TGO David

I think too that there has to be a knowledge of when to be vigilant and when you can stand down. Being hyper-vigilant all the time, even in safe areas, could eventually make a person paranoid or worse ... in my very unprofessional opinion. Watching the National Geographic: Explorer segment on the civilian security contractors in Iraq the other night, I was struck by the fact that those men who are consummate professionals, when in their safe area, do stand down at least a few notches. Granted, the guy playing games on his laptop still had his weapons near his side but he was allowing himself the time to rest a little easier it seemed. I don't carry in my own house, I don't carry when I am walking around at work, and I don't carry to places where I know good and well I'd be found out and arrested for it (schools, Federal buildings, getting on a plane, places with metal detectors, etc.) I realize that's beyond the scope of this thread's intent so maybe this is a discussion best moved to another thread... Regardless, I intend to one day soon take Yeager's fighting pistol class and am anxious to learn more about the mindset of staying vigilant, staying armed, and how you can accommodate circumstances where being armed is prohibited.

Thanks! We'll review that info so that she can get through the process as painlessly as possible. I'm just glad that she got her class out of the way.

I'd have been one of those complaining Americans back then.

So you're the guy who has to change the light bulbs on those things when they go bad? Glad to have you here with us. Hope you visit often!

Indeed. I'm absolutely floored at how quickly this has taken off.

Welcome! Love the avatar.

Welcome to the zoo... nice to see other XD owners!

Thanks for the invitation. I'm going to add this to the TGO Calendar.

Ahhh... electronic fingerprinting would definitely speed things up. They were still doing the inkpad and paper thing when I transferred my KY permit to TN back in 1998.

I've never heard of that and a cursory search of Google didn't turn up anything. It sounds like an urban legend and logically seems that it would have been impossible for the Clinton Administration to pull off and force the manufacturers to follow.

XD sights are very hard to remove and install. Franklin Gun Shop did the sights for Hornet Handler here on TGO. I believe the charge was $45 and they did it while he waited.

Glad to have you here, Chris. Still enlisted or retired from the military? Regardless, thanks for your service!

As is often said, if all you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail.

First and foremost, welcome! Second, I have been a past member of TFA and really should renew my membership. Part of the reason that I started this forum was the fact that TFA's own seems to get so little traffic anymore and locally TFA's visibility seemed to drop off the radar. Are there no longer Rutherford County chapter meetings? The folks at On Target (the previous host location) said that they had no idea what has become of the organization. Would love to see Mr. Harris stop in here occasionally as well, but I realize he's got to be a busy fellow.

One would definitely hope so! I hope you don't mind but I reposted the comments from this thread over on XDTalk with changes made to the names of parties involved just to protect the innocent. I want to see if anyone else has had these problems and if Springfield has or is doing anything about it. As you said, it may never happen to a clean weapon but we don't always have the luxury of having clean weapons. Along a similar vein... did you get to fondle the new Glock 21SF at Shotshow and if so, what did you think of it? The pictures give me a serious jones to add one to the collection at a later point in time.

There are times though when I like to just "rub one off" at the range. Isn't it safe to say that training is very important but there is also a place for just shooting for enjoyment?

I agree that this would cause justifiable concern. I remember when Glock magazines didn't have metal liners and would bulge, causing them to jam into the magazine well. Glock corrected that and I wonder if Springfield would correct this issue if they were alerted to it. Did you send Springfield a letter or email about it?

Welcome, Rob. Will the range be made open to the public or just for events and such? Good to have you among us!

One of my many regrets is not having had my grandfather teach me reloading before he passed away. He was a beat policeman, assistant chief of police, head of security for a nuclear plant and an avid, competitive marksman for more than half of his life. Unfortunately he retired from competition before I was born and we never even got a chance to shoot together after I became involved with the hobby. He did teach me the basics about firearms and is the man who first put me behind a 22LR as a youth and taught me how to shoot, though.

I had asked a question about reloading over on XDTalk and was sent the following in a private message. I have not investigated this yet so I cannot speak to the accuracy of the information, but it is something I will be following up on when the time comes.

That's odd and certainly deviates from what I have experienced myself with the XD and the experiences of others that I have read or heard. I know that the Glock is a reliable gun, but the XD has proven to be just as reliable in my own experiences with it. I have 800 rds to date through my XD45C and it has never jammed. I may do an experiment with our XD9 Service and not clean it for a thousand rounds just to see how it does. It's not a carry weapon so it won't be putting anyone in harm's way to do this. In fact... I just made up my mind. 1000rds without cleaning. We'll start the experiment with my next trip to the range with it.

There's a job waiting for you predicting the weather around here too.

Glad to have you here, Scott. Make yourself at home!

Very interested in hearing more about this. I have owned Glocks for years and recently standardized on XDs.

Dave, from one Dave to another... good to have ya here.