Defender

Wonder how many times Ive thought that? lol

Sony for your loss, both for your dad and the guns. I would kill myself on a bike at my age, lol. I rode a Honda Goldwing all over Europe when I was younger, but having miraculously survived that experience, I see no reason to try to push my luck with the drivers here these days. Thank you for the offer though.

The one Im looking at is the LockLeather, not the G3 that takes two hands to get to.

The idea of a paddle holster is appealing, for this very reason, but Ive yet to try a paddle holster that seems very secure. They seem to move too much for me.

I have lots to be thankful for, hope you do too. Happy Thanksgiving all!

Ran across an ad for this and checked out their website. Anyone have any experience with this company and their holsters? Looking at this one: https://urbancarryholsters.com/order-new-lock-leather-owb-holster.html

I transfer a loaded (in the chamber) gun from my nightstand holster to my IWB holster, and vice versa, daily. I fear a ND at that time. Especially when inserting into the IWB as I dont have a good visual of the gun going in due to the position (4-5 o'clock) that I carry. There have been a few occasions when my t-shirt got caught inside the holster! YIKES! Fortunately, no ND, but talk about scary.

Wow. Im a little surprised at how many others are thinking similar thoughts. I really hesitated posting the OP because i felt like it sounded whiny, lol. Im not in a big hurry and may well wait to see how the political situation evolves before I sell. Thanks, guys, for the support and the advice. You guys are awesome.

Ive been buying, trading and collecting guns for a number of years now. As I age and have become afflicted with a few health issues requiring daily meds, I realize that one aspect of my desire to own guns/ammo was for survival in a STHF type scenario. I realize now that with these health issues, I wont survive very long without my meds, regardless of how many guns/how much ammo I have, lol. I dont hunt now, but thought I would if i had to in the above situation. In the back of my mind also, I thought that being in a position to trade guns and or ammo would also be a good tool for survival. Rethinking that too. I dont get to shoot as much as Id like, and may actually shoot less when i retire due to reduced income. Anyway, all that to say that I am probably going to thin the herd quite a bit. I cam to this decision some time ago, but the current market is not good for me to sell the guns I want to. Im going to get rid of quite a few i think. Ill be carrying for self defense though, and want to be able to defend my home as well, but i dont need what I currently have to do that. Plus side is this will free up some cash for other things like debt reduction, or other health needs. I just need to figure out exactly what I want to keep and what i want to sell, and start on it. Im a little embarrassed to say exactly how many guns i'll be selling but it will include a nice selection of long guns and pistols. I'll post them on here first. Ill also be eliminating some calibers entirely from my ammo stocks as well.

They dont take 1911 mags?

Yes, Ive also had some bad experiences with promag...

Sorry, guys, I missed that this wasnt new...it showed up as a new post today in a newsletter I get...

https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-officers-rifle-mistake-2013-3?fbclid=IwAR08r79K2V_m5L5-1sMH6X1fiNMK7snQjP12nXHSkwXmi2poGypD9rQODRk

Prayers

At one time, I was deluding myself into thinking Id survive TEOTWAWKI, and bought guns/ammo based on that premise...well, not entirely on that premise but that was in the back of my mind at least a little bit when i was buying. I ended up with a variety of calibers, pistol and rifle, including .22LR/WMR. Still have both of those in pistols and rifles, and probably will keep them, as I like them all, and have plenty of ammo stocked up for both. I DO want to thin my herd so to speak, of multiples, at least, and I might eliminate some calibers altogether, like 30-30, since I dont have a lot of ammo in that caliber.

Ive got a stealhgear for my Shield...Imight try one for my XL

You're right, thats why i did it this way...guess now im just hind sightinjg things...

not really. Metro PD was not any help. The patrolman didnt even really want to take a report and said that would be the end of it if he did. I filed one anyway. Next day, at the advice of someone on here, I contacted a supervisor sgt, who at least got me thru to the detectives. Spoke with the detective twice. Second time he said he had called the guy advertising the gun, but the guy denied having any gun at all. Detective said there was not anything he could do beyond that...even with the supporting information and screenshots of the guys text messages with his phone number and that included the guys pic of the gun showing the serial number! I know they are busy, I do, but I really dont Know what else I could have given them... If the detective wanted to, I think he could have gotten a warrant based on the evidence I provided. Im not going to start bashing the police here, but Im pretty miffed. As far as the BATF goes, they dont return my calls so far... The guys furtiveness and denials smack of suspicion to me. I would bet a dollar to a donut that either he knew the gun was hot, or he's a felon and not allowed to have one. Although I never really expected to get that gun back, once I saw it the other day, I kinda got my hopes up...sad it slipped through my fingers. It wasnt JUST a random gun...i got it in the early 80's from an old USAF commander back when I was in the service. Im wondering if I should have set up a meet with the guy and dealt with it myself...

Thanks, I'lldo that...

Yes I emailed him a screenshot of the stolen gun showing both the serial number and the phone number of the guy who sent the text. Detective said he ran the phone number but it didnt come back with a name and he wasnt sure if he had enough for a warrant. I know metro PD stay busy all the time, and there a lot of violent crime to attend to, and investigate, but i had hoped they'd see this both as a prevention kind of thing as well as a relatively easy 'solve'. I still think if i had met the guy, though, it wouldnt have ended well. And if that happened Im sure Id have been considered at fault for trying to handle it myself. It was a nice gun too, lol, not that that matters. It was more of a sentimental thing for me. I got it years ago from an old commander of mine in the military...guy i respected a lot.

Well I probably screwed up my chances of getting my gun back. I couldn't get a hold of anyone beyond a dispatcher for metro pd, so I ended up calling the guy and texting with him. He at first just insisted that I had the wrong number, then said the phone was new and he just got it a week ago and had 10 calls about a gun, and he dont know about any gun. I tried explaining that i wasnt pressing charges and just wanted it back, but he was in denial all the way. Funny thing is, he was texting back and forth with the potential buyer form armslist all day yesterday about the gun. After seeing some advice here, I too late called metro dispatch and asked for a command or sgt to call me and a Sgt did, who in turn reached out to a detective, who i think tried to help. He called the guy and explained that I just wanted my gun back and no charges were going to be pressed, etc...but the guy denied it again. I emailed a screen shot of the guy's cell number sending the gun picture with serial number in view to the metro PD but the detective didnt seem to think he could so much even with that, unless the guy called him back when the detective asked him to if he changed his mind. I thought I was doing the right thing to call metro in the first place...then when they werent helpful, i thought id try a personal approach. I thought about trying to buy the gun and setting up a meet, and then showing up with the stolen gun police report instead of cash, but I imagine that would have went sideways pretty quick./.....I thought I was so close to getting it back...I guess we have hamstrung our police these days to the point that this crap happens unabated...its a crying shame...really it is...

Several years ago, I discovered that one of my pistols had been stolen. I made a police report to Metro, and i also listed it on hotgunz.com as stolen. yesterday I got a call from a guy who has found the gun on a website for sale, was going to buy it but ran the serial number against hotgunz.com and saw it was reported stolen, so he contacted me from that site. He has talked to the seller but has not told him what he discovered yet about the gun being stolen. The potential buyer wont buy it now of course, and put the guy off until today. I have the seller's phone number and its local to Nashville. The buyer said the seller was very forthcoming about giving him the serial number and he didnt think the seller knows its stolen... I contacted metro and they sent an officer out last night who said all he could do was make another report...He suggested that if I contact the seller to get my gun back, that i should meet in a public place...really not as much help as I had hoped for, really, even though I know they have other priorities, I would have thought they would be interested in getting a stolen gun off the street. In any event, I need to move quick before they guy sells the gun. I have thought about calling him and explaining that its mine and ask for it back, and show him the police report where I reported it stolen back in 2012.. Not sure what to do if he refuses. Does anyone have any experience with this type of situation nd can offer any advice? Ive got top do something within a few hours this morning... Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

Thanks.

Thanks to all who served our great country.

Good point, I've often wondered what exactly is wrong with being a nationalist...