TGO David

I told a story here back when I first started TGO, about an incident that I had with a Smyrna PD officer and a silly unfounded "revenge" style complaint a lady made about me in a parking lot. To make a long story short, when I returned to my vehicle I found the officer waiting for me. He told me what was going on, I explained why I thought the complaint had been made, he and I agreed that it was probably just a nonsensical revenge sort of thing but he also wanted to see my driver's license just to make sure there weren't any warrants on me or anything like that. Standard procedure. I gladly complied but informed him at that moment that I was a HCP holder and that I was armed, and that the firearm was back on my rear flank close to where my wallet was. I didn't want him seeing a flash of the gun and the situation get real bad, real fast right? The officer's reply was utter professionalism. He just smiled and said, "That's fine with me. Just don't draw yours and I won't draw mine, ok?"

That's definitely good to know. I'm probably going to end up with another M&P soon in 9mm and will keep the Comblock ammo in mind for future purposes. Especially with the 9mm. I was a little wary of shooting their stuff in .40SW since that cartridge is already loaded to a higher case pressure to begin with.

Well the hunt is over. I bought a 1,000 round case each of Magtech 9mm and .40SW from Chris Barrett down at his new store (The Outpost). The prices were comparable to what I might have paid online plus shipping and handling, plus I didn't have to worry about maybe-maybenot getting a mail order in time for the class. Thanks to all who replied!

Regarding Wolf steel cased ammo... I'm not entirely opposed to buying Wolf to be used at a training class where we'll be funneling anywhere from 800-1000 rds through the weapons, but how hard is this stuff on the extractors in Glocks and M&P automatics? If it's a non issue, then I'll go the cheaper route and support our Soviet Comrades. If it beats them up like Chris Brown giving a strong backhand to Rhianna, then I'll probably skip it and hold out for some brass cased ammo. Thoughts? We'll be running the Glock 19 (9mm) and the M&P 40 (.40SW duh) for this class.

Well, I'd be the guy to lock the thread and if we closed down every single one that covered an issue that had been beaten into the ground, it'd get pretty quiet around here.

Slightly due to the locking lug design.

Yeah, and then the first time you FORGET to mention it to the officer because you're nervous about being pulled over or any number of other reasons, they can arrest you and revoke your carry permit for failure to notify. The law seems to have been written this way much the same as it was to call our carry permits "Handgun CARRY Permits" rather than concealed carry permits. Namely because somewhere, someone was thinking about the what-if scenarios and thought it best to include some latitude in the law to keep us from hanging ourselves out of carelessness. My feelings on this issue are the same as they are on open carry. Yeah, the law allows both but common sense dictates that some personal responsibility on the part of the armed citizen is expected. With freedom comes responsibility, even if that freedom is being issued to you in exchange for a tax. Just my $0.02 worth on it and I'm sure there will be a dozen or two replies about why I'm wrong and how my attitude somehow constitutes being the government's lap dog. Sorry, I'm not interested in having a strawman argument. The subject at hand is whether you should willfully inform the officer who just pulled you over that you are a HCP holder and that you are presently armed versus him finding out by surprise. Suppose you move to get your insurance and registration and he sees the gun? Now you've got a pissed off cop with HIS gun aimed at you, commanding you to get out of the car with your hands visible. Potentially you end up sitting on the ground in handcuffs (for his safety!) while he makes sure you're legit. I'd rather tell the cop up front and have better odds that he's going to continue conducting business in a friendly, albeit professional, manner rather than have me cuffed and stuffed. There's a huge difference between this issue and the matter of your Fourth Amendment rights.

I'm glad that you enjoyed my video.

If you just got pulled over by a police officer, chances are he or she didn't blue-light you just because they wanted to say Hi. That being the case, now isn't the time to be cute and play games with them about your rights. Every officer I've spoken with has said they greatly appreciate being told that you're armed and that you have a HCP rather than having to find out by surprise when they run your DL. Then it becomes a question for them of "Does this guy have his gun with him?" and it's something they will be even more edgy about when they come back to your car. I say do the right thing and just tell them up front. No sense being cute about it just because the law says you don't have to. The law shouldn't have to legislate common courtesy.

Sounds like you're off to a great start so far. Congrats and welcome to TGO.

I'd let them make it right then.

Do you already have the LP gas block on hand?

Thanks for calling around for me. I'm going to check Wal-Mart and maybe one or two other local spots tomorrow, but barring an amazing find at any of those places I'll be putting in an order with Ammunition To Go tomorrow afternoon.

We're butt-deep in a recession, there are thousands of comedians out of work... and what have we got? We've got people here trying to be funny.

I really would like to do this, but you NRA guys insist on always scheduling your events so that they conflict with other things that I had already committed to!!! (Translation: I'm booked solid on the 21st and I hate you for it.)

It's just a tool that you can use to adjust the belt retainer. Or you can discard it and use a screwdriver or other better suited device.

I really hope that wasn't the question for reasons that should be extremely obvious to anyone who's ever really taken the time to cycle a semi-automatic firearm by hand and watch how the pieces interact with one another.

If the barrel is designed properly, there should be ample room between the end of the suppressor and the front face of the slide. I'd discuss this more with one of our Class III vendors (like Joe) and make sure that you're buying a combination that they know works well with your firearm.

I'm not sure I understand the question, but let me just point out a few things that may answer your question anyway: You will need a longer, threaded barrel for whatever you choose to use with the suppressor. Assuming it's the Glock 19, you would obtain a threaded barrel from someone like Storm Lake or Lone Wolf. The barrel does not move with the slide on a Glock. It is an independently functioning piece that will tip ever so slightly as the slide comes fully out of battery during the recoil cycle, but it stays in essentially the same location. Adding a suppressor does not add weight to the slide, so the slide should function as normal. The things that you will need to replace are the sights. A suppressor's radius typically extends above the front sight blade on a Glock, so taller sights are required. Hope that helps?

I wasn't aware of the Ammunition To Go site. I'm checking their prices and stock now. Thanks.

Tough crowd! My wife and I saw it and thought it met our expectations. We weren't looking for dirty jokes, just "stupid" humor and the movie delivered. We laughed quite a bit.

Georgia Arms ... Backordered OutdoorMarksman / Buyammo.com ... Backordered Prefer not to use steel cased (aka Wolf, Brown Bear) ammo since it's a little rough on the extractors. Prefer alumimum cased or ideally brass cased. This will be used for a training course, so FMJ will suffice. Anyone got a good source?

You're on! Seriously, I can't get an MTAC for a J-Frame. This may be the answer!

I think the potential, perceived, perhaps even imagined risks carry a far greater cost than the price tag of a box of quality factory-loaded ammunition. Save the reloads for shooting practice and reduce the "ammo" that you might inadvertently give some overzealous attorney by using something of your own recipe.

My wife just mentioned yesterday that sometime this year we need to make a tour of the gun shops in TN. For your sake, we'll stay at hotels along the way and bathe regularly. It'd be kind of a funky tour if we just drove all the time and stewed in the cab of the truck.