MphsTiger1981

My brother in law bought a DW Valor back in March. He could barely hit the broadsides of a barn when he was shooting his striker fired pistols, and while he's no "operator" now, this pistol has made him a much more confident shooter. Compared to my entry level Colt, his is a much nicer gun. Good luck with your new purchase. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I see a lot of this sort of stuff in my line of work. My advice to you would be, always keep your cool. Don't think you have to prove your manhood, no need to escalate things. Sure, he struck your car with his hand and that probably made you mad. Let it go. When you strap on that pistol, you've got to learn to be humble and very forgiving. I probably missed something , but I never got the impression you were in fear of your life in your situation.  As Jonnin pointed out, if your car is close enough that he can touch it, the other guy might have had a real concern about the proximity. Personally, I like to make eye contact with a driver before I'll walk behind a car like that, especially if I have a kid or wife in tow. While it sounds like you did the right thing, just remember there are always two sides to every story.  I'll play devils advocate here. Let's say he gets on TGO when he gets home and posts this:    "Just about had to pull on a guy. I'm still shaking. I have Parkinsons and it's hard to walk straight sometimes. I was in the parking lot at Rural King walking my grandson to the store when this jackass almost backed over us. I slapped the rear of his car to make him stop and he started swearing at me. Words were exchanged and he threatened to get out of the car and whip my ass. I'm pretty sure he had something in the car with him. He seemed all pissed off for no reason. When it was over he squealed off and almost hit two other cars. Started to call the cops but my grandson was already pretty upset. This guy is lucky he didn't try to get out of that car is all I can say. I'd hate to shoot someone over something this stupid especially in front of my grandson."   See how easy it is to make you the bad guy here? It's not worth losing everything financially or otherwise over words in a parking lot. If two guys try to car jack you or rob you in the parking lot, that's a whole other game, but something like you experienced was just simply not worth going to jail or spending every penny you have to defend yourself in court. Glad it turned out okay for you. 

  This. It isn't whether or not the program or law is efficient, logical or even Constitutional, it's about how it makes the people passing the law "feel" about themselves when they create these laws. Been that way going all the way back to the War on Poverty. Billions spent and poverty isn't any better than it was when they first began throwing tax money at it. 

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^^^^ This. 

 I fell for the same marketing deal. Finally let them send me their modem to replace one that I owned that was only two years old. I only did it because they insisted the only way I'd be getting the fastest internet speed was with their modem. It came late on a Friday afternoon and I installed it on a Saturday morning. Of course, there was a problem with the install and I had to call customer service over in Pakistan. She pushed some buttons and viola' I had internet. After changing the passwords on all of my wifi equipment I found out that in the far corner of my house downstairs (where we spend a great deal of our time) there was no wifi signal and we were unable to connect our iPads or even the TV for some of our streaming movies. So i just hooked up my old 8 year old Linksys wireless router and plugged it into the Xfinity modem and now I have coverage again. I've not noticed any increased speed for the internet so like you, I'm on the verge of sending this one back to them. Other than the monthly charge for renting their modem, nothing has changed. 

  This, especially since the OP began, 'wife and i have been trying to get in better shape.".... I was expecting something along the lines of "Dear Penthouse, you'll never believe what recently happened to me."   Congrats to the OP for having some old fashioned good clean fun. I was at an arts and crafts show with the wife a few years ago when one of the guys from the local planetarium had a large telescope set up to let people watch a solar eclipse. It was pretty awesome. 

Just curious. Who taught your class? 

Raoul, Seems like it took about six weeks for mine to arrive. I literally had forgotten about it when it showed up in the mail.

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I just picked up a box of 300 rounds of CCI .22 LRs this morning at the new Bass Pro Shop in the Pyramid downtown. $21 plus tax. 

Memphis in May festival started back in the 70's as I recall. Music festival the first weekend, BBQ festival the third weekend of May, thousands of drunks all gathered in one place. Just spitballing here, but my guess is the people young Mandy/Mindy/or whatever her name was trying to make reference to would be local police and politicians not wanting to see anyone carrying guns down there, as you and I both know that always leads to blood running in the street. MPD does a pretty good job with providing security for the immediate area where the events are held but there are usually one or two out of town guests who get robbed each year on the way back to their car or hotel. It does seem like someone got hurt pretty badly a few years ago leaving Beale St. headed back to their hotel.

My question is how can this company claim to lease a park and not be subject to the law? I'm not a lawyer but it seems if the owners of the park, the city of Memphis are not able to ban guns in the park, how can they give a contract to someone else and make it legal? How does a company get the ability to take away individual rights of citizens given to them by the state on city property? I think this is a thin ice legal position that they will lose if it ever goes to court. Someone should file a civil suit in Circuit Court for damages against Memphis in May and the City of Memphis for entering into an illegal contract that bars guns to be carried into the parks. If nothing else, most of the judges would likely grant an injunction against Memphis in May until the matter could be resolved.

Nope. Sounds more like a New York City sort of church policy. Granted, if AC Wharton, Memphis fine mayor had his way, there would be no guns anywhere in the city proper, including church.    My church is full of cops as well as many others who pack heat on Sunday. I've noticed more than one lump under a coat jacket and made a note to make sure mine was less obvious. In this day and age, I think a church full of Christians is a possible target for some nut job or lone wolf Haji, although they are probably one and the same. 

Congrats on the new purchase! I've owned numerous Kel-Tec products over the years and found them to be a good bargain. They may require a little more loving out of the box than say a Glock or a Smith and Wesson, but they are produced and sold at a different price point. If you like to tinker a little and fluff and buff them, they will serve you well. Enjoy!

Now that you mention it, I do seem to remember a few bottles of what looked like powder that had been there since before the Civil War. Someone found it for me. It is as you described, stashed back in the corner several months ago when I asked about whether they had any powder or not.  You're right it was some powders I'd never seen or heard of using for handgun reloads. The other thing I noticed was the price on the old lead bullets I mentioned in my other post. I've been watching them for years, and over the years I've bought one or two boxes of 500 lead wadcutters or round nose for .38 and 9mm. They have had them forever, they were originally shipped from West TN Cartridge Company. They have always been $45 bucks for a box of 500. I noticed the other day they have marked up the 200 grain lead semi wad cutters $10 to $55. This is inventory that has been there for "years" yet they continue to mark it up?  Only at G&A....  :screwy:

  I can't help but wonder how many Shield owners will ditch the Shield for the G43? Think you'll keep them both? I had one (Shield) but felt it was sort of an in-betweener. Too big for pocket carry and on the belt it didn't provide as many rounds as slightly larger pistols which were just as easy to carry. Of course they both have the capacity advantage over the old war horse 5 shot revolver most of us have carried at one time or another, plus most folks think 9mm is a little better self defense caliber than .38 special. I must admit all the positive reviews have me curious.

Great podcast with Tom Givens. Well worth the time to listen.   http://americanwarriorshow.libsyn.com/

I was over there recently looking for small pistol primers, but all they had that day was large pistol primers. No powder to be seen. They did have a few old boxes of lead bullets, but the prices were not really that good. For whatever reason, the primer prices have always been competitive with everyone else.

I am former LEO here in Memphis, Shelby County Sheriffs Deputy to be exact, and it is disappointing when I see posts that seem to paint all cops with such a broad brush. My brother is still a cop. Just made detective in February and my whole family went to the promotion ceremony. I lack the words to adequately describe how proud we are of him. My parents are both in their eighties and dad has Parkinson's, so getting in and around was hard due to the wheel chair, but his face was beaming when they pinned that new badge on Tim. I know my brother is a guy who does it the right way, every time, that's why he took the job, and still loves the job. Not for the money, or the power trip of the gun and the badge, but he really wants to make a difference and he tries every day to do just that. Another guy in his department is a well known member on TGO. Also one of the stand up guys. If I was ever in a dust up and had to reach for the radio for back up, I would sure feel better seeing Him as the first car on the scene. I still see a lot of guys I worked with and went through the academy with. Friend of mine had her brains blown out transporting a low risk prisoner that another friend of mine had just patted down and missed a gun in the crotch. He also broke protocol and handcuffed him in the front instead of behind his back. That guy is a raging alcoholic who took early retirement. Two guys I went through the academy with are actually in prison now, both of them did really stupid things involving women. According to the versions I heard, they both got what they deserve. I think the main difference is, if you screw up as a cop, under the Color of Law, you are headed to prison. Not many salesmen or teacher, coaches or other vocations harp on going to prison as much as I heard throughout the entire time I was in training, both at the academy and at in- service each year. Someone asked a very good question, why don't the good cops get rid of the bad cops? The short answer is generally civil service boards and union. Of course if it gets bad enough for criminal charges, all bets are off. The thing you have to remember, the guy may be the only one who can save your life at some point in time. As a para military organization, the fraternity is close and closed lipped. The old saying was sort of like Vegas before the ads, what happens in the car, stays in the car.

Very nice! Congrats on the new additions. Look forward to your range report with the 43.

DaveTN makes a good point. I would only point out that the 1911 pattern guns seem to be more "magazine sensitive" than other guns. Personally, I would prefer to spend $25 or so for an extra magazine from a reputable maker like Chip McCormick or Wilson Combat, etc. and keep the gun in my possession and try to shoot it, and continue to break it in, as opposed to sending the gun into the manufacturer. I always hate shipping a brand new gun back. I've done it a few times, but it sure takes the fun out of a new gun. Good luck getting it fixed and running soon.

This and try this ^^^ and maybe a new magazine from Chip McCormick or Wilson Combat and see if that doesn't help your slide lock problem. Be sure to put plenty of grease or lube on the rails, mine always runs better wet.

I am interested in replacing the stock trigger in my full size 1911. I don't think the actual install will be a problem but I am was looking at some from Wilson Combat with long, medium or short pads. Any idea how to figure out which one might fit my hands best before I order it? TIA.