On 11/22/2023 at 11:31 PM, GRIZ said:

Yes but a Hollywood falsehood. He bought.the gun through the mail.

I seem to remember that he was gifted the gun by a satisfied client of his architectural firm.

On 11/22/2023 at 11:08 PM, JohnnyB said:

True but still a cool gun!  So.....What are your dream guns Griz?

Okay as you're a great guy I'll tell you the dream guns I already own.

Number 1 is a German made, mid 60s, Walther PPK  in 32.  The gun Bond was issued.  I had one of my best friends gift me the gun years ago before I was back in NJ.  I wanted one at 12 years old when I started reading Bond books in the 7th grade (pretty racy for the 7th grade in a Catholic school!). I only carried it once on a trip to GA.

Back in the 80s, a 2 1/2 inch Model 66 Smith was the real Agent's gun.  I didn't get one until after I retired.  One of my favorite carry guns.  I carry it with +P+ 38s which don't give up much to 357s.

Model 10 Smiths.  I had.one in Vietnam.  Only 130 gr hardball but it worked for me. Had a 2" Model 64. Thar worked for me too. Sorry I traded it off. Still have a 4" Model 10 and a 4" Model 64.

Garands.Bought several thru CMP when they deliver them to the door in NJ.  I sold some.of them to friends. A tanker in.308 (you know who.youre are, and a stock Garand.).

I keep my Danish return with a VAR barrel.

Wanted a "Sniper Rifle". Went thru a few. Got a Savage Scout. 2.75 Burris.  Best group was .6" at 100 yds.  If they're over 200 yds, I don't have to shoot.  I can run away. I have an 03 shorter that will shoot 2" at 100.

All practical stuff. The guns Carlos Hathcock used would only shoot 2" at a 100.  I'm no way good as he was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 11/21/2023 at 11:38 AM, Mr.Stu said:

The rules changed so that everyone has to do the same course of fire. I don't know who made you shoot 125 rounds, but the CoF is now 50 exactly.

Also, I'm not sure if you're just saying 9mm is more expensive than .22LR, or that your instructor made you use premium 9mm ammo.

OK let me explain. If you use your 9MM to qualify you will probably need to practice before you qualify so you go through 125 rds of ammo. Using expensive 9mm ammunition that's probably close to $0.40 around is costly. If you used your .22 LR pistol the price drops to less than 10 cents a round. I easily qualified with my Glock 226  ( 1 miss out of 50) but burned up  a lot of ammo practicing. We should not be required to qualify to exercise a constitutional right and it should not cost a few hundred dollars to do so.

3 minutes ago, DAHL said:

but burned up  a lot of ammo practicing. We should not be required to qualify to exercise a constitutional right and it should not cost a few hundred dollars to do so.

This mindset baffles me.

Shooting is a depreciating skill. If you don't practice, you will become worse at it.

If you value your life enough to want to defend it, why would you rely on a skill that you don't practice? If the best I can do on a good day is scrape a pass on CCARE, I would be determined to get better at shooting - and yes I did see that you scored 98% - but your attitude appears to be that you shouldn't have to practice first.

Trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, perhaps you mean that the government should not mandate that you have to meet any kind of standard before you can carry. I agree. There should not be any mandated quals. However, only a fool would be carrying a gun he can't use effectively. It does little to protect himself and creates a danger to everyone else because the misses will go on to hit something or someone after they miss the intended target.

I wasn’t thinking about buying a new gun. Really.  It just kinda…happened. 
 

There I was, at GT Distributors, minding my own business, when out of nowhere, came this police trade in Glock 19..

$309, with 3 mags! 
 

I mean, I couldn’t NOT buy it, it was so cheap! 
 

That’s how I explained it to Mrs Tex, anyway. 
 

 Now it’s dressed up as a clone of my carry gun. 
 

8 hours ago, Displaced Texan said:

I wasn’t thinking about buying a new gun. Really.  It just kinda…happened. 
 

There I was, at GT Distributors, minding my own business, when out of nowhere, came this police trade in Glock 19..

$309, with 3 mags! 
 

I mean, I couldn’t NOT buy it, it was so cheap! 
 

That’s how I explained it to Mrs Tex, anyway. 
 

 Now it’s dressed up as a clone of my carry gun. 
 

A deal like that might convince me to buy a Glock, too....

 

Trying to decide on a nice revolver. Preferably 4” model, I think. Not sure if I want to pony up for a Colt python. I heard good things about the Rhino, but think I really want a traditional revolver. Not sure on the caliber either. 

9 hours ago, Newbcake said:

Trying to decide on a nice revolver. Preferably 4” model, I think. Not sure if I want to pony up for a Colt python. I heard good things about the Rhino, but think I really want a traditional revolver. Not sure on the caliber either. 

Blued 4" Python is the way to go.  Buy once cry once 

On 5/27/2024 at 12:06 AM, Newbcake said:

Trying to decide on a nice revolver. Preferably 4” model, I think. Not sure if I want to pony up for a Colt python. I heard good things about the Rhino, but think I really want a traditional revolver. Not sure on the caliber either. 

How nice do you want to go?

https://www.nighthawkcustom.com/revolvers

https://www.beretta.com/en-us/firearms/by-gun-family/manurhin-revolvers

S&W 686.