Wheelgunner

I've never fished there, but I've hiked the whole park.  The Lake Trail has some really cool overlooks, but it is an a$$kicker.  

No, the current law is not protecting us. Recent events prove that fact. I would be happy to get rid of it all. The problem is the liberal majority, which has an irrational fear of firearms and refuses to own them. They believe that their own safety is a politician's concern, not their own. To someone sitting scared and defenseless in front of the TV and keeping their fingers crossed for "hope and change", the thought of ANY increase in crime is a scary proposition.

graycrait - I saw one a week ago in a Gallatin, TN pawn shop but it wasn't a .22.  I think it was a .380.

I keep a speed loader in the car, office, etc.  I also don't mind throwing one in my jacket pocket.  For woods carry concealment isn't an issue, so I'll put a speed loader carrier or two like this on my belt: http://www.jbpholsters.com/servlet/the-90/Leather-Double-Speedloader-Case/Detail      If I want a less bulky option (say I'm wearing slacks and pocket carrying) I grab a speed strip, like this: http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/2009/04/23/tuff-quick-strips-reload-your-revolver/    One .38 caliber speed strip with cartridges fits perfectly inside the watch pocket of my jeans.  

Since it sounds like you want something to put a bunch of rounds through for fun, go with a GP100.

The left undermines our Second Amendment rights by using a lot of arguments about what could possibly potentially maybe perhaps result from carrying guns.  Their mentality is driven by an irrational fear of the gun itself.     That mentality is dangerous because it results in a persistent coordinated effort to intrusively regulate the way others live their lives - despite the responsibility, and God-given rights, of the people they seek to regulate.     I try to avoid judging open carriers on the basis of what could possibly potentially maybe perhaps result from the open carry of a handgun.  And I trust my fellow Tennessean to make choices - about his handgun, and about his life in general - that best suit his own circumstances.

4" Colt King Cobra.

As member jsgabbbb mentioned in another thread, Jakarta Pandemic is a good read that's also in this genre.  A superflu sweeps across the planet, and a OIF veteran and his family try to survive in their suburban Connecticut home as everything falls apart.

You'd have to wear a button up shirt and bowtie every day for this one.  You'd also want a huge bowtie to be on your sign, since it will serve as your logo.   Kote and Tie Gun Designs "If you want your gun to look sharp, we'll dress it to the nines."

Totally agree.  It blows my mind that somehow "normal" has become so twisted that me obeying the posted speed limit (and not just in construction zones) is grounds for the driver behind me to tailgate me, honk his horn, actually become angry, pull up alongside me to yell obscenities at me, and then zoom past and cut me off.   I didn't call his sister a whore; I didn't kick his dog.  I just complied with the law.  Guess that makes me an a$$hole.  

I like the old style factory grips the best. They look great, keep your hand in the right place, and don't punish your hand even when shooting stout magnum loads.

My "worst case scenarios" that informed my choice of carry weapon are either a 1 or 2 bad guy armed robbery or a lunatic road rager. My normal carry gun is a j-frame .357. I like that it has no manual safety and is stupid simple. It's probably enough gun to get me through either scenario. I try to avoid rough areas and crazies. I'm not Jack Bauer. Furthermore, Tennessee prohibits me from carrying the hardware needed to overwhelm zombie mutant Al Qa'ida sleeper cells. If things get that bad, I'm heading home, not duking it out in a parking lot. Thus, .357 for me.

Looks like the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is going to have to rein in Judge Blake.  This will be overturned faster than you can say "abuse of discretion."

What kind of ammo are you using when it happens? Never seen it myself, but I understand that a round with a high primer can cause that problem. Also, did you try pulling the trigger on empty chambers before you cleaned it? If there was heavy buildup on the cylinder face (where the cylinder meets the forcing cone), that might also explain your problem - and would explain why your problem did not continue after a good cleaning. The whole dirty cylinder face causing a revolver not to function generally only arises where a wheel gun's cylinder gap is really tight. Might be worth measuring yours to see if it's within manufacturer's specs. ETA - On some makes of revolvers, the ejection rod screws into its place in the center of the cylinder. Over time, recoil can gradually cause the rod to unscrew itself just enough to push its tip against the frame of the gun. When that happens, it results in the cylinder refusing to spin. The ammo you use, the cylinder gap, and the ejector rod are the three things I'd check before sending it back.

I took a look at the questionnaire and the responses via Sam1'a link.  It sucks that so many reps did not respond, but it is pretty enlightening to study the answers of those who did.     I'm very grateful to the folks at TFA for putting together this survey and helping show where our elected leaders actually stand on some of the biggest issues.

Sure is scary knowing that there's a guy on the loose who stores food, owns firearms, and doesn't like O.     And did you see how many bombs the feds carried out of his house?!  ...oh, wait

I did a weekend trip to Frozen Head recently and was not terribly impressed.  The campground was well maintained, but all the campsites were really close together.  It was full of RV folks and fairly noisy.  (It would probably be quieter if you went during the week.)  Flat Fork Creek was low when I was there, so fishing was out.  I hiked part of the Lookout Tower trail.  Trail was in good repair and I didn't see a single person on it.     If I give Frozen Head another try, I'll do backcountry camping instead and do a serious 3-4 day hiking trip.

Good luck, wcd.  Sounds like a really frustrating situation.   Reading this thread reminded me of Christopher Walken's barking dog story from the movie Suicide Kings.  Anybody else remember that?  (Not suggesting that course of action unless you're a mob boss.)

I'm bringing up Lumber_Jack's question a third time in this thread to see if anyone can provide a direct, clear answer.  I'd really like to read such an answer.

@ the OP - I think a big part of the problem is the degree of constitutional interpretation we put up with.  Judge doesn't like what the Constitution says?  No biggie, he'll just judicially "interpret" it to mean something completely different than how its words plainly read.     This is in spite of the fact that the whole reason we write things down is so that, later on, whatever we wrote won't be different.  Need to remember a phone number one morning to make a call later?  You write it down on a sticky note, so that in the afternoon you'll still have the phone number.     Imagine if every time you wrote down a phone number you needed and then waited an hour, one of the digits had "interpreted" itself from a 9 into a 6.  In another two hours, every 4 "interpreted" into a 7.  By that afternoon, you (the original writer) wouldn't even be able to recognize what you'd written anymore.  Makes no sense, right?  And yet this is exactly what our judiciary has done to our founding documents.       That kind of diseased thinking has made its way from the judicial branch into the general population, so that now citizens think that "changing" the meaning of a word is a valid logical argument.

Just voted.  Same results as billyscott.

1.  When do people EVER make a child's anxiety a key consideration in deciding which rights the adult will exercise?  Is that like saying I won't vote democrat because it might freak out a child?  Or, I won't disparage the current president of the United States because it might cause Little Johnny some anxiety?  On second thought, that's a great idea.  Every time an adult wants to do something, we'll run it by the Child Anxiety Oracle and see if the kid approves.   2.  Apparently Mr. Cousins is a school administrator in a state in which it is legal to carry firearms in a school.  If state law allows this, and a school administrator reacts to the sight of a holstered handgun on an adult's hip by calling 911 and sending the school into a school lockdown... then that school administrator needs to be replaced immediately.  "Swatting" is illegal when 15 year old video game players do it to each other in California; it's just as illegal when a 40 year old civil servant does it to an innocent citizen.   

I had a chance to put a couple mags through a 42 about a week ago. It felt better to me than regular size Glocks like the 19. It was fun to shoot, but like others have said, I don't know why a guy would choose one for a carry gun - especially when there are tiny 9mm pistols out there. Diamondback DB9 comes to mind.

Will Carry,   Thank you for your thoughtful and accurate discussion of the Battle of Ft. Pillow.  Too often the complexities of that battle are overlooked - as they were in Forrest's own lifetime.  Even at the time of the battle and during the legislative inquiry that followed upon its heels, this battle was highly controverted.  Survivors on both sides gave widely varying accounts.  There were those who believed that the confusion you mentioned regarding the Union forces' surrender was an intentional ruse, an underhanded tactic by which the Union forces could gain an advantage.  This theory is particularly interesting when one takes into consideration Forrest's well documented efforts in similar situations to give the enemy maximum opportunity for surrender and, in his own words, to "prevent further effusion of blood."

Yeah, like real-time basketball scores during March Madness.   Seriously, though, you know what stats I'd like to see?  The number of people that are normally careless, unseatbelted, drunk, behind-the-wheel texters who changed their behavior and became responsible after reading one of those death toll stats.  I'm betting THAT number would be in the single digits.   And if the whole point of the signs was to make better-informed, safer drivers, then...