Otherwise, GIMMIE BRRRRRRRRRRRRT! Seriously, if it weren't for ammo costs, the damn NFA, and the Huges Amendment, I'd probably own at least one MP5 clone, with a detachable 3-lug suppressor for easy maintenance.
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In a lightweight car, it's potentially enough to get it rollin' ).ĥ: Lead pollution complaints. Unless it's stainless steel).ģ: NFA (f**k you too BATFE, and FUDD politicos who passed the act in the first place, and the damn rigged Miller court that upheld the act).Ĥ: Portability (you do realize how heavy even "backpack" of linked ammo would be, right? And then there's the recoil. My guess is that it was a trade-in from the local PD clearing out their closets or something, judging by what I got it for and the near-complete lack of use aside from holster wear and light rust spots (EVERYTHING rusts around here, no matter what you do. It doesn't have any fancy markings, just an ordinary Model 10. 357 for that myself IIRC ol' Elmer Keith back in the day hunted some moose and griz with the round in a 150 grain configuration, just to prove it to potential customers. Heck, with 5+inch barrel and good hardcast ammo with 180+grain bullets, you've got a gun that'll generally penn a griz skull, even, though I wouldn't want to rely on just a. If you have the money, you can't go wrong with a S&W N-frame of new production, and if you can't afford that, there's the GP-100 and other old tanks for sale used. 158 grain JHPs are no joke when they deliver over 548ft/lbs from 4+inch barrel, and shooting something like a GP100 couldn't be easier. If you need weight, or just plain increased power over the Nine. Otherwise, I'd just stick with a Nine: better capacity, cheap practice ammo, and quality defensive ammo that is basically on par with most forty shorty minus some bullet weight, all with less recoil and easier shooting than the forty. IIRC, there are plenty of old, full-steel S&Ws in forty shorty if that's what you're going for. 45, probably with less capacity than The Nine, and with oddball mags to boot.
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They're just plain great! The only reason they cost so little is because we can import them directly from ex-combloc countries if we had to assemble them in the USA like we do with a bunch of AKMs, we'd probably be paying A LOT more.Īlso.40 1911? I may not be fond of the 1911 (damn the US Army and their grip safety folly), but making one in. 40 S&W?Ĭorolla? The SKS is a frikkin' Caddy! Good ergos, nice irons, pleasant recoil, easy to reload (for a gun with a fixed mag), good handling, all-machined parts, beautiful furniture even on service vets like mine (it's called "character", dammit), (relatively) inexpensive ammo, reasonable accuracy, reasonable noise and muzzle blast, easy to clean, tough, reliable, no tools needed for general work, no pins to accidentally drop with a simple field strip. Well it's hard not to have a following when you're the Toyota Corolla of guns.ĭo ya'll know of any good 1911s in.