Favorite gun?

“...Refer to a ballistics chart...check the-ings like Muzzle Velocity of a .25 against a .22...

and fer grins...check the .22 against the .38.....ya might be surprised.....”

“Why would I be suprised? I don't just buy guns without checking the specs first.”

“Quick troll, go google some useless information to come back with another lame reply!

SHWEEEEEET!

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“unreasonable fear of tools.....”
Nigal
10:14:45 AM
12/09/04

A gun is like any other tool, different tools for different jobs, a handgun is not much use for shooting quail, and a shotgun is not much use for shooting antelope.

For backpacking I try and reduce weight by not taking anything that is not really needed, and if needed I take the lightest possible. Sure a chainsaw is a heck of a lot more efficient and faster than a sven saw to get firewood, but I take a sven cos it can do what I need for backpacking.

I can only think of 3 reasons for a firearm backpacking, bear, cougar, person. How likely am I to be attacked? can I do anything to reduce that chance? what are my options if crapola does happen?
Almost always my best option does not include carrying the weight of a firearm.

When I do it is like the first aid kit, accessible but hope it is not needed.

And Geobeet I find a helicopter gunship a lot more useful than the M1A1 particularly on wet boggy trails or steep narrow rocky trails, I can even use the hellfires to remove slow moving M1A1's that are in my way on the trail. LOL”

““I'm not fearing the gun. I fear anyone who talks a lot about it and posts pictures of their "children". ;)"

LOL! That's like fearing guys who talk about that mowers or people who post pictures of backpacks or some other hobby.

"And it wasn't a she, two street punks mugged me.”

Let me get this straight, you live in Washington D.C. and you STILL got jacked. No way!

Metrosexuals...”

“two street punks mugged me.”
Bearmagnet
10:32:44 AM
12/09/04


But they cannot have had a gun cos they are illegal in DC.

Lucky they did not give you a prostate exam or tonsil probe, or both at the same time.
Squeeeel piggy.”

“DC is for punk ass #&%!$es, YO!

I LOVE THIS THREAD!”

“Why would I want to carry an Abrams concealed. I wear my tank outside my pants for all the honest world to feel.”

“.357 magnum”

“Red Rider Carbin Action 200 Range Air Rifle with a compass and a stock and this thing which tells time.”

“Nigal - mowers are rarely used to kill

I didn't get mugged in DC.”

“Its really hard to pick just one,, but the one that is a favorite is the one I don't own. A single shot 45/70 Sharps 1874 replica rifle.”

“Paper cartridge or brass?”

“Brass for sure,,,I'm not looking to venture to far since I already have a lever action in the same cal.. I got a flint and a inline ML already if I want to dabble in BP. stuff. I'm not into having a bunch of calibers just some firearms that share the same cal. Because I may try to reload .44 mag/spec. and 45/70 for cost prevention because 45/70 is over a buck a shot when store bought.”

“I read somewhere that some of the old Sharps actually had a knife in the action to cut the end off of the paper cart before firing.

Are those brass carts rimfire or centerfire?”

“The single shot I would like to get would be centerfire and able to take modern loads and hot loads like my lever can.

Since I'm not a full blown cal. nut and reloader and more of a casual plinker I'm gonna keep my firearms and ammo supplies needed as cheap and as simple as possible.”

“"A single shot 45/70 Sharps 1874 replica rifle.”

This is an awesome round! No it won't do for 300 yard shots but what you hit goes SPLAT, goes down and stays down. I always wanted one of those revolvers they have chambered for the 45/70. My uncle has a 45/70 barrel for his Contender and let me tell ya what, it's bruiser to shoot!”

“I'm lookingh for an Enmfield, M1858 caplock in cal. .577.”

“My guns have varied over the years & I carry a gun on the gov job. I started with & still have a 4" stainless 357. I might take it on a long canoe trip but gen don't. It's not good for the house because if you ever used it there, the muzzle flash would blind & blast would deafen you. THe kids get annoyed when bullets pass thru their walls as do the neighbors. I picked up a .380 Mauser Hsc pocket gun but had little use for it. Moved to an Iver Johnson .22 for hiking but the safety kept coming off so I rarely carry that. I like the .22 round but again you have to be carefull of it's long range. It will drop a deer but simply annoy a bear though the noise of it will chase them away. Moved to a 9mm SW compact high capacity stainless auto which I like, but my combat shooting scores are better with a wheelgun. Lately when I bother to carry at all in the woods, it's usually a double barrel derringer in 45 long colt (old west round) or .410ga shotgun shell (interchangeable).”

“My ruger 10/22 international with 3x9x44 optics. Its an awesome squirrel gun, it can push tacks at 75yds.”

“Wear a body warp bomb and an anal trigger.”

“Juicy Fruit.......has to be Juicy Fruit.....”

“Wear a body warp bomb and an anal trigger.”

“the most powerful handgun ever made. I keep mine in the toplid of my pack for easy access.”

“Anything Ruger makes.

I have a Ruger 77/22 Magnum, .22 Hornet and 77/50 muzzleloader.”

“Juicy Fruit.......has to be Juicy Fruit.....”
divinity
6:41:19 PM
12/10/04

oh sorry...I thought you said GUM......I dated a guy who chewed Juicy Fruit and he had the sweetest kisses.......”

“Actually the .44 is not the most powerful handgun ever made.”

“LOL, now you crack me up!!!”

“"Actually the .44 is not the most powerful handgun ever made". - bbw

I think Arnold said the same thing to Jim Belushi in the film "Red Heat".”

“The 454 Cassule is more powerful than a 44 and there are a lot of .50 handguns out there too. Can't say I'd want to shoot one of those bruisers.”

“Thanks divinity !!

These guys are way to serious.”

“Firing .44 Special in a .44 magnum gun hurts your hand enough. I can't imagine what firing .44 magnum would be like.

.45 CAP isn't too bad though. Firing that through my Glock felt about like firing a 9mm.”

“I still prefer the venerable .357 magnum.”

“Mossberg 500, sawed off for easy in-home maneuverability.”

“Yep,, that 454 Casull was introduced about a dozen years prior to Eastwood saying that unforgettable line. S&W Model 500 in a .50 cal. is claiming it's the most powerful handgun in the world. It tips the scale at 5lbs when loaded and is a tad over 15 inches in length.

Hey Stiky,,,do you reload that white elephant of yours? What a nightmare of a round. Do you really own one of those? (wink)”

“is that the thing they had in Ghostbusters?”

“chili rhymes with hillbilly


WK, you will need a truck to carry the ammunition........or a buncha coolies.

I was a pretty good 60-gunner.
My A-gunners kept gettin' whacked though.
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“close y2”