bersaguy

Yea I knew that Garufa as I did a bunch of research on it right after I got it. When I first got it back years ago I really enjoyed shooting it but as the years have passed it goes to the range less and less. It's a lot of firearm for a man that is about half what he was 10 years ago when it comes to strenght. It take me both hands and a lot of grip to squeeze off rounds from it these days. My son has spoke up and said when I got ready to get rid of it he wanted it and I told him he would get it when I was ready. Just not ready yet...................

I've not experienced any decocker issues with mine but then I do not have a CZ either. I have a Yugo M57. What ever one you have take care with that issue. Also be careful to make sure you have adequate ear protection when you visit the range............jmho

Yep, loud for sure and fast and accurate rounds. I had a buddy get one and he let me shoot it and I fell in love with it but it's a lot of gun to carry so it stays in the safe a lot. I have I think 3 or 4 sealed ammo boxes of factory ammo I bought back years ago for I think $89.00 a can. I don't think you can order the factory boxes of the ammo any longer. Now as for loud, I normally wear ear plugs at the range but when I take the Tok I take my heavy duty muffs and it's still loud..............

Ain't that the same kind of pistol Outlaw Josey Wales was packing and I think the Pale Rider also????

I knew a man like this in the small town I grew up in. A lesson of life Read the following and have a GREAT day! I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily apprising a basket of freshly picked green peas. I paid for my potatoes but was also drawn to the display of fresh green peas. I am a pushover for creamed peas and new potatoes. Pondering the peas, I couldn't help overhearing the conversation between Mr. Miller (the store owner) and the ragged boy next to me. 'Hello Barry, how are you today?' 'H'lo, Mr. Miller. Fine, thank ya. Jus' admirin' them peas. They sure look good.' 'They are good, Barry. How's your Ma?' 'Fine.. Gittin' stronger alla' time.' 'Good. Anything I can help you with?' 'No, Sir. Jus' admirin' them peas.' 'Would you like to take some home?' asked Mr. Miller. 'No, Sir. Got nuthin' to pay for 'em with.' 'Well, what have you to trade me for some of those peas?' 'All I got's my prize marble here.' 'Is that right? Let me see it' said Miller. 'Here 'tis.. She's a dandy.' 'I can see that. Hmmmmm, only thing is this one is blue and I sort of go for red. Do you have a red one like this at home?' the store owner asked. 'Not zackley but almost.' 'Tell you what. Take this sack of peas home with you and next trip this way let me look at that red marble'. Mr. Miller told the boy. 'Sure will. Thanks Mr. Miller.' Mrs. Miller, who had been standing nearby, came over to help me. With a smile she said, 'There are two other boys like him in our community, all three are in very poor circumstances. Jim just loves to bargain with them for peas, apples, tomatoes, or whatever.. When they come back with their red marbles, and they always do, he decides he doesn't like red after all and he sends them home with a bag of produce for a green marble or an orange one, when they come on their next trip to the store.' I left the store smiling to myself, impressed with this man. A short time later I moved to Colorado , but I never forgot the story of this man, the boys, and their bartering for marbles. Several years went by, each more rapid than the previous one. Just recently I had occasion to visit some old friends in that Idaho community and while I was there learned that Mr. Miller had died. They were having his visitation that evening and knowing my friends wanted to go, I agreed to accompany them. Upon arrival at the mortuary we fell into line to meet the relatives of the deceased and to offer whatever words of comfort we could. Ahead of us in line were three young men. One was in an army uniform and the other two wore nice haircuts, dark suits and white shirts...all very professional looking. They approached Mrs. Miller, standing composed and smiling by her husband's casket. Each of the young men hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke briefly with her and moved on to the casket. Her misty light blue eyes followed them as, one by one, each young man stopped briefly and placed his own warm hand over the cold pale hand in the casket. Each left the mortuary awkwardly, wiping his eyes. Our turn came to meet Mrs. Miller. I told her who I was and reminded her of the story from those many years ago and what she had told me about her husband's bartering for marbles. With her eyes glistening, she took my hand and led me to the casket. 'Those three young men who just left were the boys I told you about. They just told me how they appreciated the things Jim 'traded' them. Now, at last, when Jim could not change his mind about color or size.....they came to pay their debt..' 'We've never had a great deal of the wealth of this world,' she confided, 'but right now, Jim would consider himself the richest man in Idaho .' With loving gentleness she lifted the lifeless fingers of her deceased husband. Resting underneath were three exquisitely shined red Marbles. The Moral : We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath.

Don't know if this qualifes as a rare caliber but I do have one of these in my safe and shoot it once in a while and people do look at me if there is anyone in the range because it does make a real amount of noise when fired. It is a Tokarev 7.62x25.

No! My favorite is my Mod 85 Bersa but my everyday carry is my Bersa Thunder. Holds 7+1 in the tube and 2 mags on my belt. Mod 85 is my fun to shoot at range gun and sometimes carry but prefer to carry the Thunder do to weight factors............jmho

I want to thank all of you for your kind words. I do have many great memories we made together either fishing or at the range..................

I lost a very close friend today that I have know for 30+ years. We began as fishing partners in small tournaments and just going fishing. He was a regular coffee and Biscuit bum and was over at my house almost every morning to just shoot the poop about this and that. He was also very much into firearms and has a very sizable collection of assorted firearms and ammo. He passed away doing what he loved. He was fishing on Dale Hollow today when he suffered a heart attack. The buddy fishing with him called 911 and told the ambulance what ramp he would take him to and he got to the ramp and there was 2 other anglers just putting in and they performed CPR on him for almost 30 minutes till the ambulance arrived. He was alive when he arrived at the hospital but he died in the ER at the Celina Hospital. I will miss him for ever.....................

Back years ago when I was plum dumb and had the "Need for Speed" I owned several very fast street cars and my last one was a 1971 Hemi Cuda( Baracuda) with 4.11 rear gears and Hurst 4 speed trans and 450 dyno HP under the hood. Own the car about 5 years but never drove it a lot because could not afford the top grade fuel it needed to perform as it should so I sold it for $3,000.00 more then I paid for it. Never had the need for speed any more.

Just saw a news broadcast about the Ford Explorers having dangerous conditions with Exhaust Fumes inside vehicles causing everything from dizziness to headaches and 1 State Trooper passed out while driving his patrol Explorer and hit a tree off the side of the road just barely missing a head on collision with an on coming SUV. If any of ya'll own one of these between 2012 and 2017 beware that your health is at risk..............

+1, yea they are subject to break also, just not quite as often and you are correct about the crack being more pronounced and easier to see for sure

Kahrman is right on!! you want to bolt to pass through while doing as much damage as it can. My friend I spoke ofuse to send a supply of Bolts with his bows and also one new string replacement. He has one broadhead he recomends very highly to use with his bows. I just hope he is still making bows. Been about 5 years like I said since i spoke with him.

I use to know a guy that made Crossbows and was very good at it and made some great bows. I will check and see if he is still making them. He was actually well know back years ago for introducing crossbows with Aluminum Bows that you never had to worry about cracking. They would sent an arrow down range really fast and were a lot quieter than the wooden version. Have not spoke with him in about 5 years but I do know where he lives so might just pay him a visit.

I still think they are a long ways frrom being caught up with most orther states like Tennessee and other states. They will be another 10 years before actually being ready if they began today...............I still have a few friends that live in the middle of the state and they have been preparing for about last 5 years and they have all told me that many of the people in bigger towns and cities around them have no clue where to begin to get ready. All my friends have old Cold war air raid shelters that they have stocked with about everything they would need to survive and they are also ready and prepared to defend what they have from those who don't prepare. That is where things will get ugly. My friends all know each other and they have all worked as a team to get prepared and they will work as team to defend what they have. They almost make me think they are a bunch of Yankee Red Necks every time I talk to any of them..........

I have that stored on every one of my computers and I won't lie, when I listen to it and watch it I have to fight back tears. I have always thought of my self as a rough and rugged tough man but that one shows me I am not all that tough any longer......................

I have two 22 Semi auto's and I like both of them equally. If I'm out in the yard or going to the mailbox out by the road I carry 1 that holds 6 rounds and if I am going to grocery store I might carry my Phoenix cause it is 10 + 1 in the tube and back up magazine. If I go anyplace else I have one of my Bersa's with a back up mag or 2 . The 22 is an awesome round that many folks don't give any where near enough credit to...........jmho

I trust a 22lr a lot of the time when I am out and not going to be in a hood but just someplace like Grocery store and I trust my 380's a lot when I am going to be other places. People can say what they want about 380's but I have full faith in them. If a person with a 380 puts the first 1 or 2 rounds where they need to be it will do it's job just fine IMHO.

With the way the world is on edge about attacks They are very lucky someone including the police didn't open up on them both. I hope they are both charged with a Felony and loose their 2nd Amendment priviledges because they have proven the are not mentally stable enough to own a gun..................JMHO

Back when I lived in Mt. Juliet I did a lot of business with them. I didn't know if they were still in business any longer. Might have to make a trip over that way............

Besides me how many more Falcon fans are in this crowd?...............................

I had to quit buying bacon because of price verses what was left after cooking. I ahd tried about every brand on shelves and it all shrunk up to a 1/3 it's size per slice. Then a buddy of mine told me to not buy the pre packaged stuff but go the meat counter at krogers and have the meat man slice you some of their bacon. I did and got 1 pound and paid $3.29 for it and to my surprise it had about 20% loss per slice so now I buy my bacon from the meat department.................

The catalytic Converter light can be triggered by several different sensors in the Computer system. It does not necessarily mean your converter is bad. The Oxygen Sensor in many cases is the real culprit and replacing it will in many cases turn the light off. Believe it or not, on many auto brands a Coolant Sensor that turns your cooling fans on can trip the light if they are delayed by a few seconds allowing the engine temperature to be as little as 10 degrees to high before the fans come on. A sensor on the fuel system can be reading a rich mixture when it is not rich and also trigger the same light. Normally when your Converter is really bad your car will lose power na dyou can tell by having a flow test ran by a repair center that can tell you if your converter is really bad. The auto makers make these new vehicles almost a requirement to be repaired at the dealership. Look at how VW manipulated their Diesels computers to skirt the emmissons test when they were actually emitting twice or 3 times the legal limit of emmissions and most recently Chrysler was caught doing the same thing. I made myself a promise back when I was working on vehicles that when they had crossed over a certain line on cars I would quit working on them and in 1992 I gave my employer my notice that in January 1993 I would be gone but had to leave a little early because of doctors orders. My son still works on cars in his shop to this day and it's funny when he gets a carburator vehicle in his shop that is having a carburator issue and he calls me and asks me if I can come down to the shop and help him out. Went down there about a month ago and rebuilt a Quadra-jet 4 barrel on an old Cadillac he was working on......

I was a Certified Master Mechanic for 35 years before retiring and as for U-joints, I have always considered them a maintainance part and should periodically be replaced just like brake pads and other parts that moved. That is by far the best way to be sure you never have an issue. As far as U-Joints when your warranty ends it's time for u joints. Then when the milage get close to that number again look at replacing them again...............jmho

I have the utmost respect for what Starbucks is doing to help our Vets for sure. As for hiring an equal amount of refugees, with what Trump is doing to block the refugees coming into the country until they are totally vetted, that will probably slow down the numbers Starbucks will be hiring any time soon. Like many have said which I do agree, I would much rather see the Refugees working and paying taxes and becoming a part of what is right with the community rather than sitting home collecting tax money being paid by the working people of this great country...........jmho