New Member? Introduce yourself here (just intros, questions get answered elsewhere)
Hola
Greetings everyone. My name is Joe and currently reside in S. Carolina but originally from S. Texas. I have been an avid shooter for many many years and would like to start getting serious about my collection once more. I have my eye on a few guns some old some new and look forward to my research using this website. See you at the range!
Texas Joe
Greetings everyone. My name is Joe and currently reside in S. Carolina but originally from S. Texas. I have been an avid shooter for many many years and would like to start getting serious about my collection once more. I have my eye on a few guns some old some new and look forward to my research using this website. See you at the range!
Texas Joe
Dunkelheit
Member
2fewdaysafield,
thanks for the welcome. So you´re from germany too?
thanks for the welcome. So you´re from germany too?
2fewdaysafield
Member
Dunkelheit,
Sorry, not from Germany. Just happy to see folks from other countries participating here. Here in the U.S. we are lucky to have the gun rights we do. Few, if any, other countries do. Having folks on this board from countries with fewer gun rights than us reminds us how lucky we are.
Sorry, not from Germany. Just happy to see folks from other countries participating here. Here in the U.S. we are lucky to have the gun rights we do. Few, if any, other countries do. Having folks on this board from countries with fewer gun rights than us reminds us how lucky we are.
JonnyBender
Member
New member from Canada
HI! I'm a new member to The High Road forum
I like target shooting been doing it for more than 20yrs. I'm mainly a handgun shooter. Recently got in to target shooting with a rifle. Hope to do long range shooting.
My favorite firearms are Remington 7600 in 30-06, Springfield Xd 40 Tac. and the Remington 700 5r milspec .308, because that's what I owned.
jonnyBender
HI! I'm a new member to The High Road forum
I like target shooting been doing it for more than 20yrs. I'm mainly a handgun shooter. Recently got in to target shooting with a rifle. Hope to do long range shooting.
My favorite firearms are Remington 7600 in 30-06, Springfield Xd 40 Tac. and the Remington 700 5r milspec .308, because that's what I owned.
jonnyBender
Joined today and reside in Boise, ID. I frequent several other forums along with hunting forums and Motorcycle, so I don't post alot but I do read most all threads realting to Revolvers, Semi-Autos, CCW, CCW Holsters, Open Carry, etc.
circuitspore
Member
Hello all. Joined the forum a while back so I could do some searches, but haven't properly introduced myself.
I hadn't shot a gun since I was a middle-schooler in the early 90's, until a buddy of mine invited me to go shooting a little over a year ago. Enjoyed plinking, and really enjoyed skeet. Since then I've picked up a hand-me-down Stevens 20ga (from my Grandfather), and I am in the market for a pistol and carbine for fun (prolly 9mm). I'll be headed to my first gun show this weekend! (Dixie Gun & Knife in Raleigh, NC).
I'd just like to say thank you to all the contributors here. I've already learned a great deal from this site.
I hadn't shot a gun since I was a middle-schooler in the early 90's, until a buddy of mine invited me to go shooting a little over a year ago. Enjoyed plinking, and really enjoyed skeet. Since then I've picked up a hand-me-down Stevens 20ga (from my Grandfather), and I am in the market for a pistol and carbine for fun (prolly 9mm). I'll be headed to my first gun show this weekend! (Dixie Gun & Knife in Raleigh, NC).
I'd just like to say thank you to all the contributors here. I've already learned a great deal from this site.
circuitspore
Member
woah! triple post! you'd think I was a n00b or somethin'......
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circuitspore
Member
woah! triple post! you'd think I was a n00b or somethin'......
New here. I only have one other post under my belt before I noticed this thread.
I used to be a vocal anti-gun advocate. Amazing what factual education vs. emotional reaction can do. It still took me awhile to accept reality but I did and now I proudly own a couple of EBR's and two handguns. The sense of freedom and responsibility is liberating.
I used to be a vocal anti-gun advocate. Amazing what factual education vs. emotional reaction can do. It still took me awhile to accept reality but I did and now I proudly own a couple of EBR's and two handguns. The sense of freedom and responsibility is liberating.
Howdy, been lurking for a few weeks doing research for my first gun purchase. Never thought I'd own a gun, but things change, I guess (I have shot 22LR rifles as a kid). Took a 7 hr safety class yesterday (shooting a SW 66 2" 38 Spc), and rented a 2" SP101 at the range today. Love this gun! Shot the 38 Spc, 38+P, and 50 rounds of .357. Honestly, I didn't see what the big deal was with the .357 recoil -shot nearly as well as I did with the 38+P, which I shot better than the 38 Spc. I think I'm sold on this gun, can't wait to order it this week!
Great site -lots of information and very helpful to newbies in guiding towards an informed purchase.
Great site -lots of information and very helpful to newbies in guiding towards an informed purchase.
2fewdaysafield
Member
gsx1138....Congratulations on your conversion! Good to know that the other side can occasionally see the light!
Gungnir
Member
Gungnir here saying Hi
Hi all,
Found this board while digging up info on WA State's stupid AFL situation
.
Currently living in WA but me and the wife are moving soon to Alaska (about 15 miles north east of Manly Hot Springs) on a 80 acre spread of near virgin forest and doing the whole living (or dying
) in the wild deal. We've both had enough of this grand social experiment known as civilization, and want to be fully self sufficient without the 9-5/7-10 or 24 hour a day needs of employment. Currently though I'm employed with a large Software Corp headquartered here in Western Washington.
From the first sentence you can see I'm not naturalized yet, but in the process, held a Green card for 4 years now, and originally from the UK
. So I can experienced how overall stupid firearm control laws are, since I grew up with more and more restrictive gun laws and higher and higher crime rates (I had an annual burglary from 1992 to 2001 when I came to the US, twice while I was present and asleep) so don't think I'm some pinko limey .
Anyway in case anyone's interested in the name, it's taken from the Spear of Odin (not gun related at all) but many people ask.
Thanks, and Hi.
Hi all,
Found this board while digging up info on WA State's stupid AFL situation
.Currently living in WA but me and the wife are moving soon to Alaska (about 15 miles north east of Manly Hot Springs) on a 80 acre spread of near virgin forest and doing the whole living (or dying
) in the wild deal. We've both had enough of this grand social experiment known as civilization, and want to be fully self sufficient without the 9-5/7-10 or 24 hour a day needs of employment. Currently though I'm employed with a large Software Corp headquartered here in Western Washington.From the first sentence you can see I'm not naturalized yet, but in the process, held a Green card for 4 years now, and originally from the UK
. So I can experienced how overall stupid firearm control laws are, since I grew up with more and more restrictive gun laws and higher and higher crime rates (I had an annual burglary from 1992 to 2001 when I came to the US, twice while I was present and asleep) so don't think I'm some pinko limey .Anyway in case anyone's interested in the name, it's taken from the Spear of Odin (not gun related at all) but many people ask.
Thanks, and Hi.
Bill_Rights
Member
Introduction that was an FNP-45 comment
Thank you all for making thehighroad.org forum what it is. It is a privilege to register and post for the first time, 12 Jan. '09. I originally wrote the msg below to respond to specific posts on one of the (many, I now know) threads talking about FNH USA handguns....
About the FN Herstal USA FNP-45, what a sweet gun! I bought one in late Nov. 2008 at Bass Pro Shops on sale for $600 (normally $650) that included not only the pistol, three 14-round double-stack magazines and a plastic lockable hardcase, but also a BladeTech holster (with two optional belt attachments and an official “FN” logo), the yellow plastic drill/training barrel and a cable-type action lock. The case is slightly larger than the base-offering case, and all that stuff fits into it nicely. From what I saw while shopping, this price is a good deal, at least a couple of hundred $ less than an equivalent set-up from any other reputable manufacturer.
I highly recommend the FNP-45, especially for first-time buyers/users of semi-automatic handguns, as I explain below. Everything said about the gun in the reviews is true. The most helpful review IMO is by Jeff Quinn for GunBlast.com. This is linked to on the fnhusa.com website; click the “Law Enforcement and Commercial” option, then click “Reviews” on that page’s top menu bar. The only down-side I found to this FNP package that was not mentioned in the reviews (and there are few!) was that the handle of the carrying case tended to scrape my knuckles, until I used an Exacto knife to trim off some protruding plastic mold flashing.
What I can add to this forum is an explanation of why I bought the gun and how it has worked out for me. But first some background on me. I am aged in my early 50s and was raised in the gun culture and hunting traditions of Western Pennsylvania and the deep South of the USA. By age 10 I was trained competent to carry a loaded (round in the firing chamber), cocked and locked (safety on) shotgun or rifle while walking in rough terrain, hopping ditches and climbing fences, etc. without close adult supervision. I was trusted to unload the weapon, make it ready for transport in a car and clean it fastidiously when we got home. I was taught to dress, prepare for cooking and eat any game I had shot, so I saw first-hand the damage firearms do to animal flesh. But I had never had any experience with semi-automatic firearms of any kind. I had never felt the need in these United States to have a weapon for self-protection or home defense. Till now.
That changed with the results of the election in early Nov. 2008. My judgment is that the incoming Presidential administration has socialist aspirations (see for ex., the 12 Jan ’09 front-page article of a major national newspaper: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/obama-climate-czar-has-socialist-ties/
), and socialists strongly prefer a disarmed population. A population of armed, law-abiding citizens was the explicit goal of the framers of the US Constitution, as made clear by both the wording of the Bill of Rights and recent (since 1970) historical-critical scholarly study of the writings of the Founding Fathers (sorry to be non-PC in my wording, but I also think that if the women of the Colonies and of those revolutionary times had wanted something different, they would have gotten their way.) We could debate the merits/demerits of having a population of armed, law-abiding citizens and whether that is still desirable 230 years later, but that would be the subject of another post/thread, and, for all I know, this forum has already hashed that out. Suffice to say, I felt that the current political climate may change to make acquisition of serious defense firearms much more difficult. Others feel that the incoming administration will not choose the Bill-of-Rights nor the abortion “hills to die on” in favor of using their political capital to further other broad-reaching statist aims such as government run health care (again, a subject for another posting/thread). I chose NOT to take that risk but rather to exercise my right to meaningfully arm myself under the Bill of Rights now.
That said, I was also motivated to improve my self-defense position because of an MS13 gang (South American, illegal alien-related youth drug mafia) operating a mile from my house (Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC), as well as by activities of street gangs of at least two other ethnicities. Couple that with the presence of Islamist extremists and desperados spawned by a perceived recession (I don’t see the reality of a worse-than-usual recession), and I have a reasonable expectation of needing protection for myself and my family. For the same reasons, I have begun training all my household members in safe, effective use of defensive firearms. I had been sorely lacking in passing on the education and traditions I have been given.
Back to the FNP-45. Virginia has a 30-day interval between firearm purchases requiring BATFE Form 4473 background checks, so, time-wise, I figured I had better make this purchase count. I was not disappointed. What a horse of a gun! A joy to shoot. As a beginner to large-caliber handguns, after 15 minutes of getting used to it, I was able to put 3 bullets well inside a 12-inch target circle at 25 feet distance before the first casing hit the ground. Other members of my household who have basically never shot any gun before (two of whom are light-framed women) quickly got to where all of their rounds fall into the same circle, though they have not begun rapid-fire training yet. The recoil of the gun when shooting 230 grain (15 gram) full-power FMJ training ammunition is “business-like” but handle-able. You know you’re shooting a big, powerful gun, but you can get the muzzle flip down and the sights back on target quickly. These rounds are powerful, able to go through a 1000-page-plus big-city phone book with ease, in either FMJ or JHP. The reviews say that the recoil is not much different than a 9mm from other manufacturers. The laws of physics (conservation of momentum) cannot be bypassed, but I think that FN has optimally engineered this gun to launch the big “bumble bee” (slow and heavy: 800 - 900 feet/sec and 15 grams) .45ACP slug. For one thing, when you break down the gun (super easy to do!) into the plastic frame/grip/receiver assembly in one hand and the slide/barrel/spring assembly in the other hand, it feels like you’re holding a paper clip in the one hand and a watermelon in the other (I exaggerate). By the way, if you are concerned about polymer-framed large-caliber auto-loader pistols, don’t be. Trust FNH engineers and read Paul Scarota’s article on the subject (http://www.handgunsmag.com/featured_handguns/polysh_032707/). Anyway, I believe that the felt recoil is reduced because the FNP-45 is engineered to spread the recoil impulse out over a longer time-period than, say, a revolver could.
Finally, I do go out on a limb somewhat by claiming that the FNP-45 is suitable for first-time large-caliber pistol shooters including women and children of smaller build. But first, be sure you have the upper body strength to rack the slide back to chamber the first round, keeping all fingers out of the trigger guard. The recoil spring is necessarily gnarly. This is something you can test in the gun shop. Given that you can rack it back, the FNP-45 is a great gun for newbies. First of all, FNH made it that way, because it is targeted at the police and military market, whose recruits need to get up to competency quickly. The gun is “solid” – nothing squirrely or quirky about it. There are no features missing. As the reviews say, it is rugged, forgiving and as reliable as any gun any of us have seen. The operable external hammer is instructive and reassuring. Hammer pull to cock is light and smooth. There is no safety to learn (except on the “USG” variant, which can function like a 1911). Hammer down (uncocked) equals double-action (DA) equals all the safety you get, like a revolver. Experienced operators can cock during the draw-from-holster to go from DA to SA for the first shot, while newbies can train with (or stay with) first-shot-DA for safety out of the draw. Though I don’t have the standing to say so, it is obvious that this is a first-class gun fighter pistol if you habituate yourself to it. Beyond excellent function, the FNP-45 is mostly stainless steel and field strips easily for cleaning and lube into four pieces, the barrel being one of them. You can ram-rod the barrel from the breech end, as FNH recommends. The fire control mechanisms that stay in the frame/grip are complex, but you can see everything. Between a cloth-wrapped probe and a spray blast, you can quickly clean all areas. Everything is reachable with a toothpick for dispensing fractional oil droplets for lube. There’s absolutely no excuse for not having a clean machine. Finally, the User Manual is well written, if anybody cares.
FNH USA gets credit for a practical workhorse pistol at about 75% of the price of its competitors. The reviews say that the accuracy is much better than required for a service pistol. You won’t find yourself saying ‘I wish I coulda had…’ – the FNH designers deliver every feature you’d expect or something better. I am very happy with and highly recommend the FNP-45.
Thank you all for making thehighroad.org forum what it is. It is a privilege to register and post for the first time, 12 Jan. '09. I originally wrote the msg below to respond to specific posts on one of the (many, I now know) threads talking about FNH USA handguns....
About the FN Herstal USA FNP-45, what a sweet gun! I bought one in late Nov. 2008 at Bass Pro Shops on sale for $600 (normally $650) that included not only the pistol, three 14-round double-stack magazines and a plastic lockable hardcase, but also a BladeTech holster (with two optional belt attachments and an official “FN” logo), the yellow plastic drill/training barrel and a cable-type action lock. The case is slightly larger than the base-offering case, and all that stuff fits into it nicely. From what I saw while shopping, this price is a good deal, at least a couple of hundred $ less than an equivalent set-up from any other reputable manufacturer.
I highly recommend the FNP-45, especially for first-time buyers/users of semi-automatic handguns, as I explain below. Everything said about the gun in the reviews is true. The most helpful review IMO is by Jeff Quinn for GunBlast.com. This is linked to on the fnhusa.com website; click the “Law Enforcement and Commercial” option, then click “Reviews” on that page’s top menu bar. The only down-side I found to this FNP package that was not mentioned in the reviews (and there are few!) was that the handle of the carrying case tended to scrape my knuckles, until I used an Exacto knife to trim off some protruding plastic mold flashing.
What I can add to this forum is an explanation of why I bought the gun and how it has worked out for me. But first some background on me. I am aged in my early 50s and was raised in the gun culture and hunting traditions of Western Pennsylvania and the deep South of the USA. By age 10 I was trained competent to carry a loaded (round in the firing chamber), cocked and locked (safety on) shotgun or rifle while walking in rough terrain, hopping ditches and climbing fences, etc. without close adult supervision. I was trusted to unload the weapon, make it ready for transport in a car and clean it fastidiously when we got home. I was taught to dress, prepare for cooking and eat any game I had shot, so I saw first-hand the damage firearms do to animal flesh. But I had never had any experience with semi-automatic firearms of any kind. I had never felt the need in these United States to have a weapon for self-protection or home defense. Till now.
That changed with the results of the election in early Nov. 2008. My judgment is that the incoming Presidential administration has socialist aspirations (see for ex., the 12 Jan ’09 front-page article of a major national newspaper: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/obama-climate-czar-has-socialist-ties/
), and socialists strongly prefer a disarmed population. A population of armed, law-abiding citizens was the explicit goal of the framers of the US Constitution, as made clear by both the wording of the Bill of Rights and recent (since 1970) historical-critical scholarly study of the writings of the Founding Fathers (sorry to be non-PC in my wording, but I also think that if the women of the Colonies and of those revolutionary times had wanted something different, they would have gotten their way.) We could debate the merits/demerits of having a population of armed, law-abiding citizens and whether that is still desirable 230 years later, but that would be the subject of another post/thread, and, for all I know, this forum has already hashed that out. Suffice to say, I felt that the current political climate may change to make acquisition of serious defense firearms much more difficult. Others feel that the incoming administration will not choose the Bill-of-Rights nor the abortion “hills to die on” in favor of using their political capital to further other broad-reaching statist aims such as government run health care (again, a subject for another posting/thread). I chose NOT to take that risk but rather to exercise my right to meaningfully arm myself under the Bill of Rights now.
That said, I was also motivated to improve my self-defense position because of an MS13 gang (South American, illegal alien-related youth drug mafia) operating a mile from my house (Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC), as well as by activities of street gangs of at least two other ethnicities. Couple that with the presence of Islamist extremists and desperados spawned by a perceived recession (I don’t see the reality of a worse-than-usual recession), and I have a reasonable expectation of needing protection for myself and my family. For the same reasons, I have begun training all my household members in safe, effective use of defensive firearms. I had been sorely lacking in passing on the education and traditions I have been given.
Back to the FNP-45. Virginia has a 30-day interval between firearm purchases requiring BATFE Form 4473 background checks, so, time-wise, I figured I had better make this purchase count. I was not disappointed. What a horse of a gun! A joy to shoot. As a beginner to large-caliber handguns, after 15 minutes of getting used to it, I was able to put 3 bullets well inside a 12-inch target circle at 25 feet distance before the first casing hit the ground. Other members of my household who have basically never shot any gun before (two of whom are light-framed women) quickly got to where all of their rounds fall into the same circle, though they have not begun rapid-fire training yet. The recoil of the gun when shooting 230 grain (15 gram) full-power FMJ training ammunition is “business-like” but handle-able. You know you’re shooting a big, powerful gun, but you can get the muzzle flip down and the sights back on target quickly. These rounds are powerful, able to go through a 1000-page-plus big-city phone book with ease, in either FMJ or JHP. The reviews say that the recoil is not much different than a 9mm from other manufacturers. The laws of physics (conservation of momentum) cannot be bypassed, but I think that FN has optimally engineered this gun to launch the big “bumble bee” (slow and heavy: 800 - 900 feet/sec and 15 grams) .45ACP slug. For one thing, when you break down the gun (super easy to do!) into the plastic frame/grip/receiver assembly in one hand and the slide/barrel/spring assembly in the other hand, it feels like you’re holding a paper clip in the one hand and a watermelon in the other (I exaggerate). By the way, if you are concerned about polymer-framed large-caliber auto-loader pistols, don’t be. Trust FNH engineers and read Paul Scarota’s article on the subject (http://www.handgunsmag.com/featured_handguns/polysh_032707/). Anyway, I believe that the felt recoil is reduced because the FNP-45 is engineered to spread the recoil impulse out over a longer time-period than, say, a revolver could.
Finally, I do go out on a limb somewhat by claiming that the FNP-45 is suitable for first-time large-caliber pistol shooters including women and children of smaller build. But first, be sure you have the upper body strength to rack the slide back to chamber the first round, keeping all fingers out of the trigger guard. The recoil spring is necessarily gnarly. This is something you can test in the gun shop. Given that you can rack it back, the FNP-45 is a great gun for newbies. First of all, FNH made it that way, because it is targeted at the police and military market, whose recruits need to get up to competency quickly. The gun is “solid” – nothing squirrely or quirky about it. There are no features missing. As the reviews say, it is rugged, forgiving and as reliable as any gun any of us have seen. The operable external hammer is instructive and reassuring. Hammer pull to cock is light and smooth. There is no safety to learn (except on the “USG” variant, which can function like a 1911). Hammer down (uncocked) equals double-action (DA) equals all the safety you get, like a revolver. Experienced operators can cock during the draw-from-holster to go from DA to SA for the first shot, while newbies can train with (or stay with) first-shot-DA for safety out of the draw. Though I don’t have the standing to say so, it is obvious that this is a first-class gun fighter pistol if you habituate yourself to it. Beyond excellent function, the FNP-45 is mostly stainless steel and field strips easily for cleaning and lube into four pieces, the barrel being one of them. You can ram-rod the barrel from the breech end, as FNH recommends. The fire control mechanisms that stay in the frame/grip are complex, but you can see everything. Between a cloth-wrapped probe and a spray blast, you can quickly clean all areas. Everything is reachable with a toothpick for dispensing fractional oil droplets for lube. There’s absolutely no excuse for not having a clean machine. Finally, the User Manual is well written, if anybody cares.
FNH USA gets credit for a practical workhorse pistol at about 75% of the price of its competitors. The reviews say that the accuracy is much better than required for a service pistol. You won’t find yourself saying ‘I wish I coulda had…’ – the FNH designers deliver every feature you’d expect or something better. I am very happy with and highly recommend the FNP-45.
Mafiachixrule
Member
Hello everyone!
I'm a complete neophyte but thank you for the opportunity in advance to learn more. I see a lot of great reading already in this forum.
I'm a complete neophyte but thank you for the opportunity in advance to learn more. I see a lot of great reading already in this forum.
exflatlander
Member
Hello, I am not new but was off for 5-6 years and just recently came back to the board.
My name was chaosen when I had first escaped Massachusetts and moved to NH about 7 years ago,
Well, I have had to move back to the people republic of Mass for job and family reasons but decided to keep the old name.
My name was chaosen when I had first escaped Massachusetts and moved to NH about 7 years ago,
Well, I have had to move back to the people republic of Mass for job and family reasons but decided to keep the old name.
Revived2Hunt
Member
New from Colorado
Hi all.
I joined back in November of 2007!
I come here to read mostly, but have decided it is time to introduce myself, and ask some questions.
I am living in Morrison, CO, and have been trying to revive my hunting past. I have 2 sons coming of age, so it is important for me to pass on some family traditions. Not many people in my family hunt any more, and I hate to see that die out, so it is up to me!
In the 3-4 years that I have started hunting again, I have harvested and made meals of several animals a year.....deer, elk, rabbit.
I don't think I have enjoyed a sport more than shooting, and hunting is a wonderful combo of my love for shooting, and my love for the outdoors.
I look forward to this hunting season, as my oldest son will be joining me!
Anyway, this site has been full of valueable information. I hope to share my little bit as well!
Victor
Hi all.
I joined back in November of 2007!
I come here to read mostly, but have decided it is time to introduce myself, and ask some questions.
I am living in Morrison, CO, and have been trying to revive my hunting past. I have 2 sons coming of age, so it is important for me to pass on some family traditions. Not many people in my family hunt any more, and I hate to see that die out, so it is up to me!
In the 3-4 years that I have started hunting again, I have harvested and made meals of several animals a year.....deer, elk, rabbit.
I don't think I have enjoyed a sport more than shooting, and hunting is a wonderful combo of my love for shooting, and my love for the outdoors.
I look forward to this hunting season, as my oldest son will be joining me!
Anyway, this site has been full of valueable information. I hope to share my little bit as well!
Victor
PocketProtector642
Member
Hello,
First time poster here at THR. I have been posting on a MN site for a while. Thought I would diversify a bit. Ive been a lifetime hunter and firearms enthusiast.
J-frame in the pocket!
First time poster here at THR. I have been posting on a MN site for a while. Thought I would diversify a bit. Ive been a lifetime hunter and firearms enthusiast.
J-frame in the pocket!
detroiter
Member
hey all, im a new member and do not yet have my ccw but i plan on it
Jeremy_K
Member
Hello all. I'm new here. I'm in Northeast PA and am an avid hunter. I came across this sight while researching my Ithaca 37 Deerslayer's date of birth. I see there is a lot more great info on here. I look forward to learning more!
GoodKahrMa776
Member
Hey All, I just joined this site though I've been gathering great information from here for quite some time. I don't have a particular hobby in the realm of guns, but I am interested in 3 gun matches. My current CCW is a Kahr CW40, cheap, accurate, reliable. On that note anyone know if the CW40's grip can be cut down slightly to us the MK40's 5 round mag? Or for that matter, has anyone tried swapping the 3.6" CW barrel for the K40's 4" ported barrel? According to Kahr's service department neither is recommended as they could compromise the weapon's integrity.
New Guy
Hi folks! I'm a new guy lurking in the background, reading the wealth of information on the site. Thought I knew something but found there's plenty I didn't know. Mostly into black powder. I shoot T/C Hawken & Renegade .50 cal, Patriot .36 & .45, CVA .50 pistol, and anything my son and his Civil War re-enactor buddies bring down. Like to make smoke and noise!
Hi folks! I'm a new guy lurking in the background, reading the wealth of information on the site. Thought I knew something but found there's plenty I didn't know. Mostly into black powder. I shoot T/C Hawken & Renegade .50 cal, Patriot .36 & .45, CVA .50 pistol, and anything my son and his Civil War re-enactor buddies bring down. Like to make smoke and noise!
Readyrod
Member
Hi, new guy here. New to the forum. Sort of new to guns. I've never owned a gun but I've been exposed to lots. I've also shot a little and I loved it. I live in Japan now but when I eventually go back to Canada I'm going to get some guns. I've done a lot of backpacking and working in the bush and had enough close encounters with bears to realize that at some point I'm not going to be lucky enough to walk away. A guy I met once told me how he was dragged out of a tree by a grizzly. He came to under a pile of brush. Got dragged by the head and had the scars to prove it. Ouch. I've also seen guns, been threatened by guys with guns, and even been shot at once in my traveling days. These failed/police/thug states I was in could easily happen back home and I want to be able to protect my family. Even in Japan you occasionally get some crazy with a knife. My wife was planning to go to Akihabara last year just when that guy went crazy with the truck and the knives. Lucky something came up and she wasn't there. So lots of reasons to get into guns. And let's not forget that its just plain fun. Take it easy on me though, I have a lot of real newbie questions, specially on the technical side.
DataMonkey
Member
Hi All-
I'm new to the forum, but have been lurking for several months. I love this site.
I'm interested in pretty much any firearm that can still go "BANG".
I'm new to the forum, but have been lurking for several months. I love this site.
I'm interested in pretty much any firearm that can still go "BANG".