East_TN_Patriot

The police could have verily easily told her to immediately take the firearm, secure it in her vehicle, and give her a good lesson about making dumb mistakes with no arrest necessary. I wonder if perhaps she was unable to prove that she had actually just taken a CCW class or got belligerent? Unfortunately, today's officers are not taught to use the discretion the law allows like they were in my day, which is one of the reasons I got out of the policing business.

I have nothing of substance to add to this discussion other than what the rest of us already know: NFA RULES ARE TOTALLY IDIOTIC. This is what happens when you give a bunch of politicians and bureaucrats the authority to make rules piecemeal about a subject they know nothing about. It's maddening!

Yes, it looks like a machine capable of doing an AR lower would be in the range of $10K plus. I was under the impression virtually nobody did engraving on lowers anywhere around the area. I came to that through the thread on engraving on here and my own efforts to find someone to engrave a lower for me, which came to nill. If there are already folks around, then it likely wouldn't be worth my investment. Thanks for passing that info along.

Well, let's just say I could buy an engraving machine or a decent used car. Like I said, I'd be getting it to do other work as well, but thought this might be a nice added bonus.

The more I read about this fiasco, the more I have come to believe this has Obama's hands all over it and the American people are either too stupid or too ill-informed to care.

Yes, I had considered that aspect as well. If I read the laws correctly, I would be able to do it because I have a place with a separate means of entry in my home that I can use. I wouldn't complain about having an FFL anyhow.

I am considering investing in an engraving machine to do some basic engraving on tags, etc. on the leather items I make, but if I am making an investment on a machine, I am thinking about investing a bit more to get a machine that could do engraving on AR lowers and for NFA purposes. What would the interest level be for this type of work? What is a reasonable price to charge for such work in your mind? These machines aren't cheap, so I understand why finding people who can do the work is a little difficult and is a little pricey. I'm curious what people think to decide whether to make the investment or not. Any insight my fellow TGO members can provide would be helpful.

You can get one for less than $20. It's probably cheaper to buy one than to give up some ammo, plus you'd have your very own wrench. Here's one from CTD for $18.43. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/77207

I have a Streamlight TLR-2 that I keep on my nightstand gun. Viridian makes the C5L that is a green laser and light combo that is much more compact, but not having actually used it myself, I can't say how bright the light is.

I have S&W 642 that I boogered up pretty good. I sent it to Accurate Plating and Weaponry. They cleaned it up, bead-blasted the frame, re-engraved the logo, and did a silver hard chrome on it. I have carried it on and off for years, including about 5 years as my daily back-up gun while working as a LEO. It looks as good today as when I sent it off. They are located in Newville, Alabama. http://www.apwcogan.com/

As Runco said, most car insurance companies offer a comparable roadside assistance plan for free or relatively low cost. Some car dealerships offer a complimentary roadside assistance plan for buying a car. Most extended warranty plans on cars and travel trailers include a roadside assistance benefit. The only benefit I can see for AAA is their trip planning service. I can plan my own trips online, so I have never felt the need to get AAA. Between my car insurance, my travel trailer warranty, my extended warranty on my car, and the free roadside assistance they threw in when I bought the car, I figure my wrecker bill will get covered one way or another.

Yes, this was done several years ago and it was far from a fair or accurate test. Two specific problems related to it that I like to point out is: 1) Nobody (as far as I am aware) has attempted to replicate the exercise in a fair way, and 2) As long as nobody puts together something to replicate this exercise, the original will continue to be peddled by the anti-gun crowd as "evidence" that CCW laws are dangerous. The sheeple are too ignorant to know the difference. I'd also like to point out the exercise was put together with the help of a police department, which is from the days when MOST cops were anti-gun. That was when I first started in law enforcement and I was one of the few cops who believed that people had a right to carry a firearm. EDIT: Ya know, I'm in a position where I can actually try to replicate this, except under more legitimate conditions. Maybe I should put my money where my mouth is.

If one is worried about heavy clothing stopping a round, which is simply silly, a 9mm is a better round to carry than a .45 ACP. A small fast bullet is harder to stop than a large slow bullet. In fact, the .45 ACP is one of the easiest handgun rounds to stop with body armor. And on that note, consider how much technology goes into body armor so it will catch a handgun round. Do you really think some guy's puffy jacket and sweatshirt will stop a bullet? With all due respect to my fellow firearms enthusiasts, there's nothing magical about a .45 ACP nor is there anything magical about your winter coat to make it capable of stopping a 9mm a round (or any handgun round for that matter). The issue with JHP rounds is that they can clog and not expand as much. I've personally attended test shoots where rounds are fired through various materials, including heavy clothing. I never saw a round clog so much on heavy clothing that it didn't expand a significant amount. The worst for clogging a hollowpoint bullet is drywall or plywood. In those cases, you just end up with the equivalent of a FMJ bullet.

I actually jumped a bit when I read that. I can't imagine anyone being that infinitely stupid. In fact, I'm pretty sure I would have actually said something. If that ever happened at the range I am a member of, I'd do my best to make sure he never set foot on it again.

I don't know who the guy is, but I found the website during my typical mindless wandering about the World Wide Web. It pretty much sums up my philosophy on self-defense. If you have to fight, fight to win, and that means fighting dirty if necessary. http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/knifelies.html

I'd bet good money that this was not a random act of violence. There's bad blood between the shooter and the victims without a doubt. Either that, or the shooter is completely insane.

My vote is for the ESEE knife. I have several including a little Azula, the RC-3, and the beast Junglas. Very nice knives in my opinion and great customer service. Plus, the guy is from Tennessee, so I have to support a local business.

I'm not a huge fan of shoulder holsters personally, but here is one I made for a buddy of mine who is a LEO in Florida.

I'm pretty certain that a copper jacket isn't "plating" on most rounds. It's a thin layer of copper metal that is wrapped around the lead core. Plating actually causes the copper to adhere through a chemical process that bonds the copper to the base metal (think gold plating or nickel plating). Some rounds - like most hollow point rounds - clearly have a metal outer layer. I have several rounds recovered from ballistic vests that have clearly separated from the copper jacket, which I also have. I have some cheap bullets for reloading that are copper plated, but the purpose of a copper jacket is to hold the round together in flight and many times after hitting the target as well.

To echo and add to what has already been said, the issue as I understand it is that polyginal rifled barrels have a tendency to lead up excessively fast in comparison with a traditional rifled barrel. As a result, pressures build up very rapidly and you risk a kaboom. Now, how likely that is to happen depends on a multitude of factors, but since it doesn't sound like you'll be shooting a Glock or H&K, you should be just fine. You just need to make sure you clean your barrel reasonably often if you are going to shoot lead bullets. I actually got in the habit of shooting a mag or two of jacketed ammo after shooting lead bullets with the idea that it may help clean some of the lead out of the barrel. I don't know if it actually works that way or not, but I figure it doesn't hurt anything. Reloading is therapeutic for me. It's a fun hobby. Get a loader and enjoy!

This thread started out with the OP simply showing off his 9mm AR build. You questioned why he didn't just go with any of the various Glock conversions that you were providing links to. I was merely suggesting that instead of spending all of the money necessary to convert your Glock pistol to SBR/carbine configuration, you could buy the S2K and keep the Glock as-is. I was just tossing my ideas out there. Sorry for adding my 2 cents.

Whatcha gonna do when the oil runs dry and the coal isn't so easy to get? I think what you are really trying to say is that you think that government investment in green energy should go away. I don't necessarily disagree with that. If they want to provide some simple tax incentives for energy production and research, for ALL sources of energy, then I can live with that. This crap that the Obama administration has done is simply criminal in my mind. I'd love to see our society find cost-effective ways to provide reliable energy sources and minimize or eliminate the need for oil and coal. It would make our economy and nation more secure, and would likely reduce air pollution. I'm all for that myself. I want my kids to grow up in a world where they can afford to drive a car to a vacation spot that's not obscured by smog and air pollution, or mountains that haven't been strip mined or subjected to mountain-top removal to get at the coal. The technology isn't there yet, and entrepreneurs are working on ways to make it a reality, but we need to let the market dictate which of these innovations are best for our society. I also highly support the expanded use of nuclear power.

Some may want to consider that. I think that would be more for a bug-in situation since pet food is bulky and heavy. Also, I figure my dogs can eat scraps and scrounge for food. If it comes down to it, as much as I love them, my wife and son are going to take priority and the dogs are going to either fend for themselves or in an absolute worst case scenario, may end up as meat on the table. I'd probably cry the entire time, but at least my kid won't starve to death. When people are down to eating dirt and twigs, companion animals are a luxury.

Why not just save the money and go with a Kel Tec Sub-2000 that accepts Glock mags? You have a dedicated carbine rifle, a dedicated pistol, mag/ammo interchangeability, and save about $500 in the process. That's a lot of Glock mags and ammo you can buy.

I am not a certified Glock armorer, but I have done some work on Glock pistols. They are simple to work on. Field strip it, use a punch to remove the pin at the back of the grip and the pin or pins on the frame near the trigger area (depending on the model you may have 1 or 2 pins), then everything basically comes apart. Remove the metal frame block that holds the trigger bar assembly in (that is one single piece that comes out), take out the slide lever, and they are easy to put back in. Here is a link to a good illustrated page for the relatively world famous $0.25 Glock trigger job: http://www.alpharubicon.com/mrpoyz/glock/