firearms

[ColoSwiss]

On a different note, a Colt Defender Mk I. An eight-barrel 20 gauge shotgun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Defender_Mark_I

[jerseydevil]

That's pretty damn cool looking!

[Chako]

Agreed.

Just doing some TLC.

[HarleyXJGuy]

Chako you would make a mean pimp with that pistol.

[Alan K.]

I've got several Lee Loaders that I've never tried either, but I think I only paid $5.00 each for them.  I got .357, 30-06, 30-30, and another one that I can't remember.  I like the idea of having them, but I'm too scared of blowing myself up to try them.  Guy I got them from said he used to load ammo while watching TV and never had any problems.  I don't think that's such a good idea.

[Chako]

I just wanted something flashy in a holster at my IPSC competitions. 

Seriously though, I like this over my M&P 9 mm. I am thinking of maybe getting a 1911 in 9 mm down the road.

[ColoSwiss]

I just wanted something flashy in a holster at my IPSC competitions. 

Seriously though, I like this over my M&P 9 mm. I am thinking of maybe getting a 1911 in 9 mm down the road.

Check out a CZ-75 or Browning Hi-Power.

[HarleyXJGuy]

I just wanted something flashy in a holster at my IPSC competitions. 

Seriously though, I like this over my M&P 9 mm. I am thinking of maybe getting a 1911 in 9 mm down the road.

Oh no, while 1911 9mm is fine, CZ is where it is at when it comes to DA/SA or SA 9mm.

If you get one send it to me and I will get Cajun Gun Works to do it up right. They did my P 07 and it is far and away the best pistol trigger I have ever used.

Edit bacuse pictures are cool.

[jerseydevil]

I've got several Lee Loaders that I've never tried either, but I think I only paid $5.00 each for them.  I got .357, 30-06, 30-30, and another one that I can't remember.  I like the idea of having them, but I'm too scared of blowing myself up to try them.  Guy I got them from said he used to load ammo while watching TV and never had any problems.  I don't think that's such a good idea.

Watching TV while handloading is probably a bad idea.   I have Lee Loaders in .30-06, 7x57 Mauser, 7.5x55 Swiss, .303 British, and 6.5x52 Carcano.  I had one for 7.7 Japanese, but traded it to a friend who has four(!) unground Arisakas.  That's where I got the Carcano one.  My friend and his father think the Carcano is crap, while my father and I think it's a very underrated rifle.....

[jzmtl]

Does this look right? I like the clean line of it without scope but the iron sight doesn't agree with me wearing eyeglasses. It's a 1~4x scope, turned out to be bigger/heavier than I thought it would be, oh well.

[SAK Guy]

Looks fine!!!!

[captain spaulding]

Looks fine!!!!

Kinda looks backwards. 

[ColoSwiss]

If it works, go for it. If after some use you decide its too big and heavy, you can always sell it and pick up something different.

[SAK Guy]

Looks fine!!!!

Kinda looks backwards. 

I like that style of scope. I used to have a Leupold 1-4 on a Colt Sauer 30-06 (shouldn't have sold that one) and it was fantastic.

[jzmtl]

Yeah it's a 1~4x24, I did't want a high power scope on it, plus bigger scopes would be too high for the stock.

Going to take it to the range hopefully sometime before new year and see how it works.

[ducttapetech]

It looks good to me.

[jzmtl]

Now that I've looked at it for a while it doesn't look as weird.  Probably should've bought a smaller scope though, that is the folly with online orders.

The base has thumbscrew for quick removal, I'll have to test how much POI changes with reinstallation.

[Chako]

Looks backwards to me somewhat as most scopes have the objective lens larger than the Ocular lens. However, with that said, I do have a scope shaped similar to the one you posted. Either way, it looks good.

[jzmtl]

No 50 cal pistol?  I was plinking my .22lr at the pistol range, there's a guy shooting 50 cal pistol two stalls down. I felt a little, er, inadequate. 

[Gareth]

No 50 cal pistol?  I was plinking my .22lr at the pistol range, there's a guy shooting 50 cal pistol two stalls down. I felt a little, er, inadequate. 

I've shot .50 cal pistol.  I felt a little, er, intimidated. 

[Chako]

45 Colt is about as big as I want to go at the moment. Who knows what the future might hold though.

[kirk13]

No 50 cal pistol?  I was plinking my .22lr at the pistol range, there's a guy shooting 50 cal pistol two stalls down. I felt a little, er, inadequate. 

I've shot .50 cal pistol.  I felt a little, er, intimidated. 

It's not about how big,it about how you use it

[Smashie]

No 50 cal pistol?  I was plinking my .22lr at the pistol range, there's a guy shooting 50 cal pistol two stalls down. I felt a little, er, inadequate. 

I've shot .50 cal pistol.  I felt a little, er, intimidated. 

It's not about how big,it about how you use it

You keep telling yourself that John

[kirk13]

No 50 cal pistol?  I was plinking my .22lr at the pistol range, there's a guy shooting 50 cal pistol two stalls down. I felt a little, er, inadequate. 

I've shot .50 cal pistol.  I felt a little, er, intimidated. 

It's not about how big,it about how you use it

You keep telling yourself that John

I don't have a choice Mark!

[Gareth]

No 50 cal pistol?  I was plinking my .22lr at the pistol range, there's a guy shooting 50 cal pistol two stalls down. I felt a little, er, inadequate. 

I've shot .50 cal pistol.  I felt a little, er, intimidated. 

It's not about how big,it about how you use it

Hey, I put both shots in the black I'll have you know.

[jerseydevil]

45 Colt is about as big as I want to go at the moment. Who knows what the future might hold though.

There was an extremely powerful loading of the .45 Colt, the .45 M1909, used in the Colt M1909 revolver.  This was issued to troops in the Philippines before the M1911 was adopted.  Basically a .45 magnum, this remains the most powerful sidearm ever issued to a military force.  The rim of the case is wider than the standard .45 Colt, to prevent the round from chambering in older weapons.  The pressures involved would blow an old Colt Single Action Army to bits.

[HarleyXJGuy]

45 Colt is about as big as I want to go at the moment. Who knows what the future might hold though.

There was an extremely powerful loading of the .45 Colt, the .45 M1909, used in the Colt M1909 revolver.  This was issued to troops in the Philippines before the M1911 was adopted.  Basically a .45 magnum, this remains the most powerful sidearm ever issued to a military force.  The rim of the case is wider than the standard .45 Colt, to prevent the round from chambering in older weapons.  The pressures involved would blow an old Colt Single Action Army to bits.

This was to combat the enemy who was using some sort of drug to resist damage or something to that effect. If memory serves.


Or maybe in responds to the lack of effectiveness of the .38 that was issues previously.

[ColoSwiss]

Several problems with super hot loads. One is controlling the pistol, to be able to engage multiple targets. The other is training. If most of your people are intimidated by a piece, they're not going to learn how to use it properly. A hit with a 9mm or .38 is more effective than a miss with a .45.

[jerseydevil]

45 Colt is about as big as I want to go at the moment. Who knows what the future might hold though.

There was an extremely powerful loading of the .45 Colt, the .45 M1909, used in the Colt M1909 revolver.  This was issued to troops in the Philippines before the M1911 was adopted.  Basically a .45 magnum, this remains the most powerful sidearm ever issued to a military force.  The rim of the case is wider than the standard .45 Colt, to prevent the round from chambering in older weapons.  The pressures involved would blow an old Colt Single Action Army to bits.

This was to combat the enemy who was using some sort of drug to resist damage or something to that effect. If memory serves.


Or maybe in responds to the lack of effectiveness of the .38 that was issues previously.

The .38 Long Colt that was issued starting in 1889 sucked as a combat cartridge.  There's a confirmed case of a Filippino prisoner who was shot six times with one while trying to escape.  What stopped him? A club to the head from a Krag.  He walked out of the hospital a week later! 

In the southern Phillipines, the Muslim Moros would wrap wet leather around their torsos.  When this dried it prevented hydraulic shock from bullets.  They would get worked up and go see how many Americans they could kill with a sword.  The .38 was completely worthless in this situation, and old .45 Colt revolvers were re-issued.  Even the .30-40 Krag rifle cartridge had limited stopping power in an engagement like this, and a replacement rifle and cartridge were developed.  These were the M1903 Springfield and the .30-06.

[ColoSwiss]

Nothing the matter with the Krag's stopping power (it's in the same category as the .303 British). We switched to the '03 Springfield and a rimless cartridge after combat experience against the Spanish Mauser in Cuba convinced the Army that was the way to go.