Every year I get ever more obsolete. I’m still trying to wrap my head around my Tupperware rifle… an “el cheapo” Ruger American 223 carbine that’s my funnest AND cheapest AND most accurate small bore rifle. I have a hundred cheap plastic P-Mags for it and I just have a hoot with it every time I take it out. It’ll go 0.8~1.2 MOA all day long and twice on Sundays. I only paid $800.00 and change for it. It’s an ugly beast to look at - but so am I and we just get along great.
So now… are they doing it with pistols too? If I had to use a pistol for serious social work my ride is the HK USP Tactical in .45 ACP. At 25 yards, if I eat my Wheaties and shove 4 good luck horse shoes up my butt…I could hold 2.5 ~ 3.5” groups slow fire offhand groups with it. It came with a proof target of 1.3” fired from the test fixture at the factory at 15m. It’s an accurate enough little gun.
I bought it 20 years ago and paid about $1400.00 or thereabouts if I recall correctly. Welp…here we go again! Get a load of this:
$400 US so with exchange and all anti gun import taxes your looking at close to $800 in Carney's Clownada.
ReplyDeleteExile1981
Guns are metal. Holsters are leather
ReplyDeletemetal and wood is my religion.
ReplyDeleteWould you prefer the shoes still on the horse?😁
ReplyDeleteMy concealed carry pistol of choice is a Ruger LCP II in .380; I also keep a FEG PA-63 9x18 Makarov in my glove compartment. My thoughts with the Ruger is that I can hit stuff with it and when used with a Sticky Holster in my right front pocket, it doesn't print. I originally carried the FEG because it's got a double action trigger; the first shot is double action, the rest are single action. It kicks like hell, but I can hit stuff with it and should I ever have to use it (during, say, a peaceful demonstration) the cops will confiscate it as evidence - but I only paid $250 USD for it, so it isn't like I'm going to be mourning the loss of a $1,700.00 .45 caliber Springfield automatic.
ReplyDeleteMy brother Big Mike has a nice collection of plastic guns, and usually swears by them. Last time we went to the range he ended up swearing at them. He was able to keep everything on the paper, though, so that's a good thing.
I prefer blued steel and wood, but I'll switch the wood out for a set of Pachmayr grips for large caliber pistols. My .357 revolver, an S&W 586 in .357 has Pachmayr grips, and not for the .38 ammo I usually shoot. I load hot .357 ammo for home defense, and that pistol will beat you like a government mule with those hot loads. Old Commander Cody, the Poor But Honest Gun Trader of South Dakota sold me a box.
"Here Jack, these 'a got some snort to 'em."
The first time I torched one off at the indoor range everyone else stopped shooting and looked at me. There was a big ball of fire at the end of the barrel, and the flame shot out and scorched the target. The noise caused the whole place to vibrate. So... one was enough.
back in the early 2000, a lot of cops where switching out Sigs for Glocks (they cheaper by far ) and a lot of used Sigs ended up for sale cheap. I scored a really nice Sig 220, some holster wear but none on the inside at all. like new really , only 350 out the door with one magazine. but they had spares for 12 bucks a pop. I grabbed a dozen or more.
ReplyDeletelike most old farts, I like blued steel and wood. but a Sig for under 400 bucks ? they had p-226 s too in both 40 and 9mm
I should have grabbed another 9mm one. mine bought new in 1990 set me back 700 plus tax easy. and I can shoot 2 inch groups all day with it at 25 yards. they worth the money.
or where. the old West German made ones anyway.