Yep, you don't have a Wilson Combat grip module for your P320.
Gun Ownership - NO politics, just "Do you or do you not own a firearm"
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NewCaineFluf
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Ah I can totally see that they do seem very large especially if you compare them to a Glock in the same caliber. I 100% agree with you on the design aspects of it. Time to be thankful for big hands then lmao
What can guns do? The worst I've seen is dripping oil onto nice slacks. The Dry Cleaner got it out though.
Glad to see how standoffish you are. Thanks for outing yourself.
supposubly24
Tourist
I don’t, but want to for fun
Michelle Flores
Tourist
There will never be a shortage of weapons. When they are needed someone is going to show up with them. Look at Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatamala, Columbia or any Latin American country with a history of internal conflict. They didn't have the open market or the culture(I mean gun obsessed culture) that America has. There were a lot of restrictions on private ownership. Somehow it ended up that everyone had some kind of rifle. It's almost like somebody in a pick up truck showed up and just started throwing them out in a crowd. Just like in Iraq, Afghanistan, or wherever. Where did all the guns come from in Belfast. They just didn't pop out of nowhere.
They got armed guards at the KFC in Mexico City. Guys with shot guns guarding a 12 piece buckets of chicken.
There's armed guards at most markets I've been to in Mexico, not just KFC. There's armed guards at Vallartas and other mexican markets in the states too, makes it feel more like home.
IHO
Citizen of Zooville
Welp, here's the little .380 I mentioned, with size context. Waiting-period over so I picked it up and went straight to the range. Only 1 miss-feed with FMJ out of 180+ rounds (both FMJ and HP)! IMO that's pretty good for an out-of-the-box-new pocket pistol. I've never had great luck with the budget sub-compacts, but the LCP has been around for a while and I saw decent reviews.
I like it for what it is, and I'll definitely prefer carrying it over the 9mm when it makes sense. It was on-sale for $200, so why not?
The grip only fits my middle and ring fingers, but it looks like I can get extra-finger mag extensions.
It's accurate enough for close-range. It doesn't have a safety, but the long, stiff trigger-pull makes me feel better about keeping one chambered - unlike no-safety, striker-fired models with the short, light trigger-pulls which I'm convinced would blow my balls off the first time I sat down or something.
I sincerely hope I never, ever need to use it off the range.
I also picked up some Tannerite targets to take out with my long rifle next weekend. I've never shot them before but I've seen some vids and they look like a lot of fun. ?
[Moving this here from the "For Gun Owners" thread]
For anyone who cares, or is just bored and keeping their eyes busy, here's an update on this pistol: IMO, it's great.
It's light and compact enough that I can wear it inside my waistband like it belongs there, and not so uncomfortable that I have to remove it when sitting or driving. It's more comfy when I do, of course, but I don't have to.
I wore it around for a full day to test it out and by the end of the day I had nearly forgotten it was there. I mean, I was aware of it's presence, like a cell phone in a back pocket.
I've put about 500 rounds through it at this point and it runs like a champ no matter what type of .380 ammo I put into it. Not a single malfunction since the 1 miss-feed during the first few hundred rounds. I'm not sure if I was just lucky and got a "good one", or if it's because Ruger knows how to make reliable firearms.
This is the 3rd budget compact .380 I've ever purchased. The other 2 - a Lorcin and a Cobra, both of which I eventually traded off - taught me one very important thing about cheap pistols: assume you may initially have only 1 shot to save your life with. This was also my experience with the 9mm SCCY DVG-1. CPX-1 runs great if I don't use anything heavier than 115 grains.
Not the case with this little Ruger, however - it fuckin' delivers, or at least mine does.
Definitely a close-range weapon; accuracy gets quickly "relaxed" as the distance increases (but the barrel is less than 3 inches).
It's my new primary CC and I decided I like it so much that I got the 1-inch mag extensions for a full grip, a tiny-but-bright little spotlight attached to the front of the trigger-guard, and a belt-clip attachment so I don't need a holster. The trigger pull is stiff-and-long enough that there's no chance it's going off in my pants (if I keep one chambered).
There's really no place for a red-dot, but it's range doesn't really justify one, anyway. Unless you put a laser on it, quickly aiming this one is the equivalent of pointing your finger.
If I had any complaints, it would be that the built-in sites suck on dark targets. They're pretty bad in general. I may actually paint some white dots on them to improve them. Also, it only holds 6+1 rounds. A sacrifice for the size, I imagine. Maybe down the road I'll try the LCP MAX and see if I like it better. It's still .380, but holds 10+1. The price is also twice the cost of the LCP.
Is it too obvious I don't have a lot of folks in my life I can "talk guns" with? ?
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IHO
Citizen of Zooville
Unfortunately, my "shop" is not so endowed. But I think I'd love to get into using a lathe. Couldn't a rudimentary one be rigged up using a power drill, a dulled spike, and a couple of vices? ?
IHO
Citizen of Zooville
Well I was picking up some ammo about a week ago and there was a brand new, cheap-as-shit, semi-auto, 12-gauge shotgun on-sale for $200, so I bought it. First semi-auto shotgun I've ever owned or fired.
Since it was cheap (comparatively), I don't have to be nice to it. ? I immediately chopped the 28" barrel down to a (still legal) 18".
Semi-auto shotguns are insane. I love it. I couldn't even imagine firing a full-auto one. I didn't chop the shoulder stock, shoulder-stock = good. ?
BTW, movies and TVs often show people chopping off shotgun barrels with a hacksaw. Sure, if you want it to look like total shit. I used a cheap pipe-cutter typically used to cut copper plumbing pipe. Worked great; I got a clean, straight cut, and after cleaning it up with a file and spritzing it with a little flat-black spray-paint it looks like it came that way. I threw a cheap, magnetic fiber optic on the front for "general direction" aiming because, let's be honest, it's not a precision tool. ?
“Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up! See this? This… is my BOOMSTICK!”
Since it was cheap (comparatively), I don't have to be nice to it. ? I immediately chopped the 28" barrel down to a (still legal) 18".
Semi-auto shotguns are insane. I love it. I couldn't even imagine firing a full-auto one. I didn't chop the shoulder stock, shoulder-stock = good. ?
BTW, movies and TVs often show people chopping off shotgun barrels with a hacksaw. Sure, if you want it to look like total shit. I used a cheap pipe-cutter typically used to cut copper plumbing pipe. Worked great; I got a clean, straight cut, and after cleaning it up with a file and spritzing it with a little flat-black spray-paint it looks like it came that way. I threw a cheap, magnetic fiber optic on the front for "general direction" aiming because, let's be honest, it's not a precision tool. ?
“Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up! See this? This… is my BOOMSTICK!”
bibottom57
Tourist
I own 4 AR15s 1 AR10 in 308. 3 shotgun 12and 20 ga. 10 handguns 4 .22 rifles
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As the majority it appears here, I do qualify as an American, and I do own firearms, both handguns as well as long guns.This is primarily aimed (pun not intended - just one of life's happy little accidents) at Americans, but absolutely feel free to jump in no matter what your citizenship.
Not looking for "guns good/bad/scary/evil/life-savers/etc" stuff - Just curious, assuming you're willing to share, as to whether YOU LEGALLY OWN one or more firearms.
For purposes of this poll, when I say legally own, I mean you are legally allowed to have one in the jurisdiction you call home, and the one you have, if any, is legally yours - not borrowed, rented, or most especially, stolen.
I'll start it out by answering Yes, I do own one or more firearms, and am an American.
I'll expand a bit to note that I possess a concealed carry license, and routinely go armed with a revolver, as well as owning long guns, including a <GASP! Can't you just feel the evil sweating out of the next few words?> AR-15 semi-automatic rifle! A genuine (according to a rather brain-dead law - but I said no politics) Assault Weapon!
Wolve_2012
Tourist
American here. I currently own 5, and plan to buy more in time. Smith & Wesson SD9 9mm, Kimber Rapide .45, an Ar-15, WASR-10, and an M1 Garand.
lonewolf8422
Lurker
Yes, more than a few. I am from a conservative area and we have had unrest in the past and I am ready. FS2000 my favorite one.
FenrirSoul
Tourist
Im from Italy, and my dad has a gun in his room, me a katana (for trying in Iaido) and my body as im a black belt in karate.
But i was always curious to try get a license for it, but too lazy to do it, and the near shooting range is like 2hr away.....
But i was always curious to try get a license for it, but too lazy to do it, and the near shooting range is like 2hr away.....
IHO
Citizen of Zooville
I do that I think there is a point when it gets weird.
I feel I have a reasonable number that represents the most common ammunition. A 20ga and two 12ga shotguns (a pump and the new semi-auto), a basic mag-fed .22 rifle, two 5.56 rifles (a distance shooter with a 28 inch barrel, and the mean-looking shorty build I posted the pic of), a .45 1911A1, 9mm compact, and a .380 sub-compact. I also inherited an M1 Carbine and a tiny little .22 short revolver many years ago. So a very modest and diverse arsenal? I'd like to get a .308 long rifle, but I feel like if I get any more guns without getting rid of some I'm venturing into the "weird gun freak" zone.
I feel I have a reasonable number that represents the most common ammunition. A 20ga and two 12ga shotguns (a pump and the new semi-auto), a basic mag-fed .22 rifle, two 5.56 rifles (a distance shooter with a 28 inch barrel, and the mean-looking shorty build I posted the pic of), a .45 1911A1, 9mm compact, and a .380 sub-compact. I also inherited an M1 Carbine and a tiny little .22 short revolver many years ago. So a very modest and diverse arsenal? I'd like to get a .308 long rifle, but I feel like if I get any more guns without getting rid of some I'm venturing into the "weird gun freak" zone.
UR20Z
Dumpster Diver
The "weird gun freak zone" only exists in the minds of the antis, so no worriesI do that I think there is a point when it gets weird.
I feel I have a reasonable number that represents the most common ammunition. A 20ga and two 12ga shotguns (a pump and the new semi-auto), a basic mag-fed .22 rifle, two 5.56 rifles (a distance shooter with a 28 inch barrel, and the mean-looking shorty build I posted the pic of), a .45 1911A1, 9mm compact, and a .380 sub-compact. I also inherited an M1 Carbine and a tiny little .22 short revolver many years ago. So a very modest and diverse arsenal? I'd like to get a .308 long rifle, but I feel like if I get any more guns without getting rid of some I'm venturing into the "weird gun freak" zone.
"How many guns do you need?"
"One more!"
No such zone. Buy what you want (and can afford) just don't forget they have gotten a lot more expensive to feed over the last 30 yearsI do that I think there is a point when it gets weird.
I feel I have a reasonable number that represents the most common ammunition. A 20ga and two 12ga shotguns (a pump and the new semi-auto), a basic mag-fed .22 rifle, two 5.56 rifles (a distance shooter with a 28 inch barrel, and the mean-looking shorty build I posted the pic of), a .45 1911A1, 9mm compact, and a .380 sub-compact. I also inherited an M1 Carbine and a tiny little .22 short revolver many years ago. So a very modest and diverse arsenal? I'd like to get a .308 long rifle, but I feel like if I get any more guns without getting rid of some I'm venturing into the "weird gun freak" zone.
LustyGSD
Citizen of Zooville
Gun ownership is very restricted where I live so no, but if I lived in the states and had easier access I would most likely own a gun or two.
Top picks for ownership would be: Desert Eagle .50 AE, Remington Model 700, Karabiner 98k, AK-47... Mostly the guns I've enjoyed using in video games.
Top picks for ownership would be: Desert Eagle .50 AE, Remington Model 700, Karabiner 98k, AK-47... Mostly the guns I've enjoyed using in video games.
