Darrell

Welcome to the jungle! Lots of good folks on here with a lot of knowledge. I'm pretty new to TN having moved here just three years ago, but I consider myself "from" here now.

As stupid high as fuel prices are right now, I'm willing to pay more if the US will quit buying Russian oil altogether. Every dime that goes to Russia from energy sales is helping to finance the murder of innocent Ukrainians right now. And I would sure like to see the US pumping as much oil as possible to offset that a bit.

I absolutely hated my first gen Glock 17, so I rarely fired it, and when I did I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Imagine my surprise when I found out that it was "collectable". I had the tuperware box and paper work. I sold that pistol and bought a really nice one with the proceeds and I can actually hit a target with it!

I almost, but not quite, wish I had one!

$4.60 for diesel in Crossville. But we can't open more pipelines or drilling, fer gosh sake!

I've seen several articles on-line about how bad theft is in San Francisco. There are areas of the city where the residents leave the cars open so that the thieves won't break the windows to get in. Which is my way of saying that I wouldn't leave my firearm inside an unattended car there. Several years ago I had to go to San Diego for a few months and I took a handgun with me. I found out later that I'd violated their laws by not declaring it! Turns out that after a fairly short period, 60 days) one must register a firearm if it's in California. This is a pretty good site that runs down California's laws: https://www.californiacarry.org/visitors.html

I'm re-reading one of James Fennimore Cooper's novels, "The Prairie", written in 1827,, and in it one of the characters makes a comment about his time spent with a military unit: "I made a forage or two among the Cherokees, when I was a lad myself; and I followed Mad Anthony,[10] one season, through the beeches; but there was altogether too much tatooing and regulating among his troops for me" At that time, 1827, "regulated" didn't mean what it means today. More important, I think, is Scalia's analysis that the first clause of the amendment simply stated one of the reasons for the second clause. Had the first clause been the entire reason for the amendment, there would have been no need for the second at all.

Sheesh! No kidding!

Is there public land in Alabama (or GA), or do you have a lease you hunt?

POWDER UPDATE We have and will always appreciate feedback from our community, and we hear you and your suggestions for us to make more powder. With this post, our goal is to clear up several items and dispel misinformation. WHY CAN’T HODGDON MAKE MORE POWDER? We wish it were that simple - what we have experienced since 2020 is a demand issue and not a supply issue. The reality is we are doing everything possible to maximize shipments to our customers, including running overtime in production, packaging and shipping areas and working with our shipping partners to add new inbound and outbound shipping options. We are absolutely shipping more powder to our customers. The issue is this powder is quickly purchased when our retailers place it on store shelves or on their websites. Hodgdon will continue to ship powder, but the inventory situation will likely continue until demand begins to normalize. WHY CAN’T HODGDON BUILD ANOTHER POWDER PLANT? A new powder production facility would require an investment far beyond our finances and no financial institution would finance this type of building project. While the current demand appears to be different from demand spikes in the last 20 years, the “normal” powder demand for the U.S. would not support an additional manufacturing plant. Most companies cannot afford to build a new production facility and then have it sit idle until demand spikes. An additional complicating factor would be locating this plant – there are only a handful of these facilities in North America and none have been built in the last 30 years. WHY CAN’T HODGDON SHIP MORE POWDER? As we’ve shared in many responses to our social audience, this is a demand issue and not a supply issue. Demand for ALL ammunition and reloading components is at historic levels. The fact is we continue to ship more powder to our customers, but this powder is quickly purchased by end consumers as soon as it is offered for sale. WHY IS HODGDON SELLING POWDER TO AMMUNITION MANUFACTURERS? Our focus is the handloading enthusiast. Yes, we sell some powder to strategic, mostly smaller ammunition manufacturers, but that is a small part of our business. The heart of our business is smokeless powder for the handloading enthusiast. Every day, we receive calls from potential OEM customers who are looking for powder to load in ammunition. Every day, we politely decline this new business so we can focus on our long-term customers and sales channels and most importantly, our costumers who have supported us for decades. WHY IS HODGDON SELLING POWDER ON AUCTION SITES? Hodgdon does not sell powder on any online auction sites. We sell through traditional sales channels to wholesalers, retailers and dealer customers. While we recently began selling direct-to-consumer on our own websites, we prioritize our shipments to our traditional sales channels to maximize powder availability at sporting goods and gun shops everywhere. WHY IS THE PRICE OF POWDER SO HIGH ON THE INTERNET? Hodgdon has increased prices over the last several years to partially offset our increased labor, raw materials and transportation costs, but we are not and will not gouge our consumer end users who are looking for powder to load for their own use. We sell through traditional sales channels to wholesalers, retailers and dealer customers. We do not encourage any of our retailers or dealers to sell on auction sites, but we cannot control what happens after we sell to our traditional sales channels. On our own websites, we have placed product limits on purchases so that we can maximize the number of customers who can buy our powder. CLOSING NOTES: Hodgdon is still a small business, with fewer than a hundred employees between three facilities in Kansas and Montana. We are not driven by profit-margin spreadsheets, but rather tradition and a genuine love for our jobs and what is made possible because of the work we do. Serving you is our privilege and a blessing. In the current political climate, demand for our product has never been higher. Coupled with COVID restrictions, we have what some might refer to as “the perfect storm.” Regardless, we remain steadfast and resolute in our purpose to put powder in your hands, our shooting community.

Everything except primers are readily available. Bullets, brass and powder are all out there, but it takes some searching. Expect to pay about $100 / thousand for primers IF you can find them, more if you find them at a gun show, where things were once less expensive. And even a press and dies are MUCH harder to find than they were a short time ago. If you're only going to load 9mm then you should be able to set up pretty inexpensively. Good luck! Oh, I like the Lee reloading manual. There's a lot of drumming for Lee products, but there's also a whole lot of information to be had.

I'd like to go, just to see what's there, but the only thing that's on my "really want" list is primers, and I'm still not ready to pay the high prices. One of the on-line vendors I like has small rifle primers for sale right now for $500 / 5000 (including shipping and hazmat). And they're a brand, Murom, that I'd never heard of before.

Right. The tar on the car was on far. Y'all.

One sets the cam belt tension of a Ducati by strumming the belt and testing the frequency. Something like tuning a guitar, I guess, but the belt is heavier. Anyway, I set the tension of my cam belts this morning, and this is the result. But they should be good for five years.

Running gas with ethanol is no problem, but letting ethanol sit in a carburetor is bad news. If you're riding regularly, every day-ish, then ethanol will give you no grief at all. If the bike has a petcock it's a good idea to close it and run the fuel out of the float bowl. Plus one on peejman's comment about the vacuum leak. My experience with HD's is that they do pop and sputter through the exhaust during off-throttle deceleration. True backfire through the carb is worrisome.

Welcome to Tennessee! I hope you like it as well here as I do. I moved here three years ago from Washington, and I had the same question. What I had to do wasn't a "swap", but my WA CCL was good for three months, I think. In that time I was able to sign up and take the TN CCL course, which is a one-day affair with some classroom time and an hour or so on the range to show basic proficiency. It was pretty easy. You do not need a license to carry CONCEALED here. There are certain areas where you cannot carry, but in-general TN allows concealed carry for those who are legally allowed to own firearms. You won't go wrong if you go ahead and take a course, though.

2/22/22 - At reasonable prices. WHEN will I find some Retumbo or H1000?

I had a similar experience in that one of my coaches would pick me up before school for a little duck hunting, we'd drop the ducks and his shotgun at his house on the way home, but my gun was behind the seat of his pickup and I carried it home after school.

I'm surprised to read that from a DA. It sounds like she's on Baldwin's defense team. Lawyers are usually precise in their language, and I suppose it IS possible for a firearm to discharge without pulling the trigger (for example pulling the hammer back to the point just before engagement, then allowing it fall forward on a live round in the chamber), but it's unlikely given the circumstances that Baldwin described.

I love motorcycles... just about any motorcycle. The Harley has a whole different feel than my other bikes, more relaxed, a bit more elemental. The BMW is my "go to" ride, it'll do everything, but sometimes I want to rip it up on the Ducati, and sometimes I just want to putt on the Harley.

While I acknowledge that there are bad apples in LE, as in ANY trade or profession, I continue to respect those who take on the dangerous and necessary job. Personally, I have never had a bad experience with any cop. Even when I've been pulled over and ticketed, I realized that the cops were doing their jobs and I brought those tickets onto myself by my own choice to speed. LE is a job that I sure wouldn't want to take on, but I am eternally grateful for the GOOD men and women who choose to do it.

2013 here. Also have a 1200 Sportster, 1098S Ducati, 89 Yamaha RD350, and a 300cc GasGas trials bike. I love my BMW, too!

I ride a BMW R1200RT these days (among others). It has heated grips, a heated seat, an electrically adjustable windscreen, and has great weather protection. And I no longer commute so I don't need to ice up my beard anymore.

Been there a couple of times, and it isn't much fun. I remember riding home one night when it got so cold I couldn't squeeze the clutch lever. Fortunately my hand was frozen into a hook and I just hauled my whole arm back. Fun times!