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Two sections of this article really get my blood boiling.   EXCUSE ME!?!?!? Those weren't incidents of "anti-government violence". Those were massacres where the government murdered our fellow citizens.    That's actually pretty easy to accomplish. Don't send your black clad stormtroopers to murder people and we won't be forced to shoot back in self defense.   Fuck the author of this article and fuck the SPLC and their hate mongering way of painting the people who don't march in lockstep to their views as "dangerous extremists". Fucking tools.

I'm sure Danny Glover and Sean Penn will cry themselves to sleep tonight on their overinflated-ego sized pillows.

  My theroy is the theory of all of it.  Meaning, its a sum of a variety of issues.   long time but casual shooters who never stockpiled ammo suddenly have realized the sense in doing so. + prepping has become mainstream. + jerks are buying ammo by the case to make a quick buck on ebay. + new gun owners are buying ammo for their new guns + opressive govt has long time preppers and shooters buying too ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ no ammo

The little "hair" on the bottom left is a piece of trimming from the cutting process. I didn't notice it when I took the pic. It fell off with a quick puff of air.

I was thinking of taking up skeet.

lots of places sell them by the 100.  once the box of 1000 is opened there are 10 individual boxes of 100, right?  I understand your frustrations but there are two ways to deal with panic buying and limited supply.  one is to raise the price and the other is to limit demand on the supply.  I would much rather have limits over higher prices. 

One of each.  Two of many.  Three of some.

Best way to deal with gougers is to refuse to pay their prices. Last gunshow I went to, I'm pretty sure I pissed off a few vendors. Now, typically I'm not a confrontationalist and I made it a point to not SAY a word but when flipping over price tags I can't stifle a good laugh and I'm not going to try. If you wanna sell a base model AR for $1500 go for it, it's a free country. I'm also free to laugh at you for it. If they wanna buy up the market and sit on it. Let them. When they get hung with a load of goods, that'll be the best pay back ever.

Definitely deserves an "atta boy."   http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/03/foghorn/midwayusa-donates-1-million-to-nra/

FYI, Knoxvill had 17 ARs this AM. I picked up a SIG556 Patrol SWAT . ;)

I do think getting word out that hard to find items can be found at reasonable pricing does much good. I believe the opportunists are not surfing TGO for leads. I think they already have their leads with buddies, friends and paid people who let them know when Walmart, Academy and others receive shipments in. Those items disappear way to fast just for the common man to be passing by at the same time when guns/ammo are placed or just recently placed in the case. The market is saturated until the next wave of real legislation passes.

  That reminds me.  I need to get a tennis racket for them little drones.

i am picking up 1.7 millon primers tomorrow in east alton il. i got in 5700 pounds of hodgdon powder today along with ovet 1000 pounds of xccurate powder and ramshot .500,000 223 bullets on my back deck .i do not have a gunshow this weekend as i have been gone and things have got behind here .this weekend i will be catching up.if you are in the nashville area we can meet up if you like sime of you know where i am at i need to sell some of this stuff cause i have spent over 300,000 this week not a lot to some but a whole lot to me .tdl you can pick up your pmc friday i have to go get it .sam will be in bowling green this weekend.i have over 600 pounds of varget in stock as of today you can buy it all if you like i am just giving tgo mrmbers a heads up on this

Totally ripping off Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) but......a man can spend his whole life collecting guns, looking for the perfect collection, and it would not be a wasted life. In the end though, you will find........they are all perfect.

They should hire "Smilin' Bob" as their spokesperson.

I think letting the slide slam home is just bad gun etiquette. Imagine if you were showing someone your new car and after checking out the interior, they grabbed the door and slammed it shut really hard. That would kinda irritate me. Doubt it would hurt it much, but I don't want it done over and over either.    Dolomite touched on much of what I would say about the 1911. The only thing I would add is that the barrel hood is what pushes the barrel forward and up into battery, so without the round, the hood slams against the breach face really hard. Not good. Also, the the forward movement of the slide is stopped by the barrel feet making contact with the slide stop. Again something I don't want slammed together over and over. Then you have the trigger stuff that Dolomite talked about. One needs to remember that with top parts and labor, one can get a good deal of money in a 2 pound trigger that is really sweet. I walk the slide home on every gun I touch even the plastic ones. Particularly if they don't belong to me.   $.02

I say not do it in a gun shop because it is not your pistol and is considered by most folks as simply bad manners.  Apparently several 1911 manuals mention it and from what I read Springfield and Nighthawk specifically.  I have over 900 firearm operator's manuals but am not gonna look. But because the OP's question has been raised so many times on so many forums I did a review.  Seems to be primarily a 1911 style firearm issue.  Then as a previous poster said, you wear the slide lock if nothing else, unless you are slingshotting the slide.  I would also think there might be an issue with wear marks on the barrel and barrel hood.  Most folks like to put those marks on a gun they buy new themselves.    This is what HIlton Yam says:    http://www.10-8performance.com/pages/1911-User's-Guide.html Weapon handling protocol: Always ease the slide down on an empty chamber, never slam it shut from slide lock. A G.I. rack grade 1911 may do fine when you slam the slide on the empty chamber, but a gun with a tuned trigger and fitted barrel will do better without it. The jarring of the slide slamming down on an empty chamber can cause the hammer to follow and the sear nose to crash into the hammer hooks. Your trigger job will last longer if you ease the slide down. Further, the lower lugs on a match fit barrel take a lot of impact when they contact the slide stop, and without the buffering effect of the round feeding into the chamber, you increase wear on your barrel by slamming the slide on an empty chamber. It's not the end of the world if the slide drops on an empty chamber, but it's not a good habit to develop either. It is the sign of an amateur 1911 handler.

Or how about this post it in the benefactor section. That way it is kind of limited on who can see it.   Dolomite

I personally don't care about vandy as a whole. What is missing in today's society is GOD and his laws. We have taken him out of everything in this country IT NEEDS TO STOP unless we (meaning this country) wants to be another Sodom and Gomorrah

I pulled this from another website. It is very telling and a good indication as to what is going on. I don't think people are hoarding ammo, like I thought, I think people are buying ammo for the guns they are purchasing.    At some point the powers that be must realize that we are a substantial force. And rather than alienate us they might try catering to us if they want to remain in power.   Look at that number, 42% of all background checks were done since Obama took office. Since becoming president over 20% of the US population has bought a gun. The Monday following Newtown almost 1 million backgrounds were completed in a single day. And remember a person could have bought several guns for each background check.   http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?/topic/86058-back-ground-checks-no-ammo-right-now/

Even those outside the world of firearms are aware of the craziness surrounding ammo. They know there's money to be made, so it wouldn't be surprising if just about anyone who knows a Wal-Mart employee is asking them to get ammo for them, hold it for them, or just give them a heads-up when it comes in. 

Roger, unit order Sigs.   If you're looking for a Sig, I would recommend checking out Summitgunbroker.com.  The guy's name is Mark and he gets tons of police trade ins.  I've bought 5-6 pistols from him over the years.  Look closely at the CPO program.  They're "used" Sigs but they go back to the factory and QC'd and carry a factory warranty.  He doesn't have a lot in stock right now but he usually gets in a lot.  Back a few months ago, some were selling for $350ish.   If you're into Glocks, You can order from GTDist.com or the LEO/mil Glock dealer out east....Craigs I think.  You can pick them up for $400 new.   Personally, I wouldn't buy a new Sig.  You're paying quite a bit of money for something that loses a chunk of its value quickly.  Like I said, been there, done that. 

Can we put a moratorium on defining the term "price gouging" or at least just agree that "price gouging" and "free market" are interchangeable terms until this current round of douchebaggery is over.

best news i have heard all day!

I really don't understand how so many gun hobbyist's didnt have any ammo set back for times like these(hell I thought we had a bunch of preppers on here ;-D )....oh well if your in the group of "i have no ammo" just wait like all previous imagined crises this too will pass and prices might not ever be as low as they were but they will come back down to normal...heck look how much AR15's have come back down...patience is a virtue...and a money saver.

Just left mo LGS (the only place in town to buy primers) he has primers by the 100 to make sure someone else can get something. I left the primers there because someone else "needs" them worse than I do.

Generally, right on at 25 will give you about 2" high at 100 and about right on at 200. So, just that will provide an approximate Battle Sight Zero. Best to record you number of clicks for reference. To calibrate the rear sight to the battle sight setting you: Run the aperture all the way down and loosen the screw in the center of the elevating knob until you can turn the knob forward. Turn the elevating knob forward until the 300-yard index line is opposite the index line on the receiver. Turn the elevating knob forward from this point to the number of click equal to the 300-yard zero in elevation, less two clicks. Hold the elevating knob in position with your left hand and tighten the center screw, then run the aperture all the way up and tighten the screw. Check your setting by turning the elevating knob back until the 300-yard index line is opposite the index line on the receiver, then turn it as far forward as you can, counting the clicks. The number of clicks you can turn the elevating knob forward should be equal to your battle sight setting.

My .02   Modern Reloadin..Richard Lee   ABCs of reloading   Lee dies   "If" you can find 'em

Some primers are better than no primers. I would have bought them. Jason

I think Oh Shoot was saying that the employers can access the information through the Commercial Appeal's web site, that they do not need to go to TDOS for information, therefore there is no way you can track to see if they are looking up the information.

Me too. We can only learn and move forward!

THIS time I watched the entire video and understand the context behind Sen. Harvey's remarks.   Sen Hudak is very typical of the liberal who "cares about people". Couldn't you hear the "caring" tone in her voice? She is such a "caring" person that she thought it appropriate to lecture a rape victim about how a gun is not the answer.   How can you get any more compassionate than that?  :screwy:

  I guess that's what I get for trying to fast forward through it.  :doh:   Thanks for 'splainin' it to me. :cheers:

As long as they're keeping their prices pre- Bravo Sierra I wouldn't have a major issue with it. I do appreciate your frustration. I prefer to purchase my primers in 5000 lots.   The only way I can look at it is that it keeps the "re-sellers" from gouging. I know the best way to stop the gouging is to stop buying from those folks...I don't buy from them...but there's a lot of folks genuinely in need.   That's one of the things I appreciate most about TGO, the majority of members are looking out for each other.     edit: spelling ;)

You have to look at it in the full context of what he was saying. He was being sarcastic and basically saying "the whole purpose of this crap is to make liberals feel warm and fuzzy even if that costs you the ability to defend yourself". That's why he said he was sorry to her.

It just makes it to where a few more people can have them. For some folks 500 primers will last a very long time & they will have plenty .   At the moment I have like 300 SPP. The 500 would have suited me just fine. But that's me. Ha I would actually be pretty tickled! :)

I've no gripe about limits either.It does seem that 1000 would be a much more logical number than 500 for primers, however.

Very nice but when you add mag pouches be sure to leave room for your primary weapon...

Good, they got my order.

Think about the mechanics.  Everytime an actual round is stripped off the mag it slows the slide a bit and it slows again as it hits the feed ramp and then goes into battery.  You don't have that sharp metal to metal beating you do when you just let it go on an empty chamber.  Use some snap caps and listen to the movement, you'll hear it.  How much wear does it cause, probably little, but just as in the action of firing a round, every movement of the action is one closer to the end of spring life and wear on the interface of the chamber and the slide.   What's even worse?  Letting it go by pushing down on the slide lock.  The slide lock is NOT designed to be released in that manner.  The friction wears the slide lock down.  Seen many fairly new pistols have to get serviced when they won't hold back the slide anylonger. You should pull back a bit on the slide while pushing down on the slide lock on an empty chamber.  Just pull her back and let fly with a round (or snap cap) in the mag.

   Not trying to tell you what to do. It's your gun and choice. But..take into account some of the comments here about the long memory of these guys in relation to percieved "gouging."    Just sayin'.

  Were people buying?   I'll quit shooting for fun before i pay that.   Echoing your TGO ammo prices comment. 

They may be on our side, but they have cried wolf so many times and profiteered from it that it wouldn't matter if an asteroid was actually 3 days from impacting earth and they knew it, no reasonable person would listen to a word they said.

I don't think Vanderbilt should be allowed to have a police force as a private company/non-profit any which way. There's no responsibility to the public if it's private.

Found this on the shelf at wm today. Hurry 3 box limit. I got mine for the day.

    Does it go bad this fast, or are you just like me and paranoid? :)

S&W 645 w/ checkered Coco Bolo's

Some wood for the j frame

I had a Lone Wolf barrel for a Glock 22 I owned.  I was impressed by the fit and finish.  It functioned fine and accuracy was excellent.  I plan to pick one up for my G17 eventually so I can shoot lead with it.