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  1. This process has been a lot slower than I had hoped and that is entirely my fault. I have been covered up with other things, which is exactly the reason why we needed some new folks on the TGO Staff to help us keep momentum and keep things friendly and enjoyable. So without any further adieu, please welcome to the moderating team... @Chucktshoes @Grand Torino @CZ9MM @TripleGGG There may likely be more added soon but these gentlemen were gracious enough to volunteer and are now set up as moderators. I have more volunteers to sort through and hope to get that taken care of in the days ahead, so if you had tossed your hat in the ring don't give up yet. I really appreciate all of the interest that has been shown.
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  2. First dram since this little guy came into the world. Celebratory pour for sure! I’ve been saving the last 1/4 of this bottle for something special, even before we knew we were having a baby. Nothing more fitting Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  3. It’s not like they’re GI surplus socks or anything. I imagine even those are probably made in a country that can actually produce inexpensive goods. Heck, all my NRA swag is made in China. I always found that particularly distasteful.
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  4. Oh boy..... that fee is gonna be astronomical!
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  5. Aye, third! Go right down the line, try everything you can. One of them will just feel right. As has been said, it's important that she feels comfortable with it and carries/uses it. Technical and caliber considerations are almost secondary. A 7-shot 380 on her hip is better than a 45 in the dresser.
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  6. Spot on. When my wife and I did our HCP class we had a lady instructor. My wife connected with her. We went back to their gun store and the lady and my wife talked and handled guns for an hour and a half. My wife walked away with the perfect gun for her at the time. The gun would not have even been on my radar as something she might like. She felt confident with her selection. I listened to their conversation and was glad I kept my big trap shut. Now my wife has layed claim to many different pistols, of all calibers, in the safes. One strong, positive experience launched her.
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  7. I was walking around in academy and seen the price and couldn't pass it up 229 for a savage stevens 320, now i just need to do some small modifications, then it's gonna be range fun and hunting fun
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  8. I was able to buy my old duty gun because we switched over to Gen 5 G17 in 9mm. This may be a regular old Glock 22 but it saved my life in March 15, 2012. I was able to pick it up today and its now all mine. I wont go into all the detail but when I needed it to fire it did. I was holding it with one hand and standing quite awkward. So for it to run when I needed it to , it shined. I got an Alpha Wolf 40-9mm conversion barrel and even a Glock 17 extractor , and the correct spring and plunger for it to be converted to 9mm. I'll still switch it back over to .40S&W to shoot some here and there but mainly 9mm through it.
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  9. At the rate Tesla is hemorrhaging money, that may not be true for long ...
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  10. Excellent recommendations. She may find some of her questions at Kathy Jackson's Blog, "The Cornered Cat". MS. Jackson is very knowledgeable well respected in the industry. https://www.corneredcat.com/article/practical-issues/concealed-carry-for-the-fashionable-woman/ When I helped friends I work with (a couple) in their indoctrination phase we provided quite a few different handguns and didn't try and influence them towards anything in particular. He and she initially choose Glock 19's but eventually gravitated towards a 9mm Shield for her and a G 43 for him.
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  11. You are so very right, Raoul! I've stored ammo in the 50cal cans for years. But for some strange reason, as I've gotten older, those cans of 45 sure have gotten heavier! I used to load one of the 50 cal cans with all my shooting ammo, and pack my range bag. The were managable back then. I since learned to take 2 pistols or less in my bag.
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  12. Go to a range with rentals and try out everything they have. Hard to tell what someone else will or won't like. Concealed carry yoga pants are an actual thing... https://thewellarmedwoman.com/product/concealment-leggings/ But, she may want to consider a slight change in wardrobe. A good belt holster hard to beat. That said, girls seem to be able to pull of the hip/fanny pack thing better than men.
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  13. In the interest of full disclosure, we both shot it with a model 18 Smith and Wesson. Hard to miss with one of those.
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  14. I would take my Smith and Wesson model 36 3" with the square butt grip. I can yank that little smoke wagon and put two rounds in you before you can clear the holster with that Glock 19. OK I'm just trash talking. For me, the model 36 is that fastest handgun I own to draw and fire two aimed shots, but I ain't Wild Bill Hickok.
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  15. This is just a guess. The option that covers you for this state only does not meet the requirements of Federal law because it only requires you to qualify every four years instead of the Federal requirement of every year. I don’t know why that option would be any different than an HCP. Here is some information that may help you… 18 U.S. Code § 926B - Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified law enforcement officers https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/926B 18 U.S. Code § 926C - Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/926C TN Info on LEOSA https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/commerce/documents/post/forms/Renewal_LEOSA_fillable_packet.pdf https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/commerce/documents/post/forms/Fillable_LEOSA_initial_packet.pdf If you are using military service as a qualifier (for the Feds) http://www.leosaonline.com/
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  16. As a general guideline, if a person is even semi-competent at hitting the broad side of a barn, then they can pass the TN HCP test. It's stupid easy. Honestly, if a person CAN'T pass that test, they really don't have any business with a firearm in public.
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  17. All head shots now will fail. That's a 50. You have to score 70 to pass. Aim center mass, get 35 of the 50 rounds in the rings, and you're fine. On the new, smaller target, the outside 7 ring equals the 9 ring on a standard B27 target. 40 rounds are fired at the closer 3 and 5 yd distances, 20 rounds each. 10 rounds at the 7 yd.
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  18. From a military wiki site, this might help get you going: http://military.wikia.com/wiki/307th_Bomb_Wing Relevant quotes: "The 4258th SW was established by SAC at U-Tapao on 2 June 1966 and attached to the 3d Air Division to supporting deployed Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers that deployed to Thailand from the United States to engage in combat operations over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. The wing was assigned three maintenance squadrons and received administrative and logistics support from the 635th Combat Support Group of Pacific Air Forces. The following year, the wing added the 4258th Munitions Maintenance Squadron, which enabled it to support Boeing B-52 Stratofortress operations as well." " On 1 April 1970, the 4258th SW was discontinued and replaced by the 307th Strategic Wing which assumed its mission, personnel, and equipment on 1 February 1963.[2] The 4258th's maintenance squadrons were replaced by ones with the 307th numerical designation of the newly established wing. Each of the new units assumed the personnel, equipment, and mission of its predecessor. The 307th was the only regular Air Force SAC Wing stationed in Southeast Asia." Also this:
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  19. I hope you get to move out of that place sooner rather than later. Kali is a beautiful place except for the morons running it...such a shame really. Tennessee will be happy to have you.
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  20. My wife just got hers. Course of fire is: 20 shots at 3yds 20 shots at 5yds 10 shots at 7yds A perfect score would keep all the shots in the 7 ring on the B29 target. This is equal to keeping them all on a standard sheet of copy paper. There is no time limit. Passing score is 70pts, each shot is worth 2pts. Good luck!
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  21. We traveled across the northern U S two years ago. We stopped at Whitefish Bay to view the Lighthouse and the Shipwreck Museum located there. They have the Ship's Bell off the Edmund Fitzgerald in that shipwreck museum. This video has been viewed over 28 million times. Amazing! Gordon Lightfoot, read an article, in Newsweek Magazine, about this ship and how it disappeared in Lake Superior. He told his friends the sailors deserved a song of remembrance for them. He sat down and wrote this song. It raised the hair on the back of my neck when I stood in front of the Ship's Bell and memorial to the big ship. I punched a button and this song started to play. I tell you it brought cold chills. They had a film and a narrator to answer questions. I asked her if Gordon Lightfoot ever visited that Museum. She said he comes just about every year, now, when the families of the Edmund Fitzgerald have a yearly reunion there. He is an Canadian Indian that lives across the border on the other side of Lake Superior. Has to be a good man to do this kind of thing. Hope the site works for you. https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=DsV9WrSsN6rbjwTLjaCwAQ&q=youtube+wreck+of+the+edmund+fitzgerald&oq=u+tube+Wreck+of+the+edmund+fitsgerald&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i13k1j0i8i13i30k1l2.10763.29649.0.46391.37.24.0.13.13.0.310.4291.0j18j5j1.24.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.36.4706...0j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i8i13i10i30k1.0.lKEfVDSDl7M
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  22. Congratulations. Hold him every second you can because one day he will be too big. The next 3 years will be the most amazing years in your life as you see the excitement in his eyes as he discovers everything. Everything new is amazing to them and you can't help but get excited with them. Something our son did was teach our granddaughter basic sign language. At four months she could sign when she was hungry, when she was done and a few other basic things. It amazed me to watch a four month old use sign language to tell her parents what she wanted. No way she could speak but she could definitely tell you what she wanted. Babies are amazing at how quickly they learn. They are like a sponge and will soak up everything. There are a lot of learning programs geared towards young children and they work amazingly well.
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  23. I can't speak to what issues the military has with the P320. I can speak to the 2 P320s I own. Both have been upgraded via the volunteer upgrade program. Combined, I have fired nearly 5,000 rounds. Never an issue and I have used the full size in USPSA competition. Maybe I am one of the lucky ones but I am a P320 fan until I personally have issues. None so far. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
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  24. Love it. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
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  25. I bought a couple of cases of.30cal cans from Wideners several years back. The 30 cal are easy to stack and easy to handle full. Anything larger gets awful heavy.
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  26. Farnam’s latest Quip is in response to an older gent, whose question may be relevant for a lot of us here; so I’ve taken the liberty of reproducing it below:Where is “Safety?”by John Farnam | 5 Jan 2018“Reasonable” Response.A student asks:“I’m in my 70s. When I’m the victim of an unprovoked attack by a younger, bigger, stronger person(s) who is using only his fists, elbows, knees, and/or shod feet, how much of a pommeling am I expected to absorb, and for how long, before I employ deadly force in order to stop the attack and thus prevent myself from being injured/murdered?We have seen several instances where a single blow from a fist to an unprotected head proved fatal, many others where such a blow caused permanent, disabling injury and/or disfigurement.Of course, ‘injury’ is easy to demonstrate AFTER it has been inflicted. But, the object of legitimate self-defense is to PREVENT such lethal/disabling outcomes. How can I persuasively demonstrate what didn’t happen?”My comment:No matter whom you ask, you won’t get a very satisfactory answer to that question, and mine (as follows) won’t be very satisfactory either!We all look for “safety” in “the law.” We ask ourselves, “When I strictly follow the law can I know that I will never be prosecuted?”In fact many naive instructors keep reiterating, “Know the law,” as if that were even possible, and as if that represents a guarantee that bad things will never happen to you.If you were to carefully read every law, ordinance, rule “guideline,” and regulation that could ever possibly apply to you as a gun-owner/carrier, particularly as you travel around the Country, there would not be enough years left in your life to complete the task!Even then, the task would be largely and exercise in futility, because we no longer have a “nation of laws.” We have a “nation of agendas.”Some laws, like our immigration laws for example, are openly, deliberately, and contemptuously violated every day, with no consequence! Laws against possession and use of marijuana are openly violated in entire states, with no consequence.So then, what is “the law” when it can be ignored by state governments? What other “laws” can we all ignore?I am today seeing officer-involved shootings which are completely justified, by any standard, not only being the subject of civil suits, where cities don’t even put up a fight, as they dole-out untold millions of taxpayer dollars to the “bereaved” families of vicious, violent, (and mercifully dead) criminals, but these innocent officers, who acted properly and did correctly the job we pay them to do, are also being viciously prosecuted by politically-active prosecutors, who cynically see an unjust conviction merely as a career stepping-stone.So, when you’re involved in a self-defense shooting, what will be important?The factor that will most sway prosecutors is usually the way the event is reported in the papers and other news media.When the headline is, “Local Gun-Nut Slays Honor Student,” you can bet the system will be under immense pressure to prosecute, while actual facts of the case shrink to irrelevance!When the shooting is cross-racial, hang on to your hat! You may find yourself being prosecuted merely in an effort to mollify rioters!When the shooting takes place during an election year, hang on to your hat! A political candidate may push for prosecution merely in an effort to court votes from a particular minority.We saw this exact phenomenon in the Zimmerman Case in FL in 2008!So, where is “safety?”There is none, but here are some things I can recommend:1) Be a good person! Heaven knows none of us are perfect, but good people ever strive towards goodness, decency, and personal honesty. At the same time, be very good at minding your own business!2) (a) Don’t go to stupid places. (b) Don’t associate with stupid people. (c) Don’t do stupid things. (d) Be in bed by 10.00pm (your own bed!). (e) Have a “normal” appearance. (f) Don’t fail the attitude test!3) When you go armed, keep weapon(s) discreetly out of sight. Don’t talk about your guns. Don’t “show” your gun(s) to anyone. Don’t brandish your gun except for good cause.4) When you must shoot, use your sights, press your trigger carefully, and hit with every shot.5) Stop shooting when the threat(s) is clearly neutralized.6) Don’t chase suspects!7) Don’t flee the scene, except as necessary to preserve your own safety8) Be first to the phone! Report the incident to police as soon as practicable.9) Know what to say, and what not to say, to police. Know your lines!10) Get your lawyer involved as quickly as possible11) Be prepared for an unpleasant aftermath, endless media lies, PTSD, complete disruption of your life. Don’t expect anyone to be sympathetic, nor “understanding.”12) Like any traumatic event, you’ll never really “get over it,” but as days and weeks pass, you’ll be able to put it in perspective, and move on.I realize the foregoing is inadequate and grossly oversimplified, but it may be helpful.There are no guarantees!/John
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  27. This. I watched a guy walk around in a CVS for about 10 minutes with a full cowboy holster setup. The only thing he was missing was a bandolier and he would have looked like he just walked out of central casting. I know none of the other customers noticed and either the clerk didn't either, or didn't care.
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  28. I used to open carry a 1911 in a leather holster OWB. Generally, I wear a polo shirt tucked into either jeans or cargo shorts and with a bigfoot gun belt I found that the most comfortable way to carry. I still do find this the most comfortable, but after two years of it I got really sick of the attention it draws. For better or worse, it feels like everyone asks about my gun like that. After I had the cops called on me while I was shopping for produce at a local grocery store, I decided to rethink my carry method. Apparently armed robbers like to stock up on strawberries and bananas before they stick up the joint. The cop was amazing about the whole thing, but I just didn't like the attention. So I bought one of those "tuckable" IWB leather and kydex holsters and started either leaving my shirt untucked or wearing a light jacket as weather allowed. At first I was really excited about it. But more and more I found myself not carrying because this was such a pain to take in and out. Frankly, it was just uncomfortable. It dug into my side when I was driving, made me look and feel lumpy and I wasn't confident in my ability to draw from a IWB holster. Plus (and this was probably just a me thing) my gun would slide loose in the holster when I'd use the toilet, and with IBD that's a big concern. I tried an IWB Kydex holster but it had many of the same issues (thought, admittedly, had better retention). So it was time to rethink again. I switched to a smaller gun, a Bersa Thunder 380. Then, I changed up my wardrobe a bit to wear more shirts I could leave untucked to CC the smaller gun. I was honestly surprised how even a token effort to cover it up with a T-shirt and a smaller/less noticeable gun stopped the attention. Especially with a kydex holster. Call me old fashioned, but I'm not a big fan of the way Kydex looks compared to leather. Some of the cool patterns you can get on Kydex now make it a bit better, but it will never replace leather for me aesthetically. But the way a good Kydex holster carries is just amazing to me. It has a lot of the advantages of a IWB or tuckable holster - stays tight against your side, easily concealed under a shirt, light, etc - but is much more comfortable and outside your waistband, so your pants fit better. For a while, this became my carry method. I'd half-a** conceal both the 1911 and the Bersa under a t-shirt or untucked polo everywhere except work. During that time, I only noticed being noticed (read that three times fast) with a good Kydex OWB "concealed" with a t-shirt over it twice and both of those were while sitting in a restaurant where my shirt rode up a bit. But I found myself carrying less and less this way. For one, the Bersa is my wife's gun and she should be carrying it. The 1911 is heavy and even with a good holster and belt it was a pain in the neck strapping the holster for either gun on after work (where I can't carry). So I started pocket carrying the Bersa and I really liked it. This inspired me to buy two small guns that I switch out - a Raven .25 and an LCP. This has been how I've been carrying the past 6 months or so. I am amazed it is so easy to toss one in my pocket and go wherever I am going during the week. Because of that, I tend to pocket CC one of those guns just about everywhere I go. On weekends or when I'm hunting, I'll still half-conceal either the Bersa, the 1911 or the LCP (in pretty much that order of likelihood) OWB in a Kydex or leather holster but during the week I'm far more likely to toss the LCP in a pocket of my cargo pants/shorts and head about my day. It doesn't limit my wardrobe nearly as much, I'm not constantly worried about printing (find one tech-savvy 30-something that DOESN'T have weird lumps in his pocket, and I'll show you a Tech-savvy 30-something that's up to something!) and it is far more comfortable than IWB. So there's your long answer to CC or Open - I CC but only because it's more comfortable and less hassle than dealing with a confused and skittish populous with a gun on your hip.
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