deerslayer

Able-bodied, healthy people deserve whatever wage/compensation they earn. Determining a fair price for labor should be no different from other commodities - the price that a buyer (employer) is willing to pay and a seller (employee) is willing to accept. I don’t get why .gov thinks it should interfere in this two party transaction. The whole thing has an odor of communism because the script is sometimes flipped and instead of arguing that a buyer must pay the seller more (employer/employee), suddenly a seller is charging too much and is "price gouging" (manufacturer/consumer). There is no such thing as long as the seller is allowed to own his own his property, which (fortunately) is still mostly in fashion in the US.

The Prodigy amounts to an intro 2011 - it's one of the cheapest available. It's fairly common for people to buy them and upgrade some stuff. The triggers are not particularly impressive out of the box, but neither are some more expensive 2011s (talking about you, Staccato). The stock parts can be tuned, but MIM parts are sometimes problematic. It looks like he has added almost $1000 in parts, plus $150 or so for two more magazines. Most people add aluminum or steel grips for weight - the polymer grips are durable enough. I changed many of the same parts on mine (except the grip), but I didn't spend anywhere near $1K. The gun is probably well worth $1700 IF whoever put the parts in knew what he was doing and IF you actually want it. I bet it's a shooter.

Because $1400 is cheap for a 2011 and Springfield throws a bunch of MIM part in it. I have one with EGW/Red Dirt/Dawson guts and I've been very happy with it. OP, any idea what kind of aluminum grip he has? Those are usually $500-600.

A co-worker and I discussed this the other day. His son just finished an Engineering degree at MS State. He told him he should come back home and live with them for a couple years and save up a mountain of money before heading out on his own. In this economy and inflation, such a move could alter his financial health for the rest of his life. We both agreed that we don't understand the "when they turn 18 they are out on the street" mentality.

I have one with about 200 rounds through it and would take $900 for it. We are a long way apart, though.

I don’t think many pistol barrels are truly “fully supported.” The newer generation Glocks seem to have slightly tighter chambers than the older ones. Either way, reloaded ammo should be fine in a gen 5 Glock.

I plan to be there.

I just replaced the top-of-the-line Autozone battery in my truck. It lasted five years. That’s about as long as I’ve gotten out of a battery. I write the purchase date on the top with a silver sharpie.

I work with them.

I have little sympathy for financially irresponsible people who get wrapped up in credit card debt. People who suddenly lose their jobs or have unforeseen massive medical expenses are an entirely different matter.

And lottery tickets.

I may be married to somebody related to her.

A co-worker used to be a dispatcher for THP and she is the only female I’ve ever met that understands what you mean when you say “it’s northeast of such-and-such” or “go south on highway whatever.” Her brain needs to be cloned.

Opinions vary, I guess. It looks worse every time I go there.

Been through Cordova lately?

I have mixed feelings about this. It is idiotic to ride around with a gun in the glove box or shoved under a seat, but I disagree with “YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NEVER LEAVE A GUN IN THE CAR.” A group of us usually go eat after an IDPA or USPSA match. I typically have a pair of tuned up gamer guns and a range bag with $1k+ of gear. I can’t lock up all this stuff, so I won’t go eat just anywhere and I park where I can watch my vehicle. I occasionally use a console safe and I do realize it’s not foolproof, but will protect against the typical Shelby County car burglar. Like someone mentioned above, the no force of law for posted locations needs to be passed yesterday. It MUST be passed before long gun carry. If long gun carry passes first, no force of law is out the window forever.

Safer than what? If they had done five minutes of research, they would have found that Germantown Parkway through Cordova has been a hotbed of car thefts/break-ins.

Getting away from punishing lawbreakers and becoming a more coddle-the-felons jurisdiction has made things worse in Shelby County.

Or a grip safety not disengaged, or a round not chambered, or a 15 pound DA first shot that took the guy by surprise, or a slightly dislodged magazine that activated a magazine disconnect, or a SA with the hammer down, or gun out of battery -- who knows. The guy seemed a little out of it and I doubt he is any sort of pistolero.

Not sure who the bald guy was, but if it was Tom, no shock there. He can be a bit…what’s the word…abrasive. I used to shoot IDPA with a bunch of Rangemaster instructors back in the day and they seemed to be the only show in town who used the last hour or two of carry permit class to work with some of the newer gunowners and go over some basic skills, instead of keeping everybody there the mandatory eight hours by telling stories.

I don’t own a Kimber, but I used to have one and I’ll never own one again. What a POS, but it was a sample of one. After watching more than a few of them burp, choke, puke, gag, and take a dump in numerous IDPA and USPSA matches over the years, I’ll DAMN SURE never own one again. The old ones seem to be good guns, but good luck finding one. FWIW, I didn’t see the gun jam in the video and I suspect the would-be shooter simply didn’t know what he was doing, but it’s always fun to rile up the Kimber fanboys.

Nice shooting! The only defensive firearms training I have ever taken was with Tom Givens. He is definitely no-nonsense.

Just another Kimber in action.

Exactly. A personal courier would be cool, but probably EXPEN$IVE.

I should be there unless something at work explodes that day.