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I shoot FMJ ammo in my 380s. It always feeds, always ejects, always goes bang, and always puts a hole where it's pointed. I am personally leery of expanding ammo for self defense in a weak handgun cartridge. I have more confidence in penetration than in expanding bullets. Especially in winter, heavy clothing can take a lot of oomph out of a bullet's energy. Plus, it's a lot cheaper. If I decide I need to make a bigger hole in something, I have bigger guns.

Tell us all how you really feel! LOL!!!! Oh Yeah, IBTL.

It's cool and manly to build things that go "BOOM!!!"

Is the seat structurally sound? I'm guessing you'd be better off to chuck it, count your loss as a lesson learned, and spend what it takes to get what you want.

If you're ever around Lafayette, you can drop in at Antlers and Feathers. As far as I know, he's well stocked with 380 and 9mm.

Does a little power make people feel completely invincible? I'll bet nights with his wife aren't much fun lately.

Welcome in advance. You are going to learn about two things very foreign to you as soon as you arrive. Humidity and allergies. As soon as you learn to deal with these two issues, I believe you will be very happy here.

Maybe I'm looking at it all wrong, but why do we have adults loose in public that couldn't be trusted with a firearm?

On this we can all agree. Any loss of human life should be unacceptable unless there are just no other options.

You want flat trajectory, inexpensive ammo, and a cartridge adequate for deer and elk. You mentioned the 30-30 and the 308 Winchester. Although ammo is a bit cheaper for the 30-30, both are very common, and inexpensive as far as centerfire rifle cartridges go. The 308 will be more adequate for elk, and have a much flatter trajectory. Some others I'd recommend would be the 30-06 Springfield or the 270 Winchester. If you are planning to reload as well, I can recommend many more. These are commonly found at any store that sell ammo, and are among the least expensive round that will do what you are asking.

Thanks for the heads up. I'd like to try it the next time I'm down that way. We're always in search of good restuarants.

Thanks. You explained it to me in a way in which I had not considered. I'm a bit quick to jump the gun at times. I'll try to work on that.

In my opinion, you'd be much happier in the long run with something like this than with the Taurus 22mag. The Smith is a more expensive gun, but the difference in ammo costs will close the gap pretty fast. I love those grips!!! I have a couple of Single Actions with 22 LR and 22 Mag cylinders. The LR cylinders are well used, while the Mag cylinders remain like new.

I admit it was foolish to go into his office and throw a fit. He handled it better than he probably should have. I didn't know what else to do. I expected a filed complaint would be filed in the trash can. No, I wasn't in the car.

Dave, I was trying to make a point, and it appears I did a very poor job of it. My point being that as human beings, there are certain things we shoud and certain things we should not do to one another. Having a badge does not change that. Kicking in a door and shooting is very, very seldom the correct way to deal with things. I know very little of how warrants are served, or who is responsible for the shooting, but I can't see any possible way that it wasn't wrong. I'm glad to read that there weren't any children accidently shot in the incident. You mentioned you were once an LEO. Would you have a problem doing what was shown in the video? The man in the house was a threat. I 'm not sure he was a threat, however, before his door was kicked in.

If you'd have read my post, you would have seen I learned the reason she was pulled over. No one would tell her. No one was "trembling in fear". As I stated, I misspoke calling him a Sherrif, it was the City Police Chief of Hartsville. If I feel you've mistreated a member of my family, I'm going to confront you; badge or no badge. I can't believe you wouldn't do the same. That was the exact answer she got....over and over. You are welcome to choose not to believe it, but that's what happened.

I apologize for the confusion. You are correct on this point. Upon looking, he wasn't the sherrif, he was the City Police Chief. In a Metropolitan area, I didn't realize there were both. He was actually very personable and agreeable. I didn't mean to come off sounding lik a bad a$$. When I did this, I actually expected to be arrested. I was very pizzed off. He talked with me, apologized, and assured me it wouldn't happen again. He could have just as easily beaten me with a nightstick, and probably should have. The point I was trying to make is that sometimes LEOs are bullies for no reason. We should call them on it when it happens. The original post in this thread is a very extreme example of this. I just gave a personal example of the same thing happening; thankfully on a much smaller scale. If you had a problem with something a person has done, you wouldn't confront them about it?

You were there? If so, could you tell me why she was pulled over? The boy who pulled her over couldn't tell her, he said "I'm not sure." I find it interesting that you know more about the incident than I do. If you choose to believe all LEO are good and competent, go ahead. It is not the case, however. They are simply people.

550 rounds of 22 LR is $14.97. 550 rounds of 22 mag, 11 boxes, would be over $100. Same bullet, just a louder bang.

My wife was tired, and nearly due with my second son when driving home from work one evening. A group of morons with blue lights pulled her over and harrassed her for more than an hour for no apparent reason. She asked why she was pulled over, and was repeatedly told "we don't know." When I went into the sherriff's office, shut the door behind me, and pinned him in the corner of the room, he told me they were executing a drug sting, and that her car matched the description of a car they were looking for, and that "his boys" got a little jumpy. I told him in no uncertain terms that if anythin like that ever happened again, he'd have trouble he surely didn't want. He assured me that it wouldn't and apologized profusely. I am a law abiding citizen, and this is just one of many examples of encounters I've had with law enforcement. I have no tolerance for this type of crap, and will not allow it no matter the outcome. If I'm alone in my belief; so be it.

Of course not....is that POS still in print?

Get BOTH cylinders! As Westwindmike said, 22 mag is an expensive proposition, and the extra noise soon loses it's cool after you buy a few boxes of ammo.

I always get in trouble for "cop bashing". Anyway, I do have an opinion. Police, as a group, are no better, and in my opinion as I belive statistics would prove, sorrier than the general population in which they serve. I have never understood the attitude that EVERY SINGLE LEO I've met has, in which they believe they are above everyone else and above the law. As long as they portray this attitude, they do NOT have my support. There will come a point that the majority of people will agree, but it appears it hasn't come yet. Are there "good police"? Absolutely! However, I do not understand the general attitude that whatever they do is fine simply because they are wearing a badge.

How about a little surveillance? Find out when and where he goes. When he steps out of the house headed to the car, grab him. Block him in at the ATM. Just catch him out in the open by himself anywhere. Kicking in doors is not the way to deal with it. It looks cool on the movies, but sadly, I believe that a growing portion of us are becomming more and more detatched from real life.

Best in what respect?