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What the government does not realize is that in the 30+ years of war our country has seen they have created millions of patriots. And how ironic that the patriots they created that will be the ones take back the country from those who created them. I just wonder at what point we go from using politics to using arms. Right now those in power are using racism, economic divides and gun control to distract most from seeing what they are doing but some of us see it plain as day.

Got this one this morning at 7:47am. 8lbs 5.7oz healthy baby girl!

Memphis knows how to do it   http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=396_1428386970

  I had a bowl of them yesterday.   Sorry, I thought you said Ramin Noodles.

I bought it in 1997 and gave it to him as a gift. He passed away on March 12th of this year. We had his funeral on his birthday March 21st. I was doing some research on his Garand it was assembled the year he was born. I don't know how much dollar value it has but to me it is priceless. It isn't pretty but it could shoot. When I take it to the range I will be thinking of all the time we spent together. [URL=http://s282.photobucket.com/user/zgunbear/media/20150407_203718.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s282.photobucket.com/user/zgunbear/media/20150407_203743.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s282.photobucket.com/user/zgunbear/media/20150407_203755.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s282.photobucket.com/user/zgunbear/media/20150407_203804.jpg.html][/URL]

"Only in Memphis".  "Typical Memphis".  Must have been filmed and posted by somebody from Nashville.

Rock Island Armory.

Computer? In a '68??? Blasphemer!

If these young people would just speak English, us old people would know what they were saying.

The best way to see if it's a real cop is to Dial 911 and tell the dispatcher an unmarked car purporting to be a police car is attempting to stop you and you want verification that it's a real cop. The dispatch center will get your license number and location, then contact all units on the air and ask if any of them are trying to stop you. Go from there.

down low. Sheesh  :rofl:

This may or may not be correct, bersaguy. There are differences between a citizen's authority and an officer's authority.  In many states an LEO may use deadly force on a fleeing felon to stop him. In recent years these states have clarified this to mean violent felonies only, and it goes back to the old west days when a felon was always a radically dangerous person you didn't want escaping. But it doesn't end there. You have departmental policies coming to bear on the subject as well.    In my department the law said you could use deadly force on a fleeing felon who had committed a violent felony, period. But our department's shooting policy, (which is binding on all officers in the department with the force of law) clearly stated that the use of deadly force in these circumstances was only authorized when no other means of apprehension was possible or when all possible alternatives had failed. Most departments I worked around added similar limitations on the use of deadly force against fleeing felons above and beyond these legal requirements.   Now, I have no idea if South Carolina has such a statute, and we need to give ourselves a little wiggle room on this count until this all shakes out in coming days. But I would think that if the Chief of Police and Mayor have disavowed the officer's actions, you can bet the City Attorney and/or the District Attorney has reviewed the evidence too and concurs with them. I also suspect that the Governor and State Attorney General have weighed in too.  So I really doubt that any fleeing felon statute is in play. (I don't see a felony on the part of the citizen so far, but like I said, I don't know South Carolina law. So we'll have to wait and see. I'm a little uncomfortable right now because I can't find out specific details on what transpired between the traffic stop and the shooting.)   After a shooting death most states require some sort of hearing by a Coroner's Jury, Grand Jury, or a Preliminary Hearing in Court in these cases and I haven't seen any indication that one has been held yet. When one of these is held, we'll pretty well know what happened.    Barring any unusual legalities or mitigating circumstances that may still come to bear in the officer's favor, everything I know about the case so far says he is probably in worse than serious trouble.   My LE experience was not in Tennessee, just to make that clear.

The article does not make a distinction for a bad guy getting shot and killed by the hand of law enforcement or a good guy citizen during the course of a crime.I'm sure the numbers would not seem so bad if you took out every Johnny Thug that got shot and killed trying to do harm to others. The article makes it sound like these were unprovoked murders of innocent people.

I don't think that's how fast cash is supposed to work.

So many comments on this one. .....none of which are acceptable to the terms and conditions of being a member here on TGO.

Congratulations on the beautiful baby girl.  Enjoy years 1-13, then brace for the coming storm!

Outside Bass Pro and Sportmans Warehouse in Southaven, Avery outdoors is the only non-big box store there is in the area.  They have a pretty good selection but are hit and miss on popular powders.  Primers are available, as well as a pretty good selection of projectiles.  Averys is like Marshalls and T J Maxx.  You never know whats going to hit the shelf, but I can assure you it will be gone quickly. 

I would vote against a mil spec.  Your budget will allow more than that.   I'm a Springfield guy.  I've had one for many years that is a tack driver.  I recently got a Springfield 1911 loaded and love it even more.   With current market pricing, the Springfield Loaded has models that are roughly $100 more than the Ruger.  In my view they are worth it.   Here is a good review on the Ruger, where a Ruger representative talks about how they approached this gun.   http://www.gunsandammo.com/reviews/the-ruger-sr1911-review/   Here is the review that sold me on the Springfield.   http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/03/brad-kozak/gun-review-springfield-loaded-1911-a1/   Both of these pistols are reasonably below the $800 price point you mentioned.

Ruger SR1911 is probably the best value out there right now. It’s a quality build, it’s accurate, and it’s not much more than the imports. I’ve owned most flavors of American made 1911’s and currently own a Ruger SR1911 and an S&W SW1911. You really can’t go wrong with a Ruger, Smith & Wesson, Kimber, or the upper end of the Springfield line. What is your nightstand gun now?

Rock Island.  You can buy a lot of ammo with the difference between that and the next pricing level of entry level 1911's

Gonna have to second th e Ruger SR1911. It out of the box ready to go.

  But is was all thrown together with great difficulty and skill in mom's basement.  :lol:

Another vote for Springfield, mil-spec in the $600 range, loaded model at $800 and the range officer in the middle. I bought 2 RO's, the first was that good.

EE.....extremely expensive......have you seen the prices some people want for used and abused crap on ARFCOM?

RIA series 70 on the low end, Ruger series 70, Springfield series 70, but have a mainspring lock which is easily replaced. You would be in the $450.00 to $750.00 range. These would be good starters in my opinion. If you like stainless steel at a good price look at the Ruger. I think Springfield and RIA has stainless versions as well but at higher prices.

and into.... and yes, the address is correct ****Credit: some bored person on Reddit****

Seems to describe them perfectly, 'Turbo-anal-isis'.

I've had experience with Springfield. Think it was a Loaded Model, but it's been more than 5 minutes ago, so I don't remember. Never had any issues with it though. I hear the Ruger SR1911 is a good one as well. I know that's not much help, but you're doing the right thing - do all the research you can before you jump in and go with this or that model. There's not much worse than buying a brand new or new-to-you gun and have it turn out to be a piece of junk. I've had it happen. You might narrow down to a few different brands and then really dig in on the research. Sometimes I'll look up videos of torture tests on certain models, and look up all the reviews I can. Just so you know, once you buy one, pictures and range reports are mandatory. :)

Gonna be hard to beat the Ruger Sr1911 and the Springfield Range officer for a first 1911. You get alot of bang for your buck with either. Alot of people seem to like the Rock Island 1911s also.

She is beautiful. I'll say a prayer for her good health and long life

Equipment Exchange on Arfcom, and other sites I'm sure.

Equipment exchange probably.

Well, I don't know what part of the Video you saw the Black man pull a taser out and attempt to use it on the officer. The officer said the man tried to take his away from him and that was what was on the ground. What was the reason for the officer to shoot the man in the back several times s still unclear. Why did the officer pick up his taser or what ever that was laying in front of him and carry it over and throw it beside the dead man? Lets face reality folks. If anyone of us with legal handgun carry permits gets into a confrontation with another armed criminal and the criminal makes a break and chooses to run away, the immediate to you is over. If we shoot anyone in the back we will be charged with murder and we will go to prison. This officer in this case has no more legal authority to shoot this man in the back than anyone with an HCP does on this site or anywhere else. I agree with Hozzie and he should be charged with Murder1......................JMO

The officer deserves to be arrested for murder. A taser is not a life threatening device and he was clearly not in immediate danger. No excuses on this one. Just look t the non chalance in which he walked up to the guy afterwards like this was some normal event.

Know your weapon and how it functions without question. Comparing a 1911 carried with safety off to other semi-autos is apples/oranges. Not all accidental/negligent discharges are from someone intentionally pulling the trigger. If it happened with a 1911 being carried with the safety off we would happily put that in the negligent category. Everything is application driven. Some so called “safeties” are not safeties at all but “features”; like magazine disconnects or key locks. If they don’t fit your application; don’t use them or don’t buy them. But they aren’t going to go away because there is a market for them. Firearms are mechanical devices; they can fail. Safeties can fail. If they do fail and proper handling techniques are being employed; no one gets shot even if the weapon fires.

I'm guessing they don't cover Roman numerals in school anymore , huh?

  Methinks it's more realistic to think of it as a "you're free to spend money to gamble for a settlement or your job back" clause. And of course there's no criminal penalty for the employer.   - OS

  Here is a good place to start.   http://usriflecal30m1.com/Default.aspx   Just enter the SN in the "My Garand" tab and it will give you every number/marking/lot code/etc., etc., that you would ever wish to know.   BTW 2SA RE1 is also a WWII bolt used from Aug 41 to Sep 42 from SN 296253 to 872343.     

The source of the study is reason enough to stop reading the article.

New season premieres Sunday.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BabsgCQhpu4        

Watch the GrabaGun site. I bought a Sig Nightmare there last year for 799. And have seen them priced like that again. I know that's a bit above my RIA recommendation, lol; but I do favor the Sig 1911 pistols...a lot. Seems I have 3 of them, and that's down from 5. But for an entry level 1911, the RIA is a very good gun. Might even look at the 9mm instead of the 45 in the RIA. They are a blast to shoot.

  The 1911 is a real beauty.  Also, they are nice and heavy - a drawback if you carry it, but nice if you don't.  I also love the grip.  I don't know if the Glocks are more the 1911 style or the Luger style grips.  I definitely prefer the 1911 style.

Stay classy. I'm sure MLK is so proud.

:rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl: You guys are just so sad. :rofl:  :rofl: :rofl:  :rofl:  

Congratulations! !

Imho opinion each rifle is different and likes a particular bullet. My 40X .308 has a 1-11 3/4 twist and loves 175 gr Berger Match Target stuffed into the lands. It will shoot 175 gr Sierra HPBT's but likes a .7k jump. It also opens up just a hair over the Bergers. The 40X does not like 180's on up. You need to find what your rifles likes and stick with it. My powder charge is Varget at 43.1 gr. One last thing is rifles have definite likes/dislikes on primers. Mine loves Win LR primers. Anything else and the group opens up again. My brass is Lapua. Chronys at 2515 fps.   All that being said I'm very anal about my reloading for target shooting;   I trim each case to length and uniform the case neck thickness to .12k. I remove that small piece of brass tab left from punching out the primer hole. I measure the weight and volume of the cases and discard those that are out of my personal limits.   I measure the ogive of the bullet to bullet base and discard those which are out my limits.  I weigh each and every bullet and discard those that are out of my limits. I checked and adjust the runout of each loaded bullet.    If I take out the anal work the gun shoots 1/2 MOA and it's not one single thing that continues to close the group but imho it's cumulative. I get one hole groups at 100 yds by doing all the above.    About the rifle.    The 40X is an original free floated target bull barrel. I don't have my book out so I can't provide a shot count right now. Then again I'm the only one that cares since I'm not selling it. :D The trigger is set to 22 oz. since I'm banging around all over the place shooting F-Class. I use the original 40X wood stock with an original 1st Gen Sinclair front bipod.   Edited to add....   Shooting is the other half of the accuracy equation. I spent a years qualifying new folks from 100-300-600 yds.  If you take out the come up knowledge and the rest and let's say the rifle scope/sights are set to 200 then 300 then 600 yds  then it's great to know exactly where your gun is shooting when you put the crosshairs on the target. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work that way. Reason being most new shooters haven't quite mastered the art of shooting. Yes, they can look over the sights and pull the trigger and all that good stuff but what's missing is cheek weld, pressure on the stock breath control, finger control, staying in the rifle through the shot. In other words lots of things.    A friend asked me to come out and help him sight in a Rem 700 in .308 for hunting season. We set up at 100 yds and I dialed it in a a couple of shoots. then shot a 3 shot group at 1/2 MOA. I didn't shoot any more rounds since it was his ammo and I figured he should shoot it. He climbing into the gun and preceded to shoot a horizontal group in the neighborhood of 1.5 MOA. He was pushing a lot of shots left. I told him he needed to practice his shooting skills as the rifle will do its job. He said it was good enough since he was only deer hunting.    Back to those qualifying from 100 - 300 -600 yds and beyond.... we normally set the bar at mins of 3 MOA.  Very easy to keep rounds inside 3 inches at 100 yds. Same for 200 yds at 6 inches as unless the winds are really blowing you won't see much bullet push. 300 yds is a different story as most first time shooters have a tendency to shoot around 2 MOA at that distance. 6 inches isn't too bad when the bar is still 9 at 300. The reason it opens up so much is now they really need to begin concentrating on their shooting skills. If they qualify at 300 yds they now have to stay at 300yd for a month (sometimes longer) as they get used to that distance and learn to close their groups up.  Once they can they'd call and ask to move up to 600 yds. Again 3 MOA for 600yd which they usually make. From that point on they can work on closing their groups down and enjoy the sport of mid range shooting.    Point of the story. get your rifle shooting from POA to the exact same POI. If you do and learn to shoot then life gets easy because you know, without a doubt, the bullet can be expected to go exactly where you had the cross hairs when you broke the shot and if it does't something acted upon the bullets flight from some outside force. Like wind or shadows on the target, etc. That is where all of this truly becomes FUN!   If you really want to look at outside effects find a friend with an Anschutz that shoots lights out. Set up a BR target at 50 yds. You can even shoot off a bench. Watch how the wind effects the bullets flight. Those lil bullets moving, subsonic, get pushed all over the place.  If it's not steady state wind you will find you might be holding on the 9 ring and can watch the bullet go way to the other side and hit the 9 ring there. With a 36X scope you can watch the bullet go down range and hit the target if you stay in the gun. It's a real eye opener as it mimics things that are happening with larger bullets at great distances. Shoot that lil .22 at 100 and see what happens. 

The B&C stock has the aluminum bed but I have thought about skim bedding it. It is nicely free floated. It was fun to shoot a couple sub .5 moa groups.

Pffff.... tell me about it! Sunday I got two more cases of Perfecta (9 and 308) at WalMart just because it was there. Wifey just rolled her eyes.

Lol! Yes, I shot 3 boxes of 9 and a box of 40 yesterday. It was crap! So much so, that I stopped at Walmart in Smyrna and bought another case each of 9 and 308 to see if another production batch might be better. We'll see.

As of 7/1/2014 there are no restriction on blade length or method of opening assisted and auto (switchblades) are legal to carry in the state of TN.