Grayfox54

Count me in!

Looking forward to a range report. Particularly interested as to if they've worked the bugs out reported in earlier guns. This is the first one I've heard of for sale in quite a while. The 2020 Python more or less just disappeared after the initial batch showed some problems.

Glad to report that Shelby County has been on a steady decline in active cases for about a week now. Dropping by as much as 100 or more a day. Current active case count is 3261. Just a week or so ago it was climbing to near 5000. Maybe we've hit the peak. One can only hope. Sadly, the death toll continues to rise and now stands at 346.

I hear ya. My younger son and his new bride are looking for a house. Right now its a seller's market with many houses going 15-20K over asking price. Every time they find something they like, they get outbid on it. So now they're looking into building. The advantage is you get to pick things like paint, carpet, cabinets to suit yourself. OTOH, you're looking at 6-8 months to move in. Its a PITA any way you look at it.

If you don't have all the mags you need by now, you're probably already too late.

I've been taking 5000 IU of vitamin D along with a muti-vitamin daily as part of my routine meds for several years now. I really can't remember which doctor started me on the stuff or why. I can't say if it helps, but I certainly hope so.

As soon as I saw this picture, I thought of actor Arthur Hunnicutt. He played a number of very similar looking characters in many western movies from the 1950s to the 70s.

I don't know about other folks, but when I buy a gun that uses magazines of any type, I almost immediately buy as many magazines as I think I may ever need. In some cases, I buy more than I need. I see no point in putting it off until later. However, in restricted states, like Cali, I can certainly see a rush right now. I don't blame those folks at all. Now's their chance, go for it! For the record: way back in 1994 when the assault rifle ban was still in talks, I saw the writing on the wall. At that time I only owned one "Hi-cap" firearm. A Browning Hi-Power. So I went ahead and ordered two spare mags before the rush I knew was coming hit. BTW: this was pre-internet sales and I ordered by phone. However, I was notified that there was already a waiting list. I got a confirmation letter on my order in a short time. Three months later, I got another letter informing me that my order had been cancelled due to lack of inventory. This is why I always make sure I have adequate magazines for all my firearms.

Totally useless, I've tried. The reason WLP is king is because he owns the Board of Directors or at least enough of them. That's why Ollie couldn't get anywhere. Its not the first time somebody inside tried to rat WLP out and got burned for it. BTW: When the whole Ollie North thing came out, I tried many times to call or e-mail my opinions. Strangely, the Contact section of the NRA web site was down for several days. You could write a e-mail, but for some reason it wouldn't send. Phone calls didn't go through either. Ya know, instead of letting your NRA membership lapse, consider holding on and riding this out. Don't give 'em a penny extra, but hopefully the rebuild process will get something more to our liking.

I knew TWRA officers had powers and authorities beyond regular LEOs, but DAYYUM! I had no idea! Legal or not, this just ain't right. One should have the right to complete privacy on their own land. At the very least a court order should be required to set up surveillance on private property. OTOH, Ronald makes a good point. In both cases the law had been broken before. In my experience, people who break game laws tend to make a habit of it. But still, a minimum of a court order should be required.

I built a bunch of models as a kid. Got pretty good at it too. I was mostly into hot rods, but the occasional plane, tank or ship got in there as well. Firecrackers were cool. But did ya ever sink a ship with a BB gun?

Just checked the latest Shelby County figures. These are after the weekend as they don't report on Sat or Sun. Active cases up 155 to 4599. Sadly the death toll is now over 300 with a total of 304.

For me it would depend on the barrel length. If the Rossi has the 16" barrel I would choose it as I has a great fondness for the Trapper length lever guns. However, if both rifles are roughly the same length, I'd choose the .30-30 for more power and better ballistics.

I belong to both. Despite its current problems, the NRA does have clout. They also have some serious internal problems that have gone on for years. King Wayne long ago got much to into playing politics and became our own worst enemy. Honestly, I hope he ends up in jail. Hopefully, the NRA will come through these troubles better for the experience and regain its glory. Omega is right about GOA. These guys are bare knuckle fighters and don't back down or compromise. If GOA was as big as the NRA, we wouldn't have to fight for our rights. Maybe the NRA's current problems will help GOA grow. I strongly recommend them.

I keep my NRA membership current. As stated, they are the big boys. But also because my gun club requires membership. However, I won't give them one cent extra. I've opposed King Wayne and his cronies for years. Its long past time for him to go. But he and his cronies are so entrenched that every effort to save the NRA has fallen pretty quickly. Hopefully, this time he'll finally get what's coming. And hopefully, the NRA will survive under better leadership. I'm also a long time member of GOA. They actually fight and have challenged many bad laws in court on a regular basis. If they had the membership and money of the NRA, our rights would be much better off.

I love seeing our heritage passed on to the younger generation. I went to the range for a little while Thursday afternoon. The only other people on the handgun line was a father and his daughter who I guess was about 12 or so shooting .22 pistols. The girl was really enjoying herself.

King Wayne got too caught up in playing politics. Instead of fighting the crooked politicians, he became one.

In that one video that appears to be taken from up high in a building, if you look closely at the bottom of the smoke cloud, just before the explosion, you will see fireworks going off.

As I understand it, things started off as a fire. The fire set off a large shipment of fireworks and that's what set off the fertilizer.