Will Carry

The Army of Tennessee gets a bad rap. Tennessee had been the frontier just a few decades before. Them easterners did not understand that moving an Army around in Tennessee was next to impossible. Virginia had roads and railways. Tennessee had mud and high water. Pines barrens where horses and cattle couldn't feed. Canyons and gullies, bad roads and little or no fodder. Not to mention huge rivers like the Cumberland and the Tennessee River. Our boys had to fight the terrain more than the yankees.

There is a marker on the side of the road noting the postion of rebout #4. Here is the marker number I got off a google search. N 1 7 Lumsden’s Defense Dec. 15, 1864 0.3 mile west was Redoubt No. 4 in Hood’s detached supporting works. Garrisoned by Lumsden’s Battery of smoothbore Napoleons, supported by 100 men of the 29th Alabama Infantry under Capt. Foster, it was finally overrun by the assault of 12 infantry and 4 dismounted cavalry regiments, supported by four Federal batteries. Location: TN 106 (Hillsboro Pike), at Hobbs Road It is written (A History of Lumsden's Battery) that Capt. Lumsden stayed with his guns even as his men began to run. It wasn't until someone grabbed the bag of fuses and ran with it, that they convinced Lumsden to leave the battery. The 29th did a fine job in staying in line until Lumsden got clear.

DOOOH! I thought I was on general off topic.

Sorry for putting this in the Handgun section. Isaac Mason was his name. He was 15 when he joined as a Tuscaloosa Volunteers. During the Battle of Nashville, Lumsden's Battery was overrun by Yankee infantry. They lost 23 men and all of their guns. That took place less than 1/4 mile from where I lived in Nashville. Isaac Mason was my Great Grandfather. He surrendered in Meridian Mississippi after the battle of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely at the age of 18. After the war, Isaac said that the only time he held a rifle in the war was at the battle of Fort Blakely, the last battle. When the fort was overrun he escaped up into the swamps with a few hundred others. He settled in Stockon Al. along the very path of his escape. The old home place is still their in Stockton.

To Kill a Mockingbird. Slingblade. The Life of Brian. High Noon. The Outlaw Jossey Wales. Full Metal Jacket. Mr. Roberts. Old Yeller. The Seven Samuri. The Bedford Incident. (If they fire one, we'll fire one). The African Queen Treasure Of the Sierra Madre (We don't need no stinkin badges) Last of the Mohicans. You Younguns need to watch these if you ain't seen 'em.

They shoot Bobcats 'cause there easier to play with when they're dead.

When you read posts where shooters brag about shooting 1 inch groups a 50 yards with a handgun. Do you believe it? I've heard guys tell fishing tales where the fish gets bigger every time they tell the story. Do shooters do the same thing? Ya think?

Starbucks coffee is bitter. I much preffer Eight O'Clock Columbian. Smooth rich MMMMM.

Isn't the 45acp a relitively low pressure round compaired to a 9mm or a 40s&w? I always thought a 45 acp was a "slow moving, big bullet". I own a Glock 36 as a CC gun. It isn't my favorite pistol but it works for me so far. I like my XD-45 much better and my Colt Government is a dream.

I could do it with a Glock 36 but I'm thinking XD-45. (13+1) All I have to do it talk my wife out of here Betty Crocker Cook Book.

You have a good point Gunsablazin. That's why I asked. I'm thinking about carving out a bigger book for my XD-45 maybe even my Colt 1991. My eyes, as I have gotten older, will no longer focus well on pistol sights. I have found that Crimson Trace help a lot. I have them on several of my pistols. 1) First you find a book that you will never read again that is big enough to accommodate the pistol. 2) Place a piece of waxed paper in the front of the book and glue the outside of the pages with Elmers glue. The wax paper will enable you to open the book after the glue dries, the glue will hold the pages together while you cut. 3) Draw an outline of the gun on the first page, then start cutting the outline with a sharp knife or box cutter. Make the outline 1/4 bigger than the pistol. 4) When you finish, you can put the book on a book shelf and it will look just like a book. It's the oldest trick in the book, but a crack head ain't read the book. Hopefully.

Crimson Trace. and lots of range time. When I went to San Francisco I had a decoy wallet. I wasted three days of my life in that town. Hated it. Too dad gum crowded for my likes. People were smoking pot on the street! Smelled like a college dormatory. A concealed handgun would be useless on those crowded streets. You couldn't walk one block without some poor homeless dude asking for money. It costed me $40 a day just to park my car. I was so glad when that plane touched down in North Carolina, I wanted to kiss the tarmac,

who has a gun safe full of "full capacity" tactical hand guns, but defends his home with a 5 shot 38sp snub nosed revolver? The first place a burglar looks when he breaks in a house is the bedroom closet, then the night stand next to the bed. They will even look under the bed and between the mattress. Next to jewelry, fire arms are the most desirable item for a thief. My gun safe is hidden behind a false wall in a closet. You don't even know it's there. Everything in my home that hints I am a gun owner is in that safe. If someone were to break in my home while I'm out working for a living, they would have no indication that I was a gun owner. No holsters in my top drawer, no bags of brass casings, nothing. A burglar may notice that I keep books on my bedside table, but I figure a burglar has no use for books and maybe he won't notice that one is hollowed out with my snubby in it. Maybe I need a bigger book? Recon?

Charter Arms Rimless Revolver This sounds interesting. A 9mm revolver that will also shot 380s. No moon clips needed.

My best fixed blades are my Linder Toothpick and Hunter. My favorite is one I made myself with a handle custom fit made from marine grade expoxy puddy.

HI-POINT the American AK47. I like their "Planet of the Apes" carbine.

Does anyone really know what the guns laws are in the Windy City. A friend of mine wrote the quote below, but he must be wrong. He must be talking about another city called Chicago in another country. "You cannot own a handgun. You can have a rifle or shotgun, but the ammo must be in a separate unavailable location and the gun must be locked or broken down at all times. You can not ever have the gun in an operational manner for even a moment. In addition, you cannot take it outside or transport it in a vehicle for any reason. (Unless of course you are a gangbanger). Chicago cops like the law because it means that they all get to moonlite at the bars and clubs as well paid armed security"

I was young once and strong. Ok not strong like a through hiker but strong like a whitwater kayaker.

My Sigma failed to fire enough to where I would not carry it. It was accurate, It had a comfortable grip, and it most of the time it was reliable. I shot about 2000 rounds through it and may have had a dozen FTFs. That's 1 FTFs in 167 shoots. As many of my buddies and family who shot this pistol, not one of them said "WOW that is a nice pistol!" The only comments I got on it were about the looooong trigger pull. For the price they were selling it at that gun show, you can't go wrong. It was a good deal. Many people love the Sigma as you can tell............

I gave my Sigma to a friend who wanted to get into shooting. It was a forgettable pistol. I don't miss it at all. It's built just like a Glock.....but it ain't.

Carry a bar of Ivory soap. It will be worth it's weight in gold when you meet those hot Canadian chicks. You can smell a through hiker a mile away. I have stayed in hostels with Threw hikers on the Nolichucky River, the French Broad River and the Nantahala River. Gamey ain't the word for it. You don't need a gun. The smell will stampede cattle. ROF

I'd go with the 38 special. I wouldn't waste my money on snake shot unless you just enjoy shooting snakes.

I think the problem is that the 22 mag is so long. The magazine and the action has to accomodate a long slinder round. Plus you don't get a lot of extra power from a 22 mag unless you have a long barrel. The 22LR stinger is only slightly less powerful than a 22 mag when shot from a 6 inch barrel, however the rifle ballistics of 22 mag is impressive. The AMT has a bad reputation for being a jammiester. The best 22 mag pistol would be a Taurus 9 shoot revolver model 991 (DA) or a Ruger Single Six (SA) or a Charter Arms 6 shot revolver. I really like the way the Taurus looks and a 9 shoot cylinder will give you some fire power.

JERRY MATHERS ! The Beav is packin heat!

1973 Gremlin X with a 304cu/in V8. Yellow with Orange stripes. That car kept me out of trouble. The sheriff knew where I lived. Any time someone would report a speeding yellow Gremlin full of drunk, dope smoking red necks, the sheriff would just go sit in my driveway an wait. It didn't take but a few run ins with Sheriff Pearson to straighten my ass out. I thank God for that every day!