TGO David

Well done!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=812_1214310936 A peak into the future of America if we become lazy and complacent in defending our rights?

It definitely has potential.

Well I could help him out on the range fee for On Target. We have an annual membership so I'm allowed to bring a free guest every so often. The biggest problems I have had with that range is that sometimes the lanes are in various states of disrepair and the ventilation system doesn't always do a great job of keeping the smoke down.

Tower if my schedule and yours permit, I'd be happy to meet you and have you shoot at On Target (indoor range) in Murfreesboro while you are in town. It's about 30 miles southeast of Nashville proper. Also several of our members are also members of Owl Hollow and any of them could have you as a guest there. Cost for a guest to shoot is $5.

Reviving a thread from the boneyard... Last week I got around to installing the Volquartsen extractor and extra-power extractor spring, as well as a polymer buffer pin. These two things and a thorough cleaning of the rifle while I had it apart produced a 10/22 that runs like a sewing machine. No more jamming problems. Spent casings made a nice neat little pile on the ground next to me. Lots of fun, cheap, accurate shooting.

I agree with you there. Let me amend my previous statement since you definitely make a strong case for the Fobus as a "gun holder" both on your person at the range and in the house screwed to a wall, bed stand, etc. As a concealed carry holster, it's my opinion that you can (and should) do much better than choosing a Fobus. You have already invested a few hundred dollars into a firearm and a few hundred into obtaining your handgun carry permit. It makes no sense to suddenly skimp on a carry holster. If you're not carrying with it, then the Fobus is a good choice.

If you just want to practice your drawing and acquisition of target, I'd invest the $40 or so into an inert trainer like those available from Blue Guns. www.blueguns.com Also much less likely to be confused with the real thing, either by you or by your friendly local LEO who might happen to see you practicing with it outside or something. No one does that, right?

Fobus holsters are, with apologies to those who own them, garbage. The failure in the design is the rivets. Were it not for the rivets being easy to rip through the plastic and therefore easy to tear the holster off of the wearer's person, the holster would actually be a good bargain. Uncle Mikes and Blade Tech both make injection molded holsters of substantially better quality than the Fobus for not much more money. The Blackhawk SERPA is even better but carries a bit more of a price tag. Stepping up to quality Kydex (Comp-Tac, G-Code, Blade Tech, etc.) gains you quite a bit more structural integrity while reducing the "footprint" of the holster when you're trying to conceal it. That's the only reason I do not include the SERPA in this group. You do get what you pay for.

Len, I know of a guy up in Greenbrier who used to do pro automotive alarm installations and still does them on the side at his house. If you're interested in something like that, PM me and I will get you his contact information.

Anymore... Glock 19 in Comp-Tac MTAC IWB holster. Spare mag on weak side in Comp-Tac mag pouch. Sometimes add my S&W #442 j-frame in as a backup gun on my weak side in front pants pocket. Seldom, but occasionally, carry just the j-frame in my pants pocket. Depends on the circumstances.

5.) She has two kids named Trevor and Carson, frequents Starbucks, has an Obama '08 sticker on the back window of her Honda Element and is recently divorced from her husband who "just wasn't right for her at this point in her life". She loves The Indigo Girls, wears Crocs with socks and refuses to shave her legs or underarms as protest against the male dominated society in which she feels she lives.

In my opinion, carrying off the body in a bag is a horrible way to carry. Even if the bag is slung around your body (messenger style) it is still one of the first things that an attacker will likely grab for and use to manhandle you. I want my firearm tucked in as close to my body as possible so that the odds of anyone else being able to grab it away from me or keep me from reaching it are much, much less. My wife is relatively new to guns and very new to carrying one. When someone mentioned a concealed carry purse/bag to her, the immediate response from her was "That is a really dumb idea. That's the first thing they are going to grab." Just food for thought. Carrying a firearm for your personal safety is not always convenient or comfortable. We can strive to make it more so but eventually come to a point where comfort and convenience begin to sacrifice safety and retention.

Airsoft weenies. God love 'em.

I was pleasantly surprised to find my Wolff 15# recoil spring and stainless steel guide rod waiting for me in the mailbox when we arrived home yesterday. Installation was of course a piece of cake. Range report forthcoming. Probably won't be until this weekend.

I'll be sure to avail myself of such technological wonders the next time I encounter a thread, provided I am able to think of the proper key words to isolate the information I'm searching for.

I know of one person who took their HCP class there and subsequently had their permit revoked by the State because the class and course of fire cut corners. This person had to take the class over again elsewhere and pay all associated fees (again). Reportedly this happened to a few people who took their class. I'd avoid them like the plague and don't mind saying so or stepping on any toes in the process.

Joe, Dan... I am choosing to use a Revocable Trust for my SBR project and subsequent suppressor purchase. My wife and I are both named as trustees of the Trust. When submitting the materials to the BATFE, do we need to provide a 2x2 photo and pair of fingerprint cards for each of us or just one of us? Trying to get this all together prior to the CMMG SBR registered lowers arriving and thought perhaps others who use a Trust for their purchases might benefit from this information as well. Thanks.

I will say this... When our class with CIS was going on last week we had eleven (11) students and two (2) instructors. We got a boatload of individual attention as Todd and Dustin worked up and down the line if students were doing live fire exercises. There were several instances when only two students were on the line at once, so you had one-on-one supervision at those times. By comparison there was an APPS group taking their class next door. I would estimate the number of students to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-35 people based on what I saw. It may have been more. I do know that they filled the bleechers up. Our class was what I would call very organized and very methodical. Their class appeared to be quasi-organized chaos. No one over there shot anyone else, at least. Several of their students came over to watch us run our drills or ask for information about the class we were taking. I bet that made the APPS people happy. From what I saw and heard, I can't imagine there being a whole lot of actual value in the class that was being given. I liked the fact that CIS keeps their student/instructor ratio intentionally low so that everyone gets their money's worth. I also liked the fact that any time "harsh language" was used in our class, it was used sparingly and to drive a point home and never directed at a student. An example of when I think harsh language is appropriate in training? The target in front of you isn't just a bad man who wants to remove your belongings from you under threat of injury or death. Rather, that is the murdering son of a bitch that wants to hurt you, kill your family and take away everything you've ever worked hard to obtain or accomplish. NOW FIGHT!!!

Yep. But the last pair of G19 mags that I bought were recent shipments from Smyrna, GA and they were both cut for the ambi release. Glock seems to be pushing them out there ahead of the new Glock 19s themselves.

Ok... so what was this thread about, again? Oh yeah. The fact that the Europeans are now able to buy their Glock 17 and 19 with the ambidextrous magazine release. I need to go dig up some more info and see if there's anything new about these coming to the USA.

I wanted to share some of the things that have really stuck with my since I took the class a week ago. These are just some things that I've either made it a point to do differently or have noticed myself doing automatically as a result of the training we were provided at the CIS class. Spare Magazine -- I have found myself carrying a spare magazine anytime I am carrying my Glock now. Before I would rarely carry a spare mag as I felt that it was unnecessary for the average Joe and reserved for people who wear a badge or put themselves in high-risk environments. The only times I would carry a spare mag 100% of the time were when I was carrying my 1911. And only then did I do it because I realized that 8 rounds of ammo was not likely to be enough. The CIS class really drove home how essential it is for you to have enough rounds at your disposal to take care of multiple attackers and/or deal with equipment failure. Even with my Glock's 15+1 round capacity, I no longer feel comfortable carrying just enough ammo to fill the gun. My daily carry now incorporates a single additional mag carried on my weak side. Combat Reloads -- When I shoot at a range that allows movement, I have always changed magazines within 1-3 rounds of depleting the current magazine's inventory rather than run it dry. This is a holdover from shooting competition. But now I have begun doing my reloads and cycling the slide each time I ram the next magazine into the gun. It's a good habit to get into and definitely Murphy Proofs the situation. I have to give Todd and Dustin 100% credit for this gem of wisdom, and they give 100% credit to their own sources of training. This is good stuff. Checking Your 360 -- I caught myself subconsciously checking my perimeter at the range the other day after doing a few moving fire drills. I hadn't made a mental note to do that, I just was. This was something else that Todd and Dustin hammered into us at the class and it very obviously "stuck" with me and has become a part of my shooting habits. Maglula UPLULA -- Seriously. The guy who invented this should win the Nobel Peace Prize. It's the best $30 piece of plastic and metal that I've ever bought. It makes loading a lot of high-cap magazines suck soooooo much less. And in the "Things I need to be doing more" category... More work on drawing the spare magazine from concealment! It's amazing how difficult it can be to pull a spare mag out from under an untucked polo shirt. You think it's going to be easy and then you play tug of war with your clothes just to get the #$%&* magazine out and lined up for insertion into the gun. Practice one-handed reloads, both strong and weak hand. Who knew it could be that much fun? Practice fast transition between hard and soft sight picture. I need to get my splits between shots back down to what they were when I shot USPSA regularly, but keep my accuracy up as high as possible. Pushing the envelope is really frustrating... but fun.

I'm getting fuzzy dice and curb feelers for mine next.

It appears that there are some good SBR upper kits out there that include quality, chromed, properly staked bolt carrier groups and do so at a price point that is a little cheaper than buying each part individually. LMT has a really nice 10.5" upper that I keep looking at but as has been noted, LMT stuff doesn't come cheap. As has also been noted, you get what you pay for with LMT. What other completed SBR uppers should I be looking at? Or if you were going to roll your own, what would the parts list look like?

Mick, that mag release was slick! It was nice to meet you as well.