Gun Talk Radio 12/18/11

Gun Talk Radio ^ | 12/18/11 | Tom Gresham

[mylife]

~~Come on in and shoot the breeze~~
Gun Talk Radio
11/18/11~~07:00 CST

Listen to the Podcast Here

or the KIDO 580 stream Here

[mylife]

LoL!

[deoetdoctrinae]

I’m betting you did it without a “do-over”, am I right?

[alfa6]

Greetings mylife and the rest of y’all

Picked up a slug barrel for the Mossberg a few weeks back from a guy at work cheep :-) Hope to get it installed over the Christmas holidays.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[mylife]

I am unfamiliar with it, but have heard positive things.

My only concern would be availability and price of ammo

[mylife]

Howdy Alfa!
Going deer hunting?

[mylife]

They say it delivers more energy than a .357 but in a compact revolver.

Sounds good.

[waterhill]

I seem to get into things like 10mm, 308ME and such. I love me some 308ME though. Flat and fast!

[umgud]

Yeah, I made it without a do-over, but I think I know why so many failed........ This felt like the coldest place on earth. To combat lead issues, they had a ventilation system akin to a wind tunnel that bounced the hanging targets and pumped mountains of very cold outside air all over us poor shooters. Most of us had the shakes.

[alfa6]

Maybe next year, I figure with a slug barrel I have a good all round home defense gun. Ought to be able to deal with threats out to about 100 yards, not that I have that much range in all directions.

Loaded with #4 for close in work at the moment but the 28” barrel now on it is less than ideal for around the house.

Regards

alfa6 ;;}

[mylife]

.308ME?

[mylife]

It wakes you up to shoot under conditions that you wouldn’t normally shoot in.

[mylife]

My Brother is house sitting for my Aunt, My Uncle just died and she went to Minnysota to spend Christmas with her daughter.

Any How.. My Uncle was a butcher and bro says he has a 220vdc industrial meat grinder along with a ton of other stuff of the trade.

We immediately thought Feral hog snausage!

[smokingfrog]

Have you shot any hogs with the ME?

[mylife]

Oh, I would leave on the smoothbore for home defense.

[mylife]

Oh, I would leave on the smoothbore for home defense.

The length is an issue though.

[smokingfrog]

SOFT TARGET

It’s Black Friday and America’s biggest mall is jammed with 10,000 shoppers — and 12 terrorists. In Soft Target, the new thriller by Pulitzer Prize (for film criticism) winner Stephen Hunter, just three men stand between certain death for the shoppers and any hope at rescue. There’s Ray Cruz, a former Marine sniper who’s one of the hundreds of shoppers trapped in the mall. He’s got a plan for turning the tables on the terrorists, but he doesn’t have a gun. Outside the mall, FBI agent Dave McElroy has a gun, but his superiors have tied his hands; all he can do is watch as the terrorists put their deadly plan into action. Also outside is State Police Commandant Douglas Obodo, in charge of negotiating with the terrorists. He’s determined to resolve the situation peacefully, but the gunmen have other plans — ones that involve as many dead bodies as possible.

[mylife]

Sounds like a good read.

This is an interesting program.

[alfa6]

Well we will see how it works out. I need to clean up the finish a bit. Will have some pics in a few weeks I hope.

Have to sign off as 0400 will be here all to soon, take care and a Merry Christmas to you and all the denizens of the Gun Talk thread.

Best Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[deoetdoctrinae]

LOL. I was on line a couple of hours ago to my local library, putting that book on reserve. Really like his writing.

[deoetdoctrinae]

I saw a thread here this morning, about how Ruger has come out with a .22 in their LCR series. If some shops drop the price after it has been out a while, I might consider one for my wife. She doesn't really like the trigger pull on either of my .38s.

I handled the LCR in .38 at a sporting goods store yesterday, and really liked the way Ruger made a DAO revolver with a smooth acceptable trigger. With the concealed hammer, my wife wouldn't have to worry about snagging it in that massive cave she calls a purse!

I know the .22 isn't major firepower, but standing in the path of 8 rounds of .22HP still ain't on my "to do" list.