Will Carry

I don't think I could add to these excellent replies. Sometimes I carry a Back Up Gun and sometimes I'll just carry two pistols. This time of year I may slip a .380 in my pocket and another .380 IWB.

I have an English Leghumper.

I don't know Jack.

That's a fine catch. What a classic wheel gun!

After spending the last 30+ years paddling rivers in Tennessee and the Southeast, we are going to the Ozarks in Arkansas. I was just wondering if anyone could give me some Beta on it.

He is risen! Halleluiah!

I read the article. What the writer said was mostly true. Some of it was conjecture. Like I say, it was a black day for Forrest and his men. The fact that the Yankees in Tennessee were behaving badly does not justify what happened. What I am trying to do is to understand what really happened and put it into some sort of perspective. There was another massacre at Saltville Virginia when a group of poorly trained and poorly let black union cavalry tried to attack the salt works. The southerners left no living black soldier on the field. You should not judge people who lived 150 years ago by today's standards. Black people were considered to be something less than humans. There was a tremendous amount of hatred and ignorance about people of different races back then. We now know better....I hope.

I used to play hex board war games. I had one called "Terrible Swift Sword", the Battle of Gettysburg. Those were great games. I still have that game up in the attic. I have dice all over the house from playing those games.

My heart goes out to you. Remember the good times. Man's best friend............

I thought this was a report on Knob Creek Bourbon.

Crockett was a restless sole. Is vote against moving the Indians west of the Mississippi ruined his political career. Maybe he thought he could do more in Texas. He did not like Andrew Jackson, that's for sure.

I wish I could help you Tanker, but since you capitalized REAL, that disqualified me. Good luck on your endeavors.

Very cool Tanker! Also very true. I have only recently began reading about the politics of the Civil War. Holy crap! There's so much to learn. I agree that a person who only studies the battles is missing out. Who is Nitschke? You mean Ray Nitschke the football player? ;)

I have spent my life studying and reading about history. I still consider myself a student. I have been accused of being an "Apologist" for pointing out historical facts about the Civil War. I think it's a shame that more people don't study our past. One of the things I have learned reading history is, when people are ignorant of the past, they are easier to manipulate. That is why the communist kill and imprison teachers.

HAAAA HA HA ha ha. That's funny, I don't care what anybody says.....

My favorite Forrest quote: General Steven Lee attacked 11,000 well entrenched Union soldiers with a botched frontal attack, after Forrest pleaded with Lee to wait until the Yankees were on the move and stung out on the road, Forrest told Lee "Don't feel bad general, if I had me a West Point education, the Yankees would be whippin' me all the time." Robert E Lee was asked by a reporter, after the war, "Mr. Lee, in your opinion, who was the best general of the war, North or South?" Lee replied "It is a man I have never met. His name is Forrest."

The Union commander of the fort called himself Major Booth but his real name was George H. Lanning. He had to change his name and flee Iowa because his own family wanted him dead. General Sherman had ordered that Fort Pillow be abandoned, but it such a nice hideout for Booth's smuggling operation that Booth occupied it anyway. Booth was able to move his loot up the Mississippi from Fort Pillow. SCALLYWAGS I SAY! Forest told the fort's commander during a truce that he would give quarter to all who surrendered, black and white. They turned him down. During the truce, black artillery men on the fort's parapets began talking trash to the southern boys. Major Booth had promised them that the fort could not be taken. This further enraged the Confederates. By 1864, Forests men had seen more blood spilled than most, they had been in ferocious hand to hand fighting, usually outnumbered. Forest had never lost a battle when he was in charge of all the southern troops. His tactics were totally unorthodox. Erwin Rommel studied Forest....

The Battle at Fort Pillow was a black day for Nathan Bedford Forest and his cavalry. If you look this battle up on Wikipedia or other internet sites, you will not get the whole story. I have no doubt that Union soldiers were murdered that day, black and white alike, but the story goes deeper than that. There is an excellent article in Military Heritage magazine (January 2014) about this debacle at Fort Pillow. The Union commander of the fort was of dubious character. He made the town a Jackson pay him $5,000, not to burn the town. There is a suggestion that Fort Pillow was nothing more than a hideout for looters, thieves, carpetbaggers and scoundrels. Forest and his men were getting many reports from local civilians of terrible deeds perpetrated by the garrison at the fort. There were also around 100 confederate deserters at the fort. When Forest moved on this fort, his men were already mad, yet there is no evidence to suggest they attacked to fort with any intention committing a massacre. This battle was one giant clusterflop from the very beginning. This contributed more to what happened than racism and hatred. The standard procedure for surrendering a fort was to lower the flag. It was never lowered. The commander of the fort was shot and killed at the beginning of the battle and the Union command structure broke down. Some men were surrendering while others were still fighting. Some groups of men who had surrendered changed their minds and started fighting again. It was chaos. This did more to spark the massacre than the hatred of black soldiers, deserters and East Tennessee Unionists. The sad part is that this could probably have been avoided if this chain of events had been broken some how.

I love these kind of posts! Thanks for posting. The Kahr is a fine handgun. The recoil is not bad at all considering it fires the .40 S&W round. I would say that James Bond would have chosen the Kahr 40 if it had been around in the 60s.

A Ruger LC-9 with Winchester SE 124gr +P JHPs and my SOG Flash II Tanto. With one extra magazine. Thanks for asking!

When he joined the Army in WWII, they started picking on him.....until he got them into the boxing ring. He was a fighter! They respected him after that.

I just sick of it all. Picture if you will, a group of Gay scout leaders and a group a Gay scouts going of into the wilderness for a weekend of camping. You have just entered the TWILIGHT ZONE! Would you want to go? Would you want your son to go? It's insanity I can't believe my country has become such a Sodom and Gomorra.

Cops, Teachers and Doctors. No society can flourish without these three professions.

  The thing about a good quality pistol is that it retains it's value. So if you ever want to sell it, you'll get a good return. I bought a Ruger LC9 for about the price you are talking about. It has been 100% reliable with everything I have put in it. The trigger, however, is awfully long. You can pick up a Taurus hammerless ultra-light snubby for a little over $300.  They really don't shoot that bad.  I used to have a model 85 UL, with a Crimson Trace grip.  I would rather carry the LC-9. It is easier to carry and I have it loaded with 9mm +P, 7+1.

  You didn't say anything offensive brother.  A man should be proud of his fine weaponry.