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I have been a TGO member since 2008; more active some years than others, but I am committed to checking in daily. Last autumn I realized how much I missed being on TGO on a regular basis. In the time I have been on TGO, 99.9% of the folks I have met have been kind, generous, funny, helpful (even when I ask dumb questions or make inane comments), and supportive when I have shared personal issues. As we start 2020 I want to offer a genuine and sincere THANK YOU to all who have interacted with me. It is my goal to be a friend, support, and advocate for everyone I meet on TGO. Let's not take Tennessee Gun Owners for granted. I am 64 years old and as I grow older, it is easy to realize that there are some things in life that we fail to truly appreciate. Blessings upon all who gather here.

i picked up a new 1911 for carry last week(colt lightweight commander),after its broken in and proven reliable ill buy a few holsters try them all Usually I like Kydex but ordered a few of each leather and Kydex to see whats better for me ,no matter what someone says is good or great or crap its ME who has to live with it but unlike my mother in law I can send back what I do not like

Both; its physics. The heavier the gun, the lower the felt recoil. The smaller the powder charge, the lower the felt recoil. Different mass of projectiles in the same caliber will impact felt recoil; but not by much. Get a .40S&W Shield or a .357 Mag J-frame. If you can master those; you can shoot anything.

Simple physics. Big slow bullet out of a bigger, heavier gun has less recoil than a small fast bullet out of a much smaller, lighter gun. I've shot some pocket size .380s that down right hurt.

I agree, Tom's book is excellent. And I'm so glad it's now also available in digital format! :-)

You rang das24v by Johnny Rotten, on Flickr

Rip is my second favorite character on YELLOWSTONE, my first being badazz Beth.

A $300 1911 can be as reliable and accurate as a $1000 1911. I personally don't like GI type guns because they usually have itty bitty sights and limited options for replacing them. Some would have you believe sights are a waste of time because you will always freak out and point shoot in a self defense situation. I don't adhere to this idea and want my sights set up a certain way.

Y'all inspired me to order my own copy. If the price difference isn't great enough, I still prefer to order paper over Kindle... so my hard copy should be here either today or tomorrow.

Well said...I agree entirely....

Well add me in as a true fan of the Hi-Power. The Brownings and FNs are the originals. But like the 1911, there are plenty of excellent clones out there for much less money. That Tisas is a nice looking pistol. But copies made by FEG, FM Argentina, Kareem and more are know to be excellent guns. Honestly, I don't believe I've ever heard of anybody making a bad copy of the Hi-Power. Most can be had at around $300-350. I have three myself. Top: Browning MK III Center: FEG Bottom: FM Detective Model

I make a couple of gallons every year. Happy to post the instructions, if anyone's interested!

I found the syrup we have - I got it at a dirty Santa exchange: https://shopmadeintn.com/products/hales-smoked-hickory-syrup

Remember, Quantico was built on a USMC base, and the initial FBI firearms training was actually provided by Marine instructors. Prone has not been part of the last two iterations of the FBI pistol qual. While it has its place in a military context due to explosive ordnance, it has much less relevance in the domestic US.

This guy wasn’t killed because of past bad acts. He was killed because he was travelling around planning another attack. He was a target of opportunity. I have no problem with this. Actually, I don’t have a problem with him being executed for past bad acts. But then I’ve never been a hand wringer over criminals getting killed. As far as letting Congress in on this; Trump couldn’t. There are people in congress that would have called this murderer and warned him.

An update to the reload technique shown in the first video:

Oh my! I have already printed off a bunch of parts for my Dillon 650. I'm about 95% done designing a 10,000 mhA battery mount for a Q Fix rifle that's set up for a thermal scope. Anyone else playing with one?

Hi. I've got the same printer and I've been having a blast printing up stuff that's not only useful and practical, but that's fun as well. Something as simple as a Lee powder hopper adapter for an old Ohaus Du-O-Measure that's been missing its hopper for years, to a nose-down bullet collator to make sizing much easier. If you haven't already done so, there a whole bunch of 3D printable mods for your Ender 3 that'll make it even more efficient. Ed

True, except it's Murvul.

Today one of my local gun stores had one. It felt just like my LCP in .380 . The slide is extremely easy to rack. Almost too easy. It was priced at $320 but my brother saw some online priced at $238.

Well there you have it, the Virginia AG says if these laws are passed; they will be enforced. I think we all kinda knew that. With the Virginia legislature almost evenly split, and all the voters and all these counties taking a stand; it’s hard to believe any of these restrictions will pass. I guess we will find out soon.

I find the recoil from a large caliber handgun like a 45, or even a 44 mag, to be more of a shove, where a smaller, faster round, like a 9mm or 357 mag to be more of a sharp rap against the web of the hand. More weight definitely reduces recoil, and more grip surface area seems to reduce felt recoil.

Who said we are lazy? Its not the only cleaning tool in most people's repertoire...

One of my buddies! He just became a Benefactor. Good dude. Very knowledgeable, all around great guy.

Thanks! You're too kind. I'm still working on a magic potion for cloning myself and squeezing an extra 40 hours into any given day... Soon as that's done, I'll get started on that book! (Although I'd probably make a lot more money just selling the magic potion...)

That one was pure dumb luck. Just happened to be cruising Armlist a couple of years ago and stumbled across it. The guy had bought it years ago and only fired it a couple of times. Gun was LNIB with all the goodies. Price was $400 and I jumped all over it. The only problem was that it was imported in the late 90s so it came with two 10 round magazines. No biggie, I got lots of Hi-Power mags. Of the three, this one is my favorite. If I were to start carrying a Hi-Power, this would be the one.

They do and I very much interested in their U.S. Army 1911a1, because most of my time in service, I carried a 1911a1 like it. It’s imported by SDS. https://www.classicfirearms.com/sds-imports-1911-a1-government/

I don't overly soak the barrel and have no problems so I guess I clean often enough not to be a problem. I use a little G96 on the first part of the snake and on the first set of wire bristles. So far never got one stuck. On guns with a mag well I run it up through there and then into the barrel to a little extra cleaning on the way around the corner into the barrel.

It is a special kind of place, aint it!!!

Did a bit if editing.

@Luckyforward, this is an incredibly kind and thoughtful post and indicative of the high caliber of people that we are so fortunate to have assembled here. There are undoubtedly those who may feel that they are not as welcomed here as others, but the fact is that it takes all of us and our varying thoughts and opinions on things to make this community work. Even the folks I argue with. I have said before that TGO is nothing without the members, and that is a very true statement. I appreciate each of you and your contributions to this community more than you will likely ever know.

Look at the top strap above the cylinder. Flat top Not a flat top

https://thatweirdgunguy.com/2016/07/03/ruger-blackhawk-convertible-flattop-357/ The Flattop BlackHawk was the first center fire pistol designed and manufactured by Bill Ruger. Introduced in 1955 and known simply as the Blackhawk, it revived the almost dead single action and brought it into the 20th century. With adjustable sights and a frame built to handle the heavy 357 Magnum loads of the day, but still the same size as a Colt SAA, it was a perfect pistol for huntin’, packin’ or just plinkin’. Sadly, the original Blackhawk was short lived. In 1963, it was replaced by the Old Model or “Three Screw” Blackhawk which was a bigger and bulkier handgun designed to handle hot .44 Mag loads. Along with several new design and construction elements, the newer pistol had “ears” that protect the rear sight and give the topstrap an ungainly hump which the original Blackhawk lacked:hence the name “Flattop”. Many shooters bemoaned the discontinuing of the original Blackhawk or the Flattop as it was now known because it was a smaller, sleeker size than the newer and larger Blackhawk. Today original Flattops command a serious premium amongst Ruger collectors and are amongst the best built mass produced revolvers available. The Flattop’s grip is much thinner and shorter than the Vaquero/Blackhawk’s Dragoon-style grip. But hope is not lost! In 2005, Ruger reintroduced the Flattop to celebrate the Blackhawk’s 50th anniversary, and because of overwhelming demand, continues to make and sell them in variety of calibers. The revolver I have to review is one of the newer ones.

There should be a bolt inside the grip to remove the pistol grip, place plate against the receiver and reattach the grip

Looks like shooting from prone is much more effective than I thought. I think the officer hit both bag guys with one shot from prone! I do really enjoy the old school training videos. The style of presentation as well as the differing approach to life and tactics are all interesting to me. Plus, it's fun to think about how our current "state of the art" will be viewed in 50-100 years.

I am a fan of bore snakes, you do have to do some secondary cleaning with swaps or Q-tips, if you don't do a full tear down. Bore snakes are my primary for barrels, almost never use rods/brushes/patches. I have several that are overdue for a cleaning but they still do the job. I plan to put some Dawn dish washing liquid in a jar, drop in the snake and shake for awhile then rinse the same way, probably changing the rinse water a couple of times. Mine heavy use snakes may need to passes through the Dawn cycle to get clean.

I love scripting things. It’s something probably 90% of people never attempt or even know is possible. But you can automate so many things with a bit of research.

Dang man. Hang in there and take care of yourself.

Will pray for you Grayfox. Like I always say, if I had known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of my body. But that is a lie because I would have done the same stunts. Hope you get to feeling better.

My ultra liberal daughter was ranting about not having to go to class or shoot to get the new permit. She was hoping to draw me into lashing out like she was doing but all I could do was laugh at her histrionics. It's sad really so if you pray, please pray for her. Thanks

Fortunately, all three of my kids are conservative although the middle kid was touch and go when Obama first ran for President. She converted when I asked her to identify which of Obama's policies that she agreed with after she stated that, "He speaks to me," and she couldn't name a single one. I didn't try to force my political beliefs on them preferring that they form their own opinions, but I have always pointed out inane positions of any politician and explained why I think they are wrong. I then ask them which makes more sense so that they came to logical conclusions. Having spent a lot of time in different colleges, I also point out to my kids that someone is not always correct just because of a position, (like a professor), that they hold. It's kind of the belief that being educated does not mandate being smart anymore than being smart mandates being educated.

I can relate to some extent. Daughter says nothing about my gun hobby, and goes to the range with me on occasion along with the grandson. But everything else is 100% democrat, anti Trump, pro whoever is against Trump so we just don't discuss politics at all. Wife can't figure out where she went wrong.

Ditto. Sexy it ain't, but the returns averaged out from solid mutual funds don't lie. I'm more in the growth and capital funds as a percentage compared to index funds, but that's just where my risk tolerance is at the moment. At 57 or even 47, it'll be much different than it is now for me at 37. While this year, and quite honestly, the last nine to ten have been a great run...we kind of actually need a big enough dip for general health. When Warren Buffett is sitting on over $120 billion in cash because he doesn't see any value buying opportunities, the market is a bit too bloated for its own good.

Christmas presents can come in all kinds of ways. Glad for you. Head down and keep pulling toward that debt free thing. Getting yourself out of debt is a powerful thing. Can change the way you look at a lot of things. Power on to that goal. Morgan88

My reloading set up is in my garage. A small heater keeps it warm. I store of of my components in cabinets. Including powder and primers. been like that for almost 30 years now and never had any problems.

Have you considered a portable stand/bench?

Chilhowee Benz Repair came recommended and will perform work covered under my CNA extended service contract. As this is replacing my company car, I get an allowance which *should* cover routine maintenance and premium fuel.