TGO David

The Glock 26/27 always struck me as being the most oddball sized and worst feeling ergonomically of the Glock family. It's a very fat handgun for CCW and you might as well carry the 19 instead as it's not all that much bigger and has a far more comfortable grip. I am serious when I recommend the Smith and Wesson M&P 9c as an alternative. If you haven't held one, you owe it to yourself to do that before deciding. Kahr gets a huge Meh... from me. I've owned a P9 in the past and sold it within a week of purchase. Just not my idea of a good handgun.

Welcome! Glad to have new folks signing up. Got a larger version of your avatar picture that you could share? I think I know what it says (Now you can have it?) but a bigger version would be awesome.

For a daily carry gun, you probably won't be able to beat a hard chrome refinish. Far more durable even than the Robar NP3 or Roguard products. There are a bunch of places that will redo your XD in hard chrome, and I can provide contact information if that's what you desire. One nice thing about HC is that it can be done in such a way that it has a more matte like appearance, so if shiny isn't your mug o' beer then you can have it a little duller. As for the Robar NP3... I've heard that it holds up extremely well also. I'll be able to give you a better feel for the look and quality of it after I receive my XD9 back from Robar. Which should be just about any day now.

Welcome!

The Tennessee Firearms Association Nashville Chapter meeting is presently scheduled for Tuesday, June 19th at 7:00pm. Location: Academy of Personal Protection and Security 336 Hill Ave. Nashville, TN 37210 (map) Featured Guest / Speaker: To be announced. Folks, if you live in or around Nashville this meeting is worth attending. The TFA is the only locally active lobbying organization that works diligently to both protect and further the rights of gun owners in Tennessee. This organization was instrumental in getting the Handgun Carry Permit laws passed and is constantly working to expand our rights. For the past year or two there has not been an active chapter in middle Tennessee. In my opinion that is a crying shame since Nashville is the home base of the TFA and Nashville is the State capitol... where all of the laws get passed! It seems to me that the majority of people feel that just paying a membership fee and joining the organization is "doing their part" but this just isn't the case. The TFA needs warm bodies occupying seats at these meetings and needs people who care about their God given rights to mobilize themselves and write letters, make phone calls, send emails and sometimes even visit with their elected representatives. We cannot just hope that someone else does the leg work! Please, consider coming to the meeting if you can. If the Nashville chapter gets off the ground and stays afloat, then we can investigate the prospect of forming chapters in other outlying middle Tennessee counties so that attending monthly meetings doesn't require making a long drive into Davidson County. See you there???

From looking at the club's web site, it appears that the Manchester folks are not doing a USPSA shoot the weekend of May 26th (as is the norm for the 3rd weekend of the month) but rather that they are hosting an IPDA sectional match instead. Can anyone here who is affiliated with their club confirm that this is the case?

And in other news.... http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/NEWS03/705180421/-1/RSS05 I'm frankly so pissed off about so many things in this article that I can't begin to properly articulate my thoughts. Could the Tennessean possibly paint a more anti-law, pro-illegal activity slant on the issue of illegal aliens being arrested?!?WTF is this country coming to?!?!?

Smith and Wesson M&P 9c.

I don't drink when I am carrying. Period. Anymore that means I might have a beer at home with a meal... but I've pretty much cut that out too lately. No beer = easier to lose weight.

Eh... I had two Comp-Tac kydex holsters for different XD guns (9mm and 45acp) and the 9 was always really loose in the 45 holster.

It sucks too! I keep toying with the idea of a 6cyl 4WD pickup of some sort (Tacoma?) but can't convince myself that I'd save enough in gas to make up for the difference in car payment.

How's the mileage on that Hemi Ram these days?

They nominated some Len fellow to supply pizza for the next meeting. Other than that, you didn't miss much.

When you compose a new PM, you need to check the box next to the line that says: Save a copy of this message in your Sent Items folder. The default for the forum software is now to leave that unchecked. I did this because people have a bad habit of not erasing their sent items or unecessary received items, and then they wonder why they can't send or receive any more private messages. If you want something retained as a sent item, you have to tell the forum to do so.

As far as I know, I'll be able to attend.

Brass is pretty much the most expensive part of a bullet. I've been collecting mine for the past two months, saving it away until I start reloading.

City of Chatt IT? I imagine that's a pretty fun job. Welcome!

Tom's show is on XM Radio on Sundays. I forget what channel. If I have my XM tuner connected to something at the moment, I will try to listen to him if I remember that it's time for his show. As for the Personal Defense TV show, I record that on my DVR and usually end up watching a couple of episodes at once. Both are pretty good stuff.

Welcome Dave! I'm glad to see more reloaders popping up here. It gives me people to pester with questions when I finally get around to doing reloads myself.

Very nice. I have one of those on order for my SW1911. Can't wait to see it.

I just saw an email alert from Brownell's that mentioned Bore Tech Eliminator barrel cleaning solvent for removing copper, lead, polymer and powder fouling. Supposedly makes short work of this task and reduces the number of times you have to run patches through the bore while doing it. Have any of you had any experience with this stuff? Is it any good? Does it work better than some of the stuff that is more commonly available at Wal-Mart like Remington Bore Cleaner? I'm always up for any products that makes cleaning the guns easier and more effective.

All good suggestions, folks. Please do not think that they are going unheard even if they aren't acted upon immediately. I do actually keep a page of notes for this sort of thing on my computer and will try to address them all. Things are just a little hectic for me right now so it's going to take a bit before I can work through all of the ideas and implement the ones that are possible.

I've heard good things about Tightgroup powder. I think after I get some things settled down in my world, I may start reloading. I'd like to be able to load both 45acp and 40SW so that I can tweak the power level for competitive shooting.

Welcome, Shep!

Glad to have you here with us, Randy.