It's a shame that drones are getting such a bad rap because of a few idiots that mis-use them. I saw now they have made actual shotgun shells just to shoot down drones. I saw one video where a photographer was flying one high up over a house fire and the firefighters started to hose it down. Fortunately he was able to steer it away and avoid damage. The drone was not causing any issue at the scene, unless there were choppers in the vicinity. That's a real problem with them.

Even birds don't like them, by evidence of the hawk video link I posted a couple weeks ago.



Now I heard last night on the news they are banning drones from covering the Pope's visit.

If people would just use common sense there would not be so many problems. I foresee the day when drones could replace helicopters for a lot of events (good and bad). It's just like any other technology, people will find a lot of good uses for it. Then there are those who just must do evil. OK I'm done ranting. Thanks for listening...peace.

I was considering getting one just for fun, but now, not so sure.

Several years ago, my brother-in-law gave me this old Savage M99 take-down rifle in .300 Savage caliber. His father bought the rifle, brand new, in 1937! It has been on two actual hunting trips. The rest of the time, it resided in his closet!

Occasionally, I take it out and shoot it just to be sure it's "healthy." It shoots like gang busters!

These old take-down models are fairly rare, especially one that's this clean.

I thought some of you gun enthusiasts might enjoy taking a look at it.