TGO David

Referring to this thread... http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=629 Are any of you folks interested in forming TNGunOwners teams to participate in the competitions on August 25th? There will be handgun, rifle and shotgun competitions from what I understand. I'm sure there will be plenty of folks looking to win but I'd encourage all of you to consider it even if nothing more than as a way to have fun, meet fellow TGO members and support a very worthy cause. I know I'm going to make every effort to be there and most likely several other TGO Staffers will as well.

I checked and they can do embroidered t-shirts. They also seem to have a new association with a screen printer or are doing screen printing themselves. I will drop them an email later today and see what I can learn.

I hadn't really thought about that. Having done T-shirts for an event last Spring, I can safely say that T-shirts are a serious pain in the butt to do because screen printers require bulk jobs. This means you have to produce a bunch of each size and keep them on hand, or try to do a pre-order arrangement where everyone specifies how many of what size they need. And then you've got the logistical problem of getting them to those who ordered. It was a nightmare. With embroidered goods, I know of a company locally that will produce them a la carte and handle every aspect of it all the way down to shipping them out to folks. They just cut us a check at the end of the month for our portion of whatever sold. That said... I'm not nixing the idea of T-shirts, but I'm going to have to come up with a better way of doing them.

I'm trying to do a little research just to gauge interest. If you would reply by voting in the poll and posting any other thoughts you might have in this thread, I'd appreciate it.

So you're good to go on ordering one? That's going to be a sweet rifle!!!

I'm definitely the one to blame if something isn't working right here. What types of files were you uploading? JPEG? GIF? BMP? TIFF? PNG?

Actually it's an XD45C. Compact. They are great guns! I had one, sold it and bought a .40SW to carry instead just for sheer ergonomics sake though.

Neither of mine feel crunchy. They do smooth out a bit over time, and there are several reputable smiths now who will do a trigger job on the M&P to suit your tastes. The M&P doesn't have a $2000 custom 1911 trigger feel... but it's not a $2000 custom 1911 either.

By the way, a few of the ads right now are "fluff" just so that there are enough banners to actually rotate through upon each page load. The only legitimate banner that we had at the moment was the one I did for the American Cancer Society Charity Shoot. If you know of a gun shop, firing range or even an online retailer who might want to buy a banner ad to help support the site... please let them or me (or both) know.

Well, as you may have noticed... I'm going to give this a whirl and see how it turns out. If the general consensus is that it looks like junk and is obtrusive to the overall viewing experience, we'll either remodel it or ditch it. Thanks for the words of support so far!

Nicely done. Did you just use a soldering iron?

So how does that work... do we sit really close to the monitor and you check us out from your side?

I use Firefox almost exclusively anymore. I haven't seen that problem, but will check into it!

I'm telling ya... they are great guns!

Welcome!

No, there won't be any pop-up ads. Those SUCK. Just a simple banner ad at the top and/or bottom of each page and that's assuming that we do it at all.

Yep! That's really all it does.

You can strip the M&P pretty much the same way you do a Glock or XD by pulling the trigger on an empty chamber. OR you can use the sear deactivation lever inside the magwell. I tend to do it more often by the former than the latter just because old habits die hard.

It's only a matter of time now before you can add another expensive hobby to your repertoire.

I have been on the fence about this for a while now and would like some feedback from you folks. What would you think if we offered banner ads for sale to businesses that provide goods and services for firearms enthusiasts? We could also donate banner space to charitable organizations for events like the American Cancer Society's Celebrity Shoot coming up later this year. The reason I've been on the fence is because sometimes banner ads can be a bit obtrusive. I absolutely would not want to do it in such a way that it's a detriment to anyone's experience here at TGO. But I also have clicked a lot of banner ads on other gun sites and have purchased some stuff for my guns as a result. I don't mind ads so much when they are representing things that are of relevance to the site in question. As for why we'd want to do it in the first place, that's fairly simple... #1 - It would help raise money that could lead toward us incorporating TGO, which could be important as time passes and we start looking at doing things like TGO sponsored events. Corporations provide a good shelter for the sake of liability, insurance, etc. #2 - It would help raise money that would be used for things like "TGO Gear". People have asked about hats, polo shirts, t-shirts, stickers, sew on patches (for shooting sports vests I think?), whatever. Those things all cost money to set up and make the initial purchase. #3 - It would help fund software purchase and renewals and other such ongoing operating expenses. Our expenses are actually quite low, so this is really a minor thing. The only way I can forsee operating expenses increasing is if we had to find a different place to host the site. Anyway, I just wanted to toss this out on the table and see what you all think. This is your site so I don't want to go screwing it up.

Hornet Handler did tell you that he was selling that 22 because he had to whack someone with it a few weeks ago, right? I kid, I kid. Welcome!

Welcome! You must know that Len fella. We won't hold that against you.

Have you ordered it yet? You know you're going to sell the M4 so you might as well do it!

I learned a long time ago that it's those small guys you've got to worry about. A mutual friend of a friend in highschool was a local amateur boxer at the Boys Club. Kid came from the wrong side of town, but was one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. Also one of the most dangerous to pick on. And FAST... oh my God was he fast. I watched him try to defuse a situation several times one night at the shopping mall where all of us hung out. A much larger black guy had picked Rocky out of the crowd (honest to God that's his name) because he was small and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Black guy started mouthing off, then start pushing and shoving him. Rocky gave him fair warning at least a half dozen times to leave him alone. Black guy wouldn't have any of it, and kept pushing. The way Rocky tore him apart was part artwork, part sheer brutality. He wore that guy's head and ribs out like a speed bag in the span of mere seconds. I seriously think he hit him more than 20 times in before the big black guy knew he'd even been hit the first time. He went down like a felled tree as soon as Rocky stopped hitting him. Pretty much all of us who witnessed it learned two really valuable lessons. Small guys can really whip your ass big time, and when Rocky told you to stop, you'd be smart to do it.

Goooood doggie!