Mike A

Looks like these are both 2012 and one edition behind.  Amazon still has them at ~$20 each give or take so I guess they're still proud of them.  I haven't had much of a chance to do more than run a thumb over a few pages as of yet.  Particularly being not the latest editions I don't know if I'd trust the prices but is there really a guide that you would trust with guns being a somewhat volatile commodity ?  Besides we all know that when it comes down to it the gun you're trying to sell me is worth less than the book says while the one I'm trying to sell you is worth more :cool:   That said, I didn't have any reference guides of the sort so I suspect I'm going to consider it a sawbuck well spent for the pics, general stats, etc.

At the risk of sounding like the answer is always to seek competent legal counsel, that's the answer here.  You and moms are contemplating a transaction with lots of zeros.  Anything that even smacks of transferring assets to avoid liabilities is gonna draw attention. 

The little woman told me that the latest Ollie's circular had the "Gun Trader's Guide (34th Edition)" for $7.99.   I checked out the Gallatin store today and they had said guide reduced to $4.99.  They had the "Shooter's Bible (104th Edition)" for $4.99 as well.  I can't speak to how accurate the price guides are but reference books for less than the price of a fast food meal seemed worth a go.  Maybe the best deal I saw was the NRA Gun Collecter's Logbook (which I understand some folks use for their C&R bound book) for $7.99.  They also had additional firearms related books that don't particularly interest me right now and as such I can't remember specific titles and prices.  Near as I CAN remember some of 'em struck me as potentially cool coffee table in the man cave type picture books.   I am not affiliated with Ollie's and in fact am somewhat frightened by large stores with narrow aisles.

Stopped by about 6pm and the only .22 out was a few shorts.  One of the salesman (they were very helpful and attentive I must say) saw me looking and said next time they'll have any out is Friday the 13th for the grand opening.  Lots of other ammo but the prices weren't that great IMHO.  

I anticipate being in the area late afternoon / early evening (or prevening as Sheldon would say for "Big Bang Theory" fans) on Saturday.  For those who've been there this week, would I be delusional to think there might be some .22 around at that time?

Does take a lot of patience.  Do you know about the "false light?"  You first sort of toast the top layer.  It will go out.  You then tamp if needed and then light again.  MY more experienced buddys false light and then fire it up and smoke a bowl full with out relighting.  I'm not that good.  Relight as you need to and don't sweat it.  If you get a "clog" or a bit of girgle, run a pipe cleaner through the stem and have at again.  As Matt said, there really are a lot of good You Tube videos out there.  Think chess and not checkers.  Takes a while to learn how often to puff.  Enough to keep it going but not so much that you get the bowl too hot.     

Disclaimer:  I am a cigar smoker who occasionally smokes a pipe. Despite the fact that I can't improve upon what's already been said, my first reaction would be to post a verbose response.  I'm trying to edit myself. +1 On Neerup.  First non-corn cob pipe I ever purchased and haven't regretted it a bit.  The bowls are usually coated (maybe not the correct term) and as such are sort of already broke in.  They all seem to be great smokers and good value for the money.  That said don't let price get in your way and start with whatever you can afford.  Nothing wrong with the corn cobs.  I personally struggled a bit with the corn cobs at first (pipe smoking being a bit more of an art than cigars) and was really glad when I got  my Neerup. +1 On Uptown's.  Tell people in the pipe community (Youtube, etc.) that you live in easy driving distance of Uptown's and they WILL be envious.  I haven't been in since ~Dec. '13 but at that time they had quite a few Neerups.   Wonder if there might be interest in a TGO herf at some point? 

My first car was a hand me down 1970 Ford Maverick in which the tranny had been replaced with one of the problematic ones (think it was a C4).  The thing would jump from park into reverse upon occasion.  Here's the scenario:  car dies at a light (whenever anyone complains about they don't build 'em like they used to I remember some of those '70s and '80s models although this was a good vehicle for the most part other than the transmission), place car in park to restart, rev engine to keep it running, bam...into reverse.  Luckily the few times this happened to me there was no one behind me.    

What the title says.  $99.99 this weekend (instead of $109.99).   http://www.classicfirearms.com/c-r-eligible/originalmolotm9130wbayob    

Didn't spend a great deal of time there but looked to be pretty decent.  Seemed like about as many guns as the Hendersonville show (fewer non-firearms booths) but in a smaller space.  I did kind of miss the wider aisles from H'ville being a plus sized individual.  Saw some decent prices on guns on tables and non-22 ammo.  David hooked me up with a great deal on some .45 components which was my primary purpose in making the drive so I left happy.   

I thought RK's standard exclusive of coupon was $10.  That was what they charged at the Hendersonville shows.

Plan to be there early Saturday to look around and pick up some reloading components.

I seem to recall Cabela's had some interest in putting a store around the Beckwith exit in the last few years.  Can't remember why they didn't (presuming I didn't dream it).  Gander Mountain is "opening soon" in the Providence area per their website.

I'm with you.  Cigars and pipes (to a lesser extent).  Occasionally a card game.  Lots of sedentary activities. 

I’ve never worked in the industry but I think this could work.   The math:  I think the keys would be making sure the returned firearms (of which I suspect there would be few) are accepted back in as new condition and the fact that you’d be offering store credit as opposed to a cash refund.  My understanding is that mark up on firearms is probably closer to 20% but I’m gonna say 25% just to make the math easier.  You sell a $500 gun (in which you have $400) and it is returned in as new condition.  You sell that gun for $450 for a $50 profit.  Whatever happy customer purchases with his store credit will have your profit margin built in.  Thus, why store credit is one of the keys.  I understand that you’re ultimately accepting a lower profit margin on that gun but would suggest that you may actually improve your bottom line.  A friend of mine is one of the best retail sales people I know.  He is absolutely as honest as they come but he understands that if you are dealing with a replaceable good sacrificing profit margin for bottom line often pays off long term.  My friend is one of the best I’ve seen at making sure that customers get to spend all the money they want.  If a customer comes in with $100 to spend and he only has $40 worth of that product (in which my friend has $20 being in a keystone markup business) my friend will offer to sell them $120 worth of a comparable product for $100.  He’s willing to do this because he understands that $40 minus $20 equals $20 and $100 minus $60 equals $40 and $40 is more than $20.   The psychology:  I still believe the percentage of returns would be low in this scenario and I think the psychological edge of such a policy might well outweigh the reduced profit margin on the returned items.  Here’s the scenario:  potential gun buyer is on the fence on plopping down the hard earned Benjamins for a gun he’s not quite sure he’ll like.  Maybe this generous return policy pushes him over the edge.  From the few responses I read before composing this missive it appeared there might be some interest from those assembled here in doing business with an establishment with such a policy.  Potential boost in customer loyalty methinks.  Some might even being willing to pay at least some small premium to do business with such an establishment.   My $0.02.  

I don't think I've seen anyone on any of these threads espousing the belief that merchants should be prohibited from selling their goods and services for whatever they want.  That's capitalism.  Capitalism is also consumers using their dollars to determine which businesses succeed and encouraging others to do the same.   When the LGS I frequent has .22 these days,  they charge more than I'm willing to pay at this time.  Having done pretty regular business with them for a couple years I have little doubt that they're pricing their ammo according to their acquisition costs and the profit margin they need to maintain.  If I felt otherwise, I'd not darken their door again.       

Wife has a former co-worker with a rental apartment in the Vanderbilt area.  Decent rate for the area as I recall but I believe it is small (wanting to say studio or one bedroom) albeit convenient.  I'm pretty sure it's rented through the Spring semester but we're about at the end of that.  PM if you think you might be interested and I'll make inquiries. 

This exactly.  I think Hipower mentioned it in a recent gun show thread.  What with Armslist, Gunbroker, various forums, etc. there's just not as great a need to go to a physical location to make contact with potential buyers and sellers.

So your wife made a cogent argument based upon logic and you countered with an emotional response based upon your need to watch our favorite male soap opera in real time?     :stir:

I know you shouldn't sign your original C&R license.  Should you fill in the other information (i.e. printed name and date) before making copies?  Does this make any difference to anyone other than me?  Am I obsessing.  (The last one has no question mark and is purely rhetorical.)    

Mailed: 3.10.14; Card charged: 3.13.14; Received: 3.28.14

At the risk of taking the thread off topic, you still have to watch out on the "free" shipping.  Seems like particularly with small ticket items they bump up the price to offset the shipping in case you only order that item (e.g., the item that sells for ~$5-6 bucks at most other e-tailers (albeit generally with shipping costs of their own) is ~$11-12 with Amazon Prime). 

I'm pretty sure you can stream new SOA episodes on Amazon for ~$2-3 an episode (i.e. ~$26-39 for a 13 episode season).  Maybe pretty small price to pay versus another ~8 months of cable.  Just saying :stare:    

I bought a Roku1 in January and dropped subscription television about 10 days ago.  I'm at a point in my life where I want my tech simple and easy to use (I now understand those of my parent's generation who never figured out how to set the clock much less record on their VCR).  Roku is virtually plug and play.  You probably should check out the different Roku models.  The Roku 1 is I believe the most basic one commonly sold and the cheapest and it works fine for us.  I'd say if you were in an apartment complex or for other reasons had a lot of other "waves" flying through your space (e.g., 4 baby monitors for your quintuplets) you might be better served with one of the pricier models.   You can save quite a bit of money.  We researched the shows we recorded on our DVR on http://www.canistream.it/ and found out that between OTA and a few services (principally Hulu+ although we also have Netflix and Amazon Prime) we could get about 80-90% of what we watched for about 20-25% of what we were paying(excluding recoupment of initial set up costs for antennas and streaming devices).  For comparison, we have 4 televisions (in a 2 person household sickeningly enough) and with subscription television you typically pay additional charges for additional sets.      As always, YMMV.

I don't know why they voted the way they did but I can't believe it's really that simple.