Feeling Right at Home in Knoxville...

[Grunt81]

Hey ya'll! I'm happy to meet my new TGO brothers. I'm not exactly new to TGO, but my wife, two cats, and I, made the journey from Los Angeles to Knoxville a couple of weeks ago. I'm loving it so far. Even in the worse time of the day, the traffic still isn't anywhere near as bad as in LA. Everything I need and want is within 15 minutes and our cost of living just cut in half, to include auto insurance.

 

There's nothing firearms related I'm not interested in. I'm all about long range precision, tactical pistol shooting, and want to get into hunting a deer this season. We've got two AR-15s, a Mossberg 535 12-gauge with 2 chokes, Glock 17, Beretta 92F, Savage .308, and fully custom Ruger 10-22. I might also have a Winchester Mod 94 lever-action in 30-30 on the way, so maybe I'll do some cowboy shooting. I also reload 3 calibers and will be building a bench soon. We'll both be getting CCW licenses once employment is locked on.

 

Glad to meet ya'll. In closing, I'll leave you with a quote from a Kings of Leon song I heard recently, "If you give up New York, I'll give you Tennessee...The only place to be."

Edited June 6, 2015 by Grunt81

[Major Kong]

Welcome Grunt, glad to have you.

[enfield]

Welcome!

[runningfree]

Welcome to town.

[Jamie Jackson]

Glad to have you and the family here Grunt.

 

We're in West Knoxville and agree it's a great town. We're transplants as well...but that was 9 years ago...still loving it. :pleased:

[Jonnin]

welcome!

 

the classes and hoops to jump thru for deer season ... youll want to get right on that so as not to miss your chance to get the license.  You will also want to figure out where you can go to hunt way in advance  --- public land is weird, you get stuff like "you can hunt these 2 acres every third Wednesday between date and date".   Best of luck with that.   The 30-30 would be ideal for deer.   The 308 would also work of course, and you could load 308 to perform like 30-30 if you like as well, saving a bit on the shoulder.   Its not the one shot you fire at the deer.  Its the 25 you fire sighting it in the week before that bruises you...

Edited June 7, 2015 by Jonnin

[GhostRecon21]

Welcome.


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[Fourtyfive]

Welcome and thank you for your service !

[DWARREN123]

Grunt81 Welcome to Tennessee!   :wave:

[Grunt81]

Just got back from church. Thank you everyone for the welcomes.

welcome!

 

the classes and hoops to jump thru for deer season ... youll want to get right on that so as not to miss your chance to get the license.  You will also want to figure out where you can go to hunt way in advance  --- public land is weird, you get stuff like "you can hunt these 2 acres every third Wednesday between date and date".   Best of luck with that.   The 30-30 would be ideal for deer.   The 308 would also work of course, and you could load 308 to perform like 30-30 if you like as well, saving a bit on the shoulder.   Its not the one shot you fire at the deer.  Its the 25 you fire sighting it in the week before that bruises you...

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know some of these hoops existed.

[Grunt81]

Welcome and thank you for your service !

Much appreciated. My wife got out as a Marine Captain. We're happy to live among folks who are generally more patriotic than where we came from.

[Jonnin]

Just got back from church. Thank you everyone for the welcomes.

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know some of these hoops existed.

 

Its not that bad but it can be a pain to find the hunter's education class -- a requirement for a license -- at a good location an a reasonable time and date etc.  There just are not a lot of em each year.   Its all done by volunteers and they work it in when they can and where they can find a facility etc.    And again public land is a bit confusing about when you can go where.   All the info is out there but it can be a bit of a chore to get it all set up -- you have the summer, so a few months and it will be season ....

[Zeke311]

Hello from Oak Ridge!

Just moved here three months ago from NY ...

[Spots]

Welcome to the patron state of shooting stuff. Spent 2 years stationed at MCAS Miramar in San Diego, and will be the first to tell you that you will enjoy Tennessee much, much more. Semper Fi to you and your wife.

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[Raoul]

Welcome

[Grand Torino]

Welcome aboard. :up:

[raildog]

Welcome to the fold and the state

[hipower]

Welcome to Grunt and Mrs. Grunt. Thanks to both of you for your Service!

And anyone coming from California to Tennessee and can quote a Kings of Leon line is very, very welcome!

[Guest 615Josh]

Welcome to the site