deerslayer

The personality issues went way back before Burt died. They were being called "Guns & Assholes" in the 80s.

Tom Givens once recommended a Desantis Apache to me. I picked one up and found it useful for the rare occasion I ankle carried.

Probably question F on the 4473.

Makes sense.

Can't eat on an empty stomach.

Classic Arms has a sign on the door that says (paraphrasing) "if you smell like marijuana, we will not sell you a gun." Sign of the times.

The new turbo Tacos are supposedly pretty good engines, but we all know a turbocharged engine won’t last as long. The surprising weakness on the new Taco is supposedly the transmission.

I’m no Taco identification expert, but that sure looks like a 4Runner. A good looking one, too. Ditto on the “get a 1GR while they are still out there” philosophy.

Bartlett could use something besides another fast food or Mexican restaurant (although I do love me some chori pollo), but Bartlett seems to struggle to draw new businesses. I think they are hardasses to deal with.

Over the years, they seem to draw more and more of the folks who are routinely in the news. Location, I guess. I was there once when a Vice Lord looking fellow got denied a purchase because he smelled like weed. I thought I was about to witness a gunfight, but he and his posse were finally convinced to leave. I was all the way in back and never would have made it to the front door.

I will. If you want to see it and hold it, chances are Guns & Ammo has it. There have been good and bad personalities there over the years, but I've generally been treated well. I wondered if the weekend clientele would eventually convince them to move east. Wonder what the rest of the story is.

Must have been a SIG 320...

I think you just took a step closer to hell

Congrats! She'll be pestering you about a driver's license before you know it. Trust me.

So, for the record, have any of these SIG self-discharge issues been associated with the 365 series at all? I really like the 365 FUSE.

Never seen one self-activate, but I did witness a kB (SIG’s other PR problem). Too many other options for me to roll the dice on a 320.

Yeah I was over it decades ago (and never really was that into it). I may occasionally have one or two if I’m 50 yards from wherever I’m sleeping that night, but I wouldn’t care if it was suddenly never available again. I don’t see why it’s so necessary for some folks, but I do understand that it does different stuff for different people. Give three guys tequila and one goes to sleep, one has the happiest day of his life, and the third wants to kill everybody. I have little sympathy for whatever consequences the third guy faces unless it’s his first time.

This. Too many scenes in movies and shows where somebody has a long day (or even a normal day) and a stiff drink or five is obligatory.

I’ve seen this a lot lately and was initially suspicious, but now believe there’s something to it. I suspect the more serious fans of alcohol will write it off as Baptist teetotaler propaganda.

My suppressed M&P 10 might be worth one match.

This. The result of “holding them accountable” will be either metal detectors or more likely, security guards with hand wands. Either way, not a favorable result.

Same here, but that .308 ammo is no joke.

These are the changes I’ve made to 2011s I’ve had. They were improvements for me; some may find them dumb, which is also fine. 1. Mag release spring - either a lighter spring or trim the existing one. These springs are often too stiff and I don’t drop the mag. This may possibly be due to my left-handedness - I use my trigger finger to hit the mag release and I may not have as much leverage as you right-handed thumbdumpers. 2. Short trigger - I don’t have small hands, but I tend to use the tip of my finger and a short trigger helps mitigate this bad habit that I’ve never shaken. 3. Steel mainspring housing - I’ve added a steel MSH to add an ounce or so of weight in the heel (when the grip/MSH is polymer). Maybe splitting hairs, but I like the feel of it better. 4. Reduced power recoil spring - some factory guns are badly oversprung. As a competitive shooter, I often hear the misconception about “powder puff” ammo that non-competitive shooters assume we use. A lighter spring changes the recoil impulse, but has little to do with light ammo (at least for me). My gamer ammo is slightly spicier than what I usually carry. 5. Aftermarket fire control parts - only worthwhile if A. your gun has MIM junk (sometimes MIM stuff is ok), B. you want to improve/lighten the trigger, and C. you will shoot it a lot (10,000+ rounds). Some MIM parts will hold up, but some high volume shooters go ahead and ditch them when doing a trigger job. Having said all that, and the Mac 9 being your first 2011, I would just shoot the hell out of it and not do anything to it for a while, if ever.

It has a gen 1 style frame - no rail on the frame and different grip texture with no finger grooves.

Which set of 3 gun rules will you have to follow? That might eliminate a couple options.