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I am not a fan of the .380, not because of effectiveness, just much rather have a round which is officially adopted by enough government departments to keep it on the shelf. That has been my strategy since I started buying guns. I do own other calibers like the 300Blk which need reloading to be worth it, and the .270 which I only hunt with so I have enough components to last a lifetime, but all other calibers have been military or PD rounds at some time or another. Even the venerable .22 is the choice of many departments as practice rounds; though seeing how availability has been in the past that might change. For some time it was almost cheaper shooting 5.56 than .22. I have always been an advocate of shot placement, and knew early on that most SD guns could be effective with the right cartridge. The bad thing is that we had to do our own tests with wet phone books, and Denver books are great for that, to confirm what the "experts" were pushing. I collected a few studies such as the one linked above throughout the years and they all helped solidify my beliefs. The bottom line is that it's better to have something than nothing, and you need to practice with that something so you can consistently hit a target where you want.

So, going to the range and decided to pull out the BHP. It indeed is one of the "made in Belgium" models. I guess I'll have to baby it more...nah its a shooter. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

This link can tell you if you have been effected. The letter, similar to those that contain your credit card pin number, contain a code to get you the free credit monitoring. You should be able to give them a current address in that link, but if you file taxes...they know where you live ? https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity Example letter: https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/sample-letter.pdf The examples are almost identical except one mentions fingerprints (if compromised) and one don't; Mine were of course.

No, that's the guys who hacked the OPM, a Chinese Intel Op IMO. I was talking about this: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/politics/malaysian-hacker-isis-military-data/ And these are just the ones we know about, remember that the OPM was hacked earlier than was reported. Some is to protect the investigation, some is political, and some is to keep us from realizing just how inept many federal departments are.

Well, if I remember correctly, they arrested some foreigner(s) for either selling, or trying to sell military personnel's private info to ISIS. Seems we are not getting the full story here, we should all stay vigilant.

My wife just got hers, I received mine a couple of weeks ago. It's big enough that if you had even one you are probably on the hit list.

Yup, three times a...no wait, four times a charm. DA published the E8 list with socials, VA twice lost computers with my info on them and now OPM. This time I am taking advantage of the identity monitoring service they are providing, my clearance paperwork is extensive and quite detailed so no telling what they can get off it.

Resisting the urge to profile:   "Witnesses reported the men fled the scene in a luxury type-vehicle with rims that pulled up near the store"

Yes, but remember that a Dem got elected.  So if the Feds try to pass something on the Federal level, and Feinstein is trying I believe, there may be enough ID 10 Ts (IDIOTS) to get something like this passed on that level.

I don't get your reasoning on the .40; ballistics for the 9mm, .40 and .45 (heck most small arms) have been shown to produce approximately the same wound channels. look at the earlier thread: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/91664-holy-gel-tests-batman/  Mostly it seems to be a matter of personal preference since with the appropriate SD cartridge most any handgun can serve well.

Perhaps some states are moving in the opposite direction, but I don't see how it makes my premise flawed:   Active? http://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/ammunition-background-check-act-of-2013   Suspended but passed: https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/catharine-young/safe-act-ammunition-database-suspended   FOID Card, which I presume means a background check: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-03/news/ct-met-foid-card-audit-20120504_1_state-audit-gun-rights-card-requirement     These states passed the laws, and when challenged were deemed constitutional.  So tell me again why we shouldn't worry?

While mil-spec should make all mags equal, they are not; specially with 300Blk.  The only way to make sure is to try it out and see.  All I have are pmags, but that is because that is all I used in the military and all my aluminum mags were sold when their price went up.

  This is the outcome if it ever come to pass; I actually see pockets of armed resistance being the only way to stop these Demos from having there way..

The problem is that what starts there gets others to try the same thing in other places.  Look at what's happening with the SAFE act.  The Feds (Dems) now want to try it on a national level.

Renting them to get the feel of what fits you and what you can shoot well is a good way to go.  I would get something besides a .22, ammo is becoming more available but until it gets to pre-shortage levels I would avoid it.  9mm is what the military uses and has always been available no matter what, though a bit higher priced at times.  There are a plethora of 9mm guns available so you should have no shortage of choices.  I have .40 cals in a Glock23 and an XDs, they are good guns that are fun to shoot and IMHO not much more harder to shoot than a 9mm.

I would order today, and call so they can hold it.  It goes quickly.

Midsouth just sent me an email on a powder backorder I had and I noticed they have many powders available such as Varget, Lil-Gun, H10 and W296 (though the same) etc.   http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/Dept/reloading/smokeless-powder?FilterBy=InStockOnly&CurrentPage=1  

Headshot?

Sorry for your loss, great to hear his friends and family got the opportunity to say their goodbyes.  The departed are now at rest, its the ones left behind that seem to suffer when things are left undone.

I agree, she should look into it; she should do a lifetime study on the buyback program in Australia, but I doubt they want her there.

My first gun at my first duty station was a Browning HP, had it until my third duty station in GA, where I purchased my second. The second was even more of a tack driver so sold the first. It's been awhile since I fired it, my Berretta 92 has been getting all the love since it was my backup most times I deployed and I wanted to be as proficient with it as possible. If I remember correctly, it's labeled "made in Belgium", and the mag safety is either disabled or not there. So that and the fact that it shot better made the decision on which to keep easier.

Wow, didn't know these commanded that kind of price. I believe I have one of the "made in Belgium" High Powers.

Let me check both in my pistol, I may of dropped the shorter one and not the longer one in my spare barrel. OK, tried it in both my pistol and my rifle and both rounds chamber and eject fine. There were slight land marks just before the ogive but just slight, no sign it was forced in. Maybe a chamber cast is in order to see if you have a short throat or tight chamber.

Had a good time too, even with my lead sled I can feel the effects from over 50 rounds of .308. Don't be in a rush to dump the GEMTECH, just dropped it into the gauge and it dropped on in with no issues. Fixing to measure the OAL to see what that gives. Gauge: OAL: Looks like it may a combination of OAL and maybe your chamber, it dropped right into my spare barrel.

Yea, there are many ways to cut them, I started that way but ended up getting the HB saw and jig for the speed and accuracy of things.  I had a setup to cut aluminum arrows which would of worked great but I gave it to a friend when I went with carbon, though I still have a left handed PSE Fire Flight that uses aluminum but may get rid of that too.  The HB saw is used for arrows as well so I suppose I can get a jig for that too and do arrows with it, win-win.