East_TN_Patriot

Plus I noticed that they didn't do the same test on one of the safes they sell. They may do it in another video, but I admittedly didn't look and I figured that if I needed to dig, it wasn't worth looking for. Update: OK, in the name of objectivity, I looked at their YouTube page and I didn't see any sort of video showing the same test on one of their safes. I suspect that if I had a little know-how, a huge wrecking bar, a stout buddy with a heavy pry bar, and enough room to flip over their safe and work at it for a little while, I would be in theirs too.

Or at least keep it from being blatantly obvious you are carrying by wearing a shirt over it. Even if you are printing, most people aren't paying that much attention. Back in my policing days, I carried a Sig P226 in a Galco Royal Guard and nobody ever said anything to me.

All of these responses have been on target as far as I am concerned, but there are a couple of points I think it's important to mention. First, I've seen the "Security on Sale" video before and there are some major issues with it. If you install your safe improperly, it will make it a lot easier for someone to get into it. The reason they were able to get into that safe as fast as they did is because they were able to turn it over and work on it with a 5 foot wrecking bar that they could pry with. If you load it up with guns and ballast, bolt it to the wall and/or floor, and put the opening side of the door close to a sturdy wall, it is much more difficult to work at the safe. Second, the post about the cop discouraging people from buying safes is just crazy. I was a cop and I've never heard any police officer suggest that a gun owner shouldn't use some sort of safe to store their firearms. In fact, based on what police and criminologists know about burglars, they are typically local slugs who commit crimes of opportunity. They look for easy targets that provide the chance to grab something quick and easy that they can in turn sell off at a pawn shop, on the street, or on the Internet. They are most certainly NOT going to chance coming back to an occupied home where they know the people own guns and are probably readily armed. The other most common kind of burglaries are committed by someone you know. They are people who have been around your home enough to know what you have and where you keep it. For the average person, this is the threat you are protecting against and any decent quality safe will very likely be sufficient. If you are someone who has a massive gun collection, then you should probably invest in the high-end safe. Professional thieves aren't targeting average folks, but are looking for targets that they know have the big score. They aren't going to risk a prison sentence by breaking into a small apartment or small home in order to snag a couple of thousand dollars worth of guns. Heck, realistically, our personal electronics and jewelry are probably more valuable than most of the guns we own and they are on display in our living rooms and bedrooms. Also, probably the most popular way of "securing" firearms collections has been the traditional locking gun cabinet made of wood with glass doors. We haven't heard about a rash of gun thefts from these sorts of cabinets (although they provide zero protection from anyone who actually wants to steal the guns). For me, fire protection is more important than having a safe that will stand up to a 10,000 fork life (which was a cool demo BTW). As others have stated, layers of security are what is important. In the end, each of us has to balance need with budget and pick the best safe we can afford.

The only thing that makes any sense to me based on what you describe is that you are limp wristing it and don't realize it. I have the extended slide release on my G22 and my thumb sometimes pushes up on it and causes the slide to lock back, but it doesn't stovepipe. Perhaps you should check the ejector to make sure it isn't broken and also check the extractor to make sure it isn't gunked up or damaged.

If it isn't posted per the statute, then it's fair game in my book.

Agreed with DaveTN. Just like you have the right to possess a firearm, they have the right to post their own private property. You in turn have the right to choose whether or not to give your business or grace them with your presence at that location. You also have the responsibility to abide by the law and work within the proper channels to change the law if you don't agree with it. All it will take is a few folks ignoring the law by "exercising their rights" to get the CCW law restricted even more or have it outright repealed. This is why I am very much against open carry in most circumstances; it may be technically legal, but the potential problems are simply not worth it.

Wait... doesn't that mean we have a violation of the separation of church and state???

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I wouldn't mind such work done on my Taurus PT1911 with their overdone slide markings. I just don't think I could justify the cost of the work for such a low-cost handgun.

+1 I learned how to sharpen from a semi-retired professional knife maker and he recommended a simple diamond stone and a ceramic crock stick. I have a Smith's DCS4 combination stone with a coarse surface on one side a fine surface on the other. They store in the handle and it has a lanyard loop if you are in need of it. Then I picked up a little $1 crock stick at Smoky Mountain Knife Works. I can put one heck of an edge on a knife with that stuff. The key is to use the crock stick regularly to keep the edge maintained. I have a fancy sharpening kit with all the guides and such, but it was such a hassle to use and didn't do as good a job for me so now it sits collecting dust in my garage.

What happens if you do that? Just curious...

OK, so as I suspected, smaller than a 1911, but bigger than a Colt Mustang. Thanks for the great info!

Thanks for the info. I'm not in the market for one - my impressions of them have not been good either. I make holsters on the side and someone e-mailed me to ask if I could make one for a Llama IIIA .380. I guess that Micromax pistol is the same thing. In any case, I can't find a dummy gun for it anywhere and it looks smaller than a 1911, so I guess I'll pass that one up.

It is illegal KNOWINGLY to be in possession of stolen property. To charge someone with receiving/possession of stolen property, the officer would have to prove that the pawn broker (or anyone else) knew that the property was stolen in some way, or should have known it was stolen. These are both tricky to prove since it's impossible to read a person's mind. The "should have known" part of it is very subjective, but an example in this case would be if the pawn broker was approached by the original thief and only asked for $50 for the pistol. Any reasonable person knows that even a beater Glock will bring $300 or more in working condition. Same would apply if someone offered you a $10,000 car for $1500. That should raise a red flag. Even then, the person may never actually be charged or convicted.

Unless the FBI has changed their requirements in the past few years, it is every year. All NCIC entries have to be updated annually to keep the outdated entries from clogging up the system. Granted, this may have changed since I was in law enforcement. Probably a good idea to check and confirm that.

I had one for a short time a few years back. Like all Sig handguns I have owned, it was top quality and very accurate. My complaint was the size. It's a really big pistol considering it only has the single stack mag. I found that the P229 was only slightly larger and you got almost twice as many rounds.

Does anyone have any experience with this pistol? It looks like a 1911, but is it the same size as the full-size 1911? If not, what are the specs on it? I tried to find them on the web, but didn't readily find them. My impression is that it is more like a shrunken 1911. Can anyone help out?

Big +1 to that. I had a .32 S&W j-frame stolen (my EX-wife left it in her unlocked car). The PD that did the report never told me that the record had to be updated once per year to keep it in NCIC. Long story short, I got a letter from the department telling me it was purged from the system, called to let them know it was still missing, and they refused to re-enter it as stolen. Knowing what I do now, I would have kicked up a fuss, but I was young and just chalked it up as a loss. Sent from my SPH-M900 using Tapatalk

From what I have seen, there is a special going where a current life member can sponsor you and sign you up with a life membership using some form that they were sent. $300 total for a life membership, and they can sign up 20 people max. I'm going to have to look for someone who is a life member to help hook me up.

Agreed 110% on that one!

The little Pelican case has a slightly larger interior than an Altoids tin.

After seeing this, I am working on one for myself. I had a few very very basic essentials in a little pouch I carried on my day pack, but instead of the tin, I am thinking about using one of these: Maxpedition M-1 WAISTPACK I will probably keep some in a small container, preferably waterproof, so I can pull it from the pack and drop it in my pocket, but for days I will be out in the woods, I can just put the whole thing on my belt. I was thinking of the "Altoids tin" part to be one of these: Pelican Memory Card Case Since the memory card case is plastic, no dents and I figure it will go easier on any sort of compass I put in it. What do you folks think?

By my count, we are up to 42... that leaves 8 to make the minimum order. Let's get some other folks to jump in on this.

Actually, my understanding is that it was some PhD students who did it for entertainment value. Being a PhD student myself, I can vouch that grad students generally get zero funding for research. If I read it correctly when I found it, the only actual professor is the last author and he actually does publish under the last name "Smith?" with the question mark being intentional. Mmm... yeah... Besides, they were from Canada so if the government paid for it there, it's no skin off of my teeth.

I saw one of these in a local shop about a month ago. I was impressed with the quality considering the price. Glad to see that it's doing ok for you.