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Varget

Too bad you are not closer, GLWS

Talk of M1A/M14 rifles. Chalk this up to a lesson I know but ignored, buy it when you see it. Do not hesitate. Damn it. LOL Want an M1A for a while, saw a slightly used one in Murfreesboro this last week for $1400. Mulled it over, decided I best chat with the house boss before buying it. By the time I wore her down on Thursday evening and went on Friday to grab it, it was gone! $%^#@$!!!!!!! Better to buy her flowers and grovel at her feet while pulling house slave duty all weekend than to let one get away. As for the Garand, there is a gas plug you can put in that will allow it to safely run commercial hunting ammo without worrying about bending the op rod. They make fine deer rifles if you are tough enough to tote it through the woods all day.

Gotta spend next week in Murfreesboro for work. Staying Sunday evening through Friday morning at a hotel by the freeway but will have some time to kill during the days. Whats the word on gun shops. More into old, dusty shops rather than shiney new stuff. Military surplus stores, and historical locations. Already plan the battlefield for sure, but water falls in the area would be cool and other natural wonders.

Well, I live in DOver TeNnesee and I am not very creative...

Sheesh, My last Duty Station in the Army was Ft. Bliss assigned to Range Control in the late 90's. We had the area east of the Franklin Mountains to the Alamogordo hiway, from El Paso north to the White Sands MR perimiter. We did live fire of everything from small arms, ADA, MLRS and such. Since the Army considered it bad form to kill illegals during live fire, we had 2-man teams that would patrol the ranges. We had one M16 between us and one mag full of ammo and every round counted pre and post patrol. Also had case of bottled water, case of MRE's, and GI issue green wool blankets. We would easily pick them up and put them in the back of the Humvee cuz they were usually starving, thirsty, cold or hot, and abandoned by thier coyote. We would drop then off at Border Patrol back in El Paso. I acutally did enjoy that duty. Seems like now, would need a much bigger truck, and I sure would want a bigger team, more arms, and certaily more ammo.

Much in the same way banning meth and pot stops meth and pot usage

All this will do is cause people that could benefit from said meds to not get them.

PM sent on the PSL

We have had a few early hummers for about a week now. We live near LBL. 4 distinctly different ones. Wife put up 2 of her feeders. She will have 8 up real soon though.

So MDA (Moms Demand Action) fund and organize several large protests and of course the "news" finds "concerned moms" to spread lies on the TV footage but why no counter protests? Watched Channel 5 put some gal on last night that said "I have to register my car every year but you can go buy guns any time you want with no back ground checks of fees" Um, last time I bought one it sure needed a back ground check and $10 fee to the state so that was a bold face lie. Besdies the fact that her car is a priviliege and guns are a right. Sadly, many will believe her. If I lived closer to Nashville I would have been there. We so need a well spoken, well presented group to counter this BS less Tenessee will fall to an anti-gun state.

Stopped by yesterday afternoon. $8 to get in. It would be worth going of you want to buy $1000 mosin 91/30's (ya, you read that right), $125 bricks of primers, $700 700 rd spam cans of Romanian X39 ammo, $1500 home build AR's, knives, jerky, and some odd ball lorcin/raven .25 ACP mags. Only thing I walked out with was a $25 repro Garand sling.

Wow, Gov. Lee must have fallen off his rocker on this one. Here is a link to the EO he signed yesterday: https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee100.pdf All it did was tell entities with information that they need to ensure such information is made available to TBI for running background checks. Next up is his call for Red Flag Laws. No good can come from these. No matter how they are broken down, there is just too much chance for abuse, not to mention "face your accuser" "innocent until PROVEN guilty" "Secure in your persons" "right to keep" and countless other Constitutional violations these kinds of laws would bring about.

I am going with the pick up a correct spring/buffer combo and trial that others have mentioned. Not sure about your area, but I know at least 3 shops here in the middle/north part of the state that has them in stock.

Looking for a 20 inch AR in A2 form. Wife wants to dabble in iron sight service rifle so looking for one for her to give it go. Don't want to spend too much on one incase she doesn't like it but maybe one to build up into a DCM rifle over time. Please let me know if you have an older AR you might want to let go. Not picky on brand or if a during the ban or not.

Wife thinks she wants to join in on iron sight service rifle. Looking for an A2 upper, A2 upper with barrel, 20 inch. Obviously do not want to spend a ton for something she may not like after trying but gotta start somewhere.

What does it look like down the barrel?

Maybe convince the mods to create a specific milsurp guns and gear FS/FT sub forum?

Not too worried about 922r, at least not with an AK. by the time you add a US FCG, flash hider, all furniture, and a US magazine, you are 922r compliant. Too easy. I can't speak to other type of imported pistols As I count, the Draco I am currently working the form 1 for only has 6 imported parts in it per the lists. https://gunwiki.net/Gunwiki/BuildAkVerifyCompliance https://gununiversity.com/922r-compliance/

I know a guy up here in Dover. But I have to ask, what are you using for ammo and what do you mean by accuracy issues? Running a PSL myself, most all 54r factory ammo leave a lot to be desired as far as accuracy goes.

Legally, its when you aquire the FFL and file your business with the state. Much more to gunsmithing than what you have touched on. Rebluing will be a big request, fitting stocks, manufacturing un-obtainalbe parts on 100 year old revolvers. Milling slides, mill and drill holes, threading barrels concentric for CANs. In top of that, welding/soldering. Taking apart, sourcing, replacing with hand fitting small parts of out-of production guns. That is what my legit neighbor does in his gunsmith shop does all day. He spent years getting formal education though.

2 actually: 1, way back in 87 as a senior in high school, I bought used 76 Merc Capri II with the v6. That car would go and handled like a dream. Embarrased a lot of mustangs and cameros on the local 1/4 mile strip. Sold it while away in the Army. no idea where it is today. 2, And mostly, 67 F100 Ranger, Camper Special. Bought it rust and dent free off a farm Kansas while stationed in Ft. Riley in the mid 90's for a whole $100 smackers, non running and dry-flat tires. trailered it on base to the dismay of my 1SG. Total fluid change, battery, plugs, wires, dist cap/rotor, filters, belts, hoses, deep cleaning , case of carb cleaner and engine degreaser at the on-post self mechanic shop and it fired right up. Put some new tires, brakes and a buff job and drove the crap out of that truck a few years while I was there. Got orders for Ft. Bliss, Tx and my mother gifted me her Dodge Shadow for the miliage on long drives so I sold it to a young PFC who needed transportation. The Dodge crapped out on me a year later and found out that PFC totaled the truck driving like an azz hat. Should have given him the Dodge and kept the Ford. I can only imagine how much that truck would be worth now.

We have to go to Hendersonville mid week for an afternoon doc appt. We plan to leave early AM and spend the day poking around. Any recommendations for must stop at gun-related places? I am way into AK's and surplus arms so the old shops with dusty invetentory and things piled in the corners are my favorite.

Since you asked, not that I don't "need" it, my PSL would make good use of it. Just that it's corrosive and not to offend you, current prices of ammo keeps me reloading instead of buying surplus. Not that you aren't fair, you are for the current market, I just think the current market is way too high. I can reload cheaper than .50 cents each and get petter performance and not have to worry about corrosion.

Can't remember the name off the top off my head, but there is a large gun shop by the freeway in Murfreesboro that had an indoor range and plenty of NFA items. They even had some belt-feds if your pockets were deep enough. I avoid the place to keep me out of bankruptcy.