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BOTH ITEMS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN FOR! EDIT: Cherokee Slim has taken the press. EDIT: otnman has taken the magazines. As the title states, I'm giving these items away to the next to people who sign up for a Benefactor subscription. The first person to show proof of purchase will get first pick. If we cannot arrange for local pickup, I will ship on my dime. First item is a Lee reloading press. It appears to have be used very little. Second item(s) are two Ram-Line 10/22 - 77/22 magazines. One is a 50-round, and the other is a 20-round.

This is a modified wharncliff I made for my daughter in law to her specifications. It's made from 1095 5/32 " thick carbon steel professionally heat treated to RC 59/60. It has a blade length of about 4 1/4" with an over all length of 8 1/2". It was twice etched then lightly sanded with 800 grit to reveal the details. The scales are Australian redwood burl mixed with alumilite. Still need a sheath....I'll get to it soon.

This. I'm gunna start saying that 12g buckshot is going to be banned. I have a metric crapload of that stuff, and I really want a new Mustang.

NOTHING HAS BEEN BANNED!!!!

The weather stinkin' sucks this morning.....that's how the weather is right now. Wind driven snow/sleet with a wind chill of 9. I hate winter.

  :rolleyes:   There's a lot of other crap a 1911 won't do either.  Like run when it's full of mud, or carry 15 rounds in the same size frame as that Glock 19, or get carried by more police forces than any other handgun, or.... you get the point.   I'm a huge 1911 fan but I am also a huge Glock fan, and a huge M&P fan, etc.  Each have their strengths, each have their weaknesses.  But this slide breakage isn't an inherent weakness of that Glock any more than a freak frame-crack on a 1911 is a weakness of that platform.

My grandmother put two rounds of .32 long from a S&W revolver(her purse gun and the only one she ever bothered carrying) in a guy attempting to rob the family bar back in the 80s. He apparently died before he got back to his car in the parking lot. The human body generally has an adverse reaction to new holes. Not saying that he couldn't carry something better or more modern, but having a firearm you're comfortable carrying and using if need be is better than leaving one you don't like at home in a drawer. Grandpa was THP so he carried a .357 on his hip and a .38 on his ankle but I never heard of him using either, he much prefered a shotgun. He had one for his cruiser and one for the family LTD.   I have no clue how long the guy actually lived after being hit as I was 3 at the time, but a picture of his body laying dead in the parking lot was posted behind the bar until my grandmother passed away many years later.

Every now & then, even I manage to find a nut!

Get him a nice wheel gun?  :shrug:

What TDR doesn't mention in the fine print, is that this is like prison and you've just become 'his'.   Godspeed 

Join the club. My pops is the same way... I guess that's what happens when we get old maybe? Mine has a decent gun, and carries it in the door pocket of his truck. I helped him haul some stuff to the dump the other day, I'm driving and I look down and his HK USP is completely rusted. I asked him "Hey, your gun looks pretty dirty pop. Have you fired it in a while?" He goes "Funny you say that, tried to shoot a coon that gets into our trash with it the other day and it wouldn't fire" I'm thinking to myself.... "They WTH are you still carrying it!?" Who carries a gun that doesn't work!? What's your plan, throw it at them? So as far as advice.... This is what I did. I said... "Lemme take that thing home and clean it up for you. Looks like it could use a detail" To which he of course agreed. I took it completely down for a full inspection and detail, rust removal.... :ugh: .... and I bought him a box of good defense ammo. Since he had it loaded (only 5 rounds also... :squint: ) with VERY old flat nose target rounds. I go out there to shoot with him almost every week, so I'm adding more pistol shooting to the mix and I'm going to just have a talk with him about his carry. Advice: So... maybe buy him an acceptable carry gun? If it's a gift from his son, he might carry it instead. :2cents:

Well, I should know better than to get involved in this thread but will anyway, just a little. I got caught up in the bass fishing craze back in mid 80's. Talk about getting hooked, it was worse then cocaine and heroine for me. I finally was able to kick the addiction about 3 years ago. That was after 5 new Bass Boats, All Skeeters and about $40,000.00 in tackle and rod & reels. Also made all my own soft Plastic baits myself. Made and sold baits to other anglers. I was on the water an average of 3-4 days or nights a week. Fished Local and regional Bass tournaments winning many of them over the years. Only used Bait casting reels for every application of the art of bass fishing. Never had less then 10 rods on the deck when boat was in the water. My Son in law got the fever from me about 6 years ago and now what tackle and rods I didn't sell he has along with my last Skeeter Boat. All I can say is don't let it get to deep into you blood stream because Cocaine is like candy compared to Bass fishing. Here's a few of the boat my Son in law has now but pictures are from when I had it. All of the reels on the rods are Shimano Chronarchs and all of the rods for the most part are custom rods costing several hundred dollars to have made. Well, can't show all this and not add a few fish pictures........ :up: [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Misc/Skeeter%20Boat/DSCF0028_zpsd78e4f3a.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Misc/Skeeter%20Boat/DSCF0027.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/My%20Fish/DSCF0557.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/My%20Fish/SM.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/My%20Fish/DSCF0578.jpg.html][/URL]

Find some Krylon, not Rustoleum, chalkboard paint. That stuff is a lot more durable than regular Krylon. Been using it on guns for years and have always been impressed.

My buddy Brad said " Everything mechanical breaks eventually"...Yep. he's right. :cool: I was at the range doing some practice drills last Sunday. Completely uneventful range session. When I got home I actually decided to clean my Glock 19. Now that's not something I do after each range session.(I normally just run a bore snake through it) Yes, I can be abusive to my Glock. But having better than 30K of rounds through it, I've come to trust that little sucker. I'll treat her better in the future. Here's a few pics of what I found... Well Heck! So now I know for certain that a Glock can be broken...you just have to shoot it enough! Actually I thought it would take more rounds than that... fwiw I do change my RSA every 1500-2000 rounds and keep my Glocks appropriately lubed. I contacted Anthony at the Glock service department in Smyrna and he told me to mail it to them. So I did...it should arrive by Friday. We'll see what happens. As an aside. I carry AIWB in a Dale Fricke Archangel holster. It accommodates my G 17 and G 26...so I'm GTG until my 19 comes home. But lesson learned on one front...I will be purchasing another 19...just in case. :ugh: http://dalefrickeholsters.com/product/archangel-appendix-carry/

As an instructor and veteran collector / shooter / gunsmith for over 30 years, I have owned, shot, and worked on every gun in this thread plus many others. And I've helped fit hundreds of folks with their defense guns. My $0.02: I refuse to have a manual safety on any carry or defensive gun. Works fine at the range and in training, but for many folks this is forgotten or cumbersome when adrenaline hits during a life or death situation, I know this from personal experience on several occasions. If you must have a manual safety then you better shoot and train with it several times per month, every month, many thousands of rounds to minimize the risk. As far as size, any gun that is too thick, heavy, or difficult to conceal will be left at home at least some of the time, so pick a gun that you can always carry and fully conceal, even when you are wearing shorts and a t-shirt with no belt in 100 degree heat. A gun that is slightly uncomfortable to fire at the range is still way better than a more comfortable gun that is left at home when the crap hits the fan, and when adrenaline hits you won't notice a little trigger creep or few extra pounds of pressure. With all that said, and for many many other reasons, a Ruger LCP is always with me. I sometimes also have other arms, but the LCP is attached just like my wallet, keys, and kidneys. And I highly recommend the CTC laser which automatically turns on when you grip the gun. It's perfect for defense use, at defense distances, and allows you to focus on the threat.

My father was 81 years old when he passed away and carrying one of these in a shoulder rig from the time he got it in 1968 I believe. He shot a would be robber in 1971 that broke into our home. The robber was also armed but one shot from the .44 Mag and the guy dropped to the floor dead. He said it was the best money he ever spent on anything in his life. He was a WWII vet in the Pacific and wasn't a believer in small caliber weapons. So I wish you the best in dealing with your dad cause I know what's like trying to educate my old man about new stuff.

I might be a bit biased.

And that's why I'm an admitted Colt Steel Guy.

That's like wearing out a Toyota. 

Wowzers. That's a new one for me! Wonder when that happened, and how many rounds it fired without a hitch in that condition. Cool that it stayed together. Looks like it still had about 70% coverage around the guide rod/spring. Steve Hennessey, tuner of perfomance cars, says if you aren't breaking them, you aren't trying hard enough. That's after his 1,000 HP Viper caught on fire as a car mag was reviewing it against some other exotics. Haha!

Then sell it for 1000% profit. Just say it's what Chris Costa used to hunt with.

You have some folks that want to appear pro gun to the NRA but aren't really pro gun.  It is easier on them to not have a vote on an NRA sponsored bill than to actually vote against an NRA sponsored bill.

A funny video my dad and I did this weekend.....If you think its funny feel free to share it   http://youtu.be/0-jflQThRBQ

There's a show at the Expo, what's the other?   Either way, unless you really want to deal with a bunch of greedy bastards trying to sell you not-banned ammo at prices inflated beyond all common decency....I would say it's not worth the trouble.  However, if you have a specific need it may be worth it.

As to the break on the OP's pistol, this is why I like a rigid holster that doesn't let anything hit the muzzle.  If youve been carrying this for years and the muzzle is flush or extends past the holster, who knows how many bumps and licks it's taken over the years.  Stress leads to cracks leads to breaks.  

Glock 42.    If you're wanting something smaller I'd go for the LCP.    

Sorry but you can not give advice to the man that changed you dirty diapers, feed you your meals when you could not do it on your own. Get him into a class, let someone else tell him what he is doing it wrong.

It's supposed take one very well from all the reviews I've seen on it. As for holding said edge, dunno. I will soon enough though. :)

Any gun is better than no gun, right?  Many of us probably have the same problems with our wives--we want them to carry something, but they just won't, for various reasons.  So you have to deal with two emotions if something bad happens--the pain of the bad thing and the guilt that they missed the opportunity to have a more effective defense.  Ultimately, you can only use reasoned arguments to try to convince them, but the choice is for each individual to make.   It is probably more frustrating to have a loved one get almost to point of effective self defense than for them not even try at all.  Like watching a runner fall down 10 yards from the finish line and not get back up.  Or like watching the Seahawks blow an opportunity that literally fell into their laps is worse than watching them get so far behind that there is no hope of winning.   Convincing a loved one to get a license and a gun, but not carry it is like bitter ashes in your mouth.  In my case, I work with baby steps.  At least my wife will carry a Kimber Pepper Blaster most of the time (still won't at school), and will carry a LCP in her purse if I really insist (such as, "we're going to a bad part of town").  We all know that violence can happen anywhere, but it takes some people longer to open their eyes.

    Absolutely! :pleased:

Don't get really down on these. Yes they can be a problem in some cases, but what specialty firearm isn't at one point or another. To address mechanically's comments first. I've shot several Thompsons. I won't say they are hard to control, at least not to the extent I/you can't hit your intended target with one. Yes, they rise, low left to high right, but if you control the trigger, and it really doesn't take much effort to do so; you can pretty accurately hit man-sized targets with 2 and 3 round bursts. These are not 50 yard target guns. 50 yard spray yes. But I still think they are controllable to the point of 10-30 yard shots on a person. Maybe not a "placed" shot, but go with the characteristics of the weapon, and trigger/busrt control. Spray and Pray is meant for the "oh ####" moments that we hope never to be in. Heavy? Well for me that's subjective. Heavier than a 1911? Yes. Heavier than a normal AR/M16? Maybe, I don't know the weights on both right now. But for range/out-in-the-woods shooting like we did, I only noticed it being a little heavier with the 100 round drum than the 20 round sticks. Would I rush out to buy a Thompson/Auto Ordnance? Probably not. I would like to own one, and if I had the money and didn't have to worry about it, I probably would get one. Just my thoughts on them. Addendum. Do we now have an auto censor? Just noticed this above had been changed.

That song brings me back!! :rock:

    LOL. the "RSA" in my OP is "Recoil Spring Assembly"...sorry for being "murky"...I change it frequently and have several new ones waiting in my parts kit. :pleased:   Thank you. I hope Glock get's it together for me as well.

    :rofl:       Rustoleum, Krylon, ...  whatever.   Accuracy may improve a bit with use as the lead from the bullets should fill in the pitting to some extent. 

This is such a non-issue it's funny. So many people have out of area codes anyway. If you dial a number with default area code you won't get through. I live in Nashville and have an 865 code and no plans to change. I mean it's 3 numbers extra. Surly you're fingers will cramp and fall off for having to dial that much more. Knoxville added 865 to reduce the using of 423 which is used for the entirety of east tn from Chattanooga to Bristol. If you live in Knoxville region and sometimes call a county away you still have to dial 423. It's just the product of growing population and more so growing individual phone use. Families no longer share a number. Instead they need 5 or more per household.

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Just watched it, pretty dang funny!

Get you some cans of Krylon, camouflage the crap out of it and don't look back.

i would call parker's safes before i did anything.  you can find him on this site.  good man to deal with.  

Can you post a pic of the SW and give us full serial number? There is nothing to be gained from hiding it:) Most likely it is a pre-model 10,11, or 45 The S n-frame guns did not go that high "Welcome to Tennessee...the patron State of shooting stuff"

I haven't put anything up in a few days so here are a few more...

  American manufacturers would have nothing on it but people would continue to buy the American trucks, even if they cost three times as much.  These people will undoubtedly be quick to tell you how proud they are of there "American" vehicle and how it will out perform that "Jap crap" even though it won't.  The American trucks will also not be as dependable as their Japanese counterparts.  Ironically Toyota is amongst the "most American" made trucks on the road, meaning that they source more of their parts from America than other companies, Ford rivals them on this but Dodge and Chevy aren't even close. 

Why would that be racist? It's just an orange car with a Malcolm X sign decorated with stars. I'm offended because you opened the door to get out instead of climbing thru the window.

You could probably slash the tires and a Toyota will still run fine down the interstate. I love mine!

Some of my favorites.

Guys,   If all goes well, I will be shipping these Bad Boys to all on March 7th, a week ahead of schedule!!!!

Well now,  13 days after the initial release of the proposed ban it's just starting to make national news.  Will this make a difference, get more of us to take action against the proposed ban ? I don't know and I'm not sure it will.  I've been following the responses on many shooting related forums and the response to the BATFE 's proposal has been deafeningly silent.  :shrug: 

It seems the main function of the NRA is to continually ask for more money.  Until I see some results I'm not likely to send any.

For what it is worth, along with Knight and Maloney, SOF endorses the following current BOD members for reelection: Scott Bach, Ronnie Barrett, David Coy, Joseph De- Bergalis, Antonio Hernandez, David Keene, Wayne Anthony Ross, Don Saba, William Satterfield, Ronald Schmeits, Robert Unkovic and Robert Viden.