Clod Stomper

I'm 42 and I've had a Smith & Wesson jam up hard, repeatedly, for no reason that I've been able to figure out. When a revolver gets jammed, it's not a simple tap-rack-bang. It will most likely involve disassembly. The reality is, if you've fired several hundred rounds through a pistol and it hasn't jammed, odds are that it won't when you need it. Given the same ammunition. I love my revolvers, but I'll usually take a pistol for defense. Back on topic, I don't carry a snub-nose. But my brother does. Why? It's small, simple and he doesn't have a small pistol.

Go to the walmarts and buy 2 or 3 of the cheap pool mattresses/floats/whatever they're called. That'll get you and your gear across a body of water. They're light and cheap. Pretty durable too. I used one as a camp pad most of one summer and it held up for several months.

Custom job for Elton John?

Two of them actually. What happens when you combine Jerry Miculek and a double-barrel 1911? http://controversialtimes.com/awesome/world-champion-shooter-jerry-miculek-dual-wields-double-barreled-45s-video/

That's hilarious. Animals act crazy during breeding time. I've never been confused with a donkey, but I was called a mule once. Because I can carry heavy loads over long distances.

I won't argue with him about concealed vs open. But if you decide to wear a "photographer's vest", you may as well wear a fanny pack or carry open. Pretty much the same thing.

Bless your heart. When have you ever seen the need for a traffic light in town? The only traffic back-up I've ever seen involved wagons, horses or tractors. Caused a few of those myself. :)

I guess I was lucky. I was a nerd too (in grade school, a B was pretty rare, mostly A's), but by the time I could turn a wrench, my Dad had me learning how to work on everything. And I was mowing when I was big enough to push a mower. I look forward to teaching my little boy the same.

Fer Pete's sake, call the cops already. For his safety. He probably needed to be in a hospital room at that point. I've seen a shorter version of that video on one of those funny video shows. First time I've seen the long version.

I seem to have heard a couple stories about hand loads being an issue in self-defense shootings. And Dolomite has mentioned David's incident. I know it probably WON'T be an issue, but I'd like to make it one less factor. That said, if I happen to be carrying one of my oddball rounds for some reason, I'm not gonna run out and buy some expensive factory ammo for that occasion. I'll carry my handloads. And, yes, I trust my handloads just as much as or more than factory rounds.

Following on the carjacking subject, I saw this on the Bookface this morning. Gotta watch the video. Pretty funny. http://m.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/man-holds-would-be-carjacker-gunpoint-until-police/nmL4Z/

Well, at least it didn't get uglier. :) I don't mind the finger grooves myself. What I don't like is that my trigger finger rubs the frame on top of my finger and the trigger guard on the bottom. The rifle term for it is "dragging wood" and its bad for accuracy.

But a 9 has way more capacity. And modern projectiles from both the 9 and .45 perform very similarly in tissue. Unless it's from a Glock.

Late '80s more likely, but anyway... This kind of sounds like the people who say health care is a right. So if it's a right then it should be FREE! Right? I do have the right to keep and bear arms, but that doesn't mean I have a right to obtain them at someone else's expense. Same with health care I (should) have the right to see any doctor I want, whenever I want without interference from the gubmint. But I have to pay market price for it. I agree to an extent the the gov makes firearms more expensive because of regulation, taxes, etc. But they do that with everything. Yes, the feds have a hard-on about making weapons hard for the common man to acquire, but I can still get a pretty good facsimile of our troops' battle weapon for under $500, which, thanks to inflation, isn't really all that much. Ammo has gone up and down in price for the last few years thanks to panic buying, but its still affordable in bulk. At the moment anyway.

  There,  Fixed that.   The absolute worst place I've ever attempted to eat was at a Waffle House in Columbia, SC.  I took a couple bites and had to leave.     :puke:

That's about all.  I made my wife one and put separate kits in waterproof bags inside the main bag.  I labeled them WARM, DRY, FIRE, and WATER.  If you don't get more than a couple days walk from home, I wouldn't worry about food.  Maybe throw in a couple snacks, but I can go a couple days without food.  And I am definitely not stopping to build a fire to heat water to pour in a bag.  If I have food, it's something I can eat on the move.

  He said he wants it bored.  Not suicidal.

Actually, I do not have an accent. I grew up here. Its the people from elsewhere who have an accent.

Oh yeah? Well, I can do THIS!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvlOXoauRcg

I ran over one the other day while it was crossing the road. . If I'd known you were looking for one, I'd have picked it up.

I would have called the cops anyway. I seriously doubt that they would have sent anyone out, but it let's them know that something is happening in that area. When the next person calls, that establishes a pattern. If the second or third person has to pull out a weapon, maybe the innocent person won't go to jail, maybe the thugs will. At least that's how it's supposed to happen. I've learned that there are no guarantees when dealing with the gubmint. A few years back, some jackhole shot through both windows of a pickup that was sitting in the pasture across from my folks' house. They didn't call to report it. "Well, there's no way they can catch who did it." I'm pulling my hair out saying "that's not the point!" They need to know that something happened in the area.

I have one of those. I bought it probably in the late '80s. OK, my mother bought it. I was too young at the time. Shoots exactly where you aim it. It has the trigger that I really like. A little bit of squish and then the hammer falls. I've never liked a "glass rod" trigger. Wish I had bought an extra mag for it. Too bad they quit making them in '94 (or maybe before, I don't know). My first and only Bersa. I should pull it out and shoot a few rounds. Sorry for the hijack. Glad they were at least smart enough to smell danger and move on. They probably never consciously realized what could have happened. For that matter, I doubt they ever have conscious thoughts at all.

Yep, I would have reported it. May not do any good, but you never know. WTF is wrong with people these days anyway? Punks like this don't seem to realize that it's nothing more than the law that keeps certain people from just leaving them laying scattered around.

Why can't you just walk out on the back deck? Fire a couple blasts in the air to test function. As a bonus, any bad guys hiding in the weeds will flee. Just kidding, don't do that. If you were in ETN, I could make a couple recommendations.

Consistency is the name of the game. If you tap the reservoir, do it for every charge. My Lyman powder measure has a little "knocker" (for lack of a better term). I tap it once when I raise the handle to fill the drum, then I tap it once again when I lower the handle to dump the powder. The second time is to make sure all the powder comes out.