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Don't purchase China tires. They are trash. All my blowouts, on my RV, have been from mostly new China tires. Goodyear are the best, but you know it when you pay for them. Put all 4 on.

I also have had a Maverick, and it was very serviceable. Cheapest gun I know of and Stoger double brl comes in second if you can find one. I traded the Maverick for a youth model Mossberg model 500 20 Ga priced at 350.00. It had an 18 1/2 inch brl so I ordered a hunting brl with 3 screw in chokes for it from Mossberg and gave it to my grandson. I decided to thin my collection so my wife will not be bothered with them should I go first. He and his dad hunt with the 20 ga with the 26" brl often. He is 16 now and has his own car, and him and 3 of his buddies spent the night in a National Forrest, near Charleston SC, last week and he had the 20 with him on a duck hunt. They got 4 ducks around first light. They can only hunt until 10;00 AM. Oh, the memories that brings back to me hunting and fishing with my dad. We were trot-lining on the Licken River located in Eastern Ky and camping in a big tent. The river is now under Cave Run Lake as they dammed it and put in an electric power station. We traveled to a close by market and purchased some Ice as our food was in a cooler, which needed the ice. We were out there deep in the country. The man at the store asked my dad what we were doing, and dad told him we were camping in a tent up the road. As it turned out we did not know it, but 3 thugs were listening to the conversation. Well, they got liquored up and then we had uninvited guest show up at our camp site later that night. They were there to rob us. Scared me to death as I was around 12 Y O at the time. As the old truck speed toward our campsite dad to his friend to get a shotgun and step back out of sight. I didn't know the even had a gun. Dad and I was sitting next to the fire and the driver got out and grabbed a tire iron out of the back of the truck and the other two guys got out one with a long piece of wood or a ball bat, and the driver came strolling up and told dad they were there to relieve us of what they needed. I could smell liquor on them. Dad pulled a SW snubby out of an ankle holster and dad's friend racked the slid on the shotgun then the guys stopped in their tracks. Dad told him it was time for them to leave and so they did. It was good training for a 12-year-old kid. Like I state, OH, the memories. I am sure you guys have the memories also.

train 45, my smeller doesn't work very well now so the smell never gets to me. I know one thing the CLP and oiling has fixed the model 60 Marlin. It is cracking them off well now. Thankfully, I have thinned them down very well. I am only getting one ever 3 to 4 days now. That is the way I like it. They are not swarming my automobiles now and climbing underneath them like they were a month ago. I am having to thin them about 3 times a year now. When they get overpopulated, they start messing with my garage, cars, RV, and truck. I have had to get all of my vehicles and RV repaired from the damage they do to them. I would estimate around 3,500.00 in the past 3 years not to mention the hassle with loss of use and time it takes to get them repaired. If I keep them thinned, they leave us alone. I don't know anything else we cand do, so I decrease the population from time to time. My neighbor says he knows when they get overpopulated also. He has had damage from them, and he thanked me for thinning them. His wife will not let him shoot them, but she tells him she doesn't like having to fix things around their house. They're both retired and on fixed incomes and needs to be conservative with their money. Edited to add; the $3,500. is damage done by the squirrels to my autos and RV.

Farm Bureau told me a shooting is a "willful" act, and they only pay for accidental happenings, accidents (falling) or acts of God(hail damage or tree falling, tornado etc) fire or theft. My guns are covered, for theft, up to 2,000.00. Guys that is 2 to 5 guns. Not much coverage. To my knowledge, they don't have any additional writer policy for Self Defense coverage. Will say I haven't talked to them recently; this was about 5 years ago. They called me in for an insurance overview and to tell me they no longer pay full amount on roof replacement, and they depreciate the value out over time, plus we have a 1,000.00 deductible as of then. Also, my premium went up. I had a nice day, that day! Edited to add; If you are involved in a S D shooting, at church, home, or on the street, "If it is not cut and dried S D", most probably you will end up losing about everything, for sure if it gets blown out of proportions. Even if you have one of the big 5 S D insurance programs. Very serious business. Total Last Resort! Do not be trigger happy guys.

I am a S W guy also. Have an older Diamondback in 38 Spl with 2" brl. Just never became enamored with the snake guns. Had a buddy that had a 4" 357 and we shot it some.

I don't know any homeowner's insurance that will cover liability for a self-defense shooting either on your property of off your property. If you are sued, you are on your own the way I was told by Farm Bureau here in Murfreesboro TN.

I used Break Free CLP. If I spray lube I use Remington Graphite based spray lube. it is dry also. This time I just used Gun Oil. The rifle is cycling now. Just needed a good cleaning. The operator needs to watch the trigger jerk. Can't blame that on the Model 60 Marlin.

Your picture is quite funny. I felt the same as the red squirrel looks in the picture. My thought was dang Pop Pop, get it together! I have 2 pairs of fox squirrels that never bother anything. My problem is the little gray squirrels. Them little rats with long bushy tails are swarming sometimes. Got to thin them down a tad.

If something happens on church property it will come back to the church, so I have been told. I started a Safety Team, Unarmed, at my last congregation several years ago. We had to remain unarmed for insurance and city requirement purposes also. If armed, the City had regulations we had to meet and other restrictions on bonding and liability insurance. The City had off duty Police officers one could hire but were 100.00 per service (approx 1600.00 per month) years ago. We were a church who our leadership did not have the money to do that. The congregation was paying for a newish building and supporting other preaching in other places, and did not decide to curtail either for an armed team. We had 17 members to start, all volunteer, and several concealed carried. Had one member open carried on occasion. He was not on the team. We handled several occurrences and disturbances during the 8 years I was there. I have since moved to a church nearer to our home and we now have 2 who stay in the hallways and lock doors after services start and keep watch in the halls and out the doors to our parking lots, one on each side of the building. I am either an usher or greeter in my rotation. We have about 180 to 200 who attend on a regular basis and several men do conceal carry but have no organized team. The deacon in charge of the duty assignments knows I church carry, so I guess that is why I was drafted, at age 76, to stay in the entrance from time to time (once a month for 1 week). I just pray if I ever need to rise to the occasion, God will be with me, and I will be successful. Good luck your team and I will pray they won't need your services but do know a team of some kind is sure needed in every church. Thats a sad sentiment for our day-in-time guys. Edited to add; I am a member of Armed Citizens Legal Defense Net. 360 978 5200

Went to J Floyds in Sevierville a couple weeks ago. Their nice used guns were within 75.00 of the prices of a new gun. Rough used handguns were around 350.00 +?-. My latest experience. Edited to add content; They had several brands of 9 MM practice for 13.99 for box of 50. Best prices I have seen lately in local gun stores. Have not ventured to big box stores as of late. Buds gun store was higher.

Shot the 22 twice this morning. Missed the same squirrel twice. Rifle did fine but the operator needs to stop rushing the shots. Hope the rifle continues to cycle after the cleaning and lubing and the operator settles down and uses better skills.

My students always sit down and go through "thorough" safety training, and gun manipulation, before any live fire takes place. Usually takes about an hour with families and 30 to 40 min with individuals. We start live fire with a 22 LR revolver and 22 semiautos then work up in caliber, but don't go over short time with a 38 Spl or 9 MM for first few times. Just want them to feel the recoil from traversing upward in calibers. I feel they need to go home and think about their experience, and then have a good first time out. Always stress they need safe practice upon safe practice afterwards, should they choose firearms ownership. They need to handle the chosen handgun until it is almost like an extension of their hand while always thinking basic safety when the pick it up. I have found most people will not be like the majority here on this forum. It cost a lot to get proficient, as most here know. Depends how proficient they want to become. Gun ownership doesn't make you a proficient shooter. It takes "Time", "Practice", and lots of "Money" now to arrive there. I will submit a few have purchased a gun, and the first time they pick it up use it to "successfully" protect themselves without a lot of training. I wouldn't want to face that myself, so I stress safety and practice with your final choice.

I purchased Winchester W Box 115 Gr RN from SG Ammo for 1000 for 259.00 but had to pay TN Tax with free shipping.

I am using CCI Sub-Sonic 22 LR 40 gr Led H P Small Game ammo. It is just a tad quiter, but this new ammo I just got out says rated at 1050 FPS. That seems to me that it would not be sub-sonic. The old ammo was 36 Gr Lead HP at 750 FPS.

My Marlin Mdl 60 22LR quit cycling Subsonic ammo this morning. Over the past 3 days I have been covered up with gray squirrels. They have cost me about 3,000.00 not counting the inconveniences they have caused in getting repairs done. I have had to close my garage doors because they were attacking the inside of my garage. The CCI subsonic is a little softer on the ears but mildly underpowered ammo, and I went to it for the extra quietness is has. The MDL 60 has been cycling it very well only a failure to cycle once in a few weeks. The last 3 days it will not fire 4 rounds without stoppages. I just took it down and cleaned the stuffings out of the brl and chamber and lubed it and left it wet. It seems easier and smother when cycling it by hand now. I haven't cleaned it in several months, and hope that was my problem. I probably have 800 to 1000 rounds through it over a period of 8 months since cleaning. We will see down the road.

I don't think he fully recovered from the head injury he had in one of his last few races. RIP Bobby.

I like Mosberg mdl 500 pump shotguns. At around 350.00 I wouldn't call the cheap, maybe reasonable. Stoger makes a good cheapish shotgun if you can find them. I have no idea about Canadian laws though. Can she carry it across the border?

I stand corrected Whisper. Should have stated, up until the last week, where they did say it was close. I watch NBC ABC and CBS, and all are left leaning, IMO. Glad for the clean/clear transition of power, as you stated, it should be. Trump should have done the same. Personally I would not have voted for Harris because of her stand on the second and the constitution.

I was not needed to haul anything to the warehouse in East TN. They limited hard goods to one truck and trailer load and cut it off when they were full. They collected a little over 2,500.00 which they purchased many personal toiletry needs which is what the people in E TN requested. Also had a trailer load of winter coats, bed linens, and winter clothes. I sent 4 jackets and 4 flannel shirts along with a donation. I feel sorry for those people and right here at Christmas time to boot.

All the polls said she was ahead. The just kept saying that on the news. Polls are useless, IMO. Edited to add; her concession speech was the same old useless Rederick she has been saying all along. Sounded like a cheerleader at a game. That is why she was not elected. She really said nothing.

Grunt 67, I had a heart attack on April 15. Went to Acencion ST Thomas Rutherford and they put 2 more stints in (total 11 now) and cleared a blood clot that blocked my "windowmaker" 100 %. My cardiologist is at St Thomas West in Nashville. I was lucky to get through it. I did the rehab, and it really helped me. I am now having difficulty with stamina. Can only work hard for a couple hours, maybe 3. Takes days to get over the heavy exercitation. Being 76 has some to do with it, however I can really tell a difference after the attack. My daughter has a horse farm, and I go out and help her sometimes. Usually finished in 3 hours and really exhausted for the rest of the day. I feel good and have no heart pain so consider myself lucky to still be here. I give God all the credit for showing mercy to me, and my wife, and allowing me to still be in this realm. I very well could have entered the next realm on April 15th. I am one of God's faithful followers. I have put my faith in His Son Jesus and believe he will do what He has told us in the pages of the Bible. I have accomplished the thing I need to do to put myself into a position to be able to take advantage of God's saving grace through faith in Jesus. Guys, believe me, you should do it also. Our time here is limited. We are not meant to stay in this realm forever. Please I urge you to prepare yourselves.

Thanks for the replies guys. I had a S W SS Mdl 681 6 shot 4" Brl 38/357 Mag revolver that was my bedside go to revolver for things bumping in the night. I gave my grandson a choice of all my guns, so he wanted the 681, so I gave it to him. I really missed the revolver, afterwards, so I purchased a new 7 shot SS 686 + with a 3" brl last year. I have had it out on the range several times and really like it. I have all the guns I need, but like many people, not all that I want. I looked at the 10 round magazine fed semiauto Henry Homestead 9 MM Carbine, a few weeks ago, at Outpost Armory. MY son in law really wants one bad. It was a little over 1,000.00 after taxes. I am just not sure I want to pay that much money for what I consider a novelty rifle. The final thing is the 9 MM is not real potent, IMO. It would just be something to play with, IMO, but I like it also.

Most of the liberal news media is in total meltdown this morning. Their preference did not perform.

If you had the desire for a new firearm, be it rifle, shotgun, or handgun, what would it be? I have really been interested in the new Henry Pistol Caliber 9 MM carbine. It just looks like an interesting rifle to me. What would be your choice for a new firearm?

I did. My wife will after teeth cleaning.