Jamie Jackson

LOL. I found a few LPKs while straightening gear yesterday. Haven't touched an AR in a couple of years. Nice to have the spares.

I can't help with a broken screwhead. That would suk! I'm starting a Mossberg Shockwave box/kit as of 30 minutes ago. Have you seen how friggin' tiny the detent ball bearing is on a Mossberg safety? Good Grief! Luckily the steel safety came with an extra. <sigh>

I've got a whole plastic divided tray full of Glock parts and another of S&W revolver parts & springs. I could probably replace all the Glock internals twice over and I've definitely used out of both stashes over the years. Great advice/suggestion Sir!

Me too. Glad you found the ammo you wanted @pop pop. SG ammo is a great source, but sometimes I find better prices at Bone Frog Gun Club or Targetsports. It really depends on what a person needs or wants I guess. Like Greg, I'm fortunate to be able to reload, otherwise my .32's and .38's would gather dust.

I've read that they can be a "hit or miss" kind of thing online. But I bought one from a guy at work several ago. He was one of those buy frequently-hardly ever shoot gun guys. I paid very little for it. I ran around 800 rounds of a combination handloads and factory range ammo through it. Then 100 rounds Federal 147 gr HST. It had a couple of FTF within the 1st 200 rounds but never bobbled again after that. For such a light weight gun and with such a long deliberate trigger pull I found it a remarkable little gun. It's not something I would replace my Glocks or Smiths with, but I found my sample of one very shootable. And quite accurate out to the 15 yards in the indoor range where I was shooting at the time (ORSA). I had a total of 4 mags for it and they all functioned fine. My son has it as a 2nd "house gun" at this point. I hope you get yours worked out to your satisfaction.

Happy New Year! An Irish Blessing: "May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace. May your troubles grow few as your Irish blessings increase. May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past. May your hands be forever clasped in friendship and your hearts joined forever in love. Your lives are very special, and God has touched you in many ways. May his blessings rest upon you and fill all your coming days.”

I've been through way too many "Panic Buying" "Hair on fire" media hyped periods to get caught up in this type of thing. That said I joined Target Sports earlier this year after talking with my regular shooting buddy about it. We shoot together at least twice a week and both of us have been at it for decades. We both handload the majority of rounds we shoot sans .22LR of course. As reloading components have suffered not only inflationary increases but also competition demands in acquiring (we are already have seen 100% increase in the price of most powders and even more so in primers). We too advantage of the Target Sports membership fee of $95.00/year (only I joined, he reciprocate next year) which has shipping included (they do charge tax). We've purchased enough 9mm and .22LR to way more than offset the initial $95.00 fee. And that 9mm usually runs at $0.24/round delivered (that's with tax included), but Black Friday saw it at $0.22/rd delivered. Now that's not the $0.20/rd of 2019...but it's not 2019 and that's the reality of it. Also with this membership I have ordered as little as 2 boxes of different make 12g slugs (sighting in the RDS on my Shockwave) or 2 different boxes of 9mm (New Republic and Geco) just to check them out, and they ship UPS with just the listed 8% discount price. My Point? I want to save my primers and powder I purchased before COVID for loading my .38/.357 and .32 S&W Long or .32 H&R mag. I realize 9mm is currently the most ubiquitous handgun caliber (and the one I shoot the most) but I have been shooting a lot of .38 spl and .32 S&W long the past couple of years. I could not afford to do that purchasing factory ammo. FWIW My carry ammo is Factory, usually Federal HST purchased in bulk a few years back. I wouldn't hesitate to carry my handloads if that's all I had. I'm unaware of the ammo used being a significant issue in the outcome of a lawful self defense shooting...but that's not my wheelhouse. We'll continue to see price creep in everything in our lives. Panic Buying hurts us all in the "gun culture". Unfortunately it's a cycle that just keeps repeating itself. No harm in prudent targeted purchasing though imho. Just my $0.2 worth...

No sir, but I'm tagging in with interest. I helped my grandfather cut cane (sugar cane) at his farm in the early 1960's in South MS. He took it to a mill for processing but us kids weren't allowed in on any of that. We sure ate a lot of sugar cane though.

I would pick up more of this Monarch brand if it were available for this price. Not for FOMO or anything, but it leaves my primer stash alone so I can put it towards .32's & .38's With current component pricing my 9mm handloads would cost me 19.7 cents per round...so 20 cents a round is a good "buy" price to me for decent 9mm. I appreciate your listing it initially. Thank you.

@NoBanStan I shot some of this today out to 25 yards. Good quality ammo. Local pickup for me. But, Locally (Knoxville) Academy lists as OOS for in store pickup. I just checked the website and it looks to be OOS for shipping as well as of 1 minute ago. Unfortunate.

RIP Sir. Love Glocks or hate them I don't think anyone can deny the incredible impact that design had/has on the firearms industry. Everybody (for the most part) jumped on the "striker fired, plastic gun" bandwagon and that concept is ubiquitous today. In my experience Glocks work, they just work and keep working. I just sent my 1997 G19-3 into ATEi for a milling for my 509t (again). The G19-3 has above 50K rounds through it and this is my second replacement slide...I've broken 2 over the years. So, I'm biased, But it doesn't change the fact it was an innovative concept that was well marketed. Much Respect.

`No weeds here my friend. we have very similar musical tastes. I love the above music and have added them to my list! Thank you!

I watched The Last Kingdom. That led me to Eivor. Fantastic imho! Which led me to the entire genre of Celtic throat singing. I generally turn on Spotify on my TV in the mornings (to distract the demons in my brain) and apparently their AI decided to generate quite a few interesting playlists for me. I have no complaints. Heilung is among the lists. I've never been to Red Rock. I think it would be pretty remarkable. I've seen several concerts in the Hammersmith Oden in the mid to late '70's, now called the Apollo.

Thank you Scotty!

Merry Christmas to all!

Vermin and a pestilence @tercel89. Be safe. Prayers continue for all. Merry Christmas nonetheless.

SEVERAL Times @TripleGGG! I always preferred pushing a pickup truck off because I could climb "up" into it vs jumping down into an old Chevy. Safer LOL And builds character

While I laughed this is one true statement! I know it motivated the heck outta me.

I joined in 2009 as well @Lumber_Jack. There's been a lot of change in this world since then my friend, And in "the blink of an eye". My appreciation to @TGO David and the mods for their amazing ability to "herd cats" and keep this place up and running. And to the members for the information exchange and conversation. Most of the conversation is civil. Thanks TGO!

Thank you @Links2k. Now I'll a reliable recommendation source!

Nice setup. GLWS

LOL. It's been a bit hasn't it my friend? I do that too from time to time. Actually met quite a few folks from here. Good People all.

I'm with you Sir. On many levels. And I too lost my Bride just a bit over 2 years ago. It's a profound experience that simple words can't express. She and I both came to the same conclusion several years ago. The commercialization of Christmas creates a frenzied madness in some people and avoidance and disengagement from them was our strategy and remains mine. There's simply no need to expose yourself to such shenanigans. WE always gave to those we love (money not obligatory junk) and those we could help with no expectations or desire for such. So I guess I too will proudly proclaim "I'm a Grooge!" But I'm still gonna watch Die Hard after the family goes home. And Thank the Good Lord for his many Blessings.

I too watched "Nobody" with Bob Odenkirk . Wow! I had no idea he could portray such a BadA$$! Very well done and entertaining movie. Thank you @NoBanStan! I would love to see a thread such as this. But I wouldn't want to drift @Links2k thread without his blessing. But I really appreciate the input and suggestions.

I watched War Horse One last night. A good degree of suspension of disbelief is required but I was definitely entertained. I would love to have one of those endless magazine vests too! But doubt I could lug it around LOL. I enjoyed it and appreciate the recommendation. Thank you.