Thread: New gun!

Then I'll take my positive review of my XD-M and stick right by it!

Originally Posted by Wildtim

The 1911 is a great gun but there are many other great guns too.

Thats not true, you better take that back!!!Youll go to hell for lying! Nuttins better'n a 1911! You can keep your better guns, and may God bless John Moses Browning!

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Thats not true, you better take that back!!!Youll go to hell for lying! Nuttins better'n a 1911! You can keep your better guns, and may God bless John Moses Browning!

You forgot to say that John Moses Browning could kick Chuck Norises ASS!!!

Originally Posted by Wildtim

You forgot to say that John Moses Browning could kick Chuck Norises ASS!!!

It goes without saying!

Went out again today (likely my last shooting outing of the year) and the carbine once again was like a laser beam. I also rented a Kimber full size 1911! I have to say, it was a very nice gun. I don't know that it'll be the next purchase, but a 1911 is certainly on the list. The main thing I liked was the balance of the gun. It wasn't too heavy, but it didn't feel super light whilst shooting.

I was able to go over my uncle's house the other day and tear up his backyard. I tell ya what....those JHP self-defense rounds really leave some serious divots in a yard.

I'm getting much more comfortable with the gun and can (relatively) accurately shoot it out to about 12 yards. At 15 yards, I couldn't hit the clay pigeon, but I was within an inch on a couple shots. It certainly isn't the arrow, it's the Indian!

I also got a chance to shoot my big bruiser, my .300WSM. I love it. It's not ridiculously accurate (again, because I'm not a great shot myself), but it's close enough to drop a deer out to 150 yards without question. Add in the size of the bullet, and it should drop whatever it's hitting right in its tracks.

We'll see though.

i also have a xd-40 mine is a sub-compact for concealed carry but for only having a 3 inch barrell it is extremely accurate

I have the XD-45 and that thing pounds nails all day long. Great weapon!!

Lynn

QuickOrange, sounds like a very typical show to me. I've been to too many of them, including on the other side of the table as a knife seller (that's a WHOLE 'nother world on the other side of the table!)

I still enjoy them primarily for the social aspect of hearing and telling stories, and for the odds and ends you can get there just like at any flea market, except for a few cooler things.

Bought 2 new guns just this week myself. One was planned--an over-and-under .410/.45 LC derringer I've been thinking about for years since I saw the ad in the Texas State Rifle Association magazine. It's from Leiner of Tennessee and like any derringer, it's a trick-and-a-half to figure out how to work it, do the safety on and off, load and unload, and figure out how to make which barrel fire what load.

Other gun was partly impulse...I bought a used gun that I'd sold last year and regretted it ever since because I still have all the VERY EXPENSIVE ammo and lots of it...and you really can't use .50 magnum in anything but the Smitty 50 revolver!

(No, it was not the exact same gun...but a consignment that had never been fired.)

And yes, it still spanks my palm as hard as ever! But I like it that it comes straight back atcha, instead of muzzle-flipping like the .454 Casull. Plus, it is just an incredibly badass-looking gun. It's so huge it's almost outlandishly cartoonish...you can clean the barrel with your little finger with a .50!

Of course, when I was buying it down in San Antonio, I got the obligatory young male customer chortling at me and saying, "Lady, what are you going to use THAT for?"

I replied with a huge, wolfish grin, "Anything I WANT to!"

He laughed, and I considered saying something smart like, "So, young man, since we're asking questions, what are YOU planning to use that little gun YOU'RE buying for?" but my artificial knee was hurting and I just wanted to wrap up and sit down.

Hard-core gun gal, that's me. Gonna shoot me a deer on Sunday because we need more venison (we live on 16 acres.)

i am going to get a concealed handgun license so's i can carry mine and shoot dogies here is texas... i'll posta picca minezez gunzez...