Thread: Personal Firearms

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Bolo rounds sitting in a drawer are O.K. in this scenario here in Florida, but load those Bolo rounds into a firearm & you have an instant felony of the 3rd degree, whether you use/fire the gun or not. That's the law in Florida. What I am saying is , look up the statutes in your state. Bolo rounds are not worth the trouble they can cause.

This is serious stuff the F word is not one you want to hear (Felony). But I can't help thinking a bolo round might be appropriate for an action movie. The creative good guy hand loads some bolo rounds for his Vepr-12 shotgun. Bad guy gets the nasty end of the business and finds himself with a lot of weird slices on his body. Just before he croaks he says, 'hey, those are illegal.'

If you are rolling your own, you can easily make a frangible 12 ga round, by removing half the shot from a No. 8 round and mixing it with dental plaster. Upon impact most of the energy will transfer to the intervening object and stop. Use a high base shell.

They are great for shooting off door locks and hinges without excessively penetration of doors and walls. You can buy them, also.

Or, load the first round with bird shot, the second, No. 4, third OO buck and last a slug.

Originally Posted by apipeguy

Adding a couple photos of the one that's coming.

You will love that round heal in the hand over older style 1911's, eats less shirts too!

Just took delivery of my Wilson Professional. It exceeds all my expectations. My last gun was a Les Baer P II with1 1/2" guarantee at 50 yards (love my P II). As the saying goes "a Wilson is the classy brunette on your arm when you go out to dinner, a Les Baer is the blonde you take to see Ted Nugent. Glad I'm going to dinner, now.

I'll post dirty pics when I get to the range.

Just put night sights on my Glock 26 which is my daily carry, as well as my "go to bed" nightstand pistol (although it's not alone in that drawer). They are Ameriglo Spartan Tactical sights, which fit this pistols role terrifically.

I'm not sure my picture of them on the pistol do them justice, so I posted a vendors pic too. They have 3 Trijicon dots, the front surrounded by a large orange circle, and the rear flanking a large square notch. It is super easy to fix on the front sight and get it in the notch, especially with my old eyes.

New grips, hammer, sheer, a Magestic Arms speed strip kit and the Ruger Mark 3 is shooting like a different gun.

Originally Posted by pathology101

I have a Remington 31 pump that I found in my house when I bought it. I have oo buck shot on the night stand and the gun under the bed. I hope I never have to use it. I don't have any pistols but I am thinking of getting my permit. I never had pistols because my kids were younger and kids will always touch then. Even though I have girls and they have been tought proper handling and shooting of guns I couldn't take the chance. There older now and have a interest in pistols so I thought this is the year to get a permit and a pistol. Besides a gun in the house does not offer much protection if I walk into the house and get attacked.

I was thinking of getting plastic and or rubber buck shot for my shotgun. I hear it is a safer way to go for the person shooting the gun. No going thru walls or ricochet. Any thoughts?

Just my two cents, I have two boys, and since I was brought up around guns my whole life, I took a page from the Old man, I taught them how to handle a gun from a very early age, and NEVER told them no when they wanted to see one. The only caveat was show me you know what you are doing, and after a much shooter amount of time than you would imagine they got bored with it and, would never touch the only one that wasn't in the safe, which had an empty mag in it. JMHO

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

Just my two cents, I have two boys, and since I was brought up around guns my whole life, I took a page from the Old man, I taught them how to handle a gun from a very early age, and NEVER told them no when they wanted to see one. The only caveat was show me you know what you are doing, and after a much shooter amount of time than you would imagine they got bored with it and, would never touch the only one that wasn't in the safe, which had an empty mag in it. JMHO

Agreed..
Early education is the best thing to do for children. It relieves the curious mind, to the knowing mind, and the dangers. I was tought at an early age , around 8 yrs old how to handle various weapons.
Hand guns, shot guns, rifles.
My father was a true gun nut.
And glad to be able to pass on the info to my children and grand children for their own saftey and protection.
I keep 3 loaded in the house at all times, they know where they are, and never touch them because of being educated in them , and know the dangers involved.
Ecspecially if I find out they've tried to play with them. They know their not toys .