The recoil must be almost as bad as my 88 magnum.
It shoots through schools.
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Posted on 02/27/2007 4:29:26 AM PST by Elle Bee
I'm 90 miles from Cuba and I'm going to purchase a new handgun for a new house.
I'm thinking .45 ... Kimber
I'm open to all opinion and option.
I'm still holding out the thought of a revolver over an automatic for ease of maintenance in the subtropics
These threads are always informative and I would appreaciate your input before I make a final decision.
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Unless you are willing to spend many hours at the range becoming intimately familiar with your handgun and the way it operates, the best choice is a wheel gun (revolver). Then you don't have to worry about weather or not the safety is off, that it is cocked and ready in the event of a sudden deployment. Just point and pull.
For home defense in your climate, get a Remington 870 Marine Magnum. Load the first 2 rounds with #7 shot; after that, heavy up.
If you must have a pistol, your first consideration should be whether or not you have kids or are intending to. Glocks are fine pistols. I owned a Glock 17, but sold it when I had kids, because I was concerned that the trigger mounted safety was insufficient protection if they got hold of it. If you think that that was an over-reacxtion, I'll be happy to track down the video of an ATF agent shooting himself in the leg with his Glock in front of a class full of schoolkids.
These days, I carry a Springfield XD. It's a good, inexpensive gun and comes in 9mm, .357 sig, .40 cal as well as .45 acp. Much like a Glock, but with an additional grip safety, like a 1911.
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Anyway, just my 2 cents.
One of my personal favorites... blue finish, walnut grips...
Great website below with plenty of info. I personally prefer a wheel gun for my boudoir pistol. I have a Ruger .357 sp101. I also own a Springfield mil spec 1911 and a mossberg 12 gage. Any of those would be fine but like I said, the revolver is preferable for ease of use.
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=18
If its either east or west I'd be thinking spear gun.........
I agree.
My Titanium .357 Taurus is PLENTY sufficient AND economical to shoot. Skip the Kimber and buy a nice hunting rifle with the money you saved. It's also compact, lightweight, and it's a "seven shooter".
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"As I had found with Taurus’ .357 Magnum Total Titanium Tracker, which I had reviewed almost a year ago, the combination of the soft, hand-conforming Ribber grips and the integral barrel porting makes the Tracker revolver extremely comfortable to fire and easy to control—even with the heaviest-recoil, full-power. And the accuracy of the new Tracker was also exceptional, again like my earlier experience with the first-run four-inch M627 Total Titanium .357 Magnum."
http://hunting.about.com/library/weekly/aasttaurus627sstracker.htm
"limp wristing" Just purchased a
glock 36 45 cal. Have been using a
glock 17 9 mm. Am having problems with
my wrist being wobbly. Any advice? Yeah.
I know-more practise.
try an ICBM I don't think a 45 cal round will reach
Practice for the real thing. Remember, don't "fire for effect", it only makes you a target. Fire the first, and any subsequent rounds, to kill, not wound, but to kill. Head shots are a rare thing unless you are highly trained for them. Aim for critical mass (the large part of the upper torso) and fire. This takes out great vessels, heart, and lungs, taking out the perp and causing immediate, or soon thereafter, death. Put this in your head and keep it there, you don't want to hurt this guy, you want to kill him. Or, he will kill you and your family.
The recoil must be almost as bad as my 88 magnum.
It shoots through schools.
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I wish they made High Powers in Stainless. I can't seem to find any. They do have them in Nickel.
'm still holding out the thought of a revolver over an automatic for ease of maintenance in the subtropics
"Ease of maintenance"? A good auto field strips in 15 seconds. A revolver is a lot more work to get clean.
Look into the Springfield XD.
Which XD do you have.
I'm saving my pennies for a XD9 Sub-compact.
I've heard nothing but good about them.
It's dark, in the middle of the night, and a loud crash wakes you up. Your disoriented, scared, and your blood is pumping, hard. That's a heck of a lot different than standing at the range after a light lunch.
A shotgun is a lot more forgiving than a handgun and brings a lot more firepower to the scene. You can also score hits on more than one target simultaneously. If you're certain of your target, you can even crane the barrell around the corner without exposing yourself and have a decent chance of scoring a hit that matters.
Another benefit is, you always have the option of just racking it (using the fore grip on a pump to chamber a round) and/or putting a round in the floor. That's enough to clear most folks out without engaging them. It all depends your ability and read of the situation.
I like #4 shot. At close range it still hasn't spread and is plenty lethal, but less likely to over penetrate into other rooms.
OK, OK.
38 Special, not 58 Special.
Still working on my first cup of java.
I took a gun safety course with a fellow who accidentally shot himself in the foot with a Glaser Safety Plug. He was watching TV while playing with his new gun when it went off pointed at his foot. When he moved his foot and saw no damage whatsoever to the carpet underneath, he thought that he had missed his foot somehow. Then, soon enough, he felt the pain and blood started to pour from his sneaker. $200K in medical bills later, he was able to laugh about it.
A revolver for a woman is good advise...my wife has a CCW permit and likes to shoot but has a hard time chambering a round with my Sig and Springfield semi's. She has a S&W .357 magnum, 3-inch barrel and practices a lot with .38 spl.
She's talking about keeping it from rusting in the humidity of south Florida.
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