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When hiking in the western/northwestern states, I carry a Gen 5 Glock 19 or 30s stoked with Buffalo Bore hard cast bullets. Well known Alaskan guide Phil Shoemaker was able to protect his clients by killing a Grizzly with his 9mm loaded with BB cast bullets. Plenty of penetration and wound cavitation is pretty good due to the wide, flat point.

I carry every day. I agree with the above poster that .380 is the minimum. The .327 Federal is an anomaly and not very popular. The 5.7 x 28mm is one of the most effective fight stoppers there is, however, platforms are limited and the pistols do not conceal well. The Ft. Hood shooter made 13 one shot kills with the 5.7. Every shot to the torso resulted in death. Very unusual for a pistol round. I carry the Glock 30s. .45 acp in a concealable package with 10 + 1. I carry AIWB with Untuckit shirts most days in corporate/bank/office environments and have never had anyone ask if I was carrying. Use 230 grain HST and recoil is very manageable. Training rounds are mild reloads. I run 3-500 rounds a month thru it training.

My 2015 F150 runs 275/55/20 K02s with a leveling kit. Runs 40 lbs of pressure. Will the 285/65/20 fit and look right? I am a K02 fan because of the sidewall. I spend a lot of time hunting in West Texas and the limestone shards are hell on tires. The K02s hold up the best for me and all of my rancher friends use the same.

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I use Wingates in Dallas. Bought Pres and wife's Datejust from them. https://www.tic-tock.com

My MIL is in memory care. Can't talk, does not know anyone, has a broken hip that can't be fixed and the $10/hour staff does the minimal amount of care. It is a shitty way to go.

Just got my 118 series President back from service. $1400. Sort of pissed about the cost. It has been 12 years since new but was thinking it would be 1/2 that much. My Cartier is 35 years old and still runs pretty good. It loses a few minutes a week but I am scared to send it in.

I am a huge fan of MCM. My wife and I have been trying to find one in Austin for years that has been renovated. By the time we find out about one, we are the third or fourth contract.

Very disappointed in the new Supra. I had 3 in the 1990s. Take off the cats, add boost controller, blow off valve, low restriction muffler and have a true 500 hp car that handled great. Going to a single turbo increased the hp but also increased the lag. Fun times. SW had some 1000 hp single turbos that were rockets.

He does not have matching footwear.

I guide a few hunters every year and cull a lot of deer every year. In my experience and what I have seen in the field, bullet construction makes a tremendous difference in overall outcome. In most instances, when we have trouble finding a deer, too tough of a bullet has been used. I am happiest when a hunter shows up with a green box of Core Lokt or blue box of Federal soft points. Caliber does not matter(much). I hate it when a hunter shows up with his custom rifle with the hottest new magnum caliber and handloads of the latest Barnes LRX, Accubond Long Range, or other such bonded/copper bullets. They are too hard and do not cause the cavitation, hydraulic/hydrostatic effects that create bang/flops, blood trails a blind person could follow, etc.... I have been reloading for over 40 years and deer are just not that hard to kill. Straight thru the shoulders will result in an anchored deer. Cannot go far with the 2 front wheels broken. Angling to take the plumbing out of the top of the heart results in an instant loss of blood pressure and loss of consciousness. High shoulder shots will also wreck the plumbing and possibly shock the spinal cord resulting in an instant drop.

I have carried a 1911 for a lot of years. My daily carries include a Novak LW Commander made for me by Wayne Novak with "The Answer" backstrap(no grip safety), Wilson Combat EDC X9 and custom Dan Wesson. The answer to your query is totally based on your budget. You can get very inexpensive 1911s by Remington, Rock Island Armory, Taurus, Bersa, etc... Expect to spend $400-600. They have MIM parts, loose tolerances and some perform very well while others suck. Just up from the entry level products are Kimber, Colt, Springfield, SIG. These will be around $800-1,200 for better tolerances, better accuracy out of the box, better finish, etc... Next step up would be Dan Wesson. Better parts, better finish, better tolerances. $1,100 to $1,600 depending on options. Next up from this are your semi-customs from Wilson, Nighthawk, Guncrafters, Baer, Brown, Cabot, Alchemy, etc... These start at $2,000 and typically run $3-5,000. A whole different level of quality. These are very well made guns that are typically very accurate and reliable. Next up from this are your custom guns from Chen, Yost, Heirloom, etc... They will start at $6,000 and go to $10,000. My advice would be to get the best used gun I could afford. Sights, trigger controls and safeties are easy to upgrade if they are not acceptable. Resale prices are going to be significantly below new prices. Most used 1911s have not been shot much and even if they have, they are more broken in and are typically more reliable. I would jump all over a used Wilson or Baer that had 5,000 rounds thru it. Disclaimer: I am an old guy who has a nostalgic attraction to 1911s. They can be finicky and difficult to master. I akin them to comparing a Porsche to a Corvette. The Porsche is the 1911 with a rich history and complex mechanicals. The Corvette is the Glock with plastic parts but will typically outrun the Porsche every day. If I think I am going to be in a gunfight, I am wearing my custom Gen 5 19 or custom G30s. No 1911 that I own is as fast as my Glocks, they are just butt ugly to look at. My times are faster in any steel challenge or IDPA course with the Glocks.

I got a Bug-A-Salt with a laser from my daughters. Awesome and so much fun. We have far fewer spiders and a few less fair weather wasps that were out Christmas day.

Wife and I did Tribute last night. We had the crab appetizer and it was very good. We shared the smoked wagyu short ribs and they were the richest meat I have ever eaten. We could not finish our 1/2 portions. Excellent smoke job. We drank a bottle of Leviathan wine that was good. Finished up with the churro dessert. Overall a very good meal. They have completely remodeled the old Olivette and bar next door. The bar is pretty neat but the restaurant still has a hotel feel to it. We will go again.

Ha! Erxleben was holed up in Hills of Lakeway. What a piece of shit!

It is a wonderful part of Patagonia. I stayed at Llao Llao. A great resort with very good food. Then toured the lakes to the north and on to San Martin. Another great, small resort town. Stayed at Tipiliuke, a private resort on 60,000 acres. Best trout fishing, quail hunting, red stag hunting in Patagonia. I highly recommend.

Spatchcocked a 12.5 lb turkey. Used the Tony Cachere cajun butter injector and used 1 ounce per pound of bird. Smoked on the BGE at 300 degrees for 2 hours. Pulled the bird at 155 degrees and tented in foil. Internal temp rose to 165ish degrees. Let rest for 1 hour then carved. It was the best bird I have ever smoked. The family was ecstatic They ate the whole thing and ignored the smoked ham.

I shot a lot of deer in Talley Bottoms about 35 years ago. Great place. Killed lots of ducks there also.

NSAA is the main reason I am on this board. Help before I am too old to remember my login and password.

Korea House is one of my favorites. It is my go to place on West Anderson. The service is quick and the lunch specials are very good.

How much was the service for the old Rolex? I just took my President in and got a shock. I had never had it serviced in 15 years and it just stopped running one day. Apparently, I should have had it cleaned and serviced every 3 years. The quote is $1,400 to get it going again.

Baboons in Africa are a bigger problem than hogs in Texas. Ranchers kill every one they can. In Windhoek, all of the homes have electric fencing to keep the baboons out. Without a doubt, the picture with the family of baboons was a huge mistake. Hard to believe he would post that.

I have some 168 grain Hornady A-max loaded at 1000 fps and 150 grain Game Kings at same speed. They kill deer effectively under 100 yards. I have used them for culling does and have not had any problems.

Elephants are a difficult topic in Africa. Native Africans hate elephants. They trample and destroy their vital crops, take down fences at will and generally make life difficult for the millions of Africans that live in rural communities. It worked out pretty well when all the natives had were spears and arrows. A few elephants would die and the meat would be utilized. The others would be harassed and leave for more peaceful environments. Now, there are guns and poisons. It is much easier to kill an elephant now with either a bullet or a bottle of cyanide. The elephants are also plagued by the poachers. Unemployment is so high in all of the elephant occupying countries that the opportunity to make a few bucks for a small tusk, skin or horn makes poaching a viable occupation. That and "bush meat" makes it very hard on the indigenous wildlife. The native African does not have the concept of conservation in their background nor is it a part of the social structure. They only understand the concept of living day to day. I have been to Africa many times. I have hunted in all of the elephant countries. It is very difficult to understand what is going on over there without experiencing it. The continent is being assaulted by all sides. First, the native Africans are ill equipped socially to operate as independent countries in the modern society. Those that rule, do not do so for the benefit of the people. Corruption and stealing of national resources is the common theme. Democracy is a foreign concept to them. The Chinese and Koreans are very skilled at taking advantage of these countries. I have been 250 miles from the nearest town and gone to a village where every mud hut has a solar battery charger and every adult has a cell phone. All given to them by either country for mining rights. There are fake Chevys, Toyotas, F150's, etc... They look just like the cars here in the US but are made illegally with the least expensive cast parts. There are fake Apple stores in most large cities. You can go in and they look just like Apple products but are Chinese knock offs. It is very sad there and I see no upside for wildlife in the future. The only positive is that the continent is so large. About 5 years ago, I was hunting in Zimbabwe when we got word that an extremely large elephant had been killed. We went to look at it and it was 120 lbs per side. This was near Hwange National Park and no one had ever seen this elephant before. It had lived its 50+ year life without coming in contact with someone with a camera or rifle. There are millions of square miles that have very little hunting/poaching pressure at the present time.

More stripes on the bag. What do I win? NSAA?