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Good afternoon everyone. Another very good morning. The item we wanted at Cabela’s was there this morning & followed us home. Background Check went through so fast and the approval number came back so quickly that we weren’t even done with some of the paperwork. Two other fellows there were very disappointed. Just a few minutes after I got the approval number, they got returns saying they were in the mid 40,000 range. I think I heard something in the area of 46,000. The outfitter working with them thought that current rates of clearances coming through, it would be about 2 months before they would know if they got approved.
Joel, who was working with me told me I should go right out and by a lottery ticket. Told him I’d skip that because I didn’t want to jinks my luck.
Walked into Cabela’s at 0900, walked out pistol in hand 55 min later. Covered by a gift certificate, military discount & Cabela's Club points. No out of pocket ‘green’.
Sent a text off to my hunting and fishing partner who bought the exact same pistol just before Thanksgiving at BiMart in Lincoln City. He had to do the 30 day resubmit and as of Weds morning was still at 17.000. It really makes one wonder what in the heck kind of game they are playing in Salem.
We left Cabela’s & went over to Cracker Barrel for breakfast on the Gift Card we got for Christmas. Good food and excellent service today.
Morning all. First full work week of the year plus planning commission Tuesday night. The upside is Friday morning we head to gold beach for the 4 day weekend. Looks a little stormy but we'll manage.
Good afternoon everyone. Another very good morning. The item we wanted at Cabela’s was there this morning & followed us home. Background Check went through so fast and the approval number came back so quickly that we weren’t even done with some of the paperwork. Two other fellows there were very disappointed. Just a few minutes after I got the approval number, they got returns saying they were in the mid 40,000 range. I think I heard something in the area of 46,000. The outfitter working with them thought that current rates of clearances coming through, it would be about 2 months before they would know if they got approved.
Joel, who was working with me told me I should go right out and by a lottery ticket. Told him I’d skip that because I didn’t want to jinks my luck.
Walked into Cabela’s at 0900, walked out pistol in hand 55 min later. Covered by a gift certificate, military discount & Cabela's Club points. No out of pocket ‘green’.
Sent a text off to my hunting and fishing partner who bought the exact same pistol just before Thanksgiving at BiMart in Lincoln City. He had to do the 30 day resubmit and as of Weds morning was still at 17.000. It really makes one wonder what in the heck kind of game they are playing in Salem.
We left Cabela’s & went over to Cracker Barrel for breakfast on the Gift Card we got for Christmas. Good food and excellent service today.
Let me know your thoughts on it. My dad has a regular 9mm Shield and likes it, except he has a hard time racking the slide due to arthritis and such.
Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. 48.2 with a high wind advisory through 1300. Had some pretty heavy gusts out at the duck pond. but only 16.2 here at the house.
Originally Posted by Brown Falcon
Good morning everyone.
Let me know your thoughts on it. My dad has a regular 9mm Shield and likes it, except he has a hard time racking the slide due to arthritis and such.
So far, I'm kind of liking everything except the magazine capacity. But with compacts, there isn't anything you can do with that. The slide seems pretty easy to rack, but I'm not sure I see a tremendous amount of difference between it, the Body Guard, the 1911 or the Glock. The company claim is that it has and "EZ" to rack slide.
We haven't shot this one yet, and it may be a bit before we do unless I take it out to the ranch to shoot. With dogs and goats running all over the place that's not going to happen with the Barn Burm range. Our other range area out there is now doing duty as a duck pond.
Is your dad doing the two-finger squeeze (so called 'sling shot' method) or the palm over method (also called 'over the top') for racking the slide? I have noticed on this EZ the doing the TV movie type slide release lever method is not easy at all. Nearly impossible in fact. I don't know if that will loosen up with use or not. I don't usually use that method unless I'm testing things out. I always use the palm over method. Also that's the only method we teach.
Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. 48.2 with a high wind advisory through 1300. Had some pretty heavy gusts out at the duck pond. but only 16.2 here at the house.
So far, I'm kind of liking everything except the magazine capacity. But with compacts, there isn't anything you can do with that. The slide seems pretty easy to rack, but I'm not sure I see a tremendous amount of difference between it, the Body Guard, the 1911 or the Glock. The company claim is that it has and "EZ" to rack slide.
We haven't shot this one yet, and it may be a bit before we do unless I take it out to the ranch to shoot. With dogs and goats running all over the place that's not going to happen with the Barn Burm range. Our other range area out there is now doing duty as a duck pond.
Is your dad doing the two-finger squeeze (so called 'sling shot' method) or the palm over method (also called 'over the top') for racking the slide? I have noticed on this EZ the doing the TV movie type slide release lever method is not easy at all. Nearly impossible in fact. I don't know if that will loosen up with use or not. I don't usually use that method unless I'm testing things out. I always use the palm over method. Also that's the only method we teach.
I'm not sure which method he's using. He put some grip tape on the back of the slide and said that helps.
I have a Body Guard (Jackie's) and while it is more accurate than I expected, I hate the trigger and that the slide won't operate with the safety engaged. Also not a big fan of 380 in general and I'm thinking of getting a subcompact 9mm for her instead. I carry a M&P 9C which gives me 13 rounds and fits my hand well, and even though it's slightly wider than the Shield the grip is shorter so it seems easier to conceal for me. Plus it will take full size mags so I have a couple 17 round magazines in case I want more capacity. I like the M&P a lot more than the Glocks I owned.
Well best laid plans... Looks like 101 is closed south of Port Orford for the foreseeable future. Only way to get to gold beach is 199 which adds considerable time.
I have been looking at something more compact to carry as the Glock 19 is not that small. Been kicking around a "pocket" pistol in .380. Ruger LCPII looks interesting as does the Glock 42.I thought the shield 2.0 might be nice but I want something small.
Well best laid plans... Looks like 101 is closed south of Port Orford for the foreseeable future. Only way to get to gold beach is 199 which adds considerable time.
I have been looking at something more compact to carry as the Glock 19 is not that small. Been kicking around a "pocket" pistol in .380. Ruger LCPII looks interesting as does the Glock 42.I thought the shield 2.0 might be nice but I want something small.
Yep, 101 looks like that is going to be a huge nightmare of a problem. Those folks are cut off except by air or the long way out of Grants Pass.
Well........You could take I5 down to Roseburg....Winston-Dillard exit actually and take Hwy 42 towards Coos Bay. Then take 242 (Aka Powers Hwy, AKS Rogue - Coquille Scenic Byway). South of Powers you begin a Forest Service Road that will take you down to Agnes - Illahe and then on down the River to Gold Beach. Just have to be careful - This time of year a snowmobile or snow cat would be very beneficial..
The only thing I can say about a lot of the current - modern pocket pistols is make sure you are happy with / can live with the trigger and trigger pull. DA only and one heck of a trigger pull. The Warden can't really use the Bodyguard I got for her. It takes 2 handed - using both trigger fingers for her to pull the trigger and its still a struggle.
This Smith 9 EZ we just bought, while bigger, can be easily shot and concealed pretty easily. And it is on sale at Cabela's through the 11th I believe.
Originally Posted by Brown Falcon
I'm not sure which method he's using. He put some grip tape on the back of the slide and said that helps.
I have a Body Guard (Jackie's) and while it is more accurate than I expected, I hate the trigger and that the slide won't operate with the safety engaged. Also not a big fan of 380 in general and I'm thinking of getting a subcompact 9mm for her instead. I carry a M&P 9C which gives me 13 rounds and fits my hand well, and even though it's slightly wider than the Shield the grip is shorter so it seems easier to conceal for me. Plus it will take full size mags so I have a couple 17 round magazines in case I want more capacity. I like the M&P a lot more than the Glocks I owned.
As I alluded to above, I can't stand the trigger pull on our (The Wardens) Bodyguard I got her. One needs two *** alongs and two trigger fingers with a tow truck & winch in reserve to pull the trigger on that thing. I knew that those had hard heavy triggers on them and checked out several other brands in that class of pistol all with similar findings. I came really close to getting the Ruger, but I knew an outfit made a "softer" trigger for the Smith.
Well, we got the Bodyguard and I ordered the replacement trigger. Got the new sear and trigger group in and to be honest, I can't see any difference. The replacement 'softer' set up was a complete waste of money in my opinion.
Yep, not a real fan of the .380, but if one wants a pistol that size, I'd really hate to be holding onto one with a 45 or 40 cal chambering when it went off.
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