Will Carry

"You could press her face in dough and make Gorilla cookies" Red Foxx

He lives in the Netherlands presently. He is still a citizen of Israel. He got on the plane to come to the USA wearing a MAGA hat. I met him at Bass Pro Shops when I was wearing a "Proud to Support Israel" shirt. We got to talking and I invited him to come to the range and shoot. He kept an M-4 inside the Merkava tank. He and his brother are going to come to America, rent a plane and fly to every state in the union. His brother is an airline pilot, formally F-16 pilot.

I love me a good wheel gun. I like to carry a S&W 38sp or a Chater Arms Bulldog 44sp. I can draw the S&W faster than any handgun I own. "I can put two in your guts before you can clear leather with 9mm race gun". The 44sp is just big and loud. The only problem is the lack of ammo capacity. So, I carry a P-365 as a backup.

I finally got to shoot this B-1911 with an Israeli friend of mine. We put 200 rounds of WWB through it with nothing but smiles! My friend is not allowed to own a firearm, but that law has changed recently. He was a commander of a Merkava tank so now he is allowed to own a pistol. He says it will be a 1911. That son of a gun out shot me, which isn't saying much. The Bersa B-1911 is a fine pistol! My other 1911 is a Colt, which is 100% reliable.

Thank you papa61. I will try a saddle maker!

This old USAF parka and I have been through some seriously cold weather together. I bought it at Friedman's Army Surplus in NashVegas in 1979 (when Nashville was a big, small town) The problem is that the zipper has rotted out and needs to be replaced. The local seamstress says it is too thick to use with her sewing machine. Since then, I have tried an upholsterer, a curtain maker, and a tent maker. None of them want to replace anything. As a last resort I will sew it myself and screw it up. That is why I am asking TGO for any advice. The man in this picture was captured on my ring camera. I don't know who it is but he is strikingly handsome.

That is a great family heirloom! My great grandfather Teal was the sheriff of Barbour County Alabama (Eufaula/Clayton) back in the 1890-1920s. One day a prisoner's wife bought a cake to the jail house for her husband. Grandpa said "This cake is so big we should share it with everybody." When he cut open the cake he found a Smith and Wesson .32 break top revolver in it. We called it the cake gun. My grandmother gave it to me when I lived in East Nashville. It was stolen and I never saw it again. I still get upset when I think about it. You take care of that revolver, ya hear? This is not the pistol......

You will need to drop a grand to get this pistol. When I get to shoot it I will post the results.

They are made right here in the good old USA. Kennesaw Georgia. They are hand fit by one gunsmith. It is tight! No rattles. 3.5 lb trigger. I haven't shot it yet.

This isn't funny but it is ironic

I went nuts on lasers when they first started coming out. Now I only keep a laser on my bedside pistol. The reason I stopped using them is that in daylight they are hard to see and I don't want to be looking for the red dot as the bad guy fires on me. A green laser is easier to see in daylight. If I had a choice, it would be green. I still have three Crimson Trace lasers, at night they are a formidable asset.

I don't own any guns, but I am thinking about buying one.

That's a hungry beast! Amazing! Thaks for posting.

Below is the first reply I made. I miss read the OP. Sorry. My advice on a first handgun would be a 9mm. Smith and Wesson M&P, comes to mind. "My recommendation would be to immerse yourself in gun safety by reading, watching quality videos and getting some one-on-one training. You can get some really good safety instruction from the fine people on this forum. You will need to continue to learn and relearn safety, at least that is the way I have to do it. "

I like to keep my sidearm at 3 o'clock, whether IWB or OWB. That way I always know where it is.

The Green River Narrows in Western North Carolina was once the Mecca for extreme whitewater paddling. The Narrows of the green is the location of the annual Green Race. The most extreme kayaking race in the world. This video is the first descent after the destructive power of the flood that changed the river forever. This came out yesterday. The first video is the winning run of the 2022 Green Race to show what the river looked like before the flood. The second video of film a few days ago after the flood. Even though I have been whitewater kayaking since 1977, I have never run the Narrows of the Green River. I had a wife and kids to think about. BEFORE:

"Like a brick through a plate glass window!" I love those pistols.

My father was a country doctor in rural Georgia back in the 50s-60s. He made house calls and often the people had no money. He would bring home chickens, Moonshine, old furniture and such. One farmer gave dad a Perkins percussion cap, double barreled muzzle loading shotgun. Made in England. Oh wait! you said Parker...........never mind.

How can I call myself an American, if I am afraid to utilize the rights that my forefathers fought and died for. If we cower from bullies, we will soon be ruled by bullies. A Piggly Wiggly on Thursday afternoon is not an ATM, late at night, in a bad neighborhood. Chuck, I will fight for your right to support whatever you want. I thank you for your response and for talking to me straight, an admirable quality.

I have this t-shirt that has an Israeli flag on it and says, "Proud to support Israel." My church has had a long relationship with a synagogue in town. I was wearing this shirt yesterday when my wife and I went to the grocery store. I had 4 people in the store walk up to me and thank me for wearing the shirt. One lady and I talked for a while about what this country has become. Then this man walks by pushing a cart and says, "You know you are supporting baby killers, don't you?" The snarky look on his face, the fact that this was happening in a Piggly Wiggly, one of the last bastions of rural American culture, I snapped back, "Hammas are the baby killers, hiding behind women and children like cowards." I guess he wasn't expecting this, not being from the South and all. He went on a mad tirade about the history of the middle east and how much he hated the Jews. Then he walked up into my face, with is chest all bowed out. He didn't seem to notice when I dropped my right foot back a little. He probably didn't know I was thinking about the best way to take him down if he touched me. Then he finished by saying "You shouldn't be wearing that shirt!" My response was calm and subdued, "I will wear whatever shirt I want to and you can kiss my LARGEMOUTH BASS!" He decided to walk away suddenly, and I turned around and saw the security guard walking down the aisle. I said, "There is something wrong with that guy, I think he's on drugs, you might want to go talk to him." Which he did. Thus ended the confrontation. Some may say that I was asking for trouble, wearing a shirt like that. Maybe I should have turned the other cheek. I didn't want to hurt the guy, but I will make my stand to live and die a free man, as long as my wife approves.

The blueing on the Taurus 1911 was terribly flawed. I think that salesman put those two 1911s together on purpose.

I went to the gun show many years ago to buy a Taurus 1911, when they first came out. I found the Taurus 1911 next to this Colt series 80. The Taurus was a POS so I got the Colt. I saw no reason to buy another since this one works 100%. Now I want a Rock Island! I paid $600 and some change for it.

I had a terrible experience with the DB380 when they first came out. Each time one would break, they sent me a new gun. After 3 guns failed my LGS gave me a full refund. I am sure their arms today are better quality.

I have owned a GP-100 six shot. It was built like a tank. You could shoot hot .357 ammo until the cylinder got so hot you could iron your shirts with it. When I got the Bisley Vaquero I sold the GP-100. That Vaquero was an awesome revolver.

Oh yeah! I didn't run the Ocoee much because West Virginia was only a 5 hour drive. We used go to Frozenhead State Park every March. I was driving out of Durham NC. Thanks for the replies, my brotha!