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Had a 7 horse trailer, 3 horse and 2 2 horse trailers. Yes, quiet a fleet to move that many. Good parade.

Going to help my first-born daughter take 14 horses, and riders, to the VA Hospital parade in Murfreesboro. They usually have in on Veterans Day, but for some reason they are having it at 11;00 AM this morning. My wife wants me to wear a black "Vietnam Veterans Hat" that my son-in-law brought me 5 years ago. Said she wanted me to wear Red White and Blue clothing. Not much in favor of that however she is insisting I wear the hat. Those old guys do enjoy seeing the horses. Do like supporting things for Vets.

We RVed in Bue Ridge in April. Beautiful place.

Thanks BigK. The Federal fusion was 28.00 per box of 20. Not cheap in my book, then had to pay tax, and shipping. Got it from Lucky Gunner in Knoxville TN. In Vietnam these caliber rifles were not known for being reliable or hugely powerful man stopper. Guess ammo has gotten better, and things have changed in the reliability corner as well. I was in the Air Force and our 16's would fire, but the rest of the branches of Military had serious problems with theirs. Was later found a problem with the powders uses in the other branches M 16 ammo.

Just ordered 200 rounds of 223 Federal Fusion 62 gr MSR for the new AR. Got several practice rounds on hand both in 556 and 223. In your opinion which is the better caliber 556 or 223? I carried 556 in my M-16 while in Vietnam. Haven't fooled with these calibers much since 1967-68.

Did nothing for me.

Picked up an AR at Outpost the first of the month.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. Will be online and ordering some soon.

I recently went on an extended RV Trip and pocket carried my Ruger Max 9 in a pocket holster. That pistol is a dream to pocket carry. If I didn't like revolvers so well the Max 9 would be my EDC permanently. By the way I have Winchester Ranger 147 Gr + P HP ammo in it. This ammo whacks the steel, on my back yard range, with gusto. Going to be shooting some water jugs with a lot of newer S D handgun ammo soon. Testing for penetration and expansion. Should come in handy if I am ever attacked by a water jug, don't you think?

What would be a good Self Defense ammo for the AR? I have a bunch of practice ammo, but not much S D ammo for the new tool. Any suggestions? Edited to add content; Does anyone know what the Police use in their AR's?

It is 53 years for us, and I think she is a keeper. Better be good to them guys because we need someone to take care of us in old age(75). She just let me purchase a new rifle today.

I just purchased a new Springfield Armory Saint in 556/223 caliber. Just done it because I could. Will get it out, soon, and will ring it out. Beem away because my computer was hijacked for a while.

I have not put as many rounds through my TX Competiton but have had no FTF yet. Using Winchester L R 1280 FPS Velocity 36 Gr Plated H Ps ammo in it and also using the mag loading tool that came with the pistol to load the mags. A little slow but the mags are staggered perfectly after using the loader. Probably 350 rounds at this point. Want to take it out this morning if it doesn't rain. Tried to take the red dot mounting plate off mine, however it has metric screws, and I have misplaced my metric Allen Wrench combo set. Highly like this pistol. It has spurred me to the range 5 times in this hot weather the last 3 weeks, and I am enjoying shooting it. Not to hot this morning. Highly recommend this pistol if you are in the market for a 22 LR pistol. What is not to like about the price! Mine was 269.00 + Tax and Nix check. I think the reg price was 459.00 but Outpost had a good sale on when I purchased the TX Competition.

I quit feeding in April and have not fed until a couple weeks ago. Just wanted to see what we would get at our 2 feeders. I will say I was pleasantly surprised at the numbers of birds feeding lately. We have gone through 20 lbs of sunflower seeds in the past 2 to 3 weeks.

Started feeding birds 2 weeks ago. Been having problems with Black Birds eating all the feed and the songbirds not getting any. I was feeding a mixture of Classic Pennington Wild Bird Feed, Black Oil Sunflower Seeds, and Suet. I just put out the Sunflower Seed and the Black Birds and starlings don't like them, so they are leaving the feeders alone. You would not believe how many songbirds we have. My wife and I are loving it. Purple Finches, Titmouse, Black Capped Chickadees, Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, Cardinals, and a few more, are visiting regularly.

That would be an exotic for me. I have nothing to even compare except a Mini 14, second generation. Congratulations and enjoy your new toy.

Well, we had it for lunch. My wife said it was wonderful. I has just enough ham taste, I approved also. It is sitting on the stove and cooling. Bet it is better tomorrow!

Sitting around this morning and decided to prepare a big pot of Soup (2 Gallon). We had guest over last Saturday, and had some Baked Ham, and the bone, left over from that dinner. I chunked a good portion along with 2 Sirloin Steaks chunked and added fresh veggies and tomato sauce and diced tomatoes with Chili Beans. My sweetie's 2 sisters are coming in tomorrow for this weekend. Guess What? They will eat some also. I don't know what it is, but it seems soup and chili get better with time. Going to feast tonight. What we don't eat in the next couple days, we will put in individual containers and freeze it. That way I can take it out as I have the need.

We got several birds this morning and they are fighting big time. Seen 4 in a tizzy at the same time on one of my feeders this morning. Changed out my feed in both feeders this morning. In the past they have been picky just after replacing fresh nectar but not this day. They never missed a feeding. They put on a show at breakfast this morning. One feeder is hanging in the bay window, just outside our breakfast table, so we can get a close-up view of the birds. We got some real small ones which I presume are this year hatchlings. Really enjoy watching them feed.

CanyRiver, could be thermidor. Had hard time reading his scribbling. Whatever the chemical was it wiped out 3 ant colony's overnight. Hope it does the same to termites.

I just took my TX 22 Competition out for another test drive. I used the provided mag loader to stock the 3 mags. I put 16 rounds in each magazine. I was shooting from a standing "semi supported" (Mag plate seated on a stool) hand hold at 12 yards with the open sights that came on the pistol. No FTF/Cycle, somewhat slow fired all 48 rounds, and put every round, but 2, in a 1 1/2" groups on steel. That pistol shot to the sights, and it is very accurate. Really like the pistol.

Our house has been treated 3 times since we built it in 1984.

They chewed my gas line off my truck, chewed a hole in one of my tanks on our RV, chewed the wires off a sensor on my Trail Blazer parked in my drive, were attacking our house trying to get into the attic, and coming in my garage chewing on everything. Yes, a lot of damage.

I really, really like the one I purchased also. Don't plan to put a red dot sight on it, but plan to take the mounting plate off the one I purchased. The plate is too wide and I don't like that about the pistol. I hope the loss of weight will not cause problems with cycling. I have not had any failures with it as of now. Had it out 4 trips to the range, and put 4 boxes through it. WELL worth the money IMO. Edited; Spelling

I purchased some Fiocchi 22 LR HP Subsonic for my squirrel rifle and it changed my aim point. Wanted the ammo because it is quiter, out of respect for my neighbors. Was shooting regular Winchester 22 LR HP out of the Marlin Mdl 60 and it would shoot 1/2" moa consistently off sandbags. However, when I stocked her with the Subsonic, I could tell it was shooting a little low. Turned out it was about 1" low and 1 1/2" right also. Wondered why I was missing some squirrels. Got her back on now. I have had a squirrel problem for 2 years now and I cannot let them get overpopulated again. They cost me over 3,500.00 the year I started thinning them out. I don't eat them because TWRA said I couldn't. Only during Hunting Season and with a Hunting License. I got some fat critters around. Battled them suckers for a year and finally started winning. You got a problem, you take care of it, if one is forced too!