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I had a 65 with a pinned front sight and never saw another one like it.

Does it have a pinned front sight?

i have used a bunch of friends' Stihls and Huquvarnas over the years and they run nice, but there is a lot of value in those Poulan.

Tough enough to bend an ASP baton. We didn't realize it was bent until we tried to close it. We switched to Manadnocks after that but they bought really short ones. In some ways the short ones were beneficial. You hardly ever used it anyway. I once knew a guy that carried around a few pieces of porcelain from used spark plugs just for breaking windows.

Yeah, it looks like a spring loaded punch. Many times windows are harder to break than people realize. Striking the corner is often the best way. Three times in my law enforcement career I stood around swinging a baton several minutes trying to break a window. Two times for medical emergencies and once for a child in a car.

You may or may not find that the Glock 17 feels better. The finger grooves do fit me better with the fullsize but it isn't an astronomical difference. Many people sand down their finger grooves or instal grip sleeves. Sometimes Talon grips or skateboard tape helps people.

I had a Kahr CW45 that I really wanted to like. I never could get any of my reloads to be 100% reliable and just couldn't find a hollow point that was either. Besides, it kicked horribly. I would rather shoot my scandium j frame with magnums that the cw45 or even my Double tap derringer in 9mm.

It looks like a variation of a red maple. It really shouldn't have bark looking like that. Did it start out the spring nice and green?

I am sure the drought has stressed your tree, but I do not believe this is the sole cause of the abnormal turning of leaves. In almost all species of plants leaves attached to previous years growth will turn or wilt long before the leaves on the current years growth. In layman's terms, the plant will sacrifice the old growth first. In this case the leaves on the tips of the branches have turned as much as the leaves near the leader.

What kind of maple is it? If you don't know give me a close up of one leaf. Assuming that it is a sugar maple, because that is what it looks like, they normally do not have exfoliating bark. I hate to come right out and say it but you are right. It really looks like a classic, text book example of cankers. I just wanted to eliminate any possibility of mechanical injury.

It is hard for me to really tell by the pictures but I suspect you have something more severe than drought to worry with. The number one reason I say that is because during a drought most all species will sacrifice the old growth first. That does not appear to be the case. Once or twice i have seen trees turn because of a herbicide sprayed on the lawn underneath it and the vapors rising to hit the leaves. Drought further complicates this event. The bark really scares me. Is there anyway it could have been damaged by a piece of machinery, a rope, or even someone beating on it? Is there a white looking fungus under the peeling bark? Understand that the bark is where the vascular system of the tree is.

I take it you are a Glock guy like me. To be honest, after jumping back and forth with all these single stacks I won't criticize anyone for liking a XDS, 43, Shield, Bersa, or LC9 over a different model. The Shield is just a gun that is built to be shot a lot and it shoots well. It is just a bonus that it is so easy to carry. While only a slight bit smaller the 43 just doesn't handle like a range gun, but I believe I can shoot it as well as a Shield. While I can shoot the 43 as well, the Shield is just easier to shoot. There is a lot of value in Shields with many people scoring them for a little over $350 OTD. In my mind the 43 should be the cheaper gun.

Yes, and if you want to really get technical it is the most versatile Glock because it can shoot more calibers with barrel changes than any of the others. You could do more with a 21 but it would take a lot more than just barrels to do it.

I will look but I believe that is what we have always called 45Super with small primers.

I have a Thompson White Mountain Carbine I would like to display on something similar.

What they failed to realize is people that would have bought those heirlooms will instead buy new firearms. The way I see it, Americans are going to buy firearms. They will either buy used or new, but they will spend "X" amount.

It's heavy enough that it really isn't all that bad. My 45 Win Mag derringer with bear loads is even manageable.

If it is already in the yard, and you need to get rid of it anyway, I see no reason not to use it in a stove or fireplace. It burns fast though; I mean really fast. It will not produce enormous amounts of heat so it may be good to burn it during the early winter and save your oaks for late winter. That or use the poplar for kindling.

In all honesty you can compare .380 to a 38spl. The 38spl does offer heavier bullets, but the energy is the same. The way I see it you are pretty much either guaranteed expansion or penetration, but you may get lucky and receive both. I have heard from numerous people that the 938 has not been one of Sigs best products. On of my friends who loved his two 238's couldn't wait until the 938 was to be released. Within a week of owning the 938 he traded down for another 238. He says the size and handling difference just couldn't make him happy.

Thank you for reporting back to all of us. This comes in handy when new comers are searching for instruction or advice. I do have one question if you can help me. Did the Chief mention what duty weapon Rogersville issues their patrolman? I am missing that department from the sticky in the handgun forum.

For what it is worth, I used my investigative skills to dig into it and it is a legit number. He does appear to be in Nashville. Other than the obvious here, I don't really see much alarming about him.https://m.facebook.com/chadamanda.kiser?pn_ref=friends_search

If it is not a time proven product by Sig I tend to stay away. Every 239, 229, 220, and 226 I have ever owned or been issued has been wonderful and failure free. I keep hearing those alarming reports of the 320 not being able to handle 2-3k rounds without requiring parts being replaced. One of my friends who is a diehard sig and sig 238 fan couldn't wait to unload his 938. I wouldn't necessarily let this experience with the 938 be my only try with a sig.

My family and I have worked 4cyl Tacomas more than most 1 tons get worked. I am a believer in the 2.7. My father had a 95 that I believe we would still have today if it had not gotten t boned. It had 600k miles and was still as strong as the day it drive off the lot. I pulled a boat with my 2.7 for a friend that I found out nearly exceeded the towing capacity by double. I didn't find out until afterwards what it weighed. Don't know how many stuck vehicles and farm equipment our 2.7's have retrieved, but the funniest one was a F600 dump truck that was stuck while trying to recover a 1 ton Dodge.

I have used about every brand of pistol primers and Federal primers are by far my favorite. I do not hesitate to substitute magnum primers for non magnum primers.

Never, I mean never, let that truck go. They don't make them like that anymore. That truck will outlive all of us if you keep the rust away.