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Reminder about the $500 Life time membership!  Time is running out on the $500 deals, ~32 days remaining.   https://www.nra2016.org/SignIn   Received my Lifetime backpack yesterday.   Its actually quite nice and better quality than I expected, but still cheezy. 

I have no concerns (yet) on our new place.  We bought this place close to a year now, its deep in the woods and it has well water as well (no pun intended).   The setup is a deep well, 100'+.  They have a Culligan sediment filter inline before the UV sanitizer system.    I already replaced the filter once, it was in bad shape and UV system has an extra bulb.  From the log and paperwork that was in the room, it appears this stuff is about 20 years old.    I have not had the water tested, but the water tastes great, smells like mountain water suppose to smell like, and we have great pressure.  With that said, looking in the back of the holding tanks for the toliets, there appears to be some light sediment, but that might be from where the inline filter was shot.  I have put in a new toilet out in the garage, and I am watching to see if any sediment builds in it.   Otherwise no complaints.   Now if I could get that well pump to run on something other than Ft. Loudon Electric supplied power, then we are moving closer and closer to being off the grid.

Using the same logic as others as mentioned, wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle is fair (wait that is a law in TN); wearing a seatbelt while driving is fair (wait that is a law in TN); keeping safety mechanisms on guns is fair I(well not a law yet); and on and on..........................I just don't like it when the government gets involved with "my" freedoms.   If you don't like it, learn patience.   Let me see the interstates have been around 50+ years, and this now has bubbled up as a need..................really, we have bigger fish to fry.

Saddle ring might be a good idea and use my Magpul MS3.  Your other suggestion is what I am doing now, but with a thin nylon belt.

I'd say impatient drivers are pushing this.

Okay okay okay, you English teachers................its been fixed.  Though no excuse it was slightly after 6am and I had only 1 1/2 cups of coffee.

My 11 year old son and I have been doing a lot of deer hunting lately. The current gun of choice is the 94 carbine that I have. Its simple, small, and the only centerfire I have without a scope, which is what I want him to learn on. Right now I have a redneck rig of a sling (thin wide nylon strap) tied to the small of the stock and between the magazine tube and barrel. It works! However, I'm more sophisticated than that or at least I thought I was. Of course I can drill and top swivels into the gun, but its a beautiful 94 walnut stock. Yes, guns are tools, but I also appreciate art when I see it. What are your ideas or experiences? I have found this alternative, but its little pricy at $80: http://brassstacker.com/winchester/Harnessed-Rifle-Sling-for-Winchester-Lever-Action-Rifles.html [url=http://s963.photobucket.com/user/runco0318/media/harnessed%20rifle%20sling_zpsaowij5qo.jpg.html][/URL]

Several news outlets are reporting that due to cord cutters significant subscribers to ESPN are down 7 million, read on:   http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/11/27/streaming-tv-free-market-costs-leftwing-espn-7-million-subscribers/   The left-wing ESPN has lost a whopping 7 million subscribers in just two years. The MSNBC of Sports (hat tip), once available in 99 million homes, is available now in only 92 million homes. That is still a lot of subscribers but to say that no one expected such a massive drop in such a short period of time  would be the understatement of the year. From a macro perspective, this massive dip in subscribers is a problem for all of cable television. These 7 million losses are cord-cutters; people who canceled their overall cable package. ESPN is singled out for a couple of reasons: 1) ESPN has sold itself to cable providers as the top reason people want cable TV. 2) ESPN makes a ton of money off cable TV. Whether you watch ESPN or not, if the Social Justice Warrior Sports Channel is on your cable package, to the tune of $6.61 a month, out of your own pocket, you are handing ESPN $80 a year to trash and smear you and everything you believe in. A loss of 7 million subscribers is an annual loss of more than a half-billion dollars; $560 million, to be exact.  Even when you are owned by a multi-national like the Walt Disney Company, that is not chump change. ESPN used to be an oasis for America, a place where fans could converge to lose themselves in the competition and gamesmanship of professional sports. At the exact wrong moment, though, ESPN decided to become a left-wing propaganda network. Smug in the left-wing con that is bundled cable — a con that forces every cable customer in America to pay exorbitant fees for dozens of channels they never watch and sometimes hate (MSNBC, CNN, MTV, Comedy Central, ESPN) — ESPN thought it could tell us how to think and vote. And I say “exact wrong moment” for a reason. For some suicidal reason these idiots decided to launch their agitprop just as the streaming revolution began — a much cheaper, commercial-free, politics free alternative to the utter awfulness that is bundled cable. Suddenly, for less than $20 a month (about 20% of your cable bill), you could subscribe to the streaming services provided by, among others, Netflix and Amazon. Best of all, unlike cable television, there are not 15 to 20 minutes of commercials every hour … because there are no commercials. Better still, you choose what you want to watch when you want to watch it — so no left-wing sucker punches from the likes of ESPN. What’s damaging ESPN is what is damaging ObamaCare and what eventually destroys almost everything the left wants: Freedom. Freedom of choice. Free markets. Alternatives. The entire bundled cable racket was designed to remove the free market. Cable television, including ESPN, cannot survive on merit. Networks like CNN, MSNBC, MTV and Comedy Central are wholly dependent on you being forced to fund them through your cable bill — through you being forced to accept a cable package with their network on it, whether or not you watch that network. If these networks had to survive in a free market, meaning based on advertising revenue that is itself based on  viewership, they would wither and dies, especially ESPN, which has enormous overhead. I know it’s not easy, America. You don’t want to give up your Fox News and your Turner Classic Movies and your Sports Center… I get it. But you are being robbed by left-wing propagandists to pay for their left-wing propaganda. Cut the cord, America. For America.   http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/26/media/disney-subscriber-loss/ Looks like the Magic Kingdom is lacking some sparkle. Disney's cable channels are losing millions of subscribers. ESPN, its most profitable channel, has lost 7 million subscribers since 2013. ESPN now has 92 million subscribers, according to a regulatory filing posted late Wednesday.   ABC Family has lost 5 million, and the Disney Channel is down 4 million subscribers in the U.S. over the same period. Lifetime and A&E have each seen 6 million subscribers drop the channels, while the 5 million no longer subscribe to the History Channel. Some channels saw subscriber numbers rise, including Disney (DIS) outside the U.S., Disney XD in the U.S. and internationally, and Disney Junior in the U.S. Fears about subscriber declines have been lingering for months. In August, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that there have been "some subscriber losses" at ESPN because some households have opted for smaller cable packages that don't include the pricey cable channel. Disney's stock got hammered around then -- other industry stocks followed suit -- leading some analysts to downgrade the company. Still, Disney remains one of the better performing stocks, up 26% so far this year. Shares rose 0.6% on Wednesday in New York, before the latest subscriber numbers came out. U.S. markets are closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, and will re-open Friday. It remains to be seen how investors will react, and whether they'll continue to be spooked over the possible impact from "cord-cutting" (a term for households dropping cable TV altogether) and "cord-shaving" (households choosing smaller bundles of cable). Disney reported fourth quarter earnings earlier this month, with net income up 12% to a record $8.4 billion.  

This year its Yukon Cornelius. The original OC guy that inspired millions of boys that would grow up to be men someday to OC or at least go CC. Story behind my avatar. Last night (11/27), me and my two younger boys 6 and 3, were watching our first Christmas movie of the 2015 season, which the kid in me loves Rudolph. Anyway, my 6 year old says Dad look, that man on tv has a gun like you do and he carrys it like you do. I like him daddy. So of all of things to see in the movie, my son eagle eyes Yukon's wheel gun. I'm surprised that the mom's group has not tried to ban this kids all time favorite. [URL=http://s963.photobucket.com/user/runco0318/media/Yukon%20pistol_zpsx0ocop6f.jpg.html][/URL]

The wife scored with the Walmart TVs, once on Thursday evening, and another about 16 hours later at another walmart.  So we now have the 50" and 40" for less than $400.  Problem is, we didn't need neither!   One will be a gift to my dad who doesn't know he is upgrading from 32" to 50".  The 40, well I guess it can become a computer monitor.

Rotary separator is all that I use.  Rare to loose one and to find one in the casings.

This is the 21st century, everyone now uses a smartphone, internet service, and youtube. 

TWRA will say...................   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-B5vCLAoqw

You must think positive!   You are giving up and its 11+ months away until we will know.

I would list the characteristics of your loved one, and match those up to the gun.    Example, was he into classics or cutting edge, did he like to hunt or shoot, was he a big man (then 45), was he rugged, or well refined.................

But one can dream that original military issue 1911 will be once more on the market with the all of the nostalgia (at least I am).  Plus, I may have to join the Garand club so I can qualify to buy CMP.  Its a good cause, even if it may take 1 year, 2 years, 3 years.....for the guns to come to market.

Don't ask, don't tell.

Did all but shoot!  But I am full as tic!  :(  :)

Growing up in Sevier county in the 70s and 80s, we didn't have much choice.  Very envious now though!   70s - Gatlinburg Cinema & Drive Inn behind Remax in PF. 80s - Gatlinburg Cinema & Sevierville Cinema where city hall is now (I think), but no more drive inn.  I remember Tuesday night $1 nights at the Severville Cinema, lots of fun on school nights!

Check==>Deer hunting done, move on to the next item.  Left out I had to bring in a days worth of firewood.  May not need it, but my father loves the smell of wild cherry.  The fireplace & stove at full throttle at the moment.  BTW, wifeepoo has the 16lb turkey in the oven.  Love Thanksgiving!!!

Blowing the dust off this one guys. Wow, is nothing sacred? http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/11/25/isis-parks-its-cash-in-bitcoin-experts-say.html?intcmp=hpbt1 [URL=http://s963.photobucket.com/user/runco0318/media/foxnews2_zpsf08slzyy.jpg.html][/URL]

President Barack Obama signed a sweeping defense policy bill into law on Wednesday, legislation that authorizes $607 billion in defense spending but also includes provisions that make it harder to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Zero signed the U.S. defense bill into law today (11/25/2015).  I want my 1911!   :up:  :up: :up:  :up:  :up:     http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/25/us-usa-defense-obama-idUSKBN0TE2P120151125#3tMkX3T47YlHQ7yL.97

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!  Please recognize the blessings that you have!   My day will be as follows (I Think): Deer Hunting with my son Fetching a Thanksgiving Newspaper from town. Raking some leaves before the family gets here. Watching some parades on TV Spending quality time with my Dad, and showing him my property. Spending quality time with the inlaw side of the family Eating, Eating, Eating Eating somemore 22LR shooting competition against my Dad with my boys Eating again Football (if any) resting, napping, eating again Checking the paper for any Black Friday deals that I can't live without. Eating again Watching a movie Eating again Bed time. And finding time in between for some TGO.

For non gun related items, this has been my source of BF deals for years and is very accurate and reliable:   https://blackfriday.com/