Recent content by duns

I never knew him other than someone who gave me generous and wise advice in this forum. I am so sorry to hear this news.

When I was a child in the UK, my mother told me she hated guns because her brother committed suicide with one, long before I was born. As a child, I somewhat shared her anti-gun feelings. Strangely, I played with toy guns and she and my father even bought me a David Crockett outfit when I was...

12 gauge slug .500 mag .44 mag .357 mag 10mm ...or whatever you have to hand.

I'm more accurate with a semi-auto and the semi gives me more rounds -- so long as is not a tiny semi auto. So I prefer to carry a full size or compact semi auto when clothes permit. A snub nose makes a nice backup when possible. However, a lot of the time, I'm limited to pocket carry and then...

I have not found a gun belt that does not warp. But they all warp to my rotund shape so arguably they fit better after warping!

I didn't think it would happen. I had almost given up on IWB. Early experiences were that the gun printed too much unless I wore a tee shirt with a long untucked, unbuttoned shirt over the top -- in which case I might as well carry OWB with more comfort and convenience. Recently, I had another...

My most usual daily carry since I acquired my CHL about 3 years ago is a snub nose in a de Santis Nemesis front pocket holster. The retention (outside the pocket) is such that I can rotate the holster to about 30 degrees below the horizontal without the gun falling out. In a tight pocket I could...

Depends how you dress. In the office, wearing slacks and a tucked business shirt, I find the most concealable gun something that fits in the front pocket. For me, that is a J-frame (S&W M&P 340 CT) - light enough but not ridiculously light. I stoke it with Gold Dot .357 magnum Short Barrel ammo...

I read it as including handguns. If you go down the Special Items page to Sports Equipment, you will see there is a Shooting Equipment category that mentions putting the locked gun case in a soft-sided piece of luggage. But I agree that it is ambiguous and more likely than not intended to cover...

Feedback from OP Well thanks everyone for the advice. I just completed my trip and all went smoothly. Based on the advice, I ran a zip tie through the action. I could not have the pistol locked open because of the way I had shaped the foam in the little Pelican 1170 case. But the zip tie...

Was that at the check-in desk you were asked to show clear or somewhere else? How exactly did you show clear? With hindsight, I should have gone with the Pelican 1450. I didn't realize quite how small the 1170 is.

TSA unhelpful on query I sent these questions to the TSA: The TSA responded by sending me an extract from their website. They completely ignored my two questions, which were asked because their website does not cover these two specific points. :banghead:

I have printed the airline and TSA pages on flying with a gun and will take them with me. Also, I've printed salient concealed carry laws for the states I'm visiting. Plan to also take with me a picture of the gun and a note of its serial number.

Yes, I started with that TSA page and the airline (Delta) website. Then I searched the internet generally but could not find the answers to the questions I posted.

I've sent TSA an email with a question about magazine in gun. If I get a response, I'll post it.