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What Gary said ... We did the same thing. Both dog and owner need the training. leroy.

Thanks Wes..! I enjoyed meeting ya Brother... Again, thanks for everything. leroy

Papa... I now carry " cocked n locked too " SIGH... The brutal Re-education has worked. I heartily agree about the ambi safety... When ya look at the design, they can give trouble from what ya said, and are a source of mechanical failure. The beaver tail and Rowell hammer thing has forced me to use an " off hand " draw, but it works well enough. leroy

Will.... In the old days before the " cocked n locked " dogma became gospel, us lefties carried our Gubt models on the half cock with a spur hamner. Ya cocked on the draw ALA the old Single Action Army. It worked very well, as the 1911 has a rebounding firing pin. Now they send you to the " Re-education Camp " run by brutal Soviet style 1911 apartachiks for doin such things. Remember, the 1911 was a calvary sidearm. They put the safety on when the shootin wuz over.... HEHEHE. re-educated leroy with a beaver tail and a rowell hammer ( SIGH )... Re-educated in 1911 gospel.

These are excellent shotguns. The 20 is a bit rare. GLWS... leroy.

Too much of a " High Roller " thing for me. I need to see n handle whatever it is I'm bidding on. leroy

I've built several ARs, and I like the carbine length guns with light barrels and mid length gas systems best. I like the Faxon Firearms barrels with the integral brake in a lightweight barrel profile best. They are exactly 16 inches. They are a bit pricy, but they are excellent barrels. That said, ya can spend less money n get the same thing if ya use any good quality barrel. Shop around n read the info from the various makers. Faxon, Wilson, and many others. Google em and take a look. My AR weighs right at 6 lb. That's why I like the light barrels. Don't get sidetracked with the small MOA thing if your gun is for self defense. My AR has a red dot on it that makes hitting pie plates at 50 yards child's play. A pie plate is 8 inch diameter. Take a look at the center of your chest or your head and think about that. I value the light weight guns because of the easy handling. If ya want ta build a pistol; I would recommend a 10.5 inch barrel 300 BO and a braced lower ya like. The 300BO wuz developed as a short barrel round, and the 10.5 feels good in hand. Again, Faxon is a good place ta look for barrels. There are two places not to skimp on if ya want a great shooting rifle. The barrel and the trigger. Ya can find an excellent barrel in the $250 to $ 275 range; and, if ya watch close, ya can buy an excellent trigger in the $100 to 125 range on sale. Here's hopin this helps a bit and ya get started on building the rifle like ya like it. leroy.... PS... " Approved Vendors "... I like Wing Tactical for lotsa stuff, AERO for uppers, Primary Arms for most everything, Including the best optics ya can buy for the money, I'ma thinkin, and I always look at Joe Bob outfitters, n a small bunch over in N C whose name escapes my old, wore out brain right now. I FOUND EM!!! AR Discounts...! https://link.ar15discounts.com/q/qDKEhyiBcBf9N1NLLuaoBs5y3ZzEZ6MXKPbaqcI4F_pt29dPQ5obrJ7HT9 Lowers, I buy from my buddies at the gun store ya frequent... Pick the one ya like.

A grand old shotgun indeed..! Wish ya were closer.. GLWS..! admirin leroy... The Winchester scattergun junkie

Excellent pistolas... Probably a better handling pistola than a 1911. Got one myself. The downside is the compacts are heavy. The P01s a bit lighter. Fifteen rounds of ya are into capacity. Soft shooters as well. leroy

I like the hammer fired guns. Internal n external. I've got an S&W 9mm Performance Center EZ ( internal hammer ) I like very well. They are essentially a pocket pistol ( for bigger pockets ). But they are an excellent choice. Barrel length is 3.8 inches ima thinking. leroy

Phil... I like em, but they are big, no matter the barrel length. I think ya can carry em IWB pretty well, but I like em in a leather holster, and a good one at that. I do NOT like the 3 inch guns. They are finicky n only give the " illusion of concealability " as far as I'm concerned. The nines are soft shooting and are reliable ( they didn't used ta be ). The ammo is as good as ya can buy. I've got a Ruger lightweight SR 1911 Commander I carry from time to time, but I'm a " gun junkie ". Fifty or so years ago, I used to regularly carry a Colt 45 Gubt model or LW Commander 44 ACP, both IWB, IWB, n pocket in the hip pocket of Carhartt dungarees and overalls. Be advised, the all steel guns are heavy, and it does make a difference if ya carry em all day. They are an excellent choice if ya practice with em and learn to handle em well. The main drawbacks are price and weight with the all steel guns. All that said, it's awfully hard to beat a single or double stack 4 inch polymer gun. The Glock 43 comes to mind for single stacks, and the Glock 19 for double. If ya have a bit more $s ta spend, the Shadow Systems MR 920 can't be beat as they are a Glock clone with a better trigger n a few other niceties as well. The Smith guns are just as good I think. All the plastic striker fired guns are lighter, less expensive, and just as reliable as anything ever made . I would recommend handling em all.. leroy.

As to the penetration thing with the 380 ACP. I'ma doubt it would do anything other than ricochet off a glass window or windshield... Just not enough umph.. I always cheated a bit with my little SIG since it's a locked breech pistola, by handloading hardball to the top of the loading manual to develop at least 1000 fps muzzle velocity... Otherwise, I would buy PPU hard ball, it's close to the handload... leroy

I ain't sure a rifle would have helped here. I ain't sure the police could have handled this either... A genuine tragedy brought by either a mad man. a crazed psychopath, or a drug addled fool. The sobering thing is that you can go 30 miles north of where I live and be in danger of this. I've been to Lumberton and I've been to Campbell County. There ain't much difference. SIGH ... leroy

A 380 may not kill ya like a photon cannon, but it will make ya feel pretty bad. HEHEHE. That said, any of the " big " calibers will make ya feel bad too. leroy

If I wuz gonna split between hunting home defense, I would recommend a Palmetto State Arms 300 BO carbine. They are cheap. They work well, and they are a man stopper n light game getter. The price would be low, and ya could save some dollars n buy a good trigger to drop into it ( or any other AR ) and maybe it a bunch more usable for both jobs. The ammo is about as reasonable as 556 if ya shop around. Also, there are states where ya can't hunt large game with a 22 caliber. leroy.

Yeaah.... And they better mind..!!! GLWS. leroy

RE: Rotator cuff... Had my right done about 32 years ago. I'll never forget what my Ortho Dr said. " When it hurts bad enough, you will get it fixed ". He wuz right. It finally hurt bad enough. leroy

I used ta use marine band radios in my work years ago. Later, I used VHF portables n handhelds in the train photo hobby. I like the radios as tools, but I ain't interested in talkin to anybody unless it's absolutely necessary. What I've learned from my radio experience ( VHF ) is that the best thing ANY RADIO can have is a good antenna. I've used Kenwood, Yeasu, ICOM, Standard Horizon, even Baoefeng. They all work well, and are worth worth what ya pay for em. Again, the antenna makes the radio, not the radio itself. I just never could get into the talkin to the world thing, but I understand the attraction. I also have looked at the HAM Study Guides. The radio and the electrical physics I understand; I just hate the HAM Radio jargon n definitions. " hamless " leroy...

Folks... Ya would be surprised what can happen in the blink of an eye while ya are minding your own business. About a year ago, I had a dust up with an idiot who thought I had taken a photo of one of his kids in a public setting ( I didn't). He threatened to drag me out of my vehicle and beat me to death. I calmly advised him that if he tried; bad things would happen, and he met my trusty little friend from SIG... Luckily he retreated and called the police... They dismissed him n told him to go on home. Yes, there are idiots n thugs out there that think slapping old geezers around is ok. They sometimes come out of nowhere. Us geezers look to be relatively easy targets. Some of us ain't. leroy...

Pop pop... Good Heavens Brother..! It can happen. I never don't have a pistola on me just because of what you just related... leroy.

I like the 40... Got a couple or three laying around. A Glock 27 and one of the long slide glocks ( can't remember which ). I like em with 180 grain slugs too. They are best, I'ma thinkin. Also, my bedroom pistola is a Glock 20 with a alpha wolf 40 sw barrel. I won't shill for em, but they are a solid round. Regardless of the windbaggery about other rounds, Nine hundred eighty fps with a 180 grain bullet ain't bad. As I remember, the old 38-40 ( 180 grain bullet, about 1000 fps ) wuz the third best selling Colt SAA behind the 45 colt n 44-40 right up to the end of the black powder days. That ain't a bad recommendation. The cheerleaders, gun influencers, and other luminaries in the gun galaxy have simply passed em by. Like we've opined, at this juncture in pistola history, the 9 mm is king, and for good reason. It's the ole marketing proverb of what can we hype n make money on today... leroy.

Wuz noisy, but no damage in East TN. leroy

I think this is so cool..! Congratulations... I'm sure ya know about the area just below the weir below Norris Dam. World class trout fishing hole. If ya would like a cool, shirt road trip; try the South Houston at their weir... Good luck..! leroy.

HEHEHE... Ya got the " madness " Brother... I love em too, but I'm a skinflint, therefore I don't own any. The first polymer frame pistola I ever fired wuz an HK 45. I fell in love then. They are as good as they get. Beautiful collection.. Admirin leroy...

I think the battery thing is a great idea. Like ya said, the battery technology will get there quickly. The next hurdle is price. When I worked for the TVA, all the old hydro plants had battery rooms with enough capacity to start the plant from solid dark. The idea has been around for a long time . The downside to our battery room is that they were giant lead acid batteries... leroy...