deerslayer

Doubt it.

Checked with my friend, he borrowed it. Oddly enough, he borrowed it from someone on the pirate 4x4 forum. No idea who, though.

It sure didn't work out well for Sandusky.

A local (Memphis) guy used to have one. He built two or three AKs with it, I believe. I'll try to get in touch with him and get back to you.

Keep in mind that the Roaring Fork also serves as the only access to the Bullhead, Rainbow Falls, and Trilium Gap trailheads, which all go up Mt. LeConte. Supposedly, 10,000 hikers make the trek up LeConte every year. The ones who really get under my skin are people like the "Loud pipes save lives" Harley a-hole who blasted Alice in Chains in the Newfound Gap parking lot last fall. It was pretty clear the he thought he was funny. As he started back down Newfound Gap Road, I coldn't help thinking what a crying shame it would be if he blew one of those curves and went to the Knoxville ER in a helicopter.

Hmmm...I am loading my .40s for about 16 cents each ($160/1000), and that's with high-dollar Vhita Vhouri powder. Also, this price does not take into account that the brass is getting reused. What components are you using? If I ever get another STI, it will be hard chrome. Their bluing sucks.

If we are strictly talking about an ESP gun, I would go with the 9mm. If there is a chance you will shoot USPSA, I would get the .40. However, I would forget about .40 minor if I'm going to play both games. Not long ago, I entertained thoughts of getting a .40 Eagle to use for both games. However, I was going to only shoot major--one gun, one load, one recoil impulse to learn. I thought I would be better off using one load than I would bouncing back and forth between minor for one game and major for the other. I am not familiar with the Atlanta Arms ammo, but handloaded .40 major can be surprisingly pleasant. The folks who gripe about their "snappy" .40s have never shot handloads with heavy bullets and fast powder. Before I dumped $2500 plus on an Eagle and mags, new holster, etc., I picked up my old Glock 34 just to make sure I didn't need a 35 instead (I had been shooting 1911s for a year and a half). I ended up with a 35. Another thing to keep in mind is that most Eagles, and most 1911/2011 guns in general, prefer .40 ammo loaded a little long. i don't know what length Atlanta Arms loads their .40, but factory-length .40 can be iffy in these guns. Just out of curiosity, how much is the Atlanta Arms ammo?

On September 8, Memphis Sport Shooting Association and the Tri-State Shooters will host the 2012 Tri-State Regional outside Memphis, TN. There will be 10 stages and a chronograph. This will be one of your last chances to warm up before the Nationals. The match fee will again be $55. The match application and waiver can be found at http://www.memphis-ssa.com/modules.php?name=IDPA. Lunch will be available at the range. The match hotel is the Hampton Inn in Bartlett, TN: http://www.memphiswolfchasesuites.hamptoninn.com (group code TRI). Hotel rate is $79/night. See ya there! -Tad

http://www.lonewolfdist.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=959&CAT=240 Looks like this 6" barrel will work in your G21. You shouldn't need an extended slide stop for it to work.

LOL, thought I was watching a bigfoot movie with all the growling.

I've carried a 23 and a 27 with the same Pierce extension. For me, the 27 was always easier to conceal. Yes, it is about the same length along the front of the grip, but it's shorter along the back, where it may print. I look at the 26/27 w/ pinky extension as a bobtail 19/23 with a 1/2" shorter barrel. Here is a pic of a 27 w/extension on top of a 19: A new Glock mag sometimes takes a lot of effort to put in the advertised number of rounds, especially the subcompact Glocks. Fill it as much as you can and put it in the closet. After a month or so, I bet you can get one more round.

oops, double post (three year old climbing on me)

I have experience with a Lone Wolf G23 9mm conversion barrel and a KKM G35 barrel. 1. Both were drop-in. I believe KKM also sells a semi-drop-in model that requires minor fitting. 2. I was happy with both. The G23 only ran about 95% of the time, but I didn't bother to change the ejector to a 9mm ejector, so this was no surprise. The KKM chamber was a bit short and I sent it back to them. They lengthened it and now I'm happy with it. I was using a very specific moly-coated lead handload for USPSA competition; factory jacketed rounds chambered reliably. KKM said some lead loads are a bit tight, and they changed the chamber dimensions for free. 3. I would recommend either the Lone Wolf or the KKM. If I got another Lone Wolf, I would get the version that puts the caliber logo on the bottom of the chamber, instead of the goofy wolf logo on top in plain view. I think it's $10 extra to get the no-logo version, but it's worth it to me. 4. As long as you thoroughly test it, I don't see an issue with using one in a carry gun. However, I would not have big expectations about accuracy improvements with an aftermarket drop-in barrel. Also, you may see a moderate gain or loss in velocity. Barrels with conventional rifling often give slower results. However, tighter chambers often give higher velocities. I gained ~40 fps with my G35 KKM barrel, probably because the stock 35 chamber was huge.

A barney mag is a mag that you use to chamber a round. After the round is chambered, you remove the barney mag and insert a full mag. It's useful in IDPA when your mag only holds 8 rounds, but you are starting the stage with 8+1. It's quicker than putting an 8 round mag in the gun, chambering a round, then removing the mag and putting another round in it.

I believe the OP mentioned possibly shooting IDPA in the future. The 17L is not IDPA legal.

Hognut has final say on who can/can't shoot at Dickson? Wow, hope I am still welcome to whip your ass again.

I would take this post with a huge grain of salt. I bet IDPA SSP division champions have used Glock 34s more than all other models combined. This is the first time I've ever heard of a 9mm Glock being described as having "heavy recoil." I don't consider myself overly strong, but I hold my own in IDPA with a 34. The lower bore axis actually helps reduce recoil vs. high bore axis guns like SIGs or Springfield XDs. If you are considering IDPA, I would choose the 34 over the 17.

+1 on Memphis Pizza Cafe and Soulfish on S. Cooper. Also, one of my favorite places is Interstate Barbeque on S. Third. I get the smoked turkey combo (I'm tired of barbeque).

+1 When I order bullets, I get them shipped to a friend's work address (the two companies I order from won't ship UPS or FedEx). If USPS delivers bullets to my house, the idiot mailman leaves them in the yard next to the mailbox in the rain. They are simply too lazy to put them on my porch. Once, they even said my friend's work address was "undeliverable" and returned them to the shipper. I translated that to mean "overpaid .gov employee doesn't feel like working today." No accountability = no more USPS soon.

Left-handed/right-eyed shooter here. For left-handed/right-eye or right-handed/left-eye shooters, it is far and away much easier to use a standard stance (isosceles, weaver, whatever) and simply rotate your head 10 degrees and use your dominant eye than it is to become a right-handed shooter. Holster/accessory availability has not been an issue for me, but I usually buy the good stuff. Also, there are occasionally hidden benefits to shooting right-handed guns left-handed. We don't have to worry about riding the slide stop and accidently locking the slide open with a high thumbs grip. Also, most right-handed mag releases are perfectly placed for lefties to hit with their trigger fingers. I've never understood the need for ambi mag releases--with most guns, hitting the mag release with my thumb (while shooting right-handed) has always been harder.

I was able to shoot this way with my Glock 34 until I thought I needed to switch to a 1911 (I shoot IDPA). Two years ago, I could literally shut my eyes and feel the 34 reset if I thought about it (with no gun in my hand). Now that I'm shooting a Glock again, I'm gradually getting back to that level. This weekend, we shot a stage that required 12 shots at 35 yards. This was the first time in memory that I was actually aware of resetting the trigger while shooting and hearing the click (at least, during a stage). It was 35 yards, so I was shooting more slowly, but the fact that I noticed the clicking kind of concerned me. Noticing it became a concious thought, which is often a bad thing to have in the middle of a stage (at least according to Enos). Maybe I am just getting older, lol. Anyway thanks for posting the video--I enjoy them all.

+1 I used to do a job that involved constant contact with dogs and their owners. Most are rational, responsible people, but some are complete idiots. They assume that their pets can do no wrong and can't have a vicious bone in them. But the sweetest lab can turn into Cujo when he thinks you don't belong there. I've been on the receiving end of it probably hundreds of times. The owner may not see that side of the dog, but the owner feeds the damn thing. That's fine if you are an intruder, but it's a problem if you're a FedEx guy or a meter reader. When I would kick a dog that had attacked me, a few owners would run outside cross-eyed and demand to know why I had provoked their pets. When I tried to explain that I didn't provoke the animal, I was the bad guy. A couple of these encounters would have ended with a shot dog had I had a gun at the time, all because the owners had failed to control their animals. I'm not defending the cop in the video, but honestly, we can't see what happened or what he faced. I hear a dog bark two or three times and the cop says something like "Get your dog." I faced this situation many times and it sometimes ended with a swift kick to a dog's rib cage. Could he have simply kicked the dog or used pepper spray? Possibly, but cops face unknown situations that non-cops don't face, much less understand.

Got a 9mm Trojan. You hear about a lot of drama with 9mm 1911s, but the Trojan has run like a Glock. Best $1K 1911 available. Will probably end up with a .40 Eagle someday.

Probably not $27.50, which is the hazmat fee for any order. Group buys are definitely the way to go. Unfortunately, the last opportunity I had, no one had Viht N320 available. Avery came to the rescue. N320 is always hard to find.

I doubt Avery will be revealing their distributors, and Powder Valley will be out of their few remaining 1 pound cans of N320 by May. BTW, Powder Valley is $1 cheaper than Avery. After shipping and hazmat fee, Avery is a better deal.