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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.

Man that sucks! One more point for my "cash and carry" beliefs.

This is why I am very clear. I am an armorer (US Army armorer's school graduate) and NOT a gunsmith. I can replace drop in parts (mostly but know my limits), install most accesories, and troubleshoot/diagnose failures. I can assemble an AR from a pile of parts pretty dam quick and into spec and make it run realy well. But, I cannot machine things, hand fit, manufacture parts, engrave, ect. I agree most shops that state they have a gunsmith really have an armorer or many times less.

AK sights are very easy. There are plenty of you tube vids that take you step by step. I was looking at a KNS rear for mine. Has windage and elevation much like an AR does then a tritium front since that is all you would really use in the dark anyway. As for scopes, the side rail is really the only real option. Scout scope on a gas tube-front hand guard combo being a far second best choice.

Hopfully the PM worked, but just in case, I sent a reply back.

Since PM didn't work out, here is what I sent; Do you do any kind of e-payment? Pay pall, Zelle? I do need the 20 MOA SA Rem base and maybe the rings if they aren't too low. I am willing to pay the $30 you have them up for plus the $11 for the small flat rate box at USPS to get them here. (would cost me more than $11 in gas to drive into Nash). PM me your text number please and we can go form there.

PM sent with offer to pay for shipping

First Vols game I watched since moving here. Damn that was a butt woopin'. My old home town team (Boise State) lost last night to. I just need to quit watching CFB evidentally on TV. LOL

My only question is why .308 bullets? Isn't the bore on that AK .311? Did you have any difficulty with seating and setback?

I have to agree. Little less impressed than I would be say, 5 rounds or less. I mean, give me a M2, a spotter and enough ammo and I know I could walk/lob it in.

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Was it a vendor or random dude trying to sell? If vendor, they should be banned from future shows, not that you could enforce it. If soem random dude, the door screeners need a good talking to for sure. If we don't police ourselves, they will police us. We will not like it if they police us. Tin-foil moment though. Been going to gun shows for decades upon decades in a multitude of states and ND's were never really a problem. Now we have a larger than usual push from the left to ban everything, including gun shows and we have 2 in the same year in TN. How many in other states we do not know about... Not saying it's fishy, but it is starting to smell bad.

NICE! These are awesome!

He is sure to get flamed for it for some time I bet.

Sure, Retirement. 52 years old, 18 years of Federal Service (Army and Civilian) and counting. Seeking out a place to enjoy my pension and retirement in the next few years. No family left any longer (family had sold off the mountain properties and what not over the years). For the wife (from ranchland of Oregon) and I (mountains of Idaho), parents had passed, extended family not really close. Army burned me of deserts. All of Southern Idaho is desert. Snow. Got too old to really want to deal with snow and months of sub-zero temperatures. Playing in the snow (snowmobiles) required a 3-hour drive from the Boise valley. Crime. MS13 moved in with the Californians and brought daily gang shootings (red vs. blue) at the convience stores, drug deals over my back fence and local LE had no clue how or desire to deal with it. Home invasions, car thefts, heavy (why we live in Stewart County now) also, I feel safer driving in Nashville now than I did in the Boise Metro area. Water. Lakes there are crap, at least the lowland ones. Wanted to live near more natural water and natural green(refernce the desert comment above). Longer warm weather. We like riding motorcycles and more summer activities than winter. Had an Army buddy settle here from his time at Ft. Campbell. We visited a few times and Stewart County reminds me alot of the small county I grew up in. Property value (Don't hate me over this one becuase I know it is an evil we helped perpetuate.) We sold our urban, suburb, 1200 sq ft house on 1/8 acre that we still owed on and had enough left over to pay cash for 2 acres, 1800 sq ft, build a shop, pay off the cars, pay cash for a new bike, used boat, and stuff a bunch of money in the bank. So that's it.

So, yes I moved to TN a couple years ago, yes mostly I agree that outsiders moving here bringing thier outisder political views with them is bad, espeically those from NY, CA and others. That said, moving here from ID has been somwhat oppressive as far as gun freedoms go. The latest post about Wilson Co Fairgrounds using metal detectors is one of those opressions. So, yes, I would love to bring some of my "outisder politics" with me and figure out a way to "infect" TN law with them. Here we go! 1. ID has a thing called the "Supremacy Clause." Essentially, no local governemnt, city or county could pass laws or ordinaces that were more restrictive than what the state has on file. What this meant for guns is that with a state CC permit you could carry anywhere that was not federally prohibited. So for the county fairs (on county/city owned property) and similar, they could not bar you and your CCW from entering. There was none of this park BS like here. Essentialy, if you were legal to carry, you could carry everywhere (except schools, courthouses, jails, ect.). The only limit to this was drinking, you could carry into a bar but could not drink while carrying. 2. "No Weapons Allowed Signs." WTF is this nonsense in TN? ID had no such law. None! As a private business, the owner could post they did not allow weapons but as there was no state law against it, all they could ever do was ask you to leave. If you didn't, then it was trepassing. But there was none of this "get arrested" stuff that TN has on it's books becuse your wife choose the wrong resturant and you didn't notice the sign. 3. Mandatory background checks on all purchases. Huh? In ID, if you had a CC permit, you did not need background checks to purchase guns in a store or from a dealer. I know this may be hard to believe, but you picked out a gun, filled out your 4473, gave the store your money and your CC Permit to copy info from, and walked out the door with your new gun. No background check, no "gun tax" "fee" "state bribe" or whatever BS this thing in TN is. I was a little taken back by it the fist time I bought a gun in TN to say the least. 4. Shooting on Public Land. Didn't know that was a thing here till the county SO stopped by one day and told me I couldn't do that in the state forrest. Granted, there was much more public land than in TN and that may be the reason. Between FS, BLM, and state land, there was more public acerage than the entire state of TN but still, we could, and did, drive up to any hill-side, set up a bunch of targets and had a full day shooting, even camp over night and clean guns by a camp fire. At the end of the day, pack out all the garbage, clean up the site and went on our way. So long as were safe and didn't put anyone in danger, there were no restrictions on it. 5. Open carry. Guns in racks in your back window. AK's sitting on the back seat. Rifle strapped to my back while ridding my motorcylce to and from the range never got a second glance by law enforement. Even in the cities it was never questioned or harrasable. I have the feeling if tried that in TN, much less through Nashville, Clarksville, Memphis or any other municipality I would be at the least stopped and invesitgated, more likely get a new set a braclets of trying to have some freedom. So. Too reach the end of my rant, yes, I would love to change some TN laws to match the freedom I came from and why I have to hold my tongue everytime someone describes TN as a gun "friendly state" because I do not see it as such. Now, I moved here to get away from desert, forrest fires, Californication that was taking place, and the long drives to be in the woods that were involved. Who else would like to see some of these laws here changed?

Welcome. It's not entirely free but much better than some places for sure.

They even added any "semi-auto copy of an exsisting full-auto gun" and any "semi-auto that takes a detatchable magazine including rimfires". So, Glock 17's are out becuase there is a Glock 18, Beretta 92's are out becuse there is Beretta 93 and so forth. The intent was to after AR, AK, UZI pistols and the such but rest are just icing to them. Ruger 10/22's are out as are ones like it as only tube-feds were exempt. This one is way worse that the 94 ban.

What is the barrel made of? Buddy and I were discussing how much trouble we could get in having a replica and launching bottle rockets and roman candles out of it on the 4th, veterans day, flag day, and new years.

I use the same tool on all my SKS, 47, 74, 101 rifles. Should work just fine.

I have several kit AR's. First one is ~10 years old with a round count in the thousands. It has done competative shooting, carbine training, new shooters, and range blasting without ever a stoppage that wasn't the ammo and never a broken part. With good ammo, 1 moa accurate. They are fine mil-spec basic rifles. I never understood statements where people say thee are sub-standard but never explain why. The truth is the last time I saw, there were only 5 or 6 AR forgers in the US. All companies buy from them and have thier names added. Very well could a $2000 Dandiel Defence came from the very same forge as a $500 completed Del-Ton. Only difference is the name and added accesories. If you are looking for a fun kit to assemble and end up with a basic service carbine that will last a very long time and allow you "upgrade" bits in the future, this kit would be my idea of the way to go. I would't even think twice about assembling one on a Friday night to run in a carbine course on Saturday morning.