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Looks like a 1? And a symbol I'm not sure about.

Good to know, thank you for the reply.  I have always really wanted an enfield and the price was right ($135) so it was a bit of an impulse buy.  I just wanted to make sure what I was getting.  Haven't had a chance to fire it yet and just wanted to make sure it was in sound condition.  Should I headspace it? And should any gunsmith be able to headspace it or will I need to buy a tool for them? Regards Rob

I've always wanted an Enfield, and saw this at a gunshow. Looks like someone sporterized it, but just had a couple questions http://img577.imageshack.us/edit_preview.php?l=img577/1917/sqb6.jpg&action=rotate I've never had one before, and was wondering a few things... The trigger seems to function fine, but it has a lot of play in it, you can wiggle it probably a quarter inch when the rifle is cocked, and it can be wiggled about half an inch when uncocked, The Safety has a positive click when off, but applying the safety has no positive click, it just rests there and doesn't take much to push it off. Is it normal for the ladder sight to be able to over-travel beyond vertical? Is this an aftermarket front sight, or somehow part of the original? Here are a few markings. On the metal strap behind the trigger guard, it says "mM47 1943 AD5xxx ENGLAND" The safety lever says "H74" The magazine has no numbers but does have a couple weird symbols, so I dunno if it's the magazine that came with the rifle. Thanks in advance!

Oh nice I didn't know MCSC had a tactical pistol range

Took one up in KY and the other in Dickson. My attention span is pretty low, so I ended up having to watch some of the study guides that are in video format where the guy talks you through the questions.

Arg, always wanted an Enfield Jungle and it looks like it'll be gone before I'll be able to lol

I renewed my permit today and my existing carry permit expires sunday. From tn.govs website on HCP renewal: "Permit Holders whose permit has not expired and are renewing their permit, may legally carry their handgun with the receipt provided from their application.  Permit Holders whose permit have expired and are renewing their permit, cannot lawfully carry a handgun until they receive their new permit." Does this mean that as long as I started my renewal before my permit expired I can use the yellow copy and receipt even after my existing permit expires sunday? Or am I reading that incorrectly?

Thanks guys. Maybe I should just learn to do it lol.  I wonder what a belt sander at harbor freight runs!  At least now I see there's a niche for that sort of thing...

Does anyone know of any places to get their knives sharpened and/or reprofiled in Middle TN (especially Clarksville area)? I have a couple of sharps I'd like to reprofile the edge on and I have neither the tools, skill, or expertise to do it!  I have an ontario machete I'd like to reprofile, a pocket knife I'd like to put a hollow grind on, and so on

I carry both of these items and I ran across this video where the guy modifies them to enhance their usefulness. I had always used the emergency bivvy rolled up in it's pouch but if you take it out it will store flat and fit into a pocket better that way too!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PktX1SxDTQs

Products I can buy online for cheaper (almost always), and it may be difficult to make enough to stay in business based on sales.  That being said I'd certainly shop there to help out that kind of place so long as it wasn't terribly more expensive.  I really do enjoy browsing through all the neat stuff at places like bass pro and other sporting goods stores, something about being able to see the stuff in person lol.   That being said, what's really missing around here is a forum for knowledge and practical hands on training.  A community, if you will.  An environment where you can go if you're interested in preparing across the entire spectrum: from your teenage daughter who just wants to learn self defense, to your mid range hunters and hikers who want to learn the basics of short term survival,  all the way up to long term preppers.  You have the opportunity to involve a great deal of outside organizations, from boy scouts and girl scouts, concealed carry classes, hunter safety and education courses, self defense classes for the public, HAM radio classes, wilderness first responder courses (I'd really love to attend something like that) and even more.  Classes, both hands on and theory.  A forum for those of like mindset (whatever that may be) to exchange ideas and meet up.  Networking....   What sets the smart phone craze apart from the personal digital assistants that already existed before them? The community.  The support from not just the company (like apple and google) but the developers.  It's not just Apps, because you could install programs on the PDA's of yore.  There just weren't many, and instead of feeding itself in a reinforcing loop (more developers make more apps, more apps create more demand, more demand creates more developers, etc) it atrophied and died. Here's an example.  Mom and dad drops off a scout for a meeting. If they decide to wait and stick around, maybe they see a demo where another group is trying out bow drill firemaking and they roll up their sleeves and suddenly they're interested.   Maybe a bunch of hikers just finished up a class on short term survival and noticed a group of long term preppers having a meeting and a few check it out and end up liking it. Flight attendants at the nearby Nashville international airport have to take self defense classes as part of their training, and maybe the airlines subcontract through you after seeing your instructors teaching a class for the local university. Med students from the university might take a wilderness first responder course (I'd love to, hard to find around here).   Many kids love bow and arrow now that the Hunger Games has been in theatre.  Maybe a place to learn and practice, and a convenient storefront where they can buy their supplies.  Not just amateur bushcraft, but pottery and small scale metal and woodworking classes.  Knifemaking courses even. Your zombie fans have a place to meet up and have fun.  You can have personal fitness classes and do charity 5k runs (after all, being fit helps, plus it brings the place into the community spotlight)   I don't hunt recreationally, but would love to take a class where I get hands on and learn to skin and prepare game.  Instead of simply hunter safety, maybe actual "here's how..." for those who didn't have dads to teach them. To identify useful local plants in person with someone showing me, not just a book with pictures.  To go out and maybe test out my skills on a weekend not just in a safe environment but where those with a great deal more knowledge than I might look over my techniques and offer suggestions.   On the one hand, I can see a lot of possibilities and love the idea.  Plus you have the recent survivor craze with all these cable TV shows that have gotten the people interested in it.  On the other hand, it may not be enough. I'm not a businessman and the whole thing could just as easily fizzle.  There may not be enough demand, enough organization, or enough involvement.   Still, would be nice!

They are enduring, not surviving. Most people who are into survival or preparedness practice for short term and that is the scope of their knowledge. And to be fair, for most people that is all they would need. But Anything beyond that is so trial by fire that they'd better learn quick because the stakes don't get much higher. Bushcraft and survival are two very different things.  Very little beats experience, and these guys (after having been on that show) probably had more real world practical experience at the end of it than they've had total before the show and are hopefully better for it. It reminds me of that book tunnel in the sky. Supposed to be a test lasting no longer than 20 days and they get stuck for years. I know my packing list would look different if I knew I was going long term. At the end of the day in these longer endurance shows (also see: out of the wild) it always comes down to food, and if there is a takeaway it should be that preppers who go light on food, tools to obtain food, and don't seek the knowledge or _practice_ the techniques and skills assuming that food is not a real concern because you can survive x amount of weeks without it on paper needs to actually try that and tell us how it works out for them. Most of the people in the show would have eventually starved (if not succumbed medically) rather than risen to the occasion had they never been "rescued" because years of bushcraft oriented knowledge can't be learned on the fly. I admit I fell into the same lines of thinking and I was always more interested in what gear to pack rather than practical things like identifying edible plants (just as an example). Along with survivorman, check out Ray Mears on youtube, definitely informative. Also check out Dick Proenneke. You may not ever want to live out in the wild long term like these guys but learn from them and its the difference between enduring and surviving. .. and ultimately the difference between surviving and thriving.

Nice find, those are on my all time want list. So darn handy!

Mres are expensive enough I just go to places like long life food and ready store and buy just the parts I want and like.

Finally got one! :D

They get one or two in, and they're gone by noon. I'm getting the impression that even if they had one when I call, by the time I get there from clarksville it'll be gone! lol   Money's saved up, burning a hole in my pocket. Maybe an M&P9c or a G26...

I run a Surefire E2D with a Veleno Designs dropin LED and a Quark Mini 123.  They both max out a little over 200 lumens IIRC with the quark lasting about an hour at max and the surefire about 2.   Neither are pocket rockets but it's hard to beat the Quark's output for it's size, and the surefire is pretty bomb proof (although I doubt I'd spend that much money again...)

lol I bother those poor guys at guns and leather almost every morning calling about them!

I got to see one at the gunshow in Clarksville last weekend but they wanted over $650 for it

I dunno, I'm just kinda bummed out about it lol. They used to sell to civilians, just at a non-discounted price.  I'll just have to keep calling around

Arg, I live down the street and have been looking everywhere.  They've got one in stock but only sell to Military / LEO the guy said :surrender:

Straight Talk actually uses a variety of towers depending on the phone you buy.  Some straight talk phones use GSM (ATT) towers and can be identified by the GSM marking on the lower left hand corner of the box, or "G" after the model name.  Others use Verizon towers and can be identified by the CDMA or CDMA-V marking on the lower left hand corner of the box, or "C" after the model name.  Contrary to some rumors, the color of America on the box (red or blue) does not necessarily indicate which carrier that particular model uses.   They also have phones that use T-Mobile towers and Sprint towers (CDMA-S) but those aren't as common and usually don't get as good coverage as the ones that use ATT/Verizon towers.   You can bring your own unlocked GSM phone (ATT or Tmobile) to Straight Talk service, you would simply go online and buy a sim card.  Up until about a month ago, the sim cards they provide you would use ATT towers, which is an awesome deal... but apparently ATT had something to say about this because now they're only offering sim cards that utilize T-Mobile towers.   Even though some verizon phones take simcards (and are quadband so technically can use GSM frequencies), they currently don't support you bringing your own verizon phone to their service.   I deal with straight talk customer service on a daily basis (as well as other carriers) and it's not great.  Most of it is outsourced.  I've seen worse though.  It really is a good deal if it works in your AO, customer satisfaction is generally pretty high.

I just watched these and I was ready to go...  http://www.hamwhisperer.com/p/ham-courses.html

haha yep, I've got a UV-5RA sitting on my desk now :)

If you have your license, http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=88470   Around $100 for the whole setup (Radio is only $40), will give better range than blister pack radios.  When you're in your car you can hook it up to an external mobile antenna. If you can hit a repeater you'll easily outrange a CB.  In addition to 2m and 70cm you can also monitor FRS and NOAA weather. You can recharge via USB cable from what I understand meaning a solar charger like the Goal Zero kit will keep you up and running.   The Baofeng UV-5R is another very popular radio in this price range. It's a little larger, but still very small and does allow for direct freq input as well as full 5w transmit.