MphsTiger1981

:koolaid:Welcome to the Dark Side!!

We've got ADT, but it's been nothing to write home about. Some good, some bad. They keep creeping up on the price per month and the services haven't really increased. Please tell me more about this Advanced Alarm Tech. I have to have a monitored system to keep my homeowners insurance discount.

Cool Story. My apologies if this has already been posted somewhere else.

Officer involved works in Auto Theft, and apparently was not wearing his vest according to some news reports. The most recent version is he was in the area when a robbery call came out to a restaurant in this area. Most of the Auto Theft detectives wear plain clothes and don't wear vests under their suits. This comes almost two months to the day the officer was killed in the line downtown answering a man with a gun call the 4th of July weekend.

Memphis police officer shot, critically wounded

This.

Good choice! welcome!

hey. welcome to Memphis and TGO.

That is a huge coincidence. The last time I was in Lowe's about two weeks ago, I noticed the same thing. I saw two guys OC'ing who looked like painters. The other guy with them was also packing but his was not as noticeable, as he had a t-shirt pulled over it. This was at the Lowe's on Summer and Perkins. All things considered, probably a good thing to be packin' over in the Berclair area.

I got one this week and it is everything the OP says it is. I've worn it both for iwb and pocket carry. I think it actually works better than the DeSantis Nemesis for pocket carry, just my opinion. I have read many good reviews on other forums by actual users, and now that I own one, I have to say I agree with positive press it has been getting.

Jermaine Owens convicted in kidnapping, robbery, rape of University of Memphis students This story got a lot of attention when it first took place, but I've not heard much about it since then. The good news is the young man and woman had the will to survive such a brutal attack. The bad news is these two kids have got one more trial of the last defendant to go through before this nightmare will begin to be over for them. As a father of two girls just a little older than this girl, I cannot imagine sitting through the details of that night over and over through three different trials. These three thugs were out looking for someone to attack that night like wild animals, and were hell bent on random violence. The death penalty might be too good for them. They have admitted to committing the crime, the victims have identified them and they have been convicted by a jury of their peers. No appeal is needed. Take 'em out to Court Square next Friday at noon and publicly hang all of them by the neck until dead. Leave them there until Sunday at daybreak and then take them out and bury 'em in Potters field. No spending $35,000 per year of tax payer money to support the three of them for the next 90 years.

I owned a Beretta in .22 lr pistol for many years and got good service out of it. It was not the lightest pocket pistol, but it was fun to shoot. Historically, I have read that the .32 acp was used by police and military in Europe, prior to WWII. It worked for Hitler, as that's the caliber he shot himself with. Chances are the police and military of that time were also getting the added benefit of a longer service barrel, likely 4". As JAB pointed out, the .32 JHP is a relatively weak load, not well known for its ability to expand, so FMJ is your best bet in a carry gun. I have a Kel-Tec P32 and I have shot Remington, Winchester as well as Fiocchi, Privi Partizan, and S&B. The S&B is definitely a hotter cartridge than the American made ammo, and is what I use in my P32. It's not cheap, and runs about $22 per box of 50 here in town, but it's also pretty easy to find. Even during the ammo shortage after the '08 election, you could almost always find a box of .32acp on the shelves of the guns stores, and at Wally World. (Right next to the boxes of .40 S&W )

Go with the Ruger MK II 22/45 and a bore snake!

The trigger and trigger guard are a slight problem for some people. Some folks on KTOG have a mod for that where they heated the trigger tip and straightened it enough to eliminate most of the "pinch". Some also did the same thing with the trigger guard using a wooden dowel to increase the overall size of the trigger guard. The reset that someone mentioned is also something that took some adjustment, especially after shooting Glocks for so long and using the short reset on the Glock pistols. You have to shoot the gun pretty much like a double action revolver in order to be accurate and avoid problems. All in all, I think they are worth the money. I've not shot an LC9, but I understand the trigger is a little longer than the PF9. For the OP if you're interested in comparing the two, Hickok45 did a very nice comparison video over on youtube where he shot both of them side by side. It's worth the time to watch. Might help you in your search. And if the TGO memboer in Knoxville wants to sell his for a fair price, I'd buy it if I was you. Even used, they are a good bargain. Just beware of limp wristing these little guns, they are very light weight and shooting the 9mm they need all the energy they can get to work properly. Main thing is to lock the wrists and keep the elbows flexed and allow the recoil to push the gun back into you, and not up and back. Good luck!

A lot of people who own the PF9 say the same thing. One thing you can do to help tame it is to put a grip sleeve on it like a Hogue Handall Jr. It helps to reduce the perceived recoil. As someone else mentioned, I don't think the recoil was nearly as noticeable as my .38 special snubnose, but then again, everyone perceives recoil differently. ymmv.

As a testimony to their customer service, I recently picked up a P32 that someone had traded in. The original owner had kept it in a drawer for two years and shot it just a little. He traded it because the gun kept jamming and he didn't want to bother with having to ship it back for service. After shooting a few mags at the range and experiencing failures to extract, I removed the extractor spring and put a little more bend in it. This reduced the failures from every other shot, to one ever four or five magazines. Having diagnosed the problem, I called KT customer service, explained the problem I was experiencing and asked for a new extractor group. It arrived in the mail two days later at no charge. The new spring, extractor and screw took about five minutes to install. The gun now runs flawlessly. Yes, they are not very expensive guns but then again, there aren't many gun companies who will ship you parts for your gun for free with no questions asked. FWIW, there is also usually a pretty good market for them used as well, if you can find one.

I bought one late last year and got good service out of it. It was extremely reliable. I had purchased it to use as a pocket pistol, but soon found out it was just too big to pocket carry all day long. if I'm going to belt carry a 9mm, I'd rather have a few more rounds in it. All in all, it's still a good bargain at the price. KT warranty and customer service is exceptional.

that's great! one question, who is the guy in the middle? he looks like the former wrestler Handsome Jimmy Valiant...

True this. I could see it happening here, say on Beale Street on the weekend where they've banned us from legally carrying and installed metal detectors, it would be open season on tourists and locals alike. that's one reason I never go down there whenever we have friends in town. I won't go anywhere at night in Memphis where I can't carry my gun with me. Just sayin'....

Congrats on the new to you shotgun! My step son recently inherited a Remington Model 17 20 gauge that is in the same situation. Probably hasn't been fired in over 25 years. I contacted Remington and they sent me a zeroxed copy of the original owners manual, its that old. We need to get it looked over and inspected before taking it out to shoot. As NadieLite mentioned Mason over at Classic Arms is a good guy and a pretty good gunsmith. Arms Fair is also not too far from there and they just hired a new smith that started this week, I believe his name is Andy. Get it checked out and let us know what you find.

It depends upon who you ask. Many self defense instructors feel the 9mm is the lowest end of the spectrum of handgun calibers which can effectively be relied upon for self defense. That being said, sales of .380 handguns to people who want a pocket pistol have soared over the past few years with the introduction of the LCP and some of the others patterned after the original .380 pocket pistol, the Kel-Tec P3AT. So in fact, a lot of people have purchased .380s. The 9mm pistols are just a little larger, and for some are hard to carry in the front pocket, so you lose some of the size and comfort of the .380 platform. I have had several .380 pistols, including two P3ATs and an LCP. They all worked great. I also had a PF9 and it was a great gun, but as you noticed, putting it in your pocket and walking around all day was not comfortable. If I had to carry a PF9 in the waistband or on a belt holster, why not get something a little bigger with more rounds, or larger caliber, etc. It's all about what makes you comfortable. If you think you may need a larger gun, get a larger gun. You're the guy who has to carry it, and God forbid, you may be the guy who has to rely upon it to save your life, or someone elses. Good luck with all that.

It is in interesting question and one that has played out from time to time in the news. I remember one case a few years ago where a citizen shot it out with a guy robbing a Burger King in Miami. Seems like I recall the perp died, but he shot up the citizen pretty good, too. Miami PD wasn't real pleased with the outcome and really were not ready to give the citizen any credit for taking the law into his own hands over the $23 in the cash register. Me? Honestly? No clue what I'd do. I'm not a cop and I'm not a hero. I'm a just a poor schmuck with a family and apparently we're in the wrong place at the wrong time. we were just on our way to the mall, where, with the luck I've had so far, I anticipate we'll encounter a flash mob.

Taliban Insurgents Behind Afghan Chopper Crash Killed in Airstrike - FoxNews.com

Saw this on the news last night. I also happened to see one of those programable billboards that updates like a tv screen around lunch today off of I-40 east of Memphis posted by the FBI advising this group should be considered "armed and dangerous". I get a feeling this isn't going to end well for anybody.

Mac, you know there is probably a huge market out there for someone to create and sell something like this....