Quick grab your nearest gun!
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Ed N.
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Sitting in my recliner in my family room at the moment, watching the Lions and the Cowboys, the hunting guns are on the wall just behind me. The closest one would be my favorite bird gun, a 12ga L. C. Smith double. Field grade ultralight, 28" barrels, no choke at all in the right barrel, modified choke in the left. Manufactured in the 1920s.
Dr_B
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Ruger SP101 .357 about 20 feet away.
An old cheap Brazilian made FIC double barrel 12 that I had sawed off to 18 & 1/4 inches and is within easy reach in the closet loaded with number 4s. If the gun safe is unlocked, which it usually is when I am home, then also a Sig Sauer P220 loaded with 230 grn jhps.
Purgatory
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The gun nearest me is a gun that came to me unexpectedly.
It is the most accurate gun of its kind that I have ever owned.
It has a rather long, but not too long, grip with adequate grippy patterns on its poly frame.
The slide and barrel are a half inch longer than its standard cousin and its slide serrations are located front and back and angled, unlike its cousin's.
Factory sights are good to go and, overall, it's a not a bad looker.
With 13 rounds in the mag and 1 in the pipe, its firepower is equal to or better than the best of em out there.
Though I'm usually a Glock guy for all functional reasons, so far I'm pretty pleased with this one.
It is the most accurate gun of its kind that I have ever owned.
It has a rather long, but not too long, grip with adequate grippy patterns on its poly frame.
The slide and barrel are a half inch longer than its standard cousin and its slide serrations are located front and back and angled, unlike its cousin's.
Factory sights are good to go and, overall, it's a not a bad looker.
With 13 rounds in the mag and 1 in the pipe, its firepower is equal to or better than the best of em out there.
Though I'm usually a Glock guy for all functional reasons, so far I'm pretty pleased with this one.
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BRE346
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Taurus 24/7 PRO C DS, in titanium. 17rnds of 9mm HP
Rail Driver
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My closest gun is usually my Colt 1991 Commander. It's an all steel 1911 in .45ACP. It's currently loaded with 8 rounds of hard cast lead semi-wadcutters (space coast bullets loaded them for me). It wears vintage Colt silver medallion walnut grips and will be polished and re-blued the old fashioned way in the near future. You can't talk about a 1911 without talking about the trigger, and the trigger on this pistol is absolutely amazing. almost no takeup, very short reset and it breaks at a very crisp 3.4lbs every time. Mr. William Alexander, of Alexander Firearms in Tallahassee, FL did a wonderful job on this one.
ATBackPackin
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I think you forgot to mention the grip safety.?
kurt1305
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Glock 36 in the drawer of the table next to my recliner. Remington 870 18" barrel, 7+1 shotgun 10 feet away.
FIVETWOSEVEN
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XD40 loaded with 13 rounds of Remington bulk JHP in a thumb break holster on my hip. I'm suprised to not see that many actually wearing their gun.
Sounds nice, what is it?
Sounds nice, what is it?
Purgatory
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I cut the line that described that and the other very telling features.
Figured that made it just a bit too obvious for all intents and purposes.
to my left is a Remington 870 loaded with 7rds of 00buck with another 5rds of 00buck on the stock. And right next to that is my SP101 with remington golden sabers loaded in it and a speedloader next to it with golden sabers as well. About 5 feet behind me is my 1911 loaded with 8rds of Gold dots. also have my ammo containers just a few feet away as well.
J-Bar
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Ruger Old Army 5.5 inch, antiqued finish, Sambar Stag grips from Ajax.
Fondle...fondle...
Fondle...fondle...
Purgatory
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It's an XDm .45acp. So far I'm very impressed.
Well, I'm in my basement right now, so closest firearm (I've got toy guns that are closer) in terms of physical proximity is my Springfield XDm. It's on the bottom shelf of my pistol safe. My Rugers (SP101 and LCP) are just above it.
However, since I don't have to waste time going upstairs, my Supernova would be quicker to get to. I had an interesting bit with my SN. I got a combination top rail/side saddle for it, and put on a red dot that was rated as "anything up to .50 caliber." I assumed it meant .50 BMG, but after firing less than ten rounds, realized it must have meant .50 GI, because the thing shattered.
So now I have a rail that occludes the rear sight entirely and all but the very tip of the front sight. It's all good, though. It's at the perfect LOP for me to have a solid sight picture without lining up the front sight, and the rail is one of those rails that has a stud on either side instead of a whole rung across it. So when looking down the rail, it makes a U shape (well, more of a |__| shape), and if I line up the bottom of the U about half-way on a paper target's torso, the rounds hit COM. So until I do get the funds to get a quality RDS and a high comb, that rail IS my sight.
However, since I don't have to waste time going upstairs, my Supernova would be quicker to get to. I had an interesting bit with my SN. I got a combination top rail/side saddle for it, and put on a red dot that was rated as "anything up to .50 caliber." I assumed it meant .50 BMG, but after firing less than ten rounds, realized it must have meant .50 GI, because the thing shattered.
So now I have a rail that occludes the rear sight entirely and all but the very tip of the front sight. It's all good, though. It's at the perfect LOP for me to have a solid sight picture without lining up the front sight, and the rail is one of those rails that has a stud on either side instead of a whole rung across it. So when looking down the rail, it makes a U shape (well, more of a |__| shape), and if I line up the bottom of the U about half-way on a paper target's torso, the rounds hit COM. So until I do get the funds to get a quality RDS and a high comb, that rail IS my sight.
rc109a
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A Glock 23 right next to the laptop. Loaded with 180g Hydroshocks.
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642 in my pant pocket in a Robert Mika Holster with Speer Short-Barrel (1 7/8" barrels) Gold Dot HP's. A 500 Magnum 4" barrel, loaded with 275g Barnes Triple Shock Pistol bullets three feet to my left.
jleyring
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On the table with me, Sig Sauer SP2022 9mm. It is my conceal carry gun. Always have that nearby or on me unless im in class or on campus. Not allowed to carry on campus. I bought it a month ago.
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642 in my pant pocket in a Robert Mika holster with Speer Short-Barrel (1 7/8" barrels--Gold Dot HP's).
Miami_JBT
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Right now I'm standing at a Mexican Joint waiting for a to go order. I have my GLOCK 22 on my duty belt with two spare mags and a S&W 642 on my ankle. Just got off duty and still in uniform.
There is a Ruger SR9 on my desk next to my computer.
I bought it used last november. Drove quite a ways to get it. I must have been a sight, young kid, getting out of his volvo, arm in a sling. This is the first handgun I bought. It has a stainless slide, but it had a black finnish aplied at the factory.
Its sometimes a carry gun, but lately, I've been using it mostly for shooting the Falling Steel matches at the range. Even after I pick up the Glock 29 and a decent 1911, it will probably still be the gun I use for Falling Steel and USPSA (Last time I checked, 9x19 was cheaper than 10mm and 45ACP.)
I bought it when I was 20, and even though I also owned a Smith 642, when I finnaly recieved my carry permit, it was the Ruger SR9 that I strapped to my hip.
Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson
I bought it used last november. Drove quite a ways to get it. I must have been a sight, young kid, getting out of his volvo, arm in a sling. This is the first handgun I bought. It has a stainless slide, but it had a black finnish aplied at the factory.
Its sometimes a carry gun, but lately, I've been using it mostly for shooting the Falling Steel matches at the range. Even after I pick up the Glock 29 and a decent 1911, it will probably still be the gun I use for Falling Steel and USPSA (Last time I checked, 9x19 was cheaper than 10mm and 45ACP.)
I bought it when I was 20, and even though I also owned a Smith 642, when I finnaly recieved my carry permit, it was the Ruger SR9 that I strapped to my hip.
Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson
Lonestar49
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Right here as always
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That would be my Sig P220R/45 which rest next to me, here at my home desk, on-top of the PC tower under my desktop w/grip just a tad exposed from under the desktop.
The one in the center -
230gr Gold Sabers JHP's
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That would be my Sig P220R/45 which rest next to me, here at my home desk, on-top of the PC tower under my desktop w/grip just a tad exposed from under the desktop.
The one in the center -
230gr Gold Sabers JHP's
Ls
Der Stro
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Glock 23 in the desk drawer in front of me. It moves to the bedroom at night.
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