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Selling my 21sf is one of my biggest regrets:( All this 21sf talk is gonna make me buy another:cool:

Yup...I love 1911's and have a couple...but I don't carry them. I carry what's PRACTICAL for me. 1911's point great for me, are beautiful, and the straight pull on the trigger is very nice. That being said...Id rather carry the ugly combat tupperware with more rounds...but to him his own....and yes...you do need one in your collection. Its a disease though, and you'll wind up with another.

I should be there for once:)

I've been having baseball withdrawals since I moved here...so Im going to my first Sounds game on Thursday. What are the carry rules there? Any posted signs? Do they serve alcohol and if they do is it confined to certain areas? Any metal detectors etc.... I haven't been there so bear with me if this has been discussed before.

I don't think anyone is saying thats its "wrong" to do it. I've ordered from Buds before, and they were great. As for the "warehouse" thing I was just referring to those in general. Like molonlabetn said already... "but, by all means, if you know for sure what you want. Can't really argue with saving some money, if that's the priority." I guess you could also look at it as a kinda local shop being that they are in KY.

+1. Most "warehouse" online shops don't have a staff of people there to help you that they need to pay. Id rather pay the few extra bucks and support my local shop...and support my local economy. Ya sometimes the difference is enough to justify an online purchase...but for the most part...Im sticking to my local shops when I can.

Yes...he is the all knowing "Yoda" of ballistics.

You beat me to it...Dr. Roberts list. This is the list I use....I carry the Gold Dot 124 +p obviously cause they are on this list... but they feed fine in my carry gun (G19), and they always go boom.

Congrats on the Glock26. Its a sweet shootin little guy...and you'll find holsters galore for it.

Romney or Jindal. Considering that Jindal has been talked about a lot in the media as a top pick, almost as much as Romney....why isn't he in the poll? The news is "reporting" that McCain may very well pick his VP by the end of the week. This is either a diversion to keep the medias love affair with Obama's trip down...or he will be giving something away for the media to go after early. Im no politician...but I would think you would want them to keep on guessing so they have no one to attack. The fact that the DNC is before the RNC is an advantage IMHO.

+1. Most of my Glock mags in all calibers are notorious for that. Just tap the bottom of your mag on a table or something and they should seat properly. If it feeds fine (and Im guessing it does), I wouldn't worry about it.

Yes you should have gotten a little rebate sheet to fill out that gives you those options. If you didn't...march back to the store and grab one.

Some people have this issue when transitioning from a Glock, (steeper angle) to "brand x" gun. So do you have a Glock you normally shoot by chance?

I use an apple mighty mouse which works great for what I do (working on audio.) But it sucks when Master Chief tosses a grenade instead of shooting a rocket like he intends to. So ya...Ive been looking around....I'll go fondle one of these at the store this week.

I'll be there. +1 on the orientation

Usually a Comp-Tac MTAC

Link: http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080629/NEWS03/806290411 Text from Article: Four months after it was brought to light that the state had been renewing handgun permits to felons without checking their backgrounds, none of the permits has been collected and the state just last week started mailing letters asking the felons turn in their permits. The Department of Safety has verified that 193 permit holders are likely felons and need to have their permits revoked. An additional 339 permit holders came up as possible felons when checked against a Department of Correction felon database. The state is still reviewing cases. But as of Friday only 33 letters had been sent to likely felons asking them to mail their permits back. The problem stems, in part, from a decision by the department to continue renewing permits after September 2006 when the department's handgun permit division lost access to the FBI's national crime database. That was the chief method for verifying whether those seeking renewals had a clean criminal history. The issue was brought to light in February by a news report on WTVF- Channel 5, and the state said it would clean up the problem. The Tennessean did its own analysis last week and found that since September 2006, the department issued or renewed about 200 permits to people who show up as likely matches in the state felon database kept by the Department of Correction. Of those, the newspaper found about 20 appear to have been issued gun carry permits after Feb. 13, when the problem had been supposedly corrected. Safety Commissioner Dave Mitchell said the department has started to move to correct the problems and is conducting investigations to determine if any felons lied on their applications. The department regained access to the FBI's national crime database in February and has moved the handgun permitting division under its Criminal Investigations Division. The department says it is also cross-checking the Correction database of felons with the permit database of 195,251 handgun permit holders. Mitchell said he is unaware of any crimes that have been committed involving felons who have had gun permits issued mistakenly. "We're very proud of what changes we put in place," Mitchell said. "We believe when we get to the vetting of this database, I feel confident we will have identified those people that don't lawfully deserve to have handgun permits in their possession. It's going to take a little time." 'A Very Bad Decision' The Second Amendment allows U.S. citizens to keep and bear arms. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a handgun ban within the District of Columbia. But federal law says felons cannot possess guns, and the court has long held that states have the right to regulate handguns to prevent criminals or others who may misuse guns from carrying them. Tennessee's permitting law is designed to ensure that people who carry guns in public do it safely and are qualified. For example, the state requires handgun carry permit holders to complete a certified handgun safety course. An audit released earlier this month by the Tennessee comptroller's office was highly critical of the Safety Department's problems in verifying that handgun carry permit holders have had the proper training courses. Most states allow gun owners to carry handguns, but typically have some permitting or training requirements, said Gary Kleck, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Florida State University, who has studied the issue of background checks. Background checks are typically conducted during the permitting process, Kleck said. He said he was not familiar with another case like Tennessee's in which an agency lost its ability to do background checks and kept issuing or renewing permits anyway. "My thoughts are that was a very bad decision," Kleck said. "They should have done whatever it takes to do the background checks. Either through settling their dispute with (FBI's) NCICor doing background checks using state criminal history files." Kleck said he wondered if there was some abuse of the system by the state that led to the access being cut off. A call to the FBI's office in West Virginia that manages the National Crime Information Center database went unreturned last week. Both the Department of Safety and the TBI, which acts as the custodian in Tennessee for access to the federal database, said there was no abuse that led to the gun permitting office having its rights revoked. Problem Arose In 2006 In fact, the issue hit the FBI's radar in 2006 as the Department of Safety, which includes the Tennessee Highway Patrol, was seeking access to the database so its human resources department could perform background checks on job applicants, according to interviews and documents. The FBI declined, saying the Department of Safety had too many administrative and civilian functions to qualify as a law enforcement agency. "We were shocked," said Brad Truitt, TBI's director of information systems, an office whose responsibilitiesinclude managing access to the crime database for all police agencies in Tennessee. "We would have done everything we could to get them access back." There's no clear indication in the record or in interviews why the Department of Safety, which is charged by law with managing the handgun permit program, failed to correct the problem after September 2006. In fact, Lisa Knight, the manager over the handgun office, said she alerted superiors to the problem in 2006. She said the position of the department at the time was that state law didn't address the checks on renewals and duplicate copies. "We don't know that we were issuing permits to felons," Knight said on Wednesday. "I think it's safe to assume we knew eventually it was going to happen because we weren't doing the background checks, but state statute had our hands tied. However, we did start notifying the courts and ask them to send us in information. We tried to get word out there to the courts." State Regains Access Deputy Commissioner of Safety Greta Dajani, who was brought in after an agency housecleaning after scandals in 2005, was one of the superiors who were alerted to the problem. The handgun permit division fell under her responsibility and she said it continued doing "business as usual except for that one element" of the background checks. Dajani said she wanted to challenge the FBI on its decision to end access to the database, but was advised against it by the department's legal office, headed by Roger Hutto. "We were in a dilemma," Dajani said. "You get told by a federal agency that oversees law enforcement basically 'no.' It's not just an easy thing to turn that ship around." After the reporting by Channel 5 in February detailing that felons had been issued permits, Commissioner Mitchell moved the handgun permitting office under the highway patrol. That seemed to satisfy the FBI, which granted access again to the database. Mitchell said the department has a plan to investigate and collect permits from felons who shouldn't have them, but he offered no details. Mitchell said some counties and local courts are not filing necessary notice to the department when gun permit owners are convicted of crimes. He said the department also runs regular checks against the state correction felony database to help clean up the problem. "We're aggressively making sure now we're doing everything we can to connect with the courts, connect with sheriff's, connect with the chiefs of police, connect with the databases, and make sure when we do it, we do it right," he said.

From what I understand...there was some over-charging of some earlier 147 loads..I dont remember what manufacturers. Modern loads have come along way...and as long as its a newer modern load I wouldn't worry or think twice about carrying 147g unless your running less than a 3" inch barrel. There is an approved load list from Dr Robert's in this thread somewhere.. http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7291

I don't know why a good quality Ford Pinto wasn't included on your list.

I don't have labs...but Dachshunds. Yes I crated mine together for the first 30 days. They were potty trained within a week max. You'll feel horrible with them crying at night crated...but resist the temptation to put them in bed until they are well potty trained. Once they were well trained they graduated to my bed....spoiled rotten but they are my kids to me. Whoever becomes my wife someday will have to accept that:) With you having two they will not be as bored when you are away from the house.

Audio Engineering and Production...also do Radio Production/Imaging/Voice Overs etc...Id rather be a food critic and mattress tester though:)

I like it..

Im not too worried about Obama picking Hillary as the VP. I think Dick Morris put it just about right today...he said quote... "Putting Hillary Clinton on the ticket for vice president creates a ménage-à -trois. Bill will be the unexpected roommate. Even if a President Obama can discipline Hillary and get her to play second fiddle, there is not the remotest chance that he can get the former president to accept such rules. Even if Bill Clinton wanted to rein in his newly prolific public expressions of rage and frustration, there is doubt that he is any longer capable of doing so. Hillary, who likely desperately wants to be tapped for vice president, is going about it in exactly the wrong way. She seems to be demanding a kind of coalition government between herself and Obama, a definition of the vice presidency not likely to appeal to the president." I think that says it all.

Noooooooooooo!!!!! Someone beat me to it!!!! [ame= ] [/ame]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!