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That would work fine until she squeezes off a shot at an intruder then gets a jam and lacks the fine motor skills to clear it. I have come to believe that, while it it possible that a revolver can jam, it is probable that a semiauto(at some point) will jam. Why else would folks spend so much time training to clear jams in a self-defense situation? Add in the possibility of not having the optimum grip on the pistol, etc. due to being in a stressful (to say the least) situation and "five for sure" starts looking pretty good compared to the possibility of two shots and a stovepipe for someone who physically would be unable to clear a jam.
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I am pretty much a bank fisherman. We had a boat for a while but I still did better from the bank and the boat was a PITA so it got sold. The biggest bream I have ever caught (and they still weren't anywhere near a record but not bad sized fish) have been on a live nightcrawler rigged like you would rig a plastic in a Texas rig. I work it just about like you would a Texas rig (but slowly.) Sometimes (at least where I usually fish, in Watts Bar and Loudon lakes) it seems like the little 'gills, etc. swim around near the top while the bigger fellas stay closer to the bottom. At least, any bream of any decent size I have ever caught were caught pretty deep. To me, bream are just about as good eating as crappie (which is my favorite freshwater fish to eat.) If only I could catch bream big enough to fool with. I don't like 'cooking on the bone' - I prefer fish that are big enough to filet. I've caught a few bream big enough to filet but those are few and far between. The smaller ones I usually just turn loose. Those little dudes are fun to catch, though - if they were large fish with the same fighting spirit, we might never land one.
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Indiana repeals the 4th amendment?????
JAB replied to Will Carry's topic in 2A Legislation and Politics
Personally, I believe that Americans should have the right to resist ANY unlawful entry into our homes by whatever means are necessary, including violent means. To me, the sanctity of one's home and protection from illegal/warrantless searches are among the most basic tenants upon which our country was founded. Illegal entry equates to a home invasion whether the person illegally invading is wearing a hoodie or a blue uniform and badge. Remember, Writs of Assistance (which basically gave authorities the same legal right to search with impunity as the court cases cited in this thread are giving cops) were among the wrongs perpetrated on our forefathers which led to the Revolutionary War. That should be enough to tell the courts that their rulings in these cases are dead wrong and go against everything our country is supposed to stand for. -
Ouch! I was shot in the palm by the neighbor idiot with a BB rifle when I was a kid. Hurt like a SOB - but it just might have hurt less than when mom dug the BB out (it went in then went sideways a little so she had to move it back to the entrance wound then get it out.) That's about my extent of being a member of the 'club' and I hope my membership never, ever advances further.
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I, myself, am not crazy about grits when prepared the way most folks eat them. Now, throw a little butter and sugar in them and eat them like cream of wheat and that is a different story. I also like them jazzed up with cheese and some kind of chile pepper. They are pretty good served that way and even better if you refrigerate the leftovers in a container that helps them form sort of a 'loaf' (they will take a form when cooled) then slice them and brown the slices on both sides in butter in an iron skillet the next day.
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Very nice. Could you give more detail or point me in a direction where I could find out more about this 'rubbing with coffee' staining method? I really like the results.
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I don't drink whiskey often, but when I do.....Jack or George?
JAB replied to Will Carry's topic in General Chat
Jack Daniels is okay to mix. I like Gentleman Jack on the rocks. I think it actually tastes good. I haven't had much Dickel and it has been a long time. I really like Jim Beam Red Stag, also just over ice. That stuff is danged tasty. One of my favorite bourbons I have tried is Rebel Yell. I like it better than Buffalo Trace or Knob Creek. Dangit, you boys are making me sad that I'm having to mostly avoid libations right now due to health issues. -
Kind of reminds me of these little things: Pelican International inc. I am a bit aquaphobic and not a good swimmer so I wouldn't want to be out on that one man pontoon. That said, if I were a better swimmer I think it would be great for working the bank in some of the smaller, backwater areas off of the main lakes. I wouldn't venture out onto a main lake, though, if only because the damn bass fishermen with the five million horsepower engines who think that they have to hit thirteen gajillion miles an hour when moving two hundred yards upriver would cause it to flip over.
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Impact of "Guns in Bars" Legislation One Year Later
JAB replied to waynesan's topic in 2A Legislation and Politics
It is kind of funny to see the COO of Copper Cellar Corp say that a lot of it was, "...much ado about nothing," and state that nothing has really changed considering that his boss, Mike Chase, was one of the loudest mouths in opposition when the original 'carry in restaurants where alcohol is served' bill was being considered two years ago. Unfortunately, this is the only reference to his stance that I can find, now: SayUncle » Restaurant Carry -
From the Brady Bunch site linked in the OP: That has to be one of the most illogical - not to mention biggest BS - statements I have ever read/heard. First, I would like to see proof of their claim. Second, exactly how in the heck does the strength of laws 'help feed' illegal activity? Illegal means against the law. Period. So, if there are laws in place and those laws are being broken (i.e. illegal) then how, exactly, would it matter if those laws were more Draconian...er...stronger? People who are involved in the 'illegal gun market' are criminals. Criminals break laws. It doesn't matter if you make those laws more oppressive to those who will follow the law because criminals will still break them. Do these nitwits think that illegal activity can somehow be made more illegal? That's just plain stupidity. Kind of reminds me of the old joke about unarmed cops in England yelling, "Halt or I'll say, 'Halt' again!" Maybe something along the lines of, "Stop that illegal activity or we'll make it illegaler!"
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I think that varies with the individual pistols. I also think it was more true of the 1st gen P3AT (and maybe, to a lesser extent, P32.) As I mentioned, before, I sent my first gen P3AT back and received a second gen replacement under warranty. The second gen was reliable right out of the box and has never had a single hiccup. Since that last post, my wife has sent a first gen P32 back for warranty work and, again, Kel Tec sent her a second gen as a replacement. Like my P3AT, her second gen P32 was 100% right out of the box. Some folks on the Kel Tec forum like the first gen better. I have to say that I like the 'looks' of the first gen better. The first gen guns are also ever so slightly smaller/lighter (a negligible amount, IMO) than the second gen. That said, it is my belief that the second gen guns are more reliable and I find the miniscule 'sights' more usable on the second gen pistols (probably due to the flat-topped slide which, ironically, is part of what I think doesn't look as good about the second gen guns.) For me, that would depend on the purpose. My wife cannot stand firing my P3AT for more than about three or four rounds due to felt recoil but she can run a whole box through her P32, no problem. Shooting with a two-handed grip or with my strong (right) hand only, I can't tell much difference - I shoot the P3AT as well and as quickly and my shot recovery is just as fast as with the P32. That said, I would never carry the P3AT specifically as a weak-hand BUG because I can't shoot it worth a hoot with my weak (left) hand. That is why, for me, the P3AT is a primary for when I can't conceal something bigger or, rarely, an ankle gun. It is also part of the reason I have a NAA mini in .22WMR for a weak-hand BUG. I shoot my wife's P32 left-handed with no trouble. The P32 holds one more round in a standard mag than the P3AT. The P32 also holds the slide open on an empty mag/after the last round is fired. The P3AT does not (most likely had to be eliminated in order to get the .380 pistols to be as small and light as possible.) Ammo availability/design/performance is another point to consider. I believe that many of the premium SD JHP loads currently on the market in .380 will give both good penetration and good expansion. In .32, it seems that most JHP loads still give either/or. Also, the P32 (and, by my understanding, some/many other pocket .32 pistols) can have problems with rimlock when firing JHP ammo. There are ways to address the latter possibility but they do require modifying carry mags to be more reliable with JHP. For those reasons, we only load my wife's P32 with FMJ. The 'up' side to that is this means she practices with the same ammo she carries. I also recently got a S&W 642 and lately have been carrying it more than the P3AT, sometimes in a Blackhawk pocket holster (#3, iirc) and sometimes in a FOBUS. Felt recoil with it, loaded with .38 +P, is much stiffer than the P3AT loaded with Federal Hydrashoks (my carry load in .380.) I find the P3AT to be much more controllable and am a bit more accurate with it. That said, I can shoot either of them 'well enough' at likely SD distances. Further, I still believe that - especially when you are talking about really small guns that are walking the fine line regarding size/weight for caliber - a good quality revolver is simply more reliable than even a good quality semiauto, especially when the gun will be living in a pocket much of the time. If I am only going to be able to carry one small and fairly limited capacity gun, the likelihood of it going 'bang' when I pull the trigger - or, if it doesn't the idea that all I need to do is pull the trigger, again - becomes an even bigger concern than normal. On the plus side for the P3AT, however, is that (carried with one in the chamber and a topped-off mag) it holds two more rounds than the 642. Reloading the P3AT would also likely be faster, easier and less likely to cause a 'fumble'. Another consideration is that there are now factory 9-round mags (with grip extensions) for the P3AT. Such would probably defeat the purpose of a pocket gun for carry but would make a great option for a back-up mag. The same style mag is also available for the P32 and it holds 10 rounds. Another point is that, although I got the 642 with occasional ankle carry in mind, I have found that the P3AT works much better as an ankle gun, for me. It is simply flatter, less 'bumpy' and the grips don't 'stick out' from my leg as much. The 642 gets uncomfortable on my leg pretty quickly while I can carry the P3AT there for the better part of a day with no problem. I have also found that there are some (not many but some) of my pants pockets in which the P3AT fits fine but the 642 doesn't fit very well - which means the P3AT also presents better/more easily from those pockets. I have one or two pairs of pants with pockets that accomodate the P3AT well enough but the 642 won't work, at all.
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Well, those 'Secret' anti-perspirant commercials always claim that their product is '...pH balanced for a woman'. I always figured that was just marketing but maybe there is something to it, after all.
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I have posted, more than once (and am not going to look it up, again) the section from the TN code annotated which states that it is legal to kill any animal that is on one's property and destroying property. Animals that are considered large game (such as deer, bear, etc.) require a permit. Animals other than large game do not. Therefore, a snake that is in my chicken coop (i.e. on my property) and eating the eggs (destroying property) is legally fair game by my non-lawyer interpretation. I have also posted, more than once (and am not going to look it up again, either), the section from the TN code annotated which states that it is legal to kill ANY animal, even protected or endangered animals, with no permit or other authorization necessary, if said animal is posing an immediate threat of death or serious, bodily injury to a person. I really don't care what statistics claim, I believe that being bitten by a venomous snake constitutes a threat of death or serious, bodily injury and will respond accordingly. Heck, the law recognizes the validity of use of such force in self defense against fellow humans. Further, I think there is a big difference in killing a snake, say, on a trail in the Smokies (which is not what I am talking about) and killing a venomous snake in my front yard or a egg-stealing snake in front of my chicken coop. To me, that is a pretty important distinction.
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That is because wild pigs/feral hogs/boar do not exist in Tennessee. Seriously, as you say, I don't know anyone who has killed one in this state. I have also never seen a single wild pig nor have I ever seen a single track, wallow or anything else to suggest that these things are real. I fish and use the campsites both along the Tellico River and Citico Creek and have walked some of the trails in the woods there. Wild hogs are supposedly plentiful there but I have not even heard so much as a squeal. I have also been in places in the Smokies where bear and elk are roaming but have never seen a hog there, either. I have seen footage on television of sites that were supposedly torn up by wild pigs but that could just as easily have been done by a prankster with a tractor. I have also never seen a picture of a Tennessee wild hog that can be verified as authentic. Wild hogs are supposed to be numerous in TN and even the TWRA has fallen for the hoax yet have you ever seen one that has been hit by a car? You'd think that, if they have been around for years and there are as many as some claim, you would see at least one dead on the highway. I haven't so they must not exist. "What about all the people who claim to have seen them or even killed them," you ask? Well, obviously they are either pulling a hoax, are mistaken or are downright delusional. What they really saw/shot was probably either a large raccoon (after all, male 'coons are called 'boars' and females are often called 'sows' - the mistake is understandable) or a small black bear. They see these things and their mind plays tricks on them, showing them what they want to see (free-range bacon) rather that what is really there. So, based on the available evidence and the criteria used to rule out the existence of other types of animals in this state, you should give up on the idea of killing a wild hog because they obviously do not exist. Sorry to ruin your plan.
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Not a realistic fear? Tell that to the 20 people per year (by your own statement) who are 100% dead. That also doesn't take into account injury, medical treatement and so on that might not end in death. I'm not trying to start a big argument. I just truly cannot understand why people who would not hesitate to swat a mosquito, smash a wasp or crush a tick get all worked up when someone suggests killing a snake - particularly a venomous one. Maybe I am just particularly annoyed, right now. I went to gather eggs the other day and there were no eggs in the section of the coop where my Bantams are kept. I had missed gathering eggs the day before and the little Bantam hen is a good layer so I was surprised to see no eggs. Then I noticed that not only were there no eggs, the golf balls I keep in the nest boxes (to encourage the chickens to lay there) were also gone from that section. Almost had to be a snake or two that got the eggs - I guess they are starting early this year. At least it (or they) swallowed the golf balls, too - meaning that is probably the end of that (or those) particular egg-stealer(s).
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Training Required (To Say The Least)
JAB replied to MarkInNashville's topic in Handgun Carry and Self Defense
My point is that all the training in the world may or may not help when the excrement hits the rotary cooling device. Remember the Sean Bell shooting in New York? Cops fired off fifty rounds at a car, not at specific individuals, and at least one of those rounds went through the window of a train station a block away and, according to reports of the incident, barely missed a bystander and two Port Authority officers. These were 'trained' LEOs but when the shooting started, they seem to have simply cut loose and started shooting just like the clerk in that store. Also, remember: Police Shoot Man 43 Times In Tennessee | News One (I don't fault the police for shooting the guy - he was begging for it - but 59 rounds fired with 43 hitting the perp equals 16 rounds that did not hit their target and that could well have struck an innocent bystander.) and this: Officer shoots at dog, injuring man on porch » The Commercial Appeal and this: Reality TV Show Filmed as 7-Year-Old Aiyana Stanley-Jones Was Killed in Detroit Police Raid - ABC News So, I say that the guy didn't do everything 'right' (in fact, he probably didn't do much of anything technically 'right') and this is definitely a good example of how not to do certain things. Still, he seems to have done at least as well as the 'trained' LEOs in the linked incidents. Heck, unlike the 'trained' LEOs in the incidences in the last two articles linked, at least he didn't injure or even kill an innocent bystander. And the assailants stopped their attack and fled. Therefore, again, I'd say he did okay. -
I haven't seen many episodes this year but I liked what I saw of it last year. I was originally interested in watching because I had seen several videos posted on YouTube (back before the show was even in the works, if my guess is right) where Dave Canterbury (the Army guy) gave basic tips on survival, making survival tools and so on. I still think the best 'survival' show ever was Survivorman. He was out there alone, wasn't an ex-Special Forces 'operator' nor did he have the strength and stamina of ten normal men. He also didn't take stupid chances just for the sake of being 'flashy'. I'd never be able to survive if I had to do it Bear Grylls style. With a little more survival knowledge, however, I might be able to manage Les Stroud style. I also like that, in one or two episodes, Stroud packed a rifle and basically said that there are some places where your chances of survival simply aren't very good unless you have a gun.
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Instances of being killed by a mugger in Knoxville may be rare, too, but I prefer not to take chances with that. Instances of private citizens needing a firearm for self defense outside their homes are probably rare but I still plan to renew my HCP when the time comes. Instances of people being killed in home invasions are 'rare' but that doesn't keep us all from having our SD firearms ready, just in case. Personally, I'm not playing around with 'probably' when it is followed closely by the words, "won't kill me." As I have said, before, I am not going to go out hunting snakes to kill but I'm not shedding any tears over a dead snake, either - particularly a venomous one.
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Training Required (To Say The Least)
JAB replied to MarkInNashville's topic in Handgun Carry and Self Defense
Well, in the end, the victims were unharmed, the would-be assailants were repelled and any damage done is repairable. Maybe there was a lot of luck involved and maybe not but, all in all, it looks like a good outcome was achieved, lack of training or not. Sure, it wasn't pretty and he didn't exactly come off looking like 'an operator' but the would-be victim got the job done. I'm not entirely defending everything he did. He seems to have been shooting in the general direction of where his coworker/buddy/whatever was and I guess the shots that went through the windows could have injured someone on the outside (although, honestly, how much energy would those bullets have left after passing through what appears to be security glass?) but I wasn't in the situation and have no idea as to his awareness of his surroundings. Maybe from his angle he could tell that no one was outside the windows and that he wasn't going to shoot the other guy. Either way, 'trained' LEOs, etc. seem to send shots wild pretty often if they are involved in shootouts. So, again, I'd say the guy did pretty well. -
Walmart does tend to have pretty good prices on the long guns they carry. As their stock seems to be pretty general and generic - unless they were to vastly expand selection - I don't really see them as being that much competition for the LGS's as if you want anything outside of a basic shotgun (with limited selection but decent prices) or a few, mostly basic rifles then you aren't going to find it at Walmart. Overall, even though I have never, personally, bought a firearm at Walmart (my first two firearms - both presents from my parents when I was a kid - were single-shot shotguns from Walmart) I think that having them bring guns back into more stores is a positive thing. After all, how could something (firearms) be seen as fringe items or marginalia when you can buy the darned things at Walmart?
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Guns more likely to be used stupidly than in self defense
JAB replied to a topic in Handgun Carry and Self Defense
Ha - you were posting this as I was posting my 'suicide by banana pudding' comment. Looks like we were thinking along the same lines. -
Guns more likely to be used stupidly than in self defense
JAB replied to a topic in Handgun Carry and Self Defense
For holidays, my mom has been making a banana pudding for years in which the pudding gets mixed with Cool Whip and then it gets more Cool Whip on top. Normally, I prefer real, whipped cream but in that pudding the Cool Whip is great. When she makes that type of banana pudding, she uses some kind of rectangular (store bought) coconut cookie instead of the vanilla wafers. When I first saw that, I was pretty dubious but it works really well. Funny thing is, I prefer my banana pudding with no bananas in it - just banana flavored pudding. I have nothing against bananas but in the pudding they get kind of slimy pretty quickly. I also find that having a banana pudding in the house greatly increases the chances that I will eat banana pudding. As I now have to be careful about my blood sugar getting too high I guess that, technically, having a banana pudding in the house also increases the chances that I could commit suicide by banana pudding. -
To quote myself from a post I made in the SHOT show thread back on 1/27/11: Comparing to other things from the SHOT show, to me, the DA convertible .22 is more interesting than all the 'mare's leg' lever pistols and 'Judge' variants (and copies) combined. Kel Tec's KSG sounds cool but as I will likely never own one - or at least not for a long, long time, I'd have to say that the Taurus convertible .22 is more interesting, to me, than even the KSG. It does sound like the .22 Tracker could stand to lose a bit of weight, though.
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Thanks. I had actually seen that tutorial when I was getting ready to tackle the project. In fact, that is what made me decide that it looked 'involved' enough that I wanted to use a pattern the first time. Now that I have made one, I understand the tutorial much better. Pretty soon, I'm going to have to tackle the process of learning more about stamping/tooling/carving leather - especially if I want to do more western-style holsters. I have a couple of stamps and have done a basketweave that turned out okay on a holster I made for my NAA mini but haven't attempted anything more elaborate. I wanted this holster for the Blackhawk to be pretty plain-jane but would like to make some more elaborately embellished holsters at some point - and not even necessarily just 'western style'. My mom has a version of the Kel Tec P32 that was done for one distributor called a 'Lady .32' that has a rose on the top of the slide. I'd like to surprise her by making her an OWB holster with a rose carved on it for that P32.
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Bought a used Super Blackhawk in .44 Magnum with a 7.5 inch barrel a couple of weeks ago and wanted to make a western, 'loop' style holster for it. Nothing fancy - just something I could use to carry that big hogleg around when hunting, etc. I usually just draw out a pattern by hand using an existing holster, the gun for which the holster is intended or both as a template/templates. This style holster seemed a little more complex when making one for the first time so I went to the leather working store (KC Leather) and bought this pattern pack: Tandy Leather Factory - Law Dog Holster Pattern Pack I used transfer paper to transfer the pattern (sans tooling pattern) to poster board then used the poster board as a template to mark the leather. I made a few modifications from the original. One was that I wanted the skirt to be full-length of the holster (not stop partway down like with the longer holster on the pattern cover.) There was a 'toe plug' included in the pattern but I left that out as I wanted an open toe. Since it will be carried in the woods, etc. I also added a retaining loop. Finally, I added a leg tie-down. I wanted a tie-down partly to keep the holster from flopping around but mostly to help support the weight of the Super Blackhawk. The first pics show the completed holster with the edges burnished. After that are a few pics of the finished holster after I used plain, old Kiwi shoe polish on it (a little black and a little neutral but mostly brown.) It certainly doesn't look like a 'professional' job and my holsters aren't up to work from the likes of gregintenn, yet but I like it and think it will serve its purpose well.