GUNS!

[Delmar]

If this has been covered I'm sorry.

I was wondering what does everyone have gun wise. Me, I am currently have nothing in my guns right now but have had many hand guns in the past?

I am a bargain basement gun owner. I have a Hi Point .45, a Taurus PT .22, an old single shot break open 20 ga shotgun and three cap and ball revolvers. My entire collection was purchased for less than a lot of guys spend on one really nice handgun.

When I bought the .22 I was coming from the experience that .22 ammo had always been cheap and readily available. At this point I am sort of wising I had bought a pump shotgun instead.

 

[IMJerusha]

I am a bargain basement gun owner. I have a Hi Point .45, a Taurus PT .22, an old single shot break open 20 ga shotgun and three cap and ball revolvers. My entire collection was purchased for less than a lot of guys spend on one really nice handgun.

When I bought the .22 I was coming from the experience that .22 ammo had always been cheap and readily available. At this point I am sort of wising I had bought a pump shotgun instead.

At the local gun shop last night with my son, we found no 22 or 38 ammo on the shelves at all.

 

[Lohmeyer]

I am a bargain basement gun owner. I have a Hi Point .45, a Taurus PT .22, an old single shot break open 20 ga shotgun and three cap and ball revolvers. My entire collection was purchased for less than a lot of guys spend on one really nice handgun.

When I bought the .22 I was coming from the experience that .22 ammo had always been cheap and readily available. At this point I am sort of wising I had bought a pump shotgun instead.

I always thought the Hi Point .45 was a bit top heaven, but it is a good pistol for the money.

 

[Nick M]

I was wondering what does everyone have gun wise.

I only own a couple of weapons, both of which I am proficient with. An SKS that was $125 preban, and now an M4 variant, properly called CAR-15 for Carbine Armalite model 15. And I have it in 6.8 SPCII caliber, because green tips from a short barrel are weaksauce.

 

[Delmar]

I always thought the Hi Point .45 was a bit top heaven, but it is a good pistol for the money.

It is not any heavier than a full sized 1911, or my reproduction 1858 Remingtons.

 

[Nick M]

It is not any heavier than a full sized 1911, or my reproduction 1858 Remingtons.

Those are beautiful. And strange as it may seem, I would rather have a good working reproduction than a collectors item that could be dangerous to fire.

 

[Delmar]

Those are beautiful. And strange as it may seem, I would rather have a good working reproduction than a collectors item that could be dangerous to fire.

Especially when you consider Cabela's has brand new Pietta 1858s on sale for $180.
An original could cost a few grand.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Pietta-Model-New-Army-Caliber-Revolver/731695.uts

 

[serpentdove]

 

[Nick M]

Cabela's

I was in there some months back, maybe even last year, and they had a Colt. I think it was an original as the price was 5000. Single action army in 45LC.

 

[Delmar]

I was in there some months back, maybe even last year, and they had a Colt. I think it was an original as the price was 5000. Single action army in 45LC.

Did it look sort of like this?

Again, I would go with the reproduction. I can look at an original in a museum.

 

[Nick M]

Pretty much. It has likely been at least a year.

 

[Nick M]

Quite possibly the best video on youtube

Life is good.

 

[TomO]

Hickok45...The man...The legend. :chuckle:

It kind of reminds me of back when I was single and lived out in the country. I had my guns hidden all thoughout the house...There wasn't any place in that house where I was not within arms reach of a loaded weapon.

Now I just carry one around with me.

 

[The Berean]

Hickok45...The man...The legend. :chuckle:

It kind of reminds me of back when I was single and lived out in the country. I had my guns hidden all thoughout the house...There wasn't any place in that house where I was not within arms reach of a loaded weapon.

Now I just carry one around with me.

You really walk around in public always armed? :idunno:

 

[Nick M]

This one is educational.

1911 Field Strip

 

[TomO]

You really walk around in public always armed? :idunno:

Every.

Single.

Day. lain:

 

[The Berean]

Every.

Single.

Day. lain:

Really?! Wow. :jawdrop: Do you feel unsafe going into public?

 

[lightbringer]

You really walk around in public always armed? :idunno:

A lot of us do! :thumb:

 

[TomO]

Really?! Wow. :jawdrop: Do you feel unsafe going into public?

No ....Just prepared for a possibility which I hope never happens. lain:



If I felt unsafe I'd have a rifle or large bore shotgun with me rather than a handgun.....Or, better yet...I wouldn't go where I feel "unsafe".

:idunno:

 

[THall]

You really walk around in public always armed? :idunno:

Had a customer come in
a few weeks ago.
He was in the lower level
of his home playing ping pong
with his son.
His wife was on the same level
playing pool with her daughter.
The dog started to growl
and head up the stairs.
He grabbed his M-4
and headed up the stairs.
When more than half of his body
was exposed on the next floor up,
two armed and masked men
shot at him, missing high.
He returned fire and hit two
of the three bandits, who left a blood trail
across the master bedroom carpet and
out the master sliding glass door.

Forensics identified two different
blood types.
This was at 3 oclock on a
Saturday afternoon.