Jamie Jackson

Excellent and informative tutorial. Thank you for taking the time. Great job!

There is some wisdom in having multiples and the reasons are well covered above. But like hlb14 mentioned above, having a (trusted and proven) duplicate of your carry gun for training and practice makes sense to me. I want another G19, but own a 17 & a 26 as well. Functional transition, magazine, ammo, and holster interchangeability and compatibility make sense to me. I reread this thread and don't recall reading that, if, God Forbid, you are involved in a self defense shooting...your gun will more likely than not, be taken into evidence and for a long time. Badguys have friends and family that may well wish to seek retribution. After all, you just smoked their source of income or drugs, perhaps a member of the gang they recently been jumped into, their "baby daddy" or "baby momma" ( criminals come in all shapes, sexes, and sizes). Being able to remain armed with a reliable handgun whose format you are intimately familiar with (same trigger pull, manual of arms, sights etc.) just makes sense to me. Just food for thought and the opinion of an old fart.

Holy Cow Brother! Darn! I hate to hear this. Call me or PM if there's anything I can do...maybe text...I've developed laryngitis through the night... Diverticulitis is rough any day, perforation or bleeding = double rough! Prayers out my friend.

Yeah...they are remarkably communicable! I was awakened last night with my throat on fire, headache and fever. I probably wash my hands 50-60 times a day and wear gloves with patient contact...but some adults still cough right in your face! With viral illnesses, such as this crap I caught, all you can do is treat the symptoms, stay hydrated, isolate yourself from others and ride it out. In my case ibuprofen or naproxen, OTC sinus meds and good old Berkey water and lots of it! If a person takes blood pressure meds (I don't) make sure if you use OTC meds they are "HBP" friendly...they should be labeled so. And be patient, and Good Luck! Any specific questions just ask. I'll help as I can.

We've been seeing a lot of viral respiratory illnesses, along with viral GI illnesses, at work the past several weeks...but only a few positive flu cases...they all suck for those that have them! Positive thoughts and Prayers for you GTG! Hang tough my friend. It will pass...hopefully sooner rather than later brother.

Looking Good my friend!

Wisdom here! I learned the hard way to only load 10-15 each when working up a load with new to me components... function check and chrono before any mass loading. Saves a lot of unnecessary work. And Yep...kinetic pullers are fine for a few rounds only.

May God Bless and keep you and yours hipower. Well spoken. Merry Christmas to all on TGO. I'll be working tomorrow, but will embrace the reason for the season and celebrate His birth.

I saw this linked off of Drudge when I got in from work last evening. It is a definite possibly that this segment of our population may well gain a positive, and more self reliant (leaning towards conservatism), insight by doing this, albeit unintentional. Once you lessen your dependence on "systems" of support, like .gov, you gain more actual freedom, along with the peace of mind inherent in this lifestyle. Their initial rationale is of course flawed imho, but hopefully the end point of their journey may prove positive for all involved. A good point brought up is that with Trump being elected some, maybe many in the Prepper Community may have been lulled into a false sense of security. As has been mentioned here on TGO many times and in many ways...Trump's election may only be a brief reprieve...very brief. There is absolutely no reason to ease up or think things will go sunshine and roses...just as there isn't a reason to lock yourself up in a bunker. But it is probably a good time to "buy it cheap and stack it deep" on many levels. We're seeing unprecedented bargains on items that will improve our future safety and security, and I'm not only talking guns, ammo, and shooting gear. Prepper oriented websites are have incredible sales as well... water filters, LTS foods, power/energy, etc. As to the OP...You might well be a Prepper if you shop "loss leaders" weekly after inventorying your main pantry (where you've dated and rotated your stores) and make sure you purchase by the case lot when these "loss leaders" match your needs (maintaining 6-12 month supply). You may not shoot everyday, but I bet you eat every day.

While I'm not in the market, I certainly hope this is a trend.

That is interesting. I've seen wounds from quite a few calibers, but not a .357 Sig and especially with a boutique ammo such as the one cited. My experience has been the same regarding guessing the caliber from the entry wound appearance. The skin is simply too elastic, and humans can tolerate a lot of damage and keep functioning. Good insight from the responding officer.

Memphis is not a war zone Cap. Far from it. I worked a stent at Kaiser Richmond Hospital, San Francisco's North Bay area. The ER registration clerks sat behind bullet resistant glass with a Sheriff's Deputy. You got wanded coming in for your shift...all the patients had to be wanded. You could hear the gun shots outside at night. Heck, we've had shootouts in 2 of the "Charity" hospitals I've worked at in New Orleans and one in a hospital when I worked in Kansas City. I haven't run across anything like that in Memphis. You just learn what areas of any city you have no business being in ... kinda hard to stop what slithers into the E.R sometimes though...LOL

I'm not gonna dog out Memphis. It's a good town. Like all larger cities it has it's bad areas...just gotta remember the "Rule of Stupids". I used to make frequent trips up to Memphis from New Orleans (where I worked) to Tom Given's old Rangemaster range on South Mendenhall. If any of you have been there you know it's not the best area of town. But I never had any trouble there...of course I adhered to the "Rule" above. I would never venture into any of these areas unarmed and without alertness and generally have at least one friend along. There were areas back in NO that were definitely a No-Go...so, I just didn't go...unless I had to... fwiw, at least back in NO, if you were EMS or dressed in scrubs (always armed) you very rarely caught a negative look, even i n questionable areas. Even the thugs knew they may well need your services. Nothing 100%, but I worked 5 years in the "Parish", Lower 9th Ward/Chalmette, and had worked on quite a few of the lowlifes and bangers, saw them all too frequently our ER, so it's not like we were unacquainted... Point is, there's good places and bad places in every city. Just keep your head up and don't act a fool, don't be where you shouldn't be and do things you shouldn't do, just because you think you should be able to. There's good folks in Memphis and the BarBQue ain't half bad.

While I believe that I should be able to carry anywhere, anytime, I don't believe this should be a matter of Federal Regulation...just make sure our Constitutionally Protected Rights remain intact and stay out of my personal business. And while we're at it, quit taking so much of my money and wasting it. But I honestly think the Law of Unintended Consequences is very strong with this type of a move. I just don't see this going the way some "gun rights" groups are painting it...

I didn't bring this up because of the distance...but since you did,.. Windrock in Oliver Springs is a decent range run by good folks. ORSA is also in Anderson County (Oak Ridge), probably about the same distance drive for you, insignificance difference really, and offers a variety of ranges and shooting competitions and activities. http://www.orsaonline.org/

You're welcome. And yes, it has an excellent learning potential my friend.

Love me some Carhartt jeans...Carpenter jeans actually . The opening, depth , and slant of their pockets allows quick and easy access to a pocket pistol & other tools . Levi's can keep their jeans and politics.

TGO David; I have been "killed "more times than I can count in FOF scenarios. That pushing to a failure point, and learning from that experience, is invaluable imho.

I've met Tim and had the pleasure of discussing training issues and concepts with him and doing a bit of shooting with him. He's a serious student of the art and a talented shooter. As well as a heck of a good guy. It takes some guts to pressure test yourself in such a manner and put it out there for the world to see. Mad Props my friend! And well done! I've done a fair amount of FOF training (been a few years...so not as Recent-Relevant-Realistic as I would like) using FIST helmets, FIST and Red Man suits, SIMS guns, Airsoft Guns and Impact tools. Pressure Testing what you practice and believe you know can be a paradigm shift for most folks. Pressure Testing leads to learning, and imho is the only way to really learn if what you are practicing has true value. Just an opinion... but a lot of SIMS "kisses" help form that opinion. We take the vast majority of our mental/sensory input visually and quite a bit auditorily. The helmets in the vid look like they would limit, and distort your visual input, most probably your auditory input. Toss in several role players in various brightly colored shirts, crew members that “aren’t there (invisible)”, but are visual input cues anyway, and on top of that you know you are being tested…and there is a “pain penalty” using SIMS…well, that’s an unusual set of circumstances that most folks have never experienced before…it’s challenging my friends. But more than worth the effort for a serious student. In my experience, in a well scripted FOF scenario, you’ll be “drawn in” and the mind tends to accept the “reality” of the situation. So covering or muzzling the non-threats is highly likely, as you have to ascertain the Good Guys/Gals from the Bad Guys/Gals. Analysis of recent encounters demonstrate that trouble travels in pairs or packs… The majority of classes/schools/trainers don’t address the verbalization skills that need to be a part of the training process. Claude Werner (The Tactical Professor) has recently written some excellent material on this subject. It’s an area I need to concentrate on much more than I do in my own practice sessions. It’s obvious from hearing you critique yourself in the vid that you have solid insight and learned a good deal from this experience. A lot of shooters wouldn’t put themselves into this level of testing. I applaud you Sir. You have my respect and admiration. You obliviously have a great hold on the Conscious Competence Matrix as well. And just as obvious you are working on moving through it. Good on you! As for any Monday Morning quarterbacking on my part: “Detached Reflection Cannot Be Demanded in the Presence of an Uplifted Knife” Justice Holmes, Brown vs U.S. Thank you for sharing this with us Tim.

I've never used Blue Bullets. But we cast some 147 gr bullets and powder coated them...because of our lead mixture, they actually cast out at 155 gr. I've chronoed our PC 155's at 915 fps using 3.4 grs of TiteGroup and Federal Small pistol primers. I have very limited experience with TiteGroup myself. But a little seems to go a long way.

Thank you GTG. I do believe and Prayers are sent. My son and his family live in Pigeon Forge and are doing fine thus far. But he says it's a mes up that way. Hope you and yours are fairing well.

OK...That's just plain mean! I just got in from work, and of course logged onto TGO...I thought I'd hit a wrong button somewhere! I like the look David. But it took me 10-15 seconds or so...

Excellent point Brasil. There's areas back in New Orleans I wouldn't go wearing body armor and carrying an AR...heck, there's places in nearly every town I simply wouldn't willingly walk into. I imagine most of us know to avoid those areas, or approach them if we have to with a sense of very heightened awareness. As to to shooting in the posted video. The BG chose not to engage when he met resistance from what I can see. Bad victim selection process on his part. It looks like the GG (Good Guy) didn't hesitate and fired around 8-10 torso shots into said BG. A CNS shot would have ended the foray much more quickly. IF the BG had starting shooting back, at that close distance, it wouldn't have turned out as well for the GG. Close, control, yada yada. Randy teaches some excellent techniques based on these scenarios actually. (Shameless plug for a great guy ) I'm not necessarily Monday Morning quarterbacking this, but it's remarkable the damage the human body can sustain and stay in the fight. That's good news (if it's one of us GG's that are shot...keep fighting). There's a huge mental aspect to it all... Working back in New Orleans one night, I had a guy drive up to the ER doors in a van. The driver had been shot 9 times, dude next to him 7 times, dude in the back seat DRT. Point is the driver had been shot before, removed himself and a couple of the guys from the foray and drove several miles to our ER. The driver knew from experience his wounds were survivable, he choose to carry on. He was a POS banger and drug dealer and lived to carry on his trade. He slipped out of the ER a couple of hours later, an ER full of police officers, while we were busy working on another fine citizen. It's a crazy world out there...wherever there is. Oh...and you might consider learning some med skilz as well...you know, Self Care and Buddy Care...just in case...

Words of wisdom David. Thank you. And Thanks to all that contribute here at TGO. Wishing you , our Service members and First Responders as a Blessed and Safe Thanksgiving day and weekend. I'm headed into work in a bit, so no doubt I'll have the opportunity to Thank many of our local first responders in person. Holidays are, unfortunately, busy ER days. Be safe folks.

Sometimes it enters my mind LOL