TGO David

Thanks for the kind words, and welcome! Jump right on in on any conversations that you like.

My pleasure. Some tweaks like that one are very easy to do so I can move on them fast. Others (like those databases) are going to take a little more time.

What do you carry with in the summer? OWB?

Good suggestion. I just whipped up a button for that in Photoshop and made it part of every post. You should see it right below this text. Let me think some on the other part. Maybe an "Events and Get Togethers" forum would be a solution to this and to other things as well.

This is poll. Which do you prefer and why? Concealed Carry Open Carry Both depending on situation Worth noting is the fact that Tennessee presently issues a handgun permit. Not a concealment permit, just a handgun permit. This means that you can carry open or you can carry concealed as long as you possess the permit. Most permit classes favor concealment for a variety of reasons, of course, but we can get into those as this thread evolves.

From the description.... Looks like it's switchable. Hornet Handler has the non-Laser version on his XD45C. The LED seems to have a bluish tint to the light, but it was pretty bright in the range at On Target.I have the Insight M3X on mine.

I like that.

Just wondering if anyone here uses CCI aluminum cased ammo and if so, what your opinions of it are. I'm thinking about buying some 9mm and 45acp for range purposes. It's a lot cheaper than brass ammo for sure and I figure aluminum will be easy on the extractors, unlike that cheap steel cased Russian crap. Thanks!

Welcome! I've got family in MD. Nice place to visit, wouldn't want to live there.

Welcome, Lonnie! Now if only Springfield would issue an XD40 Compact (not sub) like they did with the XD45.

Welcome! TGO is going to be what we make of it, so post away!

Welcome to TGO, Len. Happy to see you here!

IWB at around 4:00.

Al, very glad to have you here and thanks for your past service to the country in both roles.

I'd say that anytime the government leaves a loophole in a law, you can always count on them using that slack to hang you with rather than exonerate you if a situation ever went bad. I tend to follow J.York's mentality regarding metal detectors in cases like this... but don't take that as any sort of official TGO stance on the subject.

Glad to have you here with us! The way we hope to do the databases is fairly simple, really, and I hope it will allow the data to remain current. Anyone may add an entry but the entry will be flagged as unverified. A moderator will verify the entry and then flag it as verified. Moderators will be able to edit or remove data as necessary. Data will be searchable by city, county and location name.

I think we should turn it into a glass parking lot.

Hornet Handler has those sights on his XD. I got to look at it this past Sunday at the range and was very impressed with how bright they are. Good choice!

He's out of luck if I can get there first.

Another TGO member is celebrating a birthday today. Happy birthday, DeeZee!

The XD45 grip is barely... just barely larger than the XD9. We have the XD9 Service, the XD9 Sub Compact and the XD45 Compact. My hands cannot tell a difference between the grips on them.

Yes, it just slides off. It will also pinch the heel of your hand when you fire, as Hornet Handler discovered this past Sunday.

Reportedly the magazines from the 21 won't work. Initial reports suggest that at the very least the new magazines are designed slightly differently to accommodate the ambidextrous magazine release. There might be other differences.

Perhaps others will get a laugh out of this too. Some of them had me in tears. Mild language warning on a couple, just FYI.