Erich

Much Appreciated Bill. I think I'll take you up on that offer to check it out on a day you'll be there. Thanks! Eric

I feel that pain all to many days. I dont feel particularly cross-eyed at the time, but the target begs to differ !

Can't believe I never noticed this thread before! I was thinking I need an LTT or Wilson to go with my other 92/96's, so its an interesting thing to consider. Easy to convince the family banker as its a savings Kinda wish it had an Elite/Vertec barrel, but have a spare in a slide somewhere. On the SMGA's site it says match grade accuracy. Thought they only drag that out for the recessed target crown barrels. For you gents that have them, is its the standard barrel or the G-SD style barrel?

Sig did a fantastic thing with the modular 320. Did you guy notice they are coming out with a Compact X version? They dropped the subcompact but kept that shorter length slide and put it into easier to grab Compact. That one excites me a bit, but production may be a ways out from the news dropping.

I was happy to see they now offer the 509T in black. Would be nice to get my FNX45T a little bro. I imagine like any production gun, luck of the draw applies. Happy to say my FNX is a tack driver with a surprising good trigger.

Is there still a 2 year wait if you ....have a little bit less life experience

You should get one, especially if you have a land line. It’s amusing for guests and a fun throw back. The irony I’d mine is next to a wireless router, but it’ll be moving soon.

I understood your standpoint around tech, but you are glazing over other aspects of this as you latch on to the part you find derisive or as an attack on maybe your children. Intelligence has a large social / cultural context as well, not that everyone understands that or may agree with it. But I get your real point. You are right and anyone with expectation that they performed better is absolutely wrong. I politely decline to agree.

These are some generalizations at work being read at the extremes, and some examples are disparate comparisons when 100 years out of date versus a few that keeps it viable in a recent social context. Personally I look at on a case by case. This was more an excercise in problem solving and use of analytical process, which you can hear in the parents comments. That is really the fail, less about the phone. I think that is easy enough to see in how one works a problem. Do you just keep repeating the same thing over and over for example, and frustration tolerance. I have a working rotary, it’s for a retro room with a bar Globe. Works fine thru an analog to digital converter BTW.

To be fair to the other kiddies, it’s probably a good bet these two are well into the left side of the curve. Or at least let’s hope so. The part that was worse to me is the kid that did figure it out gave up on time but was gonna make it.

Sad to hear. The world needs more folks who enjoy making others laugh.

Ah, I keep throwing out my Hirtenburger brass, but good to know I could have had an opener for every room. Need more pics! How long do they last?

I think they wound down production to clear the glut and its finally adjusting. Prices are up at most places I was getting it near 23 to 25 cpr last year. Be interesting to see what pops up for Blackfriday.

I suppose we can thank the switch over the last couple years from 40 to 9mm for the market glut. Amazing 9mm is hitting some lows. 45 seems to have bottomed and gone back up, even 223/556 seems to have crept back up. They must know I bought a new FNX45! I got my hpx in some decent quantity when CMP was running low. Folk thought I was crazy for lugging boxes of it from CA. Good thing. Dont have any -06 rifles else hard to pass on this rebate offer.

I didn't as I never fared well in the CMP lottery around condition. I have seem those are simply blessed and their Field grade shows up looking like a collector. My last 2 Garands where suppose to be Service Grade Specials with collector grade metal and arrived heavily worn, rusted, with gouges thru the metal on the receiver heels. They did offer to refund, which is good. In discussing, they simply had no good stock at the time nor available to offer replacements. Essentially they threw a couple in a box to fill the order without concern to grading and providing what was paid for. Not a great business model. I love the aspect of owning one of these 1911's, but my take away is that you dont buy from CMP sight unseen unless you are one of those folks that is charmed and have nothing but good luck in such things.

I am not totally on board with the premise it's a dying caliber. It would have to have been popular at some point. Its always been a niche and not widely adopted. Fact is only true enthusiasts, LEO, and industry know much about it. Its fair to say that 40 cal. is dying and recently in disfavor, and it does seem their fates are tied together by platforms that are a simple barrel swap. Sig is discontinuing some 40 platforms, but in some cases retaining the 357 barreled version for example. No doubt 40's where the gateway for many many who discovered it, While it wont die, it wont get more popular unless you employ methods to drive masses. The reality is the vast numbers of the buying public are not knowledgeable (and not members of gun boards). They do not, or simply refuse to do research to find out the truth. Sad as it may be, today those masses prefer info and believe what is spoon fed to them via facebook, twitter and youtube. That is how you get uneducated masses to do things they never know they should be doing. So you need a to make a presence, or get a media maker to campaign where these masses reside and spend their time. Whiskey as an anology. 6-8 years ago I could go into any Total Wine and see cases of many of Buffalo Trace's high end Bourbons @ $80. I use to get a bottles of Pappy or Staggs 18 once every quarter or so. They could not sell it. The bearded man-bunned Millennials had no clue what it was as they KNEW it was all about Tequila (Much like 40 cal was for 20 years). Then some media makers and Hollywood decided Tequila was out and it was all about Whiskey variants. You started seeing it in TV and movies. Now you can pretty much only source those online @ 4x to 10x that cost, or have the secret hook up.

Sorry for the late post, but if you are still looking, I have used Cummings Custom Refinishing (CCR) and these folks and they are fantastic. I had my Springfield 1911 done in Nickel Boron and it was flawless. They even re-tuned my extractor upon request. If you search you will find many forums reference them with plenty of pictures of their quality work. http://www.ccrrefinishing.com/

What I noticed was the east side activity was mostly around Knoxville though, not much down here near Chattanooga unfortunately. I do appreciate it follows population centers, so it makes sense I'm hoping to avoid those sites. I'm sure I'll sign up here, even if I end up having to use one of those others when the time comes. Thanks

Hey folks, I am a recent transplant from CA, where we had a huge online community (Calguns.net). Its classified section was extremely active and was THE place to sell anywhere in CA. In reviewing the forum classifieds here, I was a bit disappointed to see its relative low level of activity, and what activity there is centers around Nashville. Essentially becoming a benefactor where I am may not be of use if you don't live near the states largest city where it appears most folks here are. Do folks in this state have other resources outside Gunbroker, GunsAmerica and Armslist? I asked in a couple gun shops and they really dont have much to say other than selling to them at cut rates or offering to consign. Please note I am not trying to circumvent forum rules, apologies if this is a frowned on question. Just curious what people here do, especially if you are around the South eastern part of the state. Appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

Welcome. Enjoy the ranges up there, you picked a great part of the state for it.

Howdy, welcome to eastern TN

Its probably impossible to stop at just one, so plan on getting more. The PCR is a great carry pistol even if its a bit heavy, but keeps a similar manual of arms if you train into your new toy. Be glad Cajun doesnt have a financing plan.

I would try to get a look at one in person if you have not had red dots in the past. I found red dots and old eyes dont always get along with one another. Specifically if you have any astigmatism at all, you may get some flare. Its still functional, but may not be what you expect or potentially disappointing.

Congrats grant. If you don’t mind my asking, what area in the NE are you moving too? Recently checked out Knox and did like the stuff further up and to the right. But not quite ready to retire yet to make that work. What did you do with your CA neutering parts(if any)? I think I’m keeping a couple mag blocks and a bullet button for a ceremonial burning!

Hi All, I am in the midst of moving… actually let’s go with escaping… from California. With family in Georgia I am no stranger to the south, but I’m very much looking forward to living here versus visit. I scouted out the Chattanooga and Knoxville areas including some real estate a couple weeks ago, but it looks like the influx of escapees like me have really helped y’all out with some home values based on the skyrocketing trend over the last six months to a year. So for now we have secured a rental East of Chattanooga, hoping for a slight correction. Wish we had done this sooner but it took me three years to talk the wife into this, so guess that is the cost of freedom and no grandfathering in based on intent to do it before it became popular. My only regret in that is the direct impact on my gun budget! I stopped in at Bud’s near Knox, OMG....it reminds me of 30 years ago in CA before the Socialists took over and started on their path to a full firearms ban. Sooo many choices. Awesome!