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From what I know so far: I'm a Cherokee, Seminole, Blackfoot, and German mutt.

It's a labor of love, ya know. Now I'll just have to wait about 20 years to tell my wife about it.

You'll love that thing. I'd never owned one before this year, so I decided to get one a few months ago and "try it out." Always the skeptic, of course. Now I have three!

How about this for pocket carry. Both light and concealable!

Didn't think you were. But, why do you have a picture of me for your avatar? I'm not against selling/trading at all. Here's what I'm after: A good working rifle with extreme reliability, good quick handling characteristics (+/- 18" barrel), capable of good short/medium/slightly longer range accuracy, with the capability of mounting a scope in the conventional position as well as the "scout" position, with a good set of backup iron sights, and a cut-out for stripper clips. In .308. Not that I try to make things complicated or anything.

That is absolutely beautiful! Hopefully he WILL cherish that for life. And congrats on bringing the boys up in the right way!

I have a Ruger M77 MKII .308 stainless with the standard 22" barrel. How can I smooth up the action? It's the typical rough Ruger action right now, but I'd like to get it slick and butter smooth, sort of like a Remington 700BDL action feels to me. Also, I'd one day like to have a good gunsmith cut down the barrel to the "sweet spot" as close to about 18" as I can get it, for better handling characteristics. I would also very much like to have a gunsmith add a good set of iron sights to it as well. Any ideas of the cost of such an operation and where to get it done in Middle TN?

Haven't seen one chasing deer, but my brother saw one from the deer stand a few years ago tracking and catching up to a beagle, which had apparently been tracking something, or maybe tracking the coyote. Coyotes will go after just about anything. My sons and I were out deer hunting on the ground a couple weeks ago in the evening. My oldest spotted one coming by about 30 yards behind us and could hear a couple more in the brush east of us just a few yards out.

Thanks fellers.

How do I change the sig line above my avatar, the one where it says "TGO Member?"

Question here, and this may have been covered in another thread already. About the mags. Will the 4th gen mags be the same and interchange? In other words, would you be able to use the 3rd gen mags?

Makes ya wonder how/why these threads degenerate so quickly, huh?

Uh, yeah. I was talking about the last place one would want to GET a splinter.

Yeah, just like when I made that life sized wooden doll and .... oh, uh, nevermind.

Sorry, I'll try to quiet down. Had to yell over the saw while I was cutting out my new frames.

THAT'S IT! I'M TIRED OF ALL THIS BICKERING BACK AND FORTH ON WHICH GUN IS BETTER AND WON'T BLOW UP. PLASTIC BLOWING UP! STEEL BLOWING UP! WE'RE NOT SAFE ANYMORE! I'VE JUST SOLD ALL MY GUNS AND I'M CONVERTING EVERYTHING BACK OVER TO WOODEN FRAME HANDGUNS. AND ALL MY WOODEN FRAME GUNS WILL HAVE A FRAME MOUNTED SAFETY!

The only thing I want to know before I buy one is: What the heck is a "pickle barrel?" Sounds mighty dangerous to me! I'd hate to be firing something a little less than 3/16" in diameter and have a pickle barrel. How would one ever recover from that? That was a funny story and a good read. Good site too.

Now that's what I call MORE GOODER!

Now, THAT I agree with!

I would NEVER carry a Glock. Most of the old men and women you see nowadays who don't have a butt anymore?!?!?, well, that's cause they all carried Glocks during the Depression Era. According to news sources which have interviewed these people, they know better now. However, over 98% percent of those polled would rather have their butt back. Like I said, I want to play it smart and NEVER carry a Glock for any reason. Hey, wait a minute, I just looked down and there's one stuck to my duty belt right now! OH LORD! Somebody help me before this thing explodes on it's own and I wind up with no arse! I've been stuck packing Glocks for a lot of years now. As much as I hate not being able to choose my own, I'm startin' to like 'em some. No, all is not "Glock Perfection," but nobody's product is perfect after all. I have seen failures with Glocks. Never seen one explode, but I have seen minor breakages here and there. I watched one jam up repeatedly several years ago (FTF and stovepipes), but it turned out to be the goober shooting it. I and one other officer took the same model 22 and ran it just fine. I've owned a couple model 21's, but I never had a problem out of them with several different ammo types, no lead ball through them though. I'm really interested to know what caused the "blow-up" with this deputy's 21. I also had kind of the same question as another poster: ACME model BR549 exploded and was sent off for testing, never to be heard from again? Would like to be able to find some of these test results.

I just don't even know WHAT to say!

Saw on the news this morning they had hooked somebody up for arson on that.

It's actually 25. I am thinking of stepping up to a different area in this business. Right now I work in a very small department and there's nowhere to step up to.

By the way, where the heck does a feller find stripper clips and guides now?