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.22 Long Rifle and 5.56 make the same size hole as one another also.

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My favorite hasn't been made for about a century now. Model 51 Remington.

and sometimes it is just an inconvience to go 'heavy' strapped, a quick pocket gun is better than no gun at all.

Oh, I am not arguing against the fact that there are a lot of other reasons to dislike Sig Sauer. My personal beef with them is that they will release a new handgun that makes you think, "Oh I should buy this!" only to release an evolved version of that same gun a year later that makes you think "I should have waited for this one instead."

Looking to sell my Finn M91/24 “Lotta” rifle. These are sort of unique, as they were the first upgraded M91 models that the Finns reworked. IIRC, they only made 25k of these. This particular example has a heavy stepped barrel made by Bohler Stahl (German interwar period production), Finn 2 piece spliced stock, and the receiver is an 1897 Sestroryetsk Russian production. The rifle is very good condition, and the bore is mirror bright. Included is the Finnish leather sling. I have not fired this rifle but I’m sure it’s a great and accurate shooter like the other various Finnish Mosin Nagants I have owned. $700 or trade for other military rifles.

I have a recent production Colt Python with a 3"bbl, in polished stainless with factory walnut grips, with less than 50 rnds fired, never carried. I am the first and only owner. It is in like new condition with the factory box/docs. Given the poor reviews on the stock factory rear sight working loose, I installed a set of Wilson Combat rear sights that have proven far more stable (factory rear sight will be included). The weapon will be sold with the following accessories and will not be sold separately: (4) HKS speedloaders (1) Altamont Custom G10 Boot Grips with Colt logo (1) Hogue Grips w/ mounting hardware. (1) Pachmeyer Grips Price: SOLD No trade offers please, cash is king. No lowball offers. I am FIRM on the price. Be advised, this weapon will be posted on other sites. NOTE: Buyer will need to agree to the following conditions: 1.) Complete a bill of sale, 2.) Present a valid TN ID and 3.) Present a valid TN HCP

The birth pangs are quickening and becoming stronger. Watch the news as it mirrors what Scripture says. The End time are here and people need to be prepared for the return of Messiah. What a Revelation.....make your choice.

About time. As you will learn, the authoritarian regime of PedoJoe, senile pant####ter and his scumbags at the ATF and DOJ engaged in a multifronted war against this device and this company. It's all over and FRTs are back on the menu, boys!

We were out all night cutting trees out of the road again in my AO. Aggravating to be sure, but leaves a lot to be thankful for considering the tragedies that unfolded in other areas. We need to be praying for those people.

Life is a series of compromises, right? If lowering your odds w/ a mouse gun is unacceptable for the sake of convenience, so is carrying a pistol instead of a shotgun or rifle.

Colt Mustang is my favorite but if I was buying one today for carry, it would be the Ruger Security 380. It checks all the boxes. Around $300, feels good, easy to pull slide, great sights, holds 15 rounds, it's a Ruger.

take a look at sig p238 also

If my carry gun is so wimpy that six shots center mass from a couple feet won’t reliably stop a typical bad guy, I think I’d be better off with a knife.

I would much rather have my P365 with me, but even as small as it is, running down to the corner market in basketball shorts means I'm taking my LCP without a doubt. There is not a 9mm that small and light and if there was, you couldn't shoot the darn thing.

I bought a .380 to replace my EDC. I normally prefer a 45. Yep, I've seen all of the gel tests, read shooting reports, read the goat tests. Nothing beats a 357 mag for stopping threats of the two legged variety. Close second being 45 ACP. But the piece that goes with me always is a KelTec 32. I'm like bersaguy with this pistol, within 7 yards I don't miss point of aim. I won't try to quote any of what I have read, but shot placement is critical in stopping anti-social behavior. Which would I rather have in a gunfight? hands down my Taurus 608 with 125 grain SJHP. But I'm not carrying that every day and I don't shoot revolvers as well as semi-autos. All that said, I'm comfortable with my 32 and there aren't any micro 9s that are even close in size and weight. The 380 was only bought so hopefully the wife will learn and carry the 32. Someone once said the best gun to have in a gunfight is the one you have with you.

I don't want to compromise on any of it, but if we got instant background checks like we do with firearms, and no-cost or low-cost tax stamps, it would be a step in the right direction. I'd have a ####load more suppressors if I could buy one and go home with it the same day.

Every shooting is its own unique story. Nobody can predict how a person will react and there are many failure to stop horror stories. But, you never know what will happen until it actually does happen. I happen to like the 380. Then again, depending on the circumstances, I have carried .32s, .25s and even .22s. Its the Indian, not the arrow. Yes, they do make 9mms now that are as small as a 380. But I already have enough guns in both 9mm and 380. I see no reason to buy another that I don't really need. Further I have shot a couple of the small 9mms. I didn't like them and had trouble hitting with them. However, I can shoot a small 380 quite well. Another thing is that sometimes its more about the gun than the caliber. I happen to be very fond of the Walther PP series pistols. I have carried one of these in 380 and also in .32 acp. I've never felt under gunned because I shoot them quite well. My favorite 380 is the Colt Mustang. Small, easy to carry and its locked breech design makes recoil very manageable. I feel very well protected with it. Sure, some calibers are better than others. But caliber wars prove nothing. Few would recommend carrying a .22LR. Yet some people do and the lowly .22 has put a whole lot of people in the ground. Carry what you're comfortable with and the Hell with what anybody else says.

Selling my Surefire Warden Blast Regulator for the the SOCOM quick detach system. Mounted and shot a sparingly. $120 TYD Or Happy to meet you in person in Knoxville. I also travel from Knoxville to Columbia monthly and am happy to meet along the way.

SOLD Excellent condition Quality Hardware Manufacturing Corp (QHMQ) M1 Carbine. Serial number places it in second block of production. Most parts appear correct. Spring tube receiver and flat bolt. Barrel is manufactured by Buffalo Arms and shows a 1943 year of manufacture. See photo's for detailed markings and condition. Asking $1700 or best offer. FTF in TN or shipped for $35 FFL to FFL or C&R.

BUT I just had my shoulder replaced and cannot shoot it for 6 months! It was made in Turkey. Does anyone have one of these and can give me some beta?

Your wife is right but the shift has already being going on for a while. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maps-show-tornado-alley-shift-storms-weather/

I've offered my prayers up for those affected by this latest round of storms. That is the best I can do today. I don't know if the storms are getting stronger. I'm sure the paths are moving as they tend to do over the decades. Earth is dynamic, turning and moving in constant state of shift. I'm with @gregintenn on this one too, are storms more deadly? Sure, there are more people now. I have seen the paths move and return over the years. The Bible says it rains on the just and unjust alike, I think one meaning is the weather goes where it goes, no one is immune or protected.

Go big or go home!!! What a score.

My wife said something similar, and me being me, took the other side of the coin. Many of the subdivisions and trailer parks destroyed by tornadoes today were hay fields, cow pastures, or wooded land in our youth. Tornadoes passed through them occasionally, but it was covered 24/7 on the news TV and internet. Also, instead of destroying peoples' homes and lives, it might have knocked a squirrel nest out of a tree.

Because sometimes a mouse gun is the best for the circumstances. Sure, we'd all like to constantly carry a full size, major caliber gun all the time. But sometimes, it just ain't practical. For most of my adult life my EDC was a Colt Commander in .45acp. I've gotten old and my health ain't so good anymore. These days I find that a small frame, 5 shot .38 is much more practical for my everyday life style. And sometimes, for like a quick trip to the store, just dropping a little .25 auto in my pocket is fine with me.

I assume everyone here realizes a 380 ACP projectile and a 9mm Mauser projectile make the exact same diameter hole, right?

Nothing is 100% regarding firearms. Ask the FBI why they adopted then dropped the 10mm. Ask they army why they adopted then dropped 38spl. One of the reports I read when I studied this involved a police officer responding to an armed robbery. He was shot in the upper arm by a 25ACP, dropped to the sidewalk and died of shock. Shot placement and round choice are #1 and #2. And by round choice I do not mean caliber. One could use a 9mm or 45 with FMJ or LRN and lose the fight without hitting the central nervous system. Hunters will tell you animals will run or continue to attack with a fatal wound. Round choice is dependent upon multiple factors. In theory, you want to expend all of the energy within a short distance. Good hollow points do that. Great hollow points will do it after passing through heavy clothing, windows, plywood, and other barriers. While many will perform well on bare gelatin, once clogged with clothing fibers they won't expand at all. There's a reason our military went to 5.56. A dead combatant takes out one, a wounded combatant takes two out of the fight. the ability to carry more rounds is secondary. 5.56 is also flatter shooting and makes sighting at long and short range easier. The switch from 45 to 9mm was for reduced recoil, more rounds was an extra as was our NATO partners using the same round. These calibers with civilian defensive rounds are quite capable but banned from combat. If you would prefer to carry a knife to a gunfight I hope you are well trained and don't have to fight outside of 7 yards. Even a knife is not 100% unless you hit the central nervous system. for TLDR, maximum system shock stops fights.

The Colt Mustang. Basically a miniature 1911. Its a locked breech design which makes the recoil lighter than on blowback pistols, more accurate and easier to shoot. I have two of them and love 'em. My favorite 380. The Sig P238 and Kimber Micro are both copies of this pistol. But the Colt came first and can usually be found a little cheaper. Of course, if you just want to go classic, you just can't beat the old Walther PPK or PPK/s. Old school cool at its finest. If you're interested, I currently have a Sig P232 listed in the classifieds.

I don't hear much about Glocks kBing any more. Older Glocks with roomier chambers and poly rifling were the usual suspects, especially .40 guns, ESPECIALLY if lead bullets were being used. I don't know why a gun would blow up with good ammo unless it fired out of battery. 320s mysteriously blowing up has been a little too common lately. I saw one self-destruct with factory ammo. The factory can make bad ammo too, but I think it's a lot less likely. I wonder if out-of-battery is possible with a 320. ETA: I didn't know 320 case support was this lacking. I usually roll my eyes when I hear "not fully supported" but there is quite a bit of brass exposed as Ben Stoeger shows below. It's also interesting that he mentions firing out of battery. He is probably exposed to more 320s than most Sig employees.

My EDC for more than a decade has been my old LCP1 with a seven round magazine. I can hit with it, it's comfortable, and I'm comfortable with it...

I carry a 380, but I'm not a professional gunfighter like most internet forum guys. I shot for my HCP with a 22 revolver. I'm pretty thrifty too.

Back in the 60s, my father witnessed a shooting that resulted when two upstanding gentlemen had a disagreement. One pulled his .25 Auto and shot the other one point blank six times in the chest. The victim grabbed an elderly lady whom my father said began “singing a tune” (I bet she was!) and used her as a shield before his former comrade could shoot him a seventh time. The guy didn’t die, at least not right then. Perhaps a .40 or a .357 would have netted the same results, but I doubt it. The point is we can say many men have died by .22 or .25, or elephants and cape buffalo have been put down with a 7mm Mauser, but that doesn’t mean they won’t kill you before succumbing to their injuries. An unnecessarily marginal round just seems like a lousy idea, especially with the options available nowadays.

Well, it is good to be you...... congratulations. Only absolute is don't rush shooting that thing with the replacement. Joint replacement works out pretty well IF YOU FOLLOW the rules of rehab.................

I have 3 different 380's.1 Bersa Thunder 7 rounds, 1 Bersa model 85 15 rounds and a S&W Body Guard 5 rounds Pocket gun and a Phoenix 22 10 rounds. I carry the Thunder 95% of the time with 2 back up mags mostly because I can hit what I am shooting at with it.

Congrats, as far as advice, shoot it with your other side.

I think that is something people forget sometimes. What works for one person may not work for others. Physical traits or limitations may dictate carrying something that one may deem inferior. I'm not a .380 fan but I won't discount the benefits for those that use that caliber. If you carry, carry it well.

I think this is the answer for the twenty first century... At this point in history, there is nothing better, ounce per ounce, than a 9 mm. The ballistic guys have optimized this cartridge better than all the others put together. TGODavid... ".There are too many small and reliable 9mm micro-compact handguns today for me to give a second thought to carrying a .380 ACP. The days of having to choose small cartridges to get small guns are past us. ". That said, there will always be situations where God intervenes, and a yahoo survives what should have been a fatal shot, no matter the caliber. I've got an uncle ( now long gone to his heavenly home ) who wuz shot 3 times in the belly by my aunt in an argument with 148 grain wad cutters. He sat down on the couch and called an ambulance. I worked for him for years in my college days. He wuz a WW2 vet and a bricklayer. Tough as they come. I'm 78, gimped up, and carry a SIG 938 or a 38 special LCP every day, unless I'm goin thru " Bouganville ", then I grab an extra 9 mm of some flavor, or something bigger. I believe there is no better round than the 9 mm for daily carry, and nothin better than two of em for dangerous situations. All that from a revolver and 1911 snob that has burned thousands of big bore rounds over the years, n carried em all... leroy..

David is wise, David is good. My Sig P-365 9mm made all of my .380s obsolete. Some people have physical limitations that may prevent them from being able to operate a small 9mm and to those people the .380 is an option. Since my reverse shoulder replacement surgery, I have gone back to .380s and I don't feel under gunned but roaming the recesses of Harris Teeter is about my limit these days.

The recall was a drop safety issue. They corrected that YEARS ago and anyone who still has a pre-recall gun in pre-recall state has no excuse for their gun being in that condition. The new claims are that some of these guns somehow go off on their own. I am very skeptical of it and never had any problems out of my P320 and it sat for months in my safe, holstered with a loaded chamber, and it never fired on its own. We may find that there are some tolerance stacking issues that affect a small percentage of these guns, or we may find out that human beings will almost always blame something other than themselves or their garbage-tier holsters when a negligent discharge occurs. I'm still waiting to see this problem (a.) reproduced and (b.) thoroughly analyzed. So far it hasn't happened.

Here in the recliner, mostly. Don't get out much, trouble walking. Getting older 81. Legs weak, short of breath after the heart attack last year, bad back. Other that that, just fine, LOL How are you doing? Hadn't forgotten you, just don't get on here, rarely.

I was never a big revolver guy but somehow I have ended up with several. Just picked up 3 more the other day. Got a S&W 36 and a pair of Colt Officers Model Match, one in .38 and the other in .22.

I mainly do pocket carry, easy to do and barley noticeable

Very much understood. I should have added that we met with the young man first and got good "vibes" from him. I know that's not necessarily a good thing to go by. But we did. Like many here, face-to-face conversations, and first impressions are an indicator for us as to how someone is recieved. Still...it is a risk. I understand.

The collection was lacking revolvers so I just picked up a few S&W.

I think a lot of it has to do with your age. Many of us Boomers grew up at a time when all the cops carried revolvers and wheelguns were all over the TV and movies. For us they're normal. But the younger generations grew up with semi-autos. That's their normal. Revolvers are still great guns, but just not the standard any more. You go with what you're used to. Although I have seen many posts on gun boards where some younger person discovers revolvers and is suddenly in love with the old guns. I think wheelguns will be with us for a very long time yet.

I like not having to chase down my empty brass.