jredbryant

I owned Highland Rim Tactical which closed in 2017 due to a fire at my house. If any of you remember me from the Sparta gun show, say Hi! Life gets in the way and I have been away from TN gun owners for several years. Hopefully I am back on more frequently.

The enhanced ccw gives you the option to carry concealed or open. It also has the ability to carry in other states that have an agreement with TN. Like originally stated about 35 different states. TN maintains a map on the web site that clearly marks those states. The enhanced HCP can be accepted as a legal ID, and a great way to show proof of not being a criminal for private sales. I think that the classroom material is more thorough than the online material and there is a live fire requirement for the enhanced HCP.

Has anyone everhad any dealings with Ciener from 22lrconversions.com? Several years ago I was looking for a 22 kit for an ACC556 and looked into the ciener kits. After some reseach, I found that his business practices were shady at best. It looks like someone has finally reacted and he has been arrested for fraud. Hopefully this is signaling a change in law enforcement to finally charge these scamers that think it is ok to take money and never deliver product. Check out the link to the news story... newsbrevardtimes: Brevard County Sheriff's Office Raids Gun Conversion Manufacturer

It is the same all over teh state. I have known police officiers to speed, reckless driving, driving drunk, etc... and all they have to carry is the badge in their wallet. If they get pulled over by a fellow officier even in another county they are given a pass. It is like an unspoken rule. Now I know that there are people who will say ' not on my watch' and I say good for you. However, it was my experience that there are officiers that do these things and expect to get a pass if caught. The problem is that they do it period.

If you want to get the most from your 1911 then you need to consider the full size 5" version in 45 ACP. If you think that you may want to change it in the future you need to consider a couple of things like how the front sight is installed. Dovetailed front sights make changing the sights easier and less costly. Most Colts have a pinned front sight which require special tools or a trip to the gunsmith. Also look at the lowered and flared ejection port which is stand for Kimbers, Springfields, etc... but Colt does not have. If you plan on carrying then you need low profile sights like the Novak style on the springfields. As you can tell from the many replies there is lots of love and hate for certain products. I would recommend the TRP but the Springfield triggers are not the best. The ones that I have owned have alot of creep and needs to have a trigger job performed to becomed great. Do not get me wrong, they are good out of the box but not great. Out of the box the Kimbers have the best trigger. The Kimbers are also a little easier to sell if you do not like it. However do not expect to go to the gun shop and pay 'new' price, plus tax and $10 then expect to sell the Kimber for what you paid. Once you buy new expect 70-80% back on the price that you paid new. %50 percent on accessories. Basically my top three recommendations are the TRP, Kimber Custom II, Springfield Loaded Series

I would recommend the 327 magnum for a woman to carry. Look around and I am sure that you will find some decent priced ammo for her to try it out. She probably doesn't need to shoot it 1000 times to become proficient enough with it either. The advantage over the 38 special revolvers is that the 327's hold 6 rounds instead of 5 rounds. Also like the other post said, you have the option of using some lighter 32 caliber loads. CDNN had some good deals on taurus 327 revolvers last time I checked. Just my opinion.

That looks really nice. Please let us know how it shoots.

I have a M11 and the Lage SF upper. I have the Lage 22 conversion also. I had a registered receiver and sold it two years ago because I enjoyed shooting the M11 so much. If you have a chance to get a suomni drum mag conversion and the Lage slow fire uper it is pure heaven. 72 rd mag dumps are no problem and they all on target with the lage! The 22 kit is great but nothing beats full power 9mm. I use the 22 kit where there is a large crowd that wants to shoot:)

The old 1911's with the 'shake and rattle' slide is what passed the Army trials. Drop them in the mud and they keep running. When we try to make the guns into target guns we loose the reliablity. I don't think anyone has overcome that problem.

I have a Les Baer, and a S&W Performance Center 1911. Both those guns shoot great fron the bench. I have not gotten into IDPA but I know some guys that have shot the Les Baer. The Les Baer ran well for them during the match but most people at the match made fun of their high priecd guns that don't work!

I had a 10.5" on my M16 and had relaibility problems so I 'bored' out the gas port. I went a little too far and the gun would not run in full auto (bolt ounce). I would go with the LMT or CMMG only!

S&R guns in Cookeville charges $50 for any NFA transfer except a Transferable machine gun which is $100. I suggest that anyone looking for a suppresso, AOW, or SBR that doesn't do a Form 1 should buy the weapon from their local dealer. You can probably get a suppressor for $0 cheaper by getting it from someone out of state but your local dealer will help you through the process.

I shot my M&P a couple of weeks ago with no problems. We where shooting bowling pins in the backyard and I started off shooting to either side. I noticed that I had my trigger finger too deep into the trigger gaurd. I pulled the trigger finger back alittle and I started nailing most of the pins. The gun worked great. S&W has a real winner on their hands.

The slow cycling just felt funny. I wanted to make sure that the gun wasn't screwed up. I will try a few hundred more rounds before I pass final judgement. If the 40 has lighter recoil because of the heavier slide we might have a winner in the carry gun divison.

There are other Class III dealers besides Hero Gear. The process is easy but it is not for those that do not have patience.