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The Coronet formerly Al Chymia Shrine Temple 5770 Shelby Oaks Dr Memphis, TN 38134

I actually had to use the saw on a Glock entrenching tool in an emergency scenario. I was in a minor collision several years back that ended up with the front end of my truck getting squished in. The truck was still driveable but the plastic fender liner was bent in and digging into the front tire. I carried the Glock tool under my seat at the time, and was able to use the saw to cut off enough of the plastic fender liner to allow the tire to move. Drove it home without further incident (after cutting away the deployed airbag). The Glock knife is really more of a bayonet shape, which makes sense as it was designed as a bayonet for the AUG. The thickness of the spine makes it a bit awkward to do regular knife tasks, especially fine slicing. However, it will do most anything in a pinch. it's cheap, very durable, and there are worse knives to have in your emergency bag. I agree that you should go with the regular spine and forgo the saw backed version... the Glock E-tool is a better saw and it's a solid and useful shovel as well.

The slides are the same length but the Centurion has a barrel muzzle that's flush with the end of the slide, where the standard 92 has a slightly extended barrel. The bigger difference is the straight backstrap Vertec style grip of the Centurion.

I can understand some of the cost on 1911s because there’s a lot of hand fitting often required. Either you have oversized parts and hand fitting or you’re making every part in house via CNC to your own specifications and tolerances. I don’t get buying a bunch of AR parts from diverse manufacturers, snapping them together, and putting a $3000 price tag on the result.

Great looking knives!

I completely lost the plot with Glock models when they started introducing minor variations and combinations of G19 and G17 parts. The last one I can tell you explicitly what it is was the Glock 45. They need to get out of the weeds and back to basics.

I think with ARs, you hit the point of diminishing returns pretty quick, say around $1500. A good quality barrel is the key and as long as the other parts are decent, I don't see much point in spending a premium on them. There are only a few major manufacturers of most of the parts, so I'm a bit jaundiced when it comes to the boutique AR market, especially when they're like "yeah other people make our parts but we QA them and put our name on them " and then not bother to actually do the QA / testing.

Weekend bump

This press is set up for .38 / .357 and includes the dies and conversion kit. Memphis area.

Lynn is going to cancel the next match because it's too wet

I heard this from a friend, apparently Top Brass is open under new ownership. Will try to get up there this week and check it out.

I’d go with DD because SIG not only uses proprietary parts but they have a tendency to discontinue support for rifles. DD makes a solid AR and at the end of the day it’s an AR with the parts compatibility. if you’re using a suppressor, an adjustable gas system is a great feature to have.

Bump for price change

This full rail Operator has been lightly used, and has a couple of minor wear marks, but is in great shape mechanically. Parkerized finish. G10 grips were added and some light hexagonal texturing was engraved on the frontstrap, providing a good gripping surface but still leaving the frontstrap thick enough to checker if desired. $700 680 located in Memphis area but willing to do reasonable travel. No box but 2 mags included.

Thinning out my collection, so this duplicate 92X needs to go. TN-made Centurion, non-optic cut. Box and 2 mags included. SOLD

I have a pre-lock Model 64-4 in .38 Special. I already have too many .38/.357 wheelguns, so this one needs to go. $380, located in Memphis area but open to reasonable travel.

Yes, it's still available. I might be open to driving out that way. DM incoming

I acquired this .38 a few years ago. This example has been reblued and the metal is in great shape, despite some softening of the rollmarks. The lockup is still tight for a 100+ year revolver. I believe the 20xxx serial number puts it toward the end of production for this model, but I haven't researched it. Price is $280, located in Memphis area but willing to do reasonable travel.

I have had the FN pistol for a few years, but I haven't shot it very much due to the cost of ammo, which has stayed above 5.56x45 in price. I'm not going to say much about the ballistics other than it will probably get the job done given proper shot placement, but here are the pros and cons as I see it. Pro: Lightweight, 20+1 ammo capacity, light recoil, accurate Con: Bulky for its size due to polymer overlay construction, weird safety lever location, magazine safety, cost, difficult to reload ammo for it

I'm not a MP5 expert but that's what I'd try. The spring is not expensive, not sure about the extractor. Also you may want to clean the chamber thoroughly.

Agree. While there are a lot of things I like about the M&P, some of their evolutions of that line have me scratching my head, not to mention their Performance Center variants which are mostly clown shoe attempts at improvement. Apart from that, their other lines seem to be half thought out and rushed to market. Do you remember their latest pump shotgun which was launched and sank into irrelevance without a trace? The Response carbine and the side folder showed some promise but both would have benefited from more refinement. And did we really need another half-assed take on a lever action that others have done better and cheaper?

I’m more interested in talking and meeting folks. Top Gun has a restaurant on-site for those who want to socialize, and those who want to shoot can do that too. MSSA limits range use to members and their guests. That complicated matters if you want to have a lot of non-members show up and shoot. It may be possible to have some sort of sanctioned gathering (picnic, etc.) but we’d have to clear that with range management.

I have a Cold Steel ODA in one vehicle’s emergency bag, and a Cold Steel SRK in the other.

We are looking at either a double failure of the sear and firing pin safety or an unintentional trigger pull. I suspect the firing pin safety was always a marginal design. I also suspect having a wide trigger with minimal ability to resist external objects activating it is obfuscating the whole issue. I don’t know how this will end up but my money is on some combination of tolerance stack and frame flex that can result in a small percentage of guns discharging without the trigger being pulled.

Top Gun seems like a good location. Are weekends or weekday evenings better for everyone?