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A credit freeze is a good idea, as a creditor (bank, car dealership, etc...) is prohibited by lay from opening any credit account in your name while a freeze is on the account. Essentially, when a creditor pulls a report on you, the report will come back saying the person has a credit freeze on their account. They won't be able to pull credit until you remove the freeze. The (possible) downside is you going to apply for credit and forgetting you have the freeze in place. It takes a couple days to process the information, so you may have to wait while it's lifted if you forget about it. In Tennesse it costs 7.50 to institute a freeze, and is free to lift it. If you are an identity theft victim, it's free. So, for instance, if you have received one of the Blue Cross Blue Shield letters recently, you can get it for free. You have to apply with all three bureaus - Transunion, Equifax and Experian. Don't go with Lifelock, they are a waste of money and currently involved in several class actions regarding the legitimacy of their product. PM me if you have questions. As a forensics specialist, this is something that I am involved in a lot. I'd be happy to have you give me a call and point you in the right direction. Here's a quick link to Transunion's information TransUnion Personal: Security Freeze ? Freezing Your TransUnion Credit File

That's funny.

+1 on D.M. Bullard - I've got multiple versions of his IWB tuckable and Dual Tuck He's a great guy, makes a great product - and delivery is pretty close to what he advertises - 30 business days. I carry my PPS daily in one of his holsters and always tuck my shirt in. He makes a great belt, too.

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Nice trip. Thanks for sharing.

Here's a link to the Cylinder and Slide Safety Fast Shooting system for those who might be interested. I had never heard of it before: Cylinder & Slide's Safety Fast Shooting Kit

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Welcome from a fellow Eagle Scout.

There were two buddies shooting in two different lanes. One had the DB, one had a G17. Both seemed to shoot the G17 fine. Neither could seem to hit anything consistently with the DB - one of the shooters was definitely better than the other, but neither posted great results. It reminded me of a little Tomcat .25 a friend of mine used to have - he could go through a whole box of rounds at 15 meters and maybe put one on target. Sorry to hear about the FTF/FTE issues, Lowbud. There is nothing more frustrating than getting something new, only to have it fail to work reliably. Let us know about their customer service and follow up on fixing the issues.

Those are really cool David. I really like the ones of your Grandfather in the B-24. One of my favorite memories ever, both as a person and a pilot was getting to fly with my grandfather in a B-17. He flew over 300 missions in one during WWII in both theaters, and though he hadn't flown one in over a half century, seeing him with the CAF pilots up on the flight deck it was like he never left. Those 30 minutes spent flying over Percy Warner with him in that plane is to this day one of my favorite memories. Thanks for posting these pictures.

That's great. Nice work on being a great dad!

I fired a 500S&W at the range recently that had the smoothest, lightest trigger pull I have ever felt. It was like you could just think about that pistol going off, and suddenly BOOOOM - it would. No perceptible increase in pull before the break.

In our prayers. Be safe out there, and thanks for stepping up to help out!

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No AKs or ARs. I wouldn't say they are overpriced, but you'll be hard pressed to find any real deals on firearms. For my money, I would head the same distance in the other direction and go see Joe down at Hero-Gear. The Outpost at exit 89 has a bunch of EBRs, too. The only big box store I know of in Nashville that carries ARs is Academy Sports down at Cool Springs.

You wouldn't want to try and reload it in a fight. I have several cylinders that I'll take when I go to the range. I can put all 5 rounds into a good group a 5-7 yards in a couple of seconds, but changing cylinders is clunky at best. If you end up having to use this thing, when it's empty you are going to want to ditch it for something better.

Are you sure you are talking about one of the NAA's? The mini's that I know of don't have a half cock position. They have safety grooves between the cylinders that you set the hammer in to carry it safely. I don't know if this has always been the case, but mine rides in my pocket daily, and neither the hammer or cylinder have ever moved without me purposely doing it.

I've got the 22 mag version, sans folding grip and carry it almost all the time. I ended up making a pocket holster that holds both it and my multitool on my weak side. With a little practice, they are suprisingly fast and accurate. The NAA stuff is great also because it's inexpensive, but by no means cheap. It is a well made product that I have no issue carrying in my pocket.

It really doesn't matter what the manufacturing cost of an item is. There are too many other costs associated with getting an item to the shelf. If, as a manufacturer, you can't sell an item for roughly 3x what it cost you to make it, you're going to go out of business. Manufacturing costs are really only a pretty small part of the overall cost of an item unless you are running a really lean operation. That said, I think one of the great things about most of the vendors on this board, Hero Gear especially is that even if they could get away with marking a $20 wholesale item up to $100 retail, they wouldn't. They are honest people first. They know how a customer wants to be treated second. And they're smart, third. The Internet has made the world a much smaller place. Anyone who price gouges these days is going to eventually go out of business.

People make it out to be a lot more trouble than it is. Pay attention to the instructions and you''ll be fine. I recently broke mine down to do a detail strip after ~1400 rounds. I am running a suppressor, so I get some blowback, but I was suprised at how dirty it was and the junk that I cleaned out. It's probably a matter of preference, as they seem to keep running okay even when they're pretty dirty. I'd go for it, though.

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Here's a link: SuperTuck Deluxe

If you are going with leather, pretty much anything for the P22 should fit. I think Crossbreed has started making one specifically for the PK380. Welcome to TGO, too.

I've got a couple of Robert's holster for different pocket pistols. Everything I've ever gotten from him has been great quality. I really like that contrast stitching on yours.

Hey David, good to see you back on. Seems like you haven't been around much since before the holidays.