The firearm thread

[Brian d marge]

It's been a while since I shot any kind of firearm but I got an invitation to try some pistols from an employee who competes in pistol shooting and also instructs on various coures

Tried a
9mm Glock
9mm CZ
.45 8 shot 1911
.45 12 shot 1911
.38 Super

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Didn't like the Glock, the CZ and 8 shot 1911 felt the best, the .38 Super was the worst to use, heaviest and most recoil and the red dot sight seemed to have a mind of it's own

Oh...."From" , not "on" I might have read that post incorrectly.


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[Brian d marge]

On the weaponry front, I've started making my own arrows from scratch.
What a learning curve. ...Forget watching u lube and thinking it's easy. ..After reducing most of the Amazon rain forest to shavings I have 15 straight and correctly spined shafts of heart cedar
I know what I'm doing now so ,,,one hopes from now on I should have enough ammunition to deal with the great unwashed

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[awayatc]

Funny to hear people spout such outrageous drivel about a subject they know shit about...

[Brian d marge]

Funny to hear people spout such outrageous drivel about a subject they know shit about...

Expert in the house , run away run away....

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[Akzle]

Funny to hear people spout such outrageous drivel about a subject they know shit about...

welcome to kb...

[Swoop]

1911 single Vs double stack.
There isn't really much difference in grip width. Someone with a smaller hand would probably notice the difference though.
Dunno why Para Ordnance have "issues" with reliability though. A few mates have had problems with them.

[Kickaha]

1911 single Vs double stack.
There isn't really much difference in grip width. Someone with a smaller hand would probably notice the difference though.

There was enough of a difference that the singlestack felt better to hold and my hands aren't small

I'll probably be having another go in about a month, I'll see what I think then

[jasonu]

1911 single Vs double stack.
There isn't really much difference in grip width. Someone with a smaller hand would probably notice the difference though.
Dunno why Para Ordnance have "issues" with reliability though. A few mates have had problems with them.

It doesn't take much to significantly change the feel of a hand gun.

[Brian d marge]

It doesn't take much to significantly change the feel of a hand gun.

I bet u say that to all the young girls

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[Swoop]

There was enough of a difference that the singlestack felt better to hold and my hands aren't small

I'll probably be having another go in about a month, I'll see what I think then

I'll agree with the single stack. Much nicer.

[jasonu]

I bet u say that to all the young girls

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI

[pritch]

Some comments in another thread reminded me that I spent a few days shooting in Holland. Y'all will likely be aware that there's a serious shortage of hills suitable for backstops in Holland. What they do is build a series of walls every 50 or 100m from the firing line out. These walls maybe 20mm thick, have openings perhaps a couple metres square and a metre and a half above the ground at intervals along the length.

Shooters wishing to shoot from the prone position lie on tables in line with their "window" at the firing line. If the shot is true it passes through all of the windows to the target. If the shot is "off", it starts whacking into a succession of walls out to about 1000m. If the bullet doesn't actually stop it'll be seriously slowed.

Interesting way of dealing with a problem, and one which may become relevant in other places due to increasing urbanisation.

None of this concerned me directly though as a less threatening pistol shooter.

[Akzle]

Some comments in another thread reminded me that I spent a few days shooting in Holland. Y'all will likely be aware that there's a serious shortage of hills suitable for backstops in Holland. What they do is build a series of walls every 50 or 100m from the firing line out. These walls maybe 20mm thick, have openings perhaps a couple metres square and a metre and a half above the ground at intervals along the length.

Shooters wishing to shoot from the prone position lie on tables in line with their "window" at the firing line. If the shot is true it passes through all of the windows to the target. If the shot is "off", it starts whacking into a succession of walls out to about 1000m. If the bullet doesn't actually stop it'll be seriously slowed.

Interesting way of dealing with a problem, and one which may become relevant in other places due to increasing urbanisation.

None of this concerned me directly though as a less threatening pistol shooter.

length of subteranean pipe'd do. innit. townies dont need long arms anyhow.

[pritch]

length of subteranean pipe'd do. innit. townies dont need long arms anyhow.

Multiple 1000m pipes? The range I was describing was primarily for miltary use. Civilians were presumably tolerated on weekends.

[Brian d marge]

20 m from the upstairs toilet along the hall into the spare bedroom,
#60 and home made cedar arrows

Works for me in all weathers

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