Author Topic: Going Pink? (Read 1925 times)

Neubob · « **Reply #30 on:** November 29, 2007, 02:50:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Tigeress
... Got a very nasty shoulder bruise from shooting a 12 gauge shotgun when I was young... that hurt....

tigeress on candid camera!

Masherbrum · « **Reply #31 on:** November 29, 2007, 03:42:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Tigeress
IF... I were ever to have a gun, it would have to be concealable and those guns (9mm ?) the police around here have are really big.

TIGERESS

Look into a Glock 19 (9mm), 23 (.40 S&W), 26 (9mm), 27(.40 S&W) or a Lady Smith Model 36 .38 Cal. Go to a range and ask to try a few calibers. You'll nail down a "comfortable recoil" soon. The difference in the Glocks is that the 26 & 27 are in their "subcompact" line and are usually found on the ankles of Law Enforcement O's. I personally find them too small for my hands, but you might be able have the opposite effect and be comfortable with it.

I've never been a fan of Kahr. Too many reliability issues.

Tigeress · « **Reply #32 on:** November 29, 2007, 04:09:30 PM »

Thanks for the advice, guys. Really appreciate it.

Appreciate you taking so much time and effort for me, Masher!

Bob, I absolutely know how that girl in the video felt... bet she was just as black and blue as I was. ouch I had a huge brused area.

While I was at YouTube looking at it I tried some of the other videos on the right.

I have to admit... this does look like fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnTgyqs_lmY&feature=related

TIGERESS

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #33 on:** November 29, 2007, 04:14:56 PM »

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Originally posted by GtoRA2
The size of the gun has very little to do with the size of the round it fires in many cases.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #34 on:** November 29, 2007, 04:26:56 PM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin

Unlike most of you oldtimers, I don't need that stuff..... yet.

lazs2 · « **Reply #35 on:** November 30, 2007, 09:00:59 AM »

You really need the AA12.. we all do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhstuvzMiB0&feature=related

lazs

Halo · « **Reply #36 on:** November 30, 2007, 08:48:50 PM »

Funny but a gun too light for fun shooting started me into a couple years of gun research and selective acquisition. I had a Colt Agent lightweight .38 5-shot revolver with 2-inch barrel.

It was to be the primary home defense gun, and carryable if needed. So I took it to the range to practice. UGH! Nasty little thing. Terrible blast and recoil.

A detour into fancy designer ammo (e.g., +P and zoomier bullets) soon convinced me it's much better to just buy a heavier standard caliber -- more effective, cheaper, more available, more proven.

Quickly traded it for a Ruger .357 4-inch barrel that was more pleasant to fire in .357 Magnum than the lightweight was in .38. But I still had no need for .357 and did not like the heavier blast and recoil. .38 was marginal enough to inspire enough +P mushroomies to outnumber mushroom veggies in a supermarket.

So after more research, including many revolvers and semiautos, found my compatible in the Springfield XD .45 ACP with 4-inch barrel and a 13-round magazine. Amazing firepower and value, absolutely the best all-around handgun for home defense and target shooting for my needs.

It's twice as effective with a Glock 21 laser/light. Unbeatable for checking out any potential problems at night or bad visibility.

You might want to try the .45 ACP, but I have a hunch you might prefer the .40. Compare them both. Then you'll be sure what you prefer. I personally think anything lighter like .38, 9mm, and .32 is not enough oomph.

It's like not buying a car until you've driven a Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. Drive a Springfield XD .45 ACP and .40 (and, okay, maybe another similar brand). Then you have a really solid basis for comparing any other equipment you're considering.

Xargos · « **Reply #37 on:** December 01, 2007, 05:21:17 AM »

If you don't spend much time at the range you maybe better off getting a wheelgun instead of a semi-auto. I wouldn't recommend anything smaller then a .38 that can handle +P ammo.

Tigeress · « **Reply #38 on:** December 01, 2007, 05:35:23 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
You really need the AA12.. we all do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhstuvzMiB0&feature=related

lazs

OMG!!! hahahaha That thing looks evil!

TIGERESS

Tigeress · « **Reply #39 on:** December 01, 2007, 06:38:57 AM »

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Originally posted by Xargos
If you don't spend much time at the range you maybe better off getting a wheelgun instead of a semi-auto. I wouldn't recommend anything smaller then a .38 that can handle +P ammo.

I don't go to ranges; don't have a gun lol But if I got one I would certainly learn how to use it and practice with it.

From what you guys are saying, test firing different ones is probably the best thing to do. I would not buy a car without test driving different ones to find out what works best for me.

This has lead me to do some googling on all this and I found advice saying keeping a gun in my purse wont work; a guy will take my purse away from me right off and people, children especially, have greater access to it because I set my purse down when not walking around with it. geez

Last thing I would ever want would be for children getting their hands on something like this.

There is a lot of responsibility that comes with having a deadly weapon like this and I would just die if a child got hurt simply cause I had it thus got their hands on it. I don't have children in my home but have other women friends who do.

This all goes back as to why I never got a gun in the first place. I would rather get hurt myself than ever have an innocent person get hurt as a result of my having one. These things are scary and the responsibility that comes with it is absolutely sobering.

With all this said, I think carrying one with me is out of the question.

But I will tell you this... if I had one in my hands and was being attacked and truely believed I was in inescapable mortal danger, I would not hesitate even a microsecond to shoot my attacker as many times as necessary to get him to stop.

I have said it before, I routinely go to great lengths to minimize the possibility of a physical confrontation with anyone bent on causing me serious harm or death but if cornered, and given no other alternatives, I will stand and fight with whatever I have avaliable and absolutely go for the throat without blinking in that circumstance. Given only my thumb nails, I will go straight for his two eyes and gouge them out of his head.

TIGERESS

lazs2 · « **Reply #40 on:** December 01, 2007, 09:44:27 AM »

tigress.. you may not be ready to own a gun.

sorry.. that is what you need to decide. there are no excuses.. you need to do some real work and get responsible to do so. It takes a certain amount of maturity and the willingness to be safe and to get proficient.

None of this is too difficult but it takes a certain mindset. Truth is.. only about half the people want to have a gun around and only about 10% will carry one.

The rest will shirk their responsibilities to themselves and their fellow citizens and just hope for the best.. thinking up all sorts of excuses why they should be excused from such a duty.

lazs

Tigeress · « **Reply #41 on:** December 01, 2007, 09:49:01 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
tigress.. you may not be ready to own a gun.

sorry.. that is what you need to decide. there are no excuses.. you need to do some real work and get responsible to do so. It takes a certain amount of maturity and the willingness to be safe and to get proficient.

None of this is too difficult but it takes a certain mindset. Truth is.. only about half the people want to have a gun around and only about 10% will carry one.

The rest will shirk their responsibilities to themselves and their fellow citizens and just hope for the best.. thinking up all sorts of excuses why they should be excused from such a duty.

lazs

I believe I am a very responsible person so I am a little confused here.

Do you think I am being irresponsible by not having a gun? ...or, if having one, not carrying it?

I have never thought about it like that...

TIGERESS

lazs2 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 01, 2007, 09:54:24 AM »

yes.. I believe that anyone who won't take the time to learn and use one is not responsible.

You claim you couldn't have one because of the danger to innocents or that you would allow some child to get your gun out of your purse.

Yet... what do you think of standing by and watching a woman or man being assaulted and maybe killed because you can do nothing but call for the police so that they can call the morgue or hospital and take the report?

If you are just insane or so clumsy that you can't operate a motor vehicle or power tools then I can understand.. if you have some phobia.. I can understand. I can't understand your excuses.

It really doesn't matter to me tho. I believe that having 10% of the population carrying concealed is a good enough ratio to make up for the other 90% shirking their responsibility.

If there were no bad guys then none of this would matter of course.

lazs

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #43 on:** December 01, 2007, 09:59:08 AM »

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Originally posted by Tigeress
Do you think I am being irresponsible by not having a gun? ...or, if having one, not carrying it?

A little town near me, Chiloquin, OR, by city ordinance requires each house to be armed. If you lived there you would be not only irresponsible, you would be a law breaker.

(They passed the ordinance about 6 or 7 years ago to keep San Fran / Berkeley / Willamette Valley anti gun hippie liberals from moving here, I haven't heard if it being repealed)

Maverick · « **Reply #44 on:** December 01, 2007, 12:43:20 PM »

Tigress,

Depending on where you live you might be able to find an urban indoor range that allows rentals. They often have a fair variety of firearms to rent and that would let you try several styles without having to buy the gun. There is one in my home town and many folks have saved a bunch of money in finding a gun they like to shoot rather than relying on what someone else told them. A firearm is a personal item and what does well for one person doesn't always carry over to another.

Besides, shooting in a nice range is just fun. It would be an interesting change of pace if you decided you might want have an afternoon or evening doing something different.