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Took My new reset 22 LR targets out this afternoon and sweetie and I tried them out. Took my 8 shot 3" SW revolver with 3" brl out and it would not knock down the 3 reset targets on the big target. Did aa good job of knocking the new paint off. The revolver did flip the traffic lights out and back, but they are harder to hit from 23'. Swing out targets are about the size of a silver dollar. She shot all my targets with her 2 revolvers, my Ruger Max 9, and my 22LR Revolver. We shot 275 rounds in all. Really like the Ruger. I shot 75 rounds 38Spl practice through my 7 shot Snubby. Did not fire any Self Defense today, just so expensive. I have a hard time burning a lot of 2.00 per round ammo. My wife has a Ruger 5 shot LCR 38Spl she purse carries and a S W model 65 Lady Smith Revolver for her house gun. She does not like pistols, however, is warming up to them. I let her shoot mine when we go out to practice so he will know how to operate them. I make her pick her own ammo and load her own handguns. I had 3 different calibers out today. Had a good day!

My daughter purchased for me 2 Owl nesting boxes for my 75th birthday. Told my wife I would like to have a box last Monday, just in passing, and behold by Saturday I had 2 at my party. One is for Screech Owls who nest together with both male and female in the box. The other is for Great Horned Owls or barn Owls who just the female stays in the box with the young while the male brings food. The directions said to mount them in trees, on to the trunk, and about 10 to 15 feet from the ground. Need to be facing south for warmth. I put the Screech Owl box at 13 feet and the other at 16 feet. Directions said we need to have them out by February, so we are a little late. Any ways, we will see. I have never tried to attract Owls, but we did have 2 Great Horned Owls last spring, but the crows ran them off. I have also had Screech Owls in the past. We just finished putting them up, so we are ready! Bring them on...

Thanks hipower. Had a great time. Daughter got me 2 Owl houses for my back yard. Told my wife, last Monday, I needed to make one. One is for Screech Owls and the other for great horned owls. Will put them up soon and hope we get owls. Son-in-law said we need a Bat house also. (???)

Put the targets together this afternoon. They are small. Did not have time to try them out. Today is my 75th birthday and my sweetie had things for me to do. We are getting ready to party me down. My computer has been down for the last week. Picture fell and unplugged my monitor. Son in law just plugged it back in.

My Taurus 2" brl mdl 617 7 shot snubby. Very few like them. It is a K frame size Pocket Revolver and is rock solid. I own 3 in 357/38Spl, and one alloy frame lightweight in 38 Spl only. Gave one to a daughter for protection a few years back before she moved to Florida. You can't pick up a magazine without seeing 5 stories about the worshipped 1911 which is not a pocket pistol and only holds one/two? more round than the Revolver. I pocket carry one of my revolvers daily and have for the last 12 years. My revolvers do still have the factory triggers and I practice drawing them with my thumb over the hammer so they will not get caught on pocket material. For a second gun I IWB carry SW M P 9MM 2.0 C pistol at the 4 O clock position strong side, if I feel the need for a backup. My Taurus's get very little respect. The M P's do have "some" respect.

Gary-boom, they were purchased at Hammers in Sevierville. Next to Floyds golf shop and Goodwill. One was 64.95 and the traffic light was 49.95. Of course plus tax. They are small for 22LR Only.

Purchased 2 22 LR self-resetting targets while in Pigeon Forge last week. Both are small and only for 22 LR. The larger one has 3 targets on it, and they are in a straight line about 6" apart. You shoot the 2 3" left targets, and then the one on the right. Knock it down and they all are spring loaded and reset to the upright position. The other target is a traffic light design. Shot out the red, green and yellow lights and they swing to the left and lock. Then you shoot them on the left-hand side of the yellow traffic light then they fly back to the inside of the light position and lock into place. It is als0 small with 3" targets and stands about 32" tall. I need to put them together and try them out. Both should work fine on my small back yard range. I have several hanging steel hanging plates of differing sizes also. Also have 3 stands to attach a B 28 target on. The larger plates can take up to 30 06 rifle. Hope to get some trigger time in on Wednesday.

Sad situation.

Purchased 1000 rounds box of Blazer 124 Gr FMJ 9 MM practice ammo while in Pigeon Forge yesterday. Had to pay 13.50 per box plus tax. Hated to do it, but that is the cheapest I have seen in 3 years. I shot about half that much last year so needed to replace it for future practice. Waited for years for it to go down with very little success. Edited to add; Purchased this at Bud's Guns behind Smokey Mountain Knife Works. S Mtn had Winchester Wildcat 22 Lr 500 round box for 34.99 and Federal 556MM 55Gr-BT 100rounds for 48.88. Got this for Son-in-law.

The price of name brand ammo just seems not to be coming down very much from the online suppliers I have been purchasing from. SG Ammo, Lucky Gunner, and Midway are still about the same as always. I was hoping for some relief on prices by now. Guess we will be saddled with high prices from now on. I shoot mostly 9 MM, 22 LR, and 38 spl. Go to the range now and you think your paying a car payment afterwards. My range trips are much fewer rounds now. A box of 50 rounds is 30 to 50 dollars now for practice ammo. Self Defense ammo is 1.25 to 2.00 per round. Fixed income "Old Men" cannot shoot much at these prices. Edited to add; Just looked and Luky Gunner is 255.00 to 275.00 for 1000 9 MM, and S G Ammo is 255.00 to 275.00 per 1000 for practice ammo. Been there for 3 years now.

I go in off seasons most times except for last of October. Not a lot of people around during off times. Will be going this week for anniversary and staying in a cabin near P Forge. I enjoy Pigeon Forge, but G-burg is a crowded mess. Also the park is getting crowded. Don't know about paying to using parking in the Park? We RV there most times.

ALOHA8, I have the Dakota system RED 333 has also. Thanks RED.

Aloha8, I don't remember the brand or model number. I purchased it from Amazon a good while back. Throwed the box away. I looked on the transmitter and receiver and they don't have any markings or brands on either. Sorry.

We had driveway pirates Christmas Eve night on our road and another road across Hwy 96 E. I had all my doors locked on my cars and they never got anything from us. I don't leave valuables in my cars of trucks. some of my neighbors were not as lucky. I purchased a driveway alarm afterwards, and we have really used it. Purchased it from Amazon and it and one transmitter cost 245.00. It will take multiple transmitters. Installed it myself. I have the sender hid in a shrub beside the driveway and it had a magnetic detector and 50' of cable that runs back to the transmitter. On the other end of the cable is a magnetic detector which is buried in the middle of the driveway, and it sends a signal to the receiver inside the house. It even picks up my lawnmower, on the 2nd round, when my granddaughter mows beside my drive (60" cut") in my yard. My drive is 300 feet long and I can see every car coming in from my Lazy Boy chair and it wakes us up at night. My drive is situated such that all the cars must pass over the sender unit in the drive. I put the transmitter 50' up the drive so people just turning around don't set it off. I would highly recommend one. As far as I know it has worked every time someone comes in. The transmitter runs on 4, 9 V batteries, and they have lasted 14 months. I am sure I run another porch pirate off a few months back because they come up my drive shortly after Amazon left a package on the porch. I took a few extra minutes to go outside to retrieve the package, and the dude seen me come out then backed 100' back down the drive and sped off. NO one comes that far up my drive and backs out to turn around. Like I said I recommend the alarm. It will let you know if your home. My neighbor has one and is a retired Policemen. His alerted him to a guy coming to kill him. He testified against the thug when the county sent the guy to the pen. He got out and came to neighbor's house to waste him. Thank God the Deputy got there in time to arrest the drunken convict before he got into neighbor's house. Neighbor was in wait just inside the door with his 40 caliber on his hip and shotgun on the couch beside him. He is the one who told me to get the alarm. Glad I did. Hope fully it will wake me or let me know when someone comes. A few extra secs/mins will allow one to get up and come to himself, hopefully, if asleep.

I read recently that some states are frowning on citizens carrying or using pepper spray. Any of you guys read anything on this? I had some years back, but it aged out, and I never replaced it. I had the clip canisters and they performed as advertised when I relieved the can of its contents. Shot about 15 feet a straight stream.

Welcome to TGO. Pick a subject and jump in with both feet. Glad to have yea.

I have a 7MM 08 Savage Axis with a weaver 3 X 9 scope now. been playing with it for a while now. Got this because they were our 0f 6.5 Creedmoor. Do like 30 06 because I am old school. Gave my grandson a Savage Axis 308 with a Weaver 3 X 9 scope on it. He took a doe with it this year in S Carolina.

I would really like the 8 shot 38Spl/357 Mag, with a 5" brl for a house gun. Just have a hard time pulling the trigger on a 1,000.00 + revolver. Gave my 681 to my grandson. What I get for offering him any gun of mine he wanted. That was my bedroom lamp stand gun at the time. I got a 357 7 shot Taurus now and a M P 9C 2.0 also. Always wanted the 8 shooter. Don't know if it would be the end all revolver for a revolver guy. I do love them much more than the plastic guns.

I was denied once and took a day to get it straight. Never found out why. Hang in there, and welcome here.

They had the funeral and V-P spoke.

Not hiring professionals and trying to save money bit them in the butt here. Yes Balwin is responsible.

Teach him that he will be the provider and protector of his family. Also teach him about Jesus the Savior and God the Father.

Punch to the face is not considered life threatening. A club, pipe, etc. to the head is life-threatening. The Police have a wide latitude in what they can do to subdue a resisting arrest person, or fleeing felon "Possibly" in this case. Got to find out why they stopped him guys. They said reckless driving which can rise to a felony in TN. No one will not be able to find out much about this incident until all the evidence is in including autopsies and all evidence. Bracca is right, most people are looking at this emotionally and emotion will play "NO" part in applying the laws or facts of this case inside the future court room. I am in agreement with some here that a "few" police officers will be found on the wrong side of this incident, but not as many as some seem to think. Certainty not as many as have been let go, fired, or laid off, whatever that means in this situation. I have only seen 1 so far and that is the head kicker. A blow like that can cause a brain bleed and even death at a later date. Clearly this guy was resisting arrest, and they were in a fight to cuff his arms behind his back. A lot of what is being discussed, in the media, is purely untrue. I heard 40 hits to his face, he was beat after cuffing, simply not true. Guys, let the facts come out. I even go as far as to say some of us will never learn all the true facts of this situation. I am wondering if some even care about the true facts. In TN , they may be convicted, but most will be overturned on appeal if that happens, and most of these officers will get their jobs back with back pay if they want them. IMO. Emotions are through the roof! I know my opinion is very unpopular right now, so burn my britches guys! Won't change the law one title or dot. Thank God we are still a free nation of laws. Edited to add; This all depends on, IF THIS WAS A LEGAL STOP.

"If the stop and arrest was legal" he is not far off on his assessment IMO. Like him or not (and I get it, many don't) he is a good lawyer. Each officer will face this individually. No guilt by association in this case. The dude with the kick to the head is in deep DO DO. Law is not swayed by emotion. The book he is Giving Away is well worth the read and I bought the one I have.

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