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 Captain Fantastic wrote:
We can't have guns on Okinawa, however, I'm putting aside a fair bit of money to buy something nice when I get back. The industry changes a lot in two years, and so do laws.

I don't hunt, nor am I particularly fond of shooting paper all day, so I don't know why I'm thinking about this. I hate shooting, if I'm being honest. It's more of a chore for me than it is enjoyable, especially if I have to pay for ammunition.

Anyway, I'll probably just get an obligatory AR-15 M4gery, Cerakote it Coyote Brown and throw an Eotech or something on it. I have such a massive collection of expensive tactical gear. It would be a waste to not use it for anything. Since I've had the esteemed pleasure of carrying around an M16A4 on my body at all times for weeks at a time, I'm personally drawn to things that are lightweight and unobtrusive.

If you aint having fun, you're doing it wrong. Come out to Utah and we'll show you how to have fun shooting...oh wait, I'm in Japan too for the foreseeable future. But the military has a way of sucking the fun out of anything.

I could see that working well enough. Apparently when a compensator is made right, it can REALLY pull down on the recoil

 Captain Fantastic wrote:
There isn't much worse of a feeling than realizing that you left your rifle somewhere, or that someone else has it.

The same applies to Super Hornets, oddly.


Anyway, as much as I'm a 1911 guy - nothing fits my hand better - I just can't carry one. I want my carry to be something I can treat like gak, thus the HK. The P30's a very close second to the 1911 in terms of ergonomics, and I can abuse the hell out of it and it just begs for more.

 dementedwombat wrote:
The recoil compensator on the front is supposed to help, although I really don't know how well it ends up working. At least someone said it feels less recoil than a standard 1911, but it's pointed straight back rather than twisting or lifting. But like I said I wouldn't know since I don't have the disposable income for both a high quality 1911 and a conversion kit at the moment.

I hear on that.

on the positive went to the range Saturday to hide from the five womminz inhabiting the house at the time (I was floating in waves of estrogen). Managed to find some .22s and remembered why I love short range bullseye shooting. I even managed to go old school at the end and have fun "going Israeli" (from an old movie) where you shoot once anywhere on the paper with a .22 pistol but your second shoot has to hit the first hole. Can't do it often, but man thats fun when I can.

I'd like to own a firearm and do a bit of recreational shooting, but UK gun laws make it pretty damn hard.

 Seaward wrote:

 Captain Fantastic wrote:
There isn't much worse of a feeling than realizing that you left your rifle somewhere, or that someone else has it.

The same applies to Super Hornets, oddly.


Anyway, as much as I'm a 1911 guy - nothing fits my hand better - I just can't carry one. I want my carry to be something I can treat like gak, thus the HK. The P30's a very close second to the 1911 in terms of ergonomics, and I can abuse the hell out of it and it just begs for more.

Get a 1911 that wont break the bank. My RIA was sub $500 and it's my EDC. Just over the weekend, I went hiking and had the Rock with me IWB. I use Flitz gun polish which helps keep the rust away. You just need to clean out the dust bunnies that seem to crawl down the barrel or sit between the hammer and the firing pin. Carry OWB eliminates the issues of rust or dust bunnies, but the chance of someone seeing the pistol and giving you the OHMYGAWD A GUN!! look increases. Plus, every once in a while, you get a LEO who doesnt understand the law.

 Spacemanvic wrote:
Get a 1911 that wont break the bank. My RIA was sub $500 and it's my EDC. Just over the weekend, I went hiking and had the Rock with me IWB. I use Flitz gun polish which helps keep the rust away. You just need to clean out the dust bunnies that seem to crawl down the barrel or sit between the hammer and the firing pin. Carry OWB eliminates the issues of rust or dust bunnies, but the chance of someone seeing the pistol and giving you the OHMYGAWD A GUN!! look increases. Plus, every once in a while, you get a LEO who doesnt understand the law.

Eh. I made the mistake of starting with a semi-custom as my first 1911 (a Baer), so, while I've bought considerably below that price point since, I end up spending so much tuning a Springfield Mil-Spec or whatever up to configuration I got used to with my Baer that I might as well have just bought another Baer.

I like the P30 for other reasons, anyway. I'm pretty confident it could go its whole life without a cleaning if I really wanted to run it that way. I like that I could leave it at the bottom of the Potomac for a year and pull it out and use it. Etc. It's just a little more peace of mind.

I ended up getting a stainless Colt Combat Commander for about $600 from a friend. He got it at a pawn shop apparently and was going to flip it because I believe it's worth a little more than that. Once I grabbed a spare set of my dad's double diamond wood grips to replace the rubber monstrosities it came with I was incredibly happy with it.

Strange thing though, one of the magazines that came with it 100% fails to feed on the last round, the shell is sticking straight up inside the magazine. The gun fires amazingly well with other magazines, but I'm guessing that's why it was in the pawn shop originally, because before I did the "magazine test" I just assumed I'd bought a lemon that jammed all the time.

It's going to be my carry gun as soon as I stop being on a school campus that frowns on such things, but I'm going to have to fit an ambi safety. Firearms are not kind to left handed people with dominant right eyes. You' should see my pistol stance, left finger on the trigger holding it way over so I can use my right eye...looks goofy as hell but they stopped laughing when I punched out the center of the target (admittedly that was with an M9 at qualification. Firing an M9 hardly counts as shooting, the thing just kinda sat limp in my hands and didn't even move when I shot it.).

Hey, badass shots are badass shots. Dont use excuses and talk them down

.50 DE...

thats just the gun that wussies who cant handl the 45-70 revolvers buy...




(JOKING LOL)


to be frank though... going from a .45 to a .50... would never be worth the $, or the huge impractical size of the DE, just makes it a novelty. Id rather have a tokarev then a DE

I'd rather have a 1911 in .44 Magnum if such a beautiful firearm actually exists.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I'd rather have a 1911 in .44 Magnum if such a beautiful firearm actually exists.

Not when the bolt/barrel go boom on you!

Your cowardice is noted Frazzeled. If they can make a 1911 in .357 safely I'm sure they can get a Dirty Harry special.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Your cowardice is noted Frazzeled. If they can make a 1911 in .357 safely I'm sure they can get a Dirty Harry special.

I have a piece of a blackhawk .44 cylinder still in my butt from a .44 blowing. SAAMI laughs at your 1911, Yul Brenner King and I style...ho ho ho...

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
This thread is making me want to hit up the range Shame it'll be a few years before I can get a license for my own firearm

The flag says you're posting from good ol' Murrca, yet you speak of a firearms license. Are...are you from one of those states?

 CrashUSAR wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
This thread is making me want to hit up the range Shame it'll be a few years before I can get a license for my own firearm

The flag says you're posting from good ol' Murrca, yet you speak of a firearms license. Are...are you from one of those states?

He's a recent immigrant.

I think its because he's one of those dern ferrenners who's come to America, land of Tex Mex, and become a citizen.

Remember on your citizenship test, that the test is the point of the view of the evil colonials AND NOT THE English!!!

Also "because the Yankees were jealous of the greatness of Texas" is an acceptable answer as to why the Union started the war and invaded the sweet innocent South.

Also, Comancheria is not a type of slushy

Also, the national language of the USA is officially Spanish.

Also America won WWI, WWII, and the Cold War singlehandedly. Any other answer is false. Alas we lost both the War on Drugs, and the War of the Waistline.

Also, the Cowboy's are God's Team. Washington, is the other guy's team.

 CrashUSAR wrote:
The flag says you're posting from good ol' Murrca, yet you speak of a firearms license. Are...are you from one of those states?

 whembly wrote:
He's a recent immigrant.

Yup, I'm just off the boat (well, plane) so it is a few more years before I can get my citizenship, and things like the gun license

 Frazzled wrote:
I think its because he's one of those dern ferrenners who's come to America, land of Tex Mex, and become a citizen.

Remember on your citizenship test, that the test is the point of the view of the evil colonials AND NOT THE English!!!

Also "because the Yankees were jealous of the greatness of Texas" is an acceptable answer as to why the Union started the war and invaded the sweet innocent South.

Also, Comancheria is not a type of slushy

Also, the national language of the USA is officially Spanish.

Also America won WWI, WWII, and the Cold War singlehandedly. Any other answer is false. Alas we lost both the War on Drugs, and the War of the Waistline.

Also, the Cowboy's are God's Team. Washington, is the other guy's team.

Thanks for the tips Frazz Being from Ireland I'm sure I can remember to give the colonists point of view

Irish eh? You're a shoe in for either a cop or fire fighter

 KingCracker wrote:
Irish eh? You're a shoe in for either a cop or fire fighter

I'm currently neither, I work in a hotel

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:
Irish eh? You're a shoe in for either a cop or fire fighter

I'm currently neither, I work in a hotel

You could open a hotel for firefighting cops.

 Frazzled wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:
Irish eh? You're a shoe in for either a cop or fire fighter

I'm currently neither, I work in a hotel

You could open a hotel for firefighting cops.

And wiener dogs

If you wanted a gun, why didn't you just go to the Isle of Mann?

 KingCracker wrote:
Irish eh? You're a shoe in for either a cop or fire fighter

I probably laughed too hard at this

 Musashi363 wrote:
If you wanted a gun, why didn't you just go to the Isle of Mann?

Because my wife is American

Good answer!

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I'd rather have a 1911 in .44 Magnum if such a beautiful firearm actually exists.

I believe somebody made a .50 1911. Think It was called .50GI.

Found it.
http://www.guncrafterindustries.com/model1_50gi.shtml

Hmmmm.

Don't have a ton of stuff, just what I deem necessary to protect myself and my family.

95B CZ .45x1
Taurus slim 9mmx1 (for the wife)
Remington 700 30.06x1

I'd like to add a 12 gauge Mossberg pump to the list.

 mega_bassist wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:
Irish eh? You're a shoe in for either a cop or fire fighter

I probably laughed too hard at this

Tell me Im wrong!


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 Supertony51 wrote:
Hmmmm.



I'd like to add a 12 gauge Mossberg pump to the list.

You and me are on the same page. My brother has a Remington 870, which I like, but my cousin has a 500 which I love. Its just better in small ways everywhere on the weapon.

Remington 700 30.06x1

I'd like to add a 12 gauge Mossberg pump to the list.

Old school!