Thread: Guns Guns and MORE Guns

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I suppose a K31? 7.5x55 Swiss. Talk about expensive ammo!

has anyone ever shot one of these things?

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Another good reason for neutrality!

Having carried on the job for many years daily carry is simply a pain in the butt. It's uncomfortable and destroys your clothes.

However you need to factor the caliber with what you think you will need to put down your target. They have many high caliber pistols with small size these days. it's also a matter of your size too. Also high capacity vs small size. It is said, in a gun fight if you don't hit your target with the first few rounds it don't matter how much capacity you have. Most gunfights end quickly.

My opinion is the most comfortable thing to carry that will do the job.

Ya, I read somewhere that most gun battles last 2.5 rounds on average.
I guess a derringer would be good!

Yea American Derringer makes a two shot model they call "The Alaskan Survival Model". One barrel is a 45 long colt and the other is a 45-70. They claim at close range and well placed it will take down a Grizzly.

Carry whatever you can shoot accurately, consistently, Caliber does not matter, if you miss. Heavy calibers are hard to shoot, unless you practice regularly with the ammo you will carry.

Pay for the best training you can afford, and practice, practice, practice.

When it hits the fan, "we do not rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” If your training is weak or non-existent, you will probably not survive a gun fight.

Well, I don't carry. I take one out to the car in the morning and back into the house at night.
Having a business, that is legal. No going to jail for capping a smart-ass for me.

Just stay close to the car?

Crazy stuff going on around here. Gun battle for parking space last week.
Fortunately, all fled and could not shoot straight.

I personally carry a Sig Sauer 2022 in a shoulder holster with two spare mags everyday and backup is a glock 43 in an IWB holster at 3:00 with two spare mags. I don't ever go out of my house without being armed. All of my adult life I have carried a loaded weapons and have had extensive training and know when and how to use them.

I will say this. Most of my adult life was spent in the Marines in a lot of different places where your life depended on your training and discipline. Most civilians I have encountered have little to no training and a complete lack of disciple, but they still carry a weapon and frankly, they will probably become statistics! My biggest concern is will I become a statistic because of their poor training and lack of discipline?

Always know where you are and your surroundings. Continually scan the area and when it is time to take action, do not hesitate!

Just my thoughts about the responsibility you have when you carry.

This morning I Zeroed in my new Hawke Vantage IR 4-12x50 Rimfire .22 (Subsonic) Reticle scope, the results were very pleasing, I was using .22 LR Subsonic ammo CCI 40gr, it also has an etched subsonic reticle with 25 yd increments out to 200 yds which is very helpful, I got lovely 1/2" groups at 50 yds.

Nice groups, Jamie!
I get bored at targets. I target shoot like I bowl. Either I am on or I am not.
I like to ring gongs and flip cans. I guess that is the trap/skeet shooter in me. I can always hit those!
A friend hoarded a pile of .22 last time it went short. Says he is ready to sell some. Think I will dust off my smallbores and have some fun while I can.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice groups, Jamie!
I get bored at targets. I target shoot like I bowl. Either I am on or I am not.
I like to ring gongs and flip cans. I guess that is the trap/skeet shooter in me. I can always hit those!
A friend hoarded a pile of .22 last time it went short. Says he is ready to sell some. Think I will dust off my smallbores and have some fun while I can.

Thanks, Tom, I was talking to Willie Palm a few hours ago on Facebook, he was saying how deadly a .22 round can be, he's not kidding, .22lr can be a deadly round in the right hands, I only shoot hollow point subsonic ammo for hunting small stuff, but it's all about accuracy and shot placement, I saw an old American guy drop a 400lb Hog where he stood using the same round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J7k...uPytkWRNOvx9FA