Grayfox54

Get a dog. Preferably one of those really noisy ones. Best security system there ever was.

Back when I ran around in that general area, it was mostly ridge country. Not mountains, but usually quite tall. Lots of long ridges with a whole lot of straight up and down between 'em. Small sharp sided valleys hardly 50 yards across at the bottom. What flatland there was was generally owned by the locals for farming, cattle, etc. But then, when the policy is to totally clear cut, even bulldoze the stumps and just leave bare dirt for aerial replanting with pine, it does tend to change the topography a bit.

Well now that I've figured out where it is, I may be able to shed some light. About 30 years or so ago I used to hunt in the area south of Savanna. The folks there abouts were quite proud of the fact that their county had one of the largest land areas in the state, but also the lowest population. Most of the land was owned by the big paper companies. For just a couple of dollars International Paper would sell you a permit to use their property to hunt, fish, camp whatever. I went there during dear season a couple of times. Two problems. 1. if you found a good place and come back next year you'd find it clear cut plumb down to bare dirt. 2. After a couple of years, the paper company got fed up with idiots leaving camp fires burning and decided not to allow camping anymore. Much too far for me to make it a day trip, so I just quit going there. Anyway, after some thought, I think that property may very well have been a base camp/ staging area for a tree cutting operation. That would certainly explain a lot of stuff about the place.

It was David Mosley. I was actually dealing with his wife, but she gave me their card. I mentioned to her how all the reloading guys quit going to shows. She said that they were getting back into it and intended to regularly start making the rounds. Of course this was at Germantown where the powers that be have decided that this was the last show to be held there. However, we did talk about Jackson and both are confidant that RK will find a new venue in the Memphis area.

Last gun show I went to there was a reloading vendor. First time I've seen one at a gun show in a couple of years. I bought 5000 primers just because. There used to be several of them at every show and that's where I would stock up on powder and primers. Now you hardly ever see them. The powders that I tend to use a lot, I often buy the 4 lb can. One pounders just don't seem to last very long. Bass Pro here does sell reloading supplies. But its all small amounts. 1 lb cans of powder and 100 count boxes of bullets and primers. Rarely do they have more than one of each. You gotta grab those supplies when you can get 'em and stock up.

This thing has been discussed on several different forums. I don't remember the question of legality ever coming up. The general consensus seems to be that its just ugly, stupid and useless. I tend to agree.

Hmmm.......... Airfield, towers, roads, equipment shed and a couple of office trailers, but no house? So which cartel did this belong to?

Well, its winter, I can't go out to play, I'm bored and all kinds of strange ideas are running through my mind. These things show up on Armslist every now and then. I think I'll just wait until another one pops up and make a decision then.

I remembered another one. The remorse didn't kick in until some years later when I learned what I had actually passed up. . Again many years ago at a gun show, I ran across a NIB S&W Model 520. That's a 4" N-frame .357 without adjustable sights. Just the plain old grooved top strap common on many fixed sighted K-frames. I came very close to buying it. Price wasn't too bad, but I decided that I'd prefer adjustable sights and passed. Turns out that these were special ordered by the New York State Police in 1980. Only 3000 were made. However NYSP canceled the order just before delivery. Word is that they decided to go with the then new L-frame .357. S&W then sold them to their regular distributors for civilian sales. This is the only fixed sighted N-frame .357 that S&W ever made and are now highly desirable collectors items worth lots of money. If I had only known then what I know now.

A 642 Airweight is one of my regular carry guns. I love it and I'm sure your wife will too.

I'm thinking about getting a .22LR conversion kit for my M&P-15. I know nothing about them. Please educate me.

I don't have any problems with yankees that move down here to escape their overbearing northern state and integrate into southern society. However, I absolutely hate those yankees that move down here and try to bring the north with them.

This one that has always stuck in my mind. Back in the early 90s I walked into a gun show and one of the first things I spotted was a very scarce S&W Model 36-6 target model. This is a J-frame .38 with a 3" full lug barrel and adjustable sights. Not many were made. I almost snatched it up right then. But then decided to check out the rest of the show first. Of course when I came back by it was gone. However since then I have acquired a model 60-4. Same gun in stainless and my favorite hiking companion.

For many years my dream was to move out into the country. As a kid I spent a great deal of time on my grand parent's farms and loved it out there. But now I'm getting old, I'm single and my house is paid for. While my overall heath is pretty good, I do have a few issues that say I should stay fairly close to my many doctors. So i guess I'll just stay where I am until I die.

Congratulations! Education cost are a huge burden on our countries younger people. I'm happy for you. I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. My credit rating has dropped a bit because I don't owe anybody any money. Makes no sense, but that's the way it works.

I had a .40 once. That was enough for me. Never again. I've never owned a .357 Sig, but a friend had one and I've shot it several times. Loud sucker ain't it! I don't have anything against it, seems like a good round. I just never developed any real interest. Besides, I have no desire to start loading a bottle necked handgun round.

Before doing anything else, I recommend trying some different ammo. I have a Para P-14 that was a little troublesome when new. But once it got broke in it runs like a top.

Exactly what do you mean by "nose dive"? Are the rounds hanging on the feed ramp itself? At the junction of the feed ramp and barrel? What make and model gun? Several possibilities here. Could be the feed ramp, the magazines, cartridge OAL or maybe the gun just doesn't like those bullets. Does it do this with any other ammo? Need more information. Pictures would help.

I've reached the point that I don't need anything. I have guns to cover all occasions. So I just buy what I like. Had to think about it. The last compact I got was about a 1 1/2 ago when I traded for a Sig P239. Everything I've bought since has been full size.

Oops! It was a joke that already been posted. Never mind.

You bet. Just ask the North Koreans.