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To: Pollster1

I wish I had that amount of time (and ammo) to do that.

Another thing that worries me is the need for two-handed operation of a semi auto. In order to use it you have to pull it out and THEN slide the doohickey back to load and make it ready to go bangy.

Then it stays in that state until you release the trigger, pull out the magazine, then eject the one in the chamber.

That’s too much for me in a life or death situation. I want to point and shoot.


68 posted on 09/22/2020 12:59:48 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Mr. K

I rather like point and shoot, and I enjoy revolvers especially as a pocket pistol. For me though, a semi-auto is better in many situations.

My primary defensive handgun is a 1911 in .45 Auto. I’ve been shooting that for decades, it’s the smoothest handgun I own, and I’m a fraction of a second faster with it than with any other gun. It just seems to point where it’s supposed to before I try to aim. It also has only 8 rounds, and I’m not reloading if I need more shots with a .45 than that. I’ll shift to a Glock 17 with 33 rounds, so I don’t have to try to count shots.

I’m just not quite as fast or as accurate with a revolver, so that’s not my primary home-defense choice, until I need to shift with age. Except, I have a 12 ounce airweight S&W .22 in my pocket right now (in home carry all the time). It weighs nothing, and it’s more than satisfactory in accuracy if I don’t have time to get a full-size firearm. It came from the factory defective, which turns out to be a good thing. After they repaired the defects, it shoots like they sent it through their performance center before returning it to me. It may make small holes, but the trigger is smooth, the laser and sights match exactly and are right on, and it makes its small holes exactly where I want them.


82 posted on 09/22/2020 6:17:08 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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