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- Wed Dec 31, 2025 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Victor Davis Hanson - could use a prayer or two...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1000
- Fri Dec 26, 2025 11:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I received my Christmas present yesterday!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 723
Re: I received my Christmas present yesterday!
Congratulations!
- Mon Nov 10, 2025 5:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Long Range Pistol Work
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1852
Re: Long Range Pistol Work
Good write-up! Thanks for refreshing my memory! It has been decades since I passed through there, so, I looked at my iPad's map app. Raton, NM is twelve hours of driving, with most of it just getting across Texas, from our home on the Coastal Prairie. I have been wanting to visit the Whittington Cen...
- Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For Those Interested
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3935
Re: For Those Interested
Thanks, Jim! I read a couple of the free articles. I will probably subscribe at the paid level, when I awaken again, later this morning.
It was really good to be able to read longer writing by Sheriff Jim Wilson, again.
It was really good to be able to read longer writing by Sheriff Jim Wilson, again.
- Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I trained with this guy at the Holiday this year.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2238
Re: I trained with this guy at the Holiday this year.
I would like to eventually train with Darryl and Bryan. I have been hearing good things about Darryl, since 2004 or 2005, when I met one of his students at the Blade Show, in Georgia. Driving long distances does not work so well, for me, anymore, but, sooner or later, they may well be scheduled clos...
- Mon Nov 10, 2025 3:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: He would have turned 111 years old this week.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4153
Re: He would have turned 111 years old this week.
A wonderful tribute, Scott. Short, and to the point.
- Mon Nov 10, 2025 2:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed Carry
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4340
Re: Concealed Carry
If two swords are enough for the Twelve Apostles, if I am remembering Luke correctly, I would want to be one of the two carrying a sword. Walking with Jesus, and walking with a sword, do not seem to be mutually exclusive. A knife is still a knife, but, today's sword is, arguably, a handgun. So, I ca...
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CCW Attire
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13578
Re: CCW Attire
Seeing this discussion, this morning, prompted me to open the safe, pull my full-Government-sized Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special from the shelf, and simply “Mexican” carry, tucked just behind my right hip. I still have a “sweet spot,” on my right hip, where this simply works, comfortably. (6’ tall, ...
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 3:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USCCA vs AttorneysOnRetainer for Liability Coverage...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1796
Re: USCCA vs AttorneysOnRetainer for Liability Coverage...
One aspect of USCCA coverage is that family/domestic violence will NOT be covered. The Kayle Diles case reflected this. Well, considering how much violence does involve some amount of family/domestic factors, this seriously reduces USCCA’s usefulness.
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 2:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USCCA vs AttorneysOnRetainer for Liability Coverage...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1796
Re: USCCA vs AttorneysOnRetainer for Liability Coverage...
USCCA auto-renewed us, with the credit card on file, after I had TOLD them, by phone, that I planned to use a different payment method, IF we decided to renew. That was annoying, to say the least. I did not realize it, until I saw the next credit card statement. Reluctantly, I let it slide. When the...
- Sat Jun 14, 2025 5:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bye my love. I will miss you.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9967
Re: Bye my love. I will miss you.
My condolences.
- Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any love for the.22 Hornet?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 42138
Re: Any love for the.22 Hornet?
Taylor’s markets a scaled-down Sharps falling-block rifle, labeled the Li’l Betsy, or something like that, chambered .22 Hornet. A bit pricey, in my opinion, but looks like fun.
- Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I hate it, but it’s probably not worth taking a chance.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10885
Re: I hate it, but it’s probably not worth taking a chance.
I am grateful that Passover and Easter were peaceful, this year. The Jewish Passover lasts about a week, so was still in progress when the two major Easters were celebrated.
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Off Topic....Life can be Short.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5730
Re: Off Topic....Life can be Short.
Prayers for your family.
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This is disturbing about USCCA…
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6393
Re: This is disturbing about USCCA…
It is not simply their non-representation of clients that has me concerned. I am thoroughly annoyed that USCCA charged an American Express card, after I specifically told them to clear that card from being a saved payment method, and told them NOT to auto-renew. (I had planned to use a separate type...
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Reason I Dislike Smart Phones
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4728
Re: Another Reason I Dislike Smart Phones
I know that the weather app on my iPhone must be spying on me, because it is the only app that I keep always enabled to track my location, in order to receive accurate tornado and lightning warnings. When I drive to an unusual destination, I can expect to soon receive SPAM calls that show to be comi...
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'm Gonna- dedicated to all those who are thinking of hunting with a handgun
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4037
Re: I'm Gonna- dedicated to all those who are thinking of hunting with a handgun
Good advice. Thanks!
So, I will carry a handgun, for the huntin’, and a shotgun or rifle for the trespassin’ poachers/arsonists.
(Actually, in spite of the winking smiley, there is a serious side to what I just typed.)
So, I will carry a handgun, for the huntin’, and a shotgun or rifle for the trespassin’ poachers/arsonists.
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How's the Weather in Your Neck of the Woods?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 85732
Re: How's the Weather in Your Neck of the Woods?
I got to see the first dry, powdery, blowing snow of my lifetime, on Tuesday, here in SE Texas. I have seen wet, messy snow plenty enough times. This was a nice change. I do not particularly care for temperatures that get low enough to kill-back our native shrubs/plants, but, being native, they will...
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Reason I Dislike Smart Phones
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4728
Re: Another Reason I Dislike Smart Phones
Well, now I know why I suddenly started receiving calls from Allstate agents, wanting to sell me a policy, when I used a spare flip phone, for a day or two, rather than my usual iPhone. The calls came to the flip phone. I am a cautious driver, normally driving within the speed limits, especially in ...
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Carrying a big sixgun.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 34489
Re: Carrying a big sixgun.
I will be paying attention, because I have a 7.5” USFA Single Action, and would like to acquire a Model 27-2 with a 6.5” or 8-3/8” barrel. (It seems that every Model 27 that I have seen, newer than a 27-2, will be “TT” and “TH,” meaning Target Trigger and Target Hammer. I prefer narrower triggers an...
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 2:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Taffin Update
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5204
Re: John Taffin Update
Prayers up!
- Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little Big Gun
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6435
Re: Little Big Gun
At 62 I still need a powerful gun on my hip. But I also need a gun that I will always carry. These little five guns work in that role. I no longer go looking for bad guys. They would have to come looking for me. But, you never know when you might be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Darryl Bolk...
- Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little Big Gun
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6435
Re: Little Big Gun
I've recently jumped on the 32 H&R mag bandwagon. Six shots in a j frame sized gun and less recoil than hot 38's in an aluminum framed gun. At first I wasn't sold on the 32 H&R, but if at all possible I run from trouble and figure shot placement is still king. I accumulated three .32 H&...
- Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Update: Waay off topic for me -- health and pain relief
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3349
Re: Waay off topic for me -- health and pain relief
This isn't for everyone, but I get a lot better sleep and less back pain when I sleep in a hammock. No mattress has given me a good night's sleep. My recliner is better, but the hammock is best. No hard spots and it seems the curve is just right. A small pillow under my knees to keep them from hype...
- Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Send Lawyers, Guns and Money!
- Replies: 62
- Views: 25146
Re: Send Lawyers, Guns and Money!
I empathize. Went through a big D, myself. Rough time. Still here.
- Wed Nov 06, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little Big Gun
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6435
Re: Little Big Gun
Wonderful weapon, Scott, and that holster looks really nice! At age 63, and 6+ years into retirement from the PD, something lighter and more compact than an all-steel, full-duty-sized handgun is a desirable thing, for much daily carry. I trend SP101, more than J-Frame, largely because some design gu...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I love old model Rugers
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14145
Re: I love old model Rugers
The Security Six is, indeed, a wonderful sixgun! The GP100 is not a better-quality revolver, but is less-expensive for Ruger for manufacture, than the double-action Sixes.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:07 pm Rexter, glad you had that GP100!
I had the preceding Security Six and considered it a bank vault of a .357.
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I love old model Rugers
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14145
Re: I love old model Rugers
My favorite individual, specific handgun is my first early-Nineties GP100, 172-series serial number, bought new, soon after it was made. In factory trim, with the original-pattern grip, nothing fits my hand better, and nothing points better. The trigger is in the just-right place, throughout the DA ...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Its been a long while
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3860
Re: Its been a long while
Howdy, from another member who has been absent from the forum, for far too long.
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A lot of Bull
- Replies: 68
- Views: 24517
Re: A lot of Bull
.45 Colt makes sense, in the places I am likely to be walking-about. At age 62, and becoming less fleet of foot, feral dogs are the major four-legged threat, and though the local feral hogs usually run, immediately, a home health care nurse was brutally killed by one or more feral hogs, in Chambers ...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .32 caliber j frame
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3669
Re: .32 caliber j frame
I stopped wanting to shoot .38 Special through light-alloy-frame snub-guns about 20 years ago, in my early forties. The .32 H&R makes plenty of sense, to me, in a J-sized weapon. I happen to have, and like, the all-stainless S&W Model 631. We have hers-and-his 2” Models 631, sourced from the...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Social use of the .30-30
- Replies: 55
- Views: 16571
Re: Social use of the .30-30
My wife and I started our relationship, because of a pre-owned Winchester 94 .30-30 rifle. I was working a security gig at a pawn shop that actually specialized in jewelry, but had an FFL, and would deal in a few firearms. Two sisters walk into the place, with their dad. One of them saw the 94, and ...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Beautitudes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2379
Re: The Beautitudes
Amen!
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLL ON 357 MAG
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12767
Re: POLL ON 357 MAG
Concealed carry, and social work? I use a Ruger Speed Six, or GP100, for that role. 2.75” and 4” Speed Sixes, and 3” and 4” in the case of the GP100. If smaller is necessary, the SP101 is wonderfully handy. I rarely use revolvers smaller than an SP101. My ultimate comfort gun, as in “comforting, rat...
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How many of you guys carry revolvers for EDC?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 14249
Re: How many of you guys carry revolvers for EDC?
Rexter, Thank you for your service. Care to mention what department? I was in Houston through most of the 1980s. Same PD as you. Central Patrol. I was a skinny, quiet kid, back then, so you may not remember me, but we passed each other in the hallway a few times, and I would see you around the gym ...
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: COLT SAA THAT GETS CARRIED
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5603
Re: COLT SAA THAT GETS CARRIED
It warms the heart to see such wonderful, older, well-preserved, well-cared-for sixguns being carried.
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I understand that a lot of people are returning...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6493
Re: I understand that a lot of people are returning...
I have not visited here for a while, but this iPad remembered my password, so I reckon that it has not been all that long. Good to see you posting, Hobie.
As for FB, I was suspicious of that little Zucker’s business model from from the beginning, so never signed onto that little enterprise.
As for FB, I was suspicious of that little Zucker’s business model from from the beginning, so never signed onto that little enterprise.
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers Needed
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4883
Re: Prayers Needed
My condolences. Prayers for your family.
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Requesting prayers
- Replies: 76
- Views: 18642
Re: Requesting prayers
Prayers, for y’all.
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 6:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How many of you guys carry revolvers for EDC?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 14249
Re: How many of you guys carry revolvers for EDC?
Long-stroke DA is my least-perishable handgun triggering skill, which mattered all the more when trigger time became rare, as we needed to stay relatively isolated from folks, due to my wife’s increased vulnerability to COVID-19. Plus, my formerly-stronger right hand was starting to get really gimpy...
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIP Richard Muennick from Hondo Tx
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1701
Re: RIP Richard Muennick from Hondo Tx
My condolences to his family and friends. Prayers for all concerned.
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JEFF QUINN
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5620
Re: JEFF QUINN
My condolences to family and friends.
- Tue May 19, 2020 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4390
Re: Prayer Request
My condolences.
Prayers.
Prayers.
- Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14133
Re: Prayer Request
I am saddened, to read this. My condolences. Prayers will continue.
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The SIG P210 9mm -- Old and New
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2032
Re: The SIG P210 9mm -- Old and New
I find this one to be quite interesting. Thanks for posting.
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 1:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14133
Re: Prayer Request
Prayers for healing.
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Consumer Warning: Do NOT Buy a New Alessi Holster !
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2637
Re: Consumer Warning: Do NOT Buy a New Alessi Holster !
Two former Alessi employees/apprentices, with the surnames of Ritchie and Ralston, seem to be doing quality work. Mr. Ralston, IIRC, does business as 5Shot Leather, or something like that. I have not personally seen or handled one of these. One of my ankle rigs, used on duty for a while, was a Ritch...
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gunblast will skip the SHOT Show this year
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1033
Re: Gunblast will skip the SHOT Show this year
Prayers, for healing.
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your choice of carry gun?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 28984
Re: Your choice of carry gun?
My ideal choice can differ a bit from the practical choice. Small and light-weight can be nice for concealment, but my aging right thumb, hand, and wrist cannot tolerate much muzzle flip, and how much is “much” has been changing as I age. Plus, there is much to be said for a weapon that will nicely ...
- Sun Dec 30, 2018 11:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I think I'm on the hill...
- Replies: 65
- Views: 12762
Re: I think I'm on the hill...
Oh, to be 45 again! At 45, folks still thought I looked to be about 35. Then, at age 47, things started falling apart, and at age 55, someone in his mid-sixties guessed my age to be 65. That hurt! Advice? Well, I wish I had not fired so many big-bore Magnums, from large-frame sixguns, too big for my...