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A good business selling on line should immediately confirm that they received payment and give some kind of idea when they intend to ship. I have found that folks that are operating and selling small time out of their homes unfortunately do not operate like Amazon or even ebay when it comes to this kind of stuff. Many of them that have several items for sale will wait several days so when they do ship it will be just one trip to the post office or UPS. From what you say this guy's selling history is he has not screwed anyone yet in 31 transactions and since it was just Friday you have only had two business days that have passed I would not panic yet. So before jumping the gun saying you have been ripped off I would give this guy a few more days to see how things play out because it is hard to know exactly what is going on behind the scenes with this operation

Use it up for Soup-Stew in a crockpot and slow cooked for a day will solve that problem. Al

I finally got around to sight the little Marlin 44 mag in with the same 300 gr Noslers used with the receiver sight. Bore sighted first and was shooting low, walked them up to center and she grouped about the same as with the receiver sight. The thing is the scope will work for my eyes in dim-low lighting conditions where the receiver sight was very poor in getting a sight picture, really pleased with the 2.5 Leupold compact scope, field of view, eye clearance and clear sight picture are superb. Also the Leupold quick release rings which are a first for me work very well, took the scope off twice and fired a shot and both printed right back to the point of aim. So if the scope ever happened to fail which I highly doubt because it is a "Leupold", I still do have the open sights to fall back on. It will not be long before I will give her an early season try where most shots would be well under 100 yards. 50 yards

I believe it all depends on the amount of human activity that goes on in the immediate area that is being hunted, the more activity the less spooky the deer become, they will learn to avoid. I for years hunted small game on the exact same property I hunted deer, I may have been hunting as many as five days a week right up to opening day of deer season. The deer would surely clear out and avoid me when I was coon hunting at night, grouse squirrel or rabbit hunting during the day and by the way with dogs to boot. Bottom line the end the deer always came back to their home territory and resumed their normal activity after I left because I believe they saw me as more of a nuisance than a predator that was actually pursuing them. When deer season opened I went into stealth mode and never failed to kill a deer in that area and some decent ones at that. Now in a more remote area with no human activity to speak of a different set of circumstances. Deer will be much more spooky and suspicious of any scent or activity they are not used to. I would keep the activity down when the season got close. Also I suppose if I were a trophy hunter after a known big buck in the area I probably would change my activity level pre season and keep it at a minimum in that buck's home area. Al

That's what I like seeing, nice shooting with a classic rifle and cartridge that can handle every big game species there is to hunt on this continent. Al

That is the same thing that is coming across to me. Al

Oh they have a plan alright.

Depending on the hunting pants I am wearing I will use either gaiter leggings or camo duck tape to seal my boots and pant cuffs to keep ticks out especially in warmer weather. As for the tape's scent I firmly believe that there is no possible way to defeat a Deer's sense of smell if you are upwind and the scent around you is going to them. So while I try not to stink like high Heaven I do not worry at all about the tape's scent. Al

I once owned a Ruger 44 auto, the physical gun I loved in both looks feel and handling. The accuracy was not good at all, I was getting 6 inch groups at 100 yds which was probably good enough for taking deer but I was not happy with that kind of accuracy with a rifle especially when I could shoot better groups with my S&W model 29 revolver. It was pretty well known that accuracy out of those carbines was not the best but I tried. So down the road that one went. I currently have a Marlin 94 lever action with the 16 inch ported barrel, that little carbine is a tack driver with my shots touching at 50 yds shooting 300 gr Nosler hollow points with open sights. I was having trouble lining up the receiver sight in dim light so I mounted a Leupold 2.5 compact this past winter. It is going to be what I use in early part of the season when the leaves are still on this year. Al

I will stand by stop and frisk as the best common sense method of getting guns out of the hands of thugs and criminals and I also will stand by my statement of not being scared in the least about being stopped and frisked because there will be nothing illegal found when I am frisked. Unless you are up to no good there is no real argument here other than having to put up with some hassle on a method that has been proven to stop crime. It will save lives. A lot of crabbing about stop and frisk but no one has shown me any better solution to actually getting illegal weapons out of the hands of criminals. I am not against a better idea to help solve this problem, if you have one let's hear it. Al

Don't scare me in the least because if I am frisked there will be nothing found that is not legal. Regardless I would put up with it if it saves thousands of lives. Al

Stop and frisk is when police temporarily detain somebody and pat down their outer clothing when there are specific articulable facts leading a reasonable police officer to believe a person is armed and dangerous. It is not necessary for the officer to articulate or identify a specific crime they think is being committed, only that a set of factual circumstances exist that would lead a reasonable officer to have a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is occurring

Who wants the hassle of having to be stopped and frisked, nobody including myself wants to be stopped and frisked but these inner city shootings-killings have become so pervasive that it is almost normal. Even here in central NY turn on the local evening news and see reports of shootings every other day and this happens all over the country, something has to be done. There is going to have to be some give somewhere and of all the solutions I have seen to get guns and thugs off the streets stop and frisk is the best idea with the most common sense. I don't like it but I would put up with it to stop this massacre that is going on. I do not see making drugs legal or banning rifles that hold more than six rounds even putting a small dent in this problem, we are dealing with criminals and they don't much care about the law and they are certainly not going to all come forward and turn in their weapons if drugs are legal or not. Or just keep the status quo and let em blast away until we end up with cities like the movie "Escape from NY' block them in and let them have at it! Al

Where are these utopian nations where hard drugs are legal? Every day, 78 people in the United States die from an opiate overdose — 29 of them from heroin, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's more than 10,500 deaths a year attributed to heroin and more than 28,000 deaths from opiate overdoses. If the above is happening with just those two drugs, it is not hard for me to imagine what would happen in time if hard drugs were made to be legal and the spigot was turned on. As for marijuana like cigarettes there is going to be no free lunch smoking that stuff especially long term health wise. Colorado will be a good test to see how legal works out on the crime side.

That sounds good to me, now how do we go about getting all those illegal guns out of the hands of those that do not have them legally?

So Redneck as I asked Core what common sense solution do you propose doing to solve the rampant illegal guns, murders-shootings and drug problems wrecking the inner cities? I am all ears. Al

So Core what is your common sense solution for getting those illegal guns and drugs out of the hands of those folks destroying those communities?

I totally agree with strictly enforcing the gun laws we have on the books and ending the plea deals. And like I said above here in NY I already have to register my handguns like it or not. Al

The rampant shootings along with drugs are the main reason inner city communities are falling apart and turning into war zones. Something has to be done and stop and frisk seems pretty reasonable and a common sense course of action unless you are someone that is up to no good like having an illegal firearm or a pocket full of drugs if you play by the law you should have nothing to worry about. Also Cops do not have free reign when it comes to stop and frisk and I do not buy into the payola slant at all. Stop and frisk is when police temporarily detain somebody and pat down their outer clothing when there are specific articulable facts leading a reasonable police officer to believe a person is armed and dangerous. It is not necessary for the officer to articulate or identify a specific crime they think is being committed, only that a set of factual circumstances exist that would lead a reasonable officer to have a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is occurring. Reasonable suspicion is one step below probable cause and one step above a hunch. A "frisk" by definition is a type of search that requires a lawful stop. It is best thought of as a separate act, but in practice, a suspect who refuses to answer questions in a stop may be providing the officer with sufficient justification to frisk. A frisk should not be for anything other than a dangerous weapon or contraband. However, if other evidence, like a suspected drug container, is felt, it can be seized by the officer under the "plain feel" doctrine. The test for plain feel is that the item's contraband nature be "immediately apparent".

From the look of the fur it looks more like a bear that any of the three choices. Al

Sorry not buying into to that line of thought, stop and frisk done right has nothing to do with registering guns, by the way here in NY my handguns are basically already registered. Everyone is clamouring about something being having to be done about all these rampant shootings with some common sense, this is about as common sense as we can get without trampling the second amendment. Like I said the law can stop and frisk me all they want, I ain't worried because I am not doing anything that is not legal and so should anyone else that is following the laws. Al

As far as I am concerned stop and frisk used right is a good common sense way of getting many of the illegal firearms off the streets and bring down these crazy shootings that have become common and rampant. The law can stop and frisk me all they want, it would not bother me one bit.

I happened to catch a hunting show a couple of days ago on one of the outdoor channels featuring a fellow that took just about every single species of big game in North America with a Winchester model 94 in 30-30. He did not mention the ammo he was using but whatever the brand and bullet it worked very well. Moose, Elk and Bison did not go far after he hit them with well placed shots and neither did any of the other smaller species, I was impressed. I like lever actions and have 3 Marlins in 357 mag, 44 mag and 45-70, a Winchester 88 284 Winchester and a Savage 99 30-30 all iconic rifles and all will work great on big game with well placed shots using the proper ammo. Go to a well stocked shop and get your hands on some lever actions and get a feel and fit for each maker's rifle, go with the one that you like in looks and the way it shoulders for you. Al

This part looks to be a good solution. Al http://www.garandgear.com/m1-garand-ammunition

Your Monarch Cookstove is a more modern version of the old fashioned models and it appears to be in nice condition. The cooktop will clean up with some fine steel wool and some cooking oil after that is done wipe down with a cloth with just enough cooking oil to leave a very light coating to keep fine rust from forming. As long as the grates and firebrick "(if used in this model) are in good shape five to seven hundred dollars is not out of line. For a camp a wood-coal burning cookstove is the ideal appliance, it will handle both heating and all your cooking chores It would be one of the first things put in a camp if I owned one. I use one in my home and it has been one of the best purchases I have ever made. I picked up a new Heartland cookstove about 20 years ago, it burns both wood and coal, I burn coal 75% of the time because of long burn times. When the cold hits weather It heats the house for the most part and most of the cooking is done on it during the winter months and a constant 10 gallon supply of hot water, also nice backup when there is any power outages. This is the model I have except it is in hunter green.