Jonnin

must connect guns and schools to push anti gun agenda. Must connect guns and schools. Must! Must connect Trevor to stoke that fire, MUST! Must make self defense sound criminal, cannot allow valid use of guns to be in the news, cannot!! Did my brief journey into the mind of a journalist help?

75% or more of our laws are redundant anyway. If you seek logic, the laws of the land is not a good place to go hunting for it.

snip --- mostly agree. But, whether taurus did this or not, its very doable: if you do not understand the thing you made, and did not design it, you can still replace a busted one with a new one in about 10 seconds without a lot of trouble, provided most of them work and once in a while a lemon is cranked out (as seems to be the case). Its a lot cheaper to make one more and give it away than to pay an engineer $$$$$$$$$ per hour to fix something that is worth little compared to the analysis and repair expense.... If I could buy a gun making machine for cheap and make em, I would probably do my customer service that way, at least until I were stable and very profitable. I would, however, keep the busted ones for analysis later on, when I could afford an engineer to take a look at the problems and suggest improvements.

I have no problem with a no-knock warrant in theory --- but it shoud be a seldom used thing. It puts the police and the suspect both at extreme risk --- and is only really useful for extremely dangerous raids, like a movie style drug baron's home with many armed hired goons. Dunno how often that sort of thing comes along, but it should be ultra rare. I cannot understand getting the wrong address in a world full of GPS and databases. If some idiot that wants to sell me random worthless junk can figure out my name, phone number, mailing address, workplace, and more, the cops really should be able to get the correct place for their suspect pretty much 99.9999% of the time, and that 0.000001th time should be investigated while the screw ups take an unpaid vacation. I approve of the law: if someone shoots a LEO that broke in unannounced in the dark, well, that goes back to the no knock being used when it maybe should not have been. It put the LEO at risk.

That is probably 95% of the problem He would have known what could and could not be done to shrink it reliably (or figured it out). About the CZ.... I had mine converted to SAO for that very reason (makes every shot the same). Its 1911ish .... cocked and locked, SAO (though sloppy as all get out, basically a 2-stage trigger because the reset is way too long). Awesome pistol. Highly recommend the SAO mod as well (CZ custom shop).

This. I have had any number of my guns modified, but almost none repaired. The few "repairs" I have had were simple enough that I understood them. Thinks like replacement of the screw that fell out of my blackhawk, or polish of a rough part, DIY sorts of things. Most complex was my p238 which needed 0.01 mm knocked off the slide stop so that certain brands of ammo would not hit the stop during feeding. If I can understand the issue (and fix it myself), I still trust it. If it goes back and I get a 4 page report of stuff done to it, it will be sold. I did break the unbreakable extractor in my para, but its a target / range gun, and if it breaks again, I will fix it again.

Duhuh. I got it at a gun show, I think. I do not remember.

They got off to a bad start in the USA. Some of their early guns had a shaky reputation. I do not have any experience with those -- it could have been brand snobbery or a few lemons or whatever --- but first impressions stick and they made a bad one. Since then, they have cleaned up their stuff and for the most part, it is pretty good now. They are not military grade rugged, or heirlooms, but they shoot, are reasonably priced, and word is that with the service center in the US now, repairs are much better. My wife loves her 941 22 mag so much that she bought the 22lr version of it too. And my mom liked that so well she also got one after seeing them. The taurus replaced the S&W that cracked after just 3 months (lightweight metal 22 mag PD model). Last weekend we were shooting at skeet clays at 25 yards, and she decided to try. She managed to hit 2 clays in 3 shots with that 2 inch barrel mousegun. We were both expecting her to empty the gun at it and not even get close. We had a 709 for a couple of years. A good carry piece, but it was never very accurate. It was reliable and concealable, easy to operate. They fill a niche. And I do not know how many thousands of judges and family have been sold, but enough that someone felt the need to COPY taurus (this is kinda funny since its usually the other way around) to get in on that action. I have no use for the judge, but I have shot one and it was very nice with .45s in it, accurate and comfortable.

I always took it that those kind of threads were either getting ideas (I want a gun, what do others like in general) or prepurchase opinions (I like that sig, but does it have any problems?) more than anything else. Then there are the show & tell threads.... I got a new gun, look at it and stuff. Its pretty rare to see "I carry a X, is that ok" --- but all I can think of when I do see those is a new permit holder double checking. Lot of people out there with shiny new pistols, shiny new permits, and stil a little bit unsure about the whole thing.

seems to be internet rumor. Everyone says it can get you into trouble, but no one has an actual case where it mattered. There are a few cases where it was mentioned, but a deciding factor between a clean shoot and some sort of "overkill" or "excessive force"? Nothing seems to exist. I am tempted. I made some 9mm with a 380 hollowpoint pushed as hot as I was willing to go, but never loaded them for carry. I also made some 223 hollowpoints to mix in with all the FMJ rounds, just to mix it up, but that is home defense not carry really (I did put some in the mag). I made some makarov to carry as well. Never made enough to test enough to satisfy myself about using them though. Was more to get my feet wet making hot loads than anything else.

I do not know, have not tried bullseye. I would think they tweak the formulas some... actually pretty sure of it as people warned me when I started about using old powder with new load data or vice versa. I know very little of the chemistry involved, if I had the formula I could tell you what it makes when it burns and how much of it, but methinks the formulae for these (the exact formula that is) are secrets.... (?). If its public info, point me at it, and I will take a look. However that still assumes it burns completely.... which it may not do in some guns and some loads etc. For sure, though, the more you burn of whatever, the more stuff it will produce. 10 grains of bullseye is going to be twice as dirty as 5. Compared to #2? I cannot begin to say.

The industry needs to define subcompact, compact better. I don't see calling a 7 inch long pistol "subcompact". If a 1911 officer's is a subcompact, then my desert eagle is just a standard, regular sized pistol. The colt defender is almost the same size, like 1/4 shorter than officers? Anyway, I can't see trying to make a 6 inch 1911 true subcompact that works terribly well in 45

I am sure he knew it was wrong, and I am sure that his mom taught him better. Honestly, even if she didnt, he knew it was wrong unless he was a sociopath or actually mentally disabled, or something else outside the norm. No functional person over age 10 would try armed robbery and think it was "OK to do because mama never said not to".

Eh. Well, I half agree. I am not too sure about keeping it in 45 AND trying to make a pocket pistol out of it at the same time. Cutting the caliber down and scaling the design seems to work well enough.

5 and 231 are so close you can almost interchange the load data. Both are excellent and both will do for almost all calibers from 380 up, though it is suboptimal for magnums, and not quite what you want for say .25 acp. #2, I feel it is cleaner than most. I suspect it has to do with the lower volume. Less material to burn = less residue, and burning hotter, it burns cleaner. Combine all that.... 5 and 231 and maybe twice as dirty (?) or so, very noticable. And, your $20 pound goes nearly twice as far. Its a fine powder. The reason I do not use it is accuracy. The less you use of a powder, the more impact a little variation has on your accuracy. If you use 3 grains of #2, and your scale is +- .25 grains, that is nearly a 10% variation in loads!!!!!! If you used 6 grains of #5, that is only 5% variation, see? 5 is a good balance between cost and performance for a .45 --- a little dirtier, a little more expensive, and a little more consistent (with my equipment and methods).

Its not just the parent though. My parents were very, very good. And, in the end, I turned out OK as well. But as a teenager, did they really know what I was doing 24-7? No. At some point, 13, 15, 17, a teen begins to be places they should not, doing those things they should not. I did them, most of us did. Rob someone with a gun, no that never crossed my mind, never thought of going off to hurt someone or even damage property, but we did plenty of things that had our parents (or other adults) known would have been "bad" (for us, only victims would have been ourselves!). Thing is, my parents thought they knew where I was, who was there, and what I was doing. Often, they only had the 1 thing right (who I was with). We often found the means to go out and about, and do stuff. Its not their fault for not knowing where we were.... its darn near impossible to do that with a teen unless you lock them in a cage. Which leads to this pretty basic but ugly truth: some people are just no good. Good parents, decent lifestyle, no reason to turn bad, but they do. Other kids have everything against them, and turn out to be productive, well adjusted and great people. Parents are a HUGE factor, but there are plenty of times when good parents produce sorry offspring. Can't blame the parents in every case. In this case? Maybe, maybe not, there isnt enough to say. Sounds like he WAS a good kid. It only takes a few min of peer pressure from the local low-downs to undo a decade of parenting --- and that happens all too often. It only takes screwing up once to get caught and ruin your life, or end it. Was this the first time, or the 100th? In the end, it does not matter.

If you must do this, do it in bulk. The fee per primer is very high for small amounts, while for a large order, it can be manageable. You can also try to get someone local to order it --- you might try N GA reloading, for example, I would bet if you wanted a case they would order it for you. Bulk buyers distribute the hazmat over many cases of products and greatly reduce the fees.... and I think FFL / ammo makers can reduce the fees somehow.

Not sure what his point even is. Is he trying to blame the 1911 design? Or just saying the colt defender or whatever has problems? Its not the design, there are plenty of reliable 1911s out there (and most of the problems are caused by magazines anyway, from my limited experience). The design could be better in several ways, but it is not a poor design nor prone to jams if properly implemented by the manufacturer. Its not the size of the gun, my p238 has not jammed once after break-in period. Whatever the problem is, those 2 things are not the cause of it, which leads back to 'what was his point'???

I also use #5 for a bunch of calibers. Power pistol is the cleanest I have tried, but it requires by-weight loading rather than by-volume. If loaded by weight it produces good accuracy. I am not sure what it costs per pound. Accurate #2 is clean, but its stout. You could get as many as 3 charges in a case, so be careful if you move to a hot powder like this. At 10 yards shooting standing up, you will not really be able to tell much difference between loads unless you are an excellent shot. Its too close to blame the ammo, unless the ammo is just wildly unstable (assuming the powder charges are within a decent margin of error). I would strongly recommend at least bench resting the gun, if not locking it down somehow. Get the human error out of the equation, and you may be able to refine your loads faster/easier.

That makes sense --- looking back it seems most of the types I tried all said magnum. I think sportsman's has the 450s currently, but their primer supply is all over the place lately. You can try, is all I can say.

yes, any small rifle primers will do, one is much like another for general purpose ammo. Ive been using cci 450 (magnum) in my 223s and its been flawless.

I would rather have one of those punt guns than that thing.

Nevermind saw the mismatches after looking again. Looks like a nice one, but really, if it is to shoot, the only answer is to shoot it. If it is to collect, you want a pro opinion.

this thread got me pumped about going, so today I took the mauser. Put up 2 shoot & sees, the 5 or 6 inch circle ones with an x in the middle at 100 yards. 19 shots (wife took #20), 13 hits. Not bad for me, I am poorish with iron sights. Today was very nice, it tried to rain a little as we packed up but we trusted our luck and it was beautiful. Everyone else must have been doing yardwork, we had the range to ourselves.... hope some of you at least got a chance to shoot today in equally great weather.

its good stuff. We used it for years when the guns were in a dampish basement and it ate a small bucket of the stuff every month or so, esp in the summer humidity. Now, I have a dehumidifier near my safe and it is no longer in a damp area. This time of year the dehumidifier pulls about 2 -3 gallons per day.