Warbird

As open carry is perfectly legal in Tennessee this is not a concern here in the least. EDIT: Oops slower on the draw than Fallguy. What he said.

I do it all the time. I have my gun in a locked case inside of a suitcase where I place a lock on the two zippers after I close it shut. There is no reason after the gun goes through TSA for it to be opened or unlocked. Now if you do not have a gun inside the suitcase and you lock it and walk off or allow the person to simply place it on the belt, they are not too fond of that. They do randomly inspect suitcases. If you have non-TSA locks on it and are not present they well could cut the locks off if they are determined to look inside. But if I have a gun in the suitcase I never leave until the bag and gun case have both been inspected and cleared to be placed on the belt. I usually don't carry anything else valuable in my suitcase, I keep it with me, so I do not lock the suitcase if I don't have a gun in there. Naturally if you carry a rifles(s) or shotgun(s), then the entire case will be locked. I likewise wait until that has been cleared and locked back up before I walk off. In fact the locks I use require my key to be in the lock to lock or unlock them. Part of the problem, at security gates anyway, is a lack of consistency between cities in the way they go about things. The lack of consistency makes it slower to get traffic through the system. I have no idea if these body scanner are really worthwhile, but it is a bigger pain in the neck. You have to remove everything from the pockets and the belt and even your wallet. I do not like to take my wallet out and put it anywhere. I have yet to fly out of Nashville since they just acquired theirs. I will be next week though. So far anyway this has been the procedure everywhere I have been. I don't enjoy flying anymore at all and I will drive to my meetings if less than 400 or so miles. Security was extremely lax for a long time, then since 2001 it has been better or worse, up and down. But it isn't the security as much as the hassle or increasing delays and issues that make it suck nowadays. I flew 400k miles a year for more than a decade and I am glad I don't do that anymore.

Well the computer is at least running again. It still seems to mess up in IE, but I downloaded Google Chrome browser and it seems to be running OK. Thanks for the tip.

Well I did that (downloaded avast and put it on mem stick) and started it from the mem stick and it actually is scanning right now. It says it has found 4 inf files thus far and is 1% done. Don't know if it can find the file causing all of the havoc, but hopefully it will. At least this is the first anti-malware I have been able to actually open and start, so I can be cautiously hopeful. I don't have the Microsoft Defender on there eith I don't think. I had Zone alarm, Malwarebytes, Spybot, Adaware on there.

I tried to download avast and it would not let me. It was not one of the ones I had on there. Can I download it from another computer to a mem stick and then try to run it at boot? How do I do that?

Well I went on there the other day following a link to a search I did on google or bing, can't recall which. Right after I went on there my computer went beserk. The firewall I had up missed it and I tried to immediately use Malware bytes and Spybot and Adaware. It would not let any of the open up. Then I tried to reinstall one of the malware programs and it would not let me. Got all sorts of crazy stuff when I tried to do a search of any kind. I tried a sys restore and it went through after doing it in Safe Mode, but the problem was still there. Now it doesn't even recognize the Mozilla browser and says it doesn't exist. I am at a loss for what to do next.

Make sure the gun is in a locked case and placed in a suit case which you lock as well even if you can only use a small key or combo lock on it. A pistol is just too easy to walk away with.

As soon as you get to the counter let the agent know you have a firearm to check. They will hand you a form to fill out and want to see the firearm in the case. I have had a couple ask me if it is unloaded, but usually don't even get that. They usually just look at it and then tell you that you need to take it to the TSA counter. Don't lock it until you get to the TSA counter. Pu it in the bag where it will be placed for travel, take it over to the TSA folks and remove it from the bag and hand them the gun case with the lock. I usually hang around just in case they have any questions, which they never have had. They will lock it, place it back in your travel bag and lock that. I have checked a gun literally a couple of hundred times at a minimum domestically and internationally. I have never had a problem with check-in. It can be nerve wracking the first time you do it, but it really isn't any big deal.

I went. It was OK. I have no idea on the mauser action. It wasn't what I was looking for and I was fairly focused. Didn't find what I was looking for or should say the few things I was looking for. There were quite a few tables with military rifles and several with different hunting rifles as well as parts, etc.

OK. I wasn't sure. Wouldn't want a 380 in a model perfectly capable of handling 9 and 40. They wouldn't sell in the US market with 380 as you are stated. I personally have no big love for the 380 round. Many years ago when I acquired my 380's they were all steel guns, but smaller than anything out in 9. However the HK P7M8 wasn't significantly bigger and so I bought one of those and never looked back. Then they started making smaller 9mm gun, lighter than the old 380 guns. I find I carry those perfectly well, so I still have no use for the even smaller 380 made today. i'm sure there are times when a LCP or something similar would be handy, but not enough so that it warrants my going out and buying one. I still own several 380 pistols, but they never get shot.

That is correct. They are actually if I recall a bit bigger than the 26/27. They make it for a market that dictates strictly the largest caliber they will allow for carry and dictates the size it must be. If Glock wanted to they could get it enough importation points to bring here. However as was already stated, they really don't have the desire to do so as it wouldn't sell in the US market. They have given no indication to desiring to build the Glock model in a smaller than their current sub-compact guns for a round such as the 380.

Yep. I don't see the XD making much inroad in the future competing with Glock, but I think the M&P will give them a serious run for their money for some time to come.

I would disagree with this statement somewhat. There are and have been many guns cheaper than Glocks LEO's could have purchased. Numerous factors including the price point being very good in the early days in comparison to the all steel guns prevalent at the time certainly was an important factor.

I don't recall the issues, but you can read the entire testing procedure and reporting. It is public access. I read it, but it was sometime back. I cannot speak to this personally because I haven't shot many new Sigs of late, but I have heard of some complaints of Sig's QC. I carried a 228 for a number of years. I didn't care for the DA/SA combo or the DAO at the time. I also didn't care for the long grip for carry. However that action can certainly be highly effective with practice. The gun never let me down. It ran thousands of rounds.

$1500 is now a pretty good price for a new one. I've seen a lot of them for $1700.

According to the ATF Sig failed the reliability and durability portions of the testing. Sig filed a complaint stating the testing was improperly done, but the Fed dept overseeing the contracts and testing fairness said Sig did not have a valid grievance, and so were not considered for the final decision.

CZ owns Dan Wesson. DW went out of business several years ago and DW bought the name and revived it making the 1911 guns. DW had been primarily known for their revolvers for many years. They did discontinue several lines and expanded or revamped several other lines. They make an excellent firearm. Unfortunately they began to realize how much people thought of their guns and when they discontinued several lines at the beginning of the year the secret great deal was made less so by a big jump in price for their new guns.

I'm out of town right now. When I get back I will check out and see if I can seem who made it. If I recall I got it at a gun show, but that could have been anywhere. I have probably had it for 15 years or more.

I will have to look and see who made it. I have had it probably 15 years. It is fairly small and light. I do not believe in the buy any fanny pack it will do fine stuff. Mine is a holster. It can easily be set up with the use of the zipper and two tabs which stick out from each side, to be set up to yank open very quickly. Inside it has a velcro strip with a holster. You can change the angle of the holster inside or adjust the snaps which hold the gun in the holster if you use them. I carry my G27 in mine and it has a small pocket on the outside that easily holds and extra mag or two. They don't cost a whole lot, mne might have been $40, but I don't know who makes them now or how much they run, not a lot. There are several companies that still make them as they are actually used fairly regularly by EP bodyguards

Actually both Glock and S&W were awarded contracts. https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=bd51b091482215c94c1c9c89b799f26f https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=e121e835387839577bc2b57c2897e987 The M&P is a better gun for YOU in YOUR hands. No one firearm is the best choice for everyone. M&P and Glock are both excellent weapons.

That's interesting because I find the Bisley much more comfortable and more natural pointing than the standard SA's. To each his own I guess, that's why they have choices.

I have a pair of Ruger Bisley Vaqueros in 45LC. I have modified each with easier trigger, slightly larger hammer and free spinning pawl. When I used to have time I shot them in cowboy action events. They are indeed a lot of fun to shoot.

What I have always used for running and really physical activity is the much maligned fanny pack. Mine is made specifically for carry and has always worked well. It is the only time I use t, but for those purposes it works well.

There are also a number of manufacturers who make a 4" barreled gun. They are not true Commander sized guns, but are often referred to as the Commander length for those companies as usually they do not make 4.25" guns. These 4" guns are for the most part cone barrel guns which run w/o a barrel bushing. Kimber call their model the Pro Carry.

I have both and definitely prefer the crossbreed ST. The KH is OK, but feels to me like a OK holster. The CST is very comfortable and has thus far been surprisingly durable. I often will select my CST instead of my Sparks on a day to day basis. I wouldn't pick the KH over the Sparks on any day. I essentially wear the KH when I need to wear a gun, but know I am in grub clothes and not going to mind if a holster gets grubby as well. It is good for those types of days.