TGO David

Welcome, neighbor. Fellow Smyrna-ite here as well.

Devil's Advocate: Is it possible that these reports from the KPD (about the kid having a serious attitude with the cop in question) are being proliferated by the KPD to do some damage control? I don't know the kid. Never met him, probably never will. All I know is that he seems to have gotten rough handling from an overzealous LEO who apparently DID have an attitude about open carry, who threatened to find a reason to file charges against a legally armed citizen, and then who subsequently tried to side-step the issue by claiming that his former state of residence and employment didn't allow open carry -- a claim that we've also proven is untrue because that state DOES allow open carry. If I were the KPD public relations machine, I'd be telling my officers to talk up how much the citizen (kid) was an arrogant ass too. It makes you look a little less bad.

I see your and the Rabbi's points on that. I guess I needed to go back and re-read the posts a little more closely. Oh, and may get replaced with a different graphic. I found one that's a little better.

Reposting this from the XDTalk forums. Putting it in the Ammo Can forum here since it's a ammo related failure (over charged reloads) and not really a "gun failure" per se. Posted by: TylerSpilker Original Thread [link] Two weeks ago I bought a new Springfield Armory XD .45 ACP compact. I love this gun, it has been the most accurate, cleanly firing gun that I own. I hadn't had a jamming, or fail to fire problem with it yet. That was until tonight: Well, my stepdad and I got into reloading recently, and until we got our Dillon Square Deal we had been using a RCBS single stage press. I think the issue is that we had some of the old single-stage ammo left. I brought a box of it to the range today. I fired three rounds nicely into the target, and on the fourth, BOOM!!! My hand was bloodied, the mag fell to the ground. However, the mag is perfectly fine. I set the gun down, made sure I still had all of my parts (I did), then swore loudly since my frame had a large crack on it. And the other side bulged out: Here are some overall images: As you can see, the case was so pressurized, it actually flattened the case marking off of the back of the .45 round: Here is where I tell you, I still love this gun to pieces (no pun intended) After I got the barrel out, I noticed something: The barrel and slide are perfectly fine. After removing the damaged casing, there is no visible damage to the barrel at all, the most surprising of all was the state of the case: All of the pressure was directed out of the ONLY weak point in this barrel. My hand (and pride) is a little hurt because of this, however, this could have been much worse. I am very thankful that I bought this gun over a Glock 30 due to the shape the barrel was in, and the fact that I still have my hand. I will be calling Springfield on Monday and will see how I can be taken care of regarding this. I am assuming since it was a reload, and obviously our fault, that I will be stuck paying the bill, however, the extent of the damage is actually fairly minimal, and I would not be surprised if they just had to charge me with molding a new frame on my serial.

I don't think the original poster is the author of that newspaper editorial. The author was a man by the name of Tony McKenna. Original poster is ChadW.

I know who I'd rather look at for the next 4 years. And I'm not into dudes, so that narrows it down.

Wilkommen.

We're happy to have you with us. I'm glad to see that you chose to dive right in and start posting.

Ah yes... someone made a call for the logo! Good show. I'm going to be working on it today. In fact, I may have one of the graphics designers here do it for me since he can produce a three color separation / vector graphic file that would be better suited for the uses of any embroidery shop. I'll post something as soon as I get it worked up, even if it's a rough draft.

I'm not taking sides here because I like to think that we're all friends at some basic level... but I have to say this: I didn't see anything in Cruel Hand's posts that was seriously lacking in tact. It read like a no B.S., no punches pulled assessment of one man's feelings on the issues. I like it when I don't have to read between the lines with people and I didn't have to read between the lines with anything he said. While some of his points may not set well with all readers, I found the candor to be refreshing. Perhaps the reason you think he lacked tact and courtesy is because you didn't agree with him. Not because he was rude.

Money can't buy exposure like that.

I'm not sure this is the advertising I was looking for.

Man... you guys sound like a bunch of... girls. "Does this hat make my butt look big?"

I see you're posting from within your safe. That's mad crazy devotion!

Honestly... one of us in the group usually does act as a sentry.

Something about a SWAT team getting their van cleaned out while they ate lunch comes to mind.

I will pay attention the next time I'm at my local PO and let you know. I will say this: The last time I was at the PO, I overheard the woman behind the counter tell a man who was opening up a PO Box account that he should be alert if he were to visit after dark as they have had some muggings in the parking lot. Keep in mind, this isn't Memphis or some other "high crime" area that I'm talking about here. I was pretty surprised to hear the clerk even admit to this.

Yep... normal stuff.

Just remember, the proper response for hijackers is an immediate armed response. Wait... what were we talking about again?

I'm just saying... I wouldn't want to be caught with one there. Read that however you will.

I updated our Photo Gallery software to the latest version from the author. So far I haven't noticed too many huge improvements but they swear that there are some hidden in there. If you notice anything cool or want to report a bug, this thread is the place.

It's Federal property. I still wouldn't want to get caught with one in there.

I would counter that their argument was only weak by today's "forward thinking, intellectually superior [read: smug]" standards which hold little or no regard for a supreme being and have elevated men to that position of authority. In that period of time, God (or the Deity) was unilaterally recognized as the supreme authority from which all worldly power originated. But I do agree that the Declaration of Independence has little bearing on the laws of our land now. It was, at the most basic level, a letter from the Colonists to the English monarchy to go piss up a burning rope. The Constitution is the document from which our laws more or less originate.

Anything is possible. I had toyed with the idea of a "Gunsmith's Bench" forum back when I was first setting this site up, but I didn't run with it. I could add it if there was enough interest.

It sounds like Georgia Arms sells once-fired reloads. What you're describing is the natural discoloration of the brass from previous combustion cycles. Atlanta Arms ammo is the same way. Often you'll find brass of many different colors in one box.