Oh Shoot

I generally point shoot at least a mag's worth at 7-10 yards when I shoot my EDC at range. It's one of the reasons I settled on XD SC instead of Glock 26 (the XD points better for me). Usually draw and fire two or three at a time. Sometimes try draw, fire one, and then fire couple more while "getting off the X". Seems to me if the Bad Thing ever happens, I wouldn't be collected enough to focus on a tiny area of my pistol. Point shooting seems also more conducive to expanding your field of view rather than narrowing it, pretty important if more than one assailant, would seem to me. (I've never read any credible trainer who advocates middle finger on trigger, though.) - OS

You want 9mm for SD. You really do. I like my PM9 very much, only reason it's no longer my EDC is that I'm more comfy with more rounds. I'll carry it in pocket on the rare occasions I have to wear dress clothes. I haven't shot the Kahr .380, but I have shot the Ruger LCP, and the PM9 has less perceived shock than that. I shot 100 rounds through the PM9 any number of times, painless. - OS

Dude! Do you just not care? : "*** SIGNATURE REMOVED BY ADMIN *** Read the rules! " - OS

I'd kind of like to have one myself, but I'd hate to spend much over a c-note just to see bullet holes. So, is 45x enough to see .22 and bigger bullet holes at 200 yards, or what? - OS

Quite a stretch from $100 to $700, though! - OS

If you look at the two mags, it's pretty obvious why the slide wouldn't lock back with the black one. Even though the mag locked in/released okay, and the overall height was just barely high enough for a round to be stripped and chambered, the slide lock cutout in upper left is cut too low to trip the gun's slide stop lever. It's even more obvious if you align the two mags side by side exactly by the bases. - OS

I never cleaned ANY of the 12 or so handguns or long guns I've bought brand new prior to firing. Because none of the manuals suggested it. I did look to see that the barrel was clear in each case, that's about it. - OS

I'm 6' 2", 220 lbs - I shouldn't have 25 of that, and am a rattletrap from odometer turning over, poor maintenance schedule, and years of washboard roads. So we're probably an even match. Except for my knives and gun and no sense of fair play. Serious Moral: I'm too old to risk taking what could likely be my last beating. - OS

The two dirtiest brands I've shot in the last year or so are: - agree on the Remington UMC (only have shot the 9mm). - .357 and .38 cowboy loads from Georgia Arms. I'm not dissing GA, though, as everything else I've ever gotten from them has been stellar. And it may just be the nature of the lower powered (and seemingly slow burning) cowboy loads in general, never shot any cowboy loads but these). But unlike what some others say, no matter how black the various parts of the guns get, it hasn't been any more effort to clean up after these than any other rounds, everything comes right off. - OS

NC allows open carry without permit, 18 yrs. old. Same as Virginia. - OS

Thanks for the notice, FG. - OS

I see them as equally good. I've been more than happy with my Bullard holsters, both Dual Carries and a BodyGuard, but I have always really wanted leather belt loops. The Dual Carry just isn't designed for them, and the add-on leather loop option that he offers is too bulky IMO (I tried them). But as far as concealment, fit, comfort, etc. they really are equals. The only slight drawback of David's metal clips are that they are a little hard on my nice gunbelt and also I have caught the outside part of the clips sitting down in certain chairs to where they popped off the belt. It may just be a matter of the aesthetics of the all leather that I prefer as much as anything. The metal clips do anchor the Dual Carry nicely to the belt, but the loops are nice in that I can more easily tweak the position of the holster, sliding forward or back some, like when sitting in car, yet it stays in place well wherever I leave it. When I first started touting David's (Bullard) stuff about a year ago, you could get one of his holsters in a week or less, now folks have found him, and it takes a month or more, but that's still a plus, considering the TT took 6 months. - OS

I need to do review of mine, love it. Been wearing it daily for about 6 weeks now. Mine took almost 6 months to the day, was in sync with the progress report Tim posts onsite, but way over the "16 weeks" estimate he also posts there. I'll try to photograph mine tomorrow and post in this thread. - OS

You don't consider a grip safety an external safety? I do. - OS

Boy, are you about to not make some friends! - OS

Tell him it can't fire unless the trigger is pulled, simple as that. If he's pocket carrying, there are other things than a finger that could conceivably pull that trigger, so make sure he's using a pocket holster that covers the trigger. - OS

If only they had a model with iron sights as backup, I'd jump on one, too. - OS

Yeah, what the heck. It's not like it's used in a combat situation. Not yet, anyway. - OS

I read a thread on Marlin fourum re that; seems everyone has "heard" that the first Hornady LE touching follower "can" jam with old follower, nobody responding in thread had had it happen. - OS

I took a tip from feller on another forum, and gave all four of my BC (steel lips) mags a good shot of silicon spray lube. I've run several loads through each of them since, and not one failure. I mean, not a one. Different brands of ammo, all copper coated though. - OS

I finally found a Marlin 1894 in .357 about 3 months ago. It's surely a joy! - OS

3rd old feller checking in: I've really gotten back into .22 over the last few months... Have 2 10/22's different vintages/configs, a Mossberg Plinkster bolt rifle, a 1953 Remington Fieldmaster pump (my first gun), and a 1950's vintage H&R revolver. I generally shoot at least 500 when I go a plinkin'. - OS

Well, in hamburger there's ground beef and ground chuck. Charter is at least the ground chuck - I'd trust it with my life over time comfortably, with a ground beef KT, not so much. I still have an old Charter and would feel comfy with it in my pocket tomorrow; or at least as comfy as 5 rounds can feel. - OS

They say there ain't no such thang as bad publicity, eh? - OS

I think I'd feel same as you about the hamburger even if I had only ever had flank steak. I've shot both P-11 and PF-9 and was sort of shocked that guns could be made that would be that harsh and inaccurate and yet still function. Sort of a marvel in anti-engineering. Sorry, KT fans. (ps: I'm not a gun snob - I have two Hi-Points!) - OS