Will Carry

I ain't gonna take that mans gun! He'll sick Paw Paw on me

Hello and Welcome to TGO. I was edumacated in Nashville and think it's a great town. I bought my first handgun a Donelson Hardware back in 1979. I worked for NES and traveled all over the greater metropolitan area.

These guys know their wheel guns. If you want quality and affordability, then Ruger Security Six, Speed Six and GP-100 are the only choice you have. Smith and Wesson used to make some of the greatest revolvers ever made but the old ones are in great demand and the new may or may not be of good quality. Either way Smith and Wesson revolvers are over priced. Taurus makes some affordable .357, so does Rossi, Charter Arms and EAA but these guns are one teer below the Rugers. I have a GP-100 4" and it's a great gun but the .357 I like the best is a single action Ruger Bisley Vaquero in .357. I have more fun shooting .357 revolvers than any other gun I own. The .357 is still the King in my book.

I made the mistake of buying my wife a snub nosed 38 special ultra light. She hated it and the recoil was unpleasant even for me. I think you need to desensitize your wife to recoil. I did it with my daughter and now she likes big guns. Her favorite is the XD-45, which she shoots with authority. My daughter was a goalie for the North Carolina state Champion soccer team when she was in high school. I just pointed out to her that shooting a .357 magnum was a lot easier than standing in front of a soccer ball going 60 MPH. I tried to show her that the recoil doesn't hurt and that it's just the loud noise and sudden jump of the pistol that make people recoil sensitive. She got to shoot a 44 magnum Raging Bull and did not hesitate to empty the chambers. Once a woman looses her fear of recoil (man too for that matter) they become empowered and will likely choose a gun you would not have thought of. Good luck brother!

I always carry my pocket 380. Sometimes I carry IWB too. My IWB pistols vary from S&W Model 36 to a 1911. I usually will carry an extra pistol rather than an extra magazine.

They seem to priced at around $475-$500. The one in Davidson's was 22LR only. I guess that price is OK. I didn't pay nearly that much on my two six bangers.

I left my guns at home when I went to California.

I have a gen 4. I don't like the grips but that is an easy fix. The magazine release is better though. I hope you like the Glock 19, it's a great little 9mm. My Gen 4 has never failed and it has the #3 recoil spring.

I don't understand? 45 yards, 25 yards for concealed carry qualification? We shot at 3, 5 and 7 yards. The class I took was great! It was 8 hours long and nobody got bored. Our instructor was a retired LEO and an excellent teacher.

Every day it seems friends and family ask me for my facebook account or want me to "friend" them on Facebook. ".....but I don't have a Facebook page." so they say, "you can get in contact with people you waven't seen in 30 years!" I say, "Well maybe there's reason I ain't seen'em in 30 years and I can probably go another 30 years without seeing them." I have lived my life under the radar. I have a small group of trusted friends and my family and don't feel the need to go global. If family and friends want to contact me, they can call me one the telephone or write me a letter. I am not going to have my personal profile displayed on the world wide web....dang it! Somebody slap some sense into me!

That's a great story! Thanks for sharing it with TGO.

Keep us posted Wyatt. The CZ is on the top of my list.

The British Medical Journal ? 37% of suicides were drunk? Duhhh! I can't believe that 63% were sober.

I have two Single Sixes and love'em. One has a 9.5" barrel which will throw out a 22 mag at respectable speeds. The ten shot cylinder would not keep me from buying one, or the dorky sights for that matter. They are very well made single action 22s.

I had two friends get Giardia after paddling a canoe and swimming down Crooked Fork Creek near Wartburg. One was sick for months. Neither well ever paddle Crooked Fork Creek again. I paddle it all the time and have had no problems.

I said I would rather carry an extra gun than an extra magazine, in truth, I usually carry one gun and no extra mags. Sometimes I carry a pocket pistol as a back up. Really spoolie? Do you get pleasure out of belittling other people's posts? It reminds me of some other D Bag on TGO?

Thanks for the feedback guys. We were talking about survival food on North Carolina Gun Owners forum and someone mentioned that food is secondary to water in a survival scenario. I figured the TGO boys would know something about it.

I have heard that you can use Clorox bleach to purify water. The guy was a retired Marine full bird. Do any of you guys know what the ratio of bleach to water is that will purify water and not be toxic? He also said you could mix sea water with fresh water to stretch your supply but I have forgotten what the ratio is too. It's something like 1 part sea water to 6 parts fresh water.

That is some scarey stuff! I need to go to the range more. I like to think I'm a bad Hamma Jamma but I'm just a mechanic. I make a living pulling wrenches and I haven't been in a fist fight in 30 years. I did win that fight though.........

What? 3 pistols and only one pair of glasses? You got to be kidding! Get an extra pair. I like the super glue! It's a fast way to close cuts. That is a nice kit a must admit.

I would rather carry a second gun than an extra magazine, but that's just me. I think they call it a New York reload. My theory is why grab an extra mag and have to reload when you can just grab an extra gun.

Does your Glock 19-4 have a #3 recoil spring or a #4? Mine has a #3 which is heavier, I understand now they are putting the lighter #4 spring in them becuase the #3 spring doesn't feed low speed target ammo as well. I shoot Winchester white box in my G-19-4 without a hitch. As a matter of fact it has never failed with any ammo. I carry a little 380 pocket pistol but I am looking at getting one in 9mm. I understand the Ruger LC-9 is a handful...but that's kinda what I want, if you know what I mean. The spring has a number on the end of the spring that points toward to shooter.

by Jimmy Driftwood Along about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would have got through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin on the Tennessee stud I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa One of her brothers was a bad outlaw I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fud And I rode away on the Tennessee stud The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee stud One day I was ridin' in the beautiful land And ran smack into an Indian band They jerked their knives with a whoop and a yell But I rode away like a bat out of hell Well I circled their camp for a time or two And showed what a Tennessee hoss could do And them redskin boys never got my blood 'Cause I was a-ridin' on the Tennessee stud We drifted on down into no man's land We crossed the river called the Rio Grande I raced my hoss with the Spaniards bold Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold Me and a gambler we couldn't agree We got in a fight over Tennessee We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud And I got away on the Tennessee stud RUSWell, I got as lonesome as a man can be Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee The Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue 'Cause he was a-dneamin' of a sweetheart too We loped on back across Arkansas I whipped her brother and I whipped her pa I found that girl with the golden hair And she was ridin' on a Tennessee mare Stirrup to stirrup and side by side We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide We came to Big Muddy and we forded the flood On the Tennessee mare and the Tennessee stud Pretty little baby on the cabin floor Little hoss colt playin' 'round the door I love the girl with golden hair And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare

I think you left it out in the flower garden from where we we tiptoing through the tulips, while picking panzies, not the manly panzies but the other ones.

The Westboro Baptist Church is just one crazy guy and his zombie kids. They are pushing our first amendment rights way beyond it's limits. Wait a minute LOUD PIPES! THAT'S IT!....Who plays the bagpipes? No one can stand up to bagpipes! Accept Tennessee Volunteers and Andy Jackson. My heart goes out to the family of the fallen Marine.