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The original/breaking story was 3 dead and read like a small crime gone bad scenario at a low level psuedo prostitution joint. Most big cities, its not even front page. Truly curious why it got so much national traction. It's not a national story, maybe not even a regional story.

Why is this a national story?

They do.

At least he was wearing as mask or it would have been alot worse!

The IAC, HAWK, and Pardner are arguable better 870 clones. The steel is measurably better than US produced 870 steel. Some barrels take a little fitting, Mainly the barrel ring spacing, but never found it to be a problem.

Remington 870

I personally think the Walther's are some of the best looking polyguns out there. Online. Its early in a gun rush, so they are hard to find and prices vary from $589 to over $800.

Made it to the range today and it is a pleasure to shoot. Very consistent and grouped tight.

PPQ M2 mags, not M1 mags

Yeah, I do believe that is the case.

You could also possibly knock the iron sighs out of alignment, not have night sights for a low light shoot, tritium expire, tritium fall out, FO tube break, sight break. There are lots of hypotheticals and nothing is perfect, except using a point shooting base. For years the military and police taught point shooting, mainly ignoring irons, shooting from the waist. Revolvers barely had sights, as well as 1911's. Think Fairbairn/Sykes. Then they taught sight shooting with one eye, highly reliant on tactical/precision irons. Now we are back to sight shooting with an optic. I believe that is what Dave was pointing to with Leatham and Enos. Point shooting is always the best technique for speed, accuracy (both eyes), awareness, next target acquisition, multiple target awareness, etc. Optics are used an as aid for the effective shooter, not as a necessity. Over reliance on any sight is a crutch. Irons alone > Optics alone Optics with irons > Irons alone Point Shooting > All sight/optic

Then you use the co-witness iron sights.

Picked mine up today. It's everything it was hyped to be. Trigger is fantastic. Short clean break, definitive short reset, and light but consistent pull. Grip/ergonomics are phenomenal. Basically it took a great PPQ platform and accentuated all the good parts and made them even better. Have a Holosun 407c to mount as soon as I get the mount plate. Can't wait to shoot it tomorrow!

That's kinda of the point. Everything you can do with iron sights, you can do with an optic... plus more. If irons and optics are at least even for most scenarios and the optic gives you those scenarios plus more scenario possibilities where the irons are limited... It doesn't make good sense not to have an optic.

I understand the idea of optics being hard to carry. I felt the same way when they first came out and to be fair, the first mounts and red dots did have some odd edges.Especially since a lot of them were dovetail/rear sight channel mounts. Once that was figured out and figured out quickly it's not a problem. It seems a bit counterintuitive, until you carry a modern pistol with an optic. It truly carriers no different than any other handgun I've ever carried and has never snagged on anything. I do have "truck" guns and stash guns that do not have optics. That is purely for simplicity and the fact I don't get to check and change batteries regularly. However, on a carry gun it does not make sense to not have an optic. Especially in low light and adverse conditions.

I've had several, and the FN's I've had were absolutely beautiful. So beautiful I felt guilty just handling them. They are still on this board... somewhere ! I started my gun journey with an FEG PJK-9hp. I let that one get away because I didn't know what it was. Found another one years ago and it's a keeper. Love these things. It's a shooter!

Curious, what would be the benefit of the vaccine if you have already had the virus and recovered?

I have a compact PDP coming Friday. I was a big fan of the PPQ M1. Really looking forward to the PDP. I do wish they would have given a paddle mag release option.

No hate for Dolly Parton, actually love her story, but I don't get the infatuation with her at the level its at. She's got to be the most fake genuine person I've ever seen. Shoot, Fred Smith has done more for TN than Dolly Parton could ever dream and there's no FedEx liscense plates. I don't get those either. A statue? Your telling me a statue of Dolly Parton standing next to Davey Crockett is a legitimatly good look for the history of TN. I think the standards of statues is confusing. I actually agree with Dolly on this one.

Not disagreeing with you entirely, but yes to your question about testing and field work ... Benelli did it. If they are making a true clone then there is little difference. Then you are looking at individual parts that if they don't hold up can be replaced with Benelli or better aftermarket parts. I have used the Hawk/IAC/Pardener 870 clones and believe they are better than the Remington's. The Hawk I have, actually has a better grade steel than Remington's due to US EPA regulations and it takes straight 870 part with only a slight modification to the forearm. It's not different than 1911's or AR's other than scale.

I would think a .38spl rifle could take. 357 mag. If that's the case there are a few .357 loads that are nearly identical to 30-30. Buffalo Bore makes one and Hornady leverlution is another IIRC.

Having a number of your knives and given as gifts a number more, I like your style. I like that you have a fairly defined style. You do it well. Looking forward to the knives to come.

Here my Rossi m92 I mentioned earlier, that my dad engaged the reciever. I did replace the wood with Precision Gun Works wood. It's my kids favorite shooting gun, not to mention mine! It's as great as a tactical/shtf gun as it is a great wall hanger.

I use the no longer available Gunsafe. Works really well for me except you cant access it remotely or through a cloud. I started using Guntrack for my current guns. Guntrack I can access anywhere. Makes it useful when using it remotely.

To put a legal business out of business. If you can't get what you want legally, use what you got. A raid doesn't have to produce evidence of crime, It only has to intimidate and scare potential customers off. ATF headache solved.