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2013-07-13 -Land of the Free

This Week in Guns, July 13th, 2013

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Posted by badanov 2013-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 My old Warhorse 1941 M1911A1 Colt 45

"Coltwood" Grips replaced Large Double Diamonds photo P1020381_zps8be9bc75.jpg

Member Ammo prices at my local Sportsman's shooting range:

22LR $15 for 325rds @.046 per round
9MM $12 for 50rds @.24 per round
45 Cal ACP $16 for 50rds @.32 per round

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-07-13 01:50|| 2013-07-13 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 would a MetalStorm style gun be easier to make oneself than the MAC in the article?
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Posted by 3dc 2013-07-13 03:37|| 2013-07-13 03:37|| Front Page Top

#3 With great respect to Badanov, mods, and others, I enthusiastically support "Land of the Free" as a category, but weapons, weapons tactics, and gun building articles may not be appropriate or healthy content for this site.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-13 08:34|| 2013-07-13 08:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I think I understand what Besoeker is getting at; no coconuts.

Humbly, Choosing whether or not to have a firearm for personal protection (not recreation or professionally) is a very personal choice, and should be made with a level approach to what you can and cannot do. It is a tool, and should be treated as such, and the first time you use a chainsaw should not be at 10' in the air on a 6" branch. Train up. Build the muscle memory. Like shoes, make sure it fits, try some on before purchase.

A few weekends ago my wife, her good friend, and our daughters went camping. Some neighbors were being -weird- , mind this part of the country has the meth, meth dealers, and the 10am drunks. They went unarmed and decided the wise thing to do was to pack up and cancel; even if she was armed. That being said, if the squirrel jumped they would have been SOOL as immediate help was 30 minutes out, with the outside bet on another neighbor being a knight.

And it is a topic considered outside polite conversation with people being reported for pop tarts. I recall being called a fascist brownshirt for even considering an 870 20g. It was like being charged with vehicular homicide for talking about golf carts.

I also think the topic should be kept open without stigma. When things are not talked about is when they get weird; that's what the 1st is really about.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-07-13 11:25|| 2013-07-13 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Robert A. Heinlein

Posted by flash91 2013-07-13 11:42|| 2013-07-13 11:42|| Front Page Top

#6 I also think the topic should be kept open without stigma. When things are not talked about is when they get weird; that's what the 1st is really about.

Thank you, swksvolFF.

That is what this series is about. If speaking about a subject becomes evaluated as whether it is "appropriate or healthy", we really are in serious trouble, so talking about those subjects become necessary.

Posted by badanov 2013-07-13 12:45|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2013-07-13 12:45|| Front Page Top

#7 If people don't "like" guns or want to read about guns and ammo, they can just skip the posting.

Posted by Barbara 2013-07-13 13:52|| 2013-07-13 13:52|| Front Page Top

#8 If this was a site that might otherwise slide underneath NSA etc.'s radar, I would completely agree with Besoeker's unease, but I can't imagine we are not already under constant scan by the government.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-07-13 15:54|| 2013-07-13 15:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Golf Bravo, I should get a nice picture of mine ("My old Warhorse 1941 M1911A1 Colt 45") and figure out how to post it - 1915 M1911 - my grandfather's WWI sidearm. Not quite identical, but incredibly close.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-07-13 15:57|| 2013-07-13 15:57|| Front Page Top

#10 but I can't imagine we are not already under constant scan by the government.
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Some things must simply be assumed.

[Nice photo GB. Looks great against that US Army Infantry Blue backdrop] ;-)

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-13 16:31|| 2013-07-13 16:31|| Front Page Top

#11 Glenmore:

Open an account at Photobucket. It's free for the first GB or so. You can upload your pictures and then link to them for what ever you wish. I do this all the time on the various Gun Forums related to Military or M1911 collections.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-07-13 16:53|| 2013-07-13 16:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Glenmore:

Go to http://forum.m1911.org and register. Then in the Forums go to US Military Issue M1911 and M1911A1 Pistols and start a thread regarding your Grandfathers M1911 and I'll find you. We can work from there.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-07-13 17:01|| 2013-07-13 17:01|| Front Page Top

#13 would a MetalStorm style gun be easier to make oneself than the MAC in the article?

I imagine the trick with MetalStorm is to get the rounds to fire off in proper sequence, one at a time; as opposed to cooking off en masse, which would result in a Sh*tStorm.

Posted by SteveS 2013-07-13 17:20|| 2013-07-13 17:20|| Front Page Top

#14 Beretta isn't leaving MD, but any expansion will not be done in MD either.

http://blog.berettausa.com/bid/292160/Response-to-Gov-O-Malley-s-signature-of-SB281-Your-Gun-Rights

Posted by Chantry 2013-07-13 19:59|| 2013-07-13 19:59|| Front Page Top

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