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    Any advice on "assault" .308/ 7.62x51 rifles?

    I was thinking I should have something more than a .223 for hunting anyway, and while I at least hope we'll be able to get some pattern of hunting rifles in many calibres in the future it is looking a bit dim for certain patterns of rifle that would earn the "assault" label and it might be...
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    Stopping the glorification of mass murderers

    Ok, so at first glance this is a "save lives" thing as opposed to a RKBA thing. However I think we all appreciate the link between the frequency of mass murders and the chances of losing 2nd Amendment rights. This occured to me as they were flashing the mug shots of individuals involved in...
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    Any one handed tactical lights out there?

    I know there are laser sights where a pressure from your middle finger activates the beam and applying less pressure turns it off. I was wondering if anybody makes anything like that for tactical lights. The reason being that it occurs to me there is a distinct chance I'd want to be doing...
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    Jams in pump guns?

    I'm in the market for a shotgun and so I've been going through some issues of Rifleman to check out the reviews. One thing that popped back into my head was that an article for a budget pump gun said something like: "We had a number of failures (to feed, extract, and jams). However the...
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    Bullets into pancakes: Has expansion gone too far?

    When considering different types of ammunition I'd look at those charts showing penetration and expansion, like I suspect many people do, with more expansion being better all other factors being equal. However I was reading on article on the 357 SIG that had the attached picture of a Cor-Bon...
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    very light armor?

    Because most people seem to agree the best firearm for a fight is the one you actually have with you, manufacturers are cranking out the pocket pistols, and members here are advising people to get them. I'm wondering about the body armor side of that. Sure, level IIIA is great and all that...
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    What should one have done at the Baltimore assault

    It managed to make national news, but in case you haven't heard about the recent incident: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/14/justice/maryland-beating/index.html?hpt=ju_c2 Now, in all the reports I've seen the news crew ends up making some comments about how they're shocked the onlookers didn't...
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    Your speed/accuracy with different calibres

    Still deciding on what handgun to get. In my experience with hand me down firearms or borrowed weapons I seem to be more accurate and faster for a given accuracy with a 1911 than an M9. However that could just be me and my limited experience, or something to do with those specific...
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    Suggestions or warnings for M4 upper

    I've got a Bushmaster DCM AR-15. Nice for what it's meant to do, and a great trigger, but it's heavy and not really meant to have the sights messed with. So I'd like to get a short and light upper with rails. It doesn't need to have other sights. Preferably at a lower price unless...
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    +P bulk FMJs?

    So I'm considering getting a new handgun for home defense (over my inherated .357 mag revolver). The variety of weights and pressures availible seemed to give a lot of flexibility to modern calibers. However while poking around stats I noticed some companies only seemed to be selling...
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    Bow effects

    This comes out of discussions we're having elsewhere on the existance and effectiveness of pressure waves in bullets. When considering some studies done with bullets, it occured to me I should really ask about bows in contrast. Due to their low energy and that they impart their energy...
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    Do you shoot center of mass, "zone", or "drill"

    I'm asking this in the autoloader board because I'd expect the answer to be different if you're using a shotgun or rifle, and might even be different with the few shots of a revolver (which might be spewing .410 disks ). I'm asking about typical defensive autoloader rounds. The question...
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    Shot timer that works at the range?

    So I'm interested in using a shot timer. The problem is that I shoot at a popular indoor gun range. Therefore I'd need a model that either has a directional thing going on or one where you can tune the threshold to where it'll work for my handgun but not my neighbors. Or some other...
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    Does any company offer some kind of no-jam guarantee?

    I've dealt with borrowed or inherated autoloaders enough to be leery of them and their reliability. But yeah, they may not have had the best care, and maybe modern manufacturing is better. Still, I'm looking to buy one for myself, and one of the concerns I've got is that I'm going to drop...
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    Self defense failures?

    It's pretty easy to find examples of successful self defense, all one could care to read. However I 'm curious about the cases where things went horribly wrong or the defender tried hard and just came up short. I think that's where the important lessons might be. Or maybe they'd be...
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    tactical features in the field?

    I don't hunt or shoot trap currently, but I might like to in the future. Currently I'm trying to decide on what sort of home security shotgun to get. Ideally, if I started going trap shooting or hunting, I'd like to use the same shotgun. Now, the price of a hunting shotgun isn't so high...
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    Springs

    Since decokers don't seem to be a popular feature of shotguns, I'm curious about their springs. Are they fine sitting in a closet while under tension? It would seem that would be a good way to have a gun go "click", possibly after a decade of tension in a closet mixed with time at the range...
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    Would choke tubes work on a 930SPX?

    So I'm planning to pick up a Mossberg 930 SPX pistol grip shotgun for home defense purposes, and because of a sale at the gun store. I'm inexperienced with shotgun hunting, but I might like to leave that option open, and the choke tubes Mossberg sells are easily within Christmas present...
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    Laser Training kits

    With the family I have a limited ability to get to the range, and even when there they have strict rules against drawing from a holster or anything like that, or moving around. So I was thinking about getting one of the laser kits out there where you put something in the barrel of your gun...
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