When we speak of penetration and expansion, differences, and thousandths of an inch tolerances, Polygonal rifling , and SRT vs DAK triggers that were changed on weapons, is it really just so much technical statistics that have very little to do with the actual cause of death that a weapon inflicts. Were most people better off just sticking with a popular simple firearm that has worked millions of times in the past, and forgoing the analytical references and differences regarding different types of metal powder and countless other intricacies that seem to go into many discussions about what gun is best for one thing or another that have become so ingrained in any conversation about any gun , that we may just be allowing it to become more involved than it needs to be?
When we see something disprove what we were striving to reach, with no particular cause other than it just did, does that entertain the aspect that "luck" plays a great part in weather one survives a gun battle, or not. As prepared as you can be and having the best and newest equipment, you can't seem to have enough luck along.
I am not trying to dissuade healthy conversation at all, only sometimes when one steps back from what one is seeing, it appears different than if you get too engrained in the intricacies of every dynamic that can possibly come into play. I tend to think out forefathers thought less about many of these difficult to pronounce words and more about the means to an end.
Much like when a gun manufacturer comes out with 10 guns that are basically the same other than one is .2 inches longer than the previous one which was ..3 inches longer than the 2 before that one which held 5 rounds then 6, then 7, but had extended magazines which made them the same.
Maybe it's just been a long week.
Why don't fifteen hundred dollar guns have night sights, standard, and only 1 magazine instead or 2 or 3. Why do we put up with some of these things. Perhaps we need a user organization set up to reflect our needs and wishes to manufacturers. Maybe if enough of us voiced our dis satisfaction with 500 round break ins, and guns that don't shoot out of the box, we would get a better product for our hard earned dollar.
What nerve some have to give us 1 magazine for a thousand dollars, then charge $50 dollars for a second. With a one year warrantee on a gun that cost as much as many or our first cars.
Yet we silently put up with it while complaining to each other.
While watching a utube video last night about 1911's entitled 1911's suck, "part 2". with everyone's favorite nut case, "Yeager".
Who had a gunsmith from Wilson Combat, and a 3300 dollar starting price 1911, "and up", 1911, admitting that the guns were really not reliable, and he had a Glock, I started to get a bit aggravated.
The nerve of a company, "I am sure Bill Wilson" didn't approve of the video, nor saw it, Or it would likely be removed, to say that an entire model of guns is unreliable, while making sure to throw in that John Browning was a true Genius, in the same sentence, "I guess to not totally alienate everyone", several times, is hard to swallow. Then there was one where another "expert" swore that in the history of his training program, not one client ever made it through the 2 day, course without his or her 1911 failing and needing to be replaced with another weapon. I found to be total bullcrap. If indeed true it is astonishing that they are still using them. They blamed it on stacking tolerances. "for those who understand the term. It just means sometimes the parts don't work properly in some guns, and do in others. I find that the more of this stuff that these guys put online the more it discredits them and whatever point they were trying to make, "if there was one". Everyone became an authority on guns in the past few years, most have been shooting a year or two, and have 3 black belts in doubletalk.
TV has made it worse, now everyone is watching what gun they use in every TV show, Banshee: I want 6 Springfield's with Ceramic cans, said the female lead,"who ever says that?, and then you see a Beretta 92, 2 Sigs, 26 's and a Glock 17. It's becoming really dumb. Did you ever think of a shootout with 7 men with AK's in fully automatic, vs. 2 people with handguns, at 30 feet, last for over a 2 minute period, with the good guy, "the one with the handgun" winning?
We know it's fantasy, but entirely too much mis-information influencing the everyday Joe. Methinks it does contribute to boosting the popularity of the hobby making people believe these weapons have far more capability's no matter how unrealistic it may be.
Just venting long week, happy shooting.
Gun show tomorrow in FT. Pierce FL, I will be looking for one of those AK eaters.
When we see something disprove what we were striving to reach, with no particular cause other than it just did, does that entertain the aspect that "luck" plays a great part in weather one survives a gun battle, or not. As prepared as you can be and having the best and newest equipment, you can't seem to have enough luck along.
I am not trying to dissuade healthy conversation at all, only sometimes when one steps back from what one is seeing, it appears different than if you get too engrained in the intricacies of every dynamic that can possibly come into play. I tend to think out forefathers thought less about many of these difficult to pronounce words and more about the means to an end.
Much like when a gun manufacturer comes out with 10 guns that are basically the same other than one is .2 inches longer than the previous one which was ..3 inches longer than the 2 before that one which held 5 rounds then 6, then 7, but had extended magazines which made them the same.
Maybe it's just been a long week.
Why don't fifteen hundred dollar guns have night sights, standard, and only 1 magazine instead or 2 or 3. Why do we put up with some of these things. Perhaps we need a user organization set up to reflect our needs and wishes to manufacturers. Maybe if enough of us voiced our dis satisfaction with 500 round break ins, and guns that don't shoot out of the box, we would get a better product for our hard earned dollar.
What nerve some have to give us 1 magazine for a thousand dollars, then charge $50 dollars for a second. With a one year warrantee on a gun that cost as much as many or our first cars.
Yet we silently put up with it while complaining to each other.
While watching a utube video last night about 1911's entitled 1911's suck, "part 2". with everyone's favorite nut case, "Yeager".
Who had a gunsmith from Wilson Combat, and a 3300 dollar starting price 1911, "and up", 1911, admitting that the guns were really not reliable, and he had a Glock, I started to get a bit aggravated.
The nerve of a company, "I am sure Bill Wilson" didn't approve of the video, nor saw it, Or it would likely be removed, to say that an entire model of guns is unreliable, while making sure to throw in that John Browning was a true Genius, in the same sentence, "I guess to not totally alienate everyone", several times, is hard to swallow. Then there was one where another "expert" swore that in the history of his training program, not one client ever made it through the 2 day, course without his or her 1911 failing and needing to be replaced with another weapon. I found to be total bullcrap. If indeed true it is astonishing that they are still using them. They blamed it on stacking tolerances. "for those who understand the term. It just means sometimes the parts don't work properly in some guns, and do in others. I find that the more of this stuff that these guys put online the more it discredits them and whatever point they were trying to make, "if there was one". Everyone became an authority on guns in the past few years, most have been shooting a year or two, and have 3 black belts in doubletalk.
TV has made it worse, now everyone is watching what gun they use in every TV show, Banshee: I want 6 Springfield's with Ceramic cans, said the female lead,"who ever says that?, and then you see a Beretta 92, 2 Sigs, 26 's and a Glock 17. It's becoming really dumb. Did you ever think of a shootout with 7 men with AK's in fully automatic, vs. 2 people with handguns, at 30 feet, last for over a 2 minute period, with the good guy, "the one with the handgun" winning?
We know it's fantasy, but entirely too much mis-information influencing the everyday Joe. Methinks it does contribute to boosting the popularity of the hobby making people believe these weapons have far more capability's no matter how unrealistic it may be.
Just venting long week, happy shooting.
Gun show tomorrow in FT. Pierce FL, I will be looking for one of those AK eaters.
