Recent content by antsi

That helps - thanks!

I'd like to try this combo, and not having much luck finding data. I've got 95 grain plated bullets. If you have applicable load data, I would appreciate your sharing :)

Investigating a possible job opportunity in Portland, so I'd like to know what the scene is like there for gun nuts. I know about the CCW laws. Too bad the reciprocity isn't better, but otherwise seems reasonable. I would like to know if there are any unusually good or unusually bad gun laws...

I've shot 357 SIG, 10mm, 45 ACP, and 9x19mm from GA Arms. It has generally been good ammo. It's not match ammo, but it is perfectly good for practice/plinking. I did have one cartridge of 357 SIG that had a defective casing and would not have been safe to shoot; however the defect was obvious...

Whenever you talk about violent crime or self defense, you are talking about rare, unusual events that are statistically unlikely to happen to any one of us. Simply by not being a juvenile gang member or an adulterer or a drug dealer probably runs our odds of actually needing a gun down...

Jeff, I'll accept your professional experience on this one. I was under the impression that if you are engaged in a criminal activity that results in a killing, then you are responsible for that killing. I guess I am wrong. For what it's worth, I agree with your original point that 200-odd...

I'm not sure what your point is here. If you're saying that most of these self-defense shooters were themselves criminals, and their need for self-defense was a direct result of committing a crime, then I don't think that would be ruled justifiable homicide. To take your example, if a drug...

Like any right, it is up to us to exercise them responsibly. Like, going into a biker bar and making remarks at the patrons calling into question their heterosexuality. I guess I have a first amendment right to express that opinion, but that doesn't mean it's an intelligent thing to do.

I'm still not clear. Are you saying: 1) the point of aim changed when you switched to 357 SIG - in this case, you would still be shooting tight groups, but the groups are centered low on the target instead of on the x ring 2) the group size opened up AND tended to center low on the target...

This is one of those (many) issues that come down to a difference between ideals and reality. If we are talking about what is ultimately right and wrong, then I agree with the purists. We shouldn't have to have a permit to carry. Basic human rights should not require permits. The permit...

My favorite comment:

I would be surprised if any of the schools allow carry on campus. Illinois is far and away the worst of your choices from a gun laws perspective. No CCW, nohow, nowhere. You will have to get a FOID card - basically a gun owner license - to posess, transport, or purchase guns or ammo. Things...

Look at it this way: if you hadn't showed up the next day and just decided to walk away from the deal, would he have been justified in tracking you down and making you buy the gun? If no, then you didn't really have a deal. A deal is only a deal if both parties are obligated to do their part...

I carry a P 232 (almost the same gun) in a Ken Null SMZ shoulder holster. This is what I use for my "business suit" carry method, although it could work with anything as long as your outfit includes a jacket or some other kind of cover garment. http://www.klnullholsters.com/ This system...

I agree that passing a new AWB is not high on the agenda they are publicly talking about right now. However, that can change. Politicians realizing that gun control is a loser in election years is not the same thing as politicians giving up on gun control. Get them past the election...