Grayfox54

While I'm mainly a S&W guy, I do have a fondness for pony revolvers as well.

I certainly hope things have changed. Back when I was still working (10 years ago) we had an illegal that got caught and deported twice. Both times he was back in about 3 weeks.

I don't know all the details of the "Big Beautiful Bill" , but if the various things I'm hearing are true, I'd be fine with leaving suppressors in the NFA for a while longer and it not pass.

Quite honestly, you would be much better off just buying guns in the configuration you want. Gunsmithing is expensive and the guns will never sell for anything close to what you have in it. Once modified from original, S&Ws value drops considerably. You'd just be wasting your money. Granted, 3" K-frames are hard to come by and expensive, but they are out there.

Let me repeat what I said way back on page 1 of this thread. "Carry what you're comfortable with and the Hell with what anybody else says." Nuff said.

As I said in the other thread, for a .22 handgun you can't go wrong with either the Ruger Standard Model or Browning Buckmark. I like the Browning. For a cheap, reliable and accurate .22 rifle, I'd suggest you look at a Marlin Model 60. Great rifles and many can be found on the used market pretty cheap. Marlin also makes a number of excellent and inexpensive bolt action .22s. I really think these are the best bang for your buck.

Sounds like a plan to me. However, I would pass on the Taurus TX22 for a better .22 pistol. A good semi-auto .22 pistol can be used for training, target shooting and hunting. I like the Browning Buckmark, but you wouldn't go wrong with one of the Ruger Standard Models either. Both are excellent pistols at a reasonable price. As for a hunting rifle, that depends on what you intend to hunt, the range you intend to hunt at plus the type of terrain. Lots of options out there.

Not necessarily. There are plenty of hammer fired, single stack 9mms out there that make excellent carry guns. I'm partial to the Sig P239 and have carried mine on occasion.

I carried a Colt Lightweight Commander in .45 for most of my adult life. Great gun. With the right belt and holster, it conceals very well and is quite comfortable due to its flat profile. However, I'm not a fan of 9mm 1911s. If your gonna carry a 1911, get one in the correct caliber.

For once, I'm glad a gun I like is too far away.

I don't think there is a good combination home defense and hunting rifle. Generally a rifle suited for home defense is too light in caliber for reliable hunting of deer sized game. While a suitable hunting rifle is way too overpowered for urban defense. ARs suited for deer sized game will be chambered in other calibers that are both harder to find and more expensive. One of the strongest arguments in favor of the 5.56 is its readily available and reasonably priced ammo. Many years ago in the Army the M-16A1 was a POS. I didn't like it and I didn't trust it. I felt that way for about another 50 years. But around 2018 I finally figured that I should get an AR-15 simply because so many people didn't want me to have it and wanted to outlaw them. So I bought a S&W M&P-15 because it was cheap and reliable. About a year later, I stumbled into a deal on a Colt A2 model that was just too good to pass up. So, yeah, I have two AR style rifles. But the truth is that I don't shoot them much. If the S ever did HTF, my choice of rifle would not be an AR. It would be my M1A. But yeah, I do recommend the every serious gun owner has at least one AR-15 type rifle. If for no other reason than just to piss off the antis.

Never mind.

I brought this thread back up because one of my favorite authors has done it again. I've posted before about how much I like his People's Republic/ Kelly Turnbull series. This new one is a stand alone novel unrelated to those. The Attack by Kurt Schlichter The signs were all there, but nobody paid attention. They didn't want to. For years they had been sneaking through our porous southern border. Watching, waiting, planning. The day finally came and suddenly 12,000 heavily armed Islamic Jihadist attacked in unison all over the United States. No one was safe. No place was safe. The fanatics mission was to kill as many Americans as possible before they themselves died as martyrs. They were brutal. Torturing, raping and maiming people just because it was fun to them. The recorded much of their savagery and posted it on the internet. The attack lasted three days. In the end 172,000 Americans were dead. They were trying to break us. This book takes place 5 years later. The author is touring the country and collecting the stories of those who survived. He interviews a wide array of people. Politicians, various officials, LE, Military, first responders and just ordinary people who got caught up in the attack. The book is set up so that each chapter is one person's story. The book is fascinating and horrifying. The scariest part is that it could actually happen.

What engine is in it?

Climate change is real and its not changing for the better. I do believe that storms are getting more frequent and stronger. I saw where the National Hurricane Center is already predicting this year to be a bad one. We humans live or die at Momma Gaia's whim. All we can hope to do is adapt and survive.

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.

One more time. This is a great gun. Somebody needs to buy this!

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.

A big part of choosing a carry gun is understanding its strengths and weaknesses. If this man had put those .25acp rounds into his opponent's face instead of chest, I'm guessing the outcome likely would have been different.

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.

Guilty as charged.

I've noticed them too. There were several that I'd like to have. But not at today's prices.

This one of those things that the factory says is completely untrue, yet there are reports of it still happening. I have enough doubt that I'll never own one. But then, I don't like plastic in general anyway.

My late best friend was an avid C&R collector. He had about a dozen SKSs, at least 8-10 Mosin Nagants and a bunch of other Mil-surp weapons. He also kept good records. Including what he had paid for each. The most he ever paid for any of them was $100 and that was for a new in factory wrap SKS. When he passed, I was put in charge of disposing of his collection. I sold all of them for 3-4 times what he had paid. They sold quick because I still had them priced a fair bit below the standard pricing at the time. Today's prices are even higher. We went to a gunshow with just over 100 guns. We came home with 11 and a huge profit.

Most likely an extractor issue. Check and adjust tension as needed. Examine the tip for damage. BTW: the 1911 uses a controlled feed system. NEVER drop a round in the chamber and close the slide on it. This is a sure way to damage the extractor.