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Reagan1k

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  1. OK - I'll bite. I normally don't get drawn into these discussions but here is my view. Universal Background Checks are ostensibly proposed to prevent criminals or someone who otherwise couldn't buy a firearm from doing so via a private party transaction. (Gun show parking lots, chat rooms, classifieds, etc.) If I believed that was end game, I would have minimal concern over it. What does concern me is that I do not think the gun control lobby simply wants to prevent criminals from buying weapons. A large percentage of that lobby want to stop or severely handicap the ability for anyone to buy or own a weapon. UBCs would be a 1st step and they would not stop there. There would be no appeasing that appetite. Given an inch, I believe they would want to take a mile, and that could spill over into numerous areas of infringement such as loaning a gun on a hunting trip, passing them down to an heir, etc. A UBC would tie a serial number on a 4473 to the buyer and the seller - just as it does through your FFL. If required for a period of decades, it would in effect create a pseudo registry for any owner who followed the law - and therefore sets the stage for discussions on confiscation. It simply won't stop, and compromise on something like a UBC won't lead to finding a common ground on which there could be agreement and a "truce".
  2. I'm thinking we are almost to a tipping point where someone with plenty of 9mm, 5.56, .45 etc. will be able to trade excess ammo straight up for guns of real value that the other party rarely shoots or are in odd chamberings. It would be a gamble that the ammo market returns to some sanity, but an interesting bet nonetheless. I'm always looking for 90's era 10mm's and unmolested military surplus rifles and I know I'd be tempted to part ways with some green tips or the like valued a $.70-.90/rd to make a deal. I think we're close to that point in the panic......Especially as these bills that are being introduced get some press.
  3. I picked up a Winchester 1905 .35 Win. yesterday from an auction house in the northeast. For some reason I've become fascinated with those early Winchester self loaders lately - Mod's 1905, 1907, 1910. They're cool little carbines. Those and Savage 99s have become my huckleberry over the last year and I can't put my finger on why, other than why not. I'll post some pics when it finally arrives.
  4. It's become a self fulfilling prophecy. Sort of like the stock market when things get extended to the up or to the down. The initial frenzy has spread from a core group buying more in a market with supply limited by covid. Shelves started to look bare. Please talk. Gradually all those on the sideline start to worry and FOMO kicks in dragging more and more buyer into the market. Add another 8+million new gun owners and a lot of casual shooters who shot more in 2021 due to time off with covid and shooting being a socially distanced activity and it created a perfect storm. People are buying 20ga for instance that have no intention of shooting it, but they hope at some point they could trade it for what they need. I've seen several instances where people were buying stuff off the shelf, while not owning that caliber firearm, in the hopes what they bought will be trade currency for what they need. This rising tide has floated all ships. Pretty interesting study in the herd mentality and the way any market functions when demand morphs into panic.
  5. Yeah - In the history of.....well..... history, no one goes 4-4 in that situation while under fire...much less coming up out of a nap, shooting weak handed after already being partially ventilated.
  6. I still see a lot of faxes in my line of work. Some vendors still send out order acknowledgements and invoices via an automated fax.....I guess they're still running legacy software on an AS400 or the like. Others allow you to opt in or out with the choice of fax or email. We have several old-school clients who hand write PO's and fax them. Not ideal but doesn't bother me. It is somewhat comical that they often email and ask if I got the fax, when they could have sent a .pdf or simply typed the order into the body of the email from the start. For those of us who started in business pre fax machines, when all order/invoicing was done via mail and on 3-part paper, the fax machine doesn't appear to be such a dinosaur as it was still days faster than the old way. But, I can see how someone who has always worked in an instant communication era would find the fax to be a pain in the ass. Bear in mind that we used to add long distance charges to orders in the event we had to (gasp) make a phone call regarding an order, instead of all correspondence being via USPS.
  7. Unless you can make it less comfortable (colder, wetter, etc.) inside than outside, you won't keep them out. Now, one rat snake per 250 square feet will minimize their length of stay.
  8. Damn. So very sorry.
  9. ....... Not that he’s drinking from enough to be sick. He made all that up.
  10. Have you seen what collectors are paying for Black Talon? There is a cult following for those old rounds.
  11. Not if you're having a beer and burger at a Twin Peaks in Waco........... Not a good example. There was nothing timely about that release, nor was it done willingly.
  12. That's pretty cool. You can do some amazing things with a 10/22. There have to be more custom mods for it than even the M700 action. I know a guy with a few tricked out 10/22's and what he can do with them is amazing. I think you'll see a lot of people gravitate even more to .22lr if these pill prices stay even remotely close to where they are now. A lot of "professionals" build duplicate rifles in .22lr equal to their work tools. Makes a helluva lot of financial sense right now for sure.
  13. I still hunt with a LT20 LTD 1100.
  14. That's why girls say they're not fat.....they're big boned. That 700# gal had a lot of structure to her. I'd be curious what the hide weighed by itself.
  15. Something that always interests me is how different owners clean or restore their guns (if there's a spot of rust or old, tired wood). I've got a Heinz 57 collection of everything including some of the common things like Kroil, brass wool, old pennies, boiled linseed oil, Renaissance, etc. What do you use for everyday cleaning/wipedown, fouling removal, minor rust, and wood preservation?
  16. Nice, do the window slots slide or are they hinged?
  17. I was about to request that you post the band info. Thanks. That’s always amazing to me when you see some of the ages. Especially with geese.
  18. Protein and cotton seed feeders are filled. Here’s to plenty of slow soaking rains this spring!
  19. With all of you on that. I've made the choice never to tell any sponsee or friend in the program that I am "proud" of them. I just say that I am happy for them, and that's the truth. Doesn't bother me one bit for someone to say it to me, but as stated, it can come off as odd and could perhaps lead someone prone to people-pleasing to view their actions in sobriety as being for someone else's approval rather than for their own wellbeing. Especially for someone new in sobriety, I think it is preferable to reinforce that you are happy for them, and not come off as patting them on the head and saying "Good Boy" ....even if that isn't the intent.
  20. For that matter, if you are not shooting cross-mountain and won't need a lot of energy out past 300-400 yard, a .270 could also be in the mix. Granted, it's on the lighter end for elk, but perfect for mulies and white tail if those are the primary goal. If you are proficient with it, there is no question that it is enough with a well placed shot at reasonable ranges. With the proper bullet selection and staying within its limits, the .270 was good enough for Jack O'Conner so it's good enough for me. I think anyone who has ever guided professionally or assisted guests/new hunters would agree that a hunter who is comfortable with and accurate using a lighter caliber is preferable over someone with a belted magnum or too much gun that they don't shoot well.
  21. You wouldn’t go wrong with a 7mag. Maybe a .300 win mag, as another consideration. However, if you want 180 degrees from exotic, then a 30-06 would still be the universal caliber to consider. I’m not an ‘06 guy, but have a couple older guns chambered in it. I honestly can’t recall ever killing big game with one, but I do recognize it as a premier, do-all lower 48 caliber when it comes to load selection, ammo “typically” being everywhere, and appropriate for elk/moose down to white tail.
  22. 6.8 Western by Winchester / Browning is now officially on the market (or at least is being marketed.....no idea if it is actually available anywhere) And go...........
  23. Yep, you don't see that gray on the back and shoulder too often.
  24. About two months after I stopped drinking, out of the blue my assistant commented that my signature had changed and I had decent handwriting - She asked if I was working on it - As if I had a Big Chief tablet and pencil out every night doing handwriting exercises. She didn't know I'd stopped at that point, but it was a pretty clear reminder that when I was drinking those 6-8 dry hours every day at the office were a disaster. I'm thrilled for your partner and for you that he's doing well, and I hope he continues to do what got him to this point. I've got a friend in the program and he always tells me to keep doing what I'm doing and not doing what I'm not doing. Serenity and sobriety are sustainable, but are not continuous without effort.
  25. And those deer hold tight in that corn. I hunted in Pike County one year and the outfitter stressed to me that if I see a combine start to work my field that my hunt wasn't over, but just beginning. Bedded deer would emerge from the stalks ahead of it and then circle back behind to feed. Other deer would come out of the timber and into the field when they heard the combine start......like they rang a dinner bell. I get tickled at midwestern hunters who look down their nose at a Texas corn feeder.
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