Will Carry

I had a Ruger 10/22 and sold it. The trigger was horrible and I had to crane my neck to look down the open sights, plus it jammed too often. I prefer the tube fed 22s like the Model 60 by Remington or a good bolt action 22 rifle. So I would recommend the Smith and Wesson....for what it's worth. My personal favorite is the Marlin model 100, one shot, one kill. If you want to dress your 22 up like an AR and play G.I.Joe then don't get a bolt action rifle. If you want accuracy get an old Marlin.

Did it do any damage to your truck?

Does it feed well with CCI ammo, like Stingers and Mini-mags? That's what I use in my 22 pistols.

It's a shame that Taurus is THE most innovative, creative and versatile firearms manufacturer in the world but all of there pistols, though they be all of the above, seem to have one flaw. I would love to have a PT22 but when people use the secret code words like "ammo sensitive" I have to put my wallet back in my pocket..........When someone posts "My PT-22 will eat anything I feed it and beg for more" I'll buy three of them.

"The best place to stand is behind Mississippi when he fires that thing!" Bull Harris (Author Hinnicut) El Dorado, 1966.

I'm the OP of this thread. These are some of the quotes from TIME magazine that, I feel, are simply not true. It is the type of propaganda we as responsible gun owners have to deal with. a gun-rights lobby that is increasingly using its considerable political power to support policies that have little to do with the right to bear arms and needlessly put innocent people at risk. Residents of Florida have nearly unrestricted freedom to bear arms. They can have them at home, and they can carry them in public provided they conceal them (except in a few places, such as federal buildings or polling places) or show them only briefly in a non-threatening manner. Because the government does so little to interfere with gun ownership, gun-rights proponents have had to look hard for things to complain about. Pediatricians routinely inquire about health-and-safety risks to their young patients. That can include whether a child wears a bicycle helmet, whether there are household chemicals or alcohol within reach — and whether there are firearms in the home. More than 3,000 children and teens were killed by guns, and more than 20,000 injured, in recent years, and the rate of child deaths, injuries and suicides is far higher in homes where guns are present. The fact is, in Florida and nationwide, the basic right to have a gun for self-defense is more secure than it has been in decades. With that right now well entrenched, however, the gun lobby has increasingly been fighting for principles that elevate gun rights to troubling extremes. When Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in January, an attack in which six people were killed and 13 seriously injured, it called attention to high-capacity clips, which allow a gunman with a single handgun to shoot many people very quickly. Using a high-capacity clip, Giffords' assailant fired 31 bullets in rapid succession. Similar clips were used in the Columbine High School shootings, the Virginia Tech attacks and the recent massacre of 68 people at a Norwegian youth camp. Gun-rights supporters can protect people's ability to use guns for self-protection without fighting for the right to use clips that can kill 31 people at a pop. Or helping terrorists to buy guns.

TIME magazine never ceases to amaze me. I cannot understand how their readers can read this and think it is truth. Time magazine is a very powerful lobby for people who would take away our freedoms guaranteed by the constitution and bill of rights. Our forefathers who wrote this brilliant document knew that one day this might happen. God bless them. Children and Guns: Why Doctors Have a Right to Know - TIME

The Big Red One is one of the most famous divisions in the US Army. My father spend the last of WWII in Manila as a teletype operator. After six weeks in combat, he started sleep walking. That's a big no no on the front lines. He remembers receiving the teletype of the bombing of Hiroshima and the surrender of Japan. When he got back home they not only paid for his college education but gave hime money to live on. How else could a poor country boy from Alabama get in to medical school and become a doctor for the VA hospital. He treated Viet Nam vets until his death in 1971. He never spoke of his six weeks in combat but continued to sleep walk the rest of his life.

I must apologize to TGO. I should have ignored the post and I never said I was a "good" christian but calling him a MF was probably out of line. I got angry because advocating the forced sterilization of poor people is such a sick evil terrible thing to say, even if he was speaking metaphorically. If the man (or boy) really feels that way then he is sick. Either way it is he who should be aplogizing. He is saying on one hand he wants less government (which I agree with) then on the other hand he wants the government to spend tax dollars for an inhuman sterilization program that only a Nazi could love. I got no use for talk like that. I will try to ignore posts like his in the future....but it's hard.

Government sanctioned mass sterilization of the poor? Tell me how that would work exactly.......Einstein.

Tresosos writes "Maybe what we need is manditory sterilization for those on government assitance who cannot provide for their offspring." Dude you are one sick MF. Maybe you need to take your head out of you arse and read a book. Start with the Bible.

I hang my flag at half mast and at 9am I take my CD player outside and play a Scottish bagpipe lament. I remember coming home at lunch that day from work to watch the news. My neighbor was in her yard crying. She's the first person who said, "We are at war...... and my son is in the Marine Corps." My eyes swelled up with tears and still do when I play the bagpipes on 9/11.

That is one of the hardest dilemmas of raising children. Sooner or later your son will have to make the choice of whether to smoke pot or not. You can't protect him forever. The one thing you can do is maintain the kind of relationship with your son to where you can talk to each other. Father to son, man to man, friend to friend. I am sure that the parents of the pot smoking punk would appreciate a heads up. They probably love thier son too.

Glad you like your XD. I have the XD-45 and XDm-40. I also have a couple of Glocks. To me. The XD triggers are mo betta. Although neither Glock nor XDs are known for their triggers. My XDs have never failed.

ZULU!

Tennessee is indeed a great state. You could spend a lifetime exploring Tennessee and still not see it all. "It's good to be alive and in Tennessee!"

Save up dude. If you could just save a little more money you could get a good handgun. I know it's hard to save money when you have a family to care for but if you put that $300 aside and added to it a little at a time........... My first two handguns were $300 pistols and I regretted buying them. The Sigma was a jam-o-matic and the Taurus M85 would lock up and not operate. I sold them both and took a big loss.

I have a 4th generation Glock 19 and it has been flawless. Even with the stronger recoil spring. I shoot WWB and Remington green box ammo, plus self defense rounds.

You cannot have more fun with a shotgun than dove hunting. When I was a kid I would pretend I was at Pearl Harbor and the dove were the Japs.

Congratulations! I hope she looks like her mother.

The Judge has done more for .410 ammo than any gun in history. My hat goes off to Taurus. The Judge has out sold every handgun in the world. It's crazy! It has out sold Smith and Wesson and Ruger revolvers by a mile. Smith and Wesson has even copied it with the Governor! I can't understand it either. I have found that since Taurus has a lifetime warranty that they don't need quality control. They just send out the crappy pistols and then repair them when they come back. I personally have a very low opinion of Taurus and would think twice before buying another one.

Mike I certainly don't think you hate wheel guns. You can carry any gun you want. I carry semi-autos mostly but I don't limit myself to just semi-auto. Sometimes I go "old school" and carry my Chief's Special. It is THE fastest pistol I own to draw and fire. When I'm in the woods I carry a .357 magnum with hot loads. Other than that, I carry semi-autos. BUT for shear fun, .357, .41 and 44 magnums can't be beat. But that's just me

I bought a fanny pack when I first got my concealed carry permit. I do not wear it. It's too hard to draw your pistol. It can be taken away from you if you are in a tight crowd and it draws too much attention, but that is just my opinion. I have seen them in public before. Bicyclers and hikers mostly.

The 40 S&W, from an 18" barrel, (according to mouseguns) will deliver somewhere around 700-800 ft/lbs of muzzle energy. That's not bad for a handgun cartridge. I bought a Hi-Point 9mm carbine just to plink with. That darn thing has never failed in 300 rounds. The down side of the Hi-Point is it's magazine capacity. 9-10 rounds. They are working on a higher cap magazine but I haven't seen any yet. Several posts have mentioned getting a .223. In a SHTF scenario .223 will be the easiest rifle round to find. I don't have an AR style rifle. If things get that bad, they'll be plenty of ARs littering the battlefield. I'll pick one up then......

I meant to say that the 1911 is easier to carry, at least for me. I was very surprised that my Government model 1911 would fit IWB so well. I may even start carrying it some, it's just that I'm used to plastic DAO pistols without external safeties and hammers.