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Gun Thread: Second March Edition!
Range Time!
Who has been to the range? Why the intrepid shooters of the Moron Gun Club! Our pal blaster shares the details.
DMV MGC used these Battle At Sea Splattering Targets in an all Kimber match at a recent range day. We set the targets out at 5 yards. Those are 1 inch grid squares. We took turns firing 5 rounds at a time, trying to knock out all the dots.
Hrothgar(red) v sharon(willow's apprentice)(green) with Kimber Aegis Elites (Optic Installed) in .45 and 9mm respectively.
blaster(green) v sra blaster(red) with Kimber Raptor IIs in .45 with iron sights.
First takeaway is that Hrothgar is the clear winner - he didn't get all of the dots but got more than any of the rest of us. Second is that sra blaster was a close second. Third is this burns up a LOT of ammo - it's hard! Fourth - this was fun!Man, I can see fundamentals being practiced all over the place! Thanks blaster, and great shooting from the Moron Gun Club!
Hickok45
Our pal hickok45 and the 2020 Colt Python vs. the S&W 686.
Other Side of the Gun
Find yourself on the wrong side of a gun? No problemo!
10,000 Euros Pistol
Euros? Is that metric? How much is it in American? Anyhow, or pal CBD takes a break from slo-steaming his food to share this vid.
Book with Lots of Pictures
Help Wanted
GoPro
Inside a tire? Pretty neat-o!
Man Against Fire!
A shorter movie feature for tonight. The trees! Save the trees!
Musical Interlude
John Mayer and Eric Clapton Layla
Gun Basics 101
No new video from the She Equips Herself gal so into the archives we go. Summer is around the corner so let's take a look at concealed carry options for warmer weather. Also, a puppy!
Cigar of the Week
Illusione is a cigar company started by a guy in Reno, NV, which has carved out a distinctive profile for itself. Among the unusual offerings are cigars with little or no ligero leaf, the tobacco leaf from high on the plant which typically has the most flavor and strength. The Illusione Epernay (in this case, the Le Ferme, 5.2 X 4Excellent as always, rhomboid! Thank you and Happy Smoking!is a medium-bodied and very smooth cigar, with excellent construction (easy draw, even burn). A Nicaraguan puro (only Nicaraguan leaf used) made in Honduras, it has an attractive medium brown Corojo 99 rosado wrapper, with corojo and criollo leaves inside. Some reviews of this highly-rated cigar pick up everything from floral to fruit to spice notes, my neanderthal palate on the other hand can only attest to cedar and earth, in a smooth and medium overall experience. Definitely one worth trying for palates of all levels. Available online for $6 and up.
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Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2024 07:00 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Ciampino - I need a stray with a $quirk1 at March 10, 2024 07:00 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2024 07:04 PM (fwDg9)
The Battleship target looks like a lot of fun. I see the need to purchase some new targets.
Thanks again for the thread, Weasel!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at March 10, 2024 07:04 PM (tT6L1)
Prevailing self defense wisdom is that if someone is standing close to you with a gun go for it.
But I hope I never have to find out...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 10, 2024 07:05 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 07:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:06 PM (f0/sc)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 07:06 PM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://tinyurl.com/49hzddtt
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
Would have been here even sooner but Eric Clapton always catches my attention.
That game was fun but difficult. Imagine having to hit the very center of the target every time. Even with a red dot, it was hard as you had to keep moving along the line. I was also convinced that shooting horizontal was easier than shooting vertical lines. Why do you think that is?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:08 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:09 PM (SWiBS)
I think I have finally come up with a strategy to beat sharon on a shooting target.
We play the dot game, and I get to use my 12 gauge with #8 shot ... otherwise, PI gets a last place (as usual)!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 10, 2024 07:10 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:12 PM (t/2Uw)
You are very welcome.
And you might temper your thanks to TRex, since he is an unending font of questions and ideas.....
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
Is everyone enjoying Spring now being in the air and it is very comfortable to be outside?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 10, 2024 07:12 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:12 PM (SWiBS)
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 07:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at March 10, 2024 07:13 PM (PWe8a)
Brilliant 👏
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2024 07:13 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 07:14 PM (Wnv9h)
Spent all day yesterday at a competition. It was a range in a stone quarry. It doesn't appear like anyone has ever picked up a piece of brass.
Spawn put up some good times.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 10, 2024 07:14 PM (PZo5T)
My favorite rifle.
Posted by: Rasmus at March 10, 2024 07:15 PM (UWFTO)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 10, 2024 07:16 PM (1eY81)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 07:17 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:17 PM (t/2Uw)
Now about 2 hours to 2nd launch.
Posted by: Ciampino - I need a stray with a $ quirk at March 10, 2024 07:17 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: butch at March 10, 2024 07:17 PM (7CC/F)
https://tinyurl.com/5cwktjvu
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 07:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:12 PM
I had your green chili sauce yesterday!
My wife made smothered burritos with it.
It was so good, that I ate three. I will definitely have a "stable base" when I come down to go shooting with you at the next TXMoMe!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 10, 2024 07:18 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 10, 2024 07:14 PM
Coming soon to the internet ... Lin-duh's Brass Emporium!
Glad to hear that spawn is still kicking booty at the competitions.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 10, 2024 07:21 PM (HlyYF)
https://tinyurl.com/49hzddtt
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Good input.
SNL caught a bullet fragment that split on the angle
iron holding the target, ricocheted off the back wall, then gain off the side wall. We were standing in lane two, one over from the wall nd the fragment hit his upper arm. Not a deep cut but definitely got one's attention. The range guy gave him a skooby doo bandaid.
That was funny!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 10, 2024 07:21 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:21 PM (SWiBS)
Posted by: Ciampino - I need a stray with a $ quirk at March 10, 2024 07:17 PM
***
And don't forget about third Starship flight on March 14 (AM). Rocket stacked this afternoon and water deluge system tested.
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)
So Weasel, what happened to your funny comments/joke about DST?
Posted by: Ciampino - Are you coming or going? at March 10, 2024 07:22 PM (qfLjt)
Following the advice Ed L gave me during the trip back from TX, I tested a few rounds of defense ammo (which I had never tried before) in the 1911 and P365.
I also started practicing double action with my .38 revolver (S&W model 14). I always bring a revolver so I think this will become part of the routine.
Had a decent outing with the P365. Contrary to all advice, I usually shoot it better when I speed up and stop thinking.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 10, 2024 07:22 PM (1eY81)
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Note to self, add scooby doo bandaids to the Corsicana medical bag....
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 07:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:23 PM (t/2Uw)
It's a good idea to wear your glasses even when you're off the line. I should be better about that.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 07:24 PM (sNc8Y)
Posted by: Ciampino - Are you coming or going? at March 10, 2024 07:22 PM (qfLjt)
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It's there if you look closely.
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:24 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:24 PM (SWiBS)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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You did way better than I would have!
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 10, 2024 07:24 PM (1eY81)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2024 07:25 PM (XeU6L)
Lots of gub stuff this week. The Battleship game was fun!
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 07:25 PM (IFNME)
That guy is an idiot for driving on tires that are falling apart.
He is also an idiot for driving at night with sunglasses on.
I also wonder if he ever heard of centrifugal force. That is what kept the balance beads in place while the tire was rotating.
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:25 PM (f0/sc)
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 07:26 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:26 PM (JwHpX)
What up RMBS? Looking forward to warmer weather?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:27 PM (f0/sc)
Posted by: screaming in digital
I agree with this. Last outing, I announced that I was just going to pick up and shoot and not only shot well, but cleared a jam on the fly. It is confidence building. It seems so much easier to do this outdoors though which is why the scoot and shoot at the MoMe is so much fun.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:27 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:27 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:27 PM (SWiBS)
Took my PTR 91 with the newly acquired Franklin Armory Binary III trigger pack out for a test run at 50 and 100 yards on Friday. Passed all the safety tests and checked the zero on semi only, looked fine. Then switched to binary and it worked but is a little strange at first. Pull trigger, bam! Release trigger bam! Rinse and repeat. The usual semi only trigger pack for this rifle was around 2 pounds while the binary trigger is right on at 4-4.5 pounds in all modes which I really like. Gonna run her next week from 100-600 yards for double taps then do rapid fire drills at 100-200 yards and a few mag dumps at 25 yards for shits and grins.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 10, 2024 07:27 PM (R/m4+)
Hope I don't forget how to shoot.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 10, 2024 07:28 PM (LBj9x)
That's excellent stuff.
The funny part is that just as they begin talking about packing the wound, there's an ad... for bulk ammo.
My first thought was "brass isn't very absorbent."
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 07:29 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 07:29 PM (sNc8Y)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:27 PM (SWiBS)
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That can be arranged!
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:29 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: vic at March 10, 2024 07:30 PM (A5THL)
Gearing up for steel shoot!
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 07:30 PM (IFNME)
Interesting to watch. The presentation was lacking.
I will label it "meh"
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:30 PM (f0/sc)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2024 07:30 PM (cOq4q)
I will label it "meh"
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:30 PM (f0/sc)
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I'll issue a prompt refund.
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:31 PM (JwHpX)
Focusing on my trigger pull really helps get past a flinching bad habit. I'm trying to just think about the smooth trigger pull and let my subconscious worry about aiming right, and trying for complete indifference to the coming boom. When it works, it works really well. One 15 yd target has 17 shots in a three-inch group, plus three "bad shots but I know why." By my current standards, this is good.
Starting to clear away the flinch bad habit has exposed a much older bad habit I'd completely forgotten about. Decades ago, firing a .22 bolt action rifle with a sling, I somehow became convinced that, as my sights bobbed around slightly, and my finger tightened on the trigger, if I happened to be getting really near the boom point of the pull, and my bobbing is not just where I'd like it to be, I try to yank it in the right direction before the shot happens.
That made for a lot of the bad shots today. So it's my next thing to work on.
Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2024 07:31 PM (oBPoz)
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 07:31 PM (IFNME)
Action Targets has a bunch of those kinds of things.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 07:31 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 10, 2024 07:31 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:32 PM (t/2Uw)
65 Oh, also we went to 5.11 to buy some better belts.
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 07:31 PM (IFNME)
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Nick's Boots makes really nice gun belts (and boots).
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:33 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: Ciampino - Are you coming or going? at March 10, 2024 07:22 PM (qfLjt)
It'll be here in about an hour.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 07:33 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:33 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:31 PM
I will send over my Venmo information to you. :-P
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:33 PM (f0/sc)
Seeing a tire being mounted on the rim for the inside is very cool. Didn't know how much I needed to see that until I saw it.
Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2024 07:34 PM (oBPoz)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:34 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:34 PM (JwHpX)
In what I now call the "golden age" of my adult working life (I am retired), I worked for Florida National Bank in Miami for several years during the 1980s. My department was located in the Dupont Building, an art deco skyscraper that had been completed in 1938. My boss and a co-worker had been given offices that had originally belonged, respectively, to the chairman and the CEO. The old boardroom was my office. It had a massive marble table with bronze legs that had been installed in the building before the exterior wall had been put in. I could open the windows and puff away to my heart's content.
Posted by: Paco at March 10, 2024 07:35 PM (njExo)
Have you been reading the content?!
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:34 PM (JwHpX)
Oh crap. Busted. No excuse.
Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2024 07:35 PM (oBPoz)
I know exactly what you are talking about...because I have done that too. Focus now is about trigger control/ pull, as it makes such a huge difference. And also starting to see why some things work better than others....
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:35 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:36 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:34 PM
What? Isn't it enough that there is math, now you want us to read too?!?!?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:37 PM (f0/sc)
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All y'all repeat after me:
Focus on the fundamentals and the groups take care of themselves.
Really!
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:38 PM (JwHpX)
Until I can give you a ear one. And I'll shoot with you anytime.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:33 PM
Thanks for the hugs!
I definitely need to shoot with you.
I just go by myself and reinforce my bad habits.
I also have two daughters with tiny hands that need to do much more shooting. I wish I could email them over to you for lessons on your next range trip. YOU would help them immensely!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 10, 2024 07:39 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:39 PM (SWiBS)
SiD, I hope everything worked out OK on your runs w/ defense ammo. For that P365, standard pressure ammo should be enough for your requirements. 9mm +P is probably overkill. The short barrel and light weight will likely make +P an unpleasant load to shoot, with more energy and recoil getting transferred to your hand and wrists. But it should make for a pretty decent imitation of a flash bang grenade for someone at close range on the receiving end.
Did all of your 1911 magazines feed defense ammo properly? GI and cheap magazines aren't always the best choice for defense ammo.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 07:39 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Paco at March 10, 2024 07:35 PM (njExo)
You lucky bastard...
Good on you Paco!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 10, 2024 07:39 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 07:40 PM (bVj5N)
Posted by: Weather Girls virtue signaling in purple on March 14 at March 10, 2024 07:40 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Cosda at March 10, 2024 07:40 PM (SSqFI)
https://tinyurl.com/5cwktjvu
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 07:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
From the article, this drone view is scary.
I guess I am happy not to see the surprised crew's faces.
https://twtr.in/3aDm
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 07:40 PM (aD39U)
You lucky bastard...
Good on you Paco!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 10, 2024 07:39 PM (R/m4+)
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Think I will head out on the deck now!
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:40 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:41 PM (SWiBS)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:42 PM (SWiBS)
An extra hour of daylight to extend day drinking!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 10, 2024 07:43 PM (viKyA)
Having a well defined objective for range practice made it really focused. sra blaster is getting sharper with the P226 and I am really surprised how well the PSA Dagger is working out (I recall MAE saying that it works for him.) Oh, because you have to have rizz in competition I got a flared magwell for it.
BUT - had a bad red dot experience. The one on the Dagger went wonky. I had it aligned with bore laser but under fire it went out of spec - could not be adjusted to alignment. Has suppressor height sights so I was able to use those to great effect. This dot is now in the trash.
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 07:43 PM (IFNME)
Posted by: Paco at March 10, 2024 07:43 PM (njExo)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 07:40 PM
***
Don't worry. You didn't miss anything. Other than Weasel dishing out refunds for tire pressure videos. And lots of shooting fundamentals. Well, maybe a few other things.
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 07:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
Consider this an PSA for getting a good quality gun safe for your gubs. You need to lock up stuff if you aren't around. The safe is good for other things too. Pitch it to the spousal unit as a safer place to stash things like jewelry, tax returns, or personal keepsakes.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 07:44 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:36 PM (JwHpX)
Definitely. This is where I have to defer to guys built like the one in the video, who are content to drive around on tires with giant cracks in them. I would never do that, and I would never have thought to mount a GoPro inside a vehicle tire, and then drive with it that way. Tires and wheels need to be symmetrical and balanced, you just can't do that.
But he did. So he has the awesome video and I don't.
Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2024 07:44 PM (oBPoz)
Hi!
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:45 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 10, 2024 07:45 PM (MeG8a)
I need to restock .45 ACP range ammo and a bit of .38 Special as I cannot shoot my stock of reloads at this range. After that I will pick up a few more defense rounds so that I can practice occasionally (with more rounds in the mag).
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 10, 2024 07:45 PM (1eY81)
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 07:44 PM (yRXSd)
Yeah, I ordered mine last week, when I realized that my pistol purchases would otherwise force me to never take a vacation, because I'd be too afraid that someone would steal them.
Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2024 07:46 PM (oBPoz)
Hi!
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:45 PM (t/2Uw)
*piano stops*
*heads turn*
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 07:46 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:41 PM
I am trying to bring my wife this year.
She can barely handle the Moron she already has. I hope she will be fine with an entire ranch of Morons!
The dinner bell is ringing.
Thanks for another Gubs Thread, Weasel.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 10, 2024 07:46 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2024 07:47 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Eromero at March 10, 2024 07:47 PM (NxC5+)
The Colt snubbies I have all have good single action triggers that make them surprisingly accurate shooters. Even the cheaper models I own (Diamondback, Detective Special, Cobra) deliver good results when fired single action.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 07:48 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 07:49 PM (JwHpX)
Good on you Paco! - Hairyback guy
It was a sweet gig. In 1986, when Baby doc Duvalier was overthrown, local Haitians attempted to break into their Consulate (object: hang the Consul general). It was across the street, and less than a block away. I could watch the whole thing from my window. I believe the gentleman was able to escape. When I left at the end of the day, the place was on fire. Good times, good times...
Posted by: Paco at March 10, 2024 07:49 PM (njExo)
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 07:50 PM (IFNME)
He hates these apples.
Posted by: Navin Johnson at March 10, 2024 07:50 PM (Dxsd/)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:50 PM (t/2Uw)
But what was left was burns.
As the ladies can attest, and some of the guys, freshly fired brass is HOT and it can go some really sensitive places. So, I have some burn salve in my range kit.
Also, eye care. I think most ranges (the indoor, bougie kind with water fountains and indoor plumbing) have eye wash stations. But some might not, and I'm betting a lot of outdoor ones don't. And, again, brass can get anywhere. And bits of powder and dust and maybe a tiny sliver of a ricochet. So I now carry eye wash in my kit. You can get a box of 25 small plastic vials from places like Amazon. You can also use the purified, pre-packaged water packets for survival drinking - snip a small hole across a corner and you can squirt that water on a wound or across an eye to wash it.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 07:51 PM (69JzL)
For your 1911, the magazine of choice are Wilson Combat magazines. The USMC chose Wilson Combat magazines for their batch of Colt M45A1s because of their reliability feeding most ammo and ability to take hard knocks.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 07:52 PM (yRXSd)
I've also got a Colt Agent (a variation on the Cobra, I believe) which also has a nice single action pull. You're right, they're very decent little shooters.
Posted by: Paco at March 10, 2024 07:53 PM (njExo)
**************
I feel her pain, they don't like me either.
Any idea why the P226 wasn't locking back?
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
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For some strange reason the Tavor bullpups have been sold out in all the Canadian online shops I've tried ever since about October of last year.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 10, 2024 07:53 PM (2yu8s)
Hi, all y’all!
And weasel is really here this time. Big project must be complete, but April 15 looms.
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 07:54 PM (bVj5N)
I'd never buy that pistol, but I do imagine I will someday have one of what he casually describes as "the best pistol in the world," a CZ Shadow 2. It's not, but I still want one.
Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2024 07:54 PM (oBPoz)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 07:55 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
Current thinking is that it needed cleaning. So it got cleaned today.
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 07:55 PM (IFNME)
Winds gust up then quite down only to fire up again.
Hope you all have a great evening
Posted by: Skip at March 10, 2024 07:56 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Paco at March 10, 2024 07:49 PM (njExo)
Wow! Pretty cool. I used to fly into Miami quite often back in the day. The Orange Bowl for a few games, Neil Rogers on 610 AM WIOD and little sliders at Arnold's Royal Castle located at 2700 NW 79th Street.
Your correct, good times, good times.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 10, 2024 07:57 PM (R/m4+)
Just for that, I’m going to order on line and tell them about it.
Jeeesh.
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 07:59 PM (bVj5N)
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Yes sir, good observations. The Corsicana medical bag has undergone serious evaluation. It now has burn dressings. We agreed to also add saline bullets, which can be used for a number of different situations.
But please, keep any suggestions coming. Better to have and not need, than to need and not have.
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
The Israelis (and US Army) have as their standard doctrine for the tank commanders to fight their tanks with open hatches if at all possible. That's because tanks are big, clumsy beasts that have difficulty seeing where they're going and knowing what's going on outside the tank. Yes, it makes tank commanders more exposed to the hazards of the battlefield. But tank warfare from WWII to the present has proven over and over that seeing the threat is critical to battlefield survival and victory. In 1991, M1's, equipped w/ the best sensor suites ever seen in tanks, still saw tank commanders fighting them w/ open commander's hatches in order to see (and to a lesser extent, hear) what's going on around them.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 08:00 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 07:52 PM (yRXSd)
I mostly agree with this. But it was a Wilson Combat one that suddenly stopped going all the way to the top one day at the range. First 7 rounds shot fine, then I got an empty chamber. I looked, and the 8th round was just not high enough to feed. And there was no push from the magazine spring to do so. It just up and quit.
So, I'm the guy with the 1 in a million Wilson Combat mag that went fzzt. All the rest of y'all can thank me for being that guy.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:01 PM (69JzL)
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It will be an hour late.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 10, 2024 08:02 PM (2yu8s)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 10, 2024 07:14 PM (PZo5T)
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Glad to hear Spawn is doing well.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at March 10, 2024 08:02 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 08:03 PM (bVj5N)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 08:03 PM (t/2Uw)
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We're also looking for volunteers to help test the surgical stapler!
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:03 PM (JwHpX)
But still....
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:03 PM (IFNME)
It's on the nightstand next to my bed, loaded with .38+P JHPs.
Have fun
hey Weasel
Posted by: Don Black at March 10, 2024 08:05 PM (oCjPU)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:03 PM (JwHpX)
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Is this the same person we're doing the Benchmark Blade Test on?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at March 10, 2024 08:05 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:03 PM (JwHpX)
Weasel, I’m pretty sure bluebell has picked her designated shiv target.
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 08:06 PM (bVj5N)
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:27 PM
Yup. Hoping to hit the range next weekend and see how my zero changes from 16 degrees to something a little more tolerable.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 08:06 PM (Wnv9h)
It's a matter of choice. For some, the standard ammo may be enough for the p365. But there are many loads such as the one I use, Speer 124 Luger +P, specifically designed for the shorter barrel. It produces less felt recoil, has more reliable penetration and expansion. It is about 1150 FPS at the barrel which is more than enough to punch through at average engagement distances. It also feeds very reliably. YMMV
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2024 08:07 PM (mMqP+)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:07 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 07:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
I'm trying to keep my range bag FAK down to a minimum. Things that will allow continued shooting, as opposed to the trauma kit I know the range has on the back wall (or the one I carry in my car if I'm going somewhere not that Gucci).
So, those burn dressings are for little spot burns. I'm putting thin moleskin in there for slide rash. Gauze and tape.
The TRAUMA KIT has a tourniquet, clot-making bandages, big burn gel gauze, etc. It also has, as per that article, the standard emergency "blanket". The car also has a wool blanket (even in the summer) for multiple uses.
And everywhere has a flashlight. Because wounds are seldom in a spot you can just say "Hold that up to the light, would you?"
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:07 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 08:06 PM (bVj5N)
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Uh oh.
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:08 PM (JwHpX)
Hi!
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 07:45 PM
*fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 08:09 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:10 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:10 PM (IFNME)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:03 PM (JwHpX)
I'm thinking nurse will be extra dangerous with one of those.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 10, 2024 08:10 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 07:40 PM
You do not get fruit cup.
Posted by: Nurse Diesel at March 10, 2024 08:11 PM (Wnv9h)
For me, it was the Versailles Restaurant in Little Havana, and El Tropico, somewhere not far from the airport, I believe. Mrs. Paco and I plan to return for a visit this year or next, mostly to dive once again into that fabulous Cuban cuisine.
I remember seeing that Royal Castle, but I never managed to drop in for a meal. Mrs. Paco became a naturalized citizen at a monster ceremony in the Orange Bowl in 1984 (VP Bush officiated). What a year! Reagan was reelected president and my beloved Detroit Tigers won the Series!
Posted by: Paco at March 10, 2024 08:11 PM (njExo)
I am cruise curious.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 08:12 PM (t/2Uw)
About ten years ago, I had to go visit Quantico for work. I ran into a sergeant in the USMC Weapons Training Battalion, who were receiving new deliveries of Colt M45A1s at that time. I asked him why the USMC selected 7 round magazines (Wilson Combat 47CBs) for the M45A1 when they could have gone w/ 8 round magazines. He told me that the USMC (i.e. the USMC Weapons Training Battalion) considered the 7 round magazine more reliable than the 8 round magazine. I don't remember why, though.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 08:12 PM (yRXSd)
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I have fond memories of team practice days on range 4!
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:14 PM (JwHpX)
Now to work on convincing everyone we NEVER want to use any of it....except the surgical stapler, of course.....
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 08:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
Here's a reason to compete with a Glock or Glockish pistol - mags and holsters and stuff are very available and cheap.
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:15 PM (IFNME)
My quiet and quaint little burg in northern NH had a home invasion last week. Two black cars with darkened windows and NY plates. Hit a wealthy restaurant owner’s home during the day when she was working. Tore up the inside including the chimney.
The police think they had scoped out the area beforehand, and may have had inside info.
It may be a cartel gang that is bringing “newcomers” in from Canada.
Gun related? I came home and dredged the pond to make sure the ARs were prepared, and instructed the female inhabitants on perimeter security.
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 08:16 PM (bVj5N)
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 08:14 PM
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**slinks down very low to avoid attention**
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 08:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 08:17 PM (t/2Uw)
Lifesaving Skills Every Gun Owner Should Know
Jack Hennessy
https://tinyurl.com/4t3npsbp
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 10, 2024 08:17 PM (2yu8s)
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Those demonstrating a lack of fundamentals practice get the short straw in the surgical stapler lottery!
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:18 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 08:06 PM (bVj5N)
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Uh oh.
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:08 PM (JwHpX)
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Is it true Bluebell is in charge of the mumbly peg event? Two events: shivs and pocketknives.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 10, 2024 08:18 PM (W/lyH)
Handles holsters and pouches well. And since 5.11 pants have long been my standard for shootin' activities, it's nice that they've added two small belt loops (at 90 and 270) to support holsters. Doesn't work/fit for all, but very nice extra support for some.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:18 PM (GcNJ2)
Yep, Wilson Combat definitely makes the most reliable mags that I've ever used. However, Ed Brown has an exchange deal where you can send in your crappy mags and get new ones for 10 bucks apiece. I stocked up on a bunch for range use. They feed hard ball and defensive ammo without a hiccup.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at March 10, 2024 08:20 PM (PWe8a)
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Bluebell is in charge of everything! That is, if she wants to be.
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 08:20 PM (JwHpX)
The 9mm +P ammo I shot was a batch I picked up at my LGS when the first big ammo crunch hit in 2020. It was the only defense load they had left in the store at the time. I tested a few it out of my Beretta 92FS and it was definitely a handful. Since then, I've set it aside for use out of my H&K SP5. The SP5's longer barrel means that the +P load will go more to moving the bullet faster rather than the muzzle flash. The roller delayed blowback action dampens the recoil from a +P load to almost nothing.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 08:21 PM (yRXSd)
So I said, we have three or four - oh, four, I guess. She said "good." So now all of the guns are present and accounted for. Well, except they are in the bottom of the creek. But otherwise - all good!
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:21 PM (IFNME)
Spent just one day in Miami (of course mostly spent on/near Calle Ocho, Little Havana). Before I was seriously into see-gars, but recall the rollers in the windows of the little shops. Food was great. Coffee was in top three of too-much-caffeine for me - had the shakes for a few hours (other two were in Dalat, Vietnam and Lisbon).
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:22 PM (GcNJ2)
I am cruise curious.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 08:12 PM
No worries. If you're cruise curious, I'll put you in touch with the RMBS Mom, the family cruise director and vacation sleuth.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 08:22 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:22 PM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:23 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 08:17 PM
And you thought you escaped New England...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 08:24 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 08:17 PM (t/2Uw)
Chantilly boat show this weekend. Remember how I said it always snows boat show weekend?
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:24 PM (IFNME)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:23 PM
No.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 08:24 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: blaster
😂
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 08:25 PM (t/2Uw)
* the failure by Israel to stockpile several basic consumables in the last decade or more is beyond astonishing and incomprehensible
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:26 PM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:23 PM
No.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 08:24 PM (Wnv9h)
Seems like they should, especially with drones dropping grenades in.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:26 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 10, 2024 08:26 PM (V8he0)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at March 10, 2024 08:27 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:27 PM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:26 PM
Agreed.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 08:28 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:28 PM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Crab apple trees in blossom and daffodils all over the place. We had a two day snowstorm so i got an Amazon sled delivered two days later for my grandson and the snow was already gone.
The weather is the only good part of being a MD resident.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 08:29 PM (t/2Uw)
Maybe it is foreign.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:29 PM (aD39U)
Yes for the M1A1 and M1A2. Not so on the older M60 and M48 tanks, nor the WWII M4 Sherman. The Israelis were the first to use this hatch design. They heavily modified their tanks, including WWII Shermans, to include the latest modifications based on hard won combat experience. Heavily up-gunned 105mm armed versions of the Sherman remained in Israeli service into the 1980s.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 08:30 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at March 10, 2024 08:27 PM (wBaIH)
It is always hard to make and take recommendations on this. Different body types and cothes wear and all. That being said, I got this from AMZN and it works well for me:
https://a.co/d/iRMEP46
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:30 PM (IFNME)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:31 PM (GcNJ2)
https://a.co/d/iRMEP46
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:30 PM (IFNME)
My EDC is a P365XL with optic
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:32 PM (IFNME)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:18 PM (GcNJ2)
My only problem is they are web belts, basically. Those, to me, are not wearable with my office clothing. They would scream "This belt is out of place! Looky here!"
I also still have not sized my leather (with extra core) ratchet belt. So I'm not going to criticize anyone.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:33 PM (69JzL)
{types 1500-word rant against the chrono-tyranny that is Daylight Saving Time} {deletes}
Greetings, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and a sleep-deprived hat tip to our host Weasel, provider of the forum.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 08:33 PM (v23vE)
ITYM another puppy ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 08:34 PM (v23vE)
Man, I could tell you some stories; not enough room here. Very briefly, it was, indeed, the era of the Cocaine Cowboys, when bodies were getting dumped on the side of I-95 about once per week. I read a story in the newspaper one time that employees at the local Federal Reserve branch were getting headaches, and it turned out that it was because so much of the money flowing through there was tainted with cocaine. Purchased our first house in Kendall in Dade County in 1985. Found out after the fact that the house next door had been rented out to two drug dealers in succession - both of them were murdered in the house, one of them with a chain saw (don't know if that was life imitating art or the reverse)
Posted by: Paco at March 10, 2024 08:35 PM (njExo)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:23 PM
No.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2024 08:24 PM (Wnv9h)
Seems like they should, especially with drones dropping grenades in.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:26 PM (aD39U)
Maybe with a little bit of a cone to the shape to give it extra incentive to roll off....
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:36 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:36 PM (69JzL)
If you hear the grenade clank on the hatch, duck.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:37 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 10, 2024 08:38 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at March 10, 2024 08:27 PM (wBaIH)
I love my DeSantis Gunhide leather IWB. It's "tuckable" so you can pull your shirt down in the gap between the belt part and the holster itself. I also like 1791 leather holsters. (Yeah, I'm not a kydex kind of guy.)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:38 PM (69JzL)
https://tinyurl.com/y6yuzh4w
has statement by IDF that additional Tavors (and MicroTavors, X95s) will in fact be procured.
But the earlier article had extensive detail on move towards an M4-type platform, and retirement of Tavor as standard service rifle. I think taken together these two articles leave many questions. Possible a little bit of both is correct. In any case we'll see fairly soon, or whenever the IDF's current busy work schedule clears up (cough cough, Lebanon next).
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:39 PM (GcNJ2)
Possibly because they're getting unsat reports about the Tavor's performance in combat from the infantry? Bullpup rifles have drawbacks that may be a problem in intense urban ground combat (like what you'd expect in Gaza). They're not as instinctive to reload w/o taking your eyes off the target downrange. They can be difficult to shoot around corners due to the ejection port coming up against the wall/corner. The compact size of the bullpup also offers less space to add attachments such as vertical grips, red dot sights, lights, night/thermal vision, and other devices to 1913 rail sections relative to a rifle w/ a more conventional layout like an M4.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 08:39 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 10, 2024 08:40 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:41 PM (GcNJ2)
I know I would feel better with it than just the RM380 in my pocket. 16 vs 7 rounds and better defensive ammo.
Also, which is better, vertical or horizontal?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:42 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:43 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 10, 2024 08:43 PM (ENQN6)
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 10, 2024 08:44 PM (ENQN6)
Have shot them (civilian version) a few times, didn't much care for them.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:44 PM (GcNJ2)
https://a.co/d/iRMEP46
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:30 PM (IFNME)
I will only say that I would encourage you to not buy your holsters from China. There are plenty of American kydex holster makers. Among them would be Aliengear, TXC, Versacarry, DeSantis, High Noon (who also sells coffee), and N8.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:45 PM (69JzL)
it is called terrorist
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 10, 2024 08:45 PM (ENQN6)
Oddbob,
After my cataract surgery last fall I went back to my regular optometrist. She fitted me with safety/shooting glasses. This helps because it can be hard to find frames big enough that are comfortable and she has been able to do that for years. They aren't progressives but that should be quite possible.
Posted by: JTB at March 10, 2024 08:45 PM (zudum)
I mean if you're looking for visual deterrence in that setting, why not make a statement.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:47 PM (GcNJ2)
Same Size
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 10, 2024 08:47 PM (ENQN6)
Sonny Crokett's choice, the Miami Classic shoulder rig from Galco.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at March 10, 2024 08:48 PM (PWe8a)
Question is, does Grump have a good selection of white and light-colored linen suits to go with the holster?
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:50 PM (GcNJ2)
Electronic warfare was born in WWII and came of age over the skies of Vietnam and the Middle East. The robots have already been killing each other off for some time before this latest fracas (Patriot vs. SCUD, anti-radar missiles vs. SAMs, cruise missiles vs. ship-launched SAM).
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 08:51 PM (yRXSd)
And a Ferrari. It's all part of the ensemble.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 08:52 PM (sNc8Y)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:42 PM (aD39U)
If you care about "muzzling" or "sweeping" people, then the horizontal is right out. Though they make ones that are tilted a bit, so, at least when you put a hand on it, it isn't aimed exactly at the person behind you.
If your gun is largish (say, a full-size GI 1911), then vertical becomes necessary just to prevent the barrel from sticking the back of your jacket and printing. Unless you're a big guy with lots of horizontal acreage.
I think the vertical ones require a little training to get the disengagement (from the holster) nice and smooth. But horizontals often require a thumb break just to hold the gun in.
Also, tie it to your belt to keep it from getting dangly and visible when you bend over.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:52 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:45 PM (69JzL)
GRITR holsters are manufactured in Arlington By God Texas.
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:52 PM (IFNME)
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Congrats! I read that Louisiana passed permitless CC, but that SC Republicans were arguing about it.... glad to hear that it finally passed.
That makes the majority of states having permitless CC. Now, to work on VA....
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 08:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
I know Galco has holster rigs like that in both nylon and leather.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 08:54 PM (yRXSd)
And, of course,the ones that didn't come on stage had their phone cameras going, lol.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 10, 2024 08:54 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 10, 2024 08:55 PM (ENQN6)
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 08:52 PM (IFNME)
I will apologize profusely, then. That weird combination of letters as the brand name triggers me to think "Chinese" on Amazon.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:56 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 08:50 PM (GcNJ2)
When Miami Vice was on TV, Mrs928 sewed me a linen suit like that. The jacket was good, the pants were almost like gi pants though.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 10, 2024 08:56 PM (aD39U)
Every time I think it's impossible for me to despise a politician more than I already do, he manages to prove me wrong.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 08:59 PM (sNc8Y)
I'm definitely going to need some of those Battleship targets!
Posted by: 496 at March 10, 2024 09:00 PM (Bf+P4)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 10, 2024 09:02 PM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 09:07 PM (t/2Uw)
All that GRITRs is gold
And she's shooting a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows
If LGS stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 10, 2024 09:07 PM (2yu8s)
Posted by: 496 at March 10, 2024 09:00 PM (Bf+P4)
As mentioned, there are others, too. Darts, and I think I've seen a chess one - you don't play chess, but you can shoot at called pieces, I guess. Good targets like that can really help you get those fundamentals and still have fun.
(Note, if you are a very competitive person who must win, please do not participate. You have a gun in your hand.
)Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 09:07 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 09:08 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 09:09 PM (69JzL)
If I win the lottery, I will not reveal my identity ... but there will be signs, and I think owning one of those would be among the first signs.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 09:11 PM (v23vE)
That' tragic. Anyway...
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 10, 2024 09:13 PM (V8he0)
you cant bring them here
without bringing there here
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 10, 2024 09:13 PM (ENQN6)
Posted by: 496 at March 10, 2024 09:00 PM (Bf+P4)
As mentioned, there are others, too. Darts, and I think I've seen a chess one - you don't play chess, but you can shoot at called pieces, I guess. Good targets like that can really help you get those fundamentals and still have fun.
(Note, if you are a very competitive person who must win, please do not participate. You have a gun in your hand. )
Posted by: GWB
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I've seen 496 shoot and I'd bet 100 quatloos that he would win every time!
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 10, 2024 09:14 PM (1eY81)
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 09:14 PM (IFNME)
Only problem is this: that's spelled "Gun Thread."
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 09:15 PM (69JzL)
What? Isn't it enough that there is math, now you want us to read too?!?!?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 10, 2024 07:37 PM (f0/sc)
I was told THERE WOULD BE NO MATH!!!
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 10, 2024 09:17 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 08:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
Part of Greg Ellifritz's Tactical First Aid class is using sutures on a chicken thigh to close up a slit. Then he passed out the surgical stapler, which is so much easier to use, and the class all laughed at the (avoidable) time we'd wasted using the suture needle.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 09:18 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 09:19 PM (bVj5N)
it is called terrorist
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 10, 2024 08:45 PM (ENQN6)
Scoops (h/t, Soylent Green)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 10, 2024 09:19 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 10, 2024 09:20 PM (V8he0)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 10, 2024 07:24 PM (SWiBS)
There is a new war. We must declare war on nature.
Posted by: Mao at March 10, 2024 09:20 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 09:20 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 10, 2024 09:20 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: whig at March 10, 2024 09:20 PM (hKOIV)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 09:19 PM (bVj5N)
Also various golf targets.
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 10, 2024 09:21 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 10, 2024 09:21 PM (V8he0)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 09:23 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 10, 2024 09:20 PM (V8he0)
And that's fine. I just haven't worn sport coats in 20 years or more. and that adjustment seemed harder than IWB holsters.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 09:23 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 09:24 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 10, 2024 09:25 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 10, 2024 09:26 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Weasel at March 10, 2024 09:27 PM (JwHpX)
Posted by: Mao
Pretty sure I know how that's going to turn out in the long run.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 09:27 PM (sNc8Y)
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 09:28 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 09:27 PM (sNc8Y)
You don't want to kill sparrows?
Fine. Go fix tractors.
Posted by: Mao at March 10, 2024 09:29 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: javems at March 10, 2024 09:29 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 10, 2024 09:25 PM (8sMut)
Indeed, C33
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 09:29 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 10, 2024 09:30 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 10, 2024 09:30 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Eromero at March 10, 2024 09:32 PM (NxC5+)
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Joke's on them. The Dolby Theater is on Hollywood Blvd, one block north.
So f*ck off, Jew haters.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 10, 2024 09:32 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 09:34 PM (yRXSd)
Ah, Schnorflepuppy, wait til I tell nurse we have another recruit...consider yourself welcomed to the ranks....
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 09:34 PM (IQ6Gq)
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 10, 2024 09:35 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Eromero at March 10, 2024 09:32 PM
1911ism?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 10, 2024 09:37 PM (a3Q+t)
Shouldn't "on your 6" designs be SoB holsters? Just sayin'.
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 09:37 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: TRex at March 10, 2024 09:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 10, 2024 09:14 PM (1eY81)
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You are far too kind. I hope Chateau SiD is treating you well!
Posted by: 496 at March 10, 2024 09:40 PM (Bf+P4)
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 09:34 PM (IQ6Gq)
Ruh-roh. Did I volunteer for staple-ee duty?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 09:40 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 10, 2024 09:41 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 09:42 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: blaster at March 10, 2024 09:43 PM (IFNME)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 09:43 PM (t/2Uw)
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Well, IF you practice your fundamentals, you well may wind up as the stapler, not the staple-ee...
But wonderful to know there is another who can contribute to any first aid needs....
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 09:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 10, 2024 09:44 PM (V8he0)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:52 PM
There is iron in the words of GWB.
Posted by: Eromero at March 10, 2024 09:44 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 10, 2024 09:46 PM (lt8yw)
But wonderful to know there is another who can contribute to any first aid needs....
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 09:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
I shall endeavor to apply my meager skills to any and all problems that I really hope don't occur, ma'am.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 09:47 PM (v23vE)
I've always thought that the biggest problem with them was the thickness of the grip, especially the ones chambered in .45 ACP. They're terribly unfriendly ergonomically to anyone with smaller hands. Other than that, I don't have any problems with them.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 09:47 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: GWB at March 10, 2024 08:52 PM
There is iron in the words of GWB.
Posted by: Eromero at March 10,
Also greatly assists on the draw.
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 09:47 PM (bVj5N)
Posted by: Eromero at March 10, 2024 09:47 PM (NxC5+)
228 Pro-Hamas Democrats shut down Sunset Boulevard outside Academy Awards. Oscars get late start.
That' tragic. Anyway...
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 10, 2024 09:13 PM (V8he0
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 10, 2024 09:48 PM (as3uC)
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Isn't pretty much any IWB Kydex holster the same?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 10, 2024 09:49 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Eromero at March 10, 2024 09:50 PM (NxC5+)
Thank you for this weeks excellent GT Weasel.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 10, 2024 09:52 PM (f79f5)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 10, 2024 09:53 PM (lt8yw)
Ditto Ed L's comment but I find them less chunky than the G20/21.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 09:54 PM (sNc8Y)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 10, 2024 09:54 PM (1eY81)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-17 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB -
Scheduled for Mar 10, 2024
Liftoff is targeted for 9:09 p.m. PDT (04:09 UTC, 05:09 CET March 11), with backup opportunities available until 11:13 p.m. PDT. Additional options are available on Monday, March 11, starting at 7:14 p.m. PDT.
Posted by: Ciampino - more hurry up & wait at March 10, 2024 09:55 PM (qfLjt)
The primo awards (Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, etc.) are always saved for the end of the show. The technical, behind the scenes awards always get served up first.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 09:56 PM (yRXSd)
For chunkiness, the H&K Mark 23 is right up there at the top.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 09:57 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 10, 2024 09:53 PM (lt8yw)
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I've been experimenting with IWB holsters for a Glock 43. I'm using a cheap Chinese Kydex holster from Amazon that seems okay, but I'm wondering if there is something better that I'm missing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 10, 2024 09:58 PM (bo7UB)
The primo awards (Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, etc.) are always saved for the end of the show. The technical, behind the scenes awards always get served up first.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 09:56 PM
I was actually making fun of the military shooting themselves in their recruiting foot with the tranny stuff.
Posted by: Eromero at March 10, 2024 09:58 PM (NxC5+)
But wanted to not forget to say thx.
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 09:58 PM (bVj5N)
I assumed it matched the brass that he IDed in an early comment. Does it not?
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 09:58 PM (sNc8Y)
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 10:00 PM (bVj5N)
Desperate times lead to desperate measures.
Posted by: Ed L at March 10, 2024 10:00 PM (yRXSd)
Posted by: Grateful at March 10, 2024 10:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Oddbob at March 10, 2024 09:58 PM (sNc8Y
Well, d’uh.
You mean read the comments thoroughly?
Posted by: RI Red at March 10, 2024 10:02 PM (bVj5N)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 10:03 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 10:03 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 10, 2024 10:04 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 10, 2024 10:04 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2024 07:34 PM (oBPoz)
I was kind of astonished by just how much flex there was in the tire with each revolution.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 10, 2024 11:08 PM (tkR6S)
The words in your article seem to be running off the screen in Internet explorer.
I'm not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with internet
browser compatibility but I thought I'd post to let you know.
The design look great though! Hope you get the issue fixed soon. Kudos
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