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Nice rig, Hometeached1! I would like to get a G29 for the home arsenal...arguably a better choice than an all-steel 1911 for walking/jogging, I suppose! ;)

Awesome, thanks for the suggestions, everyone! :)

It works for brisk walking but I'm not ready to start into a jog yet for maybe a week of getting used to walking. I didn't claim it was ideal, but it's what I've got so I'm making the best with what I can. And, yeah, my neighborhood is kind of sketchy - - not the safest part of Salt Lake.

Well, I only have a 1992 P226 and a Mini-14...so, those options aren't much better. I plan on a P228 or 239 when I can, and I'd like a smallish revolver but I think I'll be getting an SP101 at the lightest, not an LCR. I just like the beefiness of Ruger's sturdier models and they've been proven...

Now that it's getting warmer, I've decided I better get into better shape and am starting with walking and carefully transitioning to maybe a jog in the mornings. But my forty-year-old knees and ankles are feeling it, so maybe I'll be forever stuck a power walker...YIKES! At any rate, I will...

Okay, makes sense. I'm not military but have heard they have to use FMJ (which is insane, but I don't make the rules), and I suppose the slower and wider .45 should be safer than 9mm FMJ but only in extreme conditions. But if I'm firing upon another human being...it's extreme conditions, so I...

just re-read this and caught this fine print. Thanks for the sound advice but I am missing something here. What is the reasoning (tactically) for FMJ .45 ACP for defense? I've got just under 200 rounds of Ranger T-Series now currently and almost that much in reserve for going to the range...

These are great thoughts, everyone...can't thank you enough for the feedback. I guess the issue is that I'm looking for a rifle to replace my want of an AR as a jack-of-all-trades rifle (home defense/possible hunting, lighter game like deer?/SHTF or bug out). Just an all-out void in my small...

I was told the Cruiser has a regular stock, not a pistol-grip...whew! I'm really interested in the Mini-14, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine (I want all 3 of them now...no worries about lost love for the M4. That love can be replaced with several quality options, it seems!), and more options to explore...

The 12 gauge I'm getting any day from my stepdad is a Mossy 500, actually. It's a Cruiser, to be specific. :)

KDS, understood. I'm fluent in sarcasm but not being sarcastic here. I'd love one of these. And a levergun still, of course. If only they (lever action rifles) came in .45 ACP... "I may be a slow walker, but I never walk back" -- Abraham Lincoln

Well, it worked for Dirty Clint in Gran Torino! I would love one...just thought they were too much money. Huh? I saw something on the Wikipedia page on the M1 Garand about the Government program but it looked like it's over. Even Obama was selling us guns for cheap?! :) "Often the...

I do like the 10mm as a pistol round and the only thing I dislike about Glocks are the triggers, but I'm accustomed to 1911s, SIGs, and H&Ks. For an inexpensive option down the road I considered a full-size G20 (I shoot the .45 ACP G21 very accurately) and I'd have a potential hi-cap defense gun...

Sound advice from everyone from two sides of the coin...both informational on the firearms advice itself, but also the practical side on keeping priorities straight and making the most of what I have (which I'm blessed to have a fairly well-rounded, just small, but it covers several bases) in my...

Wowee, you guys are fantastic! I must be out of the loop to not know that the SKS models were that cheap...I just knew what I preferred. As far as slugs, I didn't know you could hunt or use them at that kind of distance. That is something to look into when I get that Mossberg. My stepdad...

I have a 1911 (EDC weapon) and am getting a Mossberg pump for Christmas :), but the only other long-gun I'll have in my stable is my old 10/22. I'm a new dad and am out of work so financially this year...the Colt 6920 I wanted had to sit on the back burner. Now it looks like when I have the...

Baer 1911 Premier II, 5” Model, .45 ACP is listed as $1790.00 Ala Dan, my friend, do you know something I don't about the Baer pricing? Or did they just raise it by a huge freakin' percentage? I am thinking of trying to find a decent Mil-Spec myself and just having local smithing done to...

Disclaimer: I didn’t have much luck Googling this question, and I am afraid of high biases to ask in either the 1911forum or HKPro forums, so here we go. I am not asking which is better – they both have their strengths. I will agree that 1911 was built for as is safest to carry cocked and...

Thanks, AK103K, I appreciate the info. I suppose a few ounces here or there shouldn't make or break a decision. I just need one of each. Now if I can get the wife to understand this need... :D

weight check Does anyone have this info (or a second to do some weight measurements)? Trying to tell if a fully loaded P220 weighs more or less than a fully loaded P226. Or where the P229 stands. I guess it all about the weight of the rounds, since the SigArms site has weights w/empty mags...