Grayfox54

You might try contacting George Bowers at GB Leather in Dover. https://gbleatherco.com/ He's more into concealment type holsters, but his web site does show some western rigs. George is in state and a great guy. I've spoken to him at gun shows many times. I have several of his holsters and he made my belt. Excellent stuff, I highly recommend it.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. That guy hit the jackpot.

Honestly, I'd love for OC to become the norm and a common practice that few paid any attention to. But we're a long way from that yet.

During my trip to Missouri, we went to dinner at a popular restaurant. I was there for a shooting event and feeling a bit rowdy. All of us were open carrying and I stupidly decided to show off a bit. I was carrying a 5" S&W 25-7 .45 Colt in a crossdraw holster forward on my left side. I had two incidents there that have stuck with me. 1. I was in the rest room washing my hands when a young boy about 6 or so came busting through the door at a dead run. He came to a screeching halt with his nose mere inches from that cannon. His eyes got big as saucers! You could easily see the shock on his face. But he slowly backed away and went on about his business without a word. I've always felt bad about scaring him like that. 2. When I went to the cashier to pay my bill, there was a uniformed LEO waiting for a take out order. He didn't say anything, but he sure was giving me the hard eyeball the whole time. I felt really uncomfortable. I vowed then and there that I'd never open carry again.

About 20 years ago I visited friends in Missouri. At that time they didn't have concealed carry and didn't honor CC from Tennessee. However, open carry was legal, so that's what I did while I was there. Honestly, It just felt plumb awkward. Nobody said anything and everyone was polite, but I could just feel the eyes watching me everywhere I went. Nope, ain't doing that again.

Labor Day was what this weekend was for me for me. My old pick-up died on me. Saturday and Sunday were used up putting a new fuel pump in. Not that bad of a job really, but you have to take the bed off. And in my case, removing a bed cover and liner. What's time consuming, is waiting for help to be available to do the heavy lifting. Today I cut grass, did laundry, dishes and general house cleaning. So yeah, around here Labor Day lived up to its name. However, I did find time yesterday afternoon to go to the party next door for a while, grab a bite to eat and do a bit of socializing. That was nice.

It ain't just gun shops. They're everywhere!

What caliber? I have the tools to do a .22. If that's what you need, I'll be happy to loan them to you. Otherwise, the only decent gunsmith I know of in the Memphis area is Kieth Warner in Germantown. He has a very good reputation. There's also the guy at Guns&Ammo. Sorry, I forget his name and I've never used him.

It turned out to be a non-event here in the west end. The storm turned east and all we got was some light rain. How'd you folks in the middle fair? It seems y'all got most of it.

I sure didn't see that coming. Never would have imagined it in a million years. Liberals? What can I say?

Current local TV forecast has it hitting somewhere around New Orleans as a Cat 4. Then the remnants running up the Mississippi and hitting West TN starting Sunday night and going through Tuesday. Calling for winds up to 35 mph and possibly 4-5" of rain here. I hope they're wrong.

I was a truck and equipment mechanic for 42 years. Happily retired now. It was a good solid career, but was hard on my body. Sorry, not interested.

Lots of music legends passing lately. Saddens the memories of my youth.

Just be patient guys. The Russians will just ship ammo in bulk to some other country, who in turn will repackage it under a different name and ship it to the U.S. It'll be back before you know it.

What I have is a "Get Home" bag. Its designed to get me back home if I'm caught out somewhere when SHTF. Pistol, ammo, Knife, socks, 4 MREs that I can stretch for up to a week or more, two canteens plus a life straw, first aid kit, poncho, paracord, lighters and the all important toilet paper. There is also a blanket wrapped in a piece of plastic for shelter. But that may be dumped depending on weather and need. The whole kit fits inside a small backpack. Zip lock bags are excellent for keeping small items together and they're waterproof.

It seems the republicans/conservatives are mostly the ones refusing the vaccine. They're also the ones filling up hospitals and dying. If this keeps up, the democrats won't have to cheat in the next election.

The old democrat switcheroo. Act like your punishing the bad guys when you're really pushing your gun control agenda.

I agree that we do have the best health care. The best doctors, nurses and technicians in the world. The problem is the cost of this care. That cost is controlled by huge corporations that knowingly bloat these costs for huge profits. They don't give a damn about the patients, only maximum and bloated profits.

My big gripe is the cost of prescription drugs. When you make a pill for $.05 and sell it for $10.00, that's just plain wrong. Yeah, I know all about the cost of research, but many of these medicines have been in common use for many years. They paid for themselves decades ago. So why are they still so expensive? After my little event back in 2019, my Cardiologist put me on Xarelto just as a precaution. Even with good insurance, this is expensive stuff. There is no generic either. Then two things happened. 1. I fell into the medicare "Donut hole". Basically, that means that they had a limit on how much they would spend on this stuff and I hit it. Rather quickly I might add. 2. Due to the high cost of Xarelto, my insurance just decided to drop it all together. The monthly cost of this one pill jumped to $280 for 30 pills. Lucky for me, I had a long talk with my Doctor and he decided I didn't really need it after all. My oldest son is diabetic. He has a good job and makes good money. Yet he struggles due to the high cost of insulin. Dammit! The government gives free meds and needles to junkies. Why the Hell do legitimately sick, but productive citizens have to suffer? The cost of insulin seriously needs some government control. But big pharma OWNS Congress, so don't expect any change. The cost of insulin amounts to a huge racket!

I ran across this one yesterday. Seems a Seagull decided to raid a goose nest. It didn't end well for the gull. Nope it ain't Disney out in the wild. Mamma Nature is a cold hearted witch!