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Ordered the Blackhawk Axiom stock last night. Going to order a picatinny rail so I can mount a red dot. (Already have the red dot on another rifle). Also already have a bipod. That should get him in good shape Christmas morning! From there we can build it together as he grows and he will have one customized 10/22, and one stock one. I will certainly be looking into threaded barrels in the future as I'm wanting a suppressor and we shoot in the backyard. Just a note on the rifles. Both of the 10/22s were given to him by his grandfathers. The one my dad gave him is wood stocked and like new. Dad wanted to buy me a 22 for my 15th birthday (and I really wanted one). I really wanted a Browning BL22 like his, but it was more than he wanted to spend. While shopping, dad saw the Ruger which was $50 more than he planned to spend on me and told me that if I would pay the difference he would give me his Browning and he would buy the Ruger. So I gave him the $50, still have the Browning, and always will, until I pass it down. My wife's dad bought the other one about 10 years ago. It has a stainless barrel and a plastic stock. It lived in the trunk of his car rolling around with God knows what, or sat outside on his back porch. I don't think that rifle knows what Hoppes #9 smells like, and likely has never seen a drop of oil. It may be a lot newer, but it's rough. I'll build that one and keep the clean wood stocked one as is.

Your heart is in the right place, and you aren't wrong about a whole bunch of people carrying who have no business around a gun. But required training is all fine and good until the required amount of training is 500 classroom hours and 10,000 rounds on target in some obscure caliber that is unobtanium. Basically, I don't want some jack wagon politician to have the ability to decide what level of training is adequate for me to carry a gun, and to be able to bastardize those standards to make it overly difficult.

There is a very recent thread on this topic, I'll see if I can find it. The consensus was that a permit made it much easier to carry when traveling out of state.

My 3 year old will likely never need to purchase a gun of his own. He really enjoys shooting his Cricket and I expect that he will grow into the hobby. He has already been gifted 2 10/22s, so I'm thinking that it may be fun to build one up for him. Blackhawk makes an adjustable stock that I will probably get so he doesn't have to grow into something bigger. So I suppose what I'm looking for is what have you done with your 10/22 that you really like? As I've alluded, I'm not worried about doing something that will limit the usefulness of the rifle as I have a .22 rifle for pretty much all occasions.

If you think that first responders are making any effort to break a time record getting to your emergency you are sadly mistaken. The 30 seconds it takes to get out and punch a code in isn't going to make a difference. Of course if you are that worried about it not having a gate at all of probably your best bet.

Just set your gate up with the keypad, you can give the combination to EMS, or anyone else you want to for that matter.

I haven't shot anything this year, but I've processed 2 does that my buddy's 7 year old shot. Just finished one up. I put both of the shoulders on the smoker as soon as I broke the deer down. While that was smoking I ground up everything but the backstrip and tenderloins and made summer sausage out of them. I find shoulders frustrating to deal with because they don't have a lot of meat on them, there is a lot of connective tissue, you really have to work for what's there, and whole shoulders don't fit in vacuum bags well. I've found smoking them too 165 and bringing them to about 205 in a dutch oven on the stove with broth, carrots, potatoes, onions, and garlic is very hard to beat. The slow cook breaks down all of the connective tissue and the resulting roast is tender and juicy.

Thought I'd resurrect this thread because I still use this recipe. I've tweaked a few things and thought that I would share. I just made up a 30 lb pound batch today. I pack it into 1 pound casings using a jerky gun. I don't add liquid smoke anymore, but I do cook it in the smoker. I vacuum pack and freeze what I won't use up pretty quick. It is absolutely the best fresh out of the smoker still hot. Oh, and I add in about 20% ground bacon. I made a batch once out of straight ground deer and it fell apart after it was cooked. I've also used pork fat and had good results. It's just easier to get bacon.

All of the above, depends on the situation.

I had an event similar to this that resulted in me holding a couple of methheads at gun point for 20 minutes until the sheriff's dept showed up. (Calling them was a waste of everyone's time btw). Shortly after that we installed a gate with an electric opener. We could open it via control while coming and going and it had a key pad for trusted guests. That set up was worth it's weight in gold.

I'll take that dueling tree if 101 doesn't get it.

I've had much discussion on this topic with another member. Although we have the feedback system, I know I have personally refrained from leaving negative feedback on an individual multiple times and fear that they would leave negative feedback on me purely for retaliation. Funny thing is that I had a bad deal with one member and spoke with several other members who had had less than pleasant experiences with that individual. None of us had left him negative feedback for the same reasons.

Following, I have a M&P 15-22 I would like to use to host a suppressor. Threaded replacement barrels are more than the gun cost new.

Like Pain, I too mainly keep my permit for ease of carrying in other states. If you travel much you might as well get a permit since the government has everyone who participates in online gun forums on the list already.

The uselessness of the TWRA continues. It's a lot easier to give inaccurate information than actually find an answer. Sorry for my rant, I just find this kind of behavior from a government agency extremely frustrating and it is consistent with the majority of interactions I've had with the agency. From the TVA website... Know Before You Go “TVA doesn’t require any special license; you just need a state hunting license,” says High. “But there are federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing hunting, and you need to know and follow them.” You also need to understand hunting safety. Wearing hunter-orange hats and vests helps ensure that you are seen when you’re in the woods—whether you’re hunting or not. “People need to remember that most TVA areas are multi-use areas,” says Brewster. “Hunting is allowed unless otherwise posted, but hikers, horseback riders, and other recreation users may be in the area, too. Also, some undeveloped TVA land is near developed areas. That’s why following the rules and being safety conscious is so important.” Hunting is prohibited on some TVA lands, such as dam reservations, power plant reservations, substations, campgrounds, and day-use areas. Be aware of where you are and what’s around you.

Man, you really need to start processing your own deer. It really can be done with almost no space or tools, depending on what you want to do with it. I did one for a buddy last weekend, probably had 2 hours in the entire thing and half of that was grinding the hind quarters.

When I lived on the East side of our state I found myself in that part of N. Georgia often. Incredible area.

Ah that's one of my bucket list guns and you've posted at a bad time for me. GLWS I think this one will go fast!

Franklin is always $0.50 or so more than Lebanon. I do my best not to fill up there. But gas prices in general frustrate me as I'm sure it does most others. Jumped a quarter per gallon Sunday night everywhere in town. As we deplete our strategic reserve I expect it's about to get much worse.

I've shot several deer with 223 because it's what I had at the time. 50gn Noslers will do the job, but it isn't pretty and I don't recommend it. I've used this set up twice, both in the ear, both dropped in their tracks but did a lot of kicking once down. I didn't care for that. I've also taken deer with 62 and 77gn bullets, boiler room shots that did a good job. You mentioned an AR, provided your barrel has a 1:7 or 1:8 twist rate it will generally do better with a heavier bullet. Might try something along the lines of a 69-77gn JSP. In my opinion and experience there is nothing wrong with using a .223 for deer. You shouldn't be taking marginal shots with any caliber and a well placed shot with a .223 will absolutely do the trick.

I have one identical to this one, I absolutely love it and so does everyone else who shoots it. GLWS!

I killed one a couple of years ago when I caught it trying to drown one of our pet ducks. Figured as might as well cook it up. I read up on how to do so. Cleaning it was easy enough. I boiled the meat, and then fried it like you would most anything else. I took a bite and it was awful, it tasted like garbage. I'd always heard each part of the turtle tastes different so I tried another bite, that one tasted like rotten garbage. I through the rest in the trash and told the wife to pick up some Chik-Fil-A on the way home. I've since been told that you need to catch them live and purge them out for a week or so before killing and cooking. All I know is of all the animals I've killed and cooked, that turtle was by far the worst.

See my reply above, you can absolutely mount optics, you just have to install the plate in place of the rear sight.

I have one that I have added optics to. I had to remove the rear sight and install a mount that fits into the dovetail where the rear sight resided. It was a bit tricky but wasn't too bad of a job.

Depending on the size of the tree that may not be unreasonable. Tree work is expensive when you consider that anyone who is reputable has tons of money tied up in equipment, insurance, etc. Not too mention their skill and knowledge that you are paying for. I nearly got swindled once when I had a tree right next to the house that I didn't trust myself to do. The guy showed up with 3 other questionable looking characters in an Altima. Gave me the right now price, ($900), the next week price ($1,500), and the next month price $4,000) though when I called him I told him I just wanted an estimate. Since the important thing to me was getting the tree on the ground, I got him down to $150 to drop the tree after calling his insurance company and verifying his coverage. I've since used Aaron's Tree Service out of Lebanon for storm damaged trees a couple of times and he's done a great job at a reasonable price. 615-517-6830.