Beginner no, but I'm nowhere near expert level with it, I've maybe put 5-6k rounds through it.
edit: thinking about it, there's no way that's 5-6k rounds, probably more like 2-3.
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Guns for wife and I
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Beginner no, but I'm nowhere near expert level with it, I've maybe put 5-6k rounds through it.
edit: thinking about it, there's no way that's 5-6k rounds, probably more like 2-3.
Heck, I'm a dinosaur. I still prefer my Colt Diamondback .38 or S&W Model 28 to most semi-autos. I will eventually get my S&W Model 39 back from my brother, but it's considered a collectors' item now.
However, for personal carry, on the very, very rare occasion I do that, it's usually my Llama .22 semi-auto.
But I made the decision years ago about who wins and who loses if I need to use deadly force - and 7 years as a reserve deputy provided a lot of time to think, and considerable target practice.
However, for personal carry, on the very, very rare occasion I do that, it's usually my Llama .22 semi-auto.
But I made the decision years ago about who wins and who loses if I need to use deadly force - and 7 years as a reserve deputy provided a lot of time to think, and considerable target practice.
Nothin' wrong with those old wheelguns. The only thing currently missing from my collection is a good 4" .357. I'm holding out for a python to come along at a reasonable price, but those old Colts tend to run ridiculous prices.
Coming back from overseas, when the customs clowns were searching my stuff for war trophies and shrunken heads and such, they had a locked display box full of crap they had confiscated that guys were tryingto smuggle back. Smack in the middle was a nearly pristine Python. Nearly because I am sure it was demilled. I nearly cried.
My first wheelgun was my Grandfather's backup in Nam, a little Cobra .38. My father gave it to a friend and gunsmith for a cold blue and hasn't gotten around to doing it yet.
My grandfather also had a late first generation SAA in .44 special I believe (may have been .41), and a 6inch barrell. My Grandmother sold it for a camera while he was in Korea.
Sorry, I just like talking about guns. To the OP I wouldn't recommend any of those guns for your wife, but a python would sure feel nice riding on your hip. Keep SAAs out of your head though. If pythons are ridiclous I can't imagine an adjective for the price of those things.
My first wheelgun was my Grandfather's backup in Nam, a little Cobra .38. My father gave it to a friend and gunsmith for a cold blue and hasn't gotten around to doing it yet.
My grandfather also had a late first generation SAA in .44 special I believe (may have been .41), and a 6inch barrell. My Grandmother sold it for a camera while he was in Korea.
Sorry, I just like talking about guns. To the OP I wouldn't recommend any of those guns for your wife, but a python would sure feel nice riding on your hip. Keep SAAs out of your head though. If pythons are ridiclous I can't imagine an adjective for the price of those things.
No joke! I know that whoever they got it from probably brought it with him and didn't find it in Iraq, but you never know. He's probably doing time for trying ot bring his own gun home, and wound up wrecked in a dusty case in the desert. Terrible really.
Anybody else notice how ridiculous this thread is to some other TB folks? What a nice, open minded progressive community.
Anybody else notice how ridiculous this thread is to some other TB folks? What a nice, open minded progressive community.
I've got a heavily modded Glock 19 I use as my nightstand gun. It has a titanium guide rod, beefed up springs, custom trigger, night sights, weighted butt plate, oversized mag release and weighted magazines. I swear if I missed em with all 17, I could point the weighted butt plate at them, hit the mag release and the weighted mag would fly out of the gun and hit em like a .45 round.
In all seriousness hitting someone with a pistol shot isn't as easy as many people think. Most police shootouts happen within seven yards. And in a vast majority of them the person who fired first missed and lost.
Although I wouldn't recommend it for someone learning how to shoot a firearm, I own a Ruger SP101 w/ Crimson Trace Laser Grips. Hammerless, double action .357 magnum that handles .38 duties as well. Hell of a firearm! -Luke
VS, actually a 4" .357 is a great tool for a new shooter IMO, provided we are talking shooting it with .38s at first, and not as a daily carry gun as I find a 4" to be kind of tough to conceal on my skinny frame.
You're probably right with a 4". Mine is 2 and one eighth inch,lol. I couldn't dream of "carrying" in Maryland. I use 158 gr. high velocity Federal ammo at times. Wow is the word,lol. -Luke
Yeah, under 4" in .357 tend to be a little flippy, but dang they carry nice. I saw you were in Mary-land, I was amazed you could even own a gun!
Depending on where you go to buy, it can be difficult or very easy. I usually have to wait 7 days on my purchases because I enjoy things like Ruger and Bushmaster,lol. Really gassing for a Barrett REC7 6.8 SPC
-LukeI've always had a question about owning a firearm and it's usage but I dont' want to start my own thread so allow me to derail this one slightly for a minute. If you own a firearm for the explicit purpose of self-defense wouldn't you want it easily accessible in case it has to be used? How do you keep a gun secure (out of the way and not easily gotten to by children) but available if necessary?
Good question. It is totally stupid to keep a gun locked somewhere far away where you need to open a safe and then remove the lock from it. THE BEST safety is knowledge. My father taught everyone of us from a young age how to handle a gun and that it is NOT a toy. Grew up shooting and knew where dad kept them around the house since I was 5. NEVER had a lock in it always kept ready to go. Non of me my sisters or my friends ever had any issues and my father usually took my friends shooting too. Most of them didn't have a real father. And they too learned to respect them AND NOT play with them. I keep a loaded gun nearby in my vehicle and in my house.
One of the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS is to KNOW..
1. When you have the RIGHT to fire,
2. NEVER use it to scare someone. Only yield it when ready to kill. ALWAYS shoot to kill
+1
Although I keep mine under lock and key due to toddlers, I totally agree. -Luke
Nope. Wrong. Willing to, yeah whatever, but it's not explicitly required. Kneecaps are non lethal.
I use to have the same "elitist" attitute being a trained 'professional' in a past life. Now I realize that if someone is willing enough to own and train with a gun , they implicitly are willing. So you just train them when and when not do, and what to aim for.
Because if it hits the fan, and I can't be there to draw quick to protect them, I am NOT going to be the one they blame for not being able to protect themselves.
Let It Fall, I have two sons , now 10 and 13. For the last few years I have encouraged them to open the cabinet and go through it. Take them shooting anytime they ask now, but made a point of going to the range as soon as they were old enough. I wanted them to lose their curiousity of firearms, and replace that with a repsect for, understanding of, and enjoyment from.
Oddly, the youngest one, who can handle an AR quite well, thank you, had no prior "gaming" experience when I first allowed him to shoot real firearms., unlike his older brother. Well, moms and dads, I'm here to tell you that gaming experience somehow makes for very sloppy gun handling habits in real life. I have to watch the older boy like a hawk, while the younger one always has the action open when done, safety on when loaded and the muzzle always pointed the right way. Go figure?
Heres a little story of the only person I ever knew to keep a lock on their firearms. Totally not against you, this is just the mindset of your average gotta keep a lock on it gunowner.
My uncle gave my father a gun to clean and put a lock on it.
1. First of all lean to clean a gun yourself
2nd of all.. You can't put a lock on it yourself? How in the hell will you take it off?
My of course my uncle kept a magazine full with it. My dad was reminding mysister of how to use, load, unload, cycle, safety a gun and such. He got her to put the magazine in it and release the slide..... The slide wouldn't close..
Now the guy claims he shot it when he bought it but hasn't shot it since.
The slide wouldn't close because he had .40 s&w in a 9mm magazine. The rounds load into the magazine but not the chamber...............
Know how to use a gun or at least know your ammunition or dont own a gun.
