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Hard to say if I'd get tired of all day gunfire disrupting my quiet home life. Of course measures could be taken to minimize noise I suppose. but my mini-14 is one loud rifle I've noticed! Others are worse, some are better. Seems a covered insulated semi-closed shooting dugout type of arrangement might help. Natural hills and terrain, trees etc could muffle noise some too in a perfect "Shooting Community" common area. Indoor facilities for handguns perhaps. It could be made Ideal with the right design. OK I'm in! where do I sign up?, I hate golf.

I have a pre-model 10 I bought 10 years ago with a holster for $250 Very nice condition only a bit of holster wear and the usual ring around the cylinder. Never got used to the original grips and was hoping to eventually get one of those vintage Tyler T adapters. Ended up putting an ugly pachmyer grip on it. Feels good now but yech! Have been warned no Plus P ammo but have read 38 special back in the 40s and 50s was equal to plus p today. Never found out the truth but have mistakenly shot quite a bit of plus p out of it one day and it did no harm. Perfect gun for the nightstand and an easy shooter for ladies with little recoil from the all metal frame and the simplicity of having no safety or slide to rack.

I recently, (a year ago) bit the bullet and got a fair condition SKS. Something I've wanted for a long time. Chinese btw. Traded a minty 44 marlin JM stamped that I never shot anymore. I figure the other guy got the better deal but SKSs keep going up in price. Maybe I got the better deal over time. Youtube has made the surplus market skyrocket.

All I can say is if you decide to replace stay away from Samsung washers and dryers unless they got their act together in the past couple of years. Also if you have the space I'd always go with separate units if you decide to replace.

I remember jumping out of my seat when I first saw that scene! On implants, My Dad started getting a few of his teeth replaced with them in his mid 70s. Maybe 4 or 5. by age 80 he had to get them removed because his bones weren't strong enough to hold them. He finally had all his teeth pulled. I think implants are for the young perhaps.

Never Knew that, Thanks! I'll have to see if mine is one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIuBJ0Zo3KY

I have a first generation LCP I bought in like new condition in the box many years back. Multiple stovepipes throughout the box of PMC I shot out of it. Slide was/is stiff as hell. Thought it needed breaking in but problem persisted. Was suggested I try hotter Fiocchi ammo and sure enough it worked! Significant increase in recoil in the tiny little gun though. Fiocchi 380 ACP 95 Grain Full Metal Jacket Muzzle Energy: 215 ft lbs Hornady Critical Defense Ammunition 380 ACP 90 Grain Flex Tip: 200 ft lbs. PMC 380 Auto - 90 Grain FMJ Muzzle Energy: 185 ft lbs. I wouldn't trust my accuracy at over 15 ft. either. Sights useless and I guess my hand isn't meant for it. I need to get it out and give it another chance maybe.

Private Ranges... a necessity around here. Welcome aboard Chief!

I live in a subdivision cut out of farmland about 15 years ago. I hear shooting all the time from surrounding Farm Land. Nobody complains. The places I'm finding for my client are high end homes on 15 to 30 acres next to similar homes with similar acreage surrounded by woods or farmland. It could go either way how much neighbors would squawk.

My family is native TN and KY but my parents moved a bunch. I was in Oregon for 10 years but the cancer from CA has spread all along the coast, I had to go. Couldn't convince the wife to go to Idaho so we landed here. Sorry..... I will retire thereabouts one day God willing but others will take my place. People migrate, it's inevitable. You think TN is absolute pro-gun then see cracks forming in Nashville. I Sympathize but the Native Tennesseans are selling the land to build the subdivisions and promoting companies to bring jobs here. Or at least voting for those that do. I thought it a good sign these folks were pro-gun anyway! TN has a bit of time left before it becomes CA. Vote pro-2ndA and don't let side issues distract and TN will be fine.

My one buyer shoots suppressed. I've found a few good homes but the land is too flat or the home is smack dab in the way. This is getting to be a PITA. The good thing is the one client is from out of state and I'm guessing is moving to be in a more gun friendly State. Same reason I moved here. The bad news is it isn't a shooter's paradise like a lot of people think. No public land to shoot on, subdivisions popping up everywhere etc. I'll probably find them a piece of land to build on. The other client is already leaning that way. Ideally a hill or natural berm to shoot into. Jackson County has some places. If it was me I'd get an isolated 20+ acres of cheap "undesirable to most" land 40 minutes from town and put a crappy shack on it. Shoot on the weekends or days off and have a nice home in town.

We had a 9/11 memorial service here in Cookeville and he was presented with an award. He goes to my kid's school.

Real Estate is the same! 100% govt backed loans only get you so far. Some people have no clue. I try to educate them and hope they call me when they have their ducks in a row.

Hey Guys/Gals I'm a Realtor who has had two clients recently looking to build a 200 yard minimum rifle Range in their back yard. More specifically they want to buy an existing home with the possibility to build one. They want a pretty nice house within 35 minutes drive of Cookeville. Up to 450K... You'd think it would be easy enough but no! Not a lot of isolated enough properties within 35 minutes of town. I know with the right terrain and outside city limits this is legal and safe. I'm jealous actually and plan to have a set up like this myself one day! Hickok45 on youtube is my idol! Anyway.....anyone have something like this and had neighbors complain?, the law coming to check etc. or are people generally accepting of the fact that if you have some acreage outside city limits you might get a neighbor who will set up a rifle range? Getting raw land and building is the other option of course. If you build first then others who move in later can't complain so much. Thanks for any input or insight on the subject in advance. Mike