The firearm thread

**Akzle** · 13th June 2014, 08:36

Originally Posted by Swoop

A good percentage of GI's in Afghanistan ditched their issue Beretta and replaced it with a glock... out of their own money.
Something that goes "bang" when you want it to do so, is rather important in a combat situation.

despite being a huge non-fan of 9mm, the m92 is a nice pistol. Would i trust my life to one?
Im torn between

and

**unstuck** · 13th June 2014, 08:46

Thought the Navy was a Ladies gun?

**Akzle** · 13th June 2014, 08:53

Originally Posted by unstuck

Thought the Navy was a Ladies gun?

explains why i got mine from your mum

the other option is a peacemaker, but thats a bit cliche.
Or more recently a sw k frame 586. But thats a bit posh.

**unstuck** · 13th June 2014, 08:56

I like the peacemaker.

I need a derringer though.

**Akzle** · 13th June 2014, 09:08

Originally Posted by unstuck

I need a derringer though.

something to keep in your garters?

**unstuck** · 13th June 2014, 09:10

Yes, so the clients are not too keen to take advantage of my palestinian bred goat.

**pritch** · 13th June 2014, 09:50

Originally Posted by Akzle

you didnt find it... Bulky? Awkward? Unbalanced at the end of a clip? Just....so much plastic? And with far, far too many 'safety features'?

Bulky? Yes. It holds a double stack of 45s which makes it just a tad bigger than I need. It seems to have exactly the right number of safety features, it can't fire unless you pull the trigger, but if you do pull the trigger it will fire. The plastic doesn't bother me and most of the firearms I've owned have had rather more ummm history (?).

Martini Henry, 1853 Snider conversion, sundry underleaver English shotguns. A Colt (Tm) 3rd model Dragoon, Colt Python, an FWB Rogers & Spencer, a Ruger Old Army and a Ruger Bisley. After owning those, all of which revolve to the right the way God intended, I disqualify myself from ever owning an arse backward S&W or clone thereof. There were also a couple of muzzle loading pistols neither of which were made in Italy. That is not, however, a complete list.

I'm a Beretta admirer, I have owned two target shotguns and their muzzle loader. They seem to have exemplary after sales service; a collector I knew bought a WW2 era Beretta pistol with a missing spring. He wrote the company a letter asking for a drawing of the spring or such other detail as would let him make one. They sent him the required spring free of charge by return post.

A kukhri? Interesting. I have a couple of touristy ones rusting away here somewhere, but for a time, in another place, I had a kukhri formation patch sewn to my sleeve.

After all that I wanted to try a modern handgun and Glock seemed to tick most boxes. If you think that's gay fine.

Saslex, long time no see.

**sAsLEX** · 13th June 2014, 09:56

Originally Posted by pritch

Saslex, long time no see.

Trying to write a thesis on the laser ignition of insensitive explosives........ more fun than it sounds!

**pritch** · 13th June 2014, 10:14

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Trying to write a thesis on the laser ignition of insensitive explosives........ more fun than it sounds!

Do you get to conduct experiments?

**Akzle** · 13th June 2014, 10:15

Originally Posted by pritch

After all that I wanted to try a modern handgun and Glock seemed to tick most boxes. If you think that's gay fine.
.

you aint hip with the lingo daddy-o,

gay is now a generic pejorative. As you say, strokes for folks.

I will probably never, ever, buy a glock. Unless i had every other gun in the world, and needed it to complete my collection. But theres a ton of gayer guns that i dont want either.

I am south paw, not that minor things like that actually bother me at all. Although it probably will now youve mentioned it. Damn you.