TGO David

About the same as the hat sales went. I've got quite a few of all left.

While we're chewing the fat... a few days ago I got to fondle a complete Vang Comp custom job Remington 870. Freakin sweet doesn't even cover how awesome it looked and felt.

See my last reply.

They are on hold while we revise part of the graphic. The original draft would have involved more than 8 colors which would have made them extremely cost prohibitive. We're seeing if we can scale it back and utilize half-tones. Frankly, whether or not the t-shirt idea even sees the light of day depends on how well people carry through on their statements about wanting to buy TGO hats as soon as we put those up for sale. I'm processing some photos of them right now and hope to have them listed for sale tomorrow.

What is the domain portion of your email address? (i.e. aol.com comcast.net bellsouth.net)

I was going to mention Todd @ CIS as a contact or someone who would have the info you're looking for... but I see that he already responded.

I thought I'd mention this since I haven't seen it specifically discussed here before: DISCLAIMER: I am not the originator of this idea by any stretch of the imagination. It's one of the older tricks in the books. I also do NOT recommend that you do this to custom made, high-end holster. I would only advocate doing this to a readily available mass produced leather holster from the likes of Galco, Don Hume, Bianchi, DeSantis, etc. Now with that out of the way... I recently purchased a DeSantis Speed Scabbard leather outside the waistband holster for my Smith & Wesson M&P .40SW handgun. I wasn't looking for top quality leather; I was just looking for something to get the job done on those rare occasions when I actually want to carry visibly or want to carry OWB but under a cover garment of some sort. As is the case with almost any mass produced holster, the fit of the leather on the firearm was incredibly tight. Too tight to provide the sort of fast, smooth draw that I prefer with a holster. In fact, it was tight to the point that I would have considered it to be unsafe for carry use because of the drag on draw and the binding on re-holstering. So I turned to an old trick that my grandfather showed me years ago. Using the unloaded handgun wrapped a few times in a plastic shopping bag, I took an aerosol spray can of silicone lubricant (available at any hardware or autoparts store), saturated the inside of the holster, and then crammed the unloaded bag-wrapped handgun into the holster and let it sit for a while. An hour or so will usually suffice, but leaving it over night is even better. After letting it sit for a while, I withdrew the firearm, sprayed more silicone lubricant inside the holster and then began holstering and unholstering the wrapped firearm over and over again. I did this for maybe a dozen or more times and then left it holstered for a bit longer. The end result is a holster that has very little drag when drawing and is now a little better molded to my specific firearm. And since the Speed Scabbard has a retention adjustment screw, I can dial in just enough "snap" for positive retention when I reholster the firearm. It's an easy way to speed up the breaking in process on a cheap leather holster and might be helpful to someone else here who wants a little smoother draw from theirs. Again, I wouldn't recommend doing this to a custom made top-shelf holster. The craftsmen responsible for making those typically produce holsters that do not need this sort of breaking in and usually recommend against doing anything like this.

It made me laugh.

I'm still a bit annoyed that they aren't making the 24/7 sights for the M&P with the rear tritium insert. Folks, I recently picked up an MGW sight tool for the Glock and for the M&P family of handguns. The tools make all the difference in getting sights installed or removed without tons of trouble. We had zero problems getting Brian's sights installed and I think it took all of about 5 minutes to do the rear sights. I'd be happy to provide this service to others as well, and will probably pick up a tool for the Springfield XD family soon. I'm way cheaper than a gunsmith.

I'll add a forum-wide announcement about how to really put the search feature to use. There are some other tricks that I can explain that might help some people.

Nah, no one noticed your fanny pack.

Wow. Most of you seem to be forgetting that you were new to forums at one point also. And likewise you are forgetting that when you first applied for your HCP you were probably really anxious and excited about it too. Both of these very basic human traits mean that we will always have flurries of threads about the topics in question. Frankly, if TGO ever gets to the point that a Tennessean cannot join and express their excitement and anxiety about getting their carry permit, I'll shut the place down. We're all in this thing together and we need to be willing to share in the little joys just like we share in the comisseration when things go bad. And as for the search feature... vBulletin's search engine uses real-text searching. You can improve your odds of getting good hits by using simple Boolean triggers in your search. By prefacing a word with a plus-sign (+) you make sure that your search results include hits on that word. By prefacing a word with a minus-sign (-) you make sure that the search results do not include the word. If you enclose a search term in quotes "like this" then you make sure the phrase like this is searched. If you preface it with a +/- then you mandate that the search includes or excludes the phrase. These things make a huge difference in returning valid hits when you search.

www.themalabarfront.com is the manufacturer's own web site.

Hahahaha... nice. Straight from no sale to SALE.

Sadly, I agree.

Sorry to hear about your grandfather but glad to hear he's ok. That's always scary when a call comes in about family.

Welcome Jimmy.

I was thinking about Shannon earlier today. RIP friend.

Tonight I ordered a Raven Concealment Systems "Phantom" outside the waistband (gasp!) holster for my M&P and the production delay looks to be about 40 days according to the status email they sent. I have been meaning to order a Phantom for a while now but finally got around to doing it. The Phantom is a pancake style holster but is made of Kydex instead of leather, and I'm a sucker for Kydex. The photos that I've seen indicate that the Phantom really pulls the firearm in close to your body rather than let it sort of flop around out there on your belt like a lot of outside carry holsters do. I've got a DeSantis Speed Scabbard for OWB use right now and like it well enough, but given my druthers I will almost always pick Kydex for speed of draw, positive retention and ease of reholstering. Don't worry... I'll be carrying concealed even though it's OWB. I'm not defecting to the Open Carry world. Here are some pictures of another guy's RCS Phantom:

I'll certainly look into it but I can't guarantee we'll add it. The more add-ons you plug into vBulletin, the less stable it can become.

Hey Don, glad you signed up! You and I spoke today at the shop while I was picking up some of our TGO hats.

Sounds like a fun day. I took the liberty of trying to break your post up into paragraphs just to make it a little easier to read, though.

I never could get a thumbs forward grip to work with my P2000. Kept hitting the slide release lever and causing it to lock back prematurely.

I think the secret signal ought to be scratching your left earlobe with your right hand.

It suddenly occurs to me that you and I may somehow be related. Thanks for the replies and I'm happy to hear that I didn't offend you. The ink cartridges jab got a good laugh out of me too. I've got to head to Staples today in fact; I may leave my BUG at home this once.