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    Ready For My CCL Renewal Class

    The Illinois qualifying test is absurdly simple. I would be seriously worried about any individual who could not pass this test of marksmanship even owning a firearm (but I do not dispute their right to do so). The target is a standard sillouette target about 2x3 feet in size. The shooter fires...
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    If You Could Have Only One Carry Piece For SD What Would It Be?

    I love my 642 and it is the one I often grab when leaving the house. But the low capacity concerns me more and more as time goes on and I read about assaults by more than one thug. My Glock 26 is probably the one I should choose with its 10+1 capacity, total reliability (especially here in...
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    Guns you thought you’d like but didn’t…

    Two for me. One was the Kimber Ultra Carry II. That gun just looked, and felt great in my hand. Seemingly excellent workmanship. More accurate than I had a right to expect from a 3 inch barrel firing 45acp. But that same short barrel seemed to be what caused endless numbers of FTE and FTF. I am...
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    Illinois bans the Ruger 10/22 (among others)

    I'm considering getting a lever action 357 mag carbine since it appears that such a rifle will stay legal everywhere.
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    Tulsa Police Chief: Might be Time to Trade Some Freedom for Gun Control

    Many who favor gun control actually have the delusion that if guns were banned and effectively eliminated, violent crime would disappear. This is the fantasy in their minds that they never really dwell on or think through. If there were no firearms the young, tough and ruthless criminals would...
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    S&W defense of the 2A

    I've always liked S&W and believe that their revolvers are of the quality I desire. I own two S&W revolvers, a nickel Model 19 with 4 inch barrel (which is my only gun that I feel has sentimental value for me) and a much newer 642 airweight. I would not part with either gun even if I were forced...
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    Where Are The Glock 17 Generation 4's?

    Why would you prefer a 4 over a 5? Nothing against the Gen 4, that is the gun I keep in my bedside table for home defense and I trust it with my life.
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    UT Tower shooting - 55 years ago

    I think for most people alive at that time, this was the first "mass shooting" that they had ever heard of. I was on active duty at the time in El Paso, TX and do not recall hearing single instance of anyone, in or out of the media, using the shooting as a call for gun control. Whitman was also...
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    Rugers next new product

    I've always wanted a lever action 357, and I've always liked Rugers. Especially if they keep the price down to a reasonable amount.
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    No more new cartridges

    Making guns and ammunition is a BUSINESS, the purpose of which is to make a profit. Just as there are those that have to have the latest and greatest computer equipment or smart phones, there are those always looking at how to spend their money on something new in the gun business. Coming out...
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    How long does it take to break into a GunVault with hand tools?

    I have two of the small GunVault storage boxes. I keep the emergency key for each in the other GunVault so unless both fail at the same time I can always get into it to get my guns. Each is bolted from the inside into a sturdy piece of furniture. Obviously it will not stop a determined thief...
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    Do You Have a USELESS firearm?

    None useless but a few that I rarely if ever fire, and could likely sell or lose without hesitation even though they are perfectly functional firearms. I can't remember the last time I fired my Ruger P97dc but I'm sure if needed or wanted it would fire perfectly well. Its just not worth enough...
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    If you could have any 20 guns

    Why 20? That's like asking me if I could have homes in twenty locations, where would they be. Ask me what guns I would chose if I could have just one, or just two or another very low number, then I have to truly prioritize what firearms I would want and for what purposes. For me, if I had to, I...
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    Why Are Suppressors So Popular?

    When real world suppressors work like the Hollywood version, where I could practice my marksmanship in my bedroom while my wife was asleep and she wouldn't hear anything at all but a pfffft of air, then I will jump through whatever hoops exist so that I can get one. But I don't expect such a...
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    Has the current firearms / ammo / component situation changed your shooting habits ?

    I used to go to my pistol club with indoor ranges only about twice a month. Now I go about once every two or three months. Mostly its due to concern over Covid19 and the reality that more members seem to be going to shoot than ever before (I guess because there is so much less to do with spare...
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    Good talking point against Antis

    While I know that logic, reason and facts will not convert an anti in a pro gun individual, I find it intolerable to let stand the nonsense that I have often seen in social media regarding the "need" for more gun control, and I try my best to present facts to show how wrong they are for...
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    what i like about this site.

    I think the this forum is weaker, not stronger, because of the ban on anything smacking of politics. Like it or not, everything to do with guns is political. A sizable part of the American population supports political activities intended to end or limit the rights we possess under the 2nd...
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    Don't sell that firearm unless you need the money

    I value the security that my guns offer me. I have no hesitation to sell most any of my guns that I am not counting on to meet a specific need. However, some handguns that I might sell might only bring me a small amount of money that I am not in desperate need of right now, and where I just like...
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    Gun Shop Stories

    Obviously it was someone new to guns. But by the end of the range visit he knew how to load his gun, how to fire it, and after one box of rounds has some idea of what accurately he can shoot, at least at the 10 foot distance. For many people this is enough to make them feel safe so that if and...
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    Gun Shop Stories

    Over the years I have twice been told by employees at a gun shop that my business was not welcome in their store. Both cases stemmed from me overhearing the clerk give some really bad info to a customer who obviously knew little to nothing about guns, and in both cases I opened my mouth and gave...
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