Well, in the last couple of months I picked up a Dan Wesson 14 2.5" snubby in .357, my wife bought me a RIA GI 1911A1 as a surprise to make up for the 10mm I lost (she doesn't know guns, don't get upset at her, she didn't ask, just ordered it, paid for it and when it arrived said go pick it up.)

The DW was a steal. Who ever owned it prior had some major trigger work done on it. Still trying to find a holster for it, will probably end up having to make one. The 1911 is comfortably in my Crossbreed, so I am not unarmed.

It has been a hell of a year when it came to buying guns, give people fed ex tracking for money orders only instead of getting tracking to the store for FFL transfer, get the money order back with a note "sorry cash buyer local showed up". Or put down a deposit and go to finish paying for it and be told "oh, someone else sold it off the shelf. Here is your deposit back. Well, you hadn't done the background check yet, so no it wasn't sold to you..." That gunstore btw closed three months later.

So right now, I am happy with what I have at the moment. I will have a 10mm again, but not sure when or what style.

Nice work! Thanks for taking the time to do that.

I recently got to shoot a couple of models at an indoor range. Thankfully, I have nice Cinderblock walls that make a decent backstop LOL! (not sure the hollow walls will really stop one of those airgun shots)

Got into an interesting discussion with someone the other day that falls right in line with this. Only it pertains to Coyotes...

"You can't shoot the coyotes when they are in your yard..."

Actually, I can. I just have to use an Airgun, bow or crossbow, and have a Varmint permit. Since the passing of my Chow, I have been giving serious consideration to getting a .22-.25cal airgun and a Varmint Permit. When she was alive, the Coyotes would avoid our yard. Since they realized she passed there have been signs of them being in the yard. Wife has been working extremely late, and been afraid to go out at night to smoke because she has flipped on the yard lights and there is a Coyote at the end of the patio growling at her through the glass before jumping up the privacy wall and meandering it's way along. I have gone out at 4am to water in order to avoid the heat and found rabbit carcasses mostly eaten on the side of the house. 

I can't use a firearm, because it is illegal to "set off a firearm in city limits", but even Fish and Game as well as Animal Control has just grinned at me when I ask about a large caliber airgun and ask if I have a Varmint permit. 

Just something to keep in mind...The current world record for someone holding their breath, IE: depriving their brain of fresh oxygen, which would happen with the loss of blood flow...is 22 minutes.

How do we know that some people just don't react in an exaggerated manner after multiple severe shocks to the body with a natural adrenaline over dose?

We like to think that simply shutting off the heart is an automatic full system shut down. That is what in our experience and general reporting is "The Norm", how do we know this officer didn't find the one guy who is Abby Normal. I often wonder what would happen to someone like a deep sea free diver who took several shots to the heart. Granted, this is assuming the shock itself didn't kill them, but here you have someone who has trained their bodies to go for a long time without taking a fresh breath. Who doesn't drop into unconsciousness like anyone else would. Who is used to moving in a fluid environment while holding their breath for minutes at a time and then shooting a spear at a fish underwater, then fighting that fish underwater as they fight their own way to the surface. At what point does "Another Bullet" just blend into the shocks the body has already taken and is no longer effected by the impact? You already stopped the heart, so if there is no pump, they really aren't going to bleed except for what is pushed out when they actually move from muscle contractions. Their brain is still active and going. It is still making decisions as if they were simply holding their breath even though there is no blood pumping fresh oxygen through their system.

This is just something to ponder. I am in no way claiming this guy was a professional free diver or anything of the sort. Just posing the question of "What happens when the office is facing someone who is not the norm physically? Or who's mental stability has snapped and his body is simply operating on muscle memory?"

Wonder if they will close the Bass Pro or the Cabelas in my area. Cabelas is 20 mins away...and Bass Pro is an hour to an hour and a half depending on traffic. BP's selection locally on reloading is a joke. Their entire reloading is limited to one aisle.

A few of the swagging crowd have commented that the rim of Remington Bulk seems to be a tad on the thick side...this would be the crowd that takes fired .22lr brass and turns it into .224 bullet jackets. My Rossi revolver sometimes can get the remington to fire on the second strike of the rim at the same spot.

Quote from: sqlbullet on December 05 2015 02:51:20 PM MST
Digging a bit, it looks like this is based on firearms registered under the NFA.  So, fully automatic weapons, SBR's, Short barreled shotguns.  Makes much more sense, though I don't know what that has to say about anything.

Especially since they are including NFA items owned by agencies.

Which would also include every firearm registered to a Private Personal Protection Service, AKA, Bodyguards. Since we are speaking of DC, that would probably account for a HUGE number of firearms.

Magpul offers the 22UpLULA for doublestack 22lr magazines.

How about I Reload 100 rounds instead...

Okay, your coating came off your AR500 plate because you took a tumble down a mountain...presumably, your plate is in the pouch of the vest...which would imply the coating is still in that same pouch...

When I get home, I'll just scotchbrite that plate and paint up a few layers of truck bed coating and poof good as new...

That ceramic plate? I don't think I can recompress the powder at home to freshen up the plate...

Revisiting this thread rather than start a new one. I may be getting a bond arms frame as a gift from someone moving to California. His frame is not the CA approved model, so since you can put the .45/410 barrel on it, he just doesn't want the hassle.

Knowing it is "Minute of Pie Plate at 25yards" what would you load for this in 10mm?

I was thinking of having the throats cut to load a DEWC. In my opinion, this would be a perfect close range loading. 180-210gr deep hollow point so it gets explosive penetration without much chance of it going out the other side. 

Other thoughts?

Quote from: Pinsnscrews on October 23 2015 05:07:10 PM MDT
something was going on in the house that put the officer on edge even before he knocked. He was definately approaching for a reason other than an open car door, or had started to initially and upon getting near the front, something made him defensive.

Just as he crosses the first visible line in the sidewalk you can see his whole tactic change to a cautious defensive one. His knock on the door is almost timid. He was expecting something to happen. It is obvious he is paying close attention to the sounds he is hearing come from in the house.

Quote from: DenStinett on November 01 2015 04:04:43 PM MST
Watch his demeanor from the start
Hi's all "twitchy" looking around the Front Porch area
Then watch his hand
He's going for his Gun AS the Door is being opened
I think there's more here than just going up to tell the resident that they had left the Car Door open

At least I am not the only one who saw the way his approach changed.

How was accuracy?

Oh hell no!

The bag just didn't have enough room to fit the much longer Vortex Viper scope