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[Pax Jordana]

I love the new poster threads, just because we get to BS around a little more than usual-- there is no topic with which we can become OT, except for the welcoming bit!

Welcome steve, and remember you've got two ears and one mouth for a reason.. (but 10 fingers? I don't know how to reconcile this!)

Learn to love the search function. Though frankly I submit that any question not asked in a year or so could bear asking again, seeing as how people keep joining!!

rest assured nobody here at THR will punch your mom for asking a "silly" question, though art's grammaw could legitimately fist fight her. And the smart money would be on grammaw.

let's see, what else- ah. the obligatory glock shot.

Most people consider the Glock superior to the 1911 because of its polymer frame. 1911 parts require machining and precise handfitting to make an accurate and dependable gun. On a glock, you can pretty much heat any part over a cigarette lighter and reform it as needed.

 

[ajax]

Howdy Steve. Glad you found this place. The conversations good but the food sucks. By the way I chose the .45, 1911, AR 15

 

[RCouch]

HOWDY STEVE

Glad you're with us. I'm from Baytown(near Houston) and haven't been on board very long. Get educated every day!
I have a S&W M13 .357, Browning HP, Ruger .22 Single Six, Taurus .410/45LC,
Keltec P3AT and assorted .32 rimfires I've picked up over the years.
Good Luck.

 

[Geronimo45]

Best mountain lion gun? Delta Force currently holds that the .31/420 is the best... 420 grain bullet at 2800 FPS - hits like a rifle... and needs the extended barrel screwed into the gun to get that extra 800 FPS. Otherwise it's all goes to muzzle flash and ear damage.
I like the older gun - the .54/770. It crawled along at about 690 FPS, but... well, if a PPK in .32 hits like a brick through a plate-glass window, the .54 hits like a semi through a mailbox. Wonderful things it can do to cinder blocks. One of my men was able to shoot his way out of a prison with one - cracked the wall all to pieces... he couldn't hear too well for the next... come to think of it, he got an honorable discharge and a cochlear implant - and he still can't hear.
Speaking of deafening guns, some idiot decided to market the biggest autoloader on earth - and hocked it to the SAS, free of charge. Since I was jointly assigned to them and Delta Force, I got a prototype. Reliable gun, came with a monster silencer. It was an .86 caliber with a 10in barrel... not exactly concealed, but it had a lot of knockdown power. Think of a 3.5 12 ga Magnum - +P++. The silencers never lasted past two magazines - when they'd suddenly just blow completely apart and rain shrapnel down on everybody.
The worst thing about the gun, aside from the fact that it was louder than Gabriel's Horn, was the fact that if you pressed the safety down too far, you put the gun in full-auto... at close to a thousand rounds per minute. Don't ever be on a wall when firing that beast - it'll blow the user off the wall.

P.S. Never, EVER use an .86 while ice skating. Yes, it is funny to watch people dance. It is not funny when you are blown onto your back, through the ice, and into the water below, losing a pistol that would retail for... $4200 at least.

The sear broke on mine. Then the slide blew apart. I was luckier than the other guys, though. One of them had the slide shoot off the rails and get him in the neck.

Back to topic - would it take a mountain lion? Yes. It would probably take a mountain, too.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

Damn you Steve Edwards!!!!

Don't you know there are sick people in here that cannot withstand temptation?!?! Your thread made me look up that pic of the stainless .44mag Ruger Blackhawk and now I went out and bought one. You, my dear sir, are an enabler!!!