bersaguy

Out of my price range and I don't shoot that much any more but I'm glad that folks will have a new range soon to go and enjoy............

Well then someone needs to correct Google because when I typed Randall Bowie Knife into the search section this is the knife they came back with. I have always thought the pictures in the upper left looked like all the bowie knives I have seen in my life so I guess we can blame it on Google and not my stupidity this time. In all honesty I like GT's knives better anyway and yes I do have one of his.............

That is true but how many folks here have not either been in combat or Law enforcement and had experience to decide their reasoning?

Well I know I should stay out of this but according to all the on line searches I can find on the Randall Bowie Knife I can't see any real difference between GT's Bowie knife design and Randall s Bowie Knife. And like I have always said, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

A friend of mine sent me this from the Bersa gun forum and I found it very informative and had some interesting stats. The man that made the survey spent a lot of time creating it and I think it seem pretty accurate. Makes a good read on a rainy day. I know there will be a few pesimists to this so after some folks have read it maybe we can have a non argumental discussion. https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/alternate-look-handgun-stopping-power

Well this discussion could go on for ever so I am just going to say, if you are comfortable with what your packing and have done all you can do as far as knowing you can hit what you are shootng at that is what really counts IMO

I want to tell one more little story about him that shocked everyone but me I guess. Margie and I took care of the 3 grandchildren in the morning getting them off to school and keeping them after school till their parents got home. Now since Matt had ADHA he fell under DHS health care and they were responsible for his health care. I myself have never had much use for them but it is what it is. Anyway Matt is in the 5th grade, Dani is in 3rd grade and lil Ritchie was in 1st. It was late Spring and kind of warm weather so Margie had dressed them in short pants outfits. Well that previous weekend they had been over visiting on Satuday and Matt was playing Tarzan and fell out of a small tree in our back yard. Nothing broken, but a small cut covered with a bandaid and a bruise on his hip abut the size of a golf ball. Off to school they go. Matt is doing his studies when the teacher had noticed the bruise and Matt said he fell out of a tree and my Gramma's house. The teacher said ok but 30 minutes later she asked him again hw he got the bruise and once again he told her about the tree. Well the teacher was not getting the answer she wanted cause on the 5th time of asking him before lunch he looked at her and said my daddy beat me. During Lunch the teacher call DHS and reprts an abused child and an 2 hours later a man and a woman from DHS was at our home and the only thing they would tell us was they had a report and were following up on it and would tell us more when the children arrived. They were almost treating us like criminals. Well the kids got home and the woman began asking their names and then she said Matthew, I need to ask you a question and I need you to tell me the truth. How did you get that bruise on your leg and he said my daddy beat me and Dani screamed Bubba your lying, you know you got that when you fell out of the tree and Matt said I know Dani. So the woman ask him why he lied and he said well my teacher ask me how I got it and I told her the truth about the tree and she didn't believe me and she ask me 3 more times and I told her the truth and the last time she ask me I told her a lie so she would quit asking me. Now this is a 5th grader that was smart enough to out manuever a school teacher so she will quit asking him to lie. The guy that was with the woman said I think we are done here and we are very sorry for taking up your time and they went out, got in their car and left. It took everything I had to not bust out laughing before they got out the door but that shows how smart Matt was in 5th grade. So yea he's a fine kid greg and smart too..........

First off I am sorry to hear about your pet and it's issues. I think you might need to get a second opinion on the diagnosis. I have never heard of a dog getting 2 dozes of insulin a day to begin with and I have known a few people who's dogs were diabetic. That or you call the vet and ask him if your wife heard him correctly. Something just does not sound right.

I have never understood that either. A 22LR such as my Phoenix can be a get off me gun and it will kill you dead too yet so many folks won't give credit to the 380 Calibers. I think it might be a "Macho Thing" You know, "go ahead and shoot me cause you only have a 380 and then I will shoot you with my 45 cal type thing!!!

Yea, he was the one everyone else in the family gave up on and said he would never amount to anything except his Grandpaw. He developed ADHA at age 3 and became a holy terror and was out of control a lot. The doctors finally put him on Ritlin and at age 5 he was almost zombie like. He had a doctors appointment and I told my daughter I was going with her. She had her say and the doctor said there was no other treatment and I got my time with the doctor and I asked him if he ever actually spent time talking to him or was it easier to just shove pills at him. That kind of caught the doctor off guard. Someone was challenging him decision. At first he wanted to argue but he thought better or it. He instead took Matt into his office while I sat there and actually talked with Matt and found out Matt could carry on a conversation for a 5 year old. The doctor wrote a different prescription. With in about 2 weeks we could see a difference in him. He didn't get mad at everything he was told to do such as pick up his toys and when he did I told my daughter to whip his butt but just enough to get his attention and tell him he is going to listen to you when you talk to him. I also told her not to every yell at him. He is my step daughter's son but I claim all them as my kids. Any way Matt was able to go to school and maintain a normal grade level. He had a little sister and a little brother. Because of his ADHD he is considered handicap but they have advanced so much with it since he was young all he needs now is 1 shot a month and he lives a normal life. He got s scholarship and went to a Technical College and now works in Computer Technology. So yea, it was tough going when he was first diagnosed with it but by my never giving up on him the rest of the family was not allow to and it turned out alright.

Back about 6 months ago or a little longer my grandson gave me a Samsung 7 smart phone and sad he put the easiest program to operate in it so I would have a smart phone. Well so far the phone is still smarer than Grandpaw in many cases. Today he just called me to tell me Friday he is bringing me his old Laptop Computer cause he just bought a new one. He asked me what program I am using on my desk top and I told him Windows 7 and he said ok cause that is what is on it. So either Friday or Saturday I will e going higher tech than I am now. He said he will put any programs I want that are on my desktop and it will all be at my fingertips and I would not need a mouse to operate it. I told him I like using a mouse and he ask if i had an extra one and I said yes so he said he will put in on the lap top if I want it on there just by plugging it into a USB port. But he said I might want to use the finger first and see if I like it. So like I said I will be higher Tech this weekend. Will be a nice backup if my desk top ever had to go into the shop anyway. He said the laptop will also be much faster also...............

I have come to a conclusion many times a nutcase does not need a reason to kill someone. They just do it out of peer old meaness. That is why I tell everyone to keep your head on a swivel when at all possible. One never knows when a nut case may decide to kill someone..........JMHO

First off Prayers to the victums!!! I hope the wounded all survive. Now as far as the world going crazy! I think a good many have some real issues that they need to begin dealing with. It is either drug related or Domestic related most likely. Could be home invasion but if so it was probably over drugs or drug money. I will never understand why people have to think someone has to get shot over drugs or Domestic issues. Neither one ever turns out good when a gun is involved. Over the years there have been several domestic disputes in my family at one level or another and a gun was never used to solve any of them and they all worked out just fine.........JMHO

I also never chamber a round more than twice before it goes to range bag. I'm glad I bought enough ammo back years ago that I don't have to go looking for any more. Only having 2 different calibers to buy for I bought enough back before the ammo prices went way up. I do wish I would have bought more Hornaday Critical defense than I did but I think I have enough to get by and I do have other great self defense ammo's I can fall back on if I need to.

I quite leaving guns in my vehicle when It reached that point in time that you could not leave a long un hanging on a window rack in the back window of your pick up. When I get in my vehicle my weapon gets in with me and wheen I get out my weapon gets out with me. Tom many car break ins these days to leave anything of value in your vehicle. Hope you get your property back........JMHO

I also have some Jewish friends and grew up in Chicago with a lot more than I have down here. They are more comfortable being located in big cities is why that is where you will find most of them. Now as far as wealth the Jewish people are very smart about money and very good business people. My father had one particular friend while we lived up north and our family always bought our shoes from the mans small shoe store. My father was a smart man for only having a 3rd grade education but he knew a deal when he saw one. One day my mother ask my father why we always bought shoes at the mans store so my father took us shopping. We had already bought our shoes but we went to about 5 other stores not Jewish owned. All of them sold the same shoes we had bought from his friends store and when comparing prices the shoes sold in the other stores were 8 to $10.00 per pair higher in price. My mother asked my father how come his friend sold his shoes so much cheaper and he said because his friend sold his shoes on the Dime plan. His shoes were always a lot cheaper but he sold 10 times as many pairs as the other stores and by selling more shoes he made more money by selling in volumn. The Jewish man said where the shoe store down the block may sell 2 pairs of shoes a day and make $3.00 profit per pair he would sell the same pair for $2.00 less per pair but would sell 20+ pairs of shoes. That was called Dime sale. Not make as much off each pair but just sell 10 times as many pairs. That is why the Jewish people seem to always have wealth in their family.Schrewed business people.

Thanks and the link was very interesting for sure. It is interesting that Jesus was mentioned many times in the Quran. I think that Jesus was crucified because the rulers of the different countries back then feared him because of the miracles he was seen to perform and they feared he would turn the people against them. You are right about 1 thing for sure. The Jewish people have paid dearly for being Jewish but I admire them for their pride and willingness to fight for their beliefs even as many times as they have been beat down........JMHO

I think your going to hear about more and more Churches having security of some type in them.

One of these days one of these lunatics is going to walk into the wrong church and know right quick what it is like to get shot multiple times. My friend William attends a church here in Gallatin and he said there is at least 6 to 8 armed members with 4 of them being Vets that all spent 2 or more tours in the sandpit and they all have family members there. They have practiced an active shooter drill at the church and run 1 once every month. There is about 250 members in the church every Sunday. William says he feels much safer knowing there are armed trained people in the church. He is a Vet from the Navy during Nam.

I will look into that and have my son see about ordering them on line through his shop. He buys more parts on line and gets them delivered cheaper than he can buy them locally at parts house. Really the boat trailer issue is no longer my problem. My SIL has the Skeeter Bss boat now and he is responsible for the up keep but I will look into getting the sealed bearing kits as he has been hand packing them every Spring.............

That is actually a great idea but very expensive. I was gonna do that on my boat trailers so they would be almost maintainence free. That is until I went to get the parts and the part house informed me I would have to buy new hubs because sealed bearings won't fit standard hubs. One hub kit 97.95 and that would be times 4 as I had a tandem axle trailer at that time. $391.80 + tax. I can pack a lot of bearings by hand for that price..............

And if we are guessing what really may have happened maybe the guy behind the fence doing all the screaming to shoot the guy was actually the guy that did the cutting and was wanting the cops to kill the one person that could testify against him. Lovers quaral maybe.................

Thanks for that update. I didn't know that but interesting to learn it. I hope we keep standing with them all through out future history as we have in the past. I did have concerns in the years between 2008 and 2016 but we made it through ok.

I think the main problem is there have been so many books written on the subject that are similar yet different it is like looking for a needle in a field of haystacks. I hope you find your book again............

It is complicated yet also simple Greg. I am sure there are folks here that can explain it a lot better than I can. Just remember JESUS is a Jew and was born one. I think you know that story if you follow the bible. During his time on earth he preached the gospel of Christianity and had built of a great many followers. So many that the leaders in the countries he traveled to and spread the word of GOD began to fear him. The leaders were also able to turn many of his followers against him. You know the rest of that story and how it ended. Now IMO I think some people have put the blame of what happened to JESUS on the Jews that turned against him. One of his own discipals Judas sold his location where he could be found for 20 pieces of Silver and after realizing what he had done hung himself. All of that was blamed on the Jewish people for Centuries by most Christians in all countries. It was only a minute number of Jews back then that had turned on JESUS but it was like being guilty by association to the Christians I guess. I think I am correct in this but the real connecton came with Hitler. It was his goal to kill every Jewish person on earth and he tried and the Holocost was one of the most terrible atrocities to ever happen. Israel is the only Jewish State/Country left on Earth and I am very glad and proud that the United States is their strongest supporter and ally. If I have quoted anything not true by mistake please someone correct me!!