10-Ring

I spent the first 20 something years of life in the Nashville and Cookeville areas. Then I moved to East Tennessee. I really like it out here better. It's a whole lot cheaper too. Plus there are tons more recreational opportunities.

He blatantly refuses to read and follow the rules and then whines because he didn't get three chances? Screw him, he was warned once, it's people like that that destroy good forums. I was on one forum that was a great forum about 2-5 years ago and it completely went to crap because of people like that being allowed to constantly post their asshattery. Where do people get this sense of entitlement?

Valid concern but gang members tend to be cowards. They are less likely to seek retaliation on someone who is known to be armed and known to not be afraid to kill a gangbanger. But then again if they were smart they wouldn't be gang members.

Good job, sounds like for the most part you were adequately prepared. I too am concerned about reaching my carry gun from a driving position while buckled up, which I always am. Seems that the most comfortable and accessible ways for me to carry while standing up and on the move or even sitting down in a chair still make it very difficult to draw while buckled up. On longer trips I'll often place my carry gun or often an gun additional to what I'm wearing in an easy to reach place in the car. Sometimes I use the door pocket, sometimes I just wedge it between the drivers seat and the center console depending on what I'm driving. Yet I am still vulnerable day to day. Sometimes I keep one in the center console I've found that I can get to that rather quickly if needed. Just make sure you don't have a bunch of junk burrying it. I prefer to not use a holster in the console so if you do that be very careful about anything else you may put in there. Pens and the like are a huge nono.

Looked that up, looks like it is just south of HWY 231, lived about 10 miles downstream from there for many years, that is a beautiful part of the lake up there.

If you don't mind saying, where about on Old Hickory are you hunting? I grew up running all over that lake, I miss it.

I have a batch in the oven right now, I'm going to be really stingy with it though. Seems like everybody wants to come and eat but nobody ever wants to help me process anything.

Ok yall have been trolled. Well sort of. I was trying to make a point and thought I would stir the pot a little as well so I have used some exaggerations such as speed. I was not exaggerating about track time, and I claimed thousands of miles, not hours. Really though I was just trying to make a point that speed limits are arbitrary. They have their place but there are some places and certain times the posted speed limit can be safely exceeded to an extent. Nothing we do is 100% fool proof, there are risks in everything, we just have to carefully calculate those risks and decide if it is worth it to take them. Not too many deer around here but plenty of pigs, wouldn't want to hit one of those at speed for sure. And Robert that is a very nice ride you have there.

Water does indeed work for removing carbon buildup, as does Seafoam. If you are nervous about pouring water into your intake (which is perfectly fine by the way, but don't pour in too much) use transmission fluid. Really anything that will steam up will cause the carbon deposits to break loose. I suck about 8 oz of Seafoam in through my intake vacuum line in my truck every 10,000 miles or so. It's kept it running great.

Agree 100% ethanol is the devil. I'll take my gas without food in it and my food without gas in it please. Several years ago a couple of friends and myself were adding acetone to our gas in very small quantities and it did marginally boost mileage. I remember that it had to be a very exact amount because if you used too much or not enough it would decrease mileage. I remember that it was about a wash after covering the price of the acetone so I quit doing it. One of my friends kept very detailed records and I just emailed him to ask him if he still has that info. I was thinking about it the other day, I have some different vehicles now and was thinking I might try it again and see what happens. I'll report back when I talk to him and post up his findings. EDIT: here is the article...Acetone In Fuel Said to Increase Mileage

I've done nothing reckless. When you drive a vehicle with an upgraded suspension and upgraded brakes it really does make the vehicle very much easier to drive. Very true, as some have pointed out, your reaction time is diminished the faster you go, but you can make up for it by driving a car that stops quicker and handles better. I do not neglect my car, it is always in top notch condition, I never run bald tires, I make sure that everything is as it should be. I am also very careful about where I chose to speed. If you catch me on the interstate I am at no time going more than 10 MPH over the speed limit. It is all about knowing where you can get away with it. I also have countless thousands of miles of track time. I never claimed to be the best driver in the world, far from it. As for 2 and 3 times the speed limit there are very remote roads close to where I live where you can see for miles yet the speed limit is 40, paying 100% attention to what I am doing I have no issues whatsoever running between 80-120 through there as long as no other traffic is around. This is also a location miles from any residences or anything else resembling civilization. By no means would I ever drive those speed in a neighborhood or other populated area. So go ahead and talk about laughing at someone else's misfortune, people get all bent out of shape over a little speeding in a remote area, but when you or your loved one is sending a text message and crosses the line and kills someone that will be okay because you were not speeding.

I break speed limits on a daily basis, I don't like them, I don't agree with them, especially when the proper surveys have not been conducted on a road and the government sticks an arbitrary number up as the speed limit. I see no reason to drive a road at 30 MPH when I can safely travel that road at 65MPH. I've had extensive performance driving training and I drive a high performance car. I don't use a telephone when I'm driving, I don't read the newspaper, shave, etc. I drive, when I'm driving I'm 100% focused on the road. I promise you at 3X the posted speed limit I'm safer than someone who is doing the speed limit and is not paying attention because they are playing with their phone or watching a movie in their car. I used radar detectors at one time, yes, they are useful when the officer is using instant on on cars in front of you that is about it. I found it better to be very aware of police cars running radar and to watch cars in front of you seem to brake hard for no apparent reason. For the record I haven absolutely zero accidents or tickets on my record. It's all about knowing when and where you can probably get away with it and when and where you can't and need to slow down.

Mythbuster's seems to be one of the few shows on television that features firearms on a regular basis, and not necessarily in a bad way, not ready to hang them out to dry just yet.

Here is a legitimate concern I have with turn ins... I think gun turn ins encourage thugs to steal guns to get the reward. Thus these turn ins could actually be causing crime, not preventing it.

Haha good stuff I think those guys used to hunt the public land I used to waste time at.

WD you bring up very good points. I've only had to shoot a dog once after a neighbor ran over his own dog on accident to put it out of its misery. I did not enjoy that chore and hope I never have to do it again. Until dogs ruining my hunt became a habitual problem I wouldn't even consider shooting a dog. But hypothetically What does one do when you seem to always have dogs messing up your hunt? You've tried to talk to the owners, etc, and exhausted all other resources. I say don't hunt there if that is an option, but what if it is the only place you have to hunt? I have to say though I've had as many dogs run deer to me as I've had run them away from me. So maybe it's best to just live and let live. And no, I wasn't aware that the deer were being chased by dogs until I had shot it.

I haven't been able to find any news reports but I was told by several people today that a bear hunter was shot this morning in Blount county while hunting off of US Highway 129. It was unknown how it happened. From what I heard his hunting buddies drove him to the hospital. Everyone be careful out there.

I've had one for about 8 years, it really is a great gun. Countless rounds downrange with all kinds of ammo and never so much as a hiccup. I rarely ever carry it as I have other options that are lighter, smaller in size, bigger in caliber, and have higher capacities. That said dependability wise I wouldn't hesitate to carry it. I'm not a fan of the mouse guns such as the KelTecs and LCPs due to their reliability issues, these bigger .380s like the Bersa seem to be much more reliable.

Sorry to hear, prayers sent.

Unless you reload or have deep pockets get him a .22. He will spend the summers of his teenage years carrying it around and shooting all kinds of good stuff, all the while going through lots of ammo. I own a Rough Rider and can't say enough good things about it. A Ruger Single Six would be even better if the price isn't an issue, but the Heritage is a fine gun.

Don't think an out of state license would have saved him, if he didn't already have one.

Absolutely senseless, the court system should really hang Rowland out to dry. There is no excuse for this at all.

I'm certainly not seeing the numbers of deer that I have seen in past years. I pulled into where I hunt on Sunday afternoon and there were 3 does bedded down in the field across the road. I hunted that area in the rain trying to use doe bleats to get them to come over but that didn't work out. My freezer is bare, I've all but eaten the deer that I filled the freezer with last year.

Thanks a lot guys for clearing that up. I appreciate your suggestion redstate.

This law confuses me, it seems to me to say two different things... 1) I take this to mean that in order to be legally binding the TCA code must be cited. as opposed to... 2) This leads me to believe that a gun buster is legally binding and that if I want to follow the law then I should not carry past a gun buster sign. So why the confusion in the law? If a gun buster is legally binding then why is section b3a (the first section) even in the code?