bersaguy

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I talked to my son-in-law yesterday and he told me the morning was fine and crew was getting job closer until 3 white vans showed up and 8 ICE agents got out. 30 minutes later he had to shut the job down because he was now 17 men less working. ICE arrested 17 illegals on his jobsite and took them away. They were all men from a Temp Service. He found out later that day that ICE went to the new Football Stateum Lost 48 Temp Company employees to ICE and they had to get more vans to pick them up. My son in law went to the office of the Temp Service to find out what was going on and why their Temp workers were put on jobs when they didn't have Green Cards and the guy said that they were not required to check for green cards. Son-in-law informed him that they would not be paying them for the half day and would not be back for workers anymore. Now with that said. If anyone on TGO is looking for a good paying job Liberty Construction is hiring legal citizens and Americans. If you are interested send me a PM and I will hook you up.

So we have like a million + illegals deported and half of them decide to try and come back in and get caught. Then they are charged with a felony. That means we give them good food, a warm bed, medical expenses, a dry roof to sleep under. In my opinion they need to make the punishment much much harsher to discourage them coming back period!!!!!

I just have a question that has me confused so I am looking for help answering it!!!!! President Trump is in a major movement to get all the illegal people out of this country and I am in his full support to see him succeed. Now my question is as follows? Say we capture Jose and his 2 brothers and we deport them back to there home country or another country but we get them out of America! Just what is to discourage them from coming back again to America. Is there some secret punishment they will receive if caught here again that has never been made public that someone may know about?

R.I.P Brian. You made my life a pleasure with your Music!!!!!

I have my opinion about the weather these days and I think a lot of what we are experiencing can be blamed on man as much as anything else. Every were you look people are going green! All the coal powerplants are gone, Natural gas is being used to generate power, What was suppose to be a Nuclear power plant Oak Ridge has been turned into a storage facility for Nuclear waste for other projects. It is man that has as much to do with our weather as Mother Nature does these days. This is just my Humble Opinion!!!!!!

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Well, I didn't dig out any more feeders and today I realized I will half to get out a couple more. I have about 12-15 birds have not been paying enough attention to them. I got up earlier than I have been and the feeders are almost empty. I have a lot of small females and I think 3-4 Red throats. I thought it was going to be a slow season for Hbirds but they are just late getting here. I will get 10 lbs of sugar this weekend to make a couple gallons of Nectar for them.

I was not able to view the video but from reading what ya'll wrote the guy was a total idiot. They even put police officers in jail for shooting someone in the back!!!!!!!

Well, I didn't put up the additional feeders up because I still have the same birds I started with in Spring. This dang weather is probably having an effect on them. I know it is me!!!!!!

Hope ya'll have a great trip in the RV and come home safe and sound pop pop!!!!

I want to take a moment to wish everyone on TGO a wonderful and safe Memorial day weekend!!!! Bersaguy

This is one of the 1st S&M N&P Bodyguards 380 Cal. It has 1 extra magazine. it also has a pocket holster. Price reduced. Cash price $225 firm.

No damage in this whole we live in. A lot of wind but our power never even flickered during any of it. Hope everyone else is good and safe.

A couple years back before I taught my son in law learned how much fun Bass fishing is from a Skeeter Bass boat and my daughter said I ruined him she use to have a freezer full of trout all the time and he did most all his Trout fishing in the Caney Fork with great success. You might plan a trip down to the Caney and plan on making a day of it. I thing Tommy(SIL) might be able to give you some tips on that river. Let me know if you want what info I can get from him.

Just the safety system on the Thunder was one of the things that pushed me over the edge plus I love the double action. I would love to get my hands on another Thunder in good shape just to have another Safe Queen. I'm getting ready to put a gun up for sale in the classifieds I cannot get into these miniature guns.

I am not in a position to dispute what you are saying because since my best friend and Range partner of died 10+ years that use to be at the range religiously. He worked there as maintenance manager and we had free will to use the range and he was more the one that was always experimenting with anything new that came out and if he thought it might be something I might like to shoot he would bring it down to the range. He was the person that introduced me to the Bersa Thunder and I fell in love with the fix box of ammo down the tube. I would like to have another for the safe. I was totally happy and the more powder I sent down the tube the better I got. Like I said earlier. Most of the people that took the HCP range took the test with 22lr target guns. I took mine with a Thunder. I told you my grades back then. I had my son-in-law tease me the other day when We went out in the field behind the house to burn some powder and he asked me to shoot 3 of his guns. He has a Glock, Smith &Wesson and a Single action Colt. I didn't crash and burn like I thought I might but I manage to get on the flight deck........He told me he was surprised that I did fairly well with strange guns and I looked at him and said......"it's not the gun, "it's up to the shooter able to adjust. I burned 1 Mag from my Thunder and no it was not 91%. It was about 75% give or take. Not bad for not being in a range or even out shooting out back in the field in over 3 years.

I have an S&W N&P Body Guard that I wish anyone else owned but me. It is just taking up room in the safe. A friend of mine needed some money and I took it as a loan and next time I heard from him he was living in Florida with his girlfriend 5 years ago. the Only good is it's a 380 and I have plenty of ammo for it. Oh yea it has a pocket holster and extra mag. Soon as my grandson comes by I will get a few pictures of it and then post it in the classified to sell. Don't have a clue what to ask for it as I know I paid to much for it.

I have noticed while reading that a lot of folks talk about all the different pistols they own but I seldom see a Bersa Thunder or a Model 85 mentioned. Is it that it is the fact it is not a small pocket pistol or because it is a 380 caliber? They make the same hole as a 9mm and it is like I said earlier that if you get in a situation that might require self defense that the Bersa 380 might have you under gunned? I have never felt under gunned when I have a Bersa on me because I know I will put a round where it needs to be to stop the situation. Maybe instead of buying a dozen different guns that a person practices with the one they have it will be easier on the pocket book. Not trying to start a fuss but just trying to prove a point.

I have only been to Memphis 2 times and both times were non stop times. I grew up in Chicago till I was 16 and my parents where given a rather large Ranch/Farm by my grand father because it became to much for him to run any longer. He gave them the ranch house for us to live in while he lived in the farm house. There was about 850 acres of pasture land for cattle, about 10 acres for a hog lot 40 acres for horses and 1500 acres of timber. I graduated high school and got notice that I would be receiving draft notice so rather than wait I joined the Navy and after boot applied for Special Forces and got accepted. I had heard a lot of people talk about Memphis and quite a few said it was a small Chicago. That was kept me from going to Memphis. I trained with four different long guns for two years in between assignments.

My main reason for posting about the 380's is, I realize that many folks say that I should have got a 9 mm. Maybe but I got what I was comfortable with that I could depend on being able to hit the target in the spot I was aiming and putting the bullet where I want it to go. With this said when I went to the range to qualify for my HCP I had the gun I had done a lot of practicing with, felt comfortable with and when I qualified with 91% the instructor looked at my target, turned and looked at me and said I'm impressed !!!! I knew I had a high score on the written so I felt I had got my permit. I guess it was my trip to the range 3 to 4 times a week was worth the trips. One thing I kept playing in my head was the Lawyers Bullet. My range buddy told me on my way to qualify in the range all he said was not 100% I punched my first hole approximately 1.5 inch to the right ear and my second approximately 1.5 inch to the left ear and the rest of them in almost a heart shape center mass and the last one between the eyes. BT was my range buddy for about 8 months, 3 days a week and when he was watching my improvements is when he told me about the Lawyers bullet and told me not to shoot 100% on the test day. I asked him what the lawyers bullet was and he said if I ever had to shoot someone and kill them the lawyer will be able to convince the jury that I was an expert and I could have shot to wound and not kill. By not shooting 100% the Lawyer could not call me an expert. That is what the ear bullets where for. Lawyers bullets. There was 15 people in our class and 7 of the shooters could not even hit the target anywhere. I'm glad I have my HCP because I know I could not score even close to that today.

I have 3 different 380's.1 Bersa Thunder 7 rounds, 1 Bersa model 85 15 rounds and a S&W Body Guard 5 rounds Pocket gun and a Phoenix 22 10 rounds. I carry the Thunder 95% of the time with 2 back up mags mostly because I can hit what I am shooting at with it.

I know this topic has been discussed many times but I think one more won't hurt and they are a topic David posted pertaining to self defense caliper and ammo. I have been told many times that I need to own a bigger gun for self defense because a 380 is not enough. I would like to hear thoughts on the issue again. I know a 380 Caliper is not a cannon but it is and has been my carry choice for many years. I'm thankful I have never had to test it on a bad guy to find out but I have 1 point I would like to make. I know that Penetration has been discussed along with the mushroom of the projectile damage done to the bad guy. Both are probably effective with out a doubt but I have another option. Bullet placement. I saw this first hand back years ago when a fight broke out in a bar in my home town. One guy was really a big guy and the other guy a little smaller than average. When it was over the smaller guy pulled a 38 Cal snubby and put 5 rounds into the big guy and the big guy broke the smaller guys neck, threw him on the floor went out of the bar, got in his car and drove himself to a hospital 9 miles away and actually survived being shot 5 times at almost point blank. I saw the guy a month later and he was not charged for killing the guy is self defense but I was confused the 5 rounds at almost point blank and out walking around and driving himself to the hospital. I didn't speak to him when I saw him. He was killed a month later in another bar dispute but this time he pushed his luck and threw a bottle of liquor at a local police officer while looking down the muzzle of a 12 gauge and the police officer new Andy's reputation and put an end to it. Now with all the story what is the verdict. Was the 38 not big enough Caliper? Was it was it penetration? I have my own verdict I blame the whole death of the guy with the gun with poor bullet placement. The 38 snubby should have been plenty of fire power at that range. Lets hear ye !!!!!!!!

I have zero plans on buying one and even the memory of that one time pulling the trigger on that one makes my entire body hurt and especially my right shoulder.....lol.