my new gun!

[GRUNHERZ]

I was being sarcastic and making fun of our local bay area, Im in Cupertino,  left wing loonies and their psychotic fear/hatred of Ascroft and Bush...  


As for guns didnt you read my posts about the Barettas I like to shoot?

[GtoRA2]

Yeah Grun I knew you where joking!

So was I.

[GRUNHERZ]

LOL

But guns kill people even if you just look at them to say nothing of actually touching one, and cars, well cars are dangerous too and I hear it's now way way cool not to own one, hey Castro is banning them in Cuba so its gotta be the right thing to do...

[Vermillion]

I have a SiG P228, which is a medium frame 9mm (13 shots) with a set of Hogue grips.  Easily the best pistol I have ever owned (or shot for that matter).  A little pricey, but well worth it.

I also have a Ruger P-85 9mm in Stainless (15+1).  Great gun for the money, and its very very reliable.  Its just a big pistol and uncomfortable if you have small hands.

My most recent acquisition is a revolver (my first).  A Taurus model 650 CIA in stainless.  Its a small frame 5 shot, .357 magnum, double action only/covered hammer, and comes from the factory with the Hogue grips.  It only weighs like 16 oz.  Great little concealed carry or backup gun.  Very friendly/comfortable for people with small hands.  With .38's in it, the recoil is not too bad.  But load it up with full .357 magnum rounds, its a total beast.  Not uncontrollable, but definitely painful.  After putting 1.5 boxs of ammo thru it on the first day out, I came home literally with a bruised hand.  And thats with a set of great grips on it.

I'm like Grunherz, I have never like Glocks very well.  They just feel weird in my hands (and I have big hands) and I never can shoot them very well, though I understand thats not the case with most people.

If any of you guys have experience with surplus CETME, FN-FAL's or HK G3's, please respond in my other thread plz.  

[SaburoS]

Love my SigSauer P220-45.
Accurate and reliable .
Very comfortable to shoot.
Has tritium night sights.

[lazs2]

saburo... by "accurate" what do you mean?   at 25 yards will it shoot close to a 44 wheelgun?   50 yards?   I like sig stuff.. it seems cool but I allways was a wheelgun guyu for a lot of reasons... don't leave brass all over... eaisier to reload for... more powerful and.... I have allways been able to outshoot autos at longer ranges..  I like to plink.

krazyhorse... how do you like the titanium gun?  shoot many heavy full power loads through it?   seems like an excellent weel gun for carry.. I would despur it.    .357 is still the 1 shot stop champ in police studies.   Even cut down considerably... my ruger redhawk is large and heavy for carry but.... it shoots sweet.
lazs

[Vermillion]

Dune, have you seen the new .375 Ultra Mag? It will make even your rifle look like a wussy

Laz, my taurus is very similar to krazyhorses.  His is the medium frame 7 shot in Titanium, where mine is the 5 shot in stainless on a even smaller frame, but otherwise the same exact gun. Mine also has the covered hammer.  But its a great little lightweight gun that shoots great.  But recoil is considerable with the .357's (not too bad with .38's) and unpleasent to shoot too many rounds.  However, it is controllable, and under a real life situation you wouldn't mind the bruised hand.  I shot my buddies gun which is identical to Krazy's and its a little better since its larger, but I don't think I would get the titanium 5 shot since its even lighter than my stainless. excellent guns.

[lazs2]

thanks verm... I am not too recoil conscious.   I really think the titanium 7 shot is a great concept.   .357 is a workhorse and still can't be beat.... and you don't leave all that incriminating brass around.
lazs

[Dune]

Originally posted by Vermillion
Dune, have you seen the new .375 Ultra Mag? It will make even your rifle look like a wussy

Bah!  New johnny-come-lately cartridge with no history or pedigre.  

Now, if you want to see someone shooting a REALLY big rifle, check these out.

The .577 T-Rex
http://www.serveroptions.com/humor/70.mpg

The .700 Nitro Express
http://www.serveroptions.com/humor/k700.mpg

There are lots more from a site called Accurate Reloading http://www.accuratereloading.com/.  I would highly recomend it to all of you.  It's mainly a hunting site, but you can find info on military arms and there is tons of reloading info you can find out.  They also have a BBS with very knowledgable people.

Here is the link to the video page with lots of videos of people shooting really big guns and really big animals.  http://www.accuratereloading.com/videos.html

[GtoRA2]

Nice gun!

 How long have you had yours? I notice it has the old stile hammer.

My P220 was one of the first few of the newer style 220s, where the hammer looks the sames as the 226, and there where minor changes to the trigger mechinism so it can be made DAO.

Laz,
 I have seen 220s teted in gun mags, and they do 2 to 2 1/2 inches at 25 yards from a ransom rest.  It is not really fair to compare a .45 to a .44 mag though. I bet you 44 still groups pretty well at 100 yards lol. I doubt most people could hit a 100 yard target with a .45

The sig220 I bought is the finest handgun I have ever shot.  (I have only fired a few revolvers though.)

The P7m8 i shot was damn close though.

[poopster]

Any of you guys charcoal burners ??

Most of my shooting is blackpowder pistols. Main stay is a Walker 44 ( repo of course ).

Rifle shooting a dropblock 45/70.

Nothin more fun than playing with crisco.

Have a uberti 45 peacemaker for plinking cans. Plinkin cans a whole lot more fun than shootin paper.

Have an 09 Colt 45 peace maker and a matched set of Colt Navy 36's..

But those three reside in the case.

Shot charcoal all my life, shot out a Colt repo army and a Remington repo army in the process.

Love the smell of boiling out those suckers after a day of shooting

[krazyhorse]

laz, i actually like it very much, generally for practice i will use the 38 loads(cheaper to shoot)however i like shooting a box of 357's thru her ever now and then, the top is ported  so the recoil isn't all that bad, it's really a matter of getting use to it, practice loads for 357 _125 gr.  My primary load is 145 gr.silver tip i will shoot them for practice   but damnit they are expensive ,it has a large frame so it does suit my hand well, love the grips as well, it is also very accurate for a 2 inch barrel

[SaburoS]

GtoRA2,
This current model I've had for years.
Out of all the handguns I've shot, this is the most accurate except for my friend's much more expensive Les Bauer (sp) 1911 mod.
First P220 (euro style- mid '80s) I owned developed a hairline crack on the slide after about 75,000 rnds (never seen that happen to any SigSauer ever- guess I was the unlucky one.) Sent it back to the manufacturer and they sent me another one for free . I added the Barstow stainless comp barrel later on.

[GtoRA2]

I am all for sigs, lol I just wish they where a bit less money.

The new stainless 220 is calling to me... hehee

[Vermillion]

Once you go SiG you'll never go back !!