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Dave has been working on a prototype of the TGO Strider, if it is what I think he has in mind, it will be by far the coolest TGO knife ever done, I will keep you all posted on this, trust me you will absolutely love it!

Crime only pays if you're a politician.

I'm so broke if a muthafucka rob me, he just be practicin'!

  No, you are thinking about how the water bottle is cleaned.

Glad somebody got it. :D

UPDATE!   I've managed to work through all of the current challenges for converting TGO to the new software and even have the Look & Feel mostly transferred over.  Unless something unforeseen arises between now and then, I intend to make this cutover on the night of Thursday, May 12th.   Everyone loves a good Friday the 13th change!  ;)

I'm so broke If it cost a penny to.. :poop:  I would have to throw up!!!!!

I tend to amass Glock 19s rather than part with them.  It seems silly at first to keep more than one of them, but when you stop and think about how damn practical they are, it makes more sense.  I have them scattered about now, in vehicles, a couple of places in the house, etc.  There's something to be said about having a standard weapon platform with plenty of mags and holsters and such always at your fingertips.   Keep it.  :)

UPDATE... I've spoken with the supplier and we will be going with the 20oz and 30oz RTIC tumblers as they are the most cost effective and are just as nice of quality as the ORCA or the Yeti tumblers. I have pricing, I just need to nail down shipping costs so that we can begin taking pre-orders. I hope to have this done by this Friday so that we can begin taking orders over the weekend. The window for ordering will be two weeks. After two weeks are up, the window will close and I will get them on the way to us.

Here is a good deal going on with centerfire systems   https://www.centerfiresystems.com/REC0001.aspx Lower   https://www.centerfiresystems.com/ACC0024.aspx Upper   https://www.centerfiresystems.com/BBL0003.aspx Barrel   Each of these come with 3 free mags, i just ordered mine and cant wait for them to get here!

I bought an extra shelf for my Wicked Edge Gen 3 it will now hold 18 stones which is all I will ever need, It was just milled this morning and I just put it back together,

  Dunno. Neither one has been truly tested -- with the guns themselves!  And remember, the state LEOs ain't supposed to get involved, unless they side with the citizenry!   - OS

Looking forward to this one

Can one ever have too many knives? 

These are going to be so cool!!!!  Thanks Willis.

  Built two myself. They went together well with PSA parts kits and PSA buffer tubes. The grip screw hole isn't threaded all the way through. Not the first time I have seen that. Already had the tap, and fixed them in a few minutes.    First complaint I have heard.

A self filling water bottle....Ain't that what you got a woman for?

Cool gadget, but I can by a bunch of Sawyer Sqeeze filters for the cost of one of those. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Today I took a few minutes to try a few tasks with the bushcraft knife I commissioned from GT a few weeks ago. I didn't put it through brutal tasks, but did try some basic ones that I expect a knife to do if I'm going to carry it. First, the knife is made from 1095 steel that my calipers measure as 0.155 inches thick. Blade length is approximately 5 inches and OAL is about 10.5 inches. The scales are mesquite (I'm sure GT will correct me if I am wrong) and I asked him to include jimping on the top of the blade as well as the extension beyond the handle. The knife came with a nice sharp edge, but me being me, I worked on it a bit and got it where I wanted it. I started the test by cutting some paper to show the edge quality. First thing I did was take some red oak firewood I have and split a couple of pieces off using another piece of oak as a baton. The knife easily made fast work of the splitting thanks to the thickness of the blade and the flat grind. The blade took the force of the baton strikes just fine and the tip and handle were not damaged. Next, I took one of the pieces I split and did some shavings as you would do on a feather stick. The knife edge was still very sharp and I had no difficulty. I also used the edge of the spine to scrape some wood from the piece as one would do to make tinder. Next, to test the tip, I used the blade to drill a divot in the oak. This was an easy task and the tip held up without any damage. I have tested the blade spine on a ferro rod previously and it is excellent for this task. After these tasks, I wanted to see how the edge had held up and I used the same sheet of paper to test the cut. I also tried a cut on a piece of soft bread, which my dog appreciated since she got to eat the results. Needless to say, the edge was still extremely sharp and it only took a couple of swipes on my leather strop to get it back to razor sharp. If I had some natural fiber rope I would have tried that, but I'm confident the results would have been positive. I am still thrilled with this knife and look forward to many years of enjoying it in the woods on my outdoor adventures. If you've ever considered one of GT's knives, just do it already! You won't regret it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can produce lots of natural gas.

Jeep...The Phoenix Arms of the automotive world.

  Top of my head:   - Non-violent non-drug related felons may possess long guns   - Many federal AOW prohibitions are not unlawful   - Firearms may fire two shots with single trigger pull   - The entire 4473 process not a requirement to purchase under state law, some of the banned classifications of persons on it are not banned by state law, nor is lying on it a state crime.   - Not to mention manufacture or possession of any firearm covered by the TN Firearm Freedom Act.   Probably any number of other examples exist too.     - OS

Very curious about this. I've made a few great rifles out of them, and have a few more waiting on later builds. All are 100% perfect so far, even the half-dozen "blems" I bought that are perfect. What is out of spec? Pin holes? Magwell issue? I'm interested to hear what's wrong, and what they do about it. :-)

Thanks for the pics. :up:

Saweeet :up: You must have like $1.98 in that system.

Don’t buy that M&P!! You won’t be able to sell off those Glocks fast enough.

Below are pics of my Spencer Carbine Model 1860, manufactured by Burnside. This weapon was a lever action repeater with 7 rounds of lead slinging awesomeness. As with all fine arms, this one is equipped with a bayonet, though I'm not sure when it would be used when opponents were using single shot muzzle loaders. This was the weapon used by cavalry in the Indian Wars until 1873. Below is part of an article from American Rifleman. "On a more serious note, simply put, the .52-cal. M1860 Spencer carbine was the most advanced carbine in service during the American Civil War. The tubular magazine, located in the buttstock, held seven rimfire cartridges. Lowering the operating lever, which also served as the trigger guard, ejected the fired case and automatically fed the next round into the chamber from the magazine. The firepower of the Spencer carbines was apparent in the action at Parker’s Store in the densely wooded area of the Wilderness on the morning on May 5, 1864. The 500 members of the Fifth New York Cavalry dismounted and formed a loose skirmish line, and there they were attacked by a division of Confederate infantry. For three hours the men of the Fifth held off the Southern attacks until they started to run out of ammunition for their Spencers, which forced the Federals to pull back. The Confederates opposing them believed that they had been fighting an entire brigade. The Fifth New York suffered about 80 casualties in the action. By September 1864, 9,000 Spencer carbines were in field service for the Union, and they were highly regarded. The field reports from 10 officers of the Fourth U.S. Cavalry rated the Spencer carbine the best arm in cavalry service. Brevet Maj. Gen. James Wilson felt that the Spencers were the best firearms ever put into the hands of the soldier. He stated that the Spencer “excels all others in use in durability, rapidity of fire, and general effectiveness.” On June 27, 1864, the Burnside Rifle Co. entered into a contract with the Ordnance Dept. to manufacture 30,500 .52-cal. M1860 Spencer carbines with deliveries completed by Aug. 31, 1865. The M1865 Spencer carbine was the standard in post-war service and remained in service into the middle 1870s. Spencers were replaced by the .45-70 Gov’t Model 1873 Springfield carbines

The .gov teat is pretty hard to resist when it's spouting so much milk for the taking.  Couple that with how hard it is to get revenues increased at the local level, it's easy to see how this kind of system comes to pass for cash strapped departments.  The line between a local PD becoming an extension of the federal government is thinner than people think.

I would go with the 1911 10mm. Just me.

Even though covering overtime might seem like small potatoes that number could be huge. So having the Feds pay some of the jurisdiction's overtime bill would be a HUGE incentive to work with the ATF. I would also venture to guess that the department would also be given other perks for helping the ATF. The way things should be is the Feds stay out of state business unless the state requests their help. And even then the Feds involvement should be very, very small.

Welcome

Or a banana.

Gentlemen, I now deal ESSE, Brous Blades, Microtech, Winkler knives, Zero Tolerance, TOPS, nearly everything aside from Benchmade Very soon I will be dealing Southern Grind

Would that this upgrade came with a free eBook of Who Moved My Cheese.  Some folks are going to need it I'd imagine. ;)

I do the same thing with M&Ps. I say keep it. Everybody needs a bathroom gun. Seriously. You just found yours.

Ok, I couldn't run out of the hospital fast enough. I was out of the hospital in under an hour from the time I woke up. I am on my way home now. No lifting for six weeks so if anyone needs anything from me it will be at least that long. But if you want to call feel free to do so, I have about six weeks worth of boredom to deal with. Right now it feels like I have been in a rough bar fight with about a 1/2 dozen dudes. Definately did not win either.

Cool. Mine is coming with a Wicked Edge!

I have read that gibberish at least 8 times and all I can come with is: If an entity can post but does not, then they are immune from civil liability. Does that sound about right?

Woo Hoo!  I was able to get the bayonet off of my Spencer.  While I love bayonets, I think the Spencer looks better without it.

Very nice. I may be wrong but isn't this what Morgan Freeman's character used on the movie Unforgiven?

I had bought two of GT's earlier knives as keepsakes for my boys. I decided I needed one for me! Inspired by East_TN_Patriot's bushcraft knife and sheath, I had GT make me one with micarta scales and ETP make me a holster. Incredible work on both ends!

Nice! I understand 'collecting' and all and that's fine if that's what you're in to but to ME; If you can't do what you've been doing with a knife then it's junk. A knife is a tool, use it or toss the dead weight. That is a damn nice tool. GT does some exemplary work.

  I believe he's certainly pro-Trump.   - OS

I followed Microsoft's instructions and submitted a report to them that their Safe Screen warning is erroneous.  I would go out on a limb and say that someone has reported TGO as "unsafe" as a malicious act meant to harm the community.  I'm reading reports of other gun forums experiencing the same thing.   The really fantastic part about this is that in order to file this report with them, you have to visit the site from their browser.  They do not provide a link by which to report that your safe is site from, say, Chrome or Firefox.  Really classy of Microsoft.  Hold you hostage to installing Windows 10 and using the Edge browser to fight their claim against your site.   After submitting the fact that the site is NOT malicious in any way to them, I was shown a screen that said clearing TGO is purely up to them and that the request may or may not be granted at a time of their choosing.  I honestly suspect a Class Action lawsuit to be filed against Microsoft for, in effect, harming the business interests of many web site owners, and providing very limited recourse with no guarantee of satisfaction.  If it happens, I'll gladly pile on my claim against them.

And for those of us that work in the real world where a MAC can’t cut it? There is a reason PC’s own the market.

If you still want to keep the Jeep, I'd push for them to give you an extended warranty package for free or heavily discounted. If you bought one at the time of purchase, get them to credit that back. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

Thanks to Dolomite's wisdom in all things computer,,,,I am now able to view TGO without the Red Screen of Democrat Delight....

Just got home. Freaking awesome! Watching the Corsair fly made my naughty bits tingle. Coolest plane ever.

I'm a bit late to the party on this... More than that; i'm a bit dismissive... The fact is that more manure has been spread and more dollars passed out using this sad incident as the fodder over the last 30 years than any other such shoot out i can remember...   What needed to be known about gunfight and shootin back was well known far before this incident happened... There were plenty of old gun fights to study dating back before the turn of the twentieth century that outlined and quantified the human and equipment factors that make for a "successful" (..read that survivable and the "bad guys finished"...) fire fight engagement...   I am continually incredulous about this sort of thing; and the baloney and platitudinous pontifications that arise from these sad incidents by the "gunfight teaching class" who have never been in a gunfight... Lots of the "gun intelligencia" seems to think that everything began with them... Sorry, it didn't.... It began about the Civil War, and has continued to the present...   Today's present day gunmen are no more smart nor tough than yesterdays...They may be better armed...   If ya want ta know about gunfighting, as the great Jeff Cooper quipped;  ya have ta talk to and study those who have been successful in the business... I think he is exactly right...   Sadly, lots of 'em are dead now from old age... Thankfully, they didn't listen to the "gun intellegencia", the dammed gubmt bureaucrats (...non shootin FBI types, that is...), nor the political class who made money from giving lesser tools to those who need them most in order to make a buck for them and their buddies...   Now that i've spent my fit for the day, i think i'll take a nap...   Shootin leroy, the non-believin gun baloney geezer....

Tried to read all the materials. Did anyone see comments on the time required to fill an .8 liter? Seems like a factor to be known. All I remember seeing was a comment on how it worked better in 90+ humidity conditions.