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I've never understood how people can pocket carry. Having my keys in my pocket starts to drive me nuts. I'm just not a pocket carry dude. But, it is very popular.

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OWB most of the winter, IWB summer, spring and fall vary between the two. However I am a systems guy and so my OWB and IWB are all I do use and I always use them in the same general place on my hip. I don't pocket carry one day, ankle another, hip another. when you need it you will automatically grab for where you train for it to be. If you grab for the hip and its on you ankle on deep in your pocket, you might be saying sayonarra. But that's me, may be others don't think that way. Put some thought into it though and train for the way you carry. Too few think about things this far.

And calling them and asking to be put on the mailing list. CDNN has some excellent deals from time to time. They lightened my wallet quite a bit over the years.

With all other things being equal I think this about says it all. It is what fits you best and works best for you. What works for me might and might not work for you.

I would agree that the Taurus is in general a reliable firearm for the average users wear and tear. A thousand rounds a year is probably on par with with the average carrier, shooter. For many non-carrying shooters it is even above average round count. However in the grand scheme of hard use shooters that is count is extremely low. Those shooters fire a minimum of 1,000 rounds or more a month. The Taurus by my experience do not withstand that type of abuse well. I could point you to numerous people putting their HK's, Glocks and a couple of types through 50-100k count torture tests with excellent results. I will disagree fervently on the cost of Glocks being overpriced. They are certainly priced in the mid range of combat handguns. They are on par with XD and M&P. Less than Sig, HK and nearly every higher end 1911. As far as gun price itself goes, they are much less for a quality handgun than a decent rifle and far less than a good shotgun. $500 would barely get you a working sporting clays over/under. In the end you get what you pay for. If your demands are not very high, you can probably afford to require less. If your requirements demand a higher end gun, you're better off sending it up front. And some would certainly prefer even if their demands are not high to send more to what a higher end gun. In the end the best choice is the one that fits your needs and fits your hands well. There is no perfect gun. I change almost all of my handguns in some way. For instance I loved most things about my Glocks except the grip. I had the grip reduced. For me I would rather do that than buy another gun that has other failures to my eye that had the right grip. I trust my Glocks, they have never once failed me in thousands and thousands of rounds. Same for my HK's. None of them has ever failed me. Same for my Sigs, not one failure, EVER. And my use guns get a lot of use. Less now than they used to, but a lot of use. I can't say the same thing about numerous other pistols I have owned some very briefly. Bersas failed me over and over, Taurus failures after a couple thousand rounds. I won't go through them all, but suffice it to say I know what I trust. To the OP's question, I cannot speak to the Kahr, I have some but not enough experience with them to make an informed personal opinion. I like most of what I hear about them.

I have my own name for my Glock 23 and 27, the 23 or 27RSGM (reduced stippled grip multi. Multi meaning multi caliber as I have both 40 and 9 conversion caliber capability.

I agree about $500 being too much for rack grades. All of the ones I picked up years ago were in excellent shape. Of course at that time as I said paratroopers were the high cost of $400 and the good grade Garands were $500. I have only one Garand left, a NM Springfield.

I'm just giving you a hard time.

I have seen the prices of a few of these lately. Makes me sick that I sold mine off several years ago, except one. I bought a bunch of them for $175-200 a piece and paid the whopping price of $400 for an paratrooper. On another note I guess I am not really looking to increase the number of guns I have at the moment. I am focusing on buying a few more mags for a couple of my pistols, adding some holsters, especially IWB, and buying more ammo and reloading supplies for numerous calibers and cartridges.

I think The Outpost Armory is carrying some Crossbreed Supertuck's or MTAC's can't recall which.

Ohhh OK. Have you seen the tax bases in those countries? Do you know what the average unemployment stats are in those countries? For many of them it is higher than our current recessionary numbers. They have millions on a nearly permanent dole. Many of them are going broke and the people who do work pay exorbitant taxes for the privelege of working and making often little more than the ones on the dole. IS that what you consider fair? Is that where you think we should go? The fact is we CAN'T afford this. No if's ands or buts about it? This doesn't even touch the tip of the ice berg when we look at Medicaid, medicare and SSI and the fact that already cannot afford those programs now due to our aging boomer population and their impending retirements. I am appalled at the complete lack of economic understanding by some here. It truly is utterly astounding. What this bill will be is a tax raising, jobs killing handout which will mean more unemployed people paying less taxes and taking more from the gov tit. This admin has spent more in the last year than Bush did in 8, for all of his big gov crap. The debt load is projected to be in 2020 90% of what our GDP is estimated to be. The numbers just don't work period. And don't even get me started on the loss of freedom and choice. However I am glad they included this in the law. If there is any hope of killing this it might be in the USSC, striking down as unconstitutional a forced purchase of product. And to the gentleman who stated 95% of American families average less than $40k a yr, you are way, way wrong. The fact is however as we sit now over half of the American population pays nothing in income taxes at the end of the year. The top 10% of earners pay a huge bulk of the taxes, yet the libs answer is to tax these people more. You know the ones who actually employ people and the entrepreneurs who seek to produce. In many ways the health care industry brought this on themselves not getting their own ships in order, but this is completely the wrong way to solve it. In fact it is just sure to cost us all more.

I believe it was sent to all permit holders.

Your parents were wise. Likewise my father never took the Tennessean and hated it when the Banner went under. I don't know anyhting about a boycott. Truth be told I imagine many carry permit holder already boycott his restaurants. But the number of people in this area who have permits percentage wise would probably make a boycott difficult to have substantially effect on his businesses.

Personally I have always thought so too. I find it funny the OP has an avatar for Sig. The Sig has some guns which are caliber specific and others which are offered in 9 and 40 and yet others which are offered in 9, 40 and 357 Sig. Some were originally offered in just one caliber and have had more calibers offered in years hence. Talk about confusing. If you study most pistol manufacturers for a while you get it down pretty easily. Pistols are nothing compared to rifle manufacturers and the dizzying array of possible variants on most of their models.

Actually the Banner was traditionally the conservative newspaper. The Tennessean has never been conservative in the least bit. John Siegenthaler ran the Tennessean with an iron fist as a major liberal, only to be followed by more liberals. Funny enough Siegenthaler as head of this First Amendment Center loves to preach against Fox, never mentions other MSM's mind you, and calls news sources today too tied in with politicians and bemoans the loss of the press being completely neutral accept in cases of editorial sections. What a hypocritical p****. As the publisher of the Tennessean he actually was the campaign manager for the southeast for JFK and then as AA for Pres. Kennedy. He so-called resigned from the Tennessean, but still considered himself non-partisan. Loss of neutrality my a**.

It's called color case hardening. Yes you see it often on old shotguns as well as old single action revolvers.

This is what is referred to as a barbecue gun. I'd imagine the buyer of this would wear it on special occasions. But they probably would wear it once in a while. I own only one 1911 I don't carry ever. It's a Colt 1911 manufactured in 1917. It has been in my family since its manufacture. I have shot it on a number of occasions though.

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Actually as I sad earlier it may somewhat be marketing, but it is a small part of it. Gun companies may in fact make more from a 1911 today than they used to, but overall prices have come down over the last twenty years. In the 80's and early 90's 1911 was on its way out. All but the die hards were moving away from it and the decline began in the 50's as LEA's stopped using them and moved to other less expensive and less complicated double action autos. 1911's were very expensive then despite low demand. As I also said it was as much to buy and customize one then as it is now, ie. much more inflationary wise. The rise of CNC computer manufacturing and the easier cheaper manufacturing processes allowed for a huge new market of less expensive 1911's. Make no mistake about it the 1911 is still an expensive pistol to manufacture, and always has been, especially with any hand fitted customization. DW, Springfield, etc could not afford to make the higher end mass manufactured guns they make and sell it at the cost of the M&P, XD etc. There is also a high level supply. Marketing and market bear is part of it but not the huge part some try and make it sounds as it is.

I would agree. I think the DW is about as good a non custom 1911 as any. And as was stated they have a lot of ed Brown parts in them. And for the money maybe the best value.

I think he is referring to the so-called assault weapons ban which restricted the manufacture of mags of more than 10 rounds. Of course it grandfathered in all of the previously made mags. So most of us never skipped a beat with our high cap mags. That is unless you lived in a state which also banned them, which means they are still banned n those places. The ban never placed restrictions on law enforcement. I have found that most 'elite' teams use a number of different guns determined by individuals or individual teams. Some spec ops teams use 1911's, but they also use Sigs, Hk's and a couple of others. Most security forces that I have been around use Glocks, HK's and Sigs and some Berettas and S&W are seen. I rarely see them with 1911's. Not never, I said rarely. The cost of the 1911 is somewhat marketing, but mainly the cost of manufacture. In fact while many pistols have skyrocketed in price the 1911 has dropped in recent years. In the late 80's / early 90's, it cost as much or more to buy and build out a 1911 than it does to buy a built out one today.

Springer, Kimber, Dan Wesson and several others are good guns. Most function well and have some nice extras. They are nicely fitted, and have little done to them after basic manufacturing. That said, Ed Brown, Nightwawk and I will throw in the new Hero-Guns as well as several other small custom manufacturers, are not in the same league with the previously mentioned guns. It is like comparing AAA ball to the majors. One step, but a big one. Rock the slide back and forth a few times on the latter guns. The slide and frame are hand lapped and hand fitted. The slide will seem like it is on ball bearings, it is that smooth of a feeling. On the other guns you can feel the burrs and uneven points. The internal parts are all smoothed and of the highest quality. Most of them have been totally deburred of sharp points and feel smooth over the entire surface. This is what Cooper called the 'melt' and to put it succinctly, he said this is one of the absolute musts of any good carry 1911. I've watched guys at night taking a file to their 1911's after a day of Cooper breaking their ear off. This is standard on the Ed Brown and Nighthawk guns. As I said the other guns are certainly good guns. Some can afford and want a gun of the highest quality, some don't put emphasis on that. There is absolutely nothing like a top end 1911 for the 1911 fan. If that is your thing, get the best you can afford and spend money on other types of guns. If you don't get just what you want, I have seen it over and over again, you will end up with one 1911 after another to the point that you could have bought the best to begin with and been done with it. I'm no 1911aholic. I will say this, after having a high end 1911 I won't be satisfied with anything less than that ever again. But, again I am not consumed by the 1911 disease. I just appreciate true quality. In fact I personally, and this is just me, would buy a number of other types of pistols unless I was willing to fork out for a really good 1911. I am also not at present carrying a 1911, but a HK45C or Glock 23 or 27. I have carried several 1911's and found them to be great carry pieces. Over the years though my hip had generally had an HK, Sig or Glock on it.

Sounds like you are one of the lucky ones who is neither eye dominant. I sure wouldn't change it. It doesn't hold you back. Most have to work hard to shoot with both eyes open. The only time I close one eye is when I am looking down a magnified scope or through old peep sights at a far off target.

Shooting a rifle such as used for hunting or long range is easy, close your left eye shooting right handed. This is also true of shotgun shooting, even clays. You could also blur a lens on your shooting glasses and keep your eyes both open. You do not have to retrain anything if one eye is closed. If only one eye is open there is no discordance. The brain sees only one sight picture, so I have no idea why anyone would ever say close you dominant eye and retrain your brain. The conflict only arises when both eyes are open. When shooting an AR you really should learn to shoot with both eyes open and facing nearly forward. Closing one eye or even worse blurring an eye is not a viable option on the AR. Will you likely have your glasses on in a defensive situation? Will you carry a jar of vaseline around to put on your glasses every time you want to shoot your AR? You can also amass a lot of headaches trying to train yourself to keep both eyes open and use the wrong eye, squinting and such with your dominant eye, or even worse cocking your head around. 200 years ago the Army didn't have M4's or other shoulder fired carbines to be shot with both eyes open. The military is often slow to change and because they have done something a certain way forever doesn't mean that is the most efficient way to do it. In fact only recently did the military change their stance training to a forward position from bladed even though private trainers have taught spec ops to do this since Gulf War 1. Same here again, most contractor trainers now and many military trainers who have trained under those people have begun to teach RH, LD shooters to simply shoot LH. It is far far easier to retrain the hands than the eyes, brain. Takes less time and in the end makes you a far better shooter. If you would be happy being a mediocre and fairly slow shooter trying to overcome eye dominance issues, go for some other method. IF you want to get to your full potential, retrain your hands. I am left leaning ambidextrous. I am L eye dom. I shoot right handed AR's left handed with no prob. You don't need a LH AR. Over the years I have watched countless shooters struggle mightily with this. One they made the commitment to switch, their skills went up drastically.