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I stumbled upon a new gun shop in Bartlett the other day. It's a small shop that's only been open for a few weeks now and I told them I'd let people know about them. It's called Abe's gun store and it's located at 2564 Appling Rd. in Bartlett.

Yep, plain as day that pic says MA1. Definitely not a Garand

Ruger SR22... love it.

I love 22s and Rugers and Tennessee. But not like that.

Lol, I saw a picture of that on their facebook page.

Bill, I wish it was really that localized, but unfortunately I mean that in a general sense. My opinion (qualifying it as such) is based on the numerous pistols, caliber x-change kits, optics, and uppers I've purchased in the last several years. I've noticed a downward trend with increasing QC slips, say in the 3-4 years. Over that time, having worked with their customer service, their attitude seems to show a paradigm shift coinciding with the higher occurrence of production issues. I am left thinking that retail customers are not as much a concern and Sig's focus has been on product development and chasing .gov contracts. They want more market, and high throughput at all costs seems to be the mantra. The biggest thing is they seem to want to justify anything you find if they can manage to get a gun to go bang before sticking it in a box. That is not to say they all have issues, they just don't pull obvious problems and send them out hoping customers don't care under the current US regime and standards. Outside cosmetic blunders and sights that are pretty far off (pet peeves that say qc to me) on the more serious side a P229 went back with a framed machined off so the locking block was not square to the bore axis, and 320 with a FCU not stamped and cut to allow the trigger bar to clear at the rear of its travel, a SP2022 with a barrel feed ramp not finish machined to remove the hard edge at the throat transitioned that I called the Jam-matic. The list goes on, but I'll spare you Of course I have had a number that were fine. But I have rejected more at dealers to avoid headaches after dealing with their CS on some of the above. Some of the things I have been told over the phone would be considered pretty shameful. Twice I thought to myself, did you really say that out loud. Specifically around their "gunsmiths" and standards in their repair shop. To the point I would never send a gun back to Sig unless I absolutely had to. If they stood behind their product like S&W, Ruger, or Springfield (I am sure others) do, I could forgive them their letting production QC goes. But they just want to argue and not take care of clear issues. I think their older stuff before they tried to gain large market share did not seem as prone to issues. Even hardcore Sig fans on their dedicate forum seem to be noting some of this nowadays. I've currently own classics, a 1911, 320's as well as romeo optics and a range finder. I love the 229 and 320. I want to like them as a US company, but things have to change. IMO.

Just for remembering the Good ole days. LOL I recall in about 1963 going to the western auto store and buying .22 shorts for $0.39, I was 11 at the time and nobody asked what the heck an 11 year old boy was doing buying dangerous ammunition!! I also carried a knife to school probably from about 3rd grade until today.

Here are some more recent pics. I'm on the fish, but I want giants. It's been rough catching gizzard shad for bait, so I've been using threadfins, which aren't as big.

I know of an XD-Standard 4"-9mm that as of 2015 had over 30,000 Rounds through it with no breakdowns. Just normal cleaning & lubing. It was a range gun & many different people shot it with everything from Wolf Steel Case to Premium Hollow Points. As far as I know it's still going. BTW. It's NOT the one I have for sale.

Can't speak to the newer generation of the xd, but I have an original xd sc .40 for the last 13 years or so. Closes to 5k rounds through it and not a hick up, it's a tank and my go to carry

Super Redhawk 44magnum. Love this thing.

9MM? Wow someone messed that up?

Aww man, why did they have to do that? Up until now I have had zero desire to own a Glock. How much is it?

Two in the same minute, right now.

That's racist

My parents have a giant hickory nut tree right behind their house. It drops so many nuts that it’s actually kind of problematic as they age. I didn’t realize how many varieties of hickory trees there were until last night when I was researching them. On their particular variant, the nuts were quite bitter when raw, but really pleasant when roasted. The squirrels sure love them. If you’re sitting out on their back deck this time of year, you’re likely to end up getting showered with hickory nut hulls as the squirrels chew through them.

Wow. That is terrible. I...just.....I....wow

You will appreciate the fact that Springfield Armory has gotten tired enough of our jokes about this that they are firing back at people on Instagram.

Somebody should tell the Knoxville Police department that XDS’ are not up to some’s standards. They are trying to trade in their inventory of confiscated guns for 60 of them in .45.