on your quest.

Welcome. I got a late start as well both with firearm ownership and finding TGO. Non-military family with no guns in the house when my high-schooler announces that they are going to join the Army. It seemed like a good excuse at the time to buy a P320 and a range membership. That was seven years ago and this month marks a full year of six time zones' worth of distance. Thank you and see ya around....

Samsung Smart Watch...don't really use it for the smart features other than counting steps...and I don't have a lot of steps today.

Nice knife and well worth the price. I’ve got 3 similar to this and they are high quality knives. GLWS.

The OG eotech!

I have one of these on a CZ 455 and it’s a good one. GLWS

Howdy y'all. I'm offering the Colt LE6920 shown in the attached pictures for $1000. Here are the expectations of the buyer: 1) Cash only, no trades. 2) Pick-up in the Chattanooga area. 3) Be willing to show a valid, TN HCP as proof of age, residency and legal ability to possess a firearm. 4) Be willing to sign / countersign a bill of sale as a record that I no longer have the firearm in my possession. More pictures are available at the link below. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QaE75G64TZ4rbOy6N2WNN6_Cy6RQy2As?usp=sharing

Reviving an old one. Any meet ups planned?

Welcome to the forum, 1st round on the FNG, I will take a 30-06.

Hi TGO, this is Mike, originally from Knoxville now permanently residing in the Red Bank / Chattanooga area. My interests revolve around my kids and this includes our journey with firearms which only began when one of said children expressed an interest in joining the military. We've done most of our shooting indoors with several outstanding visits to an outdoor range near us. I'm not sure why it took me so long to find TGO and, full disclosure, my current purpose is to begin unwinding our personal inventory to trusted buyers. I'm not looking to abandon shooting, carrying or gun ownership. Instead, I have a purpose-built collection that hasn't been seeing as much use now that the goal for which it was built has become reality. I'm really excited about staying connected through TGO while the next chapter reveals itself. What we shoot: Sig P320 - This is where we started, because the Army had picked it to replace the M9. Beretta M9 - Because it dawned on me that this was the more likely sidearm my kid would see, at least initially. Colt LE6920 - Because I asked for the closest thing to the Army's rifle and this is what I got from my local gun store. I carry the Beretta LTT 92G Elite Compact - because the one I got direct from Mr. Langdon is pretty awesome. Thanks for reading.

It didn't come with a box or paperwork. It was bought in two transactions (slide and lower) on Palmetto State Armory. Let me know if any other questions you have or if you want to come get it. https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-dagger-complete-sw2-rmr-slide-assembly-with-threaded-barrel-extreme-carry-cut-ameriglo-lower-1-3-co-witness-sights-black-dlc-rear-sight-rear.html https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-dagger-compact-complete-polymer-frame-flat-dark-earth.html

Obviously

I remember a thread similar to this a while back, but I couldn’t find it. I really have issues using the search feature sometimes. Anyway, just wanted to say what I’ve been doing and see what some of yall might be doing as church security team members. I recently joined my team and our church has a policy that security team members must undergo formal training before becoming a member and if being an armed member, must undergo additional firearms training including qualifying at the range. Oh and also CPR and AED training. We utilized Michael Mann Security Services for all of it. Michael Mann is a retired Metro Nashville LEO, and he led all of our training, including the range part. I found the training to be good and thorough. He included the required training for the State Armed Guard permit in case anyone wanted to get that as well, although it’s not required to be on the team as we are volunteers not employees. The range was all the way down in Woodbury. I found i learned a thing or two from him at the range, even though I’ve been shooting, either for work or privately, probably for close to 50 years. The range drills were realistic and up close, but really good. By the way, I scored 98 out of 100, which I thought was not bad for someone who hasn’t shot much in the last year or so. I have shot with my Sig P-365 Spectre a few times with the Holosun EPS Carry, but hadn’t yet shot it with my newer SCS Carry. Loved shooting with it and it shot way better than I did. The one shot I dropped was still a hit in the dead center of the targets throat! LOL. I am curious what yall are doing in this arena?

I always buy the Crossbreed horsehide, since its a lot thinner than the cowhide. How does the T-Rex compare in thickness? Well kind of a moo point since they dont make anything for a Kahr. Bummer

I have one of their OWB holsters and mag carriers and am a big fan.

Nice. I'm wondering how it compares to the Crossbreed Minituck? Other than trying an Alien Gear IWB a few times (which I liked), the Crossbreed is the only holster Ive ever used with my Kahr P380 and PM9. Ive driven to FLA wearing it, I hardly know its on.

Many a troublesome semi-auto .22 has been repaired by nothing more than a good cleaning.

Yup. Talk to 4 different ATF agents and you'll get 9 different opinions.

I have two Kore leather belts (black and brown). They are by far the most versatile belts I've owned. Looks good enough to tuck a shirt in and still rugged enough to have a holster strapped on it. I didn't think I would be a fan of the tractor but I really like how adjustable it is. Our stomachs aren't static sizes, so it's nice to be able to cinch up in the morning and let it out 1-2 clicks later after a meal.

Part of EDC is a great belt and holster choice (position too). I'm a standard looking 5'9" bald 46 year old with 2 kids. I carry a single stack slim line (SW Shield size) all the way to a Glock 17 year round. Sweet spot for everything is 4 o'clock OWB or IWB, Lots of people swear by appendix carry but it's not comfortable for me.

Is there a list of states that recognize Constitutional Carry ?

I’m kinda surprised that I see many stories of how you can buy parts or skirt the law on machine guns by people that would wear out Google on any other law. I have friends that know my machining skills; they have asked if I could convert an AR15 to fully automatic. My answer is “yes”. When they ask why I don’t do it my answer is “Prison”. However, I have no desire to own a fully auto weapon; I can turn cash into empty brass fast enough without one. And I sure don’t want the expense of defending myself in court if I win, or going to prison if I lose. I can’t think of anything I need or want that I would pay the government for the privilege to own; the costs are ridiculous. I feel that someday suppressors may be legal to buy without the Feds involvement. If that happens the price will drop to where it should be.