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You won't regret shooting one. Thanks to all that weight, They're the lightest shooting pistol I've ever used and those big ass dovetail sights and hexagonal rifling on the older models means it's dead dick accurate.
I was able to hand it to my girlfriend (small woman with barely any history of shooting), her mother (hasn't shot a handgun, and hasn't even shot a .22 rifle since childhood) and my Father in Law (previously had a .22 revolver in the 80's) and all of them were able to smoke nice groups at 30 yards with really hot ammo. Not one of em got scared, or antsy once the shooting started, since the weight makes it less snappy than my girlfriend's .380. So much so that these people who previously had almost no interest in guns have now decided to spend a handful of thousands getting several guns for the property. They take to the training pretty well, and the Jericho makes it easy to train new shooters on. Of course, I do get shit at the gun store for being built like David Bowie and daily carrying 10 pounds of Israeli steel.
 
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Cpl. Long Dong Silver said:
For me capacity gives 9mm the wedge. 15 rounds in a carry gun is a game changer.
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For me it depends. Just at my pocket carry gun that I've had for a year now, my Model 36, it's small and reliable, slides in and out easy, and is generally lighter. That said... capacity is lacking. It's impossible to deny that 9mm, and really any semi auto, even 45 sub compacts, have a advantage. Part of why I want one eventually. And as a duty gun, I prefer, 40, but I wouldn't turn down a beretta, which is also on my list.
 
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WelperHelper99 said:
So with this argument in mind, which is better? Or are both strong in their own category despite slight advantages over the other in certain areas? I'm truly interested to hear the responses.
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I think that they each do their own thing best.

I can see the appeal in a 9mm Luger revolver for cheap recreation, but .38 Special typically isn't priced much higher, and will have more dependable extraction with simpler guns.
.38 Special autos I think are completely niche, that's either a conversion kit for Coonan pistols, or it's a relic of absolutely needing to have those wadcutters for competition.

I see a greater point in revolvers taking .45 Auto, because .45 Colt isn't fucking cheap if you don't handload.
 
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HumptiDouji said:
I think that they each do their own thing best.

I can see the appeal in a 9mm Luger revolver for cheap recreation, but .38 Special typically isn't priced much higher, and will have more dependable extraction with simpler guns.
.38 Special autos I think are completely niche, that's either a conversion kit for Coonan pistols, or it's a relic of absolutely needing to have those wadcutters for competition.

I see a greater point in revolvers taking .45 Auto, because .45 Colt isn't fucking cheap if you don't handload.
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I think you've said it best. Both are built for their specific platforms and needs. Sure guns exist in the opposite categories for either. But 38 is just the revolver round, just as 9mm is the hand gun round, because both are quite adequate at knocking a man flat.

I do agree with the 45 auto point, so did the guys in ww1, which adapted it to revolvers to make up for the lack of 1911's. As long as you have moon clips, it works fine, and you get a big bullet coming out the end.
 
Now that I'm on team troon, what gun should I 41% with?
The family suicide gun? I kinda don't want to, because they were all bigots who always deadnamed me.
A supersoaker filled with gasoline? Many troons and fellow Buddhists have followed the noble path self immolation.
A howdah pistol? My fursona is a tiger so I think it would be fitting, and I'm a felon so it's one of the only guns I can actually buy.
 
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redcoloured said:
Now that I'm on team troon, what gun should I 41% with?
The family suicide gun? I kinda don't want to, because they were all bigots who always deadnamed me.
A supersoaker filled with gasoline? Many troons and fellow Buddhists have followed the noble path self immolation.
A howdah pistol? My fursona is a tiger so I think it would be fitting, and I'm a felon so it's one of the only guns I can actually buy.
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Run your car in the garage
 
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Picked up a Glock 34 Gen 5 - can anyone recommend an aftermarket trigger that can bring her down to approx 3.5lbs while still be reliable enough for Duty/Defensive purposes?
 
PFM said:
The ladder. I'm a stock shit kinda guy. They pay engineers a lot of money for a reason
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Well I recognize that some stock triggers are ass. They are designed for the lowest common denominator or department requisite like Glocks. I own a half dozen Glocks, none are stock, all have either aftermarket shoes or trigger bars, because I don't want a heavy ass 6.5lb trigger that fits for Jew York State patrol, I'd rather switch the shoe and polish the bar to get it to 3.5. With that said it's your duty as a shooter to test any and all mods you make to failure. If you install an aftermarket trigger you should at least go put 100 rounds, really 500, through the pistol after. If you have more than 2-4 critical failures then it's probably best to undo your mod.

Now that's not every gun. Like I said yesterday that PDP trigger is so fucking smooth I can't see how I could make it better so stock it will remain and as soon as I get my crossbreed holster in then it's joining my edc lineup.

Basically different strokes for different guns
 
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AGPinochet said:
Some time ago it was established that this thread is not only the Mega Rad Gun Thread, but also the Mega Rad Gear Thread. So I bring pics of IVAS 1.2: NVG Mount Boogaloo
Looks way less gay.
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IVAS Gen3 With NVG Mount

Predicted last year, though pictured is the gen3 supposedly coming in 2026, not the 1.5 or whatever this is.
 

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WelperHelper99 said:
Listened to that in the car- I'm on a road trip rn- it's really interesting how those Viking bastards not only discovered America but figured out guns, even as crude as they were.

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On my own note, a bit of a discussion I've had in my head: 38 Special vs 9mm. Both fired from a 4 inch barrel are roughly equal, both have been chambered in semi autos and revolvers despite being suited for one type over the other, and at least with .38, it's proven to be quite good out of a 1.75-2 inch barrel as far as the FBI with its load is concerned. Both are still in use with police forces around the world despite being well over 100 years old, and yes, that includes revolvers, which continue to be a popular self defense option despite very good and affordable sub compact semi autos existing.

So with this argument in mind, which is better? Or are both strong in their own category despite slight advantages over the other in certain areas? I'm truly interested to hear the responses.
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The problem is all about the legacy of .38 Special. At its heart it’s a black powder cartridge which limits the pressure to 17000 psi. All the FBI and police loads were loaded way beyond this pressure limit. While this put undue stress on the guns and limited their lifespan the Colt and S&W revolvers being carried by the police were capable of handling this. Even then shooting Winchester 110gr +P+ which is likely running 23-2600 psi is only moving at 1100 fps out of a 4” barrel. Compare that to Winchester 124gr bonded moving at 1150fps from a 4” barrel.

Another thing to be aware of is the difference in the way barrels are measured between revolvers and semi autos. Revolver barrel length is measured from the forcing cone while semi autos are measured from the bolt face. This means that a 4” barrel on a 9mm actually has has about 2.75” of rifling while a 4” .38 special revolver has 4” of rifling plus and another 1.5” of cylinder.

TLDR: a top end .38 special round is comparable to a bottom end 9mm.
 
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PFM said:
Can we get an argument going about whether or not you should trust your daily carry to a custom trigger?
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Everyone I have ever seen parrot this argument has been a gigantic faggot arguing from feels instead of actual proof and data. To this day I have never, ever heard of a DGU being prosecuted because of a fucking trigger swap. People like to use the example of some shit ass cop in Miami from the 1980s, but that dude tampered with his duty weapon and he wasn't even being hit on charges related to that.

Like everything else, this is a training and personal perception issue, not a legal one. The only argument I would use to caution against blinging out your carry gun is the fact that you may not get it back during an investigation, not because some dipshit is going to try to put you in Gitmo over your punisher skull back plate.
 
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HumptiDouji said:
You're either tracking down a rare long slide 92FS, or biting the bullet and having custom gunsmith work done.
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I have watched that show multiple times and never realized that those were longslide M9s. I always assumed based on the trans that they were just FS chrome or Inox.

My original plan was just to get an Inox with some engraving and special grips.

Now I want a longslide M9 though, and probably wouldn't do anything to it aside from potential spring changes, but it sounds like those were competition models which probably had better trigger weight to begin with.

Edit: ah...competition long-slide kits...which don't look anything like the sword cutlass. I think I still want one but not as much as a Q5 Match SF if we're talking thousands of dollars in a pistol lol.
 
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I have watched that show multiple times and never realized that those were longslide M9s. I always assumed based on the trans that they were just FS chrome or Inox.

My original plan was just to get an Inox with some engraving and special grips.

Now I want a longslide M9 though, and probably wouldn't do anything to it aside from potential spring changes, but it sounds like those were competition models which probably had better trigger weight to begin with.

Edit: ah...competition long-slide kits...which don't look anything like the sword cutlass. I think I still want one but not as much as a Q5 Match SF if we're talking thousands of dollars in a pistol lol.
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I know your pain. Come to me when you get the gut punch of knowing that your chances of getting a 6 o clock revolver like Vash the Stampede limits you to the Rhino. XD
 
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