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New Play Toy!!! (Firearm)
07/30/2003
| TMMT
Posted on 07/30/2003 3:28:40 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
New Play Toy!!! (Firearm)
Today I strolled into a local gunshop and much to my amazement I found a Steyr M40 (NIB) for $399.00. Id always been interested in the Steyr ever since it came out specifically the smaller s series and more so the S357.
Well I just could not pass up such a good deal, Ive seen this gun in shops down south, (GA, TN, SC) for as much as $519.00, so when I saw the $399.00 I had to have it.
Bought a pistol blanket for her, four boxes of Speer plinking ammo and some .40 cal cleaning supplies (bore brush, pads etc
) as this is my first 40.
Shot it already and WOW!!!
Accurate, once you get use to the trapezoid sites, trigger is short, very short and crisp, nice break around 5 pounds.
It is a very tight gun, first time I tried to apply the manual safety I couldnt, took three or four tries now it moves just as the manual says it should, with two fingers.
I will most likely buy a tac-lite for this and a .357 barrel, and (pray) once the AWB goes away Ill get me a few normal capacity mags for it (12 rounds) and then shell make a rather nice beside the bed gun.
Its so nice to be able to buy a gun in a gun friendly state!
TMMT
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Wyoming; Your Opinion/Questions
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To: LibKill
Even so, I could put up with occasional practice with a very small, very light, .45. I don't know how small and how light you are thinking of, but the EAA Witness Polymer Compact in .45 ACP is a joy to shoot. It has a ported barrel and produces less *felt* recoil than my 1911A1. Kind of hard on your night vision maybe, but I've never shot it in the dark, so I don't know for certain. Doesn't seem all that bad in a low light indoor range.
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posted on
07/31/2003 7:29:07 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: ExSoldier
One of my proudest moments was when she qualified for her M-1.
She had a nice shooting outfit and as women go, she was more concerned how she looked than how she shot. She was shooting a mini-14 and if I would have know about the heat problem with that thing, I would never have offered it to her.
We're going to me married for thirty years except by then, we will have only lived with each other for 24.
That's the way it goes.
I saw a guy at the mall the other day wearing a photographers vest and I just knew he was carrying. Like you said, it's the uniform of the CCW people. I finally convinced a friend he can forget about the vest if he started wearing Hawaiian Shirts. He looks better that way, anyway.
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posted on
07/31/2003 7:40:01 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Don't punch holes in the lifeboat)
To: Travis McGee
"My wife said it's either me or the guns. I'm going to miss the old girl."I'm pretty sure my wife knows my answer would be similar to yours...which is why our marriage is so stable.
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posted on
07/31/2003 7:43:02 PM PDT
by
ExSoldier
(M1911A1: The ORIGINAL "Point and Click" interface!)
To: Shooter 2.5
I saw a guy at the mall the other day wearing a photographers vest and I just knew he was carrying. Like you said, it's the uniform of the CCW people. I finally convinced a friend he can forget about the vest if he started wearing Hawaiian Shirts. He looks better that way, anyway. A long time ago I knew a policeman who carried a small .38 revolver clipped inside the pants at the center of his back. He always wore shirts that had square cut tails and did not tuck them in. This gave him almost instant access to his weapon.
However, some of the shirts he wore were too thin to adequately conceal the piece. If you go with this carriage, check in a mirror and then have someone you trust check your appearance as well.
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posted on
07/31/2003 7:45:51 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(MOAB, the greatest advance in Foreign Relations since the cat-o'-nine-tails!)
To: yarddog
FR's admin mods are going overboard at times. Even so, it's the best site around, if you can avoid getting baited into a flame war which will result in your being banned. There are some little $#!+s around here who specialize in getting folks banned that way, and brag about it.
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posted on
07/31/2003 8:00:27 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: ExSoldier
Roger that!
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posted on
07/31/2003 8:01:15 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: LibKill
Dark and printed tops work the best. I have a large amount of shirts that have the flat bottoms from Hawaiian Shirts to knit shirts. I use a Galco Royal Guard IWB holster and converted to smooth grips because the textured rubber grips were sawing away my skin.
When I was practicing, I could draw and hit a plate from 18 feet away in 1.8 seconds. I know that doesn't sound fast but any faster and I was missing.
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posted on
07/31/2003 8:01:44 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Don't punch holes in the lifeboat)
To: glock rocks
Theres a big bore joke there somewhere but I'm not gonna do it !..........:o) BTW have ya peeked at the 329PD from Schimdt & Wimpy ?? Just when I was getting over that killer flinch.........dang !
Stay Safe !
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posted on
07/31/2003 10:43:57 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
To: Shooter 2.5
I should start a thread on the guns I've broken.Paging Eaker..........
I have never broken one of my own guns!!! As long as one doesn't count the incident with my Glock 22.
;<)
Eaker
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posted on
08/01/2003 4:35:22 AM PDT
by
Eaker
(This is OUR country; let's take it back!!!!!)
To: Squantos
Bore snake![]( http://www.camohunter.com/bsnakephoto.jpg)
Just in case PETA has started surfing gun threads. No live snakes were coaxed through a gun!!!
Some might have been shot......
Eaker
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posted on
08/01/2003 4:41:56 AM PDT
by
Eaker
(This is OUR country; let's take it back!!!!!)
To: in the Arena
or you've gone and assigned names to them allAssigned? My guns talk to me.....they told me their names. You don't talk to your guns???????
Man, you are nuts!!!!
;<)
Eaker
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posted on
08/01/2003 4:47:09 AM PDT
by
Eaker
(This is OUR country; let's take it back!!!!!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
REALLY OLD SCHOOL?
![](http://www.angelfire.com/clone/quixdraw4440/images/SHARPS22RF.gif)
GRANDDAD`S VEST POCKET DERRINGER
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posted on
08/01/2003 4:59:45 AM PDT
by
autoresponder
(PETA TERRORISTS .wav file: BRUCE FRIEDRICH: http://tinyurl.com/hjhd)
To: autoresponder; 45Auto; Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
08/01/2003 5:09:26 AM PDT
by
Eaker
(This is OUR country; let's take it back!!!!!)
To: Monitor
Works for me
254
posted on
08/01/2003 5:31:39 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: Eaker
These have a nice tidy revolving 22rf firing pin disc on the hammer face that is advanced 90° with each hammer pull.
They are nice to balance off my big Colt SAs.
Value on these goes up so much I hate to sell one.
Have a "diversified" collection of small derringers and spur trigger revolvers. Trigger locks keep falling off them.
My walls have that dainty sensitive look; have one old Colt SA skeleton stock rig and my Colt Army walnut stock across from my bookcase.
Crossed sabres on another wall; one Reb, one Yank.
Old leather rigs hanging on pegs; the modern stuff tucked and hidden away until used.
Biggest Smith I have is an 1893 BT .44-40DA. Not as nice looking asa Colt but sure beats SAs for reloading.
All the libs get deathly quiet when they come over for a party or for dinner; after a while they start asking if they could handle an old hogleg, saying they are big western movie fans.
Funny, nobody ever tries to break in around here.
Did you ever see the late 19th century "volley fire" rifles that have all many small integral subcaliber barrels going off with one pull of the trigger?
DGW has some occasionally in their small antique arms catalogs.
America has an interesting history of firearms design and manufacturing.
Now all the pols can do is attempt to ban and restrict them.
All these gun grabbers like DiFi and Andrew Cuomo have carry permits themselves.
Gotta finish fitting a set of 1st SA grips late tonight.
Take care sports fans
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posted on
08/01/2003 5:59:05 AM PDT
by
autoresponder
(PETA TERRORISTS .wav file: BRUCE FRIEDRICH: http://tinyurl.com/hjhd)
To: Eaker
Them little snakes are kewl tewls indeed....... BTW PETA is spelled "PITA" round here as in
pain in the ass ! Kinda folks that make ya want to hug a hugger till they black out .........:o)
Stay Safe !
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posted on
08/01/2003 6:44:13 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
To: autoresponder
Did you ever see the late 19th century "volley fire" rifles that have all many small integral subcaliber barrels going off with one pull of the trigger?No, I haven't. Please post more info and pics if you have them. I am intrigued!
Eaker
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posted on
08/01/2003 6:45:04 AM PDT
by
Eaker
(This is OUR country; let's take it back!!!!!)
To: ExSoldier
If you look closely at the folks who follow the POTUS and other White House brass when they visit the desert, you'll see LOTS of those vests nearby! Yep. Dead giveaway. They're either security or fresh in-country arrivals who think that everyone here wears one. Actually, no one does! 'cept them, of course.
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posted on
08/01/2003 6:46:45 AM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(There ought to be a law against excessive legislation.)
To: Squantos
hug a hugger till they black out.That should be the quote of the day!!!!
;<)
You stay safe and stay armed, ya hear!
Eaker
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posted on
08/01/2003 6:50:24 AM PDT
by
Eaker
(This is OUR country; let's take it back!!!!!)
To: Travis McGee
Sheesh! Tell me about it! $;-)
If there's ever a FReeper convention, there are definitely a couple of those $#!+s you mention that are going to get a talking to.
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posted on
08/01/2003 7:31:02 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
("The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." -- Tacitus, Annales, 1st century A.D.)
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