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General Categories => General Firearm Discussion => Topic started by: deputygunner on December 25, 2013, 05:34:42 PM
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I got my daughter a Ruger SR22 for Christmas.
And my wife got me a Ruger American Compact in .243
I would say it was a great Christmas!
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Santa was good. I like my SR22( which the wifey loves to shoot), I think your daughter will like hers, enjoy
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Nice. That is a great Christmas for sure.
Almost all of my boys' presents are gun related.
My oldest finally got his AR upper to finish his rifle. There are things like a bipod, ammo, magazines, some knives, etc.
Should this be called Gunmas.....??? :laugh:
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Santa brought both the wife and I S&W MP 9mm Shields... He added Pearson grip extenders to the 7 Mags and those went to the wife while he gave the 8 Mags to me.
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Wife got me a new set of Cajun Gun Works sights to replace the factory ones on my CZ75B.
I'm going to have less of an excuse for sucking at USPSA this season.
Oh yeah, and Rob made me buy a Geissele trigger for my 3 gun rifle. At least I'm going to blame him for it when it shows up and my wife yells at me. So now I have less of an excuse for sucking at multigun too.
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Oh yeah, and Rob made me buy a Geissele trigger for my 3 gun rifle. At least I'm going to blame him for it when it shows up and my wife yells at me.
forgiveness is easier than permission.....
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forgiveness is easier than permission.....
I seem to remember something about lowers, and cans...:)
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forgiveness is easier than permission.....
I thought you said you use the "we talked about it a few months ago and you said ok remember honey?" ;D
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no comment..... ;D
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Did all my "Gun Christmas" shopping over Thanksgiving weekend. 8)
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and used New Years to teach the wife how to field strip, clean and lubricate her S&W MP Shield 9mm. Now to just get some rounds thru it to hopefully listen the slide pull a bit - a little hard for her to rack the slide, but appears normal for it. A good Christmas
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Dave, my wife and yours are in agreement about slides. Her biggest complaint about shooting. Racking the slide.
Can we have a Gun New Years? I purchased a Glock Cutaway at 5am 1-1-14
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/11692182293_d52ebb0fe8_z.jpg)
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My lady friend has the Glock 26, and racking the slide is her biggest problem. She has a few hundred rounds through it, not nearly enough to loosen it yet!
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I just read an article about hard to rack slides, I'll see if I can find it again.
But for the Glocks and some others, A company has a loop type device that clamps in the serrations. I guess it's becoming popular with police depts for use of ease in wounded situations.
There are also different ways to grip and rip that use different mechanics / leverages of the body. I taught some to mom and she found one very useful, but it is very hard to explain in words.
The Charging Loop from Brass Stacker
http://www.guns.com/review/2013/08/05/gear-review-brass-stacker-glock-slide-pull-charging-handle-video/ (http://www.guns.com/review/2013/08/05/gear-review-brass-stacker-glock-slide-pull-charging-handle-video/)
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I just read an article about hard to rack slides, I'll see if I can find it again.
But for the Glocks and some others, A company has a loop type device that clamps in the serrations. I guess it's becoming popular with police depts for use of ease in wounded situations.
There are also different ways to grip and rip that use different mechanics / leverages of the body. I taught some to mom and she found one very useful, but it is very hard to explain in words.
The Charging Loop from Brass Stacker
http://www.guns.com/review/2013/08/05/gear-review-brass-stacker-glock-slide-pull-charging-handle-video/ (http://www.guns.com/review/2013/08/05/gear-review-brass-stacker-glock-slide-pull-charging-handle-video/)
It is painful to watch that video! My mind could not keep up with the safety violations!
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Yes, but the fella in the article and comments stated, inability to easily pull the slide can be the cause of other unsafe behavior. It is a automatic reaction to grip something with ALL your fingers- including the trigger one. As he showed, when the loop was added, keeping the finger off the trigger was much less of an issue.
I had never thought about it, but it seems to make some sense.
now as for the sweeping.......
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Great comments ... Will watch the video and check out the loop... The hope is she gets some rounds thru it (and works on strength) then it solves itself. Took both guns to the range today and put a few each ... I like them ...now to get her there to see if she does... If she doesn't then I have 2 guns ... I win either way
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Looks like it would be worth exploring.
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Looks like it would be worth exploring.
Glock only
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Glock only
Glock and XD
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I finally got my VERY gunshy fiance shooting. Bought her an SR22 and the only regret I've had is the toll its taken on my surplus of .22 :laugh: Shes actually interested in getting a membership to the local range out here and possibly looking into concealed carry classes with another female shooter shes made friends with. I'm not a fan of .22 for self defense personally but when even a .380 scares her at this point I'll take what I can get.
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Santa brought both the wife and I S&W MP 9mm Shields... He added Pearson grip extenders to the 7 Mags and those went to the wife while he gave the 8 Mags to me.
Well this weekend also got an extra Mag for each plus Tagua Gunleather IWB holsters for both. Now to just get to the range. (and the wife working on her technique of racking the slide). So far really like the Shield.
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I finally got my VERY gunshy fiance shooting. Bought her an SR22 and the only regret I've had is the toll its taken on my surplus of .22 :laugh: Shes actually interested in getting a membership to the local range out here and possibly looking into concealed carry classes with another female shooter shes made friends with. I'm not a fan of .22 for self defense personally but when even a .380 scares her at this point I'll take what I can get.
My mom packs a P22, and shoots it really well. What good is a "Bigger Gun" if you can't keep it on target? We did some research and the CCI Velocitors with the Speer hollow points have shown to actually open and do some effective damage. (I know for a fact they make a mess out of the common rabbit) I don't recommend these as regular range ammo, though, as they are HOT and and bit pricey. I always thought a .22 Mag would be a nice next option. Sadly the semi auto options are few and quite bulky, but many revolver manufactures offer some nice options and Hornady makes Critical Defense rounds in .22 Mag.
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Another problem that Linda and I have both dealt with is removal of the slide when cleaning our Glocks. I have struggles with coming up with an idea of how to develop a tool to hold those little boogers down on both sides, short of using vise grips. Turns out that there is a tool for that: http://www.glockstore.com/slide-removal-tool (http://www.glockstore.com/slide-removal-tool) Ordered two of them.
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Another problem that Linda and I have both dealt with is removal of the slide when cleaning our Glocks. I have struggles with coming up with an idea of how to develop a tool to hold those little boogers down on both sides, short of using vise grips. Turns out that there is a tool for that: http://www.glockstore.com/slide-removal-tool (http://www.glockstore.com/slide-removal-tool) Ordered two of them.
Try using a scrap of an inner tube or even a pair of cheap "mechanic's style" gloves to enhance the grippage.
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Good idea! Wife has same problem with her S&W SD9 (Swock). Thanks for the tip!
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Took the bride to the range over lunch to shoot the Christmas present for the first time....did great....now more range time and working on her technique to get over the racking issue.....now have a new place to go on dates.