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To my surprise the 45 win mag was not unpleasant. A friend and I shot various loads today and both of us were impressed. I plan to load some more and hit the range again soon. I loaded one round that I kept referring to as the bad boy and even it was not too bad. I plan to push it a little harder. Remember, all of this is through a 3" barrel. I think I will try a 260 gr bullet with 10gr of Unique. A little size comparison with a Buck 110 and a S&W model 60.

I broke down and bought 100 pieces of virgin brass. I figured I may not shoot but 100 rounds through it in a lifetime anyway. I will shoot the first group tomorrow through the chronograph.

I wouldn't talk you out of doing it now, but it may take a little more care than if done in fall or winter.

Sod would be a viable option being he described his lawn as 900 sqft which is just a little more than two pallets. Doing it yourself would cost about $330 if you pick it up yourself and instal it yourself. If you do a cool season sod in the spring it will require lots of water and several applications of disease preventative throughout the summer. Make sure you get it down before April.

I bought my TFO's at GT's and they installed them for me.

There really isn't a great turf grass for shade, but some will do better than others. You can almost rule out Bermuda, but Zoysia can sometimes tolerate a little bit of shade. The issue with both of these and other warm season turf grass varieties is the cooler winters in north Tennessee. While some of the most beautiful lawns in Chattanooga are warm season they receive winter damage every so often. Tennessee is actually an area where warm season lawns suffer winter damage and cool season lawns suffer from disease and drought in the summer time especially in south Tennessee. If it were me I would sow a turf-type tall fescue blend of named varieties like Millinium and Bonsai along with no more than 10% Blue Grass. Stay away from Kentucky 31 unless you are sowing a pasture. The reason to do a blend is so you do not lose all of your lawn during drought or disease. Regardless, with a cool season lawn you must do two very important things correctly. They are sow seed in the fall and apply pre-emergent in the early spring; everything else is not too important or time restrictive. Sowing a lawn is like painting a car; it is all in the prep work. If you want to spray a non-selective herbicide twice, two weeks apart before seed and aeration it will look much better. If you do not water everyday for 22 days straight it will not look as good otherwise.

I opened this thread because I was getting ready to come to his defense, but I am happy to hear someone has had a pleasurable experience in dealing with him. Many years ago I phoned in an order to Midway and of all the people in the world to talk to it was Larry himself. I never really thought too much of it. It wasn't until later I heard him speaking on a video that I realized who I had spoken with.

I have owned both and that is a tough decision. I actually felt as if the Shield actually handled better, but that may be my imagination. The double stack magazine capability and the easiness to full disassemble are about the only two things the 26 offers over the Shield. If I could get a Shield under $369 I would buy it, but if I could get a 26 for less than $100 more I would probably choose it. Basically whichever one you find the best deal on.

That S&W m12 4" is still a bargain at less than $300 total.

Firearms auctions, especially police firearm auctions, always get insane.

I think I read that they will ship for like $10 or $15.

I pay $75 a year at Carters for unlimited. I make it a habit to never ask for a discount. I don't know if they give a discount, but Carl did.

I asked Carl one time and he said I could shoot my own. I don't know about the people that have it now, but they seem really nice. I always kind of liked Carl but with him being closed on Mondays it never worked well for my schedule. I shoot at Carter's and my only complaint is somewhat poor ventilation, but it is so cheap I can almost look past it.

That probably is my best option. I think I may still see what it would cost just to have someone do it. A 45 LC remear is probably pretty common and in the toolbox of some gunsmiths.

I see what you are saying. I need to research to see what the inside of the 4.10/45LC barrels look like.

Yeah, that jump is 3/10" of an inch. I wonder what actually happens in that scenario. How much velocity loss is caused by the escaping gases around the free bore? I know that the Judge and Governors do not loose too terribly much.

I just recently traded for an American Derringer in 45 Win Mag. Oddly enough I almost bought this gun years ago but passed because of the odd chambering. Someone bought it and resold it to a different shop. I don't think they even realized what an odd caliber it was when they, the pawn shop, bought it. It was just cheap enough I was able to justify it. I looked into having it rechambered to 45colt before, but now I think I would do better just counterboring the barrel to accept the 45 auto rim cartridge. The 45 win mag is a lengthened 45 acp so all that should be needed is the recessing for the rim. Does anyone see an issue or have any recommendations. This modification should even allow the use of 45 win mag if still desired. Believe it or not, but 45 auto rim ammo which I have a line on is actually easier to find than 45 win mag.

There was a S&W 4" model 12 that appeared to be still at a reasonable price a few days ago. I have never found a 4" model 12 in person.

I have had the Shield and the 43. I may be willing to give a slight edge to the Shield. My advice to people if you can't shoot both before buying is to buy whichever one you find cheaper.

There is some good advice here in the previous post. While I am not a banker, I am married to one. Trying to live debt free is a lucrative goal. I have heard mortgage interest is nothing lost and nothing gained. You don't need to pay significantly extra on your home if you have car loans. Those should almost always be payed off first. There are actually several reasons as to why you do that. Now you should have an interest rate of no more than say 4.5%. While it is a small percent, you should be able to write off mortgage interest and a house will not depreciate like possessions with wheels. In the event of a disaster your home can be more easily protected in bankruptcy court. Some people will even be in a situation where owing money on a home can protect it from being lost in a civil trial.

I don't know if this will make sense to you, but I know a fair amount about axles and differentials but enough to know that it is not worth learning to repair them. Differentials are extremely complicated to do right. Ironically, it isn't expensive to get them repaired. You don't need a mechanic; you need a mechanic specializing in axles and differentials. I know a few guys who can repair most issues with differentials for less than $500 no matter what may be wrong with it. However, it may be possible to source a drop in replacement differential but it isn't all that easy in the front of your GM.

I have seen several agencies trade in Sigs that never got issued. I mean they still had the paper grip sleeve on them when they traded them. I know of a few guys issued duty weapons who just took them home and put them in a sock drawer because they preferred their own weapon too. Then you have guys like me that shoot the absolute living piss out of their duty weapons.

I would say without a doubt those are police trade ins. It is a very good deal but it's not uncommon to find them at that price. The DAK trigger is a love or hate type action. People that are not use to a da/sa Sig trigger often love the DAK as do those that are not used to firearms. The whole reason many of these departments have switched to the DAK is because so many times on an attack course or stress course officers hit the wrong lever to decock, or worse they holster a cocked handgun. It's a brilliant design and actually allows the gun to fire if someone is short stroking the trigger. It does take some getting used to though. The good news is the handgun is not stuck as a DAK; it can be converted, but it is not cost effective.

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I tend to carry at least one S&W if not two. My 342 Airlite sees a lot of time as does the 642 Airweight. For the first time in a long time I have been carrying an all steel 60-no dash.the .357s rarely get carried.