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LWRC used to offer a Discreet Rifle Case that looks just like a soft guitar case, but was lined with Velcro and straps to carry a long gun. They aren't showing it on their site any longer, but there may be new old stock with some vendors.

yep...pure coincidence and our purely Americentric attitudes...

From my perspective, it sounds like you might be going in the wrong direction. A long, generally heavy, double action trigger pull is not going to be of help to someone with arthritis and diminished hand strength, particularly when it comes to placing rounds where they will do the most damage. The .22 Magnum ballistics are not very good by any stretch from a handgun either. You are probably much better served looking for either a carbine which will significantly improve ballistics, and being a bit larger, offer more for her to hang on to and a stock that is supported by her shoulder. Something like a Keltec Sub2000 in 9mm for example, would still be lightweight but offer superior ballistics and a shorter lighter trigger. If it must be a handgun, something with a shorter lighter single action trigger, like a Ruger MkII for example might be a good direction. Granted .22LR is not a stellar self defense cartridge either, but the action should be easier for her to manipulate, and the trigger should allow her to more accurate place rounds, which is what really stops the threat. She'll also get more rounds in the pistol, and faster reloads, if that becomes a factor. Berretta also makes the Model 86, which is a .380 with a tip up barrel, so it would alleviate the concern of her being able to cycle the action to load the chamber. It's a double single, so only the first shot would be double action versus all of them, and offers the added value of being magazine fed for loading/unloading/reloading. Inserting a magazine and one larger bullet should be much easier then trying to load a handful of small bullets into tiny holes in a cylinder for someone with arthritis. My cousin carried one of the 86s as a detective for years, and swore by it for accuracy and reliability. It could be thumb cocked to fire the first shot single action, as well. Just some food for thought...

Yeah, after rocking the 16 for a bit now, I really want it's big brother, too...Unfortunately I was born good looking instead of rich...then I got old and fat...

I never got the DEP. I joined and was in boot camp less then a month later. Guess I looked "needy"

Little drilling and a couple rivets and she's compliant but I've got a few good knife ones too Biggest pain was having to have the rifle shipped to my FFL here. He pinned the break. Shipped the stock to a friend's place in Pa. Drilled and pinned it there, before bringing it back to Jersey. Gotta love this place. There's at least one other SCAR owned by a board member here.

I have two Strider ARs, one a standard hollow ground clip point and the other a TAD Edition with a sabre grind and spear point. if I'm looking for something a little lighter and flatter due to dress, I'll grab my waved Emerson Commander BTS. I also have a handful of HAKs including a Strider, that supplement...

I've still got an Iphone 3GS in an Otterbox...I want the G'zOne Commando...

Just remember that a weapon mounted light ISN'T a flashlight and IS a target indicator. If you aim the light at a friendly, you are pointing your muzzle at them, too. If you run around with the light continuously illuminated in a dark environment, the bad guys will see you before you see them, and if they came ready...see the target indicator comment.

I've been shooting AR patterns rifles since I was seventeen, when I joined the Corps. I'm forty-three now. I carried and shot them for fourteen years of military service, including a lovely year long Persian excursion, primarily as a ground pounder in the Corps and Army. Professionally, my department uses Colt Match Target rifles, and I've been a Firearms Instructor on them for the last ten years or so, and employed by them for eighteen. Kept moderately clean, they work well, albeit puking fouling into the action as designed. After a solid range day of several shooters busting caps, carbon is covering the receivers, where it bleeds out between the upper and lower. I also own a Noveske I purchased right here on this site, and it runs just as well, and puking carbon and unburnt powder into it's guts just like Uncles guns I carried for a long time. So, I'm comfortable in saying I have some familiarity with the design...Yes, a DI gun will run and if properly maintained will do so for a good stretch of time. With that said, there is a lot of disinformation here. The DI system in the AR15 has been around for quite a while now, but the piston system isn't something new. It's been used successfully in several other firearm designs for a long time, too. It really isn't new to the AR rifle either, unless time is being measured in decades...The systems are combat proven, my good friend rocking a 416 in harms way, as we speak. Look at the Corps new rifle for the Automatic Rifleman. Spare parts are commonly available for those that like to have a disaster kit, as well. Both systems work. It's all on what you perceive as your need. In addition to the Noveske, I have a POF P308 which is a piston AR pattern rifle in .308. It runs cooler and cleaner then then previous AR10s I've owned, and is just as accurate. From a cost perspective, it was in the same range as DI guns of similar quality. It's effective and does what it is designed to do...I wouldn't hesitate to bet my life on the POF, or my SCAR for that matter, which is another piston design...

No...

Here's another vote for Liberty Safes of New Jersey. They delivered my Lincoln 35, and did an absolutely outstanding job. If I ever move again, I'll be calling them to move mine. It was a tight squeeze getting it in, some places having less then a quarter inch clearance, but they managed it without issue or damage to my home or new safe.

I don't own a .44 Mag, but I do have a LAR Grizzly in .45 Winchester Magnum. 300grn. XTPs at something past 1200 FPS will get your attention... I took my first Griz to the Hillsborough Shooting Center, years ago. The counter was manned by a pretty cocky guy a custom .45 in an IPSC rig and a half dozen or so magazines draped around his waist. While checking in, I asked him about caliber limits for the range. He said in a fairly condescending tone, "anything under two thousand feet per second is fine." I asked if he was sure, and told him it was a .45 Winchester Magnum. He laughed and almost dismissing me, said that the Win Mag wasn't anything special, and that they just had some guy with a hot loaded .41 Magnum, and to go right ahead. Okay... I went in and there were about ten other shooters in the lanes, just firing merrily away; Pop, pop, pop...I moved to an empty lane with open positions on either side, got set up and triggered the first shot. BOOM!!! The two foot fireball at the muzzle was impressive as was the recoil that torqued my hands apart and brought the muzzle up about eight inches! There were a few quick shots immediately after mine and then the range seemed to go quiet. I let go with another shot, this time with a better stance and grip, and then I noticed that the range had gone completely quiet. I made safe and stepped back from the divider walls, to find all the other shooters looking directly at me. A few laughed almost nervously. A couple questioned what I was shooting, BUT none took me up on up my offer to fire it. I went back to the lane and dumped the last five shots at a fairly brisk pace, reloaded and fired another magazine, keeping a respectable softball sized group at fifteen yards(I was just learning the pistol, at the time). As I was clearing the gun, I was immediately tapped on the shoulder. It was the previously cocky guy, now much more humble, from out front. He told me I had to stop shooting the Grizzly, BECAUSE IT WAS CAUSING THE STUFF IN THE STOREFRONT TO WALK FORWARD AND FALL OFF THE SHELVES...

Anytime, Bro. I hope it helps...

I'm interested if the dates work...

That's a much better choice then drifting it with a punch. It's more accurate in placement and less marring to the pistol or sight...

I'm kinda partial to the Glock 35 I carried daily for about six years. It's still in the gun safe. Prior to that was a Glock 22 I carried off duty for about eight years, and prior to that a Sig Sauer P229 DAO I carried for two years.

The guys that works at Baker's Basin are private security. I've seen uniformed Trenton Cops at the Trenton MVC, but I'm betting with all the layoffs, I won't be seeing them there in the future, unless it's a side job off duty kinda thing...

Hey Brother, Check out http://www.tufftie.com/index.cfm . They are extremely lightweight, non bulky, inexpensive, nonmetallic, strong, and significantly more convenient to carry then a set of full sized cuffs. I tried a number of different options over the years from lightweight aluminum and polymer cuffs down to thumb cuffs, and The ASP Trifold flex cuffs. I really didn't like the full duty belt feel off duty, as even when lighter in weight, they were all bulky; so a bundled Flex cuff in my pocket won out for years until I found the Tuff Ties. I wear a badge holder next to my holster, and have the Tuff Tie threaded behind the badge. A quick tug and it's out and usable. Yes, I've tested them on some big, strong and angry guys, and not had one fail yet. They are slower to apply then a standard set of handcuffs, but that's really more of a training issue. As to a spare magazine, I'm left handed and most of my magazines fit perfectly in the small change pocket on the right front pocket of my jeans. I either carry it there or in a belt scabbard at the same location. In the colder months, I also have a third magazine in my coat pocket. I'm a big fan of http://www.tripleaughtdesign.com/ TAD outer wear. All my coats and jackets from them have magazine pockets in the hand warmer pockets. It's makes carrying a spare mag or flashlight very convenient. Good luck. I hope this helps... Respectfully, Harry

I'm with Shane...

I'd be interested in a couple 12" Squares

My Brother In Law lived in Bordentown City about ten years ago. It was a low crime area, and he had a very nice gun display case, with large glass doors to show off his hunting guns. One day while the family was out, some of his teenage daughter's "friends" broke into the house, broke open the case and stole his collection of rifles, shotguns and a few handguns. The only saving grace was the thieves were fairly stupid and left finger prints all over everything. It didn't take long for the Police to get a confession, and be lead out into the woods where the thieves stashed the gym bag full of now rusting guns. Apparantly they had been admiring his collection through the glass doors the last time they were at the house. When they stopped over to see his daughter, and no one answered the door, they just decided to take that opportunity to climb in through an unlocked window and steal the guns...

So...how long til Glock sues? Striker fired, polymer framed, integral trigger safety, super hard barrel and slide finish, cocking serrations, rear slide plate, dual captive recoil spring...It's very Glock like...some of the parts look like they came right off a 27...At least to my eye, it looks more Glock like then the Sigma and we know how that played out for Smith and Wesson...

Wow...another thinly veiled Cop bashing thread on NJGF...who'd a thunk it....