Noob from Nashville....

[wrenchhead97]

Hey guys, My name is Ben, those of you from TNspeed may or may not know me. I have been shooting most of my life, and am now in the market for a pistol. Saw a link to here on ts, so I thought I would see what all the fuss was about.

Currently in the arsenal is a Remington Model 31 pump 12 ga, and a 788 Rem bolt in 6mm Rem. Looking to acquire a low buck 1911 beater and hope to learn more about the local shooting scene from you guys!

[Guest GlocKingTN]

Welcome to the forum! Hope you enjoy!

[wrenchhead97]

Thanks!

[Guest tjbert47]

Tom in TN

[The Rabbi]

Welcome. It's a down home friendly place. Most of the time anyway.

[wrenchhead97]

Not a very active board though is it??? Or is everyone at the range this afternoon? Tungsten's other board is fairly active, just a bit surprised by the lack of activity on here today. Anyways, I hope I can learn a bit from you guys about short guns, and possibly even give some technique pointers in fixed target lon gun firing and wing shooting (If you do not mind being led by the blind.).

[Guest Boomhower]

The board takes it's spurts. Some evening's it's hoppin, other's it's not. All in all, I visit multiple times daily. There's almost always something to read.

BTW, welcome aboard.

[BimmerFreak]

Welcome!

[Guest Phantom6]

Greetings and salutations wrenchhead97.

Welcome to our little piece of the internet

[Guest Old Chief]

Welcome from Tipton County

[tnroadrunner]

Welcome from Humphreys County.

[molonlabetn]

Welcome Ben!

As to the low buck 1911 options, I'd recommend looking at Rock Island Armory... a few folks on this forum own one (including my wife, who used it to qualify for her HCP this weekend)... Aside from some ammo issues (out-of-spec bulk reloads have caused 6 FRB* out of 250rd), it shot flawlessly, and was surprisingly accurate. It feeds new JHP ammo without any problems at all.

*FRB = Failure to Return to Battery

[fury2neon]

Welcome Ben