Why .40?

[Bawanna]

Louis L'Amour is my all time favorite. One of my most valued possessions (next to my guns of course) is the L'Amour collection my dad left me. He thought he had everyone he wrote, even had them numbered. Read them all numerous times and I'm fixing to read Last of the Breed again for probably the 6th time.

Had one of my kids teachers refuse to let them do a book report on a Louis L'Amour book, said they were all exactly the same.
I actually had a meeting with her and loaned her a few, opened her eyes it did. She allowed the report and I truly believe she became a fan.

Glad to hear your doing good, your wife getting the hang of that power chair?

I've been fighting my indoor one, just won't stay charged, been gonna take it in to get checked out for a couple years, just never get around to it.

As the original creator of the Bawanna Grip Emporium thread I feel your obligated to check in and let us know how your doing just a bit more frequently.

[OldLincoln]

Well Bawanna, I feel like you're sorta kin, and I drop in now and then but don't visit like I used to. I'm becomin more like Tell than Orrin. I agree that Last of the Breed was a good one. I gave it 5 stars and only 178 out of 1328 so far got that including 8 of 45 by L'Amoure.

My son got most of the collection from my sister who passed them around the family but I passed on them too busy to read for fun. He found the remaining books and now has them all and reads them repeatedly. I shuffle them between several of most genre but always look forward to them. Tip for interest... My sister initialed her book on the book side of the front cover and added the year she read them below that. She read many of them several times. My son gets a lick out of the family history.

I mostly enjoyed the historical books like To the Far Blue Mountains, The Lonesome Gods, Jubal Sackett as well as the Ken Follett books in his Century Trilogy. Now look.... you got me doing the Orrin again. It's been good visiting a spell, Bawanna.

[jimrod1969]

I have a CM9 and a CM40. I carry the CM40 for SD when I need a smaller gun than my G27. I shoot a lot, and a lot of calibers, so shooting .40's is no big deal and shot placement is no big deal to manage either. I'd rather go with the more powerful .40 S&W even though I sacrifice 1 round. I carry a 6-round extended mag for additional capacity. Many police departments across the US maintain 9 mm as the minimum acceptable caliber, so I'd rather step it up then go with the minimum