Professor Thump

Great advice CigarBum! Thinking I may get in cheap with a 1911 and also like it for carrying is probably not the case the more I learn. I like my XD9sc and shoot it well with the large grip. My eyesight makes it more of a challenge now than it did when I was 20. But I am smarter now, I hope. Thank goodness the hands are still there. Maybe I am making too much out of this at 50 Years. Do I have enough ammo to last another 20-30 years? Probably not. So with 2 kids in college buying a $2-3000 gun is out of the question. If I shoot it and can't live with it I may still make money. I just read some 1911 forums on conversions. That is another 3-400 clams to buy that. I might as well buy a mosquito for that price.

I saw where you could convert to 22 caliber! I may want to do that for squirrel hunting in Northern Michigan this fall... Lots of bushy tails running around when bow hunting is not prime. Have you guys tried this? Or maybe a 380 or 9mm? I can imagine I will want to hunt with a 45. Unless I shoot the branches under them to knock them out... At this point I will be lucky to hit the tree trunk....LOL!!

Nice site...Thanks Bill...

Wow... Now I know how you feel when we give out info on speakers. You guys are a big help and a wealth of info on 1811's. I am a pretty good outdoorsman but pistols have been my weekness in the knowledge department but current conditions are motivating me to change my knowledge base. (There is only so much info that I can store in my pretty little nogin before it dribbles out the other side - with one exception s*x) Paul Klipsch once said he has a photographic mind...they just forgot to load the film. Well my mind is more like a porn.......oh nevermind... Getting back on track... Let me tell you it is a great day in America! They take it away and give back a little and we are grateful. I just got back from Wally's World near Indy and what did I find? 5 boxes of Winchester 9 mm SJH. for $15. SOLD...So other than having bullets to load, I have primers, powder, a little brass and a lot of .22, 38, 243 cal and 9mm. I am in the clear on being able to shoot but I was concerned for a while with the shortage. It looks like it may be getting better but we haven't had any riots yet. I left them 6 boxes of 40 cal S&W (100 count) and a box of 44 cal S&W. I am feeling so stocked up that I might sell some of the Blazer 9mm 115 gr in Al case. I paid $14 plus SH from Natchez, so I may not be able to recover my money, but I would rather shoot brass rounds for reloading purposes. Either way I am not worried about it. Now I guess I need to consider 45 cal materials to load now. Not gonna buy 45's at the prices out there for non standard ammo. So the other good news is that Guns and Ammo had a special magazine on 45 cal 1911's...All the models. Cool. I gotta tell you. I was a lot more excited to find these deals than my wife was. But you have heard that story before... Wow...100 45's...you do like them...Maybe we need to negotiate a speaker for arms deal here. I need to make some room in my theater area. It is starting to look like a modern day Colter's living room. Sorry no Heritage though. This guy selling carried the 1911 and he complains that it doesn't shot well compared to his GC. I got to say that unless he prices the GC right I would rather look for a Kimber Crimson Carry II. I could probably get that for the same amount of money. What about Para's? Are these like speakers? You get what you pay for? Good points on advantages... The cocking issue concerns me on the Gvt issue. Racking the action is an advantage for "warning call" but speed is a big liability. I would rather fire two warning shots to the head than be overly cautious and dead or injured. (Most anti's wont read down this far to lock this thread...we will know if I am wrong and have to soon edit) I have to think long and hard about this problem...This leads me to believe that I will need to rework or buy a different carry piece... That must be what the current owner did. He also doesnt want the thing around because he feels like he is in Thailand again. My experience there must have been different. But it was 40 years later... Now the 70 and 80 series that you are referring to is a Colt Gov't Issue? or a Kimber? Sorry... *** (Edit with comment)*** I realize now that you were referring to the Gold Cup Colt 1911*** The single pull is probably why I couldn't shoot the G Cup. Now that I know how to hold may hands this may be a non issue. Exciting stuff... I like the thin grip cannons... I plan on reloading so BA 45 rounds shouldn't be a problem. As far as carrying holsters, I need to try under arm, kidney and fanny pack options. I am a little concerned with the sharp grip tang pinching my side. Does the gun ever bite back also? I am assuming that is what the tang is for...Under arm holster is best but you can't do this in the summer heat. Maybe I shouldn't have lost that Beer Belly! Here is a picture of my current XD 9 sub compared to one of the Kimber CDP Pros...

Ye of little faith...Still in stock! We are trying to keep the web stocked up, but there will be times when we are out of stock. I would guess we won't have many available during Christmas if there truely is a rush. I wish we could predict the economy at the End Of Year. Are we on the upswing as Obama claims we "could be"?

Amy or someone will need to check on this Monday...

Everything is more detailed... No compression More channels in the rear Bass is well defined You can't go wrong with TrueHD and DTS 7.1 if you have the wallet, room and commonsense to set it up correctly. The only other critical things are WAF issues and the recording engineers master mix. If they knew what they were doing, and the don't always, the sound should be more detail for imaging than with 5.1.

Silversport is correct... Both of these are for sale. I will probably have $500-600 in the 1911 Gov't Issued model after FFL and expenses. I suspect the price on these start at $900 and go up if they work. Matching numbers would double the value or more depending on the manufacturer...I suspect it is not a Singer model, but one can hope. It also comes with the holster. I can't remember if it is the green canvas or leather that was issued then. The owner says the GC shoots SO MUCH BETTER. Why would that be? Porting on barrel? Springs? I don't know. As I mentioned in my younger days I had shot a GC and couldn't get use to the recoil. Now that I am working with the XD I suspect that I may have an improved sense of my ability to shoot it. As far as the XD...It is a double stack mag so it is thick. With the sub compact clip/grip it has less of a hip extension when carrying. I don't think caliber ever matters much. If you have good shot placement .3 - .5" holes are going to work. Guns don't kill people, holes in their bodies do. booo... I wouldn't have an issue using my .243 on deer. I have had friends take Elk on this caliber. You just need to hit the vitals. I have to admit shooting with the short 10 clip is not comfortable. When I go to the long 16 clip accuracy is greatly improved. But at 10 feet, the typical distance of conflict, I will carry the short clip on the gun and have the 16 on the other side. As a backup on the leg would be the other option, but how often would I take the time to do that? I am excited at considering carrying a single stack though. I learned to shoot on my own with a single shot 20 gauge Winchester when I was 14 and a BB gun just wasn't enough fire power. It taught me to shoot like I only got one round. I don't forget that important concept. I think it helped me learn to aim. So hiding a single stack makes sense and 7 shot clips don't concern me too much. You only need one...but I will follow up with at least one if the situation ever occurs. I know....most fire fights end up with empty clips without the shooter even knowing they shot more than two rounds. Me too... I am on the INGUNOWNERS.com with the same name and also TheHighRoad.com. But it might be nice to talk Klipsch into a area here also. I don't think the GC is Nam era. I It looks like the 1911 is not as popular now that the new polimers have come out, but that is probably as much due to price. Machining all that metal can't be cheap. I don't know if I can afford the GC on top of the G issue 1911. I would love to shoot one again before I decide. I would have never considered a 1911 to be an accurate pistol. I am thinking the range of price would be $900 -1500 to buy. It is the shinny polished stainles or nickel. Thanks guys for your expert marksmanship on this topic. I will keep you posted.

I really don't want to get rid of it because it is a tiger in the jungle. Too bad it is a basket ball on the hardtop. It is a grand cherokee. Texas truck I bought on ebay in 2001. Gee I am getting old...anyway there is nothing really wrong with it other than you have to replace the tranny& diff's every 20k miles. It is a blast to drive in the bush though! My latest thought OT...If you aren't angry, you are not paying attention!

Glad you approve Michael. As I had mentioned the other day... I had loaned out my S2m's and S4i's to Don for training. I felt naked that night like I couldn't make a phone call. The thought of putting the cell phone to my ear and holding it seemed barbaric! I am glad I have them back...Gonna mow the lawn now... With my headphones of course.

C3 is the most complicated IEM that we have ever done. If you can find the problem in the cable it may be repairable but it will be ugly. If you have to crack the chassis open it will be difficult to get back together without damage.

There is a Klipsch fan site on Facebook that you might find interesting.

It is hard to beat a K2 for the money these days.

Picture Reference: Scott Gahimer http://forum.m1911.org/showthread.php?t=62342 I think I have a chance to purchase a Nam era 1911 for a good price. I don't have any of the specifics yet but it is a Gov't issued piece. The owner carried it during the Nam War but doesn't want to keep it due to the bad memories. He said it doesn't shoot well compared to his Gold Cup which he is also selling. It will be interesting to see how original the pistol is. Evidently a lot of them were reworked from WWII. I will keep you posted. How are these to carry compared to an XD?

Well that is a dandy midrange but you might want a tweeter and a woofer to go with it.

My head is tired of spinning... I can't believe what I am hearing on the news anymore. I may have to trade my Jeep 4 x 4 in because I can't fix the "death wobble". There is nothing wrong with that beautiful big block engine at 170Kmiles but my wife doesn't want to drive it with the shimmy. I have replaced or had someone else replace every component on that front end but still no luck. I am seeing now that congress is trying to pass a deal where they buy $550 million jets (7 jets) so that they can tool around the country in style. Is there a sense of urgency to our "leaders" that we are in a recession? What really takes the cake is that they want to stick this in a military defense budget while they are cutting other actual defense programs. Can you say self serving?"

Congrats on buying the RF-82's... If you don't notice the difference I will box Colter for 3 rounds.

Congratulations to the team. Klipsch just won another award for PC Mag Editors Choice!

This might help answer your question... http://forums.klipsch.com/blogs/technical/archive/2009/07/30/50-8-what-happened-to-mono.aspx

First thing Justin is you have to take the emotion out of the equation and deal with the facts. Easy to say but hard to do. Next you have 3 options: 1. Make the changes to their suggestions 2. Walk away 3. Mediate a compromise. They are paying you to do a job. If you are frustrated because it take more time or is more difficult refer to the previous sentence. You can explain to them that this is not efficient and costs more money but the reality is that you are dealing with their ego. Everyones ideas are important to that person, even if they were considered after the direction was set. Feed the ego, solve the problem. If it make you feel any better you are not alone. This is how business works. Someone pays with money the other with sweat.

No power loss. The mic is on a different circuit and does not effect the audio performance.

Mmmmm....Pizza.... How come headphones don't taste better? That's not even a fare competition.

Justin, Thanks for such a fine and detailed review of S4i. I am glad you like them. P Thump

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You got it! Thanks Malcolm!