Actually, it was.
People knew there were always consequences.
Posted on 05/08/2008 7:58:35 PM PDT by Redcitizen
Pressured by the gun lobby and 51 US senators, the Interior Department proposes enhancing everyone's national park experience by letting people pack heat with a picnic. That's just what the nation's millions of park visitors don't need.
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I carry to my friends' parties all the time. They never know.
One time I went outside to have a cigarette with another Second Amendment junkie and told him I was carrying. It turned out he was too!
I agree with you.
Conservative people are very much realists. Liberals deny reality and are the most dangerous idealists because of it.
For example, take human nature. Conservatives admit the ugly truth that humans are by nature, “bad” (self centered, selfish) and need to learn how to get along peaceably with others. We see this by knowing ourselves, and thousands of years of experience. Anyone raising a child knows this.
Yet liberals reject reality, and hold the insane worldview that people by nature are generally good, and the real problems in the world are because people learn how to be bad. That’s why they feel justified blaming ‘society’ for individual’s evil crimes. Yet they completely deny individual choice, the fact that people under the same/similar circumstances do not commit crimes, and ignore the fact that babies, children and even some adults must consistently be taught to get along with others, and to think of others, not just themselves.
Actually, it was.
People knew there were always consequences.
What is your choice of handguns?
I purchased the 460 with the expectation that it would give me a little more capability than the S&W 629 (44 mag) with PMC 240 gr JHP. That is my standard hiking rig. Clearly, I have to more experimentation to do before relying on the 460.
BTW, I had ONE remaining Hornady 300 gr 454 Casull factory round left in my 454 box. I fired it and had no face cutting experience. That tells me that it is important to have the right quality of bullet on the 460 rounds. The one I was using was more suited for use on a 45Auto cartridge.
F*ck ‘em. I pack a .32 acp military issue, nice and lightweight for those who practice hiking light. I’m not going 80 miles in the backcountry, with my kids, without being able to protect myself. We’ve come upon cougar kills, had a cougar right outside our tent at night, either that or a wolf, plus you got more crazies out there than you can shake a stick at. We wear whistles when traveling in brush or berry areas, the kids are taught to blow like hell if they see a cougar to scare it off and talk loud in berry areas to alert bears to our presence. We’re not looking for engagement opportunities and practice low impact trekking. One time I’ve had to fire a shot in the dead of night when one was sniffing my head through the tent fabric. I was glad I didn’t have to rely on my Bowie knife under my pillow. I feel for the poor bastard that tries to get one over on me.
or maybe 5 or 6
Loaded a few experimental 200s for the .45LC with a light cowboy load and had the same blowback problem. Went to the 250s, now no problem.
We're casting our own bullets out of discarded wheelweights that we got for free. At these low velocities, we don't need to augment the wheelweights with any new metal. But our neighbors think we're crazy -- you have to pre-clean the wheelweights and get all the steel clips and tire powder etc. out by melting them in a discarded stainless steel sink over a turkey fryer in the driveway and fluxing them with chunks of beeswax (which makes a huge towering flame every so often) . . . . but our neighbors are quite used to odd stuff going on in the yard, what with dog agility and retriever training and building jumps for my horse . . . .
I've missed 'em too, and at shorter ranges than 500 yds. In Georgia you almost never get a shot at a deer over 50-75 yds because of all the heavy cover. You might get an occasional 100 yd. shot across an open field if your stand is at the edge of the tree line. But not often. So the tendency here is to shoot over them rather than under when you miss. At least that's what I wind up doing, although all this cowboy action shooting has certainly improved my close range accuracy .. ..
Good catch.
My dogs are ruthless too, and if I miss a bird they look at me like, “Why do we hunt with an idiot like you?”
Allowing people to carry in parks might reduce the numbers of "unexplained" disappearances and rapes that seem to happen in these areas. Lots of serial killers seem to prefer them for stomping grounds. They might think twice if they have to worry about some hiker or camper drawing down on them.
The first time I experienced blowback from a comp was in the S&W 629 PP. The blowback went through the top of my left ear. It was a somewhat bloody affair on the firing line at American Shooting Center in San Diego.
The typical bullets offered for use on the 45LC are 255 gr, .454 caliber. I've always had excellent results with that product from West Coast Bullet.
Do you have any favorite molds for the .45LC? I'm somewhat interested in finding some .357 double ended wadcutter molds. West Coast Bullet once sold a 148 gr DEWC that was plated. It kept the barrel clean and put holes on the paper target that look just like a paper punch. The perfectly flat ends were responsible for that clean punch. The perfect symmetry made it easy to load on the Dillon 550.
My wife has a Ruger Vaquero Bird's Mouth in 45LC. I load her rounds fairly lightly so she can nail the spinners without excessive recoil.
I'm shooting the .357/.38 New Vaqueros 'cause we got a really good deal on the Win '92, and I wanted only one caliber to deal with when the panic's on. But since we had the '92 slicked up by a friend I don't get the stovepipes and jams any more. Which is nice.
Cowboy velocities are so low, it doesn't really matter if the bullets are a little soft or friable. Of course it's plain lead only because of the proximity of the targets, it's bad enough to be hit with fragments let alone solids! You can be standing there minding your own business and have a good size chunk of lead hit you in the side of the head from the adjoining range over the berm! Which is why a wide brimmed hat is a good idea and shooting glasses are absolutely mandatory, no matter how silly they look with your costume (the neon green earplugs look silly too, but I value my hearing.)
” Also, there are a few human coyotes that roam the parks.
9 posted on Thu May 8 20:14:33 2008 by ANGGAPO”
More than you can imagine. And they are well armed. This is what is going on in our national parks and forests.
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