TGO David

Most of us here don't have friends.

Ah, name calling... the refuge of the intellectually weak. Gabe wasn't convicted of a felony but he was up against felony charges was he not? It really doesn't matter, because I never said that I disagreed with his teachings nor did I say that I thought he should be ignored because of his murky past. I just said that I weigh a man's character along with everything else before making a decision to invest in that person or in whatever they are selling. Apparently that offends you because you elevate these professional trainers to hero-like status in your mind, or at least you act like you do. Since this is the case, there's really nothing left for you and I to discuss. Nah, I think a lot of the charges against Suarez are too cloudy to carry a whole lot of credibility so I am siding with him until my trust is proven to have been misplaced. I said earlier in this thread that I know people who plead out to lesser charges just to escape the Judicial circus with a little bit of their souls intact. It really sounds like this is what Mr. Suarez did and I cannot condemn him for that at all. Somehow Pharmtecher decided that I was criticizing specific people (Gabe) rather than being critical of generalities. Who knows. I've got better things to do than argue with him about something we are actually on the same side of.

Really? That's surprising about the LCP. I wouldn't have expected it to wear so fast.

I am way behind on this but I owe my homeslice and all around good-dude "Mike" a big thank you for donating a cabinet to the cause. The cabinet he provided will be perfect for building an oven out of, large enough to handle rifle barrels and such. Other parts have started to arrive such as the programmable thermostat control that will keep the oven running reliably at the appropriate temperature(s). I am waiting on the insulation and heating elements, but other than that... I should be ready to assemble the oven within another week or two. Then I can get firearms taken care of!

As if your contribution to the thread so far has really helped? And yes, if I'm ever convicted of a felony then that will diminish my credibility and ability to offer training on matters of legal importance to people. The same as it would if I got into a firefight in Iraq and did several catastrophically stupid things that contributed to the deaths of member of my security detail. Oh, wait. Scratch that last one. Apparently it's not a career limiting move.

I hadn't noticed. Edited to add... the damn thing cut me off while I was trying to finish my post. There should have been a laughing smilie at the end of that. I've been working on the server pretty much all morning and it's starting to get on my last nerve.

I hadn't noticed.

Two of our vendors in the greater middle-Tenn area have on-site gunsmiths that can help you. Jeff Walle at Guns & Leather in Greenbrier or Hero Gear down in Winchester. It's about equal distance for both of them from Murfreesboro.

Just a thought for you... A guy who swings from Yeager's balls shouldn't really pop off to much about matters of ethics or moral character.

I don't know about you, but a man's moral character and sense of ethics plays heavily into whether I will give much value to anything coming out of his mouth.

Well, if you had something worthwhile in your location profile filed other than "Where: In An Analog World" I could probably recommend someone close to you.

Thanks man!

Wait... what?

I know the product you're asking about but I can't recall who made it. I found this by doing a Google search though: Cabela's -- Secure-It Combination Lock Handgun Storage Safe

Thanks for the heads up on this. I'll be sure to keep an eye on mine.

My wife and I aren't going to be able to make a Meet & Shoot this month so the task of organizing one for the Middle Tennessee folks will either have to be carried out by someone else or we'll just regroup and try for September. Anyone here want to take it on?

Pretty sure that's Barry here in Tennessee.

Liberal Gremlins. The worst kind.

Yeah, but you're splitting hairs.

Very true. I wanted badly to like my Glock 21SF but just couldn't make myself. I still want either an HK45, HK45C or an M&P 45 Mid Size. Maybe one day soon.

Back in the day, I had my own data center and had my own network-layer defenses to mitigate these problems. Now, I'm relying on a data center in Chicago which typically does well for us... doesn't cost a whole lot... but doesn't do much in terms of security. Litespeed is actually head and shoulders better than Apache (IMO) but this latest bug is pretty freaking annoying.

I'd call Barry.

XD-45, Glock 21, M&P 45...

We use a somewhat unique web server called Litespeed that replaces the more common Apache. It's been extremely resilient in the face of DDOS attacks and things like that, but lately a bad piece of code in a version update started causing instability problems. I thought we had it licked and then the vendor released an update that they said was "the cure" for the previous bug. Like a moron, I upgraded. So we're back to running the old version again and I'm sitting here just waiting and watching to see if it will explode once more or just run reliably as it has for the past 4 days.

I think if you carefully re-read what I said, no where in there did I state that I want to sacrifice capacity for a slightly larger bore diameter. No where. It's pretty common knowledge that I carry either a Glock 19 or an M&P automatic in either 9mm or .40SW depending on what mood strikes me. None of them have less than a 15rd mag capacity and at no time do I carry less than two magazines and often a backup gun. I've got capacity covered.