.577 T-REX Check out how much kick this rifle's got. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VVOH7Ep_8w&feature=fvw
Buy RGR! I went to my favorite local merchant of death today and bought an LCP 380 auto. Unloaded it feels like a toy (aluminum frame, only the barrel and slide are steel). Loaded at about 3/4 pound it feels sweet! They said they are flying off the shelves as fast as they can get them in. My venerable old out-of-manufacture AMT Backup 380 is going into another room (no such thing as too many guns!), maybe a bathroom, they might break in while I'm on the can, like in a bad dream!
My first gun was a $100 Davis .32 auto
I picked up because I owned a business in southwest Detroit. It was small enough to fit into the front pocket of a pair of Levi's or in the small of your back and had a safety so it could be carried in condition one. The gun itself is surprisingly accurate with deep jhp and fmj rounds.
My carry rounds are the silvertip hps which aren't as accurate as the others, but scored high with the .32 Seecamp.
I think the accuracy moderately lacks because the hollow-point silvertip is a soft alloy designed to expand quickly. Ya know.. 'In like a dime, out like a cash register'.
Here's something from the Seecamp website about the .32 round:
.32ACP pistols were once used extensively by police and military in countries like Spain, Belgium, France, Finland, Germany and the USA. In WWII, American general grade officers were issued .32ACP Colt M1903 pistols for carry while a variety of pistols in .32ACP were standard fare among German soldiers. When Hitler committed suicide, it was a 7.65mm (.32ACP) PPK he chose. This now often frowned upon caliber had enough prestige to make it the preference of Ian Flemingââ¬â¢s James Bond, who like Hitler also favored the .32ACP PPK. As to stopping power, statistics show shot placement trumps caliber every time. Itââ¬â¢s more conducive to good health to be shot in the foot with a .44 Magnum than in a vital zone with a .22 or .25.
http://www.seecamp.com/ammunition.htm
Not sure on the 45, but I know for a fact that a 410 gauge slug will penetrate 3 phone books at 5 feet away and piss the neighbors off when 2 13 year olds decide to do it inside the city limits.
And for the OP, get a Glock 23.
True enough, "much maligned", but then the 9mm falls into that category, as does the .32acp, but I may be confusing respective cartirdges. I had the strange, and seemingly unsubstantiated idea, WPC's were issued with .32 revolver rounds (which the .32acp does not fit) at some point in time, (in commonwealth countries) could be a brain fart.
Quite likely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.32_ACP
Not a devastating round, but as you say, accuracy is everything, even at point blank range. Especially at point blank range, oddly enough.
Quote from volente_00:
Not sure on the 45, but I know for a fact that a 410 gauge slug will penetrate 3 phone books at 5 feet away and piss the neighbors off when 2 13 year olds decide to do it inside the city limits.
And for the OP, get a Glock 23.
Not exactly a "tiny" small pistol, Volente.
http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/glock/52065-glock-23-good-gun.html
Well, I just dont trust glock "safety" is all. Or a sliding mechanism, in a "pocket" sidearm. Each to their own.
Oh, and what barrel length are you talking on the .410? Its quite critical.
No one has really discussed the Taurus judge model. http://www.taurususa.com/product-details.cfm?id=638&category=Revolver&toggle=wn&breadcrumbseries=41
It is a small frame pistol that can fire either a .410 shotgun shell or a .45 cartridge. Obviously has a lot of short range power, but I wonder (1)which is more effective, the .410 or .45 or is it a matter of range, and (2) how it stacks up against more conventional sidearms. It's not a tiny gun, so why not just have a 1911 or a .40 cal service auto?
It is a small frame pistol that can fire either a .410 shotgun shell or a .45 cartridge. Obviously has a lot of short range power, but I wonder (1)which is more effective, the .410 or .45 or is it a matter of range, and (2) how it stacks up against more conventional sidearms. It's not a tiny gun, so why not just have a 1911 or a .40 cal service auto?
Then get the 27
http://www.outdoors.net/site/features/feature.aspx+Forum+Firearms+ArticleCode+2806+V+N+SearchTerm+
I don't know the exact length. It was a marlin single shot bolt action that was made in the early 60's.
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