monkeylizard

+1 to what smithra89 said.   The way I understand it, look for the same things you'd look for in any old rifle. Cracks in the wood, heavy corrosion in the throat, rifling, things like that.   Generally speaking, hex receivers are better than round receivers*, all others things being constant. I think that's because hex's are older and were made when the factories could take their time and do it right. As the war went on they had to increase production with the corner-cutting measures that came along with that. I have a 1930's hex (don't recall the year) and a fellow TGOer got a 1940's round one at the same time. When we were cleaning them up, we noticed heavy tool/lathe marks on the outside of his barrel while mine was smooth. It doesn't affect the shooting, but it's a symptom of the overall degradation in quality when they had to start cranking them out like crazy. In other words, if you're picking between 2 or more that all look/feel about the same to you, take the older one. If you like it, then you can start worrying about things like the factory markings and specific years. You'll feel the urge to have at least one from each factory....it's a disease.       *If you're not sure of the difference, Google it and you'll see examples of hex and round receivers.

    You saw Dog the Bounty Hunter?

They are crazier than an outhouse rat.

Come on now...you gotta tell us where this was....   :)

All gone. Everything shows Out of Stock.

  You're preaching to the choir.

"Intent to go armed" is in some of our TN state statutes. It is is none of the federal laws that come to mind.   Federal facilities are covered under 18 USC § 930 and have some exceptions to the no firearms law. One exception that may make a legal grey area is the phrase "or other lawful purposes". To my knowledge, HCPs don't count, but I don't know (nor would I know) of any challenges to that.*   US Postal facilities are not covered under either TN state law nor US title 18. The USPS gets to play by their own rules which are in Title 39 instead of Title 18. Title 39 does not have the "other lawful purposes" phrase. It makes 1 exception and 1 exception only.    http://cfr.vlex.com/vid/232-1-conduct-postal-property-19777182     . Note that this includes "postal property". That includes parking lots at the post office.   By and large, the federal laws on this are clear and that dog bites hard.     *I know the parks service allows carry based on the state's laws in which the park, or that portion of the park, is located. The buildings where actual real US NPS employees work are automatically considered federal facilities and are off-limits. They're pretty good about posting them, but I don't think they have to do that to make them off-limits. Other buildings are OK, like snack shops operated by a contractor. I assume that all federal buildings are the same. They post them for our benefit, but posted or not, they're still no-go areas. I could be very mistaken on that assumption. I don't know the USC as well as I do the TCA, which is sometimes questionable itself about how well I know that one.

Hopefully some zombies. That would be an improvement.

  FIFY! :up:

Why would he need another one?

Well done. It does look stock. I'd bet anyone seeing the mags would think those are some kind of handles. :up:

Yeah....and you're likely to need it too.

You could call the Knoxville field office of F-Troop and ask what  they think. http://www.atf.gov/field/nashville/fo-tennessee.html

I think there's a no-fly zone in effect right now over the area. I presumed it was to A keep news choppers away and B clear the skies for surveillance drones. Just because we haven't heard about them doesn't mean they aren't there.

Some small businesses use it exclusively. I've gone looking for some restaurant sites only to find them only on Facebook.

I will never go to Prince Hot Chicken Shack (it's not Prince's). Their health scores usually suck and a recent post on the TripAdvisor travel forum (not the reviews...more like a regular forum) for Nashville had a visitor report that she was there when a fight broke out in front. a few minutes later one of the participants comes in waving a handgun around looking for the other dude. What a great way to showcase our city....  :(   I'll stick to Hattie B's....I'll have to try Bishop's.     For all you hot chicken lovers out there, there's a hot chicken festival in East Park on July 4th. http://mchcf.blogspot.com/

2 in one day. It must be your birthday or something!  :up:   You have about 87 minutes to make it a single-day hat trick.

and common courtesy.

  And stopping at stop signs...     Truth is though, some drivers make the backup worse than it needs to be. Some jackhole in a tiny car waits until there's nothing in the oncoming lane before moving all the way over and passing the bike rider. Dude! The bike is on the shoulder and you're in a subcompact! Hug the center line and pass the bike already and let's get this moving!

Sabre's story can be found here:   http://nashvillepost.com/news/2011/2/8/nashville_defense_contractor_and_corporate_officers_indicted   It was a nice mix of employees helping themselves to whatever they wanted and management smuggling regulated goods into and out of the country.   The assets were purchased by Manroy USA http://www.manroy-usa.com/index.php   AFAIK, they only do defense contracts, no civilian stuff, and I don't think they kept the Nashville plant. I thought they bought the equipment and moved it out, but I could be mistaken on that. There's a "Contact Us" link on their page if MacGyver or whoever is heading this thing up wants to try to contact them and ask.

    You're presumed to be at fault, but the evidence can (and sometimes does) say otherwise.

I was wondering how long that might take. Now that you mention NYCRU, it all makes sense.

<<nevermind>>

  You can read the TN laws here: http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/tncode/   The ones pertaining to firearms can be found under 39-17-13xx   Don't stop reading when you think you've found one that says what you want to do is OK. Keep going and you may find one that says it's not under other circumstances which may or may not also apply to any given situation. Our gun laws are anything but clear.   Add to this that we have some AG opinions that would seem to contradict the letter of the law while having no actual cases to reference as a real-world example.

Not quite. 39-17-1307 makes it illegal to carry a firearm and 39-17-1308 lists the defenses to 1307. Lawful hunting is one of those, but there are several others. 1308(a )(1 ) says it's OK if the rifle, shotgun, or handgun is unloaded, not concealed, and no ammo is in the immediate vicinity. So by the law, as long as it's unloaded and you have no ammo on you, you're within the letter of the law*.   At the very least you're going to get hassled about it if spotted. At the worst you get a free ride, lawyer fees, firearms confiscated, and have to fight to get a suspended HCP back.   If it's really for the purpose you mentioned, take Smith's advice and add in the equivalent weight in some other form. ISTM that you'd have to add weight of some kind to take the place of the ammo anyway, so just do that for the rifle too. Some water bottles should do nicely.     *I am not a lawyer and there may very well be some other part of the TCA that makes it a no-no that I'm not thinking of, or some other provision that a creative officer and DA could apply. Parks, for example, have their own special laws that 1308 won't apply as a defense to.