bullseye308
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I carry a Glock 17 or 17L with a TLR-1 HL daily all day and whichever one I'm not wearing is holstered on the night table. My wife has a Ruger SR9C on her side as well as my S&W mod 67.
Wut in tarnation is the little sucker washers on the barrel in front of the handguard?
which ammo for the ar15?
If they are anything like m855s they go through walls so know consider your target and what lies beyond itPMC Green tip.
Food for thought. Thanks.....I have decided to choose firearms that aren't quite as offensive to the ears.
So primarily, I've got 45s lined up for HD.
Indeed!And a very good reason for the de-regulation and application for sound suppressors.
First you would be surprised at what was able to kill or stop someone back forty or fifty years ago. Additionally there have been great strides made in ammunition and rounds are available today that make older calibers in sound pistols more capable today. Your Grand Dad's Regulation .32 can safely be fired with Buffalo Bore, Glaser Safety, or Magsafe rounds. Yes, I know that some are available in only .32 ACP, but that can be safely fired in a weapon like the Regulation .32. The real good news is that rounds like Magsafe won't over penetrate.My grandfather relied for years on a Smith and Wesson Regulation Police revolver chambered for the .32 Long cartridge. He did not believe it very effective, on the basis of the worrisome experience of the law enforcement officer who had owned it before.
But it was what he had. It sat on his nightstand for as long as I could remember.
I ended up with it. It was what I had.
Later, I acquired a more effective handgun. It too stayed in the bedroom. Concealed carry was not permitted then, and it never really occurred to me that a handgun kept in the bedroom might very well not be available to me timely should the need arise. But that's another issue.
Many people put their faith in handguns that they know to be marginal, because they have to. Many others rely on handguns that they do not know to question.
We all take what we can get. Given the choice, I will not keep at the bedside (1) any derringer; (2) any pistol chambered in .25 ACP. .22 short, or .32 short; or (3) any handgun with very high sound pressure or great penetration, such as a .500 S&W. A 22 LR would not be on my list, but if it were all I had, it would have to do.
A .32 Long or .38 S&W would not make the short list, either.
Someone in another thread keeps a five shot .410 revolver with three inch chambers. That would work for me, it it were what I had, but it would not be my first choice . A five shot .44 Special with a three inch barrel from the same maker would would be preferable for me.. Actually, a six shot Smith and Wesson .44 would rank above that.
Today, my home defense handgun is my carry gun. It stays with me, under my control, all the time, and I do not have to put in on or take it off whenever I come and go.
That keeps me from seeking a good S&W .44 Special Model 24 for defensive purposes, but I sure would like to have one.
Well, a .22 Short can kill today, and forty or fifty years ago is to me the rather recent past.First you would be surprised at what was able to kill or stop someone back forty or fifty years ago.
To some degree, perhaps, but not enough for me. I draw the line at .380 ACP.Additionally there have been great strides made in ammunition and rounds are available today that make older calibers in sound pistols more capable today.
They still penetrate building materials less that handgun rounds. Rifling spin destabilized after contact with materiel. This has been a truism for decades.If they are anything like m855s they go through walls so know consider your target and what lies beyond it
Today, my home defense handgun is my carry gun. It stays with me, under my control, all the time, and I do not have to put in on or take it off whenever I come and go.
Thieves commonly observe, or obtain local knowledge from others that may live in close proximity to a target. In other words, if you have a Browning Buckmark or NRA sticker on your pickup truck window, or sometimes are seen leaving with cased firearms etc you can become a target. I know someone who had a "Come And Take It" sticker on their vehicle. One day, while they were in a store, someone(s) broke into their vehicle and took it."But nothing will stop determined intruders with certainty. An evil doer may push in with or behind someone we want to enter. Or some workman may have found a key and absconded with it unnoticed."
And good points. First, the home is really no different than a gun safe - how long will it resist a determined attack? On the one hand, the intruder given hours or even days to get in will, eventually. On the other, how many gun safes do you see sitting in an open garage door on Saturday morning as you drive thru a neighborhood?
We can and should do a lot more about our home security just by not advertising what we own. That is in some circles a very difficult proposition as there is a "keep up with the Joneses" attitude where homeowners like to publicly display all their material wealth. It's a bit of a slap down to explain they are just shooting themselves in the foot and attracting criminals.
Same homeowner may also be handing out keys that can be easily duplicated - how many on YOUR keyring can be made at a machine in the front entrance of a Big Box store or hardware store counter? It's simply the wrong choice - to either be gone when they are there working, or to give someone unlimited access. You might develop a trusting relationship with some tradesmen and contractors but it's amazing to read the anecdotal stories from cops and locksmiths about who comes in with what key to be duplicated. I've even done with Government keys marked Do Not Duplicate - I needed one that was otherwise unavailable to get into my own quarters.
As a supplying commercial locksmith I've refused to duplicate them plenty of times.
Point being if there is no reason to go to your house and it's harder to get into than most then the perps walk away. Surf window film vendors for home camera video of thugs throwing concrete blocks at patio doors and see. We spend a lot of time discussing what gun, what load, what tactics but it's all based on a complete failure to stop intruders at the property line in the first place. It's based on a policy of failure - and then the gun is the tool of last choice.
It would seem the Higher Road to address it up front than celebrate a culture of entrapment and lethal force. No, people aren't supposed to want to get into our house. On the other hand, we aren't supposed to keep perpetuating making it easy and then relate horror stories over how we failed and our last ditch efforts to protect our family and possessions.