Charlie Harley, #14153

My wife and I are looking at recreational properties in rural East Tennessee. Does anyone know if TN has a law like Texas where you need a minimum of ten acres to shoot a gun in unincorporated areas? Im mindful of safety, backstops, politeness with noise and all, but was curious about this facet.

Favorite “# 2“? Anything that doesn’t leave a skid mark.

Two thumbs up!

Your source for this info is what? ”Stolen from the web” ranks up there with “My cousin says…” and “I heard…”.

In the United States, it seems that we habitually walk on the right side of a hallway when there is two-way foot traffic. If two people are heading towards each they normally defer to the right. Do they defer to the left in the United Kingdom? A very Alpo-esque question but the thought crossed my mind while transiting ATL this morning.

Starting the car and idling it are what the machine is designed to do. No harm there as long as the driver accounts for the exhaust fumes. Had an acquaintance who remote started her car not knowing her husband had parked it in the garage. Lots of stinkiness but nobody was hurt. Could have been much worse.

Exactly! I kept thinking “He has only one job…”

Well said, Widder.

Except for the bowl games which constitute the playoffs, everything else is becoming a glorified scrimmage among second tier players. College football is losing me.

I agree that too much of a good thing can be bad. I just haven’t found where the line is for “too much bacon”.

I think the Marlin 94 in 357/44mag were some of the finest rifles ever made. (…along with the 39a, 336, and 1895. I have at least one of each, all pre-safety.) Here’s to hoping that Ruger can restore the Marlin name. I look forward to hearing a test report.

Contact your local woodworking club to see if they’ll put you in touch with a member who can do what you want.

Browning. Colt. Thompson. Garand. Ruger. Barrett. Glock. That’s some heady company right there. Men whose inventions bore their names, changed the face of firearms, and live on way past their deaths. Yes, I know Ronnie Barrett is still alive, but he’s worthy of being in that group.

Interesting. I’d always attributed that quote to Winston Churchill. I’m more learned now than five minutes ago.

Check with the safety officer and your squad mates. Then be prepared for a lot of questions and curiosity from onlookers. I shot a few rounds of skeet with an antique s/s and some mild BP loads. Everybody had a good time and a few even shot a target or two. And as mentioned, dramatically increase your lead.

Click on the link and go to the close up photo of the gun’s barrel, front part of the frame, and half the trigger guard. Zoom in just front of the trigger guard and tell me what the grid of random squares is. It resembles a QR code but without as many squares. Thoughts bout what it is?

My wife and I just finished our annual enjoyment of Love Actually. Before that movie came out (2003), It’s a Wonderful Life was our go-to each year. Mix in the various variations of A Christmas Carol and a biannual-ish evening of White Christmas and you have our playlist. So what movies do the Saloonatics enjoy each year? And is wish you all a wonderful season in however you celebrate.

My parents’ retirement home had a deck from which they could see the eastern horizon. For one year they went to the deck each month on the 22nd, Mom stood at a certain place, and Dad marked the handrail where Mom saw the sunrise. After the year they labeled the months, solstices, and equinoxes. Yes, they were very tuned to the rhythms of Nature.

I'm with you, Yul. It's a beautiful piece and he's incredibly skilled and dedicated to his craft, but he wouldn't work in my shop without rethinking safety. When he talked about the bandsaw bearing going out of adjustment and the blade overheating, he was really close to a blade breaking with his fingers with fractions of the blade. I knew a guy who used to claim that you weren't a real woodworker until you'd lost a finger. With him I must adamantly disagree. But it is a really cool board.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/politics/senate-aide-sex-tape-hearing-room/index.html https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-sex-tape-capitol-hill-hearing-room-leaked-video-recorded-home-several-historic-events https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-sex-tape-news-who-where-when-2023-12 So a senator's aide does an inappropriate act and is appropriately terminated for his conduct, and that means our country is falling fast? I suggest turning off Fox News, stepping away from the keyboard, and go have dinner with a friend. The world isn't nearly as bad (I'd even say it's pretty good!) as you'd like to believe.

Empty chamber indicator reduces chance of an AD while she’s looking at her phone, making googly eyes at her boyfriend, or chatting with friends. But I guarantee she’s been trained in an immediate action drill to flick out the indicator and close the bolt in fractions of a second. It’s a good compromise in my opinion. Others can disagree.

You both shall be on my heart.

Almost spit coffee at this one, Doc. I remember flying gunnery exercises at Grafenwoehr in the snow. Our scout aircraft used the rim road to navigate to various ranges just like the armor and mech infantry units. We were maybe 200’ AGL looking down at the tread heads in the snow and mud and thinking “Sure sucks down there.” as I turned the heater up.

My stock answer is, “It was a privilege to have served.”