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My new pistol!

Renae said:
I'm discussing how to shoot it, should I use a weaver stance? One handed? Should I get gansta' style and fire it sideways?
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Practice everything including burying it in the assailant's body and pulling the trigger while being attacked. Get a big guy to help you.

Stances are nice for developing muscle memory but the real world is messy and all that goes out the window when you're in a real fight.
 
TurtleDude said:
The vast majority of guns I actually buy are based on

1) for competition-if it gives me an edge-I will often get it

2) for teaching-I have most of the popular pistols people buy for SD since I teach people how to use them properly. So while I'd never carry a Glock 43 I have one since they are very popular as carry pieces.
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malfunction rate or some other reason?
 
TheParser said:
Congratulations!

I hope, however, that you do not have to use it.

Please stay away as much as possible from dangerous areas.

If you see suspicious people, try to take a detour.

Remember: Nowadays many perps are considered "victims."

If you shoot them in self-defense, YOU may be the one who gets in trouble with the law.



Best wishes
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I'm in Texas, we tend to hand out medals for dropping criminals, however I pray it's never used in need but I won't hesitate if the need should arise.
 
Wayne Jr said:
Practice everything including burying it in the assailant's body and pulling the trigger while being attacked. Get a big guy to help you.

Stances are nice for developing muscle memory but the real world is messy and all that goes out the window when you're in a real fight.
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I know, I hit up liveleak, they show shoot outs and attacks from CCTV where you realize it's not the movies with the fancy moves and slick gun play. It's often brutal, ugly and over very very fast.
 
Lursa said:
Garter holster, short skirt, heels.
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One of the FBI agents I used to work with was a 30 something lady who had been a bank examiner before joining the FBI. She always wore tailored suits with slightly above the knee length skirts and that is how she carried
 
justabubba said:
malfunction rate or some other reason?
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not at all-they are extremely reliable.

Don't find the grip to be conducive to fast shooting-when I buy a pistol-one of the first things I do is close my eyes and start with the gun at low ready, and bring it up to eye level-open my eyes and see where the sights are oriented. I don't get a good alignment with that Glock. Second, I like having a manual safety on a pistol-especially since i have lots of things in my pockets-including a de-jammer stick on my keys and a knife-don't want to take a chance of the an AD holstering or drawing the gun. So I carry stuff like the SW shield (with safety) or a Beretta 84 which is both hammer down DA with a manual safety
 
Chomsky said:
That's the thing, it's an amazingly wide ranging hobby. I had a buddy that was a dedicated handloader. It was his thing. He rolled his own, constantly, always on a quest for the perfect load. Refused to buy manufactured rounds. He also shared my love of the aesthetics of classic firearms. Of course he tied flies, too. Now there's a sport that requires patience. I guess he was just a classicist. Or, obsessive!
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I load a lot-but once I get a load that works-its stays. Since My wife, my son and a couple friends shoot steel matches weekly, I load about 500 9mm a week. And since my wife my son and I shoot Bunker Trap a few dozen times a year-I load light ISU compliant 12G loads-several thousand a year. I also load 45 380, 10mm, 40 and 38S and 38 short colt-for steel events as well.
 
Renae said:
I'm in Texas, we tend to hand out medals for dropping criminals, however I pray it's never used in need but I won't hesitate if the need should arise.
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I join your prayer.

And I applaud your courage.

Sadly, your beloved Texas, I hear, is a-changing so fast that "experts" predict that it may go blue in 2020 or shortly afterwards. Then it will be the violent individuals who will be getting the medals.



Have a nice -- and safe -- weekend!
 
TheParser said:
I join your prayer.

And I applaud your courage.

Sadly, your beloved Texas, I hear, is a-changing so fast that "experts" predict that it may go blue in 2020 or shortly afterwards. Then it will be the violent individuals who will be getting the medals.



Have a nice -- and safe -- weekend!
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They've been claiming Texas would go Blue for 30 years, maybe it will... maybe it won't. If Texas goes blue that would very bad, as it would be a few population centers wrecking it for the rest of us. A lot of it is Houston, Dallas and Austin have high number of California refugees who show up here and and start demanding Texas be more like Cali... the place the fled because it was too expensive. As one "activist" said on Kens 5 a few nights ago "I want to make Texas what California should have been we'll get it right this time".
 
Renae said:
A lot of it is Houston, Dallas and Austin have high number of California refugees who show up here and and start demanding Texas be more like Cali... the place the fled because it was too expensive. As one "activist" said on Kens 5 a few nights ago "I want to make Texas what California should have been we'll get it right this time".
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I have lived all my 82 years here in California (in Los Angeles since the 1940s).


To think that Texas may become another California is very depressing.


My deepest sympathies to you and other real Texans.
 
TheParser said:
I have lived all my 82 years here in California (in Los Angeles since the 1940s).


To think that Texas may become another California is very depressing.


My deepest sympathies to you and other real Texans.
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My wife told me "Make sure you register that!" when I showed it to her, I was like "Hun... this is Texas, we don't register guns..." She grew up on military bases, and you HAVE to do that if they allow guns...
 
Renae said:
I was mildly concerned at the lack of a safety, but the trigger on that is quite heavy, which "is" the safety so... there you go.
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The hammer is always in the down position. No need for a safety.

Practice, practice, practice. Take a training course. Put 500+ rounds through it
 
Threegoofs said:
This is the gun control forum, not the ‘display your toy’ forum.
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This is the closest thing we have to a "gun forum". Get with the mods and suggest they create one.
 

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TurtleDude said:
I think he is upset that people who own guns-and vote for gun rights-are less likely to support the big government politicians he wants to see in office. Especially those who want to use the claims of global warming to justify more collectivist nonsense. So he makes such comments showing his pique over gun owners.
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The Leftists are scared because gun owners can shoot back.
 
Chomsky said:
Now that's a beautiful classic piece there, Turtle (Python). That ribbed barrel is timeless. And they were pretty damn expensive back in their day. More than a 1911, if I remember right. They also were status symbols for senior and brass state cops out west. Obviously, the rookies couldn't afford them.
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A friend's cousin's dad has a copy of all seven of Colt's "snake guns".
 
TheParser said:
Renae said:
They've been claiming Texas would go Blue for 30 years, maybe it will... maybe it won't. If Texas goes blue that would very bad, as it would be a few population centers wrecking it for the rest of us. A lot of it is Houston, Dallas and Austin have high number of California refugees who show up here and and start demanding Texas be more like Cali... the place the fled because it was too expensive. As one "activist" said on Kens 5 a few nights ago "I want to make Texas what California should have been we'll get it right this time".
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I have lived all my 82 years here in California (in Los Angeles since the 1940s).


To think that Texas may become another California is very depressing.


My deepest sympathies to you and other real Texans.
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I was born and raised in southern California and then in 1989 they banned firearms, without a grandfather clause, that I had legally purchased in California years before. As a result, I ended up taking my now illegal firearms and moving to Alaska in 1991. I then became a Life Member of the NRA and joined the Alaska NRA-ILA Steering Committee to draft a State Constitution Amendment declaring "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" is an individual right that cannot be infringed upon by the State. The Amendment passed in 1994 with a 77% majority vote. The very LAST thing I want is for Alaska to become anything like California.

I think you will find that is true with many California refugees. They left for a reason, and they do not want to have that same experience in another State.
 
Renae said:
My wife told me "Make sure you register that!" when I showed it to her, I was like "Hun... this is Texas, we don't register guns..." She grew up on military bases, and you HAVE to do that if they allow guns...
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Registration on military bases is a bit different than in the civilian sector. I served in the Marine Corps and also hunted in southern California. So I had to register my firearms at Camp Pendleton and keep them in the armory. It was more about telling the difference between privately owned firearms and government issued firearms than any kind of gun control. I mean it was certainly gun control, but only to distinguish which were privately owned and which were not. Inventory management sort of thing. At no time was I ever restricted from accessing my firearms.
 
Pistols are neat and much easier. ( don't worry, I just practice weapons at the local gun range) I like to try different weapons to feel the fit, if that makes sense.

Edit, and Renae, we have to talk about purses. I hate those things
 
Renae said:
Nothing fancy mind you, but it's mine, and it's perfect for my purse... and shoot outs in elevators :)
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Funny, I have been on elevators daily for decades and never encounter a shootout.

Maybe your need of a gun in your purse is from emotional immaturity?
 
Lovebug said:
Pistols are neat and much easier. ( don't worry, I just practice weapons at the local gun range) I like to try different weapons to feel the fit, if that makes sense.

Edit, and Renae, we have to talk about purses. I hate those things
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I feel nauseated... maybe it';s the chemo...
 
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