Jamie Jackson

Thanks again to our TGO family. My bride and I made it home about an hour ago. She had a vigorous day of PT and OT and we are both ready for a good night's sleep in our own home. We are truly Blessed. We wish you a speedy resolution to your situation @BHunted!

There's been some very positive results in studies involving pronation... what they're having our friend do position wise. It sounds like you're in good hands my friend and we know all of our Prayers are being heard! Prayers continue for you and Lisa!

Oh my friend. We are Blessed way more than we deserve and give Thanks for that daily. The food will be there when the time is right. The Blessings are there right now.

And while the punch may still be a consideration LOL, I think the wisdom of early, somewhat intensive, PT and OT are the keys to an early and full recovery. It's markedly earlier (by days even) than when I started in healthcare so many decades ago. My Bride (lo these 33 years ) is a trooper and a tough one at that. I'm proud of her! She's tackling it head on! Thanks for the positive thoughts and prayers. We certainly have many of you here on our Prayers list I promise.

I am humbled and we are both very appreciative of the prayers and well wishes. My bride just finished her first PT .OT is next on the agenda. TGO is a wonderful group/family to be a part of. We are blessed. Thank you my friends. @TripleGGG Thank you my brother!

Hang tuff brother! Prayers continue for you and Lisa.

Praying for you good Sir. God Bless, Keep, and Heal you soon.

Excellent animation David. Thank you! Me too Red.

Thanks buddy...now I've got the "I feel like I'm fixin' to die rag" stuck in my head!

While not a bargain, SGAmmo has 9mm in stock as I type this. It's running $0.50-$0.60 per round. <ouch> But it's available.

I'm in the same boat jpx. I still have plenty of components (for now), but I'm mindful of how much I take to the range with me. Things can certainly get more challenging than they are even now. I've been keeping and eye out for affordable .380 bullets and .38 cal bullets but have pretty much resigned myself to the fact I need to start casting my own. Thankfully I'm well stocked on .22 LR and picked up an LCR in .22 a while back. And then there's always dry fire!

I received a couple K of 9mm bullets this week from RMR, true to their projected shipping times. I see Powder Valley is getting, and of course rapidly selling out of primers, fairly regularly. The price is averaging $35.00+ and they seem to be limiting purchase amounts...and then there's Hazmat... but if you have a dire enough need...

From what I've read the M206 is a good value and solid revolver. iirc it's a bit beefier than a D Frame Colt. How's the trigger in your opinion? My current favorite load in .38 spl is a 160 gr PC round using 2.8 grs of American Select. I haven't chronoed this load, but it's very pleasant and accurate. I just don't feel the need to beat up my revolvers, nor myself for that matter.

What handgun are you planning on shooting them in Rob? I've never loaded any 180's, especially with a gas check, but I shoot a fair amount of 160's in my LCR and J/K frame Smiths. I'd guess you should be able to work up some decent, yet comfortable loads with those bullets. My 686 would probably love them at about 1000 fps. Might just look into it if components ever become reasonably available again.

Well done AJ! Proud of you buddy.

I've seen several threads mention ammo availability, and some mention of availability of reloading components. I thought I'd start a thread for folks to somewhat consolidate those things if they'd like. With the way 2020 is going, the almost unbelievably high pricing of ammo, especially 9mm, and the ridiculous price some folks are bidding on Gunbroker, I think it'll be quite a while before we establish whatever "new normal" we'll see. The overwhelming majority of the ammo I shoot is handloaded. I'm comfortable with what I have on hand, but at the same time it might be prudent to at least try and add to my supplies when I run across affordable ammo or components. This may well prove more costly and challenging in the future... very near future possibly. <sigh> I have some 9mm projectiles on backorder from Rocky Mountain Reloads (awesome company and they still allow backorders). The wait time Jake lists on the site (as of yesterday) is a minimum of 8 weeks. Sportsman's Guide is allowing Pre-order of 9mm ammo (quite costly, but the market drives the price). Midwayusa is allowing backorder on some bullets, but I didn't see any backorder allowed on 9mm ammo. Everglades Ammo still has bullets available and their price has, of course, increased as well. Berry's Bullets is listing no backorders and seems to be out of 9mm. @TGO David has done a great job of explaining the current situation, so I'll not be redundant in that. We've seen a lot of new shooters and new gun owners joining our ranks. I'm certain there are folks viewing that are considering purchasing a firearm that have no clue as to where to find ammo. Please feel free to recommend a site that may help folks out.

She's a beauty @Grayfox54. I had a 4" blue steel on back in the 80's and regret to this day selling it. Congrats! Today is Revolver Day at the range (for me). Running a revolver is a dying skill set and it does my heart good to see so many folks here on TGO that still embrace them. Let us know how she runs.

Thank you @Garufa ! What an awesome tribute, and one of my favorite songs.

I hadn't considered that, but it's not a bad idea. No issues where I shoot, but I guess that could change.

Timely topic David. My wife and I were discussing this very thing earlier today. I too am quite pessimistic about the aftermath of the upcoming election. The potential is for things to get rough no matter what the ballots show. I think the video you linked on another thread regarding the descent into communism was very prescient. We live in a suburban area of West Knoxville. We've been here for close to 14 years. While I would love to be rural and on some acreage, this meets our perceived needs. We have been steadily increasing our pantry and food storage since the whole COVID thing began. Replenishing and rotating, but we had been a bit slack on the replenishing side of things. We have a well stocked pantry and a couple of chest freezers. For a number of years we've purchased in bulk quantities when items were on sale. It's just a prudent way to save money and be prepared for lean times, whether financially or a disruption in delivery. Snow storms anyone? We garden using raised beds. But it is supplemental, not subsistence. We also do rain catchment (water barrels) and have a Berkey Water filtration unit we use daily. Best water I've ever tasted and it's my primary "beverage". Love the stuff! I taught myself to can, dehydrate, and store foods. We incorporate those items into our everyday lives. It's kinda of nice to know where at least some of your food comes from LOL I work in Health Care. I'm an RN and I've worked ICU and ER for 38 years. Strictly ER the past 14 years. I was a Corpsman for 9 years prior to that. I am a certified Old Fart. We have our own PPE's pretty well stocked because, as an ER RN if I wanted quality and ready availability I've had to supply my own. Yes, the hospitals have adequate PPE's, marginally, and not to the standards that have been the norm for many decades now, but adequate nonetheless. I worked neck deep in COVID from March until 3 weeks ago. I'm out of the ER arena now. I'm glad. I know COVID is a politically charged issue and prefer not to discuss it on an open forum. As the saying goes "You do you, I'll do me" and stay in my own lane Thanks. We have masks, gloves, disinfecting supplies..." sanitary essentials" (I like that phrase) and protocols we've already had in place and been using because of the 12-13 hr exposure I had in the ER each day at work. I'm a "gun guy". I wouldn't be on this forum if I weren't. I'm comfortable with the gear I have. I'm no youngster any more and feel it every day. I've trimmed down what I have on hand the past few years and reinvested those funds into other like sustainable items. Love my little Honda gennie and we've used it a few times already. I have adequate ammo to allow me to shoot what I want and when I choose. But I've accumulated what I have over time. I only shoot 2-3 times per month and dry fire 2-3 times per week. I need to do more of each, but that's on me. The coming clouds have put a bit of urgency on that. I, and the folks I handload with (as a group we have cast and PC'd handgun bullets and we're starting that back up again) have an adequate supply of components. As we've discussed many, many times on this forum, the past few years have provided incredible purchasing opportunities for all of us. I certainly heeded that advice and took advantage of the Black Friday sales as did many here. On most levels and to any sane person it seems odd that we'd be discussing the possibility of a Civil War. But reality sometimes shifts. I pray we never come to that. But I'm not certain I have much of a say about the matter. I am blessed for the professional training I've had in the past. But I'd be happy to live the rest of my life without having to utilize those skills. But we do live in "interesting times" Gear is great. But skills and knowledge are probably the best investments we could make. Just an opinion.

And of course as listening to old favorites often does, looking in my folder led me to this.

Well, @94user linked Iggy Pop. Thank you Of course that led be back in time a bit to Lou Reed's "Rock and Roll Animal". I probably wore out 2 vinyl copies of it. I still have it in my music files and simply need a listen every now and agin.

I had a similar situation. In about 1965 or '66 I went into Mr. Curry's Western Auto. I was always in there ogling his guns & knives displays. He let me put a 16 g. H&R Single barrel on layaway (he may have called my Father about it, but I don't know for certain). As I had a full-time job, I paid it off in just 6 weeks. iirc it was around $30.00. He gave me a box of birdshot at no extra charge when I picked it up. I was either 11 or 12. I still have that shotgun and treasure it. The Past was a very different world.

Great topic and thread! Thank you @Grayfox54! @Moped started a thread on this a few years back remembering Marshall St.John's Mousegunner site. Here's a link to that thread and his site. http://www.mouseguns.com/index.htm I've owned a Raven in 25 acp and it was indeed stupid reliable for such a cheap, and cheaply made, little handgun. Oh yeah, and a Jennings in .22! And I actually carried an AMT .380 BU that was incredibly reliable with ball ammo. But that was back in the 1980's and I no longer have them. I obviously need want an LCP! Claude Werner, the esteemed "Tactical Professor", has some interesting and very positive things to say regarding Pocket Pistols and their role in civilian defensive shooting use in this Lucky Gunner/Chris Baker interview from 2018. Great discussion on Context! https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2018/10/02/conversation-about-pocket-pistols/

This is some of the craziest prices I have seen in literally decades. I was shooting at Point Blank this week and about the only handgun ammo on the shelves was .357 Sig, 10mm, 45 LC, and 44 spl/mag. They said when a pallet of 9mm hits the door it's gone within hours. I am so thankful I heeded the warnings and learned from experience to not get caught behind the eight ball. I handload and took advantage of last years Black Friday sales and have plenty of components to last me for a good while. But I'm still ordering more projectiles (affordably) from time to time. I should have another 1K of 9mm bullets from Everglades arriving Saturday. I can load these for about $0.12 - $0.14 per round depending on projectile cost and charge weight. If you cast it's about 1/2 that. I read folks are having a challenging times locating affordable powder and primers, but I personally covered that a few years back. That said, it's never too late to invest in the equipment and components and handloading is a rewarding process in and of itself imho. It may be the best option going down the road. Just my $0.02 worth