Will Carry

I have an SP-01. It's too heavy for carry and really too heavy (IMHO) for a bedside pistol, even though it has night sites. As a range warrior it is fantastic.

Thanks for posting. I do enjoy reading about folk's reviews on firearms.

Be patient and by a good revolver. The money you put into a good quality revolver will be well spent and it will retain it's value. I have purchased the more affordable revolvers in the past with mixed results. I would not buy anything but Ruger or S&W but when I was younger money was a big issue so I understand where you are coming from. The EAA is German made. The Ruger GP-100 is like wearing an anvil on your side, but it will hammer out hot .357 loads all day. I'll get so hot you can iron your shirts with it.

In Greensboro NC, the city counsel decided that they would no longer allow gun shows in the Greensboro Coliseum. That is not legal and these two men pushed back. The second guy nails it.

I copied a pasted this from another forum. walkout because you're forced to share a bathroom with the opposite sex. walkout because you have to ask permission to use the restroom. walkout because your school banned Huck Finn for being a racist. walkout because you are told what to read, rather than left free to choose. walkout because your teacher is terrible. walkout because your school forces you to sit in a class with students who don't want to be there and who interfere with students who want to learn and who care about their future. walkout because its 78 degrees and sunny outside. walkout because the windows don't open and are the size of a mail slot. walkout because you refuse to be treated like an inmate. walkout because you're not being taught real history. walkout because your school thinks normal kid behavior is a disorder and wants to put you on drugs. walkout because you're being trained to be a leftist robot who only walks out when he's told he should walkout.

I don't know if they are obligated to ask you to leave or not. If they arrested you it would be bad.

Wheel guns. Do you shoot .357 loads in those short barrel Smiths? Is it like some people say? "Too much recoil and too hard to shoot accurately" I carry a model 36 3".

Do it Moped! Those are three fine handguns, you can't go wrong.

I finally bought the North American Arms mini-revolver. It has taken many years but I have always wanted an NAA mini-revolver. I told myself "That is the last handgun I would buy." Every time I saw one at my LGS, I just couldn't bring myself to buy one because I had other handguns I needed more. I bought the Sidewinder 22 magnum with the bird heads grip and swing out cylinder. I was surprised at how easy this gun is to shoot and how accurate it is a close range. (0-10 feet). At this time, I cannot see the need for more.....so I think I'll start trading in some of my safe queens for new safe queens.

Read this with a heavy North Jersey accent: "It shoots a heat seeking bullet that can shoot down an airplane!" "It should only be used by the Army!" (She is talking about the single shot Barret 50bmg) "We need to restrict the sales of magazines. When their magazine runs out of bullets they won't be able to buy new magazines." "They would be out of bullets!" (She thinks magazines come preloaded and when you run out of ammo, you have to buy a new magazine} Those are dumb things said by politicians who are writing gun laws. Moral Busybodies. I think C.S. Lewis wrote this to be kind of tongue and cheek, half joking and all true. Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

Do ya have any more Glocks you want to give away?

That guy nailed it. Those Hollywood actors are just lap dogs to the liberal elites who run this country. Donald Trump is not the president because all the "deplorables" voted for him. He's the president because the Blue Dog Democrats voted for him. The old fashion Democrats who don't suck so much. Blue collars workers from Michigan and Pennsylvania. "The liberal elites are smarter than we are, they have more money than we do, so why don't we just step aside, burn the constitution and let them tell us how to live. They would be benevolent masters." I have co-workers who own AR-15s but do not want to join the NRA because it costs too much money. They complain about the anti-2nd amendment groups but they do nothing. These are the people we need to wake up. I wish I knew how.

Boatertalk! They are getting ready to shut it down. Some of my fondest memories are of exploring the Cumberland Plateau with my buddies. Reading Monty Smith's book. Frozen Head State Park and Dave Engelbretzen. I love Tennessee. I hate to see the Plateau sold to the highest bidder. We used to park our vehicles at OBJ to takeout on Daddy's Creek. I saw all the broken auto glass in the parking area and had an idea. I jogged down the road a knocked on the first door. I must have looked like someone from outer space and the slammed it in my face. The second door did the same. I finally came to this house with a yard full of young'uns. I knocked on the door and a young lady in a wheel chair rolled up to the door. I said "Mam, there have been a lot of breakins down at OBJ (Obed Juction) and I was wonder if we could park our vehicles in your yard while we went paddling?" She said "You sure can honey." I said "we'd be willing to pay you $10 a car." "Oh no! you don't have to do that." I said "Mam, these folks can afford it." So we paid her $80 and she was happy and out cars were waiting for us, unmolested. We did this for several years but one day I jogged up to the house.....and it was empty. I looked at the single wide across the road and walked over and knocked on the door. A young fellow opened the door and I gave him the same story "You don't need to pay me! I watch over them." We paid him $10 per vehicle. Our cars were unmolested. The next year the house and the singlewide were empty. I saw a park ranger driving down the road and I stopped him and said "What happen to the people who used to live here?" He said "The young lady and her kids went to live with her family and the feller in the singlewide is in prison." "He was the one breaking into cars at OBJ." I told the ranger we had paid him last year to park in his yard and he said "Well if he told you it was OK, he wouldn't harm your vehicles."

Here are some of the top groups and what they paid in 2017 for lobbying. Feel free to check me on this. The NRA gave Senator Burr, of NC, $9900 and the media claims the senator is in their pockets. I think the NRA spent $3,200,000 last year on lobbying. They rank 488th so what makes them so powerful? I just want you to know so you can tell your friends. At least 4 of these organizations represent the media. National Assn of Realtors $54,530,861 Business Roundtable $27,380,000 Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America $25,847,500 Blue Cross/Blue Shield $24,330,306 American Hospital Assn $22,064,214 American Medical Assn $21,535,000 Alphabet Inc $18,140,000 AT&T Inc $16,780,000 Boeing Co $16,740,000 Open Society Policy Center $16,110,000 DowDuPont $15,877,520 National Assn of Broadcasters $15,460,000 Comcast Corp $15,310,000 Lockheed Martin $14,464,290 Amazon.com $13,000,000 Southern Co $12,970,000 National Retail Federation $12,890,000 NCTA The Internet & Television Assn $12,790,000 Oracle Corp $12,385,000

I'm not doubting they had gone bad. I was just making a joke. My Boy Scouts were whinnying on one camp out about having to cook and clean dishes. I said "OK next time we'll just carry MREs." This was in the 1980s. They were all exited about the next camping trip. I handed out their rations for the weekend in MREs. They never complained about cooking again. I understand the new MREs are much better.

MREs gone bad? That is a contradiction in terms.

I use the 100gr DPX. I didn't buy them for that reason. I think I just got lucky. I have some old Glazer Silver Dots that I don't know what to do with, so I load them up when I will be in crowds. I don't think they even make them any more.

I know the anti-2nd amendment media is always touting the "Powerful NRA" lobby and the "Big Gun" industry. There is no such thing. The power of the NRA is from it's members who vote. The biggest lobby in the swamp are the pharmaceutical industry at 3.5 billion dollars. Next is the insurance industry at 3.4 billion or so, then come the utility industry. The NRA ranks 488th. The liberal media is just plain lying and their coolaid drinking disciples are buying it. I told the whitewater paddlers of their forum that I was a member of the NRA and some of them told me that I was responsible for 17 deaths. I didn't back down but doubled down and finally a few gun owners spoke up on my behalf. I am going to encourage all the gun owners I know that the time to join the NRA is not when they are knocking at your door, to take your guns.....

When they make a 12 gauge I can fit in my pocket, I will be carrying it daily. I just looked up ballistic specs on some .44 special and 38sp +P ammo. You were right. The muzzle energy of a .44 special round that you would shoot in a Charter Arms Bulldog is in the same ballpark as a 38 special. What I found that was interesting is that some 38sp+P has less muzzle energy than some standard pressure 38sp rounds. I carry a 38 special. Standard pressure ammo. I don't guess I'll bother with a .44 now. Thanks

When I go to the range with my Bisley, I take my time, get my breathing right, proper grip, correct stance and work on my trigger pull. You only get 5-6 shots before you have to reload so each one has to count. It's beautiful! I used my Bisley Vaquero for our companies unofficial pistol competition and won. I had the only revolver, everyone else had semis. Mine is a .357 magnum to match my Henry Big Boy and that's what a shoot in it. That thing gets so hot you burn yourself reloading it. I could iron my shirts with it. I am looking forward to getting a Colt 45 single action but they are very expensive yet if I clean my safe from all the closet queens I could probably buy one.

I bought a Ruger Bisley Vaquero that has fixed sights. I was worried about the sights not being adjustable, but they are dead on. My "Holy Grail" is the Colt single action......one day.

I realize that a 38 special has less recoil than a .44 special, but if you ever have to use a 38 for self defense, you will wish it was a .44 special. Those are some fine revolvers you have. I have been wanting a Charter Arms Bulldog for many years but the price and availability of ammo gives me second thoughts. I know they make 45acp revolvers with moon clips and now without moon clips but if I'm going to carry a 45acp it's not going to be in a revolver. One day I'll find me a .44 Special.

The XD-45 is a great handgun. It will serve you well. I traded mine for a PPQ-45. The PPQ is a fine handgun but no better than the XD in most aspects.

I would take my Smith and Wesson model 36 3" with the square butt grip. I can yank that little smoke wagon and put two rounds in you before you can clear the holster with that Glock 19. OK I'm just trash talking. For me, the model 36 is that fastest handgun I own to draw and fire two aimed shots, but I ain't Wild Bill Hickok.

The only reason I bought the danged pistol was because the Army adopted it. They had good luck with the 1911 and the Berretta. I have the sub compact. It seems to be a well built pistol, I would like a pinky extension on the magazine. Plus the 12 round magazine will only hold 11 rounds. It hasn't blown up yet.