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Glock 17 9mm 18 rd mag and 33 rd mag





12 Gauge Mossberg 500 removable AR adjustable stock







M1 garand 30-06 8 rd






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#695 ·
Well, I finally had a chance to shoot my Stoeger today. I fired at a fence post from 25 yards out, scored mostly hits. The gun has pretty low recoil once you get used to it, and a very easy trigger pull. Overall, I fired about 50 rounds through it, and also fired a Browning Hi-Power, Kimber 1911 / polymer frame, a Springfield 1911A1 in .38 Super, and a Winchester 1300 12-gauge.
 
#704 ·
Nah, I can buy that one here...just don't yet have the funding for it.

YOU, my friend, are going to be JEALOUS when I get around to downloading my camera onto my computer sometime in the next day or two... ... ...

*grin*
 
#706 ·
Oh yea...if your new to the wonderful world of weapons and looking to buy, ALWAYS look into the cost of the ammo before you buy a new caliber. Some of the big stuff is ridiculous if you don't know what you're getting into.

Helluva fun caliber to plink with though!
 
#709 ·
Yea, only a little bit more expensive than the .416 Remington Magnum we play with once in a GREAT while.

Weird when 50BMG starts to sound reasonable, eh?
 
#715 ·
Ok, lets see if I can figure out how to embed this so it will play when you click on it...


Let's see who recognizes THIS bad mofo.

That's ME shooting it. The video cuts out because the prior shots muzzle blast knocked out the camera. From twenty feet away.

BADASS. I want one. I NEED one. I can't afford one.

Hell, I can't even afford the ammo.

 
#716 ·
Here's the shot that knocked out the camera. The guy shooting is a friend of mine...not entirely gun-savvy, but damned funny to listen to.

 
#722 ·
The majority of the energy is lost out of the short barreled revolver (in a great big ball of fire). To realize it's ballistic potential 357 mag needs a 4" barrel. The 357 has approximately twice the energy of a 38 +P when they're fired from a 4" barrel. In the 2" (or 1-7/8" like mine) you only see 55-65 additional foot pounds of energy from the 357 mag over 38 spl +P. Now that's about the same advantage the 40 S&W has over a 9mm +P.

The question is, is that 60 ft/lbs significant when it comes to stopping power? Probably not, especially when you consider the HUGE difference in one's ability to accurately fire the magnum rounds from the 2" barrel when placing follow up shots. I believe your average shooter's follow up shots are probably more accurate and come quicker with 38 spl +P.

Advantage 38 spl +P. Of course that's JMHO. If you want MAXIMUM bang then the 357 mag will always have the advantage.
 
#729 ·
OOOOOooooooooooooOOO! I'd LOVE to find a .38 super for myself...


And BOOOOoooo to Rolex for not even hinting at jealousy for my fun and excitement last week. A-Hole.

:D
 
#730 ·
The Gun is Civilization by Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)

Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or make me do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.

In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some. When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.

There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a [armed] mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat--it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed. People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly. Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser. People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don't constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level. The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.

*When I carry a gun, I don't do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I'm looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation...and that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act.
* So the greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced.
 
#733 ·
I wish I could get about a hundred free rocks...
 
#735 ·
Rolex!!! Didja hear about the new Glock that just came out? The first one that I wouldn't say is a POS! I MIGHT actually even buy this thing!

:D
 

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#738 ·
Thank god. I was thinking the same dang thing and wondering what the hell I was going to have to buy to keep it alive! I sold my Beowulf and my 5.56 DPMS quad rail'd AR-15 cuz I'm a broke ho. Actually, not broke but I want to pay off some debt and those are a few of the weapons I can live without, if I HAVE to, and replace when I want to.

Gonna buy two stripped lowers with the money to stick in the back of the safe and put the rest straight onto credit card debt, canceling out one of my cards completely. We'll see how the rest of the weapon sales go. There's a few left that will do good things for my money situation if I can off them.
 
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I'm a doctor, Jim, not a miracle worker! LIVE, DAMN YOU!!!

This is my blackpowder lead ball slinger. .44 caliber, takes 30 grains of pyrodex. I've never shot it with anything but pyrodex because I've never learned enough about blackpowder shooting to be totally safe. And what fun is it if you're not totally safe, eh?

Amazingly accurate, really, and cheap to shoot if you buy in bulk and HELLA (I'm from northern california, remember?) fun! :thumbsup:
 
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