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I prefer the     over everything else. Lots of great choices out there, but for me the      is the one I can run faster and more accurate.     (I didn't include it per the OP's instructions  ;)) Sorry couldn't resist.  :biglol:

Nothing new fellas' It's old and libs try to label anything they can't fight on ideas. Check out John Wayne's take on it.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btvSE6tVHzQ

i am fed up with liberals. Grab a spatula, jump in your Volvo, and come get my guns. Assholes.

  It does hurt. Stupid stuff like this prompts businesses to post which has a direct impact on us. It also reinforces stereotypes in the minds of the non-gun-enthusiast voters, pushes voters in the indifferent-middle towards the antis, and creates an atmosphere for knee-jerk legislation for those voters to support.

  He's being treated same as everyone else. TNDOS will not issue a permit to anyone when they find record of a charge with no formal final disposition. If same crops up during a 4473 check from NICS or TICS, one will be denied firearm purchase also. Happens routinely, and others here have had same problem either with purchasing firearms or getting HCP, or both.   There is no "case" at this time because he hasn't been "wronged" at this time.  If you want to go all Spartacus on something, try the legitimacy of needing a carry permit in the first place under TN's own constitution.   - OS

If you're living in Tennessee now you need to get all thoughts of how things are done "up there" out of your head.  Please.  :)

  When you're not suckling at the government teat, someone still has to pay the bills.

I will have to agree Parrot, I would have stopped and CHEWED HIS BUTT!

That vest won't help much.

Ahh, natural selection hard at work here

The interview went great. I start the pre-training the second friday in June and it goes for 3 total fridays. 7 am to 3:30 pm each day.   I know it's no guarantee of a job but i have also heard the initial training is worse than the job itself. I guess they have to weed out those who want to work and those who just want to goof off.   Just glad they are giving me a chance. Thanks all

Just be sure to duct-tape your loosley zip-tied rifle-shaped kydex case to your bike.  :stir:

[quote name="Mike.357" post="1153554" timestamp="1401467435"]be careful where you shoot them things. I shot some out of a M1 carbine once and started a leaf fire on my dirt pile.[/quote]I used to downplay the risk of tracers causing fires, I figured as long as I had a proper backstop it would be OK. Well we took some 5.56 Nato military tracers out to a public range one day, it had a huge mountain as a backstop, nothing but hundreds of vertical feet of dirt, covered by some huge fallen timber logs, no loose brush. On the day we were shooting it had been raining like a monsoon for almost 24 hours, and was still pouring so bad that it was difficult to see the targets through the scopes. So everything was completely soaked and muddy. Yet those tracers set the mountainside on fire after just a few shots, and it burned red hot flames despite the rain. We walked up to check it and the wet logs were burning near each point of impact. Took us 15 minutes to put it out, and the owners of the range and all the other shooters were shocked, never seeing anything like it, and we would have bet anything against a fire being started under those conditions. So have fun but please be careful, more careful than you might think necessary.

I have debated 357/38 vs others for SHTF for years. Honestly I think a 40 with a 9mm conversion barrel is a lot better SHTF BOB. What really interest me about a 357/38 is that I don't need magazines and handloads are easier made.

Drill it smooth and wood glue in a dowel then re-drill. Quick easy and a strong repair.

Yep. I think it's important to remember that there are a lot of Dems out there who support gun rights. Even if you don't agree with a lot of their other policies, it's possible to find common cause with this. Especially against their more lunatic fringe.

Anyone who still believes there is a real and substantial difference between the Rs and the Ds has been snookered so soundly that they are no longer being scammed, they are scamming themselves.

FINALLY - - - I've been waiting almost two years for these to be released.  :hyper:   From the CMP email......   INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CORPORATION M1 GARANDS. CMP currently has 511 Service Grade IHC M1 Garand rifles (with LMR barrels) available for purchase. The CMP North and CMP South stores will be allocated 64 of these rifles each. The balance of 383 rifles will be reserved for mail order purchase. Price of these rifles, CMP item number RM1IHCSLMR, is $975 plus $29.95 S&H. CMP also has 384 Service grade IHC M1 Garand rifles that do not have LMR barrels. Price of these rifles, CMP item number RM1IHCS, is $925 plus $29.95 S&H. Please note that the only part on either of these two item numbers guaranteed to be the IHC is the receiver. Purchasers are limited to only one IHC M1 Garand per customer. Mail orders will be accepted immediately until enough orders are received to allocate the current inventory. Rifles will be available at the stores on 5 June, 2014. We do still have approximately 2,000 IHC rifles to inspect and repair and make ready for sale. We expect the next partial IHC release to be in November, 2014, but it may be sooner.   Sent my order in by Priority Mail today!   :x:     Here is a link to the CMP ordering information.   http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/orderinginfo.htm  

H&K USP platform     i have always been a fan of the mag release on these pistols. i have a broken bone in my thumb which unless i shoot a single stack handgun, makes it hard for me to reach the mag release. with the H&K i can train my index finger to drop the mag and it allows me to utilize the double stack platform without adjusting my grip every time i engage the mag release. i also prefer the way the slide is cut, flat top with the sides having a prominent angled drop. The reliability is also a deciding factor with the history H&K has built for itself. the only downfall is the proprietary accessory rail and the price of magazines or any part for that matter.       i started lets hear from someone else

  From USC 18 Sec. 930, Possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in Federal facilities:   "(h) Notice of the provisions of subsections (a) and ( b ) shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance to each Federal facility, and notice of subsection (e) shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance to each Federal court facility, and no person shall be convicted of an offense under subsection (a) or (e) with respect to a Federal facility if such notice is not so posted at such facility, unless such person had actual notice of subsection (a) or (e), as the case may be."   (a and e are firearm carry)   Note that no such provision for posting in 39 CFR 232.1 - Conduct on Postal Property., though. But the stakes are much lower, worst case scenario.   - OS

  I get it now.  Thought it was actually 4% that founded the country and started a new guvment.   Just goes to show....we lucked into this country and Constitution.  It was a great ride while it lasted. 

Amen. And no, that's not one of the 4 letter words. ;)

I "EXTREAMLY" value my constitutional rights so I guess that makes me an extreamist. I'm getting to where I don't care what some people think or say about me anymore, if you don't agree with their liberal beliefs then you're an extreamist and racist and ect.ect. Those words have become a joke nowadays. Some people are not worth arguing or debating with, my response to them is, Oh well, there's not a damn thing you can do about it except b!tch and moan and call people names.

Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. Quite frankly I have no idea. :shrug: I guess odd are good that I'm 3% something.

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/30/house-votes-to-defund-doj-program-that-snagged-leg/#.U4itf-BHl-o.twitter

Got to go with my first love, S&W revolvers. The first gun I ever owned was a used S&W Highway Patrol model 28 with 6" barrel. Pure pleasure to shoot. The combination of wood and blued metal just looked sexy, and felt right in my hands. Not to mention the weight of the gun made even hot .357 magnum reloads easy to shoot. I loved the sound of the gun and the flash of the ball of fire every time I pulled the trigger. I kept it for many years, even using it as my carry gun when I worked for the Sheriff's department. I sold the Smith in order to buy my first Glock 17. Half the weight, and just as many rounds in one magazine and in the tube as I could carry in my Smith plus two speed loaders. Now as I get older, and hopefully a little wiser, I still appreciate the utility of the Glock, but I would love to find another old model 28. Would make a great range gun/ BBQ gun/night stand companion. I would not hesitate to use it for a CCW given the right holster. :)

Ive noticed gun shows seem to be on the downward slide lately w murfreesboro being the only decent thing to go to w/in 100 miles of nashville,anyone else see this?? i know some are good, and some are bad, but were just not seeing any.I enjoy seeing DM, with him as an exception, but was just wondering...or has everyone finally sold out of nazi junk and bonehandled knives??? :ugh:

  Yes I see that now... Was going on past experience; in that in MI the app is something you want to take home and fill out first, blah blah blah.... I'll have to make a couple of trips one for the driver's lic and then go back again after I'd had time for the HCP course; least TN honors my CPL for 6 months after I apply for a DL...

Sorry for being old and forgetful but thought it would be fitting and proper   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Ikj1hZDnw

No Bigun, not out to hate anyone but if you can watch that video and not get wet eyes you don't love our troops an are not American is the only thing I can think about someone that has not feelings..........jmho  I am as tough as an old Outhouse leather hinge but that video turns my leather into a silk scarf every time I watch it........... :up: :up: :up: :usa:

sig 226 or HK compacts, rugged,reliable,ACCURATE. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 of course it ate my spelling.

Well, figured I would revive this thread. I found my pet load and what I needed. I ended up with LC 12-13 brass neck turned to .0135, flash holes chamfered and primer pockets reamed. COAL 2.005 Ogive OAL 2.238 (.01 off lands) 43.6 grs IMR 4064 178 AMAX 210M primers This gave me 2599 with the chrono and it being my high node. I had to settle for this because nothing was acceptable above it, the groups really opened up a lot the higher I went. I shot the F-class on the 24th and with my 20" barrel I didn't do to bad. 558 overall, and my last relay giving me a 193-5x which I'm pretty happy with. I'll tinker with OAL a little when I have time, but for now this load is my go to load.

when I can't find stuff I have stashed, after lengthy searches I always seem to find it in the last place I look,

Best I remember, this with polymer lower was just under 5lbs without mag when it was in shown config. Hey, it is an Armalite Rifle Pistol. :) - OS

They are done with real flares and if your ever near an airport when a hero or more are being brought there all of the pilots do the Angel Star burst on a fly over before landing. I have not seen any in sometime so not sure if Obama has stopped them or not but last one I saw was at Nashville about 2 years ago when 3 hero's were being brought home.  I think there has been  a few at Ft Campbell recently if I remember my buddy right when he said he was at Campbell last year when an Angel Flight came in.

If China gets itself into a serious conflict it can affect us in a major way. Imagine if all imports from China were reduced by 50%. People in America would loose their minds until a replacement supplier stepped up. It would take a year or more for any type of US manufacturing to actually start producing from scratch. I have always said that if China stopped exporting to the US we would turn into a third world country over night because almost everything we buy, food and goods, comes from China now. Things we use day to day would disappear overnight. The question is who would survive a long term situation like that, us or China. And the really big question would be who would the US side with? If we side with everyone other than China then we risk having their imports cutoff or their refusal to lend us any more money. Or if we side with China, a communist country, and have the rest of the world condemn us.

  Yep. Definitely a Good K-frame in the top 2. But...for all round comfort to hold and shoot, it's gotta be a....   Wait for it....   A Hipower. The classic Browning.

  mhl spoke a great truth here; along with greg's comment on the 1911 "platform"...   There are some of us "geezers" who remember when the double action revolver and the 1911 wuz king... Like mhl;  im a great fan of the double action smiths in any flavor (...N, K, or J...)... I grew up shootin them and they are my revolver favorites... The fact is that a double action revolver is utterly reliable and if a finished gun man who is handlin it can shoot double action; it's as deadly as a drug store til the first reload (...which ya usually dont need...)... The same is true of the 1911...   The fact is that i like all the legacy gun "platforms" because they all work and work very well...That's how they became so popular...  I've got a 25 year old who is deadly with a 4 inch 629... He wuz taught to shoot double action by his geezer dad (...who can't shoot nearly as good as he can...)... Never feel bad about being "outgunned" by carryin a good double action revolver... If ya know how to shoot; ya ain't... The newer stuff may tote more rounds in the magazine; but that's about all...   All that bein said; we've got a pile of "modern" glocks; and that's what we carry...   The smiths and the colts are locked away in the gun safe... Too valuable to carry...   The polymer stuff is like a hammer or a handsaw; it's simply a tool... The revolver and the 1911 is a work of art... Meant to be appreciated, praised, and shown to friends... The polymer stuff is meant to be shown to your adversaries...   leroy

Neither he nor mom called 911? Even after the guy was in the house?!?!

Hard to beat a Smith & Wesson revolver for power and reliability.   Glock if I want a "platform".

China has always been the country you equate with loud neighbors, oozing cathouses, thump thump music and Richard Lewis singing broadway tunes in a feminine off pitch key...no offense to any asian descent members here from proc...lots of noise, theft and unrest thats always unproductive.....except for the few that want good deal...Booger Jr in N Korea is the one ive got crosshairs on....that lil cat turd is capable of some stirring up some crap..

I like HK's... The first "coke bottle" (...polymer...) pistol i ever shot was a HK USP 45... I like 'em; i just think they are too expensive for a polymer construction firearm... They are extremely accurate and dependable, and they started my "pistola" oddesy toward the glock... I would love to find a "lovingly cared for and little used" HK USP at a sensible price...   leroy

Encouraging kids to read? Check. Voluntary contributions, not taxes? Check.   What's not to like? Unless you're a Romulan.

What a great picture!!

I lost some ammo for a year and a half - it was in a Christmas popcorn can.  Seemed like a good idea at the time.   My memory has gotten so bad that I try not to hide things any more.  But they end up hidden just the same.  I need help!

A hit with a 9mm beats the crap out of a miss with a .45 cal! I mainly have 9mms for the same reason, my wife if is able to control them.

The free market (or whatever we have left of it in America) will win out on this.  Guns are an amazing product and a steady profit generator.  Hell, the costs you save by not needing a dedicated advertising campaign like other products use are amazing in themselves.  I'd trust a return on investment from an established gun shop more than I would a savings bond from most countries in the Eurozone right now.

Battery life is an issue.  I would like for it to be more like 6 months rather than one.  Also bio-metric sensors still have a ways to go before I would trust my life to one working right.  A lot of things will cause your fingerprints to change a little and be unreadable to the sensor.  Get a cut on your finger, wont read.  Have an issue of dry skin or callouses, it won't read.  Been out working and got some dirt on your hand, it won't read.  It does have the key backup so its not any worse than a traditional key lock, but i find that people misplace the keys to bio-locks because they don,t plan on using the key.  Absolutely no discussion of price point.     Its a step in the right direction, but i'm skeptical.    

one day the 22 lr ammo will get back to somewhat normal prices.  i hope the wal mart butt heads will have to eat all the ammo they got. 

+1    I've seen a raccoon whoop the crap out of a healthy full grown black lab   I wonder if this JR didn't get a mouthful of tail as the coon was going under/through a fence? either way, it's funny to think about that coon running around with no tail and that lil guy chewing on it on your carport.