TGO David

  Yeah, that was my 4th of July shirt.  Back to Back World War Champs.  :lol:

Just screwing around with the iPhone camera trying out some ideas before I break out the DSLR...

Received mine today.  Immaculate!  Fit and finish is superb.  No problems with the ambidextrous safety.  The seller included an extra recoil spring and a few mags as well.   It reportedly has had a hundred or so rounds through it.  You can't tell it ever had one.  :)   I hope to shoot it tomorrow and will take some photos later this weekend.  I'm thoroughly impressed with it.

Good schools, lots of churches, lots of shopping, and rural lifestyle?  Williamson County just outside of metro Nashville is likely where you want to consider.   http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamson_County,_Tennessee#Demographics

One of builds was on a stripped CMMG lower.  No problems with it.

That thing is just gorgeous.

If the Specialist turns out to be as nice as I've read and everyone says they are, I could see a Valor bobtail in 10mm adding itself to the stable at some point.

That sounds a lot like Balcone's True Blue. The corn smell and taste is very noticeable in it as well, reminding you of the fact that moonshine is only a barrel and a few years away from being whiskey.   Sounds like something I need to try! Thanks for sharing.

The wife and I and some friends have been wanting to make that trip. How does it drink? Did you do the distillery tour also?

Thanks all.  I am looking forward to sending some lead downrange with it.  I have a Wilson Combat Professional bobtail that I never carry as it has sentimental value.  Call me silly, but I wore that to my wedding and as a result it's sort of sacred to me now.  I do take it to the range periodically and run some rounds through it, though.   :)   I was able to pick the Specialist up as a slightly used firearm from an individual seller out of state for about $300 off of retail, which seemed like too good of a deal to pass up.  That said, Daniel at Guns & Leather said that Dan Wesson 1911s are probably the best non-custom 1911s you can buy right now.  Without spending Wilson Combat, Nighthawk, Republic Forge money, this was the best 1911 I felt that I could buy at the moment.   More to come!

Nice to hear, Rusty.  Thanks.  I just "pulled the trigger" on a Specialist myself so it's all over but the waiting now.  Hopefully I'll have it in hand before next weekend and can take it out to the range for some grouping therapy.

  Do you have the standard grip Valor or the Valor Bobtail?

I am thinking about picking up a Dan Wesson Specialist as a carry 1911 to perhaps replace my Colt, or at least allow me a backup if I send my Colt off to have it completely worked over.   I'd like to hear from those of you who own a DW 1911. Pros?  Cons?  Satisfied?

The only other country I'd consider moving to is the Republic of Texas.  And that's because their state bird is the middle finger.  :cool:

I've had success using Nashville Gun & Knife and Everything Weapons recently for FFL transfers.  Neither were unreasonably priced. 

I'd say post the link.  Let whomever feels inclined to help, help.  Anyone who doesn't want to doesn't have to.

Manual renew.

  Got it.  Somehow that silly thing started sending emails again.  You can safely ignore it.

  Did the second invoice include a link to test.tngunowners.com by any chance?

The test site shouldn't be sending those out but if you get one from it, ignore it.

Guys I am not going to mess around here, so listen up:   -- There exists NO retail operation that hasn't let someone down, pissed someone off, or otherwise dissatisfied at least one customer.   -- The Internet makes it entirely possible for one unhappy person to malign a business to financially damaging degrees, just because they have an axe to grind.   -- The retail public these days (you and ME) can be some of the most ungrateful, demanding, whiney-assed babies any of us have ever seen.  What seems like no big deal to 9/10 people may be the end of the damn world for that 10th guy and then he starts grinding that axe (See point 2 above).       When it comes to complaining about not being recognized with a smile, or thinking a gun was priced too high, or ammo was too scarce, or someone didn't stroke your fur the right way, really that is all SUBJECTIVE to the person doing the griping.  But for some reason, misery loves company on the Internet and people are all too happy to jump into the dog-pile and ruin the reputation of a business and hurt the finances of the PEOPLE working at, reliant upon, and owning those businesses.   I'm really just sick of it.   And more importantly, when it comes to a paying vendor who SPONSORS this site, I just am not going to allow it.   If you have a legitimate beef with a sponsor of TGO, take it up with them privately.  If you think a sponsor poses a significant risk to the physical or financial well-being of the TGO members at large, present your case to ME PRIVATELY and I will consider it and take action if it is warranted.   But if you're just sour that someone had an item you wanted, at a price you weren't willing to pay... put on your big boy pants and realize that life isn't fair and a business can charge whatever they want.  It's capitalism, baby!  It's what makes America awesome.         Jeez frickin Louise!!!   Can't even have a nice thread congratulating two of our local shops on becoming an even bigger operation to serve the local shooters.  We've gotta sit around and figure out how we can eat our own.   :rant:

  Tnx!  They are the Fuel Trophy 17x9.

I'll take a look once I'm on my laptop later this morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My only problem with that is people who pick up MY brass when I'm shooting.  Told a guy today to leave my 45ACP brass alone.  :)

  True, but always save your brass.  At the rate things are going with our government, there may come a day when you can't buy new ammo at reasonable prices... or at all.