Random Spoon Pics Thread

[Por_sha911]

(what are we looking at here?)

[sc_rufctr]

Twin .50 Cal machine guns. It looks like they're mounted on the deck of a ship.

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

A friend of mine just purchased a P365-XMACRO COMP. She wanted a Sig and this is the one that was comfortable in her hand. Any positive remarks or suggestions I can share with her about her choice?

I have one of those. Got it from a court case as my fees. Super nice. It's about the same size as a Glock 43 but holds 17 rounds instead of the 43's 6+1 round capacity. Trade off though is that many rounds adds weight. Shoots like a dream.


I'd highly recommend some fabric tape on the grip if she plans on concealed carry. That stuff on the grip is like sand paper and will most definitely take off a layer of skin.

[Por_sha911]

Happy Ruger 10/22 day!

[Rick Lee]

Snagged a CZ Rami 2075 BD in a trade yesterday. This thing is surprisingly awesome. Took her to the range today to run some rounds through. Gonna flip her, though. Just don't need another CCW piece.

[azasadny]

[azasadny]

[Rick Lee]

That P220 is gorgeous. I have its P226 twin.

[azasadny]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

That P220 is gorgeous. I have its P226 twin.

Thanks! I have 2 Sig 226's also as well as a 220 and a 236 and 238

[Rick Lee]

Picked up another P220 Carry last week. I had bid on GB and forgotten about it. I don't know why no one else bid. The nickel controls were added when the previous owner did a trigger job. Very badass gun.



My new bedside version.



P228 I sold a while ago.

[berettafan]

Speed Queens and Sigs, quality is recognized around here.

[sc_rufctr]

This is a handsome little gun!

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Snagged a CZ Rami 2075 BD in a trade yesterday. This thing is surprisingly awesome. Took her to the range today to run some rounds through. Gonna flip her, though. Just don't need another CCW piece.

[Racerbvd]

[Rick Lee]

Well, a .45ACP Tommy Gun is not nearly as powerful as 5.56. But there were plenty of other full auto rifle calibers in those days too. Who doesn't want a BAR?

[osidak]

I think 5-10 rounds of 230g 45ACP is rapid succession might trump a 50-60g 5.56

[chrisbalich]

Originally Posted by osidak

I think 5-10 rounds of 230g 45ACP is rapid succession might trump a 50-60g 5.56

It's a reasonable certainty that feedback will be difficult to gather from the receiver of either.

[Jeff Higgins]

How many of you guys have actually killed anything with either round?

My use of the .223 includes prairie dogs and rock chucks, by very conservative estimate, into the low four figures. An equally low estimate on coyotes would be "dozens", but I bet it's in the low three figures. With that experience, observing what happens when even an average coyote gets hit, I would never use it on anything larger.

I've never hunted with the .45 ACP, but I do have extensive experience with its predecessor, the .45 Colt, the very round it was intended to match ballistically. Early on I thought I needed modern day "magnumized" loads featuring 300 grain bullets at 1,200-1,300 fps. It took me a few years of putting up with that level of blast and recoil to learn otherwise.

My hunting is now done with loads that mimic the original black powder .45 Colt. They are pretty darn close to the .45 ACP when it is fired from the Thompson. The only difference between them and my old "magnum" loads is that they don't dig as deep into the hillside on the other side of the animal. They still go all the way through, even on one 3/4 angle "raking shot" on an elk.

I've killed a pretty good variety of big game in the last 30 plus years with that load. Game that there is no way on Earth a .223 would do anything but wound. The real world difference in killing power is tremendous. "Paper ballistics" only tell us so much. They are far too heavily weighted to velocity, which simply does not provide a realistic picture of what is really needed.

Don't discount the .45 ACP based on "energy" alone. Bullet weight and diameter have a role in this as well.

[John Rogers]

This is for the "real rifle shooters": It is a muzzle loader I decided to sell. Made about 1960 by a craftsman named Wilburn (Web) Terry who still holds records in the unlimited "round ball" matches at Friendship Indiana and is in the Friendship muzzle loaders Hall of Fame at 2000. The stock looks like a chunk or 2x6 frame material painted with house paint. But there is a Douglass XX Stainless Steel Heavy Gauge barrel made around 1955-1960.
John Rogers the oldracer

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by John Rogers

This is for the "real rifle shooters": It is a muzzle loader I decided to sell. Made about 1960 by a craftsman named Wilburn (Web) Terry who still holds records in the unlimited "round ball" matches at Friendship Indiana and is in the Friendship muzzle loaders Hall of Fame at 2000. The stock looks like a chunk or 2x6 frame material painted with house paint. But there is a Douglass XX Stainless Steel Heavy Gauge barrel made around 1955-1960.
John Rogers the oldracer

Very nice..

[John Rogers]

Thank you Byron, I did not realize what I had, except for some parts but this was my first shots at 100 yards, pure lead round ball and NO sights! I put the barrel top at the top of the white spot and was shocked as were the other shooters at the range with me.
John Rogers the oldracer