Addicted (way OT)

[Navydoc]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]SDR: You haven’t lived till you’ve fired old “Ma Deuce”, the Browning M2 .50cal. Second most fun thing you can do without taking your clothes off (first most fun thing is jumping out of an airplane, another activity I highly recommend).
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Allan I can’t believe you said that. You have no idea how many times I’ve said those (almost) exact words. My only difference was I said it was the MOST fun I’ve had with my clothes on (I’ve not jumped out of a perfectly good airplane yet). I’m also a big fan of the SAW, although I shoot left handed and the cloud of spent cartridges and belt clips being ejected into my field of vision can be a bit of a distraction.

I’m surprised your S&W gave up the ghost after only 25,000 rounds. I’ve seen some the pros use with more than 100,000 rounds through them and they’re still going strong. You sure what went wrong with it wasn’t fixable? Almost everything on those guns is repairable/replaceable, even the frame (new serial # of course).

As for the OP, totally agree with you SDR, and when I move to Maryland this summer I’m planning to teach my wife to shoot as well. She’s terrified of my gun collection right now, but I have a feeling once she’s more comfortable with them she’ll feel a little differently.

As for home defense I kinda like the scary dog option. Nothing like a snarling animal that moves a lot faster than you do to instill fear. The burglar doesn’t need to know that the dog just wants to lick them to death.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

NavyDoc: The M249 came after my time. I loved the M-60A3 (with the shortened barrel and foregrip), which was sort of the forerunner to the SAW.

I fired way too many 125gr JHPs and JSPs out of my Smith and eventually wrecked the forcing cone (which was why experts recommended NOT firing a lot of 125gr). I suppose those hot loaded 158s didn’t help, either.

I don’t know if you ever had the opportunity, but we also had “liberated” a 20mm AA gun that we used for perimeter defense (in concert with the .50cal). That thing was waaaaaay fun to shoot.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

NavyDoc: The M249 came after my time. I loved the M-60A3 (with the shortened barrel and foregrip), which was sort of the forerunner to the SAW.

I fired way too many 125gr JHPs and JSPs out of my Smith and eventually wrecked the forcing cone (which was why experts recommended NOT firing a lot of 125gr). I suppose those hot loaded 158s didn’t help, either.

I don’t know if you ever had the opportunity, but we also had “liberated” a 20mm AA gun that we used for perimeter defense (in concert with the .50cal). That thing was waaaaaay fun to shoot.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

NavyDoc: The M249 came after my time. I loved the M-60A3 (with the shortened barrel and foregrip), which was sort of the forerunner to the SAW.

I fired way too many 125gr JHPs and JSPs out of my Smith and eventually wrecked the forcing cone (which was why experts recommended NOT firing a lot of 125gr). I suppose those hot loaded 158s didn’t help, either.

I don’t know if you ever had the opportunity, but we also had “liberated” a 20mm AA gun that we used for perimeter defense (in concert with the .50cal). That thing was waaaaaay fun to shoot.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

NavyDoc: The M249 came after my time. I loved the M-60A3 (with the shortened barrel and foregrip), which was sort of the forerunner to the SAW.

I fired way too many 125gr JHPs and JSPs out of my Smith and eventually wrecked the forcing cone (which was why experts recommended NOT firing a lot of 125gr). I suppose those hot loaded 158s didn’t help, either.

I don’t know if you ever had the opportunity, but we also had “liberated” a 20mm AA gun that we used for perimeter defense (in concert with the .50cal). That thing was waaaaaay fun to shoot.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

NavyDoc: The M249 came after my time. I loved the M-60A3 (with the shortened barrel and foregrip), which was sort of the forerunner to the SAW.

I fired way too many 125gr JHPs and JSPs out of my Smith and eventually wrecked the forcing cone (which was why experts recommended NOT firing a lot of 125gr). I suppose those hot loaded 158s didn’t help, either.

I don’t know if you ever had the opportunity, but we also had “liberated” a 20mm AA gun that we used for perimeter defense (in concert with the .50cal). That thing was waaaaaay fun to shoot.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CostaMesa: As opposed to those gun aficionados who just like to shoot?

I’ve been shooting on ranges and competitively since I was 10. My dad was a former Marine DI, so shooting was part of my life from a very young age. I was also taught that a gun is nothing more than a tool and not to mythologize it or its powers.

I would agree that there are folks out there that are probably overcompensating, but most of the people that I see at my range are there for the same reasons that I am.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CostaMesa: As opposed to those gun aficionados who just like to shoot?

I’ve been shooting on ranges and competitively since I was 10. My dad was a former Marine DI, so shooting was part of my life from a very young age. I was also taught that a gun is nothing more than a tool and not to mythologize it or its powers.

I would agree that there are folks out there that are probably overcompensating, but most of the people that I see at my range are there for the same reasons that I am.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CostaMesa: As opposed to those gun aficionados who just like to shoot?

I’ve been shooting on ranges and competitively since I was 10. My dad was a former Marine DI, so shooting was part of my life from a very young age. I was also taught that a gun is nothing more than a tool and not to mythologize it or its powers.

I would agree that there are folks out there that are probably overcompensating, but most of the people that I see at my range are there for the same reasons that I am.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CostaMesa: As opposed to those gun aficionados who just like to shoot?

I’ve been shooting on ranges and competitively since I was 10. My dad was a former Marine DI, so shooting was part of my life from a very young age. I was also taught that a gun is nothing more than a tool and not to mythologize it or its powers.

I would agree that there are folks out there that are probably overcompensating, but most of the people that I see at my range are there for the same reasons that I am.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CostaMesa: As opposed to those gun aficionados who just like to shoot?

I’ve been shooting on ranges and competitively since I was 10. My dad was a former Marine DI, so shooting was part of my life from a very young age. I was also taught that a gun is nothing more than a tool and not to mythologize it or its powers.

I would agree that there are folks out there that are probably overcompensating, but most of the people that I see at my range are there for the same reasons that I am.

[Coronita]

I have to ask. Do any of you consider buying a vehicle with bullet resistant glass and armor plating?

I gave serious consideration to this at one time when i was spending a lot of time in L.A.

[Coronita]

I have to ask. Do any of you consider buying a vehicle with bullet resistant glass and armor plating?

I gave serious consideration to this at one time when i was spending a lot of time in L.A.

[Coronita]

I have to ask. Do any of you consider buying a vehicle with bullet resistant glass and armor plating?

I gave serious consideration to this at one time when i was spending a lot of time in L.A.

[Coronita]

I have to ask. Do any of you consider buying a vehicle with bullet resistant glass and armor plating?

I gave serious consideration to this at one time when i was spending a lot of time in L.A.

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