TGO David

Leave it alone. SIG stainless isn't so stainless. I've had to keep all of my bi-tone SIGs coated with a thin coat of oil just to keep the slide from pitting. Granted the pitting was very small and hardly noticeable, but it does happen. Their steel just has too much iron content in it to be significantly rust resistant. Their Nitron finish is a really good one. I'd leave it or send the slide back to SIG for re-finishing if you're worried about looks.

New members can only post in the new member introduction forum for the first few days. It keeps spammers from bombarding the whole forum as soon as they sign up.

Training does not have to happen at a school. Training can be done by yourself at a range as long as you're teaching yourself the right things and not the wrong ones.

Keep the .40SW barrel. Much cheaper to shoot .40SW than .357SIG.

Supposedly, yes.

My new desktop, you sexy IRS workin' SOB... Just kidding.

I love my MTAC. But I love my Versa-Max 2 even more. If you can, order a VM2 from Milt Sparks and stick it out for a few months for yours to be made and shipped to you. Or check with www.lightningarms.com and see if they have one in stock. As comfortable as the MTAC is and as invisible as it makes a 1911, the VM2 does it even more so.

Can you sell them something that will explode when they pull the trigger? Consider it a community service.

Those are some bichon dogs, guys.

re: Getting it out of the truck 1. Have driver push the safe to the rear of the bed or cargo box 2. Have driver accelerate abruptly 3. Safe can then be claimed from the roadway

Appliance dolly, highly recommended!

It's baptism by fire around here lately.

If he doesn't, I can.

I'd use a Glock to shoot that dog too!!!

These two statements are contradictory. I hope for your sake it is just Internet bravado. Otherwise you are stating that you would commit an act of premeditated murder, in which case I hope that your family is OK with a closed casket funeral because the State will eventually put enough electricity through you to light up a typical Memphis neighborhood. I remember talking big like that at one time. But I think I was 19 and had no idea how the world really worked. You're too old for that and you're carrying a firearm for your own protection. It's time to put aside bravado and bull****, and start thinking sensibly before you do something dumb that lands you in jail.

Simmer down. When you initiated your participation in this thread, you invited others to comment on what you contributed. If you dislike that or cannot handle what they have to say, click here.

Seriously, you're being argumentative for the sake of being argumentative. That or you're just dumb. My perception of a threat comes from the circumstances not from pre-existing knowledge of your dog's behavior patterns. Pre-existing knowledge that I do not have. When you related the anecdotal experience of being bitten by a GSD, you downplayed what happened because (a.) you knew the dog and (b.) you knew what the dog was trained to do. This is an apples-to-oranges comparison and has no bearing on what we're talking about here. If that same GSD cut a line across your yard and latched onto me, I'd kill the animal with the full blessing of the Court behind me. And if you drew on me as a result, I'd kill you too. Again with the full blessing of the Court. My perception of both instances would have been that I was immediate threat of death or serious bodily harm and that my actions were justified and prudent in respect to that belief. I doubt many on a jury would disagree with that; so why do you? I'll answer why you do. You do because you have an emotional attachment to your animals. This is fine! I have an emotional attachment to my animals as well. But I also realize that animals don't always do what they are supposed to do and that if one of mine runs out into the road and gets hit by a car, it's not the motorist's fault -- even if he was speeding. The fact remains that the animal should have been under my control and wasn't. Therefore the only person that I can justifiably be mad at is ME. And I'm not going to draw on myself and shoot myself as a result of that, just as I wouldn't draw on the motorist and shoot him. You need to temper your emotions with rational thinking otherwise you may end up in jail, or worse yet, dead as a result of them. I'd hate to see that happen to you.

This honestly is not directed toward anyone, but this thread and some comments made got me thinking... If a dog attacked me and I shot it, and the dog's owner decided to shoot me in retaliation... he better be really damn fast with his gun because mine will already be out and warmed up by that point.

So you're saying you would shoot someone because they shot your dog. Your dog which was acting aggressively toward them and was not under your control. Did I get that right? Wow.

Is your dog on a leash? Is the leash in your hand? So you're in close proximity to your dog and you also felt threatened for your own safety and could convince the police officer and judge of that if necessary? Yes? *BOOM*

If someone sells those signs, I want to know where I can order a bunch of them. I know some shop owners who I'd love to give them to.

Because the American military is obviously a police force and not a combat force. I could go on a rant about why this irritates me, but I won't because I'd just be armchair quarterbacking it. Instead I'll post this. If I'm off base, give me the Secret Signal.

We're happy to have you and happy to entertain. Wait til you see Towerclimber dance. He does that for the new folks sometimes.

I don't think a judge would have much to say to you other than "Nice shot" if you took down an aggressive dog in a situation as described. I would expect a civil suit from the dog's owner, however.