Mike

It is legal provided you have an ATF tax stamp. Mike

As you said its mostly undeserved. Folks that propagate this usually are the ones buying the cheapest rifle that they can find, shooting the cheapest milsurp ammo they can buy and complaining that it won't group. Mike

I can highly recommend Tactical Response's Immediate Action Medical class and HRCC Medical package. Both would be well worth the drive from Knoxville. You can also look up the Patriot Nurse. Her AO is Knoxville and she is starting to do classes. Rachel is a friend of mine and is extremely well qualified. Mike

I use a Kolbelson combo carrier. Keeps the mag in front of me, easy to access and very easily concealed. I appendix carry so it balances out the holster on my right well. Also allows you to carry a TDI centerline. Reverse Cant Combo Carrier My friend Mark wearing his.

Unloaded guns are dangerous. I keep mine loaded.

An AR can. Even a SBR can go to 400 yards. That's silly. ammunition doesn't need to be changed due to engagement distance. What's lethal at 400 yards is just as lethal at 10 yards. Mike

Subsonic .308 typically doesn't have enough energy to cycle the rifle. Example.

It would be easier to just put good quality ammo in the AR that works well inside people. Several manufacturer's out there, Hornady TAP, Corbon DPX, etc.

WTF does a bonded lead core have to do with penetration?

I have a broken Bryco that I was given. I had planned on turning it in to one of these places. It won't be for $25 though. I have standards. Mike

Who built them? That just as important as the components used. What is your budget? Mike

I'm not going shopping. I am going to work. In your face 99 percenters.

It's not a retail location. You can email John or Facebook him. Usually orders are out the same day if he has it in stock.Mike

I've sent more Taurus' back than any other manufacturer I've sold.

No, it spaces off the shoulder and only cuts the throat to proper 5.56 dimensions. It will cut into the chrome lining but the chrome on the throat naturally erodes over time anyways. Mike

Found your problem...

The chamber is probably too tight. Find someone with a chamber reamer and ream it out to proper 5.56 dimensions. Or you can buy one of Ned's reamers and do it yourself. Michiguns.com

You should keep at least a years worth of food on hand. Prudent in times past and still prudent today. I've heard good things about the source you listed. I'd go for it. Mike

What drill puts such a strain in revolvers that they can't handle it ? Further,how is that drill actually useful? In real life and all? It seems like a lot of people aren't training for unlikely scenarios but they are interested in some really weird scenario where they have to outdraw someone with equivalent training. See bold part. You are more likely to mess up than the revolver. If all you train for is the best scenario, when things go wrong what will you do? Part of a good training class should be to get you out of your comfort zone doing things you are not good at. The point is to get better at them. Once the odd malfunction is routine, the routine actions become much more fluid. Mike

Please see post #19. The number itself is not significant.

You can short stroke a revolver by not letting the trigger out fully before squeezing again. Got me there. Mike

The round count is not significant. It's bringing in the law of averages. If you only go shoot 12-24 rounds at a time, odds are you will never have a problem. When you go shoot 500-1000 rounds, especially in a class that has you doing wierd stuff with the gun, I.e. not standing in a line at 10 yards shooting with correct form the whole time, stuff happens. Unburnt powder gets under the extractor, shells get hung up during the reload, you put in a cartridge with a high primer and the cylinder locks up, or you drop things. Any manner of malfunctions can occur. The number 500-1000 round is not meant to invoke that the revolver can withstand some form of firing schedule. It is a means to see how much you can mess up and do things wrong. It is building in opportunities for malfunctions. I am disappointed when I go to a class and don't get a single malfunction. The more practice i get with them the quicker they seem to go away. Someone said above that they didn't want a gun with so many moving parts like a semi auto. Semi's have less moving parts than even the simplest revolvers. They aren't timed like a Swiss watch and when they do malfunction they are exponentially easier to clear. Bottom line, I am not trying to steer anyone away from revolvers towards semi autos. I am just saying that you should train with what you carry, regardless of what it is. Stuff happens, machines break, and people make mistakes. Go find out what to do when this stuff occurs BEFORE you have to do it for real. Mike

By high round counts I mean over 500rds in a day of training. Not overall.

I'm not speaking of heavy loads, I'm talking about high round counts, odd manipulations of the revolver and demanding drills. These things put more stress on the revolver and shooter than any high powered load ever could. Not downing revolvers, I love them. But they have many drawbacks. Mike

They never get run hard enough. Start shooting and really running the gun hard and they will malfunction just like a semi auto. The difference in a revolver malfunction and a semi auto is that a revolver usually requires tools to fix. There are immediate action drills for revolvers too. Get ready to send it to a gunsmith after you do them though. They are short term fixes and usually end up damaging the revolver in the process. Mike