The Guns We Own

[mikewint]

Dave check out the Springfield XDm .45

 

[Matt308]

Can't go wrong with a GP100. I own a S&W 686+ (7-shot) .357Mag 6 incher. I love the full underlug look. My dad's Model 66 makes a good companion. My 686+ looks like this (pic from internet... to lazy to open the safe).

 

[Matt308]

Dave check out the Springfield XDm .45

He lives in Kalifornia, Mike. While I'm not knocking the XDm, he loses 10rds of mag capacity to the gov't.

 

[mikewint]

Matt, wow, did not know that. Even after market mags? My .357 is the Python there is just something abou it, love its looks though a 6-gun

 

[Matt308]

They won't ship to Kali. He would have to get someone to ship them to him (illegally). You should see what Kali is proposing as I write this. A wonderful law that bans all semi-automatic rifles that feed from removable magazine. And all magazines would have to be forfeited to Kali gov't. Go Kali. Instead of us discussing gun control laws and spiralling into a political discussion, just google it and read the San Jose Mercury News article. Apparently it has alread pass State Senate. 'nuff said. More gun porn please!

 

[Matt308]

Matt, wow, did not know that. Even after market mags? My .357 is the Python there is just something abou it, love its looks though a 6-gun

Yeah I love the Python too. Almost bought one way back in the 1990s. My understanding though is that you want to treat her real gentle. She has a petite frame, but she is a beauty!!

 

[GrauGeist]

Dave check out the Springfield XDm .45

I've eyeballed it (and several others, trust me), but I'm dead-set on replacing my Colt

Can't go wrong with a GP100. I own a S&W 686+ (7-shot) .357Mag 6 incher. I love the full underlug look. My dad's Model 66 makes a good companion. My 686+ looks like this (pic from internet... to lazy to open the safe).

Beautiful!
I have always lusted after the GP100 .357 in SS with a 4" (thought about 6", also) but never got around to purchasing one. I am surprised they are still around, because it always seems anything I would like to get becomes obsolete.

Example: I saw the Winchester Model 94-10 (.410 gauge) and decided I needed it to compliment my pre-64 Model 94...well, by the time I got around to buying one, they were discontinued...

And I am not really happy with the "scary looking gun frightens me" laws here in California...I think it's a serious load of bullsh!t. The ONLY reason I cannot replace my 1911 is because it won't pass that drop-test.

As far as I'm concerned, dropping the weapon with a chambered round from a height of at least 5 feet, miraculously landing just perfectly on the hammer so it discharges is really stretching the limits of reason and I'd like to find the a-hole that passed this legislation and repeatedly kick them in the cajones until my foot goes numb...

 

[mikewint]

Matt, once again did not know that about Calif. Sad
An added bonus for the Python - It is a Proven Zombie Killer as Rick has demonstrated many times!!

 

[Matt308]

As far as I'm concerned, dropping the weapon with a chambered round from a height of at least 5 feet, miraculously landing just perfectly on the hammer so it discharges is really stretching the limits of reason and I'd like to find the a-hole that passed this legislation and repeatedly kick them in the cajones until my foot goes numb...

Who has made that determination? Kali gov't!?!? Sounds arbitrary. Get a series 80 1911 with a firing pin safety block. Problem solved.

 

[GrauGeist]

Who has made that determination? Kali gov't!?!? Sounds arbitrary. Get a series 80 1911 with a firing pin safety block. Problem solved.

The same group of doichebags that ban "scary looking" weapons and call everything with a detachable clip an "assault wepon" never mind that the mini14 rancher is legal but the exact same mechanism in paramilitary dress is illegal...same rate of firepower, same caliber, only that the wood stock makes it legal because it isn't scary looking...

Those girly-men politicians in Sacto remind me of those goats that fall over dead when the umbrella opens...

 

[Torch]

Hey Matt,just fyi. Had a 3" 66 that I really liked. let my wife use it for her NRA safety class. All was fine and dandy with my sissy loads and normal reloads. The wife had run out so I reached into my bag and pulled out another box of .357s.......HOT HOT HOT .357s,needless to say the wife was no longer happy and I had to use a 2x4 on the ejector to get rid of the spent shells. Point is it's a great little gun but i would avoid using hot rounds thru it for extended shooting times.

 

[bobbysocks]

drop those politicions from 5 feet and see if they discharge anything! couldnt be worse than the crap they are spewing now... only problem is what kali does the rest of the country does sooner or later....shades of things to come i fear.

 

[Torch]

... Some i still have,some are gone.

 

[Matt308]

Hey Matt,just fyi. Had a 3" 66 that I really liked. let my wife use it for her NRA safety class. All was fine and dandy with my sissy loads and normal reloads. The wife had run out so I reached into my bag and pulled out another box of .357s.......HOT HOT HOT .357s,needless to say the wife was no longer happy and I had to use a 2x4 on the ejector to get rid of the spent shells. Point is it's a great little gun but i would avoid using hot rounds thru it for extended shooting times.

I'd bet money they were reloads or out of SAAMI specs for .357mag. If you had to hammer them out, then they were likely someones attempt to hotrod the .357 which does not need any help pressure wise. And if you hammered your crane, I hope you check it for true. You may have done some serious damage.

And while I do not wish to admonish anybody, the worse thing one can do to a new or novice shooter is the "YouTube Funny" of loading a .44Mag with lite .44special rounds with a hot 300gr .44Mag or load a .357mag with lite .38spl rounds with one 180gr hot .357mag round. That will chase new shooters off quicker than Lucky in a bar with no liquor.

 

[Torch]

The rounds were in spec,I didn't whack it too hard with the 2x4,everything was ok afterwards,just that the larger S&W frames deal with hotter loads a bit better.Those were my reloads and no I didn't try to prank the wife, I just happened to grab the 158gr bullets without carefully looking at the label. I started her on .22lr to warm up,then sissy .38spl loads,then my mistake. She's forgiven me by now.........I think.

 

[Matt308]

 

[MacArther]

....She's forgiven me by now.........I think.

Depends....Are you still on the couch?

 

[GrauGeist]

 

[Matt308]

Those are some nice looking guns there Torch. Wouldn't mind having your Sig just to say I owned one.

 

[Torch]

The 220 match is one of the ones I got rid of,was pretty accurate but I could never get used to it's SAO trigger compared to the TRP in the pic. A good trigger on a 1911 is hard to beat. I have an Ed Brown and that TRP gives it a run for it's money.