Posted on 11/23/2010 6:16:52 AM PST by Kaslin
I've always thought they look and feel too "squarish" for my tastes. Personally, that's an issue for me.
[.45 ACP is ok. If you have thin wrists. ;-)]
Makes me smile! 10mm ammo is not common enough. I’m good with the 45 auto, though I handle the 10mm just fine. How dead is dead enough?
Love these threads, and always love yer posts!
The suggestion to get to a range ASAP is so you can chew the fat with guys who know poop loads about guns and such. It is LOADS of fun to be with like thinkers. Trust me on this.
PS + you may have the opportunity to pick up spent brass...
yeah, thanks. I did finally get that after several attempts at getting clarification. Sometimes on FR people will offer up good concise information/advice - other times you have to drag it out of them. Even then once you think you’ve gotten there with someone, they provide some vague non answer like “try googling best self defense gun”. Not real helpful... in whose opinion in a given gun the best self defense gun and for what person in particular? I know how to google quite well, but what I don’t always get out of search engines are good links to information that hides out there in the ether that someone else may have found and might be hit 100 thousand and five.
I might take a trek down to a local gun shop when I’m visiting in Green Bay this weekend. The guy there is a vet who tends to be pretty salty, but he might be willing to share some knowledge with me if I approach him the right way. Other than that, the nearest range to me that I know of is about an hour away and I generally can’t steel myself away for as long as it would warrant whenever I’d like.
I do know what you mean about how fun it can be to hang with like thinkers and plink away though, hat can be therapeutic (I generally experience that hunting and such).
I'm still not sure how to accept compliments like this with grace. But thank you... ;-)
As for the debate over preferred caliber, the bottom line is the "best" caliber is the one you carry consistently. A .22 in hand is far superior to the .460 XVR you left at home when you are facing down a thug in a dark parking lot.
Joe that’s sweet! Except for the pink stock, that looks just like my father’s old Stevens .22LR that was passed down through the years to all his boys, me being the last. That was the gun that taught me how to shoot. It as amazingly accurate and I wish I had kept it though the bolt and firing mechanism was badly worn out. I hope your daughter finds much enjoyment shooting it, and cherishes it for the rest of her life.
Great gift dad!!!
[As for the debate over preferred caliber, the bottom line is the “best” caliber is the one you carry consistently. A .22 in hand is far superior to the .460 XVR you left at home when you are facing down a thug in a dark parking lot.]
And I concur.
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