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    What’s your bedroom gun?

    I might have already responded to this thread, but for what its worth, I keep a Glock 17 with a mounted light, loaded and ready by the bedside. First thing each morning I secure it, and before going to sleep I unsecure it for the night. With two extra full mags, that gives me 52 rounds readily...
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    17 hour drive for this? HELL YA!

    What do you do with prairie dogs after you kill them?
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    Why You Should Carry a Knife Instead of a Gun for Self-Defense

    Not being critical, but I cannot imagine dressing each morning and attaching six knives to my body just in case I would need to throw a knife at someone. In fairness, I feel the same way about those folks who say that they carry two or even three guns ALL THE TIME plus several extra mags and who...
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    Why You Should Carry a Knife Instead of a Gun for Self-Defense

    I was considered a real scrapper when I was a kid, and though small, I learned early that if you fight back effectively the bullies will want to bother someone else. As a young adult I always felt that I could handle myself pretty well. But I am turning 81 in a feet weeks. I have lost much of my...
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    Ruger P Series pistols. How good are/were they?

    I may have already commented somewhere earlier in this thread, but FWIW, I have a P97 that I bought in the '90's that is more accurate than I am, and has never had a single failure to fire regardless of the ammunition used. I hardly ever shoot it anymore but it is a keeper as far as I am concerned.
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    22lr carry for defense??

    A 22 is still better than nothing, that is for sure. Some folks, including women who are uncomfortable with firearms, might carry a 22 but would not carry anything bigger, then they surely are safer with the 22. It might not be enough to stop the attacker, but likely is enough to make him decide...
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    Ruger vs S&W Revolvers

    If I recall, part of his argument was that the S&W are forged, and the Rugers are cast, and that the heavier metal of the Rugers is to make them similar in strength to the S&W. In any event, I own two S&W revolvers. One, a Model 19, 4 inch, nickel that I bought new in about 1986 remains what I...
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    22/45 cleaning schedule

    I think a lot of gun cleaning is done for the activity itself. I love the smell of Hoppe's, each and every time I clean a gun I think about my Dad when he cleaned his guns, and he has been gone almost 50 years. I don't shoot all that often, so cleaning is sometimes the only interaction I have...
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    Squib

    I don't reload, only use factory ammo. I have never had a squib in all my years of shooting, including 24 years in the U.S. Army. I don't recall ever having a center fire dud, but I can't be sure about that. 22LR duds are pretty common, but that is not the same as a squib.
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    "The Mighty Stopping Power of a 1911"

    Who really needs a 45 when a 9 mm will blow the lungs right out of the body?
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    "The Mighty Stopping Power of a 1911"

    There seems to be no shortage of folks on gun forums who actually believe that the 1911, firing 45 acp, is second only to a nuclear bomb in destructive power. As a handgun, it does do the job that it needs to do, so I have no problem with those that are in love with the 1911. I'm just not one...
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    CCW Safe, know of any case that they helped?

    Thanks. Very helpful.
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    CCW Safe, know of any case that they helped?

    And if you do get charged, your membership is supposed to cover the cost of the lawyer that CCW Safe has provided. In effect it is legal insurance, and it is not, nor does it claim to be, liability insurance. We all know that it is not in our interest to talk to the police. If involved in a...
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    CCW Safe, know of any case that they helped?

    Years ago I started carrying CCW Safe as a just-in-case I ever need qualified help after a self defense shooting, and so far I have not ever called them. In part I chose CCW Safe because of the low cost, and the discount for former military or law enforcement, and because I was more than...
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    Squib

    With every person that I have taught the basics of shooting I have warned about squibs and how to handle them. I always tell them if there is a misfire, wait 30 seconds and then clear the weapon from the chamber (not to stick a stick down the barrel!). But in my lifetime I have never actually...

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