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In my experience, if LaRue is an option, it is the answer. That's not to say that there aren't other good options out there, they just consistently do it right.

When Mossberg was supplying barrels to S&W for a bit in the beginning of their rifle program, there was a significant issue with accuracy. S&W now makes their own barrels and overall they run pretty well - S&W is the only non mil-spec rifle I would consider buying or recommend to anyone. I have seen them run and run and run long after others (Bushampster, Olympic Arms, Rock River, Armalite...) have puked. If Mossberg is using the same barrels, or manufacturing barrels to the same specs as the ones supplied to S&W a few years ago, I could see where his displeasure is coming from.

I carry a Glock 23/22/35 in a DeSantis Scorpion IWB at 4:00 or a CompTac Minatour at 4:00 daily, year round, with no issues. I am 5'6" and 180.

Million of folks carry a knife clipped to their pocket everyday with no issues. Unless you are doing airborne ops, do a lot of climbing (trees, rocks, ice, towers, etc...), spend a lot of time on boats for work or fun, or are conducting an over the beach landing, I think you will be OK without the dummy cord. If you insist on it, follow Spertelephoto advice - A short loop to a carabiner on your belt/belt loop. Any long cord becomes a snag hazard, makes handling the knife difficult, makes getting the knife out tedious, and is downright annoying.

Which is good, and helpful, and I do it too, but any "firing" practice you get from it goes right out the window when you start having to deal with recoil and add trigger prep into the mix. What you are really doing is training your eyes to switch quickly from target to target. Dry firing against multiple targets has little to do with "firing" and has everything to do with seeing and moving,

Wait.... You want to dummy cord your knife to your belt?

Completely subjective. Ask 3 guys you will get 4 opinions. Also, you need to provide more details as to what you want.

What answers are you looking for?

I agree - I abhor the term "muscle memory". Last time I checked, muscles have no way to store memories. I prefer to refer to the phenomenon as "procedural memory". You are training your brain, not your muscles, by creating kinesthetic sense (proprioception) through repetition. You are learning a procedure. You just have to be careful to not confuse the stages of achievement with manipulations - attaining unconscious competence being the goal - with shooting. Everything but target discrimination and the actual decision to pull the trigger can be on autopilot but not those two acts. Each trigger press has to be a conscious and independent decision to engage an identified threat - whether that threat is an IPSC target, a piece of steel, or an assailant intent on doing you serious physical harm. I also agree that shooting fast is not about shooting, it is about seeing. A monkey can press a trigger fast. It takes skill obtained through training - note: I didn't day practice, that's different - to be able to acquire, identify, and process multiple threats driving the gun from target to target. You can not go faster than you can "see". Seeing incorporates acquiring and identifying a target as a threat, obtaining a sight picture, and evaluating the effectiveness of your shots and scanning for the next target where the process starts all over again. Here is a good video by Rob Leatham about shooting multiple targets quickly in a competition scenario: Keep in mind this video is from a competition mindset. Some small changes to the technique, specifically the post shooting evaluation and when to transition targets would need to be tweaked a bit before I would qualify this as a good defensive shooting strategy. Dry fire is important, but it is not a panacea and it has some significant limitations. You can dry fire to effectively practice trigger control, administrative manipulations (reloads, clearing malfunctions, drawstroke, etc...), and initial sight alignment. You can not practice driving the gun on multiple targets, multiple shot strings, recoil control, or shoot/no shoot scenarios effective with dry fire only. I tell my guys the same thing - I follow it up with "If you don't have time to aim, you don't have time to miss."

A bajillion lumens? Probably. 500-1000 lumens, it depends.... Need your definition of pretty quick. Also need to look at how you run your lights, what searching techniques you use, what fixing techniques you use, how big an area are you searching, etc... I haven't had a problem with my batteries going dead in my lights (my EOTech is another story). I do carry spare batteries on my rifle, but that is just the way I am. I also check my lights and put fresh batteries in them regularly.

Jesus man! What are trying to do? Make half the forum go apoplectic? We can work on that solution later.... We are still at the .410 is better because it won't go through your house stage here. Baby steps brother, baby steps

like Checko, I have yet to find a light that offers a "bajillion" lumens, but if I do find a light rated that high that I could put o my rifle, I would buy two. The idea that you will be blinded by your weapon light is propagated by folks that don't know how to use white light to properly search for threats and don't know what to do when they find one. I have made a lot of entries into structures looking for bad guys. I have looked for a lot of bad guys outdoors both in urban settings and woods/rural settings. I have never, ever said to myself - "gee, I wish I had less light". I use a 500 lumen SF Fury on my 2 social long guns (will be upgrading to P3X Fury - 1000 lumens - soon) and 500 lumen X300U on my work pistols - I have never "blinded" myself. I have found guys hiding in shadows, in buildings, under piles of leaves, in cars, in dumpsters, in tall grass, in closets, under beds, and in one case in a wall. Bright light helps me do that by throwing more light into dark spaces, removing shadows, and generally just letting me see. Don't fear the light...

Seriously? Read what you wrote again. A "handheld shotgun"? No, it's not. It is a badly made revolver that is made to do two things, and neither of them very well. It is a .410 - That's not a very effective self defense round and has poor penetration out of an 18" barrel. Why do you think it is better in a 3" barrel handgun that shoots a pattern like a donut and has abysmal penetration across the board with the shotshell rounds? And don't say, "I load it with .45" - If you want a .45LC buy a .45LC. It will shoot straighter, handle better, and overall be a better choice. How does poor penetration and inconsistent patterns better suit this weapon for home defense than say, a Glock in any caliber or an AR? How does the Judge reduce "the chances of missing your target with the proper ammo inside your home" more than using any other pistol in a standard SD/HD round? The Judge, to me, is the physical embodiment of everything misguided about American gunowners and their common misconceptions about self/home defense. I only hope all those shopping for Judges as a HD/SD gun stumble onto some used Glocks, or an old Security Six. Wiley Clapp? Has he ever written about a gun that he didn't like? Here is a clue - he is a Gun Writer. If he writes unflattering things about guns, he has effectively fired himself. I put little to no faith in anything gun-writers say. That being said, I have yet to see a respected firearms trainer write anything good about the Judge. Here is what Tom Givens (25 year LEO and reputable firearms trainer with Rangemaster Training - not a full time gun shill) had to say about the Judge: And here is the Box O' Truth's take on it: http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot41.htm The Judge was a bad idea as a self defense gun 20 years ago when they called it the Thunder Five. I am not saying it isn't fun, just that it isn't the right choice for a defensive handgun. But as always, big boy rules apply - its your choice what you choose to protect yourself and your loved ones - and much like maintenanceguy, if you already hang your hat on this abortion you aren't going to listen to me now. You will need to figure it out for yourself.

For a very specific set of circumstances sure. Bright white light is generally better though. I have a PVS14 and access to a DBAL. The PVS14 is nice for navigating, surveillance, and target acquisition. I prefer to use bright white lights (200 lumen minimum, 500 or more preferred) to discriminate and engage from 0-100 yards.

Good. The judge is a terrible choice for a defensive or HD handgun. It is nice to see somene have a "lightbulb" moment. Someone telling you how bad it is would never have had the same impact as you figuring it out in your own. Learning has occurred.

Your joking right?

Yup. Not even close to ridiculously bright.

That report is from August. Weird.... First I am hearing about it and that is the only site I found anything about it at all. At the speed and ferocity the gun community reacts, I find that surprising.

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Troy Delta Carbine Rail https://troyind.com/products/delta-carbine-blk Not Keymod but tube style with the cutout for a FSB on a carbine length gas system. Closest I can find without modding something myself.

Scrap, stop. You are showing your ass. You are incorrect. 100%, without question, wrong. The .380 Glocks have been around in the US for a quite a while as LE Only guns. They are hard to get and not common but agencies could buy them with just a little trouble if they thought they needed them. The G25 is G19 sized and the G28 is G26 sized. Most agencies don't want to go through the trouble since they are getting the same size and capacity as the 9mm versions only in a vastly inferior caliber - so why bother. Think about it - If I said you could have the exact same gun - same size, shape, capacity, ergonomics, controls - in either 9mm or .380 ACP for a duty/BUG/concealment peice which would you choose? They are not available to the general public due to import restrictions as the under 9mm cartridge and short barrel does not give them enough points for importation even with the thumb rest and serrated "target" trigger that gets a G19 and G26 (and similar sized guns in calibers greater than 9). The G42 is an entirely new model and will be different.

Sorry, not tracking with this... Holding the trigger back should not prevent the hammer from cocking/trigger from resetting. Follow-through is an important part of shooting and controlling the trigger both ways (straight to the rear and then back out to reset) is an important step to master. Did he say you should be pressing the trigger then getting off it right away to make the trigger work?

Seems very gimmicky to me and you can't have a folding stock in NJ anyway. Plus the reliability/track record of the company is unknown. For the price of the ARAK upper and spare barrel you could just buy 2 complete uppers for your AR to do the same thing and have a wider variety of calibers to choose from. You could choose from .22, 5.56, 5.45x39, 5.7x28, .300, .50 Beowulf just to name a few...