How Tactical Are You?

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This quiz is fun, but I scored at the bottom
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... Bet GatorFarmer maxes out.
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"How Tactical Are You?"

The rules are as follows:
You start out at zero points.
Visualize your carry gun, and start adding or subtracting points according to the list below.
Your results are at the bottom of the test.

1. Polymer frame: +2

2. Light rail: +2

3. Laser (guide rod or rail mounted): +2

4. Chambered in a caliber invented after 1990: +2
(add another +1 if the caliber name contains a three-letter acronym)

5. High capacity (>10 rounds): +2

6. "Tactical" engraved or rollmarked anywhere: +3

7. Official current issue of a major SWAT team or SPECOPS unit: +3
(add another +1 if the manufacturer advertising of the gun includes this information as a selling point)

8. Mentioned by VPC/Brady as a "cop killer", "pocket rocket", or "destructive device": +2

9. Product name contains the letter "X": +2
(add another +1 if it contains the word "extreme", "xtreme", or any variation thereof)

10. Fits into 50% of the stocked holsters in any given gunshop: +2

11. Used by 50% or more of 18-25 year olds on the range at any given time: +2

12. Advertising includes ludicrous torture tests, like freezing the gun for a year before boiling it in saltwater and shooting it while submerged in mud: +2

13. Advertising slogan that implies uncompromising perfection or any variant thereof: +1


14. Not magazine-fed: -3

15. No plastic, MIM, titanium, scandium or alloy anywhere in or on the gun: -3

16. Steel frame: -2

17. No provisions for a laser, flashlight, optical sight or weather station: -2

18. Designed before 1980: -2

19. Designed before 1900: -3

20. Gloss blue finish: -2

21. Bright nickel finish: -3

22. Capable of grip/grip panel removal: -2

23. Wood grips: -2

24. Used by 50% or more of the 50+ olds on the range at any given time: -2

25. Chambered in a caliber that started life as a blackpowder cartridge: -4


If You Scored:

21 to 30: You are undoubtedly among the black nylon-clad tactical elite, a killing machine who gets allergic reactions to clothing that doesn't have a logo related to your carry gun on it. You have Blackhawk on speed dial, and carbon fiber excites you in indecent ways.

11 to 20: You're a tactical apprentice, ready to be fitted for wall-climbing boots and duct-taped trauma plate. You consistently spell the brand name of your favorite gun in ALL CAPS on discussion boards.

1 to 10: You're a gun rag lemming and marketing victim with hope for redemption if exposed to enough blued steel and walnut. Buy a four-inch S&W Model 19 and call me in the morning.

-1 to -10: Old-fashioned and/or slightly behind the curve. You still think of the Beretta 92F or the Walther P38 as examples of modern gun design, and you still load your carry piece with FMJ because you don't trust those newfangled Super-Vels.

-11 to -20: You're probably a single-action shooter who thinks that the newfangled DA revolvers are "a lazy man's gun."

-21 to -30: You're hopelessly untactical–you probably don't trust percussion locks over the old trusty flintlock.

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Well, if we're going by what's currently strapped to my side then I scored a whopping ZERO.
 
10. Fits into 50% of the stocked holsters in any given gunshop: +2

This nearly invalidates the scoring all by itself. Using a rack holster for a serious carry gun isn't tactical, IMO. Who would spend thousands of $$ on gun, ammo, sights and all that stuff and then carry it in a one-size-fitss all holster?
 
I,m sure this is an advertisment for someone. I think tactical is or should be based on other things. Oh I forgot, Maybe it depends on ones mood. I scored 13 for one gun I carry Daylight hours,laughed to hard to subtract for night carry.
 
I have been saying for years that them thar caplocks will never replace flintlocks, so I guess I know where I stand.
 
My revolver came in at -23.
I greatly improved my score with the 1911. All the way up to -15.
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That's ok. I never really thought of myself as being anywhere near "Tactial" anyway.
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But I'll bet my old non-tactical weapons will kill the bad guy just as dead.
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Originally posted by 2Loud4You:
Well, if we're going by what's currently strapped to my side then I scored a whopping ZERO.
Yeah... me too. So we are in not even represented on this chart. So what does that say... that we are stealth versus tactical?
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Originally posted by Igiveup:
Not bad, only scored -20, unless .38 special was designed as a black powder cartrige originally.
Yeah, it was, so your score goes to -24. I guess you better give up.
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Similar to Iggy's train of thought, I have long believed that semi-auto rifles and pistols are a passing fad.
 
-20 Woulda been worse but grip panels are Eagles "Ultra Ivory" (i.e. plastic)
 
Originally posted by parallel:
Originally posted by 2Loud4You:
Well, if we're going by what's currently strapped to my side then I scored a whopping ZERO.
Yeah... me too. So we are in not even represented on this chart. So what does that say... that we are stealth versus tactical?
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We're Ninjas. Who needs tactical anyway?
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