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Seeing more .45ACP ammunition, coming into the Knoxville area now and not at a bad price point. Also seeing .380ACP and .38spl/.357mag as well.

Milsurps have even dried up online. None of regular sources line Classic Firearms, etc has much milsurp stock anymore, other than some Toks and Carcanos. i still see some European Police trade-in pistols from time to time, though.

Just wish Ruger had made the Wrangler with an 8 or 9 shot cylinder, in .22LR. In this day and age, there just isn't a reason not to. I know Heritage also comes with a 6 shot cylinder, but they also make a replacement 8 shot cylinder and paw and I understand they are fairly easy to swap out. That's about the only reason I see in going with the Heritage, though. Now that I have my Henry Classic .22LR LR, I'm planning on looking for a nice .22 single action, to go with it. Remember that @Grayfox54 in the coming weeks.

Finally someone got one! Glad it was you!

I hope to see one of Girsans soon.

He deserves all of the shttaking and more!

Thank you! Thank you!

Dealing with my 80 year old mother, now. She has pancreatic cancer and it is terminal. She is taking chemo to extend her life and she is now also dealing with congestive heart failure. I don’t think it will be much longer.

I’ve looked at these and almost pulled the trigger several times, but backed off. I might buy the 4 inch version, though.

I’ve not shot hollow points through mine’ but the 230gr ball was good to go.

Hey David, there’s about a 21 page thread about patrol rigs over on BushcraftUSA, you should checkout. https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/the-modern-fighting-kit-loadout-gear.320751/

Boy, all the big makers are jumping on the polymer 10mm bandwagon now. For the longest time it was just Glock.

Had two tears in my left knee repaired and a arthritic grit sucked out of my knee about 7 years ago, arthoscopically. I was up walking around in a TVA Switchyard 4 days later. Spent the weekend on crutches, though. It sucked. But I started PT two weeks later, for couple of weeks, then I was good to go. Swelling never completely went down, but I've been hiking on it, ever since. Still get some pain, but nothing major.

My Rossi .357 trapper is a fun little rifle!!!

That's a crazy good deal! I was able to win a new one at a Harvey's auction for $430 dollars, which I thought was a steal! Loved the way it shot, but the controls just didn't fit me. Had to reposition the pistol in order to drop the mag or take the safety off. A friend from work fell deeply in love with it, so now he owns it.

That has to be one of the toughest jobs of all!

I think you know the answer to that one!

This explains the squarish box mags. I though they looked more 7.62, than 5.56. Another question… Will the rest of NATO follow suit?

The Army has finally picked it's new rifle and Squad Automatic Weapon, to go along with it's new pistol. Rifle: https://www.yahoo.com/news/army-picks-replacement-m4-saw-230105091.html SAW: https://www.yahoo.com/news/army-chooses-sig-sauer-build-225152088.html

Would love to hear about them as well. Will be in the area tomorrow.

I read it was #23, but that seems awfully high to me. #16 was supposed to USGI.

A hunting guide did bring down a bruin with a 9mm, using Buffalo Bore hardcast bullets. If I were going to carry either of these rounds though, I would opt for higher capacity. I have an XDs in .45acp and I like it a lot, but it only has a capacity of 5 or 7 rounds. I would not be comfortable with that limitation. The Ruger with the combination of a hi-cap mag (17 rounds) and Buffalo Bore 147gr hard cast bullets, as the hunting guide used below might be my choice, if I were limited to these two pistols. https://www.wideopenspaces.com/alaska-man-kills-charging-brown-bear-with-a-9mm-pistol/

Not on the shelve. The last I bought was some Winchester 158gn SJHP .357, about a year and a half ago. As soon as I saw it, I snapped up the two boxes they had, I was at my LGS the other day and looked at a Taurus 856. The guy behind the counter, said they had a box in reserve for each pistol they had for sale. But there was none on the shelf. He said it was lead round nose. You can find it online, though.

Over the years, I’ve carried lots of different guns. But since I got my HCP, I’ve carried a FNS9> Keltec P32> LCS9Pro> S&W 442> Tisas Fatih> Taurus 627 >LCP Max> TX22> S&W 442. The last three are a rotation, pretty much anymore.

If you make it to Knoxville, hit up Harvey's. He usually has a selection of Tisas/SDS 1911a1s and some RIAs that start in the $400 range and go up from there. That's where I bought my SDS U.S. Army Model. He also has an auction site, where you can sometimes get a good deal. I've bought several pistols from his auctions. Two examples of great deals from that were my S&W 442 for $302 + tax and a CZ75B for $430+ tax. Both were new. Some of them get crazy though, especially during the COVID panic.