Then I tell them ... don't put your finger on the trigger unless you mean business.
Posted on 12/16/2011 10:03:54 AM PST by aimhigh
In my quest to obtain a legal gun in Washington, D.C., I've gone to the registry office, taken a 5-hour course, filled out paperwork and met with the city’s only dealer. I’ve now fulfilled any requirements that can be done before giving the city the serial number of my new gun, so it is time to decide what to buy.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I'm with you - now.
I never was much of a Glock fan until a laid-off stressed-out co-worker offered me his Glock Model 30, a Kydex holster with both a two-gang and single magazine holder, 5 magazines and 90 rounds of .45 ACP for $350 cash.
I took him up on it, got used to it, and it has since become my go-to handgun.
I did have El Paso Saddlery build me a leather holster that works both strong-side and cross-draw and a similar magazine holder setup in leather.
I am a happy camper. Little-bitty short barrel, but surprisingly accurate, fits my hand, goes off every time I ask it to and easy to field-strip and clean.
I always hated that no external safety thing, but I adapted easily. Already had a Dillon press and dies to reload the .45 ACP, but I was continually annoyed that the spent casings from my 1911 squirted everywhere and I never could find them. I got to where I would shoot standing in the middle of a 30'square tarp and still never found more than 2/3 of them. The Glock piles them up for you in the same spot.
Revolver is very forgiving of dirt.
Read the article, she's doing just that. This is actually the second range she's visited, and tried renting all their handguns... And this time, she proudly fired a cylinder full of .454 Casull rounds out of a Ruger revolver.
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See, he's got a point. You got in a hurry, panicked and shot your 'e' clean off. On top of that you knocked your 'u' clear up to the middle.
I liek thigh rigs and use the Blackhawk serpa thig rig holster. I wear it all the time around town, even when riding dirt bikes.
This one...
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Produced these results...
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Interesting. These folks' fingers were rubbed raw with their 22 and 23 on their strong hand middle finger. I've since shot with them and I don't get through a mag or two and continue with one of my 1911s.
It's interesting how folks prefer certain calibers over others. Over the years, I've finally settled on 9mm, .45 auto, and more recently .38 Super.
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Take out the entire gang with one pull of the trigger.
Want a handgun that practically shoots itself? A weapon used by more government agencies than any other gun in the world? A weapon with 17 shots and one that will absorb the (shockingly light for the firepower) kick? A solid metal piece that will survive grit, salt, sand and anything else you throw at it? There’s only one... The CZ-75B. Get Two!
Does it have a rail to mount a scope?
OK. That guy has no business handling a firearm. I just tried to hold my Airweight Bodyguard in a way that puts one hand on the trigger and one finger of the other hand over the muzzle. I have average sized male hands and the only way I could even get a tip of a finger over the barrel was to hold the gun in such a non-functional two hand grip that you would never “accidently” do it. There is nothing unsafe about a 2” barrel unless it is in the hands of an idiot—and then any handgun is going to be unsafe.
Now, if he was holding some little pocket .25 or .22, that would be a different story.
Taurus....hmmmm reminds me of when I wanted a good semi-auto for my wife......had to have a real safety (i.e., not a Glock)...ended up getting her a Taurus PT 111 Millenium....goddam thing would drop the friggin magazine right out of the grip on the first shot...A ONE SHOT WONDER.......I’ll never consider a Taurus for anything. If you want a good revolver, get a Ruger.
I think the best gun for a female is a Beretta in 380... A model 84 or 85 in FS (safety decocker)....put some hollow point DRTs in it and you have a nice man-stopping gun...They are not full sized and have a great feel for the hand..
He had no hold whatsoever, and he was so scared of the recoil you couldn't teach him.
It was a brand new Kimber, even paid something like $265 extra,IIRC, for Lazar grips.
7 yds he couldn't even hit the target. His brother finely figured out he was closing his eyes.
He lost his guns when he threatened to commit suicide. The police took them.
There really are people that should never own anything more dangerous than a water pistol, and he was one of them.
You simply couldn't teach him anything.
With his 7 mag, 3 different people put 3 rounds into a group at 100 yds that would fit under your thumbnail. The scope was off, but the groups were perfect.
He still thought there was something wrong with the rifle because he couldn't hit the target.
I'm not someone with the gift of patients, I told his brother not to bring him back out to my property. His brother said good because he didn't want him out there.
There was no thinking, there was no thought process at all.
He said everything happened so fast he really didn't know what happened. It was shoot or be shot.
He thought the other guy had shot him in the finger until the police told him he had shot himself.
BTW he was good enough that even though the other guy had his gun in his face, he was able to pull his gun fire. He lived, the other guy got hauled off in the meat wagon.
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The slide design was originally developed by Sig Sauer (Swiss) for their P210 (shown with KN Nill furniture)...
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And later carried over to the Sphinx...
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