Will Carry

It's becuase we live in the SOUTH. Where the winter sun shines warm. When my nieghbor moved down from Boston, the first time it snowed he was out with a shovel, shoveling his driveway. I told him, "Dude! It will be 70 degrees tomorrow and it will all be gone." Now, after 5 years, he has stooped doing that. He's a great neighbor! Talks funny but otherwise is a good man. I can drive very well in the snow as most Southerners can.

I am very happy with my Glock 19 gen 4. I didn't buy it as an expression of art. I bought it for self defense. It's easy to carry and shoot plus it has never failed to fire. It is the only 9mm I own since I gave my Sigma away, for free, just to get rid of it.

I bought a used Ruger Mark II today. I wasn't looking for one but a very old friend of mine was out of work and needed the money. So now I have a Mark II and a Mark III. I was wondering what the difference between the two was. Thanks I just Googled it. The Mark III seems to have a few useless extras. With the acception of a Weaver style scope mount tapped into the barrel. The loaded chamber indicator on my Mark III has been removed. The magazine safety is new, and the mag release was moved from the butt to the left side. Maybe the Mark IV will be easy to dissassemble.........

You'll never see me wearing camo.

Whatever happened to the NAA 32 magnum revolver? I guess it didn't pan out. I really like the NAA mini-revolvers and one day I will have one. It's the pistol you would want to bring to a knife fight...with your knife.

Congradulations on your new GP-100. I have the same gun and love it. It's my woods gun and my car gun. I carry full house loads in it. You have good taste in hand guns. I own 5 Ruger hand guns. Two Mark IIIs (a ss Hunter with the 6 7/8" fancy bull barrel and a Basic Blued 5") . Two Single Sixes (A SS 6.5" and a blued 9.5") and the GP-100 (SS 4", Hogue monogrip). When you save up and buy a good quality gun, it will retain it's value and you will get the money back if you sell it.

Congradulations! Welcome to the club. It is a lifestyle change, or it was for me. It took me a couple of years to get comfortable with carrying concealed and I am still learning new things about carrying and self defense. TGO is a great place to learn, although you have to be able to take the wheat from the chaff.

I started to get the book over Christmas and didn't. Don't let my opinion spoil the movie. My wife thought it was great! I guess my main problem was that I expected another Unforgiven or Lonesome Dove. The critics think it's a great movie and many of my friends do to. Hopefully this may be the start of a comeback for western movies. Is That a MP-38 in your avatar? Mt brother-in-law traded a German farmer two 1911s for an MP-38 he found in his field during the war. My brother-in-law bought it back to Tennessee and tried to get a judge he knew to give him a permit for it. The judge wouldn't do it so he sold it to a collector........

When I heard that the Coen brothers were going to do a remake of True Grit, I got excited . I thought the Coen brothers had seen something lacking in the original 1969 classic or that they had some new twist. I thought this movie was going to be great. Maybe it would spur Hollywood to start making westerns again. I was very disappointed. There are so many great stories about the old west that have never been told, stories that would make a great western, but they had to remake True Grit? Now Jeff Bridges is a great actor, better than John Wayne by far but John Wayne IS Rooster Cogburn. Jeff Bridges is just a great actor. In 1969, when Rooster Cogburn put his reigns in his teeth and said "Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!", the crowd cheered! In the 2010 version, the crowd was looking for the exits. The Coen brothers did nothing to improve True Grit. Rest easy Duke.

Ya'll know I was just funin' ya. I think they call it "trolling". John Wayne didn't really act, he just played himself. He won the academy award for best actor for his roll in True Grit, but I think it was more of a lifetime achievemnet award. I can't wait to see the new True Grit. Ya'll have a Merry Christmas, Ya here.

Matt Dillion was the toughest marshall that ever was! Plus, he was banging Kitty! If he and John Wayne ever got in a fight, I'd have to go with Matt. As much as I like John Wayne, Matt Dillion was the man. Every week on Sunday night we watched Matt do what was right.

For all of you guys, who have come out of the closet and admitted that you do not like John Wayne movies, "Good on you"! That takes a lot of courage to speak out like that and in the same spirit as when Obama resended the " don't ask. don't tell" policy, thanks for coming out! I'm sure you were just born that way.

Welcome to the world of concealed carry. It has taken me several years and several handguns to learn what to carry and how to carry. I am still learning. My carry guns change from day to day depending on the weather, my dress and the threat. Lately I have been carrying a Smith and Wesson Model 36 3"(IWB) with a Diamondback DB380 as a BUG (in my vest pocket). I really like my little Diamondback. No matter what guns I'm carrying, the pocket 380 is always my back up. I use Cor-Bon Powerballs in my 380.

5.11 clothing is probably as good a quality line of clothing as you can find. Plus they are not made in China. They are made in Bangladesh, which I think is near Cleveland............

Hi-Point is working on a 20 rounds magazine. I am getting a 9mm Hi-Point for Christmas, with a "laser". Hi-Point is selling these guns as fast as they can make them. I plan on using it as a range gun, but the ballistics from this 16.5" barrel are pretty impressive. Imagine, a 9mm round achieving 600ft/lbs of muzzle energy! The 40 will be even better! I have heard people call these little carbines "American AKs" or "Planet of the Apes gun". I looked at the Kel_Tec carbines and the Berreta carbines and selected the Hi-Point. I choose a pistol caliber carbine because I can shoot it at my indoor range. I will post a review after Christmas. Right now all I can say is that it is heavier than I thought.

I'll never forget. Our future generations should study this war. THAT is how Americans fight. Our soldiers today are even better.

I'm really liking my Ruger Bisley Vaguero. It's as accurate as any pistol I own. It gets hot enough to iron my shirt after a while.

TGO David I cannot believe you. The Grand Canyon is top natural wonder of the world. The drive alone is worth it. The forest south of the canyon is worth it. There is so much to see out there. You have a problem with Europeans! They are our ancestors! Hell the Japs will out number the Europeans two to one! But the Japs are polite and respectful! There is a great big world out there to see and very little time to see it. The Grand Canyon should not be missed. Every American should see it at least once. It is a National Legacy. One of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. I have been there three times. North Rim , South Rim and I've paddled the Colorado River through the canyon in a kayak. I hope to go back again soon. The Eurpoeans, Japs, Germans, French and Chicoms are a lot more polite and respectful than a lot of us Americans.

I forgot about Sunset Crater! +1. The drive from the Flagstaff to the EAST entrance in wonderful.

Get a Navajo Taco! Just ask any ranger at the Grand Canyon. When you go to the Grand Canyon go in by the EAST entrance. Do not go in by the south entrance. You will not regret it. By going in by the EAST entrance you get to see the Little Colorado River Canyon and you get a view of the canyon as it is forming. You see desert and awsome panoramic views in a wild setting. If you go in through the south entrance to will see hotels, woods, then canyon. Arizona is awesome for us Tennessee boys. The people are freindly and the scenery is spectacular! There is so much to see in Arizona that you can only scratch the surface in just a few days. All I can say is rent a good car, get a tank of gas and just go where you will. You will only want to come back for more! The Grand Canyon will put you in a trance, you just can't take your eyes off of it. But the forest to the south of the canyon is like being on another planet. Very few people venture in to that forest. The Mountain Lions are Elk fed and big as tigers. You can run up to Monument Valley, the Escalante Staircase, Zion Canyon, Bryce Canyon, The Mojave Desert! My wife and I are going back next spring, if we get our bonus at work. Did I say the people were friendly! They are great! The Navajo Taco: After paying $120 on a "gourmet" meal at El Travor resturant at the Grand Canyon, it was the worst meal I have ever payed for, I asked a park ranger where we could get a good meal for a good price. The all said "Navajo Taco" There is a place on the Navajo Reservation that serves a Navajo Taco. You drive back out the EAST entrance but instead of turning right to go back to Flagstaff you turn left into the desert. I thought this was going to be a dive, but it was truely a first class resturant. $10 for a simple flat bread taco with fresh ingrediance that was the size of your plate. If you look on my avatar, you will see what I could not eat. Very cool place! Out in the middle of the dessert. Did I say the people were frindly? Arizona is awesome!

I never said they were FOS. I said "I admire a young man who is cocky as long as they are NOT FOS." But from reading their posts they are, in my humble, Al Gore loving opinion, misguided to think that when a man has a gun pointed at them with his finger on the trigger that they are not in a tactically precarious position. That may not be FOS but it is cocky.

I have enjoyed this. Very few people will talk trash to me in real life, you guys are great! Punisher84 I have a great attitude towards life, it has gotten me this far. One of the things I try to be is humble. You and Dave could use a little humility but I do admire a young man who's a little cocky, as long as he ain't FOS. I may have made you and TNDave angry, But you will get over it. I know I'll get over being called an Al Gore lover, but it will take time.

DaveTN. The shooting in the hips thing I got from Massad Ayoob. You don't know me so you can only speculate on my skills in martial arts or small arms. You are welcome to form an opinion of me by my posts. I certainly have an opinion about you. I don't pretend to be an expert on handguns and self defense. I'm just a student. From your posts you must be an expert in guerrilla warfare, a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. Rambo! Wait! You ain't Rambo. You said in the previous post that you were faster than a speeding bullet. You are Superman! Sorry Dave, but that Al Gore remark was a low blow. Look at minute 6:32 that's when Massad Ayoob mentions the pelvis shot. Massad is a humble man, not prone to bragging.

Punisher, why do you carry? I carry for self protection. I have a permit to carry a concealed handgun. When I was your age I did not have the option so I had to depend on my brain, my brawn and my feets. I have talked my way out of trouble, fought my way out of trouble and run my way out of trouble. I'm still a big man but I'm 55 years old. I can't run any more and I ain't sure how a kin fight hand to hand. Carrying concealed just evens the playing field. I hope I never have to draw down on anyone. I joke about soiling my pants or having a heart attack becuase I don't feel like I need to strut like a young rooster. I try to be good natured when I can.

DaveTN says "you really can out move and out shoot the other guy -- even if he does have the drop on you -- and survive." Yes and Monkeys can fly out of my ***. Dave you are a good man and don't think I'm saying anything without a smile. This is a discussion and anyone can say anything and I won't git mad. We are freinds. BUT 1) If I pull a gun on someone. It's shootin' time. You can dance all you want but before you can pull your pistol, you will be meeting Saint Peter at the Holy Gates. 2) there is always the chance I could miss...........Do ya feel lucky? This is a discussion that needs to be talked about. Feel free to jump in and say what you feel. You will not offend me. We are just talking.