Snaveba

Land Cruiser ’nuf said

I have not seen this happen myself, but I usually am heading to the office as soon as I leave. I did have an Academy Sports employee tell me had happed in the past. He said the folks at least left the Academy Sports parking lot.

Truth. It was 68 here in Nashville Monday. It’s 37 now with a low tonight of 26. But Welcome (in advance) to the Great State of Tennessee.

Will keep him in my prayers

The folks who go to the Cool Springs Academy Sports are civil and stay in line. We all just calmly walk to the back and take our turn getting the ammo we want.

Who has experience with TNARMSCO polymer lower receivers and what do you think of them? https://store-z1t759.mybigcommerce.com/ar15-tac-9-complete-lowers/

Skyfall

I think a box of 10,000 small primers sold for $4000 on Gunbroker

Their prices just keep going up. 12 days ago they only wanted $1.39 per round

I just get surplus military ammo cans and some dense cell foam and make my own. Metal and water tight. If you are storing for a while, pick up some bags of silica gel (easy to find on Amazon) and drop one in each can to control moisture.

Is $0.60 per round a good price for 10mm?

I don’t want to pay 3x the price for ammo.

So it is a known fact that Academy gets their ammo (if they get any at all, there was none today) on Monday and Friday. The first 10 or so folks start lining up at about 7:45am I suppose. I usually get there by 8:15 after taking my daughter to school. By the time they open at 9:00 there is often a fairly good line. You only get three boxes. If one box is 150rnd or more, the other two have to be less than 150. You are not supposed to go back through the line. I have not seen enough ammo in stock on a given day (except right before Christmas when the got a TON of ammo) to even last the entire line of folks. Monday I was able to get three 50 rnd boxes of 9mm, good for a day at the range. They usually get a good bit of 9mm (both target and defense). I have not seen 45 for a while except in MS right after Christmas. They did happen to have 38 Special on Monday.

I am buying so I can shoot. But I am sure there are some re-sellers. Academy has kept their prices reasonable. I think I have paid between $0.24 and $0.30 per round for 9mm. As long as folks on Gunbroker continue to pay stupid amounts for ammo (near $1.00 per round fir 9mm) people will resell.

I have been somewhat regularly heading to my local Academy Sports (Cool Springs for me) before they open to get in line to by ammo. Before Christmas it was Mon/Wed/Fri for shipments, now it is just Mon/Fri. (Not that I can, or could go every day) There are a number of regulars as well. That got me wondering if anyone else from the TGO was doing the same thing.

Sadly, only my P365xl is optics ready.

I have been trying to practice my more long range pistol shooting. The problem I run into is my age related far-sightedness. I can either wear my glasses and see the sights clearly or not and see the target clearly. It’s not really an issue under 7 yards, but much further and it is an issue. What to the rest of you guys with old eyes do? I will say the red dot does help on that one pistol. The ridicule is actually clear in the lens without my glasses on.

Dang Bill, you really took this down to lower Broadway. (For you younguns, lower Broadway uses to be quite seedy in it day. Not the tourist trap it is now)

I do have the Ruger SR22 I also recently picked up. It shoots great. After the fiasco with the Mosquito, I put 50 flawless rounds through it to end on a good note.

So, this was an itch better left unscratched. I should have just trusted in the wisdom of the TGO, but I really liked the pistol. I really wanted the Mosquito Sport to be a deal, but it was a dud. I took it to the range and tried several different brands and types of ammo. It did not like the Remington HP, CCI HP, CCI Standard Velocity, or the Federal target. I tried both recoil springs. It would missfire, fail to eject, stove pipe, fail to feed, etc. When it did shoot, it was very nice, felt great, but I don’t think I was able to shoot an entire mag without a problem. For the Federal, I had to rack the slide every time to shoot. So, I welcome the “I told you so” comments. I should have listened. If you have one and it works well, I’m a little jealous. I do want to give props to Music City Pawn in Nashville. I use them for my FFL, but this was my first purchase from them. They told me I had 48 hours to check it out and return it. I took it home, gave it a good cleaning and then took it to the range (with the above results). They took it back no questions asked. If you want a good inexpensive FFL, I recommend. They only charge $25 plus the $10 background.

I have a JM Custom Kydex OWB2 holster for an M&P Shield 45 for sale. Right hand draw. $35. I can ship for $10 or meet in the general Nashville area, preferably south and along the I-65 corridor. Cash, Venmo, PayPal.

Ha. My BIL was doing research and figured out my dad’s side is related to Robert the Bruce.

Prayers as well