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Falcos_Commisar said:
Welp, my new FFL confirmed it, Ruger is having production issues and a backlog at the moment. Fucking hell.


Oh and now Beretta owns ~25% of Ruger.


I have a feeling in exactly 3.1 years Beretta will attempt to buy Ruger.
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I'm helping? $200 mail in rebate made my 92XI cost less than a Gen 6 Glock, lmao.
 
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Falcos_Commisar said:
Welp, my new FFL confirmed it, Ruger is having production issues and a backlog at the moment. Fucking hell.


Oh and now Beretta owns ~25% of Ruger.


I have a feeling in exactly 3.1 years Beretta will attempt to buy Ruger.
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Beretta has been a good thing for the gunmaker's they've bought out. Sako/Tikka, Holland & Holland, etc. I wouldn't be too concerned ATM.
Troon_Patrol said:
I see your POV. "Hit them with fucking cannon. no immediate follows up necessary", Right? Very "Harry Callahan", I respect that my father has the same mantra. I'd rather double tap, retain my hearing and know if I missed or the threat remains I've got another 14 chances to neutralize.
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Funnily enough, I encountered the reason why i carry big guns today.
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A black Bear! I tracked it around our mountain. There was a very fresh pile of scat, overturned rocks and trees stripped of bark which are the primary bear signs in the deep woods. I kept the wind in my face and worked my way around the mountain following an old sled road (animals take the path of least resistance just like us). Managed to get about 30 yards from it at my closest. If I wasn't actively looking for this bear i could have walked right into it, and this part of the woods is basically wide open. just shows how important situational awareness is.

It's good practice for Bear season. I had some 220 grain soft point round nose loaded in my .30-06.
 
Seething Bazelgeuse said:
Anyone have any experience with RIA's stuff? TAC ULTRA FS gives me pajeet vibes so I'm immediately suspicious of the quality, but I want a 10mm 1911 and I'd rather not spend twice as much for a Delta Elite. I also weirdly like the more rectangular 1911s with the full rail over the traditional style.
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I don't recommend the Delta Elite. If you want a decent 10mm 1911 I think the Springfield Ronin, the Kimber Custom II GFO, or the Tisas D10 are solid options. All can be had new for under $800.

I have a double stack RIA 10mm. It was the first 10mm 1911 I ever bought. I got it cheap then put about its purchase price in upgrades into it. It's only okay. I think your money is better spent elsewhere.
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Romulus augustulus said:
this whole conundrum is why .300 black never interested me, because if you need supers for assured performance, why bother with .300 to begin with? if your not breaking the sound barrier the best thing to have is a projectile with as big of a diameter as you can because hydro static and hydraulic shock are not a factor at those velocities. A ~10 inch .500 S&W lever gun (or single shot) has always appealed to me, but I don't care to go through the SBR process on a gun i'm not building at home.
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Putting aside that .300 BLK excels at killing unarmored or lightly armored people out of a suppressed SBR inside of 100m (and it's not good for much beyond that, no matter what people say), I'd like to point out that one could make any SBR they want to and the government can get fucked thinking it can tell people how to exercise their natural rights.

In a dream about someone playing Minecraft, of course.
Romulus augustulus said:
I'm fortunate to live in a rural area where my most likely opponent is dogs, Coy-wolves
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Coy-wolves? Is that some kind of furry thing?
 
Dean Pentel said:
Coy-wolves? Is that some kind of furry thing?
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furry here, no it isn't. coyotes and wolves are 2 separate species but they can still hybridize and produce fertile offspring (don't ask me why they're considered separate species if that's the case idgi either). this used to not happen much, as both:
1. their differing behaviors meant they didn't like to breed with each other,
2. these hybrids generally weren't well-adapted enough to survive
until humans did their thing screwing with nature and now there's hybrids running around (namely in the eastern 1/3rd of the usa), as the wolves' population greatly declined and coyotes moved in on wolf habitat, so the remaining wolves bred with coyotes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coywolf fascinating stuff. they usually have domestic dog dna too. truly, the amerimutts of nature.
 
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BikeLock said:
As an owner of a Delta Elite.

I don't, either.
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The Delta Elite logo is the best thing about the Delta Elite. The rest is kinda sucky. Which, to be honest is true of most off standard 1911's. The 1911 was designed around .45 ACP. The .38 super auto was designed around the 1911. other cartridges were designed for other guns and while they can be made to work with high enough QC, there will always be more chances of hangups. Take 9mm for example. the first 9mm 1911's came in 1949. but they weren't entirely ironed out until what? the 90s? early 2000s? and shitty ones still have issues.
 
Thread homies, does anyone here have hands-on experience with the new S&W Bodyguard 2.0? I never thought I'd be in the market for an actual pocket pistol but now I am. It seems like a good one so I wanted to reach out and ask you all about it.
 
Blasterisk said:
Shotguns are fine for what they do, but if they were optimal for killing humans more militaries would issue them.
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Situational. Assault rifles are optimal for squad based tactics in sustained fights at medium range. Shotguns are optimal for an individual facing a small number of unarmored targets at close range.

The long barrel on shotguns is a reasonable complaint and may depend on how your home is laid out. However.

The average self defense situation involves two shots. Now it is your absolute right as an American citizen to have as many rounds as you want, but in practical terms, it is ridiculously unlikely that you'll empty the average combat shotgun defending your house from future engineers. Shotguns have relatively less risk of overpenetration. But most importantly, buckshot is insanely and instantly traumatic. Yes, you still have to aim a shotgun, but precise shot placement is less important, which can be hard in the middle of the night under extreme stress. Anything unarmored you touch with buckshot at indoor distances is FUCKING DEAD. Immediate lights out, no questions asked. Home defense favors overwhelming front loaded force over staying power.

Fite me. I'll bring my shotgun.
 
Bogliacci said:
The vp9cc has proven fantastic, the only micro9 that hasn't been a chore to shoot out of the box in my experience. Can't wait for my holster to ship to start carrying it.

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750rds through the vp9cc today, I double down on this being one of the nicest and funnest micro9s that ive ever shot and ive run the gamut of slimline glocks, hellcats, and p365s.
 
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xf7ub2LMGZj%yV said:
it's simple as they don't do it online, I know a guy who is like a serious drive across the country competitor, he buys ammo locally and sometimes even buys pallets at a time.

It's also why gunbroker prices sometimes get weird. Boomers(or well a lot of people) don't do any research into pricing.
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the online auctions on like proxibid start out promising then they balloon to like worse than gunbroker pricing because they all try and go through life like ted turner or some shit
 
Troon_Patrol said:
I have a theory that's why the SS presidential Whitehouse detail has the pussy 5.7 in use. They just want to FA spray an active threat.
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It wouldn't surprise me if the Secret Service does also use the FN P90, but I'm pretty sure the detail guarding PotUS is using the HK MP7, which is chambered for 4.6x30mm and not 5.7x28mm that the P90 and FiveseveN chamber. Designed to fill the same role: lots of small caliber, high velocity jacketed lead on target with a small package and easily controllable on full-send, but very different cartridges. And mag dump is pretty much the name of the game with both the MP7 and P90 since the terminal effects on target with those high velocity ice picks isn't exactly spectacular.
 
Romulus augustulus said:
A black Bear! I tracked it around our mountain. There was a very fresh pile of scat, overturned rocks and trees stripped of bark which are the primary bear signs in the deep woods. I kept the wind in my face and worked my way around the mountain following an old sled road (animals take the path of least resistance just like us). Managed to get about 30 yards from it at my closest. If I wasn't actively looking for this bear i could have walked right into it, and this part of the woods is basically wide open. just shows how important situational awareness is.

It's good practice for Bear season. I had some 220 grain soft point round nose loaded in my .30-06.
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Gigachad behavior tbh.

Also, what a handsome rifle..... A R700 or a Model 70?
Dean Pentel said:
Thread homies, does anyone here have hands-on experience with the new S&W Bodyguard 2.0? I never thought I'd be in the market for an actual pocket pistol but now I am. It seems like a good one so I wanted to reach out and ask you all about it.
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Yes I have one. The little .380 BG 2.0 is great if you understand it's TINY and even a tilting barrel can't really beat physics.

It snaps but it's not too bad and it's thin as hell while being light.

It's probably the best pocket .380 out right now, the Ruger competition isn't quite as good.
 
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