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Good advice from Dave here. If ya load up the "j frame" all steel revolvers up to where they ought to be (....plus p 148 or 158 grain loads...); they will buck pretty hard. The lightweighters are even worse. My hands are big; so i use the smallest pachmayr grips. Smaller hands can do ok with the original grips and a grip filler. My advice, shoot a model you like before you buy. It will help a lot to see what you really like. Hope this helps. Leroy

I lik 'em. Got one on my rotund little body now. Having said all that; if you are a old time kinda guy; i like the "ranger belt" type belts. Here is an extra good one from El Paso Saddlery (...we have both...). #100 "Ranger Belt". For a "ready made" one; i would look at cabelas. Hope this helps Leroy

Tom:_______________ I believe you are well armed brother. I like the Bond Arms stuff. You simply cant beat the build quality for the price. I would like to have a double 44 special or double 45 colt (...without the 420...) myself. I believe if you shoot the first bg; the others will run away. The old guys liked the idea of a small pistol on the person and a big backup in the car or nearby. i like that idea too. Keep up the good work. Leroy

I like the fixed power stuff. I grew up with it on target guns. If i was going to target or long range shoot; i would recommend a 6 power (...make sure to get one with a parallax adjustable objective...). For close stuff (...100 yds or so...) i like the 2 3/4 to 3 power fixed. I would look at Leupold or Burris (...i have both -- over 25 years old....). I have no preference for Leupold over Burris; they are both good scopes (...at least, mine are...). Believe it or not, the weaver stuff used to be good stuff. I also like these guys for scopes: Quality optics and accessories from Leupold, Bushnell, Burris, Nikon and more!. My EOtec came from them. Hope this helps, leroy

dont tell her!! Sneak off and get it ---HEHEHE. Keep up the good work1 leroy

Collect 'em all brother!!! You simply cant have too many S & W revolvers!! Keep shootin and collectin! leroy

'J" frame smith (...model 36, the one with a hammer...) loaded with 148 grain wadcutters in an allen miller pocket holster (...carry in the hip pocket...),a sig 238 loaded with handloaded 90 grain hornady jhps in new brass carried in a dm bullard pocket holster (...front pocket, cant tell it's there...), or a glock 33 in an allen miller pocket holster (...hip pocket or front pocket....). Allen makes a great kydex holster and he is an east tennessee guy. Link here: Holsters and accessories Kind regards, leroy

It's a great thing!! Thanks for posting it. Keep up the good work! leroy

Like OS said, Bullard's stuff is top notch. I like all his designs. Thanks for posting the great pictures. Enjoy, leroy

Mark:____________ Thanks for the 'heads up". Will get to work. leroy

I like it!! Great plan and wise congregation. Keep up the good work! Brother Leroy

I have and i like em too. Dont know exactly what they are good for; but i like em anyway. leroy

carbonarcher:___________ Thanks for posting your neat update on the PPS. I'm like you; i think they are quite possibly the best designed and built concealed carry pistol being built today. It's hard to not to like the Walther. I'm trying to find a "lightly used, lovingly cared for" model myself. You just cant find em. Everybody that has them holds on to them. That, in itself, is a testament to how well they are liked. Keep up the good work! leroy

Good explanation here: Colt Series 70 Firing System - 1911Forum The 70 series is the original firing set up for a 1911. Hammer, grip safety, thumb safety, rebounding firing pin without an additional "firing pin" safety. The 80 series has an additional firing pin safety. The old timers (...most of em like me...) didnt like the series 80 because it was harder to take down and added a small bit to the trgger pull effort. Hope this helps. leroy PS-- The series 70 also had a fingered front bushing that was supposed to improve accuracy. Thats a minor thing when compared to the firing group changes in the series 80's.

Right here is the core of all this: The "fat cat" wall street bunch, the polititians, the trade unionists, the entitlement class, nor the regulators will never improve the condition of any country. If you want productivity and prosperity; you need to leave people alone to be productive, remove these stupid regulations, and let people keep their own money. That's exactly what Reagan did after Carter tried the same old stupid stuff that the Demorats are trying now. The problem with Reagan's ideas are that they didnt go on long enough to sweep the academic intellegencia and commie thug polititians out. Some survived. You will never have prosperity and productivity in this country until you make work honorable, wealth laudible, regulations reasonable, and entitlements few. Leroy

Amen brother! You nailed it. Keep up the good work. Leroy

I like 'em. They are getting hard to find with all the cowboy action shooters using them. I like the marlin cowboy series and the older Browning 92's; but you just cant find them. We have a Browning 92 carbine. It is a great thing. Leroy

I urge you all to take the time to read this article. It was written to a British and Australian audience; but it goes straight to the heart of problems here at home: Link here: We must learn to cherish opportunity and creativity | The Australian Leroy

Congrats! I like 'em too. The first "polymer" pistol i ever shot was a H-K USP 45. They are a great thing. Enjoy. Leroy ps-- send us a range report when ya have time!!

I understand. By the way; watch the UTube clip; it's great! Leroy

They did. They did this too (...lifted verbatim from the "About Us" Brief History tab...): Got it right here: NRA Click the "about us" tab. leroy

I bet if ya got one that runs off and will do it reliably you have a good case with the tort trash. I'm a bit skeptical though; kinda like the crows in the great classic disney movie "Dumbo". "...I've heard a diamond ring and ive seen a backporch swing. But i aint never seen an elephant fly!!"... Could be it's just me. By the way, there is a built in "failsafe'. Its called the ignition switch. Turn off when it runs off. Leroy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ns08C_ntsw

Like Mike said; looks good! I believe ya got it! Keep up the good work. Leroy

In the interest of full disclosure and philosophy. Here are few things i dont (...and some things i do....) believe that are revelant to this discussion: The first in in regard to my experience in the workplace. I worked for over forty years in the third most dangerous industry for which safety statistics are kept; the construction industry. It follows behind logging and mining. I worked in this industry at all levels from labor, to technical, to management. It has been said by some of it's critics that there was an "acceptable accident (...and death...) rate" for projects done. I never once attended a meeting or participated in a discussion where this "acceptable" accident rate was discussed. We strived for a "zero" accident and fatality rate. Many times that wasn't attained (....in the vast majority of times any accidents were caused by individual bad or careless decisions...). I never detected a corporate mentality that said there was an "acceptable" accident rate. Said another way; we never tried to kill our help or cover up dangerous defects in our product. Second, there is a fairly recent trend in "pop culture" to adhere to a philosophy of "zero responsibility' for any and all actions. Said another way, whatever happens to anybody is someone elses fault (...hopefully, the fault of those who have the most money...). This philosophy is constantly reinforced by TV commercials for these stinkin tort lawyers who say that somehow you have been victimized and are entitled to compensation for your own misdeads or even voluntary acts. On a personal basis; i find that to be a heinous way of looking at the world. I believe it feeds the "baser instincts of man" and appeals to lots of people because it is far easier to believe the lie that somehow "bad guys' victimized you than it is to actually take responsible for one's own individual actions. The fact is, ....you are responsible for you....; and the "fatcats and capitalists"of the world aint out to get you. If they were, they would kill off all their help and their customers. It just doesnt make sense from a logical or business standpoint. I will grant, that there may be some individual instances of corporate misdeads; but they are the rare exception rather than the rule. I simply do not believe there is a "fat cat capitalist bugger" behind every bush that is waiting to bushwhack the unspecting worker or consumer, and to make sure that he, she or it, have been properly mistreated. That, to me, is the ultimate 'whacko" conspiracy theory. I simply refuse to believe it. Third, im a student of history. If you take the time to read those who have given reasonable, scholarly accounts of the communist movement in europe starting with Marx; you will see this recurring theme that says that the "evil capitalists" are mercilessly exploiting the poor, downtrodden, hapless worker (...and by extension to this case; the clueless consumer...). For reasons incomprehensible at least to me; our country and much of our culture seem to be hopelessly infatuated with this malarkey that says somehow that business (...read that capitalism...) is evil and that somehow it is the job of government, regulatory bureaucrats, union demigogues, tort lawyers, and socialists to level the playing field for the "little guy". This shameful, heinous potrayal of business is at the very root of why we are in such a weak position in the manufacturing and construction segments of this country today. It is, i believe, the root of our slide in to third world status as a manufacturing power. It is why many are out of work and are poor in this country. Fourth, i'm a student of people. It has been my experience that it is very easy in today's rarified anti-business atmosphere to find a crop of "i told 'em so" (...pop culture whistleblower...) guys (...some with considerable credentials...) who are willing to feed this "coverup" view of the capitalist world. Some are sincere, some are narcistic physcopaths with a superiority complex, some are liars bought and paid for, and some are nuts. That's how the world is made up. The real trick to all this is to figure out who is telling the truth. Last of all, i dont believe that Toytotas run off by themselves (...i got one myself...). I dont believe that McDonalds is out to scald me with hot coffee nor kill me by feeding me a diet of quarterpounders. I dont believe that the sugar refiners are in an evil kabal to poison me and give me diabetes with refined sugar products. I dont believe that school system administrators and cooks are trying to fatten up and poision my grandchildren down at the school cafeteria. I dont believe that the the cooking oil producers have entered into an evil kabal to kill me with transfats. Nor do i believe that somehow rifles shoot their owners. Do i believe that corporations (...as well as individuals...) take the "least damage or liability" approach to problems? --- certainly. Lots of it due to the very things i have mentioned in the above paragraphs. Do i think that is bad or somehow evil? -- no. Leroy

This is a great truth. East tennessee is solidly red, and has been since the civil war. Middle tennessee and west tennessee tend to be various shades of blue. RE: Beredesen. I agree with others that Sunquist single handedly made lots of folks who were going to republican democrats. It's important to remember that neither Sunquist not Bredesen are native Tennesseeans. Sunquist was from Missouri (...i think...) and Bredesen is an northeast yankee. They are both "carpetbaggers" who have come to tennessee to save us ignorant natives. They are both a disgrace. Bredesen just hid his disgraceful tendencies longer than most. Leroy