tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6770433980148809455..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: An oasis of calm & an assault weapon off the street.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70010951179848004022013-03-31T13:57:52.412-04:002013-03-31T13:57:52.412-04:00Thought of you today, Tam as I was in WM and they ...Thought of you today, Tam as I was in WM and they had 5-6 boxes of .32 Auto and no other handgun ammo. I could hear Q's voice in my head talking about "that damned Berettar."SNBIhttps://www.facebook.com/shantbeinfringednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18231224546225915902013-01-03T13:09:37.376-05:002013-01-03T13:09:37.376-05:00You'll love the Cheetah. They are fine pistols...You'll love the Cheetah. They are fine pistols if they fit your hand. When I first picked up my Model 86 I knew I had found my gun. I have since collected more of the family and find them all delightful, especially the Model 89 in 22lr. But the 86 is perfect for me. It's an ideal geezer gun because of the tip-up barrel, since the slide never has to be racked, which the arthritic fingers appreciate. It's the largest caliber I've ever seen in a tip-up design (380 ACP). And it is very easy for this old fat guy to carry. It continues to make me look better at the range than I really am. I hope your Cheetah becomes as good a friend to you as mine has to me.Pratt Hobbieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670584097924799768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-108918229234566262013-01-03T08:50:19.152-05:002013-01-03T08:50:19.152-05:00It's adorrrable!
But I'll take my CZ97B a...It's adorrrable!<br /><br />But I'll take my CZ97B any day. And for pocket purposes, my Kahr K9.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16704042924425793482013-01-03T08:46:37.575-05:002013-01-03T08:46:37.575-05:00In the summer months I carry one of my old PPKs as...In the summer months I carry one of my old PPKs as my usual carry guns print like a freakin' sandwich board. I never feel unarmed with a .32. Whilst swimming, I have a Bauer stainless .25, and I feel pretty unarmed with that, but not as unarmed as I feel <i>without</i> it. <br /><br />I am so going to steal your "took it off the street" line.Kevin R.C. O'Brienhttp://www.weaponsman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58657590751445847682013-01-03T06:01:08.535-05:002013-01-03T06:01:08.535-05:00"Pardon this curious guest's ignorance.. ..."<i>Pardon this curious guest's ignorance.. what makes this gun so practical?</i>"<br /><br />It's not very practical at all.<br /><br />It's roughly the size of a modern Glock 19, which holds 15 rounds of 9mm, and yet it holds fewer rounds of a less-powerful, harder-to-find, more-expensive chambering.<br /><br />Basically, it's a fairly large pistol, of the size found on a <i>carbinieri</i>'s belt, but chambered for .32 cartridges, which are more normally found in little wallet-sized pocket pistols, and not an unusually large number of them, to boot.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9428460333532832932013-01-03T04:07:02.826-05:002013-01-03T04:07:02.826-05:00Pardon this curious guest's ignorance.. what m...Pardon this curious guest's ignorance.. what makes this gun so practical?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48351759470485662162013-01-03T00:02:00.290-05:002013-01-03T00:02:00.290-05:00Just to be in the thread on your Instalaunched pos...Just to be in the thread on your Instalaunched post, I will admit that having two Colt Model 1903 Hammerless pistols gives me the highly impractical ability to carry 16 rounds of puissant .32ACP. <br /><br />More or less practical than the svelte Italiano in the picture? <br /><br />Your guess is as good as mine.mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26117194464438567612013-01-02T23:05:43.290-05:002013-01-02T23:05:43.290-05:00"Reading this is painful ... here in NY, ther..."Reading this is painful ... here in NY, there is no such thing as going to a gun store and just picking up a beauty like this. Here you have to pay for it, then apply to have it put on your license, then wait for a form giving you permission to pick it up at the store, and then finally take it home. And with a 13-round magazine, permission would not be granted. Ouch..."<br /><br />If you're stupid enough to still live in that hellhole of blue state idiocy, you deserve what you get. Or, to be more precise, what you CAN'T get...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91315265492611006662013-01-02T22:39:42.688-05:002013-01-02T22:39:42.688-05:00Reading this is painful ... here in NY, there is n...Reading this is painful ... here in NY, there is no such thing as going to a gun store and just picking up a beauty like this. Here you have to pay for it, then apply to have it put on your license, then wait for a form giving you permission to pick it up at the store, and then finally take it home. And with a 13-round magazine, permission would not be granted. Ouch...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65426660546286662762013-01-02T20:44:12.577-05:002013-01-02T20:44:12.577-05:00"I don't want to hurt anybody. Give me a..."I don't want to hurt anybody. Give me a couple of .32's." Bob Hoperichard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72860679900727472392013-01-02T20:30:52.564-05:002013-01-02T20:30:52.564-05:00Sure it's only a 32, Tam. But I notice nobody ...Sure it's only a 32, Tam. But I notice nobody is lining up to be test shot with it!nemesis443https://www.blogger.com/profile/17341883291616347313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31670749663288437192013-01-02T20:23:28.650-05:002013-01-02T20:23:28.650-05:00Nice iron!
Nice irony!Nice iron!<br /><br />Nice irony!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25323595837730326302013-01-02T20:12:41.045-05:002013-01-02T20:12:41.045-05:00Woo-hoo. You made Instapundit. Congrats.Woo-hoo. You made Instapundit. Congrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88123009592927280332013-01-02T10:37:00.542-05:002013-01-02T10:37:00.542-05:00I should learn more about these gun things. ;)I should learn more about these gun things. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50800307307011688782013-01-02T10:19:59.033-05:002013-01-02T10:19:59.033-05:00Some random thoughts.
I imagine the Eye-ties woul...Some random thoughts.<br /><br />I imagine the Eye-ties would tell you it shoots 7.65 Browning rather than .32 ACP. :)<br /><br />That's a very stylish piece but doesn't look like one to carry concealed. More a sidearm for the Polizia. <br /><br />However, don't poo-poo the .32 so quickly. I would love to carry my Mossberg 500, but it's not very concealable, you know?<br /><br />Particularly in the summer months. I'm shorts and tee shirt then and I have to forgo my winter carry setup - a Charter Bulldog .44 Spcl in a OWB holster.<br /><br />I go with a pocket gun instead, a Kel-Tec P32. Yeah, a mouse gun, but I can consistently put Win Silver Tips into a 3 inch circle at 7 yards with that pistol.<br /><br />Like they say, a .22, a .25 or a .32 in the hand beats the hell out of a .45 locked up in the safe at home.<br /><br />Also, the .22, .25 & .32 naysayers never want to volunteer to stand in front of one those mouse calibers and take one. Why not? <br /><br />Oh, caliber certainly matters, but the deciding factor is shot placement.GMOWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557887886404718782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80608615226181833952013-01-02T03:33:55.021-05:002013-01-02T03:33:55.021-05:00"Thirteen rounds of .32 caliber fury..."...<i>"Thirteen rounds of .32 caliber fury..."</i><br /><br />So...what is it, pray tell, that is "less practical" about <i>that?</i><br /><br />An <i>Autopistole</i> any less than J.M.Browning's Sacred .45 ACP is, admittedly, only really useful at just-beyond-arm's-reach-or-less ranges* - but, if 13 of those .32 Cal. Spits Of Fury won't put it down for keeps, either a) one is possessed of incredibly poor aiming ability, and must bear the cruel-but-justified consequences, or b) one must simply batter King Kong's facial areas with one's freshly-emptied Beretta Pocket Hammer until one's companion can managed to load, aim and fire the backup W.W. II German 88 MM antitank cannon...<br /><br />In short: If you can't get it done - at short-though-practical range - in 13 rounds, you're not likely going to get it done at all.<br /><br />*Having carried - and used - for "social purposes" a .380 Astra for some years, many moons ago, I'm in a position to know - which is in large part why I now carry a 1911-type in .45 ACP. Not so concealable, but much more effective at safer distances. I'd carry a Desert Eagle .50 AE if I thought I could, but a fella's got to know his limitations...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52665061681078967402013-01-01T15:57:12.800-05:002013-01-01T15:57:12.800-05:00"Thirteen rounds of .32 caliber fury. If you ...<i>"Thirteen rounds of .32 caliber fury. If you can find a less practical pistol, buy it."</i><br /><br />I already own a Taurus PT-25. So there.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9624747061432396232012-12-31T10:22:54.209-05:002012-12-31T10:22:54.209-05:00I have often thought it would be fun to go to a sm...<i>I have often thought it would be fun to go to a smallbore-only indoor range and watch the RSO's expression as I blithely un-cased a SMLE.</i><br /><br />Aaaaaand now I have a truly irrational desire for a Barrett M82 chambered in .22LR. :Dperlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18176902882183337722012-12-31T09:57:14.581-05:002012-12-31T09:57:14.581-05:00Use RBCD rounds - its not *so* impractical....Use RBCD rounds - its not *so* impractical....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81121062167954093542012-12-30T14:13:01.413-05:002012-12-30T14:13:01.413-05:00Tam...Good luck with your 81...I found an almost p...Tam...Good luck with your 81...I found an almost pristine 84B no bow but two original mags.. Itt now lives in my safe nxt to the HK P230 Sl JimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200736126653935817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72765253517687387702012-12-30T13:50:46.697-05:002012-12-30T13:50:46.697-05:00Went to the gun show today with three old "ja...Went to the gun show today with three old "jam-line" mags for a 10/22. Just to see how crazy it is getting. A guy traded me 4 bricks of 22 ammo for them...even tho I told him they were worthless POS 25 rnd mags...<br />He said that didn't matter as later they would bring high dollar once they were banned ha ha<br /><br />WC Fields was indeed correct...Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48252388829229296132012-12-30T06:54:55.892-05:002012-12-30T06:54:55.892-05:00Will,
At that price, I can wait. :)Will,<br /><br />At that price, I can wait. :)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71840041152298700122012-12-30T00:58:31.658-05:002012-12-30T00:58:31.658-05:00Tam,
guy has a BCG for $375?
http://www.armslist...Tam,<br /><br />guy has a BCG for $375?<br /><br />http://www.armslist.com/posts/767393/columbus-ohio-rifles-for-sale--ar-stripped-lowers-350-00-new-nickel-boron-bcgWillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71574160228155215302012-12-29T21:49:08.940-05:002012-12-29T21:49:08.940-05:00Oh...nice! So pretty.Oh...nice! So pretty.ProudHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14426634232827920512012-12-29T21:07:31.572-05:002012-12-29T21:07:31.572-05:00I walked all over the French Quarter for a couple ... I walked all over the French Quarter for a couple of days feeling very well armed with a Colt 1903 Pocket Model in .380. That Beretta could lay down the proverbial wall of lead! Would YOU want to be shot six or seven times, real quick, with it? I think it's plenty of pistol for self protection.<br /><br /> You have the good taste.<br />Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.com