Cornhusker77
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Just looking for guns that would make a stylish concealed carry piece (I know that’s not the important thing for concealed carry but I’m just curious what other firearms are out there that I don’t know about). Think Walther ppk or bersa thunder style. If there’s any like those but in 9x19 I’d especially love to hear about those.
A weapon a person carries for protection is a TOOL! Do people go to the hardware store and purchase the best looking hammer with beautiful scrolling or do they purchase the hammer that will do the job the best? Need to be serious about why a person carries a weapon. To be pretty and cool or for protection if needed.
.Stainless finish is very out of style now. Anything shiny actually. All leather OWB ain't far behind.
A weapon a person carries for protection is a TOOL! Do people go to the hardware store and purchase the best looking hammer with beautiful scrolling or do they purchase the hammer that will do the job the best? Need to be serious about why a person carries a weapon. To be pretty and cool or for protection if needed.
Zerodefect do you actually live in Yakutsk? I find that very interesting.
A weapon a person carries for protection is a TOOL! Do people go to the hardware store and purchase the best looking hammer with beautiful scrolling or do they purchase the hammer that will do the job the best? Need to be serious about why a person carries a weapon. To be pretty and cool or for protection if needed.
Some Estwing hammers are very nice lookin' before they get some wear and tear on them. Estwings sure beat the heck out of some old wood handle hammer over the long term in my experience.
I very much prefer a wooden or fiberglass handle on a hammer to a steel shaft like Estwing uses. I've done sheet metal work since 1989. When I was an apprentice the foreman I worked with had a Malco tinners hammer with a steel shaft & a leather wrap on the handle. I had been using a wooden handled hammer. I wanted to be like him so I got one like his. A week or so later I landed in the shop knocking ductwork together all day. When I left my arm was hurting. That had never happened before. Wood or firberglass absorbs vibration & keeps it off of you. A steel handle transfers the vibration to you. Not a big deal if you aren't using it much but if you swing a hammer all day it builds up.
All these years I have been purchasing tools for their ability to do their job; not how gorgeous they are and how impressive the neighbors will be when they see me outside sweating and beating nails with a gorgeous hammer. Same way I have always purchased a weapon of any type. However, next time in Home Depot I will take a stroll down the hammer isle and check out the beauty.
That's actually a pretty good analogy to a carry gun. Carry guns may not see a lot of ammo go down the tube per range session since they aren't necessarily comfortable to shoot for long periods of time. Makes me think of magnum revolvers with wood grips and exposed backstraps versus rubber grips that cover the backstrap.
BTW, rubber grips Estwings are all that I've owned. I've never had a hard leather grip Estwing. My first exposure to Estwing was as a commercial sign installer back in 1983 at the ripe old age of 18 with a company issued rubber grip Estwing.