Hmmm. Extra points for the S&W. Of the two carry solutions, The Clip Draw looks to me like the better one. I’d rather add the “insert” (clipdraw) than replace the stock (baramhipgrip). Have you used both? Which one do you prefer?
I can see where you’re coming from, unclviny, regarding the size of the PPK, it is a small pistol. I’ve got a buddy that says it’s got “All the power of a .22 with the kick of a 45” What a comedian. :rolleyes:
But you’re not bitter, right? Heh-heh. I don’t know where the line originally came from, but I think it was Monty Python, about the “bobbies” (do you still call 'em that?) saying
“Stop! Or I’ll say ‘Stop!’ again!”
That always cracked me up. BTW, that sounds like some fancy shootin’ iron you got there. HAve you had it’s value appraised? Sounds like it might be worth a pound or two.
Hello Winston Smith.
Whereabouts do you hail from? I bought that shotgun a couple of years ago for £270, which was a very good deal. Only despite being a handcrafted gun, it isn’t very valuable over here because for a start the maker is unspecified, and mainly it’s French, and the Brits are a bit chauvinistic about that sort of thing. If it was by a British maker it would have an extra zero on the price tag.
I don’t care, I’m French, and I like it. And it handles really well, and it makes a provocative fashion statement, [Miss Piggy]as vous can clearly see [/Miss Piggy].
My Taurus Model 94 .22 revolver, with a 4-inch, underlug barrel and target sites, and a black finish. Will fire anything that is .22 rimfire caliber. Blanks, shotshells, .22 shorts, .22 gallery rounds, CP caps, BB caps, you name it!
Hey Uncle Bill I bought one of these, brand new, when I lived in Oregon. I thought it was extremely well made (solid steel) but it had serious problems. It seemed quite heavy for the power of its round, yet it kicked like a #$@ing mule! Not only that, the grip had a circular hole in the back strap with sharp edges that cut into my hand when it recoiled. I eventually unloaded it for those reasons, along with thinking the 9x18 Makarov round didn’t have a future. ( I mean, what’s its market niche?)
have you experienced any of the above with yours?
Zorro I’m from Boston, and let me tell you, it’s really difficult to get a LTC (licence to carry) here. I took the safety course a few years ago, but the Police Chief in the town I was living in refused to sign off on my lic. I’ve since moved, and I actually re-applied on Sept. 10 last year. In the wake of the Sept. 11 event, a lot of people applied, and though it took 6 weeks to process, I got my licence.
I didn’t google it, but I think the exchange rate is about 2:1, so I’d estimate you paid in the neighborhood of $500 - $600 USD. If my math is right (though it probably isn’t), that does sound like a real nice price for an exquisite gun.
I bought my Walther from a close friend who collects armaments of all kinds, ranging from the Walther all the way up to 50 cal. machine guns, land mines, morter shells and Etc. He’s quite a character.
I’ve seriously considered purchasing this rifle, you say you like it? How does it compare to other AK clones in your opinion? Is the accuracy just total crap or just ok… nothing spectacular? Sorry for all the questions I was just pleased to see somebody say they own one since I’m thinking about buying one.
**Yes, big kick for that size, upward more than back.
**Not seen this on mine, but grips vary. I just got a sore spot from pushing lots of rounds through.
**I trained against it, my opposite in the Soviet Union carried one, so I wanted to get to know it. Other than that, it is cheap, and unique-ish.
Oh what a joyous subject:
My carry with me everywhere I go (and so beloved a tool that I can’t imagine not having her) piece is a Beretta 92FS with Hogue wraparound finger groove grips and a re-worked 10 lb DA/3 lb SA trigger that’s slicker than snot on a gut (as my dad would say). The only other things I’d consider doing to her is equipping her with Trijicon sights and texturing the trigger.
My shotgun is a preban Mossberg 500 series 20 guage with a Choate pistol grip/shoulder stock.
The rifles are a 1936 Remington single shot .22LR and a 1954 Enfield .303 British. The .22 is the rifle I learned to shoot on when I was 6, and the Enfield is just my favorite rifle ever.
Other pistols include a Davis .22 Mag derringer (it was a fun little whim purchase) and a Glock .21. My wife carries the Glock, as a rule. I love the gun, but it has the ergonomics of a hamhock.
Wish pieces:
Custom .375 H&H with 3 round integral magazine built on an Enfield action.
S&W Model 66 .357 with 4" barrel
Tommy gun (my all time favorite SMG)
HK MP5
9mm Baby Eagle
.50 AE Desert Eagle (I’ve fired these a few times, and they are a joy. They take a bit longer to pull out of recoil than my Beretta, but I could shoot this thing all day and all of the night, and I’m not a particularly beefy guy)
A Glock .27
Pre-1966 S&W .44 Magnun with 5" barrel
Savage .308 police special
The Yugo AK variant
That’s all I can think of off the top of my head.
Ahh, I sure do love my Beretta (96 brig), it’s new, my plan is to break it in and send it to Ernest Langdon for trijicon night sights, a level 2 trigger job, ss speed bump trigger, ss guide rod and some lighter springs, what kind of holster(s) do you use? this is my dilemma right now as I am applying for my CCW (Texas) and I know nothing about holsters, before texturing the trigger I would suggest going to www.berettaforum.net and doing a search as I remember some threads that suggested this was not a really good idea (or maybe there just was no benefit).
Do you use red buffs at the range?, I use them (range only) but as this is my first semi-automatic I am still learning.
unclviny
To be honest, handguns don’t do a whole lot for me. Rifles on the other hand rule. I love ‘em all – bolt action, semi-auto, lever action, etc. But I must admit I have a real crush on those “evil assault rifles.” But no carbines, please; .308 battle rifles are the only way to go.
My all-time favorite battle rifle is the ** FAL**. Nothing else comes close.
Of course, I would love to get a 50 BMG…
FAL? I used to have one of those. I sold it back in '87 so I could afford to move into an apartment. I figured I could always get another one later… :smack:
I cant say- I have never shot another clone,however I read that it is better than some others because of its chrome(moly?) lined barrel and forged receiver
eh so so, at 100yds i could get maybe 3" groups IIRC
No sweat
Depending on price I’d say go for it,IIRC I paid about $450.oo for mine(been a while maybe '95) Its a blast to shoot, especially from the hip w/a 40 rd mag…
Well, the 1911 is probably my favorite gun overall (I’ve got a Kimber Custom II), though I also like all kinds of shotguns (my Browning Citori over-under is great for clays in general). When I’m packing, it’s usually a nice little Bulgarian Makarov, which wins the dual category award for banning. It’s small and cheap (I paid $165 for it, they went as low as $125 when they were being heavily imported) enough that it generally would qualify as a Saturday Night Special, but was also the Red Army standard issue sidearm for years and so is also a military weapon - according to the Brady Bunch, it’s both too poorly made and too well-made for me to own it!
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*Originally posted by Lizard *
It seemed quite heavy for the power of its round, yet it kicked like a #$@ing mule! Not only that, the grip had a circular hole in the back strap with sharp edges that cut into my hand when it recoiled.
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I’ve never had that trouble with my Makarov even using the factory grips, it kicks about like a 1911 and even with the factory grips isn’t too harsh on my hand. I usually use the Makawrap rubber grips, though, since it makes it much nicer to shoot a lot. BTW, the niche for the 9x18 round is as ammunition for Makarovs; while I don’t expect anyone to make other guns chambered for it (since they could pick .380 or 9x19 instead), there are a lot of people around who use Makarovs because they’re a cheap, durable, reliable, concealable gun who don’t want to drop to a .380 round.
FYI, there’s no such thing as a ‘preban’ Mossberg 500 if you’re talking federal law - all 500s are pumps, and pumps specifically are exempt from being an ‘assault weapon’.
Favorites:
Beretta Model 71, .22
Colt Python, .357
Ruger 10/22, .22
Lee-Enfield Mark III (SMLE), .308
My favorite, and most comfortable, is my Ruger .357 revolver, with a Ruger 9mm as alternate. I just got the S&W .38 spl hammerless for my birthday, but haven’t taken it down to the range yet. I understand it will kick more, require more practice than I’m used to. I will be getting my CC license after the first of the year - finally!
Gads, had a few. Favorite was a S&W k-22 that my dad gave me when I was 14.
Shot my first deer with an $18.37 .303 hunting special with the same military surplus ball ammo that they threw in for that price. Give you some idea of how old I am. LOL
Favorite gun to just handle, shoot, be comfortable with is a Colt .45 peacemaker. Preferably an original.
Got a few of this and that but will never provide a list anywhere.
Use an old throwaway for CC, even legal, sometimes it might be best to be willing to ditch it and a good expensive gun is hard to do that with.
If going where I know I might need more, I carry more. :: shrug :::
When I still had a shoulder that would take long guns, side by side 12 ga. “Bativia” sp
Model 7- Win in .270 with full stock and peep site. The only gun that ever was snap on every time I threw it up. Gun is made for me. I hate the .270 part and can’t shoot anyway because of my tin shoulder. I like 30.06 for all around long gun
Beginning to really like my Thompson 410/.45 long colt single.
Use Hawkins to drive tacks with. Love smoke and noise. Hate the clean up part…
I saw a derringer that had a .45LC/410 chambering. Since it would take a shotgun shell, the ad said it’s illegal in California. I guess California sees it as a “sawed-off shotgun” or something. (So what if you put a .22 shot shell in your old Ruger Single-Six?)
Kalifornia, Taxxachussets, and other socialist states notwithstanding…
as I understand it, the federal government and most states which have laws against short barreled shotguns, are laws against “smooth bore” barrels.
Lots of people use 22 shot shells in Ruger Single-Sixes.
In most places, it is not illegal to shoot shot shells in short rifled barrels, I have tried it with .38 and .22, which are common loads used to kill snakes and mice by those who cannot see very well or who cannot shoot very well, but they are safer in cities, because it greatly cuts down on the range and penetration of the bullets. It is not illegal to shoot a .410 guage shell in a 45 caliber gun.
The shot spreads out quicker, less accurately and more erratically thru a rifled barrel. It is ok to use shot shells to shoot mice in your basement if you cant shoot well enough to hit them with a regular .22 cap or .22 primer only shell.
This may be heresy, but the gun I had the most fun with is the good old Colt 1911A1. That was a gun! My only problem was when the service went from a one handed stance to the new, modern, just like in the cop movies, two handed grip I managed to take the hide and a fair amount of meat off the top of my left thumb.
I do have a pre-1900 Peacemaker–great gun but getting black powder loads for it is a pain.