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Just opened my IDPA Tactical Journal and saw (Pg. 6) that one of our own, 9mmNORMA , had a nice write-up.   Kudos to ya girl!  :woohoo:   Nice to see Tennessee so well represented in IDPA, aka Norma, Bresson, R Stanley, King, JCoop, R Kyle, J Williams, Scott Randolph, etc ... and all the rest of us who send rounds down range in best hopes.

I always try to get unique presents for my mom and I like to think that at least one of the gifts I got her this past Mother's Day was right in line with that. Mom used to have a rather long-bladed knife (basically looked like a 'fruit sampling' folder) that she carried in her purse. The blade on it was long enough that she worried it might not be strictly legal to carry so she put it up 'somewhere'. I told her recently about TN having repealed any and all blade length limits but she couldn't remember where exactly the 'somewhere' she had put her knife was. I figured she needed a good knife to carry in her purse for chores such as peeling an apple if she were out somewhere and wanted to do so and similar tasks. I also figured it didn't need to be 'fancy' just a good, solid knife. I decided to look at Opinel knives as they seem to have such a good reputation. I decided that one of their knives might be just the thing and the wooden handle gave me an idea so I ordered her a No. 8 carbon bladed model from Amazon. That might not be a great gift for every mom out there but my mom isn't necessarily typical. When it arrived, it looked pretty much like I imagine every other Opinel No. 8 carbon on the planet looks when it leaves the factory: As for the idea inspired by the wooden handle, I almost think that was the best part. My mom likes to collect things with roses on them. In the past, for her birthday, Mother's Day and so on I have bought her various pieces of costume jewelry featuring roses. I thought it might be a neat personal touch if her knife had a rose on it, too, so I broke out some fine Sharpies and drew a stylized rose on it. I then decided to try and 'set' the colors using a heat gun. I liked how that worked but it kind of 'baked' the wood in that area a little darker than the rest. At first I was disappointed but soon realized that it made kind of a 'background' which actually set the rose off a little more. Of course, it also dried the wood a little so I rubbed it with a few coats of boiled linseed oil. I think it came out looking pretty good. I originally intended the rose to look a little more realistic but the challenges of drawing freehand on a smallish, rounded surface made the final results look more like tattoo art. That's okay, though as, while mom doesn't have any tattoos and I can't imagine her having any, she does sometimes like t-shirts and the like with that type of art on them. Anyhow, this is how it turned out:

Without a doubt the firearms community have more fear mongers than any other industry. And for a lot of those that strike fear in the hearts of gun owners do it for financial gain. And we, as gun owners, get drawn right in and perpetuate things like our current ammunition shortage/gouging. Ever since I first really started watching gun related legislation there have been some insane bills. I remember legislation against "sniper" rifles in response to he DC sniper. It said something like any gun capable of 3" groups or smaller would be banned but like all the other crazy legislation it went no where. I also remember legislation introduced to tax ammunition by the round at a crazy rate. A lot of the bills introduced are done so with no intention of them ever being passed into law. They are introduced so they can tell those they represent they are doing this or doing that. And it happens on all sides.

They don't care. The left is obsessed with forcing everyone to live like they want everyone to live. It's not just firearms either. It's everything. 

What these people fail to realize is that mail orders provide a paper trail whenever someone buys ammo in that they are handing over banking info and giving an address. Yet these people don't seem to care that we can walk into a store, buy as much ammo as we want, pay cash, and sans being recorded on store cctv remain anonymous. I really think they are looking for a solution for a problem that doesn't exist.

... an Oscar Meyer weiner?

There are beau coup bills submitted every session that go nowhere. It's just that those that involve firearm restrictions get the press, and ironically mostly from the firearm community itself.   - OS

Not pointing a finger at Glenn and I appreciate the head's up...   But this is about all it takes to start another panic run these days... Primarily because with the current political climate anything seems probable.   Guess I better order some more ammo... :squint:

I wish I could just live what's left of my time here on this dirtball without lamenting the time I've wasted doing stupid things and being too much of a coward to chase dreams.  

Take it to the range, shoot a really nice five round group on it, mail it back.

While I support the good things the NRA does for us in protecting gun rights, all the side BS they put out really irritates me at times.   I just got another mailing from them, this one TEN pages! This one marked registration, starting out "Dear Walt, your decision to activate your no cost member benefits was a smart one!"   Say what? I didn't activate jack diddly. And then it goes on for another eight pages on why blah blah I need their emergency assistance program. But what irked me the most was that in a total of ten pages, there is NOT ONE CONTACT option where I can call, text, or email to ask, "What the heck is this?"   I belong to the NRA to protect our gun rights, but all the "other" mailings get old.

One made in oak without the star would be great!

:usa:   It sort of pisses me off when this holiday is credited to anyone wearing a military uniform.   Wearing it doesn't count this time.  Though I respect all who do.   Memorial Day is for those who made the supreme sacrifice.   Thank them very much!

Been putting this off for too long. Hardest part is getting started. After you make that first cut with a sanding drum, it's pretty simple. GenIII's have those crappy finger grooves and the trigger guard bites my knuckle hard. Enough of that. Dremel took care of that. Broke out the wood burner and viola! Stippling looks like doodoo but so what? It's a Glock. Glock never made a nice looking gun and never will. Now she fits snug and comfortable with no pinch points. Who knows, maybe I can hit something now! Here she is with her favorite load. My range AND carry load ....wait for it......a cast bullet. I love how the company who did the nickle boron finish on the slide says its impervious to wear and corrosion. Does that look impervious to you? ...an hey, I scrubbed that puppy with a scotch brite and Remoil before the photo shoot. Ohh well, an everyday carry gun will never be pristine when you work outside and get sweaty and greasy everyday. Back on my hip ole freind, we gotta get back to work, millions on welfare are depending on us.

  Quite the opposite, IMHO.  He has nothing to lose and don't forget he is still in office until January 2017....around 20 months from today.

Careful... I did this once with my friends. They were watching a YouTube video at work watching Jerry M. nailing targets out at 50 yards or somthing. I piped up with "ahh that's nothing, I can hit a coke bottle at 100 yards with my glock 19". Well that was challenge accepted to them. We went out to the cheatam county WMA range that Saturday. I was nervous but didn't have anything to lose besides my Arrogant PRIDE. They placed a two liter coke bottle on the farthest berm. I stepped to the firing line, leveled my gun,and squeezed the trigger. I saw the bottle pop up into the air and the puffy cloud of dirt confirmed what I had claimed. I instantly let out a yell, holstered my pistol and stopped shooting anything beyond 10 yards for the rest of the day.

... more content with what I have. 

and dragging a shot body into the building is going to be a huge fail.  

I am so sad that this didn't contain "...a baller."

In the land of cotton. Old times there are not forgotten...

This is the first project that I have played with Damascus steel. It's a completely different than the 01 steel that I normally use. I really like if!! I can see more of this in the future! This knife is available.

Thinner & fitter, but beer & barbecue.... You?

I went to Carraba's in the 'boro last weekend and was seated next to a table of kids obviously dressed to go to prom. 6 guys and 6 gals. Every single one dined with a smart phone in one hand and a fork in the other, only laying it down on occasion. The phone, not the fork. Constantly texting and surfing during the entire meal. They finished before us and when we left they were all sitting outside in a line with heads down staring at the phones. It seems the phones are now more attractive than a young dressed to kill peer of the opposite sex. It would have made a great picture but I forget that my old flip phone has a camera on it. LOL.

Sorry they didn't work for you, but I do agree. The seem very bulky on that little frame. And the brownish color definitely doesn't work for me.

"Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it!" springs to mind. I can hit a pie plate with some impressive regularity at 50 yards with my favorite handgun so it certainly wouldn't surprise me if someone could double that with some additional practice.

Great ! Congrats Norma !

Agreed. I really want the factory folding stock. Hopefully by the time my F1 comes back they will be available. 

Hey, that's pretty cool!   Congrats!

You're overthinking it  :)   If you have fired a gun before, ever, you'll be far ahead of several of the people that were in my class.   The husband and wife sitting next to me (nice older couple) both had nice, brand new, Ruger LCR revolvers - but neither had a clue how to open the cylinder on them. And they passed. And some places will let you take it again for free if you fail, which is not an offer they would be able to afford to extend if many people took them up on it.   Just focus on listening during the talking portion, shooting safely and calmly during the firing range portion, and you'll do fine  :up:

If someone is trying to kick my door in or breaks a window and enters my home 911 operator will hear the gun fire as I am shooting the bad guy/guys. When 911 says shots fired the squad cars begin going faster and normally at that point the ambulances roll. If they are kicking my door in or breaking me windows my life is definitely in danger at that point..................jmho

  Is there an echo in here? :pleased:         I dabble in reloading - so far only .38 Special although I have the materials and equipment to eventually do some .357 Magnum and .44 Special/Magnum.  I will likely stick with those and not branch out much further, at least for now.  Using my previously fired brass, I can load up a box of 50 range rounds in .38 Special for about half the price of buying a box of new, factory range ammo, maybe a little less - which is still a few dollars more per box than ten-cent-per-round .22LR.  I could probably save more if I really got into it and started casting my own bullets, etc. but there is a point past which my time and effort are worth more to me than saving a few more cents per round.  Even at $5 per 50 - which, I must admit, sticks in my craw after being used to super cheap .22 ammo prices - it's a lot of plinking fun for comparatively little money.  Heck, the sandwiches on the 'cheap' menu at Subway are $5 for a footlong and those things are mostly average-at-best bread and whatever (cheap for the chain to buy) toppings you put on them.

living in America during its ascendancy rather than its decline.

and a girl that looked good, I would call her. Crap now I have that song stuck in my head.

I would not mind having a pellet gun for "just in case"  but the snap/phht of shooting a air gun is not going to satisfy me like the crack of a .22.   The smell and sound cannot be replicated.   As for over priced .22's.  even at ten or eleven cents a round I can't shoot anything else that cheaply.   You roll your own guys,  I don't care if you can do some centerfire cheaper.  I don't have the time or interest to reload.

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That frame job looks really nice. I've always hated the Glock frame, too.   Glock: Put ze fingers here. Me: I don't want to put my fingers like that. It doesn't fit. Glock: Put ze fingers here. Me: Argh! ... (Picks up M&P shield...)   Next, you need to Cerakote the slide to match the gray in the grip. That would look really nice.

Now, who want to offer up some land for a private shootenanny?

No, you're right. Udderly fake.

Who wants to be the first one to be in bed when the latch fails and knocks the dog  :poop:  :poop: out of you...or worse, HER.  

Yet another mentally ill gun criminal But the media will spin the story around the z man

Anything on the back and rear side windows. Nothing on windshield and 35% on driver and front passenger window.

  My plan

That is really, really irresponsible. 99% of people are not going to be able to do any of those techniques without training. A four minute video is hardly enough.

Who's the most popular guy at a nudist colony?   The one who can carry two cups of coffee and a dozen donuts.     Who's the most popular woman at a nudist colony?   The one who can eat the last donut.

I'll have to dig out my copy of Fast and Fancy Revolver shooting for the particulars, but it strikes me a bit odd that they'd compare the first exhibition with anything Ed did considering he was shooting smoothed out model 10's against Jerrys tricked out custom shop signature 8 shooters. Doesn't exactly seem like a fair challenge.....   Not to take away from Jerry in the slightest, he is an amazing shooter, from all accounts swell guy and definitely an inspiration. I guess I'd just like to see him try and match McGivern with similar equipment.

Disturbing. Don't forget. Everyone is out to kill you. On the road, the greenways, everywhere. I admit, I've occasionally walked/jogged without my piece if I had no good way to carry and conceal it at the time. (On that same green way, BTW). Not anymore. With the possibility of ISIS sneaking across the border, the thugs and random crazies, and the general sense of chaos that seems to be spreading about, I'll be armed pretty much everywhere from now on.

Since I've got a little Irish in me I kinda like these …..