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[OFC Ranger]

Nothing to work around:

Defines "qualified law enforcement officer" as: (1) a current governmental agency law enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm, who is not the subject of disciplinary action, who meets agency standards which require the employee to regularly qualify in the use of a firearm, and who is not under the influence of alcohol or another intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; and (2) a retired law enforcement officer who retired in good standing from public agency service, who was regularly employed as a law enforcement officer for at least 15 years, who has a nonforfeitable right to agency retirement benefits, who has met the State's standards for training and qualification for active law enforcement officers to carry firearms during the most recent 12-month period, and who is not under the influence of alcohol or another intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance.

This bill does not specifically say you can only carry the firearm for which you are qualified.

Same thing for retired LEO credentials. You have to qualify once a year, but there is no verbiage on carry restriction in relations to said qualifications.

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[Snorebaby]

Finally got my safe in place. Made a couple of extra shelves as it will hold documents also. The blue bins were the wife's idea. I have extra holsters in one and will put some of the mags I have on the door in one of them too. The glock mags are only for my 9MM PCC that I built (middle rifle on left side) that will go in a bin and I will put my pistol mags on the door. Still playing with what will go where as far as the shelves are concerned. The top shelf is dedicated for documents.

 

[AzScorpion]

Finally got my safe in place. Made a couple of extra shelves as it will hold documents also. The blue bins were the wife's idea. I have extra holsters in one and will put some of the mags I have on the door in one of them too. The glock mags are only for my 9MM PCC that I built (middle rifle on left side) that will go in a bin and I will put my pistol mags on the door. Still playing with what will go where as far as the shelves are concerned. The top shelf is dedicated for documents.

Nice safe Doug but that's way to neat and organized. lol I was looking at those Steelwater safes before I bought my Champion safe. I was just about to buy one when they had a really good sale (50% off msrp) on the Champion at a local dealer I couldn't pass up.

 

[Snorebaby]

Nice safe Doug but that's way to neat and organized. lol I was looking at those Steelwater safes before I bought my Champion safe. I was just about to buy one when they had a really good sale (50% off msrp) on the Champion at a local dealer I couldn't pass up.

Thanks!
I just got it so it won't stay neat and organized too much longer!! Steelwater Safes are local to me. Just across the Savannah River (about a 10 min. drive.) Put it in my 6x12 enclosed trailer. It took 5 of us to get it in the house (925lb). It is the biggest safe I could get in the room without removing walls LOL! I left the shipping feet on it as I will be moving it at a later date when I remodel the room.

 

[AzScorpion]

Thanks!
I just got it so it won't stay neat and organized too much longer!! Steelwater Safes are local to me. Just across the Savannah River (about a 10 min. drive.) Put it in my 6x12 enclosed trailer. It took 5 of us to get it in the house (925lb). It is the biggest safe I could get in the room without removing walls LOL! I left the shipping feet on it as I will be moving it at a later date when I remodel the room.

Yeah mine looked like that for about a month. lol I paid them to deliver it, It's 1150 lbs and there was no way I was going to try and move that. It was the best $275.00 I'd spent in a while. ? Besides most of my friends out here are older and if I had asked them for help I'm sure all I would've heard was a dial tone.?

 

[GTGallop]

ABF dropped mine on the curb.
I got all 660lbs of it UP the driveway and into the house...
BY
MY
SELF!

Earned that Heineken!

 

[AzScorpion]

Some great links and discussion here. It might have been discussed but it’s a huge thread.
I’m thinking about purchasing a couple .40S&W guns in the next year. Never even shot that caliber before. I’ve heard from many people that it was much easier to find during the pandemic. Not sure how true as I just never even looked. But if that’s true - that’s a huge selling point for me. Plus a lot of law enforcement agencies still use that caliber.

Anyone here prefer it over 9mm?

I've only shot a couple .40's and I personally like 9mm better. I do have a bad wrist so that doesn't help but I feel that's one of those odd calibers like .380. It's right between 9mm and .45 so I'd rather go with one of those two. I'm not sure on it's availability but it seems like everything's either out of stock or just ridiculously priced now. After the '08 ammo shortage I condensed everything down to just a couple calibers now. It makes it easier trying to keep every gun stocked up rather than scrambling around trying to find 5-6 different ones. It's hard to say what's going to happen down the road but it doesn't look good! If you already have others in 9mm I say stick with that. You can grab a case (or two) if/when you can find it. No sense in trying to find ammo for another gun until the dust settles.

Here's a good site where you can check what's in stock and also put in alerts for when it comes back in. I did get a couple the past week for both 9mm & .223 but it was still priced way to high. Sad part is people are still buying it and it was all gone within 20 minutes.


https://www.targetsportsusa.com

 

[FoD]

I've only shot a couple .40's and I personally like 9mm better. I do have a bad wrist so that doesn't help but I feel that's one of those odd calibers like .380. It's right between 9mm and .45 so I'd rather go with one of those two. I'm not sure on it's availability but it seems like everything's either out of stock or just ridiculously priced now. After the '08 ammo shortage I condensed everything down to just a couple calibers now. It makes it easier trying to keep every gun stocked up rather than scrambling around trying to find 5-6 different ones. It's hard to say what's going to happen down the road but it doesn't look good! If you already have others in 9mm I say stick with that. You can grab a case (or two) if/when you can find it. No sense in trying to find ammo for another gun until the dust settles.

Here's a good site where you can check what's in stock and also put in alerts for when it comes back in. I did get a couple the past week for both 9mm & .223 but it was still priced way to high. Sad part is people are still buying it and it was all gone within 20 minutes.


https://www.targetsportsusa.com

Nothing wrong with in between major caliber points, to me they're what a shooter can control well...usually. I wanted to shoot .44 mag but it was too unexpected. I stepped down to .41 mag in a RUGER Blackhawk 6.5" barrel and it's a great one for me. I also like my 1911 .45acp over 9mm.

i suspect that the same would be true with anything semiautomatic under the .45 except a .22 which I kind of fancy..

 

[AzScorpion]

Nothing wrong with in between major caliber points, to me they're what a shooter can control well...usually. I wanted to shoot .44 mag but it was too unexpected. I stepped down to .41 mag in a RUGER Blackhawk 6.5" barrel and it's a great one for me. I also like my 1911 .45acp over 9mm.

i suspect that the same would be true with anything semiautomatic under the .45 except a .22 which I kind of fancy..

Yup I love my 22's also and luckily I stocked up when ammo was cheap (0.2.5/round) have a shit ton of ammo for them.

I do agree that you should get whatever you can shoot well. Heck I've told many that if you can shoot a .22 great but can't hit paper with a 9mm you're better off carrying the .22. Plus my response is based on todays world not what we were use to. Before we could go down and buy any gun and all the ammo you needed for it. It was relatively cheap and easy to find but that's not going to happen now. I just think the certain rounds especially in this day and age with the shortages are not practical. If .40 is plentiful then sure I'd go for it and get all you can but why start shooting another caliber and always be trying to hunt down ammo for another gun? If he already has a few in 9mm I would just concentrate on stocking up with as much ammo as you can find and afford right now. I just like the simplicity now of only having to deal with a select few calibers. I hope I'm wrong but I don't see this shortage or the prices getting better anytime soon. Plus if the new head of the ATF has his way the 2nd Amendment will be good for nothing but toilet paper!

 

[Strokerduster]

Kinda partial to .22 also, been shooting it for 65 years. When I went for CCL, most in class took 9mm and larger to qualify. I took a buckmark .22. Several had trouble on the range portion (50 shots from varying distance/position) and I shot a perfect score. All about what you're comfortable with.

 

[Chris M]

I've recently used the search engine ammoseek.com
Bought some stuff off there in the last couple months.
The engine lets you search for more than just ammo...

 

[DocE3Gun]

I've recently used the search engine ammoseek.com
Bought some stuff off there in the last couple months.
The engine lets you search for more than just ammo...

Ammoseek works well, but can be a few minutes behind. I need to find out what the other site is called, but it works a little faster and I’ve had friends manage to get primers and 9mm when it’s out of stock before I see it via ammoseek.

 

[DocE3Gun]

Glock upgrades......Titanium slides and steel mags/mag catches are not for everyone, but it’s nice having a lighter carry gun with a couple extra rounds (17rd in Glock 19, 19rds in Glock 17). The 17 has a CMC trigger that is actually not horrible.....and that’s coming from someone that shoots 20k rds/yr in a 2011 with a crisp 2# trigger.

 

[Chris M]

Ammoseek works well, but can be a few minutes behind. I need to find out what the other site is called, but it works a little faster and I’ve had friends manage to get primers and 9mm when it’s out of stock before I see it via ammoseek.

Do post when you find it! I look forward to searching there too!

 

[DocE3Gun]

He says it is a discord server focused on reloading components.

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