TGO David

People around here seem to absolutely love the Smith & Wesson J-Frame revolvers. I definitely would not want to be on the receiving end of a +P .38 Special hollow point out of any gun with a good shooter behind the sights. I guess my only recommendation would be to avoid the Airlite versions of the J-Frame since the recoil absorbing properties of such a light weight gun would probably suck really bad. Especially on "hot" cartridges. You can see the whole line of J-Frame revolvers here. Also, I'd do some homework first and make sure that any states you travel through would honor your Tennessee carry permit and that you wouldn't be in violation of any local laws regarding transportation of the firearm.

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You're saving it for Eddie aren't you? You're the man!

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Things I've replaced on my truck to try and isolate the source of a really loud, really annoying squeak... Rear brake pads Rear rotors Rear drive shaft u-joints (front and back) Rusty splash guards behind rotors Things that I will have to replace to actually fix it now that we've figured out what is going on... Right rear axle shaft Right rear wheel bearing Right rear wheel bearing oil seal Turns out that somewhere over the past thousand miles or so, the rear axle got bent right where the passenger wheel hub is. Most likely right AT the wheel hub itself, and most likely because of the huge pot hole that the Smyrna utilities department dug in the middle of my street and that I found... with the truck... after dark while coming home one fateful night. They had filled it with gravel, but that never stays in place after a few cars start running across it. I remember seeing it in the headlights, swerving to miss it, and hitting it with the rear wheel... and that's the ONLY thing that I remember hitting that could have done this. Looks like my plans for next weekend just got made for me.

Wow... foster parents! That's an awesome thing, man.

Good looking family there, man! I completely understand that being the reason to carry. Those kids are precious.

I used to love archery. I hunted a few times with a PSE bow that I used to own and actually got a fairly nice buck out of it. Things got kind of effed up after an eye injury that made bow hunting fairly impractical for me anymore. Then I re-discovered modern firearms season, took my son with me once, and enjoyed that even more.

I saw a thread like this on another forum and while at first I thought it was kind of cheesy, the more I read through it the more fun it was obvious that everyone was having. It added a new dimension to the forum, honestly. So, in that regard... if you feel comfortable participating, post a picture of yourself. I realize some of you are in jobs where posting your face might be a security concern so feel free to use photos that were shot from angles that partially obscure your face, or blot out your face with a black box, whatever. This is my goofy butt shooting a full auto AR a few weeks ago down at Hero Gear.

I wholeheartedly agree.

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My tank of care is running on fumes lately.

It's not just the LE's. A while back I had the opportunity to ask my lawyer about whether she would feel comfortable handling my defense were I ever to be involved in a self-defense shooting or if I should have a contingency for that sort of thing with another lawyer. (It pays to know who you're going to call before you're ever in that position at 2am!) She informed me that she didn't think that a carry permit even allowed you to have your handgun in the center console or glove box of your car. I guess I sort of made an face when she said that, and then told her I would forward a copy of John Harris' book on the subject of Carrying A Firearm For Self Defense In Tennessee.

Frank I appreciate that sentiment. The truck either has a spun bearing somewhere in the rear end or (and I'm really hoping) it has a bad u-joint. I'm going to start with the most easily replaced items first and do the joints in the morning. If that doesn't remedy the problem, it's going to be a long day of completely tearing apart the rear end and replacing things that I really don't feel like having to replace. Oh well. Such is life with machinery.

POS still isn't fixed. I'm stuck here tomorrow, guys. Sorry.

Cool. I just picked up parts from the parts store. I'm getting tired of giving them my money, so if this doesn't fix my truck I'm setting it on fire and pushing it off of a cliff. Or we can just shoot it.

So who is planning on going tomorrow? I've got a p.o.s. GMC truck that I've got really bust my hump and try to get squared away tonight before I can even think about heading down there. If I can't get that done, this trip may be a bust for me... so I'm trying to gauge interest and will adjust my work ethic tonight accordingly. Hating the General right now and his whole Motors division, --Tungsten

Thanks for joining us! Never let being new stop you from jumping in. That's the only way you can stop being the new guy.

Both is always an option. But if I had to choose just one, it'd be the 220 SAO. You can get a 1911 that is about as reliable, but you'll pay 2x - 3x as much for it.

My employer switched to a HSA plan two years ago and it is the best thing since sliced bread. I'm one of those people who doesn't use the ER as a "doc in the box" and doesn't go to the doctor frivolously. The money I have saved and in turn accrued in my HSA is significant.

We'd have to stop shooting around 6pm to get back to M'boro by 7pm. I'd want to get back around then anyway.

I think most of the Force on Force training that you read about here are classes that were open to the public for a fee. While I am sure that they provide a reasonably good experience that the average Joe may not ever have had exposure to otherwise (without really getting shot at) I seriously doubt that they provide the same level of training that the professionals enjoy. And by that I mean SWAT teams, special warfare groups and maybe even the occasional regular LEO. I don't recall hearing many regular Army infantry grunts talking about FOF training other than so-called laser tag. I'm probably wrong about that, though. As for getting together to shoot, that does happen. I've been trying to organize a middle TN shoot but work and other things outside of the Internet have been pressing down on me and making it difficult to do. I'm to the point of handing that task off to the first person who volunteers to make it happen.

I have both. The only advantages that I see in the Commander sized 1911 are that it has a slightly slimmer frame width (about 1/5th of an inch) and a lower bore axis. Of course accessories and parts are more prevalent for the 1911 handguns but that's probably not a big deal for a gun that you don't plan on tricking out. The 220 Carry SAO is dimensionally otherwise identical to my Kimber Pro CDP II except for the frame width that I mentioned above. The two handguns weigh the same with empty mags. Mags for the SAO are no more expensive than good 1911 mags. The SAO also has what I think is a better feed path from the magazine into the bore and should run literally any ammo you feed it without jamming. The SAO is easily as accurate as my Kimber in my hands. It's also easily more accurate than I am capable of shooting it. Really, unless you're just a 1911 fan (and I am so I'm not throwing rocks) there's no reason in my mind to choose them over the 220 Carry SAO.

This has "Common Sense" written all over it, therefore it's probably not going to get much traction with our illustrious leaders. :-\

That explains why my wallet was empty when I left your store last time...