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My parents came in to visit today & surprised me with a gift with immense personal meaning to me. Today my mother gave me my grandfather's Remington 550-1, which he bought brand new in 1956 when she was only 4 yrs old. It's in new condition & he even kept the original hang tag from 1956. As you can see he took extreme care of everything he owned. That's how he lived every day of his life & I had a lot of respect for him. My grandfather was a veteran of WWII & served on the U.S.S. Mellette (APA-156) at Iwo Jima & Okinawa where he drove a landing craft. After the war he drove a truck for nearly 40 years before retiring & was an active member of our local American Legion, VFW, & the Shriner's until his death. He was married to my grandmother for 64 years, who is still active at the age of 95. Sorry to ramble, but he was a good man & it would take a book to describe him & his life. Sadly, he passed away Feb. of 2014 at the age of 89. This was an unexpected gift that will be cherished & eventually passed down to my children.

Last week I bought three brand new 15 round stainless Ruger brand magazines for my P89 on Ebay.

I just picked up some add-ons for my LC9s. A Viridian R5 green laser along with a Viridian Reactor series kydex/leather holster. The holster is a perfect fit & has a built in real earth magnet that activates the laser when drawn from the holster. Of course function is most important, but I think the contrasting FDE/black colors of the slide, mag, & laser go pretty well together.

I just picked up some add-ons for my LC9s. A Viridian R5 green laser along with a Viridian Reactor series kydex/leather holster. The holster is a perfect fit & has a built in real earth magnet that activates the laser when drawn from the holster. Of course function is most important, but I think the contrasting FDE/black colors of the slide, mag, & laser go pretty well together.

I stopped by a friends pawn shop today to browse & spotted something that I apparently couldn't live without for another day. A stainless Ruger P89 in 9mm in really nice condition. I've never owned or even had the chance to shoot one, but most of what I hear from owners is positive. It certainly has a hefty feel & I like the grips. I regret selling my P95DC a few years back without ever shooting it. I'll make sure this one gets some range time.

I consider the "black lives matter" group domestic terrorists & think they should be treated as such!

WOW!!! I bet most of these people can't even get out of bed in the morning & dress themselves without written directions?

Thanks. I have a TDI Arms BK-2 flashlight mount. It works with picatinny rails & 1" diameter flashlights. http://tdi-arms.com/bk2.html

I'll take the Beretta magazine if it's still available.

Just what I always wanted...a fish named "Stupid Asshole"!

He was hilarious in Blazing Saddles, but my favorite movie of his will always be Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Good night, Mr. Wonka. You'll be missed.

If the govt. keeps raising the minimum wage we will be paying $350 for breakfast someday. The higher minimum wage gets the less I can afford. These nit wits don't understand that every time minimum wage goes up so does the price of everything! I live in a small community & when MW went up to $7.25 unemployment went thought the roof & locally owned business shut down because they couldn't afford to keep & pay workers.

If you're concerned about it simply carry it concealed. I know both concealed & open carry is perfectly legal with a HCP, but sometimes low profile is the best policy. Don't scare the sheep & they won't cry "wolf".

On the other hand, if you used Icy Hot on your rear instead of prep. H it would definitely be a memorable experience. It gives a new meaning to the song, "Ring of Fire"!

It could have been worse. Just be glad you didn't mix it up with your Preparation H...

I'm just now getting my '88 Ranger back on the road & will eventually put A/C back in. A few years ago I was having it customized & we installed a V8 stroker, electric fan, & fender mounted electric water pump (so I could use an electric fan & Mustang Cobra lower profile pullies). The V8 install went smooth as silk, but the guy that was doing the custom frame & body work was used to mainly working on older "hot rods" & he yanked the whole A/C & heating system out & molded a piece of sheet metal on the firewall where the heater core used to be. I haven't decided whether to grind off the sheet metal & try to install a factory style system or save up & buy an under the dash hot rod A/C-heater system. Either way that part's gonna suck, but dang that trucks a heck of a lot of fun to drive.

I got into building light sabers a few years ago. The one in the top photo is made from an actual HR & MPP camera flash parts like the one used for Darth Vader in the original movies. I still need to locate a flash clamp & it will be complete. The bottom photo are two I made using sink, camera, & misc. electrical parts. (Sorry for the poor quality pics. Camera flashes don't cooperate well with chrome) I'm working on a Ep. IV "Graflex" light saber like the one given to Luke in the original Star Wars film, but it's taking a while because parts are hard to find or are too expensive.

+1. I think Ruger started shipping them with the the new guide rod shortly after they released the LC9S. Mine was manufactured March of 2016 so it has the new style guide rod. Ruger's CS is great. They're always quick to take care of problems.

I welcome & respect your opinion. That keeps life interesting. A few of us went to the range a couple weeks ago & we enjoyed trying out each others firearms. In fact, while we were there, a young couple walked up & asked us about our handguns & some advice about firearm safety. It turned out they were newlyweds in their early 20's & it was their first trip to a range. He said he had only fired a gun once in his life & had just bought a SCCY & was bringing it to the range that evening to shoot it for the first time. By the time the range closed he got to try out my SIG P229, SR9, LC9S, my friends' Shield 40 & Colt AR15, & my dad's LCP. He said it was more fun than he ever expected & they were grateful we were willing to let him try so many guns. We all exchanged info & will probably get together again sometime.

Thanks for Thanks for the kind words. I just checked the news on our local radio station for updates & they're stupidity astounds me. It turns out the pellet gun was a replica of a Beretta/Stoeger Cougar. The idiots on the local radio actually called it an "realistic-looking air-assault pistol", & that's a direct quote. Now they're going out of their way to bring the word assault into the news story to describe a pellet gun. Of course they also said the police shot the suspect with an "assault rifle" so they managed to fit it into the story twice.

WBIR & WVLT both have videos online. They said it was definitely a pellet gun. Here's a photo from the news. Ours is the white van & the suspect's vehicle is the black SUV next to it (parked to the left of our van). You can see the pistol (pellet gun) & suspects black baseball cap on the ground at the rear of the van.

We've been hearing rumors of both so I didn't want to speculate if it was a pellet or real handgun. Either way, I agree it was a stupid move for the guy to pull it.

Yes. It's the same size as the Shield, but IMHO has a better grip & trigger. I agree that other caliber offerings would be beneficial. 9mm is the smallest caliber that I'm comfortable with for self defense. Here's a good comparison video by Hickok45 if you're interested...

My wife went to our local Walmart this afternoon to pick up some groceries. She had been inside the store just long enough to get a shopping cart when she said she heard what sounded like a couple firecrackers go off in the parking lot. Shortly afterward employees came running through the store shouting for customers to go to the back of the store because there had been a shooting in the parking lot. A few minutes later, an announcement went across the intercom for the driver of a white Dodge Grand Caravan to come to the front of the store. We drive a white Grand Caravan so my wife went to the front where police officers met her to escort her to the parking lot. There had indeed been a shooting, but it happened right next to our van. When my wife got to our van there was a large knife on the ground underneath the driver side door & a semi-auto handgun on the ground under the driver side rear bumper. The police needed my wife to back the van out of the parking spot to inspect it & the area & take photos & put up traffic cones. The passenger side door of the black SUV parked next to our van was still open & waiting to be searched by police. It's still early, but from what we've gathered, there was some kind of domestic dispute. A knife & handgun were pulled by two people. An off duty LEO happened to be there & tried to control the situation. He was forced to shoot & injure one of them. The injured person went to the hospital & the other to jail. Hopefully there will be more facts & an update soon. They said the officer was the only one to fire any shots & no one else was hurt. Our van did have a small spot of blood on it & a good size scratch on the rear where the customer's pistol hit it. I can tell you that that's a strange feeling & makes you count your blessings. My wife's a little shaken up from the "what ifs", since this happened just moments after getting out of her vehicle & inches from our vehicle. I can't wait to explain this one to our insurance company tomorrow.

I sold my only sub compact a few months ago & was left with nothing but full size or large compact handguns in my collection. Carrying full size hasn't been a problem, but I wanted something easier to conceal that would give more carry options. I used to own a LC9 (hammer fired). It was the perfect size, had great ergonomics, & a smooth trigger, but the long trigger pull affected my accuracy. I've been hearing a lot of positive things about the LC9S' trigger for a while now so I finally ordered one in "flat dark earth". After shooting it at the range I have to agree 100% with the positive reviews. The LC9S' trigger is at least 1 1/2 lbs lighter than the LC9 & about half the pull length. It's not fancy, but will fill an empty slot in my carry rotation.