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Dying for lack of shooting back is not a good plan.

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I'm planning on converting a Sig 5.56 pistol to an SBR by adding a folding stock. I understand that I'm "manufacturing" an NFA item when I do so and must mark the receiver. Is there any particular information that's required, or could I just engrave my initials on the receiver?

It's inconceivable to me that you would try to teach a physical skill that you haven't mastered yourself. The goal of the instructor is for the students to become better than he is, but how can they do that without being shown proper technique? It may be that you've slowed down in your old...

The one disadvantage to being a lefty on the firing line is that, instead of the brass from the firing position to your left hitting you in the back and bouncing off, it's coming at your face and trying to go down your shirt. :eek: You learn real quick to get the firing position farthest to...

Good debate, lots of good points. John Farnam is an advocate of the "zipper" technique, i.e. at close range, start shooting as soon as the muzzle of your handgun is on something worth shooting and continue shooting as you move it up to the COM/thorax. However, even he will tell you it's not...

Kinda like the piece of shoe string that, when tied to the operating handle of an M1A makes it go bang more than once per pull of the trigger. You can do the same sort of thing with a rubber band on an M4gery. :rolleyes:

Only if the BG knows their way around my house in the dark, can get past my dogs and knows that I'm in bed. This isn't a realistic test. There's no reason not to have a gun within easy reach while you're asleep, but it needs to require you to be somewhat awake to access it. I've got a S&W...

Another problem is when you must end the threat with a brain stem shot. Suicide bombers come to mind. Any quality self defense ammo will almost certainly overpenetrate on a brain stem shot. Before anyone pooh-poohs this as a far fetched scenario, it has indeed happened in several instances in...

What psyopspec said, though it depends on the individual department's policy. Some big city departments don't allow their officers to carry off duty. :barf:

Add to that Kellerman's unnecessarily bloodthirsty assumption that the only thing that counted as a DGU was when the criminal intruder was killed and the ratio is even more out of whack. The great majority of times a gun is presented in the face of a criminal attack it is not even fired and the...

Strange, I've sealed up 100 round boxes of WWB 9mm to store in the trunk of my car as part of my BOB gear and they worked just fine after 6 months in the trunk in an Arkansas summer. Can't tell you why yours didn't work, but mine weren't hurt at all.

That's the much derided Kellerman study which concluded that a "gun in the home is 43 times more likely to kill someone in the home than a criminal" and has been thoroughly discredited. Not only did he cherry pick data, he made some of it up out of whole cloth. I believe he has actually...

You have experienced first hand an extended interview. The guy keyed in on you for whatever reason, maybe because you looked like you might have something he would want or might be vulnerable. During the extended interview process, you did or said something or were simply aware enough that he...

If someone is taking my 50 inch plasma TV I wouldn't shoot 'em in the back, I'd... SHOOT THE TV. If I can't have it, neither can they. :evil:

You're fooling yourself then. That's true, but in order to qualify you need to practice more than twice a year. I've noticed lately an increase in the number of our officers who don't qualify the first time around, maybe by a few points and then qualify the second or third time...

The flip side of that argument is that now I'm seeing far fewer idiots at the range step up to the line and blow through a full mag in 10 seconds, maybe hitting the target twice out of 15 shots or so. I usually load my mags with no more than 6 rounds for most practice, 1 or 2 if I'm practicing...

Accept it. Or send it to me. I'll pay shipping and whatever your son paid + 10%. :D Seriously, I would take what I could get when it comes to .380. I understand the moral dilemma, but it's a self-imposed dilemma. I avoid shopping at Wally World when I can, but when it's something I can't...

:rolleyes: You don't shoot much, do you? A two day defensive pistol class is usually set up for at least 1,000 rounds. A three day class means each shooter should bring 1500 rounds. So far, I've been finding a way. What's your excuse?

Exactly. If I run across 500 or a 1,000 rounds and it doesn't hurt the budget, I'll buy it so I don't have to scrounge when I want to go to the range. The worst problem I usually run into is when people can't find enough to take our CCW class. Then I'll sell them a box at the price I bought...