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Post by tonystark on Oct 31, 2018 0:24:27 GMT
Haven't watched the bad reviews of the XDE. Maybe I should forgo that then. I had an incident with my autistic daughter the other day. My 380 was in my bag at the time, and while she knew that she shouldn't tinker with it, we were also in a halloween party and she had eaten a few (not really a few...) sweets and was a bit hyperactive. So she ran into me excitedly and bumped her head in the steel frame inside my bag. Got a bump for her trouble. After I made sure she was iced, I check the firearm (that was in a thin, leather holster) and decided then and there to have a custom kydex holster made for the gun. I could imagine something like that disengaging the safety leaving me with a cocked 1911 in condition 0 with its 3 lb trigger. I really hate our laws now on concealed carry. Seriously considering just straight up ignoring it or going and sticking with AIWB (which I prefer, though I absolutely cannot get caught carrying) or just trying my best to comply with an uncertain belt-bag carry. I wouldn’t say completely forgo it just yet. You know, like with the P365 just give it some time for the kinks to get worked out. To be honest the most of the complaints were about the double action trigger, the safety/decocker, and the front fiber optic sight. On the plus side though, there are zero recalls, the slide is supposedly 30% easier to rack, and if you buy one before either the end of November or December, you get an extra 4 magazines! That gives you a total of 7 magazine and a free range bag. Man, I sound like a Springfield Sales Rep 😅 Okay our conversations just went from scary to wicked scary! My daughter is mid-spectrum autistic, so when I read your comment I was like 😳 The poor baby! My daughter has whacked her elbow on my carry gun so many times she checks where her elbow is before she sits down! Do you have good speech services for her there, or is she in the school system? My daughter is 7 and she’s being homeschooled because of her social phobias, but she is in speech therapy every week. I used to live in Boston, Assachusetts (spelling error is intentional) so I very much understand sucky gun laws! I know they aren’t as strict as the laws you have to deal with, but it was the people in the state that made gun owners feel like criminals!! I started appendix carrying 17yrs ago because it was the most “hidden” I could keep my gun while carrying. I know that now it’s the “in” way to carry concealed, but back then it was out of necessity! People in Boston would just assume it was an illegal gun if it was seen, so to avoid the Cops shooting me or patting me down every 20 mins it had to be as concealed as possible. You my friend have worked TOO damn hard building your career to get arrested for “on body” carry! Believe me, I started carrying to protect myself and my family just like you did, but you can’t protect them from jail right? Are you allowed to carry knives, and if so can you possess an automatic knife? If so I have just the hook up 😉
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Post by tonystark on Oct 31, 2018 0:28:13 GMT
Colt! Beware of imitations and patent infringements. I know of one for sale now (or was a few days ago) but it was in .40, not something I want. The first new gun I ever bought, around 1969 or 1970, was a Browning Hi-Power. It was just about $100 and I had a lot of trouble coming up with the money for it. I later bought an H&R .45-70 at the same shop. It was even more expensive. The first gun I ever bought was a Mauser C-96, around 1965, when I was living in Germany. Glocks have their good points but they've become expensive. Yeah I wouldn’t buy a 1911 in .40 either! Hot damn, you bought a Hi-Power for $100?. So lucky! I should have bought one 15 years ago myself, but I NEVER thought that Browning would stop making them. Agreed, Glock’s aren’t worth the price anymore. Even the Gen 3’s are still priced as high as the Gen 4 & 5’s!
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Post by tonystark on Oct 31, 2018 0:30:02 GMT
Colt! Beware of imitations and patent infringements. I know of one for sale now (or was a few days ago) but it was in .40, not something I want. The first new gun I ever bought, around 1969 or 1970, was a Browning Hi-Power. It was just about $100 and I had a lot of trouble coming up with the money for it. I later bought an H&R .45-70 at the same shop. It was even more expensive. The first gun I ever bought was a Mauser C-96, around 1965, when I was living in Germany. Glocks have their good points but they've become expensive. $100 hi power.... ugh. If only. The days of cheap guns are gone. Pffft you’re not kidding! I should have bought one years ago myself, same with the Colt revolvers, but I had no idea they’d cease production of either!!
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Post by tonystark on Oct 31, 2018 0:52:37 GMT
There's people who have kept coming after taking 6 357 jhp's to the torso, as many or more .45 jhp's to the toros. Some have kept their feet after a chest it, all pellets, 00 Buck blast or 12 ga slug, too. other than the spine, there's nothing in the torso which, when hit, causes immediate incapacitation. Even a spine hit can leave him able to shoot from the ground. Really? Name ONE documented case where anyone has survived 6 shots of .357
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Post by tonystark on Oct 31, 2018 1:20:30 GMT
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Post by Croccifixio on Oct 31, 2018 2:22:42 GMT
Haven't watched the bad reviews of the XDE. Maybe I should forgo that then. I had an incident with my autistic daughter the other day. My 380 was in my bag at the time, and while she knew that she shouldn't tinker with it, we were also in a halloween party and she had eaten a few (not really a few...) sweets and was a bit hyperactive. So she ran into me excitedly and bumped her head in the steel frame inside my bag. Got a bump for her trouble. After I made sure she was iced, I check the firearm (that was in a thin, leather holster) and decided then and there to have a custom kydex holster made for the gun. I could imagine something like that disengaging the safety leaving me with a cocked 1911 in condition 0 with its 3 lb trigger. I really hate our laws now on concealed carry. Seriously considering just straight up ignoring it or going and sticking with AIWB (which I prefer, though I absolutely cannot get caught carrying) or just trying my best to comply with an uncertain belt-bag carry. I wouldn’t say completely forgo it just yet. You know, like with the P365 just give it some time for the kinks to get worked out. To be honest the most of the complaints were about the double action trigger, the safety/decocker, and the front fiber optic sight. On the plus side though, there are zero recalls, the slide is supposedly 30% easier to rack, and if you buy one before either the end of November or December, you get an extra 4 magazines! That gives you a total of 7 magazine and a free range bag. Man, I sound like a Springfield Sales Rep 😅 Okay our conversations just went from scary to wicked scary! My daughter is mid-spectrum autistic, so when I read your comment I was like 😳 The poor baby! My daughter has whacked her elbow on my carry gun so many times she checks where her elbow is before she sits down! Do you have good speech services for her there, or is she in the school system? My daughter is 7 and she’s being homeschooled because of her social phobias, but she is in speech therapy every week. I used to live in Boston, Assachusetts (spelling error is intentional) so I very much understand sucky gun laws! I know they aren’t as strict as the laws you have to deal with, but it was the people in the state that made gun owners feel like criminals!! I started appendix carrying 17yrs ago because it was the most “hidden” I could keep my gun while carrying. I know that now it’s the “in” way to carry concealed, but back then it was out of necessity! People in Boston would just assume it was an illegal gun if it was seen, so to avoid the Cops shooting me or patting me down every 20 mins it had to be as concealed as possible. You my friend have worked TOO damn hard building your career to get arrested for “on body” carry! Believe me, I started carrying to protect myself and my family just like you did, but you can’t protect them from jail right? Are you allowed to carry knives, and if so can you possess an automatic knife? If so I have just the hook up 😉 Yeah I should just be more patient. Those guns will get here eventually, and at least the kinks should be worked out by then. Still haven't received any info on the p365 and our bi-annual gun show is starting in 2 weeks so I'll probably pass on that. I'll take some pics of our gun show and show you all the exorbitant prices here. Ah yeah same with my daughter! She was initially diagnosed with Social Communication Disorder, then after the ADOS was found to have mild-mid ASD. She's been going to occupational therapy twice a week for the last 6 months, and speech therapy twice a week for the last 4, apart from going to school daily in a Montessori style setting with just 17 other kids. Seems to work fine for her, though their United Nations day presentation was just basically her in a traditional German dress standing around and fiddling with her fingers while all the other kids sang and danced. That's the thing though: I'm carrying deep concealment 90% of the time due to the environment (probably similar to Boston), so I doubt any cop would see me printing. And the worst they could do was give me a warning or confiscate the firearm and revoke my license... whereas off the body carry just feels useless to me. Even with those specialized bags, it takes a hell of a long time to get to the gun and draw, and you're super obvious doing so. This is why I really need the 365 or XDE to work. 365 for every day, XDE for when I'm with the kids.
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Post by howler on Oct 31, 2018 2:29:27 GMT
There's people who have kept coming after taking 6 357 jhp's to the torso, as many or more .45 jhp's to the toros. Some have kept their feet after a chest it, all pellets, 00 Buck blast or 12 ga slug, too. other than the spine, there's nothing in the torso which, when hit, causes immediate incapacitation. Even a spine hit can leave him able to shoot from the ground. Really? Name ONE documented case where anyone has survived 6 shots of .357 I think the term "survive" is flexible, as in a few seconds, steps, shots fired back or stabbing thrusts directed back at you. Six Federal 125gr. pills out of a 4-6" barrel into the chest should be 3 or 4 more than are needed, but we are really talking about "man bites dog" here.
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Post by tonystark on Oct 31, 2018 3:24:04 GMT
Really? Name ONE documented case where anyone has survived 6 shots of .357 I think the term "survive" is flexible, as in a few seconds, steps, shots fired back or stabbing thrusts directed back at you. Six Federal 125gr. pills out of a 4-6" barrel into the chest should be 3 or 4 more than are needed, but we are really talking about "man bites dog" here. Well he didn’t say “survive,” he said “kept coming” which means something a lot more unbelievable than simply “surviving.” That’s exactly why I’d like to see such a grand statement in writing.
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Post by tonystark on Oct 31, 2018 4:31:22 GMT
I wouldn’t say completely forgo it just yet. You know, like with the P365 just give it some time for the kinks to get worked out. To be honest the most of the complaints were about the double action trigger, the safety/decocker, and the front fiber optic sight. On the plus side though, there are zero recalls, the slide is supposedly 30% easier to rack, and if you buy one before either the end of November or December, you get an extra 4 magazines! That gives you a total of 7 magazine and a free range bag. Man, I sound like a Springfield Sales Rep 😅 Okay our conversations just went from scary to wicked scary! My daughter is mid-spectrum autistic, so when I read your comment I was like 😳 The poor baby! My daughter has whacked her elbow on my carry gun so many times she checks where her elbow is before she sits down! Do you have good speech services for her there, or is she in the school system? My daughter is 7 and she’s being homeschooled because of her social phobias, but she is in speech therapy every week. I used to live in Boston, Assachusetts (spelling error is intentional) so I very much understand sucky gun laws! I know they aren’t as strict as the laws you have to deal with, but it was the people in the state that made gun owners feel like criminals!! I started appendix carrying 17yrs ago because it was the most “hidden” I could keep my gun while carrying. I know that now it’s the “in” way to carry concealed, but back then it was out of necessity! People in Boston would just assume it was an illegal gun if it was seen, so to avoid the Cops shooting me or patting me down every 20 mins it had to be as concealed as possible. You my friend have worked TOO damn hard building your career to get arrested for “on body” carry! Believe me, I started carrying to protect myself and my family just like you did, but you can’t protect them from jail right? Are you allowed to carry knives, and if so can you possess an automatic knife? If so I have just the hook up 😉 Yeah I should just be more patient. Those guns will get here eventually, and at least the kinks should be worked out by then. Still haven't received any info on the p365 and our bi-annual gun show is starting in 2 weeks so I'll probably pass on that. I'll take some pics of our gun show and show you all the exorbitant prices here. Ah yeah same with my daughter! She was initially diagnosed with Social Communication Disorder, then after the ADOS was found to have mild-mid ASD. She's been going to occupational therapy twice a week for the last 6 months, and speech therapy twice a week for the last 4, apart from going to school daily in a Montessori style setting with just 17 other kids. Seems to work fine for her, though their United Nations day presentation was just basically her in a traditional German dress standing around and fiddling with her fingers while all the other kids sang and danced. That's the thing though: I'm carrying deep concealment 90% of the time due to the environment (probably similar to Boston), so I doubt any cop would see me printing. And the worst they could do was give me a warning or confiscate the firearm and revoke my license... whereas off the body carry just feels useless to me. Even with those specialized bags, it takes a hell of a long time to get to the gun and draw, and you're super obvious doing so. This is why I really need the 365 or XDE to work. 365 for every day, XDE for when I'm with the kids. You say that like it’s SO easy to do! I didn’t mean to cast any doubt on the XDE for you by any means. In fact I have a feeling the “bad” reviews that are online are just whiny gun owners nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking, rather than there being a functionality problem. Again, no recalls or ATF warnings can be taken as a check in the “pro” column depending on how you look at it. Plus I was rather partial to the idea of the XDE in .45! Oh I almost forgot, I decided against keeping the Walther PPQ M2 because (and my gun guy thinks I’m nuts) the trigger pull is way too light for concealed carry, and instead I’m trading it for a newly made P365. My local gun store has 3 ex-Sig employees working there, and they all have brand spankin’ new production P365’s, and they told me they aren’t even experiencing the primer drag that was supposedly making firing pins snap. So I am very hopeful, and when I do finally get it you’ll be the first to hear about it! Not to be a paranoid parent or anything, but after the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting I was very much against my little girl going to public school. She still had to go through O.T when she was 3-5, but now it’s just her sentence structure/ vocabulary that needs polishing, and we’re “working on” her social phobia issues. Ironically she’s a savant when it comes to math and art stuff, which is great! I forgot to ask (if it’s okay) how old your little one is, but if that’s PM-only info I totally understand. Whether she was singing and dancing or not, I bet she was a beautiful princess standing there in her German dress! And if you’re a big softy like me when it comes to your daughter, than I bet you took 7,000 pictures of her 😉 Absolutely nothing wrong with that! In addition to having to carry deep concealment, the other thing working against you is that it’s really, really hot where you are. The one thing I had going in my favor that was different from your situation, was that for two seasons out of the year people here wear big, baggy clothes, and sweat pants/sweaters to stay warm. Dressing like that is a HUGE help in concealing guns. I’ve been able to carry obnoxiously hefty guns like my Glock 20, 21, full size 1911’s and even once my S&W 629 Classic (5” barrel). How long is your “rainy season” and do you wear long rain coats or other clothes that might help you hide weapons easier? The other thing about those special CCW bags, brief cases, and purses for women, is that a lot of thieves know exactly what those brands look like, and where the weapon is hidden inside! Of course what you said about the length of time it takes to remove your gun from those off-body bags is totally right, but isn’t it better to have a firearm with you as an option that you can work towards grabbing, rather than not having it at all? I apologize if this is the 50th time I’ve asked you this, but what about an ankle holster as an option (of course only if deep carry is too difficult to do)? Of course with an XDE, 2.0 Shield (.45), or a P365, appendix carry would be much more preferable to off-body carry, or an ankle holster that you have to pretend you’re tying your shoe to draw from! That’s quite the conundrum isn’t it? I think I asked you about knives and what you’re allowed to carry, but something tells me you can carry balisongs, and even machetes if your not in the big city right??
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Post by Croccifixio on Oct 31, 2018 9:05:34 GMT
Mine is 3, turning 4. Yeah lots of pictures. I already have 2 external HDs with 1 TB of pics and videos of her and her younger sister. She's going to school inside our gated village though so it's relatively safe, and there's a bodyguard with her.
Rainy season is half the year, though quite unpredictable. I can wear big guns with a jacket, but it can get hot really quickly and I'd rather not spend the whole day in agony from the heat. That's why I keep looking for that one gun that will satisfy the shootability-capacity-concealability triangle. I think the p365 is going to be that gun, but I just dropped by the gun store not 2 hours ago and they're still not in stock. I might just go for a Gen 5 Glock 26 in the meantime, and just carry the 380 1911 with the kids - at least that one has a manual safety.
I've been able to carry a full sized 1911 before but it's problematic for guarded places like malls since if they find out, they'll make you deposit your firearm in their security office (which is normally deep in the basement).
Ankle holsters... not my cup of tea. I find them equally difficult to reach (compared to bag carry) and irritating to wear.
As for blades... I carry two on me at all times. An assisted folder and a fixed blade. I have a sword in the car too hahaha.
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Post by bluetrain on Oct 31, 2018 10:08:41 GMT
Although I don't believe extensive training and shooting up a hundred rounds every Saturday is really necessary, you still have to be familiar with your weapon. But I also don't agree with the claim that a revolver is simpler. In a way it is, and there are other good points, but what I'm really saying is that an automatic pistol is not too complicated for a woman to use. That's what you usually hear. But does your wife have a sewing machine? Now, that's complicated.
As for automatics being unreliable, it is remarkable that armies all over the world have been using them for over a hundred years, if that were the case.
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Post by theophilus736 on Oct 31, 2018 14:46:20 GMT
Mine is 3, turning 4. Yeah lots of pictures. I already have 2 external HDs with 1 TB of pics and videos of her and her younger sister. She's going to school inside our gated village though so it's relatively safe, and there's a bodyguard with her. Rainy season is half the year, though quite unpredictable. I can wear big guns with a jacket, but it can get hot really quickly and I'd rather not spend the whole day in agony from the heat. That's why I keep looking for that one gun that will satisfy the shootability-capacity-concealability triangle. I think the p365 is going to be that gun, but I just dropped by the gun store not 2 hours ago and they're still not in stock. I might just go for a Gen 5 Glock 26 in the meantime, and just carry the 380 1911 with the kids - at least that one has a manual safety. I've been able to carry a full sized 1911 before but it's problematic for guarded places like malls since if they find out, they'll make you deposit your firearm in their security office (which is normally deep in the basement). Ankle holsters... not my cup of tea. I find them equally difficult to reach (compared to bag carry) and irritating to wear. As for blades... I carry two on me at all times. An assisted folder and a fixed blade. I have a sword in the car too hahaha. Better to have it in a bag than not have it. Carrying a gun most efficiently isnt always the name of the game. Keep it up!
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Post by howler on Oct 31, 2018 18:55:43 GMT
I think the term "survive" is flexible, as in a few seconds, steps, shots fired back or stabbing thrusts directed back at you. Six Federal 125gr. pills out of a 4-6" barrel into the chest should be 3 or 4 more than are needed, but we are really talking about "man bites dog" here. Well he didn’t say “survive,” he said “kept coming” which means something a lot more unbelievable than simply “surviving.” That’s exactly why I’d like to see such a grand statement in writing. Well...this IS Halloween, so I'll give swallowing a cylinder of .357s to Michael Myers. I heard the various police agencies over the years just loved those 125 grainers, and thought they were mighty effective at dropping creeps (not necessarily dead, but incapacitated) in their tracks.
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Post by howler on Oct 31, 2018 19:07:34 GMT
Although I don't believe extensive training and shooting up a hundred rounds every Saturday is really necessary, you still have to be familiar with your weapon. But I also don't agree with the claim that a revolver is simpler. In a way it is, and there are other good points, but what I'm really saying is that an automatic pistol is not too complicated for a woman to use. That's what you usually hear. But does your wife have a sewing machine? Now, that's complicated. As for automatics being unreliable, it is remarkable that armies all over the world have been using them for over a hundred years, if that were the case. Glocks are pretty durable & reliable, it's just simpler for beginners to not deal with slides & magazines. But your right in that none of this is exactly brain surgery and that both semi & revolver make fine choices, unless a person is so basically incompetent that they really shouldn't have either. I think familiarity with weapon is the biggest variable.
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Post by bluetrain on Oct 31, 2018 19:51:06 GMT
It seems logical to recommend that you only have one, maybe two, guns, so that you don't have to learn, or rather, become so familiar with that using it becomes natural but that's no fun. Besides, it probably isn't that difficult to switch from using one firearm to using another that works altogether differently. That's done a lot in training by armed personnel who are armed with, say, a handgun plus a rifle or shotgun anyway. The problems arise when something stops working, even though it may be nothing more than an empty magazine. The stress factor is the thing that has to be overcome. Minor problems like simply hitting what you're shooting at seem to be assumed away.
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Post by howler on Oct 31, 2018 20:04:19 GMT
It seems logical to recommend that you only have one, maybe two, guns, so that you don't have to learn, or rather, become so familiar with that using it becomes natural but that's no fun. Besides, it probably isn't that difficult to switch from using one firearm to using another that works altogether differently. That's done a lot in training by armed personnel who are armed with, say, a handgun plus a rifle or shotgun anyway. The problems arise when something stops working, even though it may be nothing more than an empty magazine. The stress factor is the thing that has to be overcome. Minor problems like simply hitting what you're shooting at seem to be assumed away. Yup, receiving the firearm is just the beginning when either becoming a soldier or preparing for hunting, protection, etc... A professional with one type of weapon is infinitely deadlier than a novice with several. But most just collect a lot of interesting stuff and have varying degrees of proficiency with each.
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Post by reynolds on Oct 31, 2018 22:03:45 GMT
you have to ccw the gun around the house, or you probably wont have it when it's needed. If the bad guy is going to give you the 10 seconds needed to run and get a gun, why not just instead, run up to him and pull his nuts off? See? you're not going to get that time DA is very easy to miss with, and there's virutally no training airsoft revolvers. So few people shoot enough (centerfire) to be more than a bluff, it's disgusting. you can bluff with a mere .22lr, or indeed, with a fake gun.
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Post by reynolds on Oct 31, 2018 22:05:18 GMT
Haven't watched the bad reviews of the XDE. Maybe I should forgo that then. I had an incident with my autistic daughter the other day. My 380 was in my bag at the time, and while she knew that she shouldn't tinker with it, we were also in a halloween party and she had eaten a few (not really a few...) sweets and was a bit hyperactive. So she ran into me excitedly and bumped her head in the steel frame inside my bag. Got a bump for her trouble. After I made sure she was iced, I check the firearm (that was in a thin, leather holster) and decided then and there to have a custom kydex holster made for the gun. I could imagine something like that disengaging the safety leaving me with a cocked 1911 in condition 0 with its 3 lb trigger. I really hate our laws now on concealed carry. Seriously considering just straight up ignoring it or going and sticking with AIWB (which I prefer, though I absolutely cannot get caught carrying) or just trying my best to comply with an uncertain belt-bag carry. I wouldn’t say completely forgo it just yet. You know, like with the P365 just give it some time for the kinks to get worked out. To be honest the most of the complaints were about the double action trigger, the safety/decocker, and the front fiber optic sight. On the plus side though, there are zero recalls, the slide is supposedly 30% easier to rack, and if you buy one before either the end of November or December, you get an extra 4 magazines! That gives you a total of 7 magazine and a free range bag. Man, I sound like a Springfield Sales Rep 😅 Okay our conversations just went from scary to wicked scary! My daughter is mid-spectrum autistic, so when I read your comment I was like 😳 The poor baby! My daughter has whacked her elbow on my carry gun so many times she checks where her elbow is before she sits down! Do you have good speech services for her there, or is she in the school system? My daughter is 7 and she’s being homeschooled because of her social phobias, but she is in speech therapy every week. I used to live in Boston, Assachusetts (spelling error is intentional) so I very much understand sucky gun laws! I know they aren’t as strict as the laws you have to deal with, but it was the people in the state that made gun owners feel like criminals!! I started appendix carrying 17yrs ago because it was the most “hidden” I could keep my gun while carrying. I know that now it’s the “in” way to carry concealed, but back then it was out of necessity! People in Boston would just assume it was an illegal gun if it was seen, so to avoid the Cops shooting me or patting me down every 20 mins it had to be as concealed as possible. You my friend have worked TOO damn hard building your career to get arrested for “on body” carry! Believe me, I started carrying to protect myself and my family just like you did, but you can’t protect them from jail right? Are you allowed to carry knives, and if so can you possess an automatic knife? If so I have just the hook up 😉
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Post by reynolds on Oct 31, 2018 22:07:56 GMT
there is zero reason to have 3 lb pull on a carry gun. Bend the left 2 leaves of the sear spring forward a bit, bend the grip safety leave backwards a bit, shim up the mainspring with a little washer and the pull will be 5 lbs, guaranteed. The gun wont fire with the grip safety engages and the halfcock notch will still catch the hammer. There's also the option of hammer down carry while around the kid, or even chamber empty when she's around. Use your head, man. I already told you of a couple of ways to carry a cased gun. You just can't use them with that big heavy clunk of a 1911, that's all. But they'll work fine with a Taurus PT.22. Make a kydex case for it that looks like a combo phone and pager case. Hollow out a zipper bible, carry it in a fanny pack. I did that all thru high school but without the fannypack. :-) Everyone thought that I was a Jesus Freak. Only 2 very close, SOLID friends knew and they'd crack up every time they saw me with my bible in my hand.
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Post by tonystark on Nov 1, 2018 1:42:23 GMT
Mine is 3, turning 4. Yeah lots of pictures. I already have 2 external HDs with 1 TB of pics and videos of her and her younger sister. She's going to school inside our gated village though so it's relatively safe, and there's a bodyguard with her. Rainy season is half the year, though quite unpredictable. I can wear big guns with a jacket, but it can get hot really quickly and I'd rather not spend the whole day in agony from the heat. That's why I keep looking for that one gun that will satisfy the shootability-capacity-concealability triangle. I think the p365 is going to be that gun, but I just dropped by the gun store not 2 hours ago and they're still not in stock. I might just go for a Gen 5 Glock 26 in the meantime, and just carry the 380 1911 with the kids - at least that one has a manual safety. I've been able to carry a full sized 1911 before but it's problematic for guarded places like malls since if they find out, they'll make you deposit your firearm in their security office (which is normally deep in the basement). Ankle holsters... not my cup of tea. I find them equally difficult to reach (compared to bag carry) and irritating to wear. As for blades... I carry two on me at all times. An assisted folder and a fixed blade. I have a sword in the car too hahaha. Awwww so freaking adorable at that age, of course till they learn the word “no” then they’re slightly less adorable. Only kidding of course! When my daughter was born my mother asked if I knew why parents take 500,000 pictures of their kids when they are little. Of course I answered “no” cause this is my first and only child, so she said “So you can remember what they were like when they were cute and innocent.” The truth of that didn’t really sink in till my daughter turned 4 and became verbal finally. Fortunately her first word wasn’t “no,” but that fun time came a few months later 🤯 LOL I thought I took a lot of pictures, but you definitely take a lot more than I do. It’s probably because I took more when she was little and moved around less. Now I can barely get her to stand still for 10 seconds! We barely ever give her sugar, so all this energy is just her being her. Now see, I couldn’t even have a bodyguard for my daughter if she went to public school (I’d do it myself, but they don’t let parents stick around during school hours) so you must be relieved that he’s there for her during school hours? Are the gates manned as well, or are they like “portcullis” secured? Half the year? I didn’t realize it was that long! Oh right, and it’s that rainy, humid, heat too isn’t it? Ah now I see why you prefer cerakoted finishes on your guns! Makes perfect sense now. Well like I said, I hope to have my own P365 soon, and I will gladly be the guinea pig on the forum to test it out. In the meantime I saw two more positive reviews on the XDE, which supports my theory that the negative reviews were just over nitpicky stuff that has nada to do with reliability or functionality! You definitely aren’t the first person I’ve heard say all the things you said about ankle holsters, and your complaints are definitely justified, I was just trying to think of options other than shoulder holsters and off-body carry. Some people here in the states wear belly band “holsters” but I didn’t want to suggest that for two reasons: 1. If you have a suit and dress shirt on, then trying to draw from a belly band for you would be as slow as off-body carry 2. If you said screw it and wore your gun on you, but went somewhere where you might get patted down, you instantly be caught. If the guys searching you are good at their jobs, then where a belly band holster sits would be right about where they’d start patting you down. Kinda counterproductive! Okay the weird streak continues, and I have to ask WHY you carry two knives? I also carry two knives, and the reason is because when I took Kenpo during my teen years, my instructor taught me that if I was ever in a situation where someone had a gun on me, and told me to hand over everything I had, giving that person one of my two knives would pretty much guarantee that they would stop searching me for weapons, and thinking I was now “unarmed” they’d turn their attention elsewhere. That may sound a little convoluted, but the average criminal on the street isn’t going to be bright enough to wonder whether you carry more than one weapon (cause who else does that?) or not, plus he’s going to be in too much of a hurry for deep philosophical thoughts 😉 I have a Cold Steel machete, a camping hatchet, a sawed down baseball bat, and the snap-out baton from my Homeland Security days in my car. I don’t even know how a local cop would react to a sword in my trunk 😳😁
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