venomballistics
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This seems to be a topic with nearly as many debates upon its subtopics as politics, race and religion combined.
Probably the first thing to look at is the person you may need to shoot.
This person comes from a pool of specimens that includes some that would live gut their mothers for $20 in order to score another hit of crack cocaine. We could go farther down the rabbit hole into their criminal careers where they have escalated in their ruthlessness to cover some of the most repulsive subject matter most honest men have never conceived, and may do well not to lest it darkens your soul.
the bottom line is that the man you someday may need to shoot places no value upon your life, and will regard your cries for mercy as weakness to be exploited and toyed with.
He is why we choose to carry a firearm .. but what firearm? and how do we carry it?
Go ahead and choose your arms.
larger calibers are generally better but usually come in larger guns.
You will need about 1500 rounds of ammo.
clean your new weapon and take it to the range with the 1500 rounds.
disreguard malfunctions other than outright breakage through the first 400.
from the last jam, count your rounds.
we need a string of 500 without malfunction in order to deem it reliable enough for carry. we also need to see it make the full 1500 without breakage.
at no time during this 1500 round string will you clean, or oil this weapon aside from the cleaning you gave it before you start this string.
This may seem abusive at first blush, but the act of carrying it is worse. on your person it will gather dirt and grit, as well as corrosion from your sweat.
if it cannot provide you with the reliability of 500 flawless rounds it is not reliable enough for carry .. if it can't chug through the full 1500, it cannot tolerate the dirt, grit, and corrosion of carry.
ask no less than this from any arm you wish to carry.
give it all the TLC ya want after this if it makes it. It will have earned it.
if not, clean it anyhow, as this is just good form for an arm your about to sell.
"A 22 in the hand is worth 2 44's in the safe"
it has a nice ring to it .. don't you think?
refer to the first paragraph describing the person you may have to shoot. The 22 in your hand will likely be in his when its over. He's seasoned in the ways of violence, you are not, that's just the way it is. Use enough gun. it reduces recidivism, which is the largest factor in the ills of society.
Larger calibers generally work better than smaller ones.
where 380 is often regarded as the minimum, I rail against this notion. there is no way you can logically demonstrate that it is ballisticaly superior to a 40 cal, 357, or 45
most accounts of its performance come from a cold slab in the morgue where theres no telling how much the person accomplished while wounded or it comes from the street where the perp gave up with no shots fired. Neither tell you what you really need to know. That is, did it put the attacker on the ground before he could do harm?
the lack of these accounts might be telling of its real performance.
The gun industry is actively developing many pistols around the concealed carry market. The work done and feats accomplished have placed major calibers into compact and sub compact pistols ... look into these.
there is less reason to seek a 380 today than just a few years ago. While many attempts would fail reliability standards, others are quite hopeful.
Chamber loaded or empty?
As much as I preach about reliability. only God and the four winds know how your gunfight will play out. but in any case, the first shot is absolutely the most important. your pistol may fail on the next shot, or jam while trying to cycle the first round. carry with a loaded chamber. You only get that one round you can absolutely bank on if its there.
Guns for ladies ....
If we take the way back machine to 1945 where we find pictures of survivors of Auschwitz, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki ... in those photos, you will see women. Soft and gentle as they may be, they are not nearly as fragile as many seem to think. Some here have daughters in the military. As far as I am aware, there is no -W designation on any weapons system to denote suitability for women. If she trains with an M4 .. it is identical to the one issued to your son, If issued an M9, again, it is the same issued to your son. If assigned to the M2 50 cal ... it's not chambered in 22.
the only real issue here at all is that it fits her smaller hands.
this may mean that a 40 cal is her upper limit ... but don't take that as any sort of limitation on power.
My sister could outshoot many here with my 629 and full house 44 magnums.
ladies need a defensive solution more than us guys do. get her behind a gun that will get her home after her darkest day, we owe them that for all we put em though.
Accuracy ...
some say pie plate .. others are more demanding.
I think it should be able to put em all into a business card at 10 yards. this gives you the ability to be surgical with it if your situation permits. At no time is accuracy an excessive trait.
Probably the first thing to look at is the person you may need to shoot.
This person comes from a pool of specimens that includes some that would live gut their mothers for $20 in order to score another hit of crack cocaine. We could go farther down the rabbit hole into their criminal careers where they have escalated in their ruthlessness to cover some of the most repulsive subject matter most honest men have never conceived, and may do well not to lest it darkens your soul.
the bottom line is that the man you someday may need to shoot places no value upon your life, and will regard your cries for mercy as weakness to be exploited and toyed with.
He is why we choose to carry a firearm .. but what firearm? and how do we carry it?
Go ahead and choose your arms.
larger calibers are generally better but usually come in larger guns.
You will need about 1500 rounds of ammo.
clean your new weapon and take it to the range with the 1500 rounds.
disreguard malfunctions other than outright breakage through the first 400.
from the last jam, count your rounds.
we need a string of 500 without malfunction in order to deem it reliable enough for carry. we also need to see it make the full 1500 without breakage.
at no time during this 1500 round string will you clean, or oil this weapon aside from the cleaning you gave it before you start this string.
This may seem abusive at first blush, but the act of carrying it is worse. on your person it will gather dirt and grit, as well as corrosion from your sweat.
if it cannot provide you with the reliability of 500 flawless rounds it is not reliable enough for carry .. if it can't chug through the full 1500, it cannot tolerate the dirt, grit, and corrosion of carry.
ask no less than this from any arm you wish to carry.
give it all the TLC ya want after this if it makes it. It will have earned it.
if not, clean it anyhow, as this is just good form for an arm your about to sell.
"A 22 in the hand is worth 2 44's in the safe"
it has a nice ring to it .. don't you think?
refer to the first paragraph describing the person you may have to shoot. The 22 in your hand will likely be in his when its over. He's seasoned in the ways of violence, you are not, that's just the way it is. Use enough gun. it reduces recidivism, which is the largest factor in the ills of society.
Larger calibers generally work better than smaller ones.
where 380 is often regarded as the minimum, I rail against this notion. there is no way you can logically demonstrate that it is ballisticaly superior to a 40 cal, 357, or 45
most accounts of its performance come from a cold slab in the morgue where theres no telling how much the person accomplished while wounded or it comes from the street where the perp gave up with no shots fired. Neither tell you what you really need to know. That is, did it put the attacker on the ground before he could do harm?
the lack of these accounts might be telling of its real performance.
The gun industry is actively developing many pistols around the concealed carry market. The work done and feats accomplished have placed major calibers into compact and sub compact pistols ... look into these.
there is less reason to seek a 380 today than just a few years ago. While many attempts would fail reliability standards, others are quite hopeful.
Chamber loaded or empty?
As much as I preach about reliability. only God and the four winds know how your gunfight will play out. but in any case, the first shot is absolutely the most important. your pistol may fail on the next shot, or jam while trying to cycle the first round. carry with a loaded chamber. You only get that one round you can absolutely bank on if its there.
Guns for ladies ....
If we take the way back machine to 1945 where we find pictures of survivors of Auschwitz, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki ... in those photos, you will see women. Soft and gentle as they may be, they are not nearly as fragile as many seem to think. Some here have daughters in the military. As far as I am aware, there is no -W designation on any weapons system to denote suitability for women. If she trains with an M4 .. it is identical to the one issued to your son, If issued an M9, again, it is the same issued to your son. If assigned to the M2 50 cal ... it's not chambered in 22.
the only real issue here at all is that it fits her smaller hands.
this may mean that a 40 cal is her upper limit ... but don't take that as any sort of limitation on power.
My sister could outshoot many here with my 629 and full house 44 magnums.
ladies need a defensive solution more than us guys do. get her behind a gun that will get her home after her darkest day, we owe them that for all we put em though.
Accuracy ...
some say pie plate .. others are more demanding.
I think it should be able to put em all into a business card at 10 yards. this gives you the ability to be surgical with it if your situation permits. At no time is accuracy an excessive trait.
as I think of it, I kinda wonder if the laser on the AR held zero after he slammed it into the case.
