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TWRA and the schools for years have been doing the scholastic clay target program.  Look at their website www.tn.gov/twra/sctp

I reload to save money, shoot more, and to avoid a shortage of ammo. Blowing up my gun or myself doesn't accomplish that. Glad the guy is ok. Good reminder to be on high alert and a little paranoid when reloading.

Quick and easy.......Versa Carry for my Shield.

Well, that is a problem.........unless in the future the marriage goes 'south'..........that would be one way out :rock: 

Does anyone have any idea or opinions on this ?

Welcome to TGO and wishing you success.  Anyone promoting the shooting sports is a welcomed addition.

I carry a 9mm Shield most of the time. As others have said, it is more important to have a gun you are comfortable with and dependable rather than cartridge size. Yep, .22 will kill you deader than fried chicken, but it is not MY preferred choice, but it may be yours. But all else being equal, generally bigger is better.

I have 3 different 1911s. My M&P 45 is hands down the most reliable. It functions with multiple bullet configurations and doesn't need to be pampered to do it.

No need to pack the gear for Buds. They have everything one needs to shoot plus the rental guns. I suspect that gun sales can be shipped to a FFL in the home state which is very easily looked up. For something to do in the area, especially if it is a bad weather day.....would expect them to do betterthere than a saturated West Knoxville market.

sorry to hear about the loss of your 'friend'.  I've been there several times and it is never easy. "The flaw of loving a dog is him dying so soon.  But if he lived twice as long, his death would be more than most of us could bear." - Sir Walter Scott

But what else do you expect when you shoot the same cartridge in a larger gun? To me the .380 is for carrying.....not range time. That's why the LCP will be hard to beat.

Do you shoot your m&p in ssp?

  Because I paid my money at the cashier, It's my stuff now and personally it is an intrusion and suggestive of wrong-doing.  Why not pat someone down as they leave the store?  Would you stand still for that......it just takes a few seconds.

The HCP class is NOT a shooting class.  One is suppose to know how to shoot and properly operate their firearm before they come to class.  With that said, I always have students which have never fired a handgun before.  I enjoy teaching, especially new shooters, but some folks may be more of a challenge than others.  I do go over the fundamentals of shooting and really anyone that pays attention and can follow simple instruction should be able to clean the target at 3 and 5 yds.  That automatically gives you more than enough of a passing score regardless of what you do at 7 yds.

THIS ^ Test requires a passing score of 70%. I have had a couple of students fail. They did fine when they repeated the course. Case of nerves. The test is simple however, and I don't care which gun you use. Plenty of folks use a .22, just as many use .45s. Most use 9mm, I guess because of popularity.

Take a 2 day defensive handgun class at front sight.

Simple to mail slide. Tim is solid.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/concealed-carry-post-office-may-lead-rude-awakening big discussion about the Post Office carry

  Rarely do I clean my barrels unless accuracy becomes an issue.  I do clean the chamber.  At most I tend to pull a bore snake through it once in a while.

Over the past several years there has been a least a bear a year in the middle of Knoxville. This year have had two in early summer. One trapped and relocated, one hit on I 640/40 interchange area.

You are certainly welcome to use whatever you choose, but for me if I'm out in the woods and see that once in a lifetime buck I want my standard type known deer killin' ammo.  Hopefully that minimizes regrets later.

All enlisted, veterans, officers, and the POTUS are to salute the MOA. I was at a recent event and met two of the recipients where this was explained. It was my honor and privilege to do so as I was having my picture made with them.

I typically carry small pieces of rope, between my teeth, do a calf-rope and try and get it done within 6 seconds.

What in the hell does fact has to do with reporting, or responding?  Just look at Ferguson, MO; a cop could've lost his life to a hoodlum, but the press, the AG, Gov. and everyone else emphasize he was an 'unarmed teen'.  Unarmed people can and do kill people every day.  No one stands up the white victims is THE point.

Might as well add this beating to the list:  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/09/06/missouri-police-search-for-suspects-in-brutal-beating-caught-on-tape/