Are you a psychopath? Who in their right mind would even wager on such a thing?
I'm getting my lady a pistol for her birthday
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UncleBuck
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5 shots?My personal sidearm of choice out of the 32 that I own is a S&W model 642 J frame .38 Special. 5 shots.
No external hammer, so its double action only, and its got a pretty hefty trigger at that so not easy to get trigger happy. I prefer this over any other weapon when the purpose is self defense. Although I am highly trained and shoot my weapons on average 500-1000 rounds each week and train about 150 times more than a Police officer, I want to ensure i can get the shot off with no other action required than a trigger squeeze and good sight picture and alignment when the SHTF. Just point and squeeze, no worries about the hammer or an edge snagging, its all been smoothed out. Accuracy at 15 yards is 4", more than adequate for self defense, but not the kind of accuracy i can get from some of my more specialized autos or my Colt Python. When you get beaned on the head or ambushed and surprised, when your life or a loved one's hangs in the balance I want to be sure i have as little in my way of actions needed to end the aggression. Its nearly as slim as a 1911 and fits in my waistband better than any other pistol/revolver I own. You can get them in .357 too, but they are a bit difficult to do accurate followups due to the extreme recoil of that round in a snubnose design.
If my mission were aggressive and with the intention of being able to do as much damage as possible, any of my Semi Autos would do the trick. I would most likely carry my CZ75 compact, if concealed, but if open carry were used it would have to be either My Colt Gold Cup .45 or my Glock 17L with the 33 round mag. Perhaps my H&K USP .45, its a bit large for my hand though and overall is a big damn pistol.
For home duty I just use my Winchester model 1897 Trench gun that was made in 1918.
I love SIG stuff, unfortunately their quality has been somewhat spotty since the Germans quit doing the machining, older SIG pistols with German proof marks are more valuable IMHO.
That SIG pistol the OP got his wife is a super sexy piece of work to be sure.
you'll never make it out alive!
Dr Kynes
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thats why i like my sig, it's made in germany, it runs smooth and this bitch just never jams.My personal sidearm of choice out of the 32 that I own is a S&W model 642 J frame .38 Special. 5 shots.
No external hammer, so its double action only, and its got a pretty hefty trigger at that so not easy to get trigger happy. I prefer this over any other weapon when the purpose is self defense. Although I am highly trained and shoot my weapons on average 500-1000 rounds each week and train about 150 times more than a Police officer, I want to ensure i can get the shot off with no other action required than a trigger squeeze and good sight picture and alignment when the SHTF. Just point and squeeze, no worries about the hammer or an edge snagging, its all been smoothed out. Accuracy at 15 yards is 4", more than adequate for self defense, but not the kind of accuracy i can get from some of my more specialized autos or my Colt Python. When you get beaned on the head or ambushed and surprised, when your life or a loved one's hangs in the balance I want to be sure i have as little in my way of actions needed to end the aggression. Its nearly as slim as a 1911 and fits in my waistband better than any other pistol/revolver I own. You can get them in .357 too, but they are a bit difficult to do accurate followups due to the extreme recoil of that round in a snubnose design.
If my mission were aggressive and with the intention of being able to do as much damage as possible, any of my Semi Autos would do the trick. I would most likely carry my CZ75 compact, if concealed, but if open carry were used it would have to be either My Colt Gold Cup .45 or my Glock 17L with the 33 round mag. Perhaps my H&K USP .45, its a bit large for my hand though and overall is a big damn pistol.
For home duty I just use my Winchester model 1897 Trench gun that was made in 1918.
I love SIG stuff, unfortunately their quality has been somewhat spotty since the Germans quit doing the machining, older SIG pistols with German proof marks are more valuable IMHO.
That SIG pistol the OP got his wife is a super sexy piece of work to be sure.
Alwaysneedshelp
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You may already know this but when cleaning a p238/938 be careful not to mess with the safety. There is a small ball bearing and pin that pop out and then the fun begins. It's a great little pistol and the styling is wonderful. Enjoy! If you are having FTF or FTE it will stop at about the 200 round mark.
bu$hleaguer
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Great, thanks for the info. I'm giving it to her tomorrow, Wednesday, and we probably won't get to a range until next week sometime. I've watched a few YouTube vids on breaking it down so
I think I know what you're talking about. That pin that comes out is like a lot of other 1911's I think too.
Anyways, great info on the fte/ftf too- as usual it takes some time to break it in and see what rounds it likes and doesn't. Thanks
Commander Strax
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you did put it in the politics section
you get a much better class of assholes over in toke and talk
Commander Strax
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you ever try frog lube?
I use it to clean and protect my heavy metal
bu$hleaguer
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True on the politics section, didn't even think about that!
And no I haven't even heard of frog lube.!
Commander Strax
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did they move this?
frog lube is good stuff and non toxic... I think you can eat it
http://froglube.com
Yeah, I didn't realize it was in pol until you said something.
It fits better in TnT, no ?
bu$hleaguer
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Thanks GWN, I didn't even realize where I was creating it until he said that.
Hookabelly
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Look, why not just kill two birds with one stone?
You know, win win right?
You know, win win right?
Commander Strax
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KLITE
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368482/How-ignorant-Americans-An-alarming-number-U-S-citizens-dont-know-basic-facts-country.html
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/disgraceful-30-murders-guns-england-2012-vs-8855-us
I dont think dumb people should be allowed weapons, pretty sure it ends badly.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/disgraceful-30-murders-guns-england-2012-vs-8855-us
I dont think dumb people should be allowed weapons, pretty sure it ends badly.
bu$hleaguer
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No doubt, it's Americas broom. Like this lady, so calm and middle America looking:
Sure, she's smiling, but she just sucked up a drug addict, a rapist, a toddler playing with a "toy" gun, a white dude gone crazy, a retarded Mexican child, a genius black guy, and twelve fence posts behind some hick's barn.
I'll need those fence post's back - the hogs'll be roaming free with out them.
Ok, I really don't have pigs & was channeling John Wayne at the time.
But it sounded cool.
But it sounded cool.
rory420420
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hope you remember your anniversary this year...