Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770

We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended.

When I was Stationed in Okinawa in '78, I had two thing happen within a couple days of one another. First, a buddy of mine came up and told that he'd just seen me at the Barber Shop, "I" was facing slightly sideways from him, so he kind of sneaked up on "me". As he started to rap me on the back of the head, "I" turned and he saw Lieutenant bars on "my" collar, (I was a PFC at the time). A couple days later, I was walking along when this grizzled old Gunny Sergeant ran up to me, saluted and started to give me a report on his Platoon. He got about four words out before he saw the PFC chevrons on my collar. I said' "No Gunny, I'm not him." He said "You look just like him!" "I've heard." He took off kind of muttering to himself. Fast forward to 1990. I'm driving a truck long haul. I've put on weight, grown a beard, and wearing a Cowboy hat. I had several guys over a few months at multiple Truck Stops swear they thought I was Hank Williams Jr.

When I was working, my driving took me to many "middle of nowhere" sections of Southeast Arizona, some of which had limited Cell service. There were a number of times I saw groups of Illegal Aliens coming up from Mexico. I thought it was a good idea to carry in those areas. The problem was that it was against Company Policy to even have a firearm on Company property. I did it anyway. Everybody that knew me "knew" that I would be doing so, even though I never told anybody, and never said anything about it. When asked, I replied "That's against Policy." The Corporate Safety Nazi even tried to get my new Boss to search through my everyday carry bag, (which I called my Possibles Bag), to see. He didn't, but warned me about it. I told him that several times a week, I was entering either a Military Base or Raytheon Missile Systems, and they always searched my truck, and surely they would have found it if I was. (Innocent blinking here). On my last day, after signing out for the final time, while sitting in the Driver's room, (no cameras) I pulled out Bigmouth, my 1911, and stated "And yes, I HAVE been carrying out there," They all said that they knew it all along.

NEVER! It's one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.

I think that it's like that EVERYWHERE. That's why they hire lawyers for the job. It's to protect the COMPANY, not the employees.

What are they going to do if you don't, FIRE you?

I got lucky. The last boss I had at my job was the best by far over the 30 years I was there. Even though I was a truck driver, the type of deliveries I did was not just dropping a box or pallet, so there was a bit of training involved. I let him know a year in advance. I had intended to retire in June of 2020, but the Zombie Apocalypse had done such a number on my 401K that I had to put it off. My secondary plan was was June of 2021, so they started looking for somebody about January, Praxair being a big multibillion dollar international corporation, I KNEW that it wouldn't be quick OR easy. The first guy didn't work out, so by the time they got a replacement for HIM, and got HIM trained, it was too close to June to just turn him loose. They gave me a "Performance Bonus", (read bribe, which I demanded to stay), to stay until the end of July. At any rate, to answer YOUR question, I'd either ask somebody in management I trusted, or casually mention that something about you and your wife discussing it and see where that leads.

Gun Sam Revolver Aficionado does the same. First he shoots through plain Gel. Then he adds four layers of sweatshirt, 3 inches of gel, a 1/4" piece of MDF to simulate hitting ribs or sternum, another 16 inches of gel, and another 1/4" piece of MDF to simulate back ribs. He does this for every round he tests.

And streaming.

For me, the more of my face you can't see, the better I look.

I'd be willing to take the chance.

I've seen a lot of differences when tested by various Gun Tubers too. That's why I asked. So far nobody seems to have tested them. I've got the Lucky Gunner test site saved too. Unfortunately they haven't updated it in about 10 years,so this particular load isn't on there. He didn't test any .45 Colt ammo anyway.

The original 10 Rules:

Not going to bloviate, but I still rock a flip phone. We just changed providers, so I got a NEW one.

A sip once in a while. My wife has an allergy to the acid, so we get the "Low Acid version.

Had similar experience with my wives. Second wife got my credit rating high enough that when we started having a little money to work with, I was able to buy my Jeep. It'd been 25 years since I had one. When I retired, we had most everything either paid off or under control. The biggest mistake I made then was getting solar panels, but finances were where we didn't think it would be a problem. I had a 401K that was flush enough that I could use a monthly withdraw from that to pay the Mortgage. Then the Biden Economy hit. My 401K dropped like a stone. The my wife's car engine needed rebuilding. The house needed repiping, then the A/C went out. The dog needed dental surgery. Etc. Now, unless Fairy Godmother visits and leaves me a bag of money, I need to reenter the workforce. A part time will do. A thousand a month will take the edge off. But oh well, life happens. "Welcome to Walmart."

These are when they're both in their 80s. Raquel, by a long shot.

I wished for YEARS that Federal made Hydra-Shoks in .45 Colt. I even contemplated getting a box and pulling the bullets to have hand loaded, but never did. These are close. I DO carry Hydra-Shoks in my 1911.

Enough to pay off everybody I owe money to, not have to worry about unexpected expenses again, and enough so that when I go, my wife doesn't have to worry about it.

Has anybody seen/ tried these? I currently carry CCI Blazer 200gr. Gold Dots in my EDC Ruger Vaquero. They're good, but I'm betting that these are better. https://www.federalpremium.com/handgun/personal-defense-hydra-shok-deep/?prefn1=caliber&prefv1=45 Colt

But they would have been reporting the story.

The Granddaddy of them all, the Broomhandle Mauser did so. As did George Kellgren, of Kel-Tec fame's first pistol, the Grendel. A .380 pistol that top loaded from a stripper clip.

I've always thought that he would feel it. If not, he wouldn't be able to judge whether he was squeezing someone's hand too hard when shaking it.