Will Carry

Spot on old boy!

Colt makes a fine pistol. I have heard some of the trash talk but my Colt 1911 is my most reliable handgun. It is a series 80 and I have shot hundreds of rounds through it of every kind of ammo and it has bever failed. I think the rash talk was started by Kimber lovers.

The southern colonies supported the revolutionary war because Britian was abolishing slavery in her colonies. Without the support of the slave owners (southern power brokers) Britain may have won he revolutionary war and we would be like Canada. The first US congress debated for weeks on whether or not to abolish slavery. It was a close vote. The problem was readdressed in 1861............

Diet Coke.

Tarawa was no cake walk. In many ways the lessones learned a Tarawa saved lives on Iwo Jima. Tarawa was a ClusterF#$@!. From the very begining it was a sh!# storm of a ClusterF#$@!. The Navy still had not learned how to shoot their guns. They were too far out to sea to really hit anything and their shooting was pathetic. If they hit any Jap bunkers it was just by luck. They got the tides wrong and the landing craft and amracs got stuck on reefs. Marines had to wade 700 yards fully exposed to Jap motors and machine guns. Then they had to fight against well dug in defensive positions, in tropical heat. You really should read a book about Tarawa before you go calling it a "cake walk", no offense intended. Iwo Jima was bad and so was Okinawa, but fighting the Japs anywhere was never a cake walk. Tarawa may have been the worst battle the Marines fought in WWII ......except for all the rest.

I was refering to California and other screwed up liberal states that have a 10 round limit on magazines. Tennessee and North Carolina have no such law. I have an XD-45 and an XDm 40 that have "full capacity" magazines.

Was is it about 10 rounds? You can have a ten round magazine and use it for self defense but "ELEVEN rounds! Oh no. You will just have to do with ten. We couldn't possibly let you have eleven. You would be a danger to the public with one extra round." That is BS. I can't understand why nobody has called them on that. There should be no limits on magazine capacity. That has nothing to do with it.

This story is a little long but it is true. If I'd done that today I would have been fired and maybe even arrested. Back in 1977 I was going to School at Nashville Tech in their Co-op program. They got me a job working at Nashville Electric Service one summer. My job was to hang pole tags. Every pole has a number that corresponds to a map grip and then a number to identify the specific pole. Whenever the line crews would find an untagged pole they called it in. It was a great job for a kid. They gave me an old station wagon, no AC, no power steering, with "NES" on the side and a yellow bubblegum machine on top. My motto was "Leave no pole untagged". I was all over Davidson County and the surrounding area. There was one rule that NES made me follow. I was not to put myself in any danger, particularly from BAD DOGS. When I came to a place that had bad dogs I would put the tag aside and it would be placed in the "BAD DOG" box back at the office. I came to a pasture with a Brahma bull in it: Bad Dog. I went out to Bill Monroe's (Father of Bluegrass) farm north of Ashland City and had 30-40 hounds surround my car: Bad Dog. By the end of the summer I had a box full of bad dog tags. These were real bad dog tags. I know dogs and I only included the really bad ones in the bad dog box. The summer came to and end and I had to go back to school for a quater and on my last day I had to train my replacement. He was a wide-eyed young African-American fellow named Sam Hatcher, a class mate and a friend of mine. I showed him how to get the tags, plan his route for the day and fill out the paperwork at the end of each day. As I opened that cabinet to get him his tags for his first day, the BAD DOG box was right there. I had no idea that Sam was afraid of dogs but the devil in me said to give him the BAD DOG tags. When he left the office for the day I told eveyone what I'd done and word soon spread throughout the building. When Sam came back that afternoon, he walked in the office and he was ashy, shakin' and all torn up, just shaking his head. People were laughing until they cried, rolling on the floor. People from other departments came in laughing and shaking Sam's hand. Everyone liked Sam after that and he did very well as a Pole Tag Hanger. Although on his first day, he didn't hang a single tag.

I have run across a gun safe that had been pryed open, I notified the park ranger. When ever I find an old chimney in the woods I like to look around. I look for the well and the outhouse, so I don't fall in. I have never found much more than so old bottles. I do like to wonder who lived there and when, then try to get an idea of how the homestead was layed out. Sometimes you find old rose bushes and other plants that they planted. The Tennessee countryside has lots of old chimneys.

I will take it back to the range and do some more testing. I don't think it was me since I shoot my XD-45, 1911 and .357 well. BUT. I'm no fancy pistol shooter. There is this kid that works at the range I go to. He's the best shot I've ever seen. He shots competitively. I'll let him shoot it and see what he says. IF it is the gun. What do I do?

It shoots great new out of the box. It's a hungry handgun and went through 100 rounds and wanted more. Just one problem. It is shooting to the left about 3 inches at 21 feet. They are fixed sights. How can I adjust these sights? Should I take it to an expert? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

When they come knocking at your door, it will be too late. You will already have your guns stashed in the ground out in the garden. They will not be able to confiscate your guns any more than th ey can get the gangster's guns. I don't recommend going down fighting with a SWAT team. "No one ever won a war by dying for their country." George C Scott in PATTON. When it comes to defending your freedom, you will not be alone.

I really like the Coosa WMA and Frozenhead State Park. Daddys Creek Canyon and the Obed River are spectacular. Smoky Mountain National Park is also a very cool place so is Reelfoot Lake and the land between the lakes.

I had a guy try to sell me a Kahr CC in 40 cailber. Nice gun but it jammed every single time I pulled the trigger. He said "You have to break it in with 400-500 rounds." Well I did the math and figured that I would save my money and bought a Glock 36. I Carry the Glock mostly but I do have a Taurus M85 that I also carry. There are a lot of Taurus haters repling to your post. I'm not a Taurus hater. They make a wide variety of handguns. They have the best warrenty in the business. I trust my M85 with my life. If you do buy a Taurus, test it extensively before you carry it.

I have said it before. Taurus has the most innovative new weapons. No other company that makes firearms has the nerve to make these things.

How did you come be a box of 45GAP? You could sell it on E-bay.

Excellent point Dave!

John Wayne "The Undefeated"

The second amendment does NOT say: For the purpose of hunting, the right to keep and bare arms shall not be infringed. The second amendment does NOT say: For the purpose of sport shooting, the right to keep and bare arms shall not be infringed. We cannot let the anti-constitution Liberals get away with statements like. "Since assault weapons are not designed for hunting or sport shooting, they should be banned." The 2nd amendment is not about hunting or target shooting. It's about freedom. If we loose the 2nd amendment like they did in Massachusetts, everything we have been fighting for for the last 230 years will be lost. As far as I'm concerned we need to cut a star off our flag. Massachusetts you are dead to me. (From "The Godfather")

If you want a smaller concealed carry pistol I can recommend a Glock 36. It's a slim single stack 45acp. The only single stack Glock makes. I have an extended magazine so I can hold 7+1 or 6+1. The 45acp is a fight stopper. If you don't have a 1911 or a .357 magnum 4". The .357 magnum is the King of one shot stops. The 1911 has been defending our country for 98 years. You can hardly go wrong with modern handguns. From Hi-Point to high dollar (Kimber). The Colt New Agent and Defender series 90 (WTF? series 90) are on my list for concealed carry guns. These are fine guns at a reasonable price. They just feel right...........

I don't trust people that I don't understand. That's human survival instinct. I haven't figured out what the Democratic party is up to or who really calls the shots. Pelosi and Obama are puppets on a string. I want to know who is pulling on those strings! Do you think that our party doesn't have puppets and string pullers? Right now I don't trust either parties becuase I don't understand what's going on but I'm smart enough to recognize propaganda when I see it. I'm just a mechanic, a blue collar worker, with a family to look after, "Just don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining."

I really think a lot of Democrats are having second thoughts. One of my best shootin buddies voted for "URP!" Oh-bama. We had a huge argument over it and dang near ruined our freindship. Now he is beginning to question not only our president but his party too. I don't hate democrats. Jesus said to love our neighbors and he made that very clear. It's hard sometimes.................

My "up close" vision has gone with age. The white U of the Glock back sight is easier for me to see. The XDm sights are dim even for a three dot sight, but that's easy enough to fix. I have put high viz green dot sights on my XD-45 and I can see them well. Even with a blur I can still center the sight picture.

I'm sorry guys but Glenn Beck is a douche nozzle. He's an embarassment. I have been a member of the Republican party since Gerald Ford. I have never once voted for a Democrat. BUT I have never seen this country more devided than it is now. It's a shame we have let politics get in the way of running this country. I believe if we make a big showing this November that the Democrats will get the message and stop this socialist-like behavior.

but they had this Springfield XD-M 40. After comparing the two pistols I bought the XDM. I liked the Glock sights better and the Glock was lighter. Typical of Glocks it was a no frills simple pistol. But something about the Springfield XD-M caught my favor. The man at the gun shop was a big Glock fan, but admitted that the XD-M, with the match grade barrel, was more accurate and that's why I bought it. It's my first and only 40. I bought a 40 becuase every time I go to Walmart or Dick's, then only thing they have is 40 caliber.