TGO David

And buy the SIG 229 .357 that my brother had me drop off there last weekend.

Try to avoid having an Accidental Discharge while you chamber the round.

Give me a shout if/when you decide to go to On Target this weekend. I need to funnel some rounds through Mr. Wilson.

I just tried, and honestly... I can't think of a worse possible scenario than that.

I like lamp.

It is my understanding that there used to be a "safe harbor" provision in Tennessee gun law that basically kept you from being subject to criminal charges if you employed justified deadly force with your handgun in a location where that handgun should not have been carried to begin with. Example: You're eating at Logan's Roadhouse and someone comes in and starts shooting the place up. You shouldn't have your own handgun with you since they serve alcohol for on-site consumption, but you smuggled it in anyway. You use your handgun to take down the killer, saving not only your own life but the lives of many others. The law used to be such that you would not be charged with the misdemeanor offense of carrying where it was prohibited. BUT... It was the opinion of John Harris, esq. that the recent amendment to the Tennessee Code Annotated that more or less granted us the "must not retreat" Castle Doctrine sort of provision that we no longer have that assurance. The new TCA statutes assert that you can only employ deadly force so long as you are not in the commission of a crime! Since carrying where prohibited is a crime, would you still be granted safe harbor for defending yourself? Or would the Court bury you beneath the jailhouse because you were illegally carrying at that moment? See, this is why TCA needs a serious overhaul in regard to gun laws.

I thought you were already over here. Why weren't you?

You are essentially asking people to incriminate themselves, which isn't a good idea. I carry anywhere that I am legally allowed to do so.

Unfortunately, no... not many use JMB's 1911 trigger design. I wish more did. Pressing straight back into the sear release rather than having a trigger that pivots at a point above the finger is one of the things that makes the 1911 kick so much ass. There aren't many people who will argue that the 1911 has one of the best triggers ever.

Hopefully she has a sense of humor about this, but given that she's had some freak perv dude looking in her window at night, let's get this back onto more appropriate conversation.

Funny but inappropriate.

I liked me Glock 23 a lot. If I had kept it, I probably would have saved myself a lot of heartache. I'll probably pick up a G19 sometime sooner or later.

I was just playing. I've had plenty of plastic pistols and most of them worked pretty good for their intended purpose. A 1911 just appeals to me as a more elegant weapon from a more civilized age.

I'm changing my tune. While I would like to have an XD Tactical 9mm for cheap fun, I think my next firearm will be a Springfield TRP Operator in black Armory Kote finish and with a few minor tweaks: Yost-Bonitz rear sight Wilson Combat extended mag release Wilson Combat extended beavertail safety Action worked over by a competent 1911 armorer All for the sake of shooting USPSA Single Stack instead of Production in 2008.

Yeah, Hero Gear has this book that smells a lot like brimstone and Joe's face kind of gets a little red whenever he opens it up and adds someone's name to it on the "1911 Owners" page. It's spooky... but really freaking cool at the same time in a sort of maniacal way.

And you're totally billing him for the difference on my trade too, right? Air Force tax?

It's far better to settle for mediocrity than ever take a chance and leap toward excellence... because... you might miss. Wait, that's the moral we're supposed to take from this thread right? Oh, sorry... I thought we were talking about plastic guns again.

Who is your typical customer? That will affect my answer quite a bit.

Yes to both. An unloaded gun is pretty useless. Just an expensive hammer at that point.

Welcome. Defect from the North and join us down here in God's Country.

I had one of those but traded it off for a Lorcin because of the risk of collateral damage.

Ok, remind me to never shake hands with Tower at one of these meets. And Tower, you can't shoot your pistol very well if you've got both hands stuffed down the front of your pants.

I have new signature material thanks to this thread.

So much nicer looking than a flintlock.

Very good course of action. Good luck with the gun search!