Will Carry

  What a difference a trigger makes. Although my old LC9 hammer fired was 100% reliable, the trigger was just too long and the reset was....too long.  I tried the new LC9s (striker fired) at my local gun shop and bought it. I took it to the range today and I must say the trigger is better than my Glock 19. It is smooth and the reset is short. This is the pistol that Ruger should have made in the first place.     I ran 100 rounds of WWB through it and 14 rounds of Federal +P JHPs with no issues.  The sights are good and the accuracy, at 21 feet, was spot on. The things I do not like about the pistol do not have anything to do with it's effectiveness as a small concealed carry pistol but I will mention them. 1) Magazine disconnect (don't like'em) 2) The orange New Jersey Magazine (?????) and the way it is disassembled. 3) You only get one magazine. It also comes in a cardboard Happy Meal box with a cheap little zip up bag that is useless. But the price is right and all of those things don't matter when you consider it is reliable and has a sweet trigger.

I had a Spud Launcher years ago. It had a handle with a propane grill igniter in it. It was sweet. It would knock the bark off a pine tree. When I found out that they were illegal, I got rid of it. They have enough power to kill someone and should be treated like a firearm, if they are legal where you live. If not, it ain't worth it.

I keep a couple of speed loaders too.  I seriously doubt I could actually reload a revolver quickly in a gun fight with someone shooting at me. I will certainly try though.

I handled a Glock 42 at my LGS recently but decided to buy the Ruger LC9s. I am a big fan of Glocks and carry a G-19 (the LC9s is my BUG). I am sure the Glock 42 will become a classic.

I love wheel guns. My favorite is my Ruger Bisley Vaquero in .357. The sights are dead on, it has a target trigger and the hammer spur is lowered.  Whatever you do, get a quality revolver. Smith and Wesson makes the best. Ruger makes the toughest. That's  the only two I recommend. I have shot some Raging Bulls that were excellent. My dream pistol is a S&W model 27 4" or a new model 627. These are $1000 pistols but my Ruger is just as accurate.

Hundreds of American soldiers and sailors were killed with Mustard Gas in the port of Bari, Italy, after a surprise attack by over 20 German bombers.  The only problem was that it was our Mustard gas that killed them.  Rumors had spread that Hitler might use poison gas as a last resort so the US Navy was ordered to send a ship filled with Mustard gas close to the front lines so they could be deployed as a retaliation should Hitler use gas. It was so secret that nobody in the port knew of it. When the Luftwaffe made their surprise attack, they sank 17 ships (including the Mustard Gas ship) and damaged many more in the harbor. They started getting wounded who had terrible blisters on their skin and lungs, by the time they figured out what it was, over 600 men had died at the hospital and countless more died before they were found. If they had known of the Mustard gas, they would have used decontamination procedures and could have saved many of the victims.  It is not known how many Italians died of the poison gas.   http://www.rense.com/general16/WWIIluftwaffe.htm

OP here. I traded my defective DB380 for a Ruger LC9s striker fired. What a great trigger!  I will keep the Sig P-238 but it is my only 380 now. The new LC9s is what the LC-9 hammer fired should have been.  This new LC9s has a better trigger than my Glocks (which isn't saying much) and they did away with that stupid loaded chamber indicator.

                         My father carried a Garand in 1945 in the battle for Manila. I had a chance to buy one in the early 70s for $100.  I wish I had. They cost too much now.  

I work with a man who claims to be an Atheist. He hit his thumb with a hammer and the first word out of his mouth was GOD. I did not let it pass either.

Man that looks so sweet! I had bought this high dollar custom Bowie Knife back in the 1980s. It was beautiful. I kept it for 30 years and the edge never touched anything.  Then one day I gave it to an outdoorsman buddy of mine.  He is a surveyor and he never goes into the woods without it. Now it looks like a real knife. That's they way a good knife should be treated.

HA HA ha. I ain't never ruined a pair of pants but I know what you mean about a sack full of holsters.  I spent about 5 years buying every kind of holsters, fanny packs, CC Tee-shirts and so on. Now I pocket carry and/or IWB carry.

I spoke with Bob at work today. He has had over 50,000 hits on his photo sharing web site. I told him that I posted his website on TGO but there is NO WAY that the TGO could generate 50,000 hits. Then he started naming gun forums that I had never heard of. I asked him if he was some sort of photographic genius and he said no, it's more about patients, like Turkey hunting. You have to wait for the good shots. I asked him about his camera equipment and he said that he has spent less than $1000 for his equipment. This Bullfrog just makes me smile!

  Bob's guide had a 338 Lapua slung over his shoulder. I had a reason for this post but if Bob knew about it he would be embarrassed. All I can say is he needs our prayers.     The old male, in his last bear photo, has been fighting off all comers to protect his harem.  Bob said that bear would not live much longer but he is the dominate male. That photo speaks to me.

I have worked with Bob for several years but it wasn't until he asked my advice on what firearm to carry while backpacking in Mountain Lion country that I learned he was a gifted outdoor photographer. He decided on an AR-15 platform and I said "Yeah! that'll do".  So here is a link to some of his work. I hope ya'll like it.    http://rdbowen.smugmug.com/      

    I hate Nazis and I have no use for Skin Heads or White Supremist . I just like studying German Nazis. After World War II the biggest industry in West Germany was making souvenirs for GIs. They made Hitler Youth Knives until the Swatika was outlawed, I think, in 1952. I have a Brandy glass with a swastika on it. It supposedly came from Germany.

  It does have the German cross decals for it.  I understand why the Germans don't want to display the swastika and I'm not going to go through all the trouble to order the aftermarket decals from Amazon for $8.00. I guess I'll just try to enjoy putting the plane together and remind myself of my childhood. We would put these planes together, hang them in our rooms and when we got tired of them we would light them on fire and shoot them with our BB guns. Good times.

I hate Nazis, especially Illinois Nazis but I got a model airplane kit for my birthday of a Stuka dive bomber and it does not have a swastika decal to go on the plane's tail. Revell does not offer a Swastika decal on any of it's models. How can I have an evil German airplane model without the dad gum Swastika? If you want a Swastika on a Revell model you have to buy aftermarket ones.

I hope you guys don't get tired of this. I'll try not to quote Wiki.   The US infantry were practicing beach landing near Oran on the North African coast, prior to landing on Sicily.  General Patton came storming down the beach, mad as hell. "Captain! Get these men off this @#$%  beach!" The captain replied "but general, I'm a chaplain." " I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE JESUS CHRIST! GET THE MEN OFF THE BEACH AND TO THEIR OBJECTIVES!" Then he stormed away.   The landings on Sicily were the largest amphibious landings of WWII. Bigger than Normandy by two divisions.

It's hard to believe but it's true. Here is what I found on Wikipedia.   The Torpedo Alley, or Torpedo Junction, off North Carolina, is one of the graveyards of the Atlantic Ocean, named for the high number of attacks on Allied shipping by German U-boats in World War II. Almost 400 ships were sunk, mostly during the Second Happy Time in 1942, and over 5,000 people were killed, many of whom were civilians and merchant marines. The period of attacks began in January 1942, and together were known as the "Great American Turkey Shoot", by U-boat sailors. Torpedo Alley encompassed the area surrounding the Outer Banks, including Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras

 The Waffle House is a freak show at 2am Sunday morning. I wouldn't go in there unarmed. I won't walk past a gun buster sign anyway.

 I could hardly put the first book down and the second book is even better.     The first book, "An Army At Dawn" tells about an army of green soldiers and untried officers landing in North Africa to confront Rommel's battle hardened Africa Corps. For the first three days Patton was fighting the French!  The French killed, wounded and captured hundreds (over 2000) of US troops, until they changed sides and fought with us.  When the French army changed sides, Hitler ordered several crack divisions to occupy Vichy France. These divisions were supposed to have been sent to fight the Russians, who were reeling from the Blitzkrieg.   One night, as the US Navy's transports lay off the beaches of Morocco, in the Atlantic ocean, a German Submarine surfaced right in the middle of the fleet, spun around firing both bow and stern tubes, then submerged and got away. It sank 3 ships and crippled two more.  The very next night another German sub did the same thing with similar results. Both subs got away.    The American military did not want to fight in Africa. They wanted to charge across the English channel at Calais and go straight to Berlin. Churchill convinced Roosevelt that perhaps that was not a great idea in 1942. He was right.  Rommel's Africa Corps mauled the green US forces at Sidi Bo Zid and Kasserine.  The Germans were really good soldiers and were well led by officers with years of combat experience. 

During World War 2 Winston Churchill travelled across the Atlantic from England to New York on the Queen Mary. He insisted that his life boat have a Browning M2 mounted on it. "They won't take me alive!" He said, referring to the U-boat threat.   I'm reading the second book of Rick Atkinson's Liberation trilogy. A great read full of interesting facts.

My LC9 (hammer fired) has eaten everything from +P loads to cheap target ammo. It has never failed from the first shot. I have gotten to the point when someone tells me a pistol is "ammo sensitive" I back away. Diamondback told me that about the DB380. They said I need to shoot quality ammo. I'm lucky to find any 380 ammo and I have to take what I can get. For the LC9, I have a N8Squared holster, a Cross Breed Supertuck and a cheap Uncle MIke's. The N8Squared is the most comfortable and the Uncle MIke's works great too. The Super Tuck is the best though.

I traded my DB380 plus some cash for a LC9S striker fired. The trigger is great, it beats my Glock 19 by a mile. Why Ruger came out with the LC9 hammer fired I'll never know. I own one of those too. This LC9s is what they should have made and it makes this a great little pistol, if it shoots as flawlessly as the LC9 hammer fired. When I have a chance to shoot it, I'll post a range report.

Stocks going up or down don't mean dittley squat. When stocks go down. Buy. When they go up. Sell. Now might be a good time to buy Ruger and Smith & Wesson stock.