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An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home
Backwoods Home ^ | 10-27-08 | Massad Ayoob

Posted on 10/28/2008 6:05:08 PM PDT by SJackson

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To: glock rocks

I’m in CA and can only have 10rnds, which my G26 and G30 both carry.


41 posted on 10/28/2008 6:46:47 PM PDT by umgud (In a crisis, dump gold, buy lead)
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To: Harry Wurzbach
If I wanted to buy a handgun for home security, say, a Glock, what model should I consider? Thanks.

Speaking as an NRA Instructor with 20 years of experience, your best bet is the Glock Model 19 in 9mm. That's a first step. The very next step is to take a good NRA training class. Step #3 would be to join an IDPA Club and actually participate in the classes. It's not Gunsite or Thunder Ranch but it's a good way for a novice to learn tactical problem solving in a safe and secure environment. Another great place to hang out is another forum where I hang my hat: DEFENSIVE CARRY

42 posted on 10/28/2008 6:48:50 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: tacticalogic
My wife made me buy here a 9mm last summer. Now she wants me to be sure to have the stuff to load at least 500 rds of ammo.

Married life sure gets expensive!! :)

43 posted on 10/28/2008 6:50:28 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: SJackson

“Four, as in 4?

Only one of each?”

That has to be “per Person.”

That’s my story, anyway. ;)


44 posted on 10/28/2008 6:51:00 PM PDT by Old Student (We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
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To: Grizzled Bear
f you are extremely experienced with handguns a Glock, or other automatic pistol without an external safety is right for you.

If you are experienced with handguns get an auto pistol with an external safety.

If you have little or no experience, get a revolver.

Regardless of what you buy...practice, practice, practice.

Great advice, it should be repeated.

45 posted on 10/28/2008 6:51:19 PM PDT by TYVets
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To: Grizzled Bear
f you are extremely experienced with handguns a Glock, or other automatic pistol without an external safety is right for you.

If you are experienced with handguns get an auto pistol with an external safety.

If you have little or no experience, get a revolver.

Regardless of what you buy...practice, practice, practice.

Great advice, it should be repeated.

46 posted on 10/28/2008 6:51:19 PM PDT by TYVets
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To: umgud

I hear ya. I’ve got some 30 rd sticks for the G26, wish the G30 had a similar mag. Hell, when I’m king, we’ll all have G18’s :o)


47 posted on 10/28/2008 6:53:56 PM PDT by glock rocks (I'm the NRA, and I vote. Pray for the republic.)
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To: SJackson
Jackie Clay, probably our most popular featured writer at Backwoods Home Magazine, considers venison a staple of her larder and shoots her annual supply with a lever-action Winchester Model 94 .30-30, the classic "deer rifle."

My kinda life!

48 posted on 10/28/2008 6:56:33 PM PDT by GVnana ("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
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To: randomhero97

“www.midwayusa.com “

excellent choice.

however.. . .this is not the time for buying individual boxes.
tis the season for cases. . .

http://www.ammoman.com


49 posted on 10/28/2008 6:57:08 PM PDT by stompk
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To: redgolum
Mine says she doesn't like guns.

About a year after we got married, she was working nights and was trying to get some sleep one morning when a woodpecker decided to go after the aluminum downspout right outside her window. After about 10 minutes of this she got up, took down a Winchester single shot .22 from the rack, dropped in a short, walked out on the deck and neatly separated his head from the rest of his body at about 15 yards, and went back to bed.

50 posted on 10/28/2008 6:57:28 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: B4Ranch

So I ended up with a $12,000 camera. And no jewelry. I only have to argue with a labrador... I took 250 shots tonight, cost me nada. What would that cost in Barrett terms :o~


51 posted on 10/28/2008 6:59:07 PM PDT by glock rocks (I'm the NRA, and I vote. Pray for the republic.)
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To: TYVets
Great advice, it should be repeated.

And you did.

:-)

52 posted on 10/28/2008 6:59:16 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Harry Wurzbach

Glocks are outdated. Check out Springfield Armory’s XD.

At this point, you shouldn’t pick out a specific company. Go to a gunrange that rents guns and find one where your fingers can reach all the bells and whistles. Don’t buy any defense gun smaller in caliber than 9MM.


53 posted on 10/28/2008 7:00:30 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: Harry Wurzbach; ExSoldier

Yes, what ExSoldier said. Many NRA handgun safety course instructors have guns you can use (you need to ask). I would recommend taking the course prior to selecting a handgun since it helps you evaluate the different safety considerations.


54 posted on 10/28/2008 7:00:39 PM PDT by MtnClimber (http://www.jeffhead.com/obama/nobamanation-sticker.jpg)
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To: tacticalogic

“After about 10 minutes of this she got up, took down a Winchester single shot .22 from the rack,”

she’s a keeper !


55 posted on 10/28/2008 7:01:58 PM PDT by stompk
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To: SJackson

Rem 700 in 30-06, 44 mag pistol, AR-15 M-4 carbine version, 12ga shotgun modified choke,Glock21 45 ACP. rounded battery for anything that walks in North America 4 legs or 2.


56 posted on 10/28/2008 7:03:45 PM PDT by JDinAustin (Austinite in the Big D)
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To: stompk
she’s a keeper !

I've still got her!

I don't know if it's really "good practice", or just a personal idiosyncracy but I don't really feel "familiar" with a firearm until I've had it in as many pieces as it gets in and back.

57 posted on 10/28/2008 7:06:15 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Harry Wurzbach

I own a G17, G19 and a G21 all are fine firearms never a jam and all are high cap capable. personaly for 2 legged critters i would take the G21 in 45acp been putting d1cks in the dirt since 1911. The G17 is a hoot to shoot low recoil and 19+1 mags can be had oh any high cap mag from one caliber can fit in any sized Glock of the same caliber such that my 19+1 mags from the G17 also fit in the compact G19 too, just looks funny with an extra 2 inchs of mag hanging out the bottom of the gun :)


58 posted on 10/28/2008 7:07:22 PM PDT by JDinAustin (Austinite in the Big D)
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To: autumnraine
But I asked my husband, we do have ammo, right?...Good God, I don’t live in Zimbabwe, I live in America!

But your point is well taken, BO has campaigned at tax payers expense for his cousin's Raila Odinga in Kenya. See the post-election results with Odinga refusing to concede:
Barack Obama and Raila Odinga:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ksqBZzP3yc

BO has already shown his itimidation tactics against any news anchor/station that exposes him for what he is. How is it we should think that he and his minions won't do the same to any that oppose him in any way, trying days in America, but we cannot let this enemy within win this election.

Pack up the kids, neighbors, grandparents, cousins, and get them volunteering and to the polls.

GET OUT THE VOTE!


59 posted on 10/28/2008 7:09:31 PM PDT by wubjo (nO Terrorists; nO Tyranny; nObama)
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To: Harry Wurzbach

> If I wanted to buy a handgun for home security, say, a Glock, what model should I consider? <

The tone of your question suggests you don’t yet know enough about handguns to use a semi-automatic. If I’m right, then you don’t want a Glock. The reliability and safety factors dictate (IMHO) that if you’re sure you want a handgun, then by all means you should get a revolver — probaly a .38 special or a .357.

(Or a 20-guage pump-action shotgun. To the burglar’s ear, there’s no sound scarier than the racking of a shotgun in the the black of night!)


60 posted on 10/28/2008 7:09:35 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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