MacGyver

This guy obviously spent a lot of time crafting this response, so I'm not going to delete it, yet. That said, this will be his last post, here.

I've been the guy running and the guy on a bike. Both in training and in plenty of races over the years. In the last two years I've been in both a running race and bike race where someone was killed by a driver who simply wasn't paying attention. That's a terrible tragedy for everyone involved. From my perspective as an athlete, I obviously like that margin of safety when they close the roads. Having ridden that same stretch of 96 dozens of times, you're right. The shoulder is really wide. Nonetheless my training partner was forced off the road last year by a motorist on their phone who crossed the line and frankly never even saw my friend. I guess that's the reason I don't get that worked up about it when I'm the motorist sitting in traffic. Plus, TMF 18B is right. A lot of those runner chicks are pretty hot. Surely that's worth a few extra minutes spent sitting in traffic?

Good luck!

When I talked to the guys at Lone Wolf, they promised pretty quick turnaround. Apparently there are some pretty big changes between the first and second generations, but both seem to do pretty well. I'm really pulling for these guys as an AR with good quality COTS mags and no mag block to fiddle with would be a great thing.

That Lone Wolf lower is so new, I'd probably send it to them. From talking to them, I think they're doing more than just ramping the bolt. Definitely give us a range report when you get it together. I've been eyeing these lowers since they introduced them.

There were plenty of Japanese soldiers for whom the last thing they ever saw was the muzzle flash of a 1911 aimed by a Filipino guerilla. They've got a long history there.

Double Tap

Congrats! Glad you made it out okay, too.

We used to use it for crabbing. Worked great for that. I'd just roll it up and stick it on the hook, I think. Seems like it would work okay as is.

That's a sweet knife.

Were I the OP, I'd at least shoot a note over to Metalhead (Daniel) about your experience. While airing your issue here may get you sympathy, he's the one person who can actually do something about it, and I expect would like to hear about it.

The Deep Dark Woods

That's good to know. I'm looking pretty hard at the TiRant .45. I'm really intrigued by the 7.62x25 Tokarev. New ammo isn't too expensive. I seem to recall seeing old Soviet milsurp stuff from time to time, too.

Ooh. I'm jealous. Where'd you get it?

Speaking of, have you loaded up those engine block killers yet?

I don't see that horse coming back to the barn anytime soon.

Between the two, I'd go SOCOM, too. Like the previous two posters I'm also biased since I'm a SOCOM shooter. It was a tough choice for me between the Blackout and the Spectre. I ended up going with the Spectre because there's more knockdown for the hogs I'm shooting with the heavy .338 bullet traveling at 1050 fps. Of course, I'm sure I'll add a Blackout to the lineup at some point. I'm kind of drawn to collect the whole set.

I was just going to suggest that Good power in a nice, compact package. And, suppresses great through a 9mm can!

I've got one of the junior sized Rossi .22LR/.410 combos. It's a great little package at a reasonable price. Pretty good sights. Easy to work on fundamentals. I'd call it ideal for a kid learning to shoot. If he's 9, all of his shooting is going to be supervised by you for a few years, yet. You could do something hotter, but why? .22LR/.410 is enough.

DM Bullard makes a couple of really nice holsters that fit it. I've got the 9mm version and love it.

The self-declared owner of the company does not appear to have been back on the site since Saturday evening. As such, I'm going to go ahead and lock the thread per the OP's earlier request. That said, if anyone from the company in question would like a chance to respond to anything in this thread, please PM me, and I'll be happy to open it back up.

Has anything else been reported about this guy's motivation in the first place? As to shooting through the window, if someone has fired in anger and still retains that weapon, they're still an active threat. To you. To others around them. And, likely to themselves. Just because the muzzle isn't pointed at you right then doesn't change the threat.

Jeremy, Congratulations. You were the 12,941 person to join TGO. That means there were 12,940 people before you to join this site, and there have been a few since. 95% of these gun enthusiasts who actually like guns enough to join a forum dedicated to them live in Tennessee, meaning they are in a position to potentially purchase your products. If you look at our list of supporting vendors and query them, you'll find that TGO is a very supportive group. I personally go out of my way on a regular basis to purchase things from them when I know I could likely find it a little cheaper elsewhere online. If you'll look below Dolomite's name in one of his posts, you'll see the words "Subject Matter Expert". To be clear, he's not a moderator because we don't want our SMEs having to deal with the day-to-day administrative issues that threads like this one eventually cause. Rather, he is one of several voices on this site that we want to float to the top. That's because he knows his stuff, has earned the respect that he has on this site and is more than willing to freely share his knowledge. I expect if we took a poll of how many people on this site he has helped either on the phone or in person, often on his own dime just because he likes to help, the thread would go at least as long as this one has. So, when Gordon posted this thread, it wasn't some random guy on the Internet anonymously bad mouthing a shop. It was an important member of our community who was rightfully outraged by a flippant email response to a legitimate question. Your continued intransigence shows clearly that his indignation was well founded and rightfully placed. As a small business owner who knows what it takes to make it, much less thrive in this economy, I'm truly dumbfounded by this thread. But do realize what you're doing here. We've got plenty of examples of great shops in this state with great customer service (not that we couldn't always use a few more). I'm thankful that Gordon pointed out your poor example so that I don't need to waste my time or money. Good luck.

Thanks for the good review, Mike!