monkeylizard

Posed for sure, but it could still be era-correct.

$100 Norinco SKS new in the box with the complimentary gallon of cosmoline . . . Shot maybe 20 rounds through it. I sold it several years later for $100 before I actually got into the hobby. I thought I did good to get my money back out of it . . . DOH!

Reminds of the little French Renault FT tanks from WW1

As said above, a 1945 Remington Rand frame with a Colt slide. The barrel is a 1985 chrome-lined replacement. The grips (or at least one of them) are replacement. They don't match. Same style and color, but one is shiny and the other is dull/matte. I see no re-aresenal stamps. The lettering on both the frame and slide are crisp so I'm not sure if either was ever refinished or not. If either was, I'd say the slide more likely than the frame as the Colt patent roll mark isn't quite as crisp as the frame's lettering. It has a few small nicks and some light scratches on the slide, and you can see the discoloration common on these old warhorses. I'm not sure if it's from the holsters or what, but that front 1/3rd of the slide is slightly darker than the rest and I see that on a lot of these. There's also a little holster wear along the high spots, esp. towards the muzzle. Bonus: No idiot scratch from the take down pin! The mag has no marking on the toe and is stamped on the bottom plate with 19200 ASSY 5508694 MFR. 1M291 which I think makes it made in the 1970s-1990s by Checkmate, probably on a government contract since they did make mags for the .Gov and The CMP had this one on hand but obviously not original to this gun. It's very a solid gun with no rust or pitting. I was (like probably all other CMP buyers) hoping for 100% Colt, but I'm pretty happy with this one. Like other CMP guns, it came in a nice heavy duty case Made in the USA.

My Service Grade arrived yesterday. I'll get some pics up soon. Colt slide on a 1945 RR frame.

Do you still have THAT guy's number? I can never find a good drywall guy.

There's a road on the Olympic peninsula in Washington (state) named Kitchen-Dick road. It has an intersection with Woodcock Rd. https://www.google.com/maps/@48.11609,-123.1994587,17.5z

In a word, "no".

I was at the one this past Saturday morning it was my first. The only "exotic" was a V12 Aston Martin. The rest were the usual classic cars, small roadsters (a couple of bug eye Sprites and 5 Miatas incl. mine), and modern muscle cars (vettes, and Mustangs mostly) plus a couple of rice-burner tuner cars. Then I got called back to work for the rest of the weekend and missed the Dalt's lunch

Which one? There's one at the Nashville Super Speedway occasionally (monthly, maybe?) and one at the AMC theater in Cool springs weekly (but only the 1st Saturday of the month turns out the exotics)

If you opt for Nashville, check out Joyride. It's a tour company running oversized golf-carts around downtown. Great for touring the area for mobility-limited visitors.

Sorry I missed it. I got called in to work Saturday morning and got to work all weekend. I swear I work for Innotech . . .

Maybe. I'd bet it needs to be tight to keep the gun from bouncing, and that would make breathing difficult. The exact problems jgradyc is solving with his rig.

^^ This Carry a broadsword or scimitar if you want to.

That's a matter of opinion and depends on both your personality and your automotive needs. I'd never call a '63 Split-Window Corvette "boring" or "reliable", but I'd take one every day of the week and twice on Sundays and gladly deal with the maintenance, unless I had to haul 5 kids around. Then I'd get a Honda Odyssey . . . . but still put a turbo on it.

South Carolina at home is winnable for Villano.......Vandy, and so is Mizzou on the road. I think this will be a 4 or 5 win season. Already 3 is a big move in the right direction after 0-8 last year, but I think an SEC win or two would be great for the program.

If you look at the Mazda CX-5, I suggest you look at 2017 and newer. The seats in the 2013-2016 are hard as rocks on an iron plate. I have a 2015 and any trip longer than an hour starts to hurt. 2017 saw a big refresh. It's the same underneath, but new body panels and new interior designs. The driving dynamics on most Mazda models hands down beat the like-for-like competition. I had a new Honda CR-V a few weeks ago as a rental. It rides smoother and the seats are way more comfortable than my CX-5, but it was as boring to drive as just about any Honda out there. Honda has just about perfected the comfortable functional reliable transportation but man do they have no soul.

Maybe a little pedantic, but it's all entrances generally used by the public. A restaurant can post the front door but not post the kitchen entrance used by employees and still be properly posted by statute. I bring it up in case someone thinks they thought up a loop hole that doesn't exist. It also doesn't have to be the door. The signage is to restrict access to the area beyond the posting. A restaurant could place a sign at the entrances to their bar area but not the front door. That would make only the bar area off limits. I've seen the sign on some Waffle House bulletin boards which sit by the restrooms. I guess you can't have a handgun in there, but the rest of the place is OK . . .

John Harris is too busy knocking on doors at the Capitol building to always keep the site up to date. Trust us. He's working hard for all of us.

You sure that's not from last year in Seattle?

As mentioned above, join the TFA. That's one of the best ways to try to get good work done on our behalf on TN Capitol Hill.

As far as has ever been reported here that I can recall, the only case of anyone being prosecuted for carrying past a sign was around 10 years ago or so in Memphis at a (I think) Kawasaki dealership. The place had been recently robbed, maybe multiple times (10+ years ago . . I don't remember specifics). Anyway, long story short, the signs were huge and obvious. This predated the current specific signage laws needing the TCA reference. I think maybe the offender was even warned verbally NOT to carry but did it anyway. A pretty blatant thumbing of his nose at the proprietor. Police were called. Charges were filed. I don't recall exactly what the outcome was, or if we ever learned the final outcome, but he probably got to see a judge at some point. I think at that time, a conviction under 39-17-1359 meant a mandatory suspension of the HCP but that's no longer in 1359.

Black panther!