GlockSpock

I'm looking for a buddy in the Cleveland/Chattanooga area that wouldn't mind me shooting some rounds through their RMR equipped pistol. Preferably, it'd be a Glock and/or Trijicon, but really anything would do. I just want to give it a go before I sink a lot of money into building a good carry setup. I've read that red dots on pistols make most people slower because they are trying to place the dot on target. On one hand I could see this being true; On the other hand it seems like with training it would be negligible. Also, if anyone specifically has a Glock 19 MOS, I'd love to hear your input as to whether the MOS is the way to go or if getting a regular Glock machined is the way to go.

Got mine today. Flipping love it. I couldn’t believe just how small it was when I opened it. Found out it has a strobe mode, if you want to enable it. Not 100% in love with the controls, but they’ll do. Waiting of course on the Squared Away holster. A coworker wants me to get a Knightfall Customs because he says it will get here within a week. That is tempting.

Are the chips on your shoulder difficult to carry? I suggest we respect existing members. Our Shoot is greatly considered one of the smarter members here.

So I’ve suddenly been bit with the desire to place an RMR on my carry gun. My first thought was to get an MOS 19, but considered considering other options. Id prefer to stay Glock, but am open to perhaps a Walter PPQ, CZ, or other. Requirements: Must accept Trijicon RMR 9mm Glock 19 size 15+ capacity I do think the MOS 19 is my choice but open to arguments.

If this was sold domestically at a price under $20,000, I would seriously consider buying one.

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Hey...on the Zulu, it is difficult to tell from the pictures on their site, but does it have a full body shield or does the kydex stop at the same point on both sides? I ask for two reasons. Primarily, I'd like to get an MOS and stick a Trijicon on top. I think the "stock" Zulu will allow me to do that. I did post on the notes though that I'd like to do that anyway, so they should ensure theres room. If there is no "body shield" (index coming all the way up the rear of the slide portion between your body and the gun), it should work. But, without a "full body shield", is it comfortable? I could see serrations, etc digging into your skin. Just curious.

100%. But since the couple had a much different world outlook than you, in their opinion they were not being selfish, or reckless for that matter. And my point was only that the couple themselves seemingly were not "bad people". Yes, it was reckless and foolish, but ISIS is the bad guy in this scenario. I just try to view things like this from the standpoint of "what if it were your brother, or your friend, or your coworker", wouldn't you at least feel sadness that they LITERALLY JUST DIED? Sure, it was foolish. But my point earlier was who hasn't done at least one foolish thing in their life that could have killed them? It doesn't matter if it is "tiny foolish" like driving without a seatbelt, "medium foolish" like driving while buzzed,or "mega foolish" (riding a bike through ISIS territory). Any of those could cost you your life in the right (wrong) circumstances. Since these people were not the actual problem/evildoers in this scenario, I feel sadness that they died.

Thanks. Although I'm not too sure how sincere that is. It was more of a "thanks for making me do that, that was $200 nearly". You know what I mean. Bought the Streamlight and ZULU. Figured it'd be an interested thing to compare to my Raven and X300. Hey... At what point do the established, involved, well respected members start getting a monthly gear allowance here on TGO?

I am glad you know that I didn't mean it respectfully. It isn't that I don't "get" anything. I'm thinking of it like this and from this standpoint. Generally speaking, if someone isn't a criminal with ill intent, I try to care for everyone. I noticed there were many people in this thread that were basically saying "I have no sympathy/they got what they deserved/etc". Did they make a foolish mistake? Yes! I don't disagree against that. But I don't think it is wrong to pity them, feel sorry for them and their families, show compassion for the situation, etc. Many people here are claiming that they could care less since "they deserved it" in certain words. I brought up the reckless mistakes part to hopefully just cause some introspective thought. People do stupid things everyday, most of them don't have to pay for it with their life. These people could have been anyone's friend, coworker, or family member. Although it was unwise, I personally feel as if a lot of the responses here were awfully cold/hardened against them because of their world outlook.

Oh yeah, should have known, the guy from the podcast. Looking now.

I mean this very respectfully, but I'm very glad both of you have had your entire lives together, have never done anything reckless...period, and would never make a stupid mistake that could put your life in danger.

I was simply saying that to "deny sympathy" seems harsh. These were not "bad" people, just people who thought differently than most here, believed the world was a safer place than it is, and although their actions placed them in the situation that killed them, I personally still feel sad for them.

It seems Raven Concealment no longer makes their Phantom or Phantom LC. Sad. Like, literally heartbreaking.

It's been a long time since I've bought a holster. I might be willing to give it all a try, though. Good holster for Glock 19 paired with this light?

Curiosity, what makes this your favorite? I have the Surefire X300 Ultra (original, 500 lumen version). I like it, but it is quite a bit larger than the above TLR-7. I see it has excellent reviews. The idea of a slightly smaller light appeals to me, it would translate to a shorter and slightly thinner carry package overall. $100 is a good deal, but I'm not completely sold...yet.

Where is the "sympathy line" for some of you? Two people, whose greatest fault was naivety coupled with idealism, were brutally murdered. They may not have been smart in proceeding as they did, but they certainly did not deserve to be brutally murdered.

Some of them are just plain funny.

There are two extremes. One is clearly detailed in this article; The other extreme is those that do not leave their home city because everywhere else is "unsafe". I hope I"m closer to the middle, but fear I'm probably more cautious that that. I'm not telling anyone how to live their life, but I do think people should be carefree enough to enjoy reasonable travels. However, any reasonable person should be able to observe that traveling through ISIS territory as these did would be foolish. The couple in the linked article were too idealistic, too naive, and probably too attention seeking. They wanted to be able to claim on social media, to friends and family, etc that they were the ones that went and "proved" that ISIS/Radical Islam was not a problem. Well, they made the news alright. I do feel sorrowful for them. It doesn't sound like they were bad people, had bad intentions, etc; They just had a different world outlook and died because of it. Hopefully their deaths are not in vain, hopefully someone with a similar viewpoint to theirs will see this and reconsider certain viewpoints.

Greetings! Perhaps you'd like to become a Vendor here at TGO? If so, contact @TGO David for details. Posting your website in the first post on TGO seems dangerously close to me in terms of advertisement.

I have had great luck with the "International Shipping Program" that eBay offers. You ship the item to eBay themselves (the location is in Kentucky, so it's even close!), the fill out customs forms, etc and ship it overseas to the buyer. You only pay for the shipping to get it to Kentucky, the buyer pays eBay directly for the international shipping. If you do it this way, I think eBay removes the option for the buyer to claim "item not received" because eBay sends and tracks it. Again, most sellers would never fall for the above scam. But if someone was a new seller, I could see them panicking and sending to the address in the message because they really, really wanted to make the buyer happy. That doesn't mean all of these mail forwarding services are scams or only scams. Could legitimately be used, or could of course be used for scams. When I called eBay, she seemed very pleased that I reported this guy. She took a few moments off the line to type up some report or something, and then came back and thanked me. His account showed banned just a few hours later. Yeah, it sort of took me by surprise as well. They were smart about it, in the sense that he selected the item in the message so the message titled was literally "x member sent you a message about item y". Then, in the message, eBay referred to him as "the buyer", because apparently when a buyer contacts a seller they always refer to them as "the buyer". That wording alone could throw you for a huge loop. Ultimately, as long as someone always goes through the same motions of going to the selling tab, selecting the "Ship this Item" button, and not changing the address in PayPal, they'll always avoid this scam. However, it does serve as a warning to verify usernames when replying to messages. I had responded to the fake buyer before I realized he wasn't even the buyer.

For some reason I find delight in learning about scams. Well, I am rather quite aware of how most of them work. However, today there was a new one that I had never seen before but in reality it is genius. I was selling a MacBook Pro on Ebay via an auction. One thing I noticed throughout the entire 10 days it was up was that 2-3 different "high bidders" were brand new with zero feedback and located internationally. One or two of them were in the "Russian Federation" and one of them was in the Dominican Republic. Well, I decided not to worry about it unless one of those people won the item. Today, the auction ended and I noticed the buyer was located in the United States! I was very happy about this and didn't think anything else of it. About 5-10 minutes after the auction, I received a message via Ebay from the buyer. Here it is in it's entirity: hey thank you so much for the auction. please make sure that it will be packed carefully cause I don't want it to get damaged while transit. thank you again and good luck! Here is the address! Name: Giorgi NarsiaAddress : 8 McCullough Dr. U170248City: New CastleState: DEZIP: 19726Country: USA My first thought was "oh crap", this is going to be a problem transaction. I responded, politely, telling him that I would of course package it appropriately, told him he needed to pay for the item before he shipped it, and that I would only ship to the address listed on the PayPal account for the transaction (for those that do not know, if you do not ship to the address in PayPal it is unlikely PayPal or Ebay would do anything to help you as the seller. Always, always, always ship to the PayPal address). I thought about it a bit after sending, and thought that I'd just check the listing to see what address the buyer had, hoping that the buyer would have that above address as their PayPal address. If that were the case, then it wouldn't be a big deal, right? Well, this is when I briefly got very confused. I noticed that the member that sent me the above message was listed as "Russian Federation". This couldn't be, I had already celebrated that an American had won the auction! I clicked onto that member closer and saw that he had zero feedback! I was confused. Did the original buyer cancel the auction because they changed their mind, and Ebay defaulted to the second highest bidder (possible). No, giii-0 (the member who sent me that message) had nothing to do with my auction, period. The person who actually won the auction is in California:) What giii-0 did was "watch" my auction, just like anyone can. Then, as soon as it was over, he sent me the above message. I suspect he sends a message similar to that to dozens or more members a day as soon as their auction is over. If he sends it to 100 people and one person sends their product to the listed address, I'd say he did ok. I called and reported it to Ebay. Lets just say, he isn't a member anymore. https://www.ebay.com/usr/giii-0?ul_noapp=true The problem is that they will just create another "new" account, just as you can see he was a member for less than a month. Out of curiosity I googled that above address, it seems it is some sort of service that forwards packages out of the country, etc. In case anyone didn't read everything, here's what would have happened had I "blindly' followed that message. I would have shipped the MacBook Pro to that address, they would have forwarded it (likely to Russia). The original buyer would have claimed "Item not received" because I never actually sent it to the correct buyer. Ebay would have instantly taken the money from me and given it to the actual buyer. Russian scammer #95829 would have had a 100% free MacBook Pro, minus whatever small fee they have to pay to have things forwarded. I enjoyed learning about this time of scam, but sad that people likely fall for it.

https://thetakeout.com/man-fills-water-cup-with-soda-and-things-go-unnecessari-1828305245 My only question, how is it that they are charging him with a felony robbery charge? Is it because he allegedly assaulted the employee (kicking him) and/or because he resisted arrest/etc? I'm not saying the guy is innocent in any means (or smart), but isn't felony robbery a bit steep?

Sorry, never see a racist gang? Go read into the Crips, Bloods, Latin Kings, Skinheads, etc.

Seriously, give it a shot. I think you'll see some cool stuff pop up in the Chattanooga area. Most members are willing to drive a bit for a transaction, so if you are open to driving to South Pittsburg to meet people from Nashville or conversely towards Athens to meet people from Knoxville, you've got most of the state covered.