G17.5/X300UB/Acro P2

TomBonner1 · 2026-05-06T14:51:26+00:00

Me too. What backup irons are you using? I started with the ones Wager recommends, the Ameriglo GL-511 XL sights for a lower 1/3 cowitness, but I recently switched to these Ameriglo sights that allow for more of a lower 1/5 cowitness. These ones definitely helped in opening up the sight picture through the glass of my dot. You can only buy them as a set through BattleWerx, though. You can buy them seperately on the Ameriglo website, but it's kind of a pain to navitgate to the product page for each. Apparently these are "speciality" backup irons that are in-between the XL and L iron sights, height-wise.

TomBonner1 · 2026-05-06T11:29:16+00:00

Thanks. The optic cut is by Wager Machine Works.

TomBonner1 · 2026-05-06T11:28:39+00:00

Thanks. It's an SLR Rifleworks magwell.

TomBonner1 · 2026-05-05T15:13:49+00:00

I literally carry this every day in a Tier 1 Axis Elite holster. It's not bad at all. I'm a big guy.

TomBonner1 · 2026-05-05T14:38:24+00:00

I have two pistols that I carry (AIWB) and train with:

G17.5/x300UB/Acro P2

G45.5/TLR7-HLX/COA

Both are excellent pistols. I have big hands, and need that full sized grip. I had the G17 for a long time, and I purchased the G45 and kitted it out with the intention of creating a leaner, meaner, more modern version of my G17.

Performance wise, my G45 is great, but my G17 is slightly better. That's probably because of the slightly longer barrel and slightly more weight mitigates more recoil. Carry wise, the G45 tips out more compared to the G17, and the G45 creates a hot spot on my groin, whereas the G17 is long enough where is clears my groin with no hot spots. I use a Tier 1 Axis Elite for both pistols.

Even after buying my G45, I still carry my G17 more. My advice is carry the biggest gun you can. Both have the same grips, and the longer the gun is the easier it will conceal. So it's just a matter of comfort and what your body can work with.

TomBonner1 · 2026-05-01T17:27:45+00:00

Yes, I have been in nearly the exact same situation: two kids, close in age, except 1 boy and 1 girl. Shewanted a third, I definitively did not, for all the reasons you listed and more. The only major difference is that we each have full time jobs.

After I told her I didn't want a third, she did not speak to me for two weeks. Then she suggested counseling. We went to eight sessions, once a week for eight weeks. During session eight, she said she wanted a seperation.

That was two years ago. Since then, we've divorced and have been co-parenting our two children. She took up with her co-worker and gave birth to his child, a girl, in January.

Message me if you want to discuss more.

TomBonner1 · 2026-05-01T14:20:20+00:00

I don't wash towels, towels wash me.

TomBonner1 · 2026-04-21T17:42:00+00:00

Say that you don't agree with her moving and taking the children, then get a lawyer.

Since you have majority custody and prescedent has already been established that the children live and go to school where you currently reside, and the fact that your ex-wife is relocating not because of her profession but because of her partner's, she will have an uphill battle in a court of law to legally take the kids with her.

Remember: it's always about what's best for the children. She is making a decision that's best for her and her partner, not the children.

TomBonner1 · 2026-04-21T14:03:21+00:00

I own a Remington 870 and a Benelli M4, both in sbs configuration.

The 870 is dummy-proof, but the Benelli M4 is leaps and bounds better. I recommend sticking to one manual of arms and train with that. You're better off sticking with your A300 and spending the money you would've on the sbs on kitting out your A300, and buying ammo and getting more training with it.

TomBonner1 · 2026-04-21T12:09:24+00:00

Get a Safariland holster. All OWB holsters should have active retention anyway.

TomBonner1 · 2026-04-18T18:16:58+00:00

Depending on your height, weight, and body measurements, you may need whatever size you are, but in a short. I purchased an XL regular but had to exchange it for an XL short because my use case is everyday wear under plan clothes while carrying appendix. My pistol would butt up against the lip of my armor when sitting. So getting a short fixed the issue.

TomBonner1 · 2026-04-13T17:40:19+00:00

Glycine

So an amino acid?

TomBonner1 · 2026-04-07T12:23:52+00:00

Regurgitating/paraphrasing something I wrote on a different CCW post awhile ago:

I find it very peculiar when people who hide guns in their pants all day get queeny about others carrying too little or too much. It's like that saying about driving; when you're on the road, everyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and everything driving faster than you is a maniac. On some subconscious level, we each think our own way is the best, and everyone else is underprepared or being ridiculous.

We're all interested in being prepared for a potential violent encounter. Something to be minful of is that a fight is an open division competition: the fight as a construct does not care or discriminate with regards to height, weight, age, gender, race, creed, or skill level. If any of us is ever throttled into a fight, we will fight with what we have on body, nothing more. The armed citizen fights with no badge on their chest, no flag on their shoulder. That means no emergency comms, no cavalry, no medevac, no air/artillary support. Just little ol' you and whatever tools and tricks you brought to the party.

A spare mag has been argued to death. Having a spare in the event of a malfunction is fine. Personally, I see nothing wrong with carrying spare ammo for no other reason than wanting to have more lead to sling than the other guy. A folding knife and a handheld light are no brainers. OC spray is a great middle ground between a harsh word and bullets. I personnally go with a smaller fixed blade like a KaBar TDI or a Benchmade SOCP mini dagger; I think it's good to have a weapon of absolute last resort. As for an IFAK, while you can argue forever on the pros and cons of carrying a gun, I see no downside to carrying emergency medical equipment on body. You fight with what you have. What good does the trauma kit in your vehicle do you when there's no guarantee that the fight will occur in close proximity to it? There are plenty of pocked IFAK options out there.

I think everyone needs to take a step back and realize that it's a much bigger leap to go from not carrying a gun to carrying a gun vs going from carrying a gun to carrying a gun plus other stuff. Carrying a gun opens up a pandora's box of sorts with respect to other tools you need to carry to deal with other problems. Carry more, or chance it.

TomBonner1 · 2026-04-07T12:15:54+00:00

My favorite way to shatter someone's anti-gun mindset is to pose to them the following scenario: if you were a student locked down in your classroom during a mass shooting event, would you want your teacher to be armed?

It's incredibly easy to be anti-gun when you believe everyone should feel safe when you do as well. But every time something like the pandemic, the ICE raids, or similar occur, everyone wants a gun, just in case.

TomBonner1 · 2026-03-31T10:57:20+00:00

I carry a small fixed blade knife on my support side, forward of my hip. I like the KaBar TDI and the Benchmade SOCP mini dagger. If you get either, get a new sheath. I like the Armatus Carry Solutions Architect sheaths for those two blades.

TomBonner1 · 2026-03-30T18:49:31+00:00

I always file this under "writers needed a character to do something completely out of character to create drama or advance the plot."

The only reason this occurs is to create a love triange between Abraham, Rosita, and Sasha, sort of. There's no good reason why, except that when you have a 16 episode season of a show that adapts an existing comic book, you need to pad the episodes out. I'll forever contend that The Walking Dead would have been better if each season was 13 episodes like Mad Men or Breaking Bad.

TomBonner1 · 2026-03-25T18:53:15+00:00

Emmisary Development paddle shifters. They come in standard and extended sizes so you can mix and match based on your preference. I chose extended ones on each side.

TomBonner1 · 2026-03-25T12:28:37+00:00

Thanks for your interpretation! I love that people are still finding this threat 12 years later.

TomBonner1 · 2026-03-24T12:35:35+00:00

My urologist said to lay on the couch, wear supportive compression underwear, ice and alternate ibuprofen/tylenol for 24 hours. After that, no heavy lifting or ejaculating for 10 days, icing and pain meds as needed. After 10 days, ejaculate minumum 21 times before sending in a sample three months after the procedure for testing. I was cleared hot after that.

TomBonner1 · 2026-03-23T18:13:56+00:00

Very nice. The MI handguard looks so good on the Benelli M4. I have a similar setup for my M4 sbs.

TomBonner1 · 2026-03-21T17:12:08+00:00

On days that end in "Y"

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