tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1640880467406563128..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Torn between coolness and crotchetiness...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35860446480929173022011-01-09T11:16:31.159-05:002011-01-09T11:16:31.159-05:00My favorite revolver is a 1917 Colt New Service in...My favorite revolver is a 1917 Colt New Service in .38 WCF. Don't shoot it much 'cause factory ammo is HIGH. I do reload but the brass is awfully thin and easy to ruin. Second favorite is S&W .32 Hand Ejector from 1916. It belonged to my great grandmother. She ran the local theater and kept it close when selling the tickets. As far as I know she never had shoot anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86610594524663077192011-01-08T13:24:38.947-05:002011-01-08T13:24:38.947-05:00Tam: Because if you're going to carry a servic...Tam: <i>Because if you're going to carry a service-size automatic, why not put big bullets in it, since they sure aren't going to work any worse?</i><br /><br />Sure, but I was responding to the "show me where you can shoot a man with .40 that it'll do the job 9mm and .45 won't."<br /><br />So, where can you shoot a man with .45 ACP where it'll do the job 9mm won't?<br /><br />I mean, I'm hardly arguing that we should eliminate all these "oddball" rounds, being a 10mm guy myself, I just wanted to know what the difference there was. Is it just because .45 ACP has been around a long time?<br /><br />Ed Foster: .400 Cor-Bon. Now that's a goofy round. I guess the main advantage of it is that you can put the bullets in .45 ACP magazines, and run them in .45 ACP guns with just a barrel swap, but other than that, I'd rather have a 10mm, and get an extra round or two in the mag.<br /><br />.400 Cor-Bon is about as oddball as 9x25 Dillon. (.38 Super Duper Auto :) )perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59934072375684183422011-01-08T13:00:03.092-05:002011-01-08T13:00:03.092-05:00I think that's a great list, although I don...I think that's a great list, although I don't have anything in .44 Special/.44 Magnum. The overall direction you are taking is good, a small number of calibers eliminates the cost of maintaining an assortment of odd stuff. I have passed on guns, both pistols and long guns, because I didn't want to take on any additional calibers.ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88157536760965260822011-01-08T01:52:42.849-05:002011-01-08T01:52:42.849-05:00.22 LR for plinking and general cheap fun
.357 rev....22 LR for plinking and general cheap fun<br />.357 revolver for my car (heh its legal to carry in your car without a CCW permit in MO :D)<br />12ga for the house<br />.45 ACP for carry<br />.308 Winchester for deer.DanHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40300662100364434172011-01-08T01:49:24.627-05:002011-01-08T01:49:24.627-05:00Tam said "Oh, get down off the cross; these o...Tam said "Oh, get down off the cross; these other kids need the wood for a treehouse."<br /><br />{snork!} I haven't heard that expression in a coon's age! Not since Jesus was in short pants. I'm sayin not since they invented dirt!Bob Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30941640898576890092011-01-08T01:20:04.523-05:002011-01-08T01:20:04.523-05:00Bounced the button when sending. Could you delete ...Bounced the button when sending. Could you delete the extra entry? Sorry.Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40149930457876269042011-01-08T01:16:16.243-05:002011-01-08T01:16:16.243-05:00I like Discobobby's comment on the .357SIG, a ...I like Discobobby's comment on the .357SIG, a cartridge I still can't understand the use for. It destroys flimsy guns, and doesn't offer much more than the pissant Europellet in weapons that stay together, all for more cost, kick, and muzzle flash. <br /><br /> Has anybody considered that most police and personal shootouts happen in low light scenarios, and the .45acp produces far less muzzle flash than any other serious pistol cartridge? The powder burns faster in that big hole, and the operating pressures are only a bit over half those of the Strontium 90 stoked Whizz-Bangs.<br /><br /> That being said, I must confess that I talked Teddy into buying some .400 CorBon barrels from Fred Kart. As a necked .45acp on steroids, it has one or two serious advantages. <br /><br /> A 155 grain flatpoint at 1,300 fps has a certain interest. If I was a cop out in Montana who had to put down damaged cattle on a regular basis, I'd carry a revolver in .357 or .41, but as a close-in backup gun for a pig hunter or maybe a cop sometimes faced with badguys and body armor, maybe the .400 makes sense. <br /><br /> Or maybe not. Every department I know of that went from the .45acp to the .40 S&W has had it's scores drop off, and the CorBon is a .40 on a protein diet, essentially a hot loaded Bren 10 lookalike in a bottleneck case. So again the comment about having no need for anything but the .45 makes sense. <br /><br /> But with the CorBon barrel, it doesn't need a new slide or magazine, and we could give someone a custom fitted second barrel in a "magnum" caliber for less than $250. And it does have some hunting capability, plus they feed so nice with that bottleneck.<br /><br /> I remember losing a fat little 6-pointer once because I wasn't carrying a pistol. I was hanging from a slippery hillside with the 1911 Schmidt carbine slung across my back like Pancho Villa, because the sumbugger kept sliding off my shoulder as I scrabbled from handhold to handhold.<br /><br /> At maybe 25-30 feet, the deer and I stood face to face for several seconds before he took off like a rocket. If I'd brought a pistol I could have popped him easily. That was the second time I could have made a legal pistol shot in Vermont, and both times I lost a buck for not carrying a sidearm.<br /><br /> Would the flatter shooting, deeper penetrating .400 have given me an edge on a going away shot? Maybe.<br /><br /> So what the hell, I'll give the customer a choice. And speaking of "what the hell", what the hell was tha name of the gunshop we used for the SVD/K31 transfer?<br /><br /> E-mail me and we'll set up the transfer for your test pistol.Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62842209151546904662011-01-07T21:39:21.881-05:002011-01-07T21:39:21.881-05:00.22LR-Buy in bricks to feed 5 weapons
9x19mm Trade....22LR-Buy in bricks to feed 5 weapons<br />9x19mm Traded in last two on an AR<br />.45ACP-JMB goodness in autos, a revolver and a long gun <br />.38 Spl-Down to one snubbie<br />.44-Have some .45LC revolvers and M94.<br /><br />Have 3 in .38S&W (NOT spl.). One .32S&W I'm saving for the next time DC has a "Buy Back." Hum? Wonder if they can show the 4473s from when they originally bought it.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7523999268318566232011-01-07T20:33:29.775-05:002011-01-07T20:33:29.775-05:00Does .30-40 Krag count? Our .22 is a WRF, halfway ...Does .30-40 Krag count? Our .22 is a WRF, halfway to a magnum. I still have a serious hankering for a .38 Super - I would rather buy that and have-to handload for it than a 9mm.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39990851340822212742011-01-07T19:40:23.656-05:002011-01-07T19:40:23.656-05:00What a morass of various threads, declarations, an...What a morass of various threads, declarations, and ideas. And now with my own barely tangental statement, I've created a branch from the tree of the original thread, with the question: <i>"Matt G,<br />I'm interested in why you think .357 Sig is useful, or more useful than 40S&W or a well-loaded 9mm. I've just never understood the rationale behind the cartridge and what it does that the others don't. I'm hoping I can ask you and not get the fanboy flamefest as a result."</i><br /> <br />The answer is threefold: power, functionality, and comfort. <br />The .357 Sig is basically the same power level as Super .38, which was until the .357 Magnum the most powerful pistol cartridge in the world. They now offer it in both 125g and 147g. It's a hot load. The inherent accuracy of the cartridge is quite good (though it's hard to reload), and it's a very flat-shooting cartridge if such things matter to you (they don't, to me.). <br /><br />The bottlenecked cartridge feeds all the time. As a matter of fact, it feeds empty cases like a dream. That's pretty important. <br /><br />The comfort issue is subjective, but everyone else in my PD and I notice that it simply doesn't have the same recoil pulse as its parent .40 S&W cartridge. It's just flat-out easy to shoot quickly. Some are not bothered by the .40 pulse. I've always thought that it was funny that I prefer .45 acp to .40 for recoil. <br /><br />The .357 also fits in any .40 framed gun, to the extent that changing calibers can often just be accomplished with a new barrel alone, meaning that you can keep your magazines, holsters, etc.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72903675732025256762011-01-07T18:18:57.266-05:002011-01-07T18:18:57.266-05:00But man that .22 Remington Jet is a cool looking a...But man that .22 Remington Jet is a cool looking a freaky-good looking round.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26095105545259675702011-01-07T17:57:24.098-05:002011-01-07T17:57:24.098-05:001911Man,
I've only shot a few dozen of them, ...1911Man,<br /><br />I've only shot a few dozen of them, none of which I'd want to enter in a bullseye match, but they generally work. I was more referring to the wholde genre of subcompact 9mm's, which have generally rendered the traditional .380 obsolescent.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53433515171055947622011-01-07T17:53:09.926-05:002011-01-07T17:53:09.926-05:00My Kahr P9 has, without a doubt, the single worst ...My Kahr P9 has, without a doubt, the single worst trigger I've ever shot, much less owned. It only gets carried on looong backpacking trips.<br /><br />If Gaston Glock got likkered up, played in boat axle grease, then fell in the sandbox, this is the trigger he might have built, but only after consulting a NYC city counsel member about how long the trigger pull should be.<br /><br />I would call it the single worst gun I've ever owned, except for that self-disassembling Beretta Bobcat...1911Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26213336874392636802011-01-07T17:22:16.096-05:002011-01-07T17:22:16.096-05:00If ever have any extra money (still working on hav...If ever have any extra money (still working on having necessary money) I want something chambered in .219 Improved Zipper, just for the silliness that's in it.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26387505649697974542011-01-07T17:04:52.305-05:002011-01-07T17:04:52.305-05:00my oddest ball caliber is 5.45x39, so odd the S&am...my oddest ball caliber is 5.45x39, so odd the S&W went and made production AR15's chambered for it.<br /><br />No, wait, I still have the 9mm Largo barrel for that Star Super I never shoot, even though I have a 9x19 barrel for it.<br /><br />But otherwise it's .22lr, 5.56, 9mm and .45 ACP for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29803953754538885922011-01-07T16:50:18.022-05:002011-01-07T16:50:18.022-05:0022LR, 45 ACP, 9mm, 41 or 44 Magnum, 45-70 Gov'...22LR, 45 ACP, 9mm, 41 or 44 Magnum, 45-70 Gov't, 308 Winchester.<br /><br />22 for practice or small game hunting, 45 or 9mm for carry, 41 or 44 Magnum and 45-70 for bear defense or hunting, and 308 in my battle rifles.<br /><br />I've got a bunch of others, but that stuff covers my needs. I only keep significant components on hand for the above. <br /><br />I could cut out 41 Magnum and 45 ACP and not really lose any flexibility in how I'm armed, but it will be a cold day in hell before I give up my 1911s or 657.weambulancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77466875133238113342011-01-07T16:30:12.058-05:002011-01-07T16:30:12.058-05:00perlhaqr,
"Ok, so, at the risk of drying in ...perlhaqr,<br /><br />"<i>Ok, so, at the risk of drying in a pile of ash at the hands of all the True 1911 Folks... by that rationale, what do you need to include .45 ACP for?</i>"<br /><br />Because if you're going to carry a service-size automatic, why not put big bullets in it, since they sure aren't going to work any <i>worse</i>?<br /><br />Bob H.,<br /><br />"<i>I am so ashamed to have these oddball, useless guns.</i>"<br /><br />Oh, get down off the cross; these other kids need the wood for a treehouse. Did I not just say that I carry a .32 H&R Mag every day? I own guns in calibers so weird that you've never <i>heard</i> of them. Lighten up, Francis.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53523335548697418552011-01-07T15:40:10.246-05:002011-01-07T15:40:10.246-05:00"You can have my light bulb when you pry my c..."You can have my light bulb when you pry my cold glassy eyeballs off it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51331476264873420942011-01-07T15:33:17.266-05:002011-01-07T15:33:17.266-05:00While Edison is credited to be the inventor of the...While Edison is credited to be the inventor of the first practical incadescent lightbulb, Hiram S. Maxim was also active in early incadescent lightbulb research. Claims have been made that Maxim's move to England was due to Edison's financial backers paying Maxim a handsome sum to leave the US and no longer contest Edison's patents. Maxim Lamps still exists today, owned by the same family that bought the company from Maxim in 1910. I suppose a collector of Maxim machineguns really needs to have them displayed in a room lit by Maxim Lamps.Daniel E. Wattershttp://www.thegunzone.com/556dw.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31957069732139999402011-01-07T15:21:56.329-05:002011-01-07T15:21:56.329-05:00I feel so cheap, and used. I have 9mm, .40, 5.7X28...I feel so cheap, and used. I have 9mm, .40, 5.7X28 (carbine and handgun), .32NAA and .327 magnum ... Who knew I was just being taken for a ride? I am so ashamed to have these oddball, useless guns.Bob Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88817045870574766862011-01-07T14:56:26.947-05:002011-01-07T14:56:26.947-05:00I started with .38/.357, and it was a gateway cart...I started with .38/.357, and it was a gateway cartridge - now, the .40 is my bulk cartridge. I'll explain...<br /><br />Given the similarities between DoubleTap's 200g WFNGC loads in 10mm and .357 (roughly an extra 100 ft lbs, in 10mm) I'm not certain any longer why I bought a Model 610 to share shelf space with the .357s in the safe. I'm not hunting with any of them anyway. But whatever ammo the XD-40 won't run without smacking the magazine tends to get shot up via the 610's moon clips. <br /><br />I certainly could live cheaper with any sort of wondernine in their place, but it wouldn't be as much fun. I'd probably be shopping for a nice Blackhawk convertible with the 9mm cylinder by now, and wishing I carried something that started with point four.DaveFlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417508768115934945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59361550183526219582011-01-07T14:11:20.544-05:002011-01-07T14:11:20.544-05:00Wow Tam, I thought I was the only person I knew of...Wow Tam, I thought I was the only person I knew of who owned a S&W M-53. Mine's a 6" 1960's model with the older S&W grip's that used to have the triangle in the center of them.My late father had traded a 1950's model Colt 1911 in 38 Super for the 22 Jet.Wish I could find that Colt now...Sport Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04862280966739841769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33311078566652146522011-01-07T13:17:40.986-05:002011-01-07T13:17:40.986-05:00In retrospect, though, what does .40 do that 9mm a...<i>In retrospect, though, what does .40 do that 9mm and .45 don't? <br /><br />In other words, point to me on the Binky doll the spot where a .40 will kill a bad guy but a 9 won't.</i><br /><br />Ok, so, at the risk of drying in a pile of ash at the hands of all the True 1911 Folks... by that rationale, what do you need to include .45 ACP for?perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57755419479435737572011-01-07T13:04:28.213-05:002011-01-07T13:04:28.213-05:00Just looked through mine 2 45/70s a 44/40 a 38/40 ...Just looked through mine 2 45/70s a 44/40 a 38/40 a 38/55 2 6.5x54 a 6.5x55 a 7x57 a couple of .22s it dont seem like i like new fangled calibers at all.ajdshootisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09400895967808162673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88099576001964694192011-01-07T12:48:37.192-05:002011-01-07T12:48:37.192-05:00"9mm is on the list because, with the advent ..."9mm is on the list because, with the advent of the Kahr, the .32ACP/.380 no longer needs to be. ;)"<br />Makes sense. Of course. <br />Hmmm ... may have to look into one a them Kahrs, then. Not exactly wedded to my "Elsie Pea" as some seem to be. Certainly wouldn't mind dumpin .380 from my own inventory...Boat Guynoreply@blogger.com