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ORSA.

Walmart usually has that spray as well. And yes, checking yourself and/or your kids daily minimizes risk. We've got a scout camping trip coming up. This is a good reminder to treat shoes and such again.

Christiana Campbells and Kings Arms taverns in the historical area. Not cheap, but worth it. We love Williamsburg... it's American history nirvana. Jamestown, Yorktown, ... all those places are great. The naval stuff at Norfolk is awesome, but the traffic can be unbelievable. The bridge/tunnel across the bay is pretty cool, if you're nerdy like that. Buckroe Beach was a nice little public beach that's right on the bay. The steady stream of container ships passing by keeps the surf up.

My parents had a nuisance permit (deer) for several years. Dads go-to method was a patio chair in the driveway with a cup of coffee and his Winchester 94 in his lap.

That's awesome!

Sorry for you loss. May God's grace hold you up during this difficult time.

See if Stoeger offers a replacement stock for that youth model and if it will fit your gun. I'm assuming there's a penalty for using a 20ga instead of 12 in competition. Cutting down the stock and fitting a recoil pad isn't hard to do.

Look for a youth stock. For reasons only they understand, shotguns tend to have a longer length of pull than a typical rifle. Adding a recoil pad makes them ridiculously long for us normal sized people.

Looks pretty interesting.

Get her a good gun belt. The best holster in the world will be crap with a flimsy belt.

Welcome!

AR lowers are easy. Watch a few videos and have at it. Just be prepared to launch springs and pins to the moon if you don't work inside a bag.

Same here.

Start with a center drill and use some oil or other coolant. Use the appropriate rpm for the type of drill bits you have. You don't want to get the stainless very hot. The hotter you get it, the harder it is to drill through.

My how times have changed. Would love to know the circumstances of this picture.

Yep. All the areas surrounding knoxville have grown tremendously in the past decade. We have a saying that all these other areas (Maryville, Sevierville, etc.) were great places to live 150,000 people ago. They're not small towns anymore and have outgrown the infrastructure. Rush hour traffic in all these places is bad now... it's become normal to take 2-3 cycles to get through traffic lights at major intersections.

Especially when they sing in Spanish...

This came across my pandora while working out the other day. I discovered it's hard to lift while headbanging and laughing at the same time. You just can't beat a heavy metal accordion.

It will look completely different from what you remember. You can shoot on your own property outside the city limits. Your issue will be neighbors and noise. ORSA is the go-to place for high power, IDPA, etc.

Less expensive option... manually cycle the slide a few hundred times, then clean it and lube it. .380's can be picky about what ammo they like. If the failures were the CD ammo, try something different.

Yep... remember when you only had a vague notion of where a place was within a few miles and you actually had to drive around and find it? Being accordionated is a rapidly dying skill. I used to spend hours "navigating" with the map in my lap on family road trips. And I put that in quotes because Dad already knew where to go, he was just cross-checking my map reading skills. What many people don't realize is how often their GPS is just guessing, especially here in the mountains.

Indeed. And don't forget the AOW.

Do you carry 1911's cocked and locked? I'm more comfortable with a glock with a round in the chamber than a 1911 cocked and locked. Interesting how different perspectives can be.

Wow. I hadn't heard of a Syrian M48 and I sure wouldn't have expected it to be in such good shape. Nice!

Fair points. My assumption is (was) an HCP would be necessary to have on your person, but you don't need a HCP to carry on your own property, and since the car is considered an extention of your home, so... ??? As for being young and irresponsible, I doubt there's any noticeable difference between 18 and 21. If anything, I probably had more fun in my early 20's than I did right after high school.