The Gun Thread

[Rhinox]

Sorry, the company I work for is Titan Protection.
As you can see, I've got the all black. The missus has the compact model in silver. Takes 15 round mags instead of 17 but it's an easy swap if she wants to use extended.

They are very nice guns, shoot well. And seriously, the weight. If you're a bigger person and have the upper body to hold the heft, this makes shooting and staying on target so much easier.
Mine is the 5 inch barrel so I did have to spend way too much on a holster again. Went with Valor holsters. It's . . . different.

 

[wonko the sane?]

May you never need to use it.

 

[Rhinox]

I've had to draw my gun a handful of times at work. I've been very lucky.
I do enjoy the range. Shooting is a very fun activity.

 

[Rhinox]

Oh, forgot to mention.

A company called Stopbox, they make personal gun safes. Mechanical, portable, very secure. They're having a buy one get one sale. So if you do have a handgun and don't have a safe for it, now would be a good time. $160 for two mechanical gun safes. That's pretty damn good.

 

[Caldwin]

I'm just thinking, if the next PlayStation is $1000+, going back to the shooting range may be the cheaper hobby!

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I wish. I don't have anything that's cheap to shoot.

Once I finally have some money I should look into some upgrades. It's probably time to admit .25 and .30 Carbine are never making a comeback.

 

[The Predaking]

So I have a question for you guys. My dad had a large arsenal of firearms, but he passed away in 2012, and I was wondering what the shelf life was for ammo. Like I know that he has some .223, 12 gauge, 22 LR, and 38 that is like 20-30 years old. Can that still be fired or should I dispose of it somehow?

Also, I am Glock guy myself. I got a 45 ACP back in 2011 for home defense, as I wanted something that was capable of taking down anyone high on drugs. Reading this thread makes me want to break the Glock out and clean it.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

So I have a question for you guys. My dad had a large arsenal of firearms, but he passed away in 2012, and I was wondering what the shelf life was for ammo. Like I know that he has some .223, 12 gauge, 22 LR, and 38 that is like 20-30 years old. Can that still be fired or should I dispose of it somehow?

Don't take this as professional advice because I have no idea what I'm doing, but I wouldn't worry about too much. I'd save the old .223 ammo for the apocalypse stash, and I'm probably being overly cautious there. Otherwise, eh. You're looking at some relatively low pressure stuff there. Sketchy .38 special ammo is not going to explode a modern revolver.

 

[The Predaking]

Does the .38 revolver being 50 years old matter? Most of the family firearms are older than me. Like, I remember my dad buying three new guns in my lifetime, the rest were ones that he had in or got from family.

 

[Caldwin]

Take it to a range before putting your life on the line with it. But if there's one thing about firearms, they're usually built to last.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Take it to a gunsmith before you fire it at the range. Don't wanna earn the nickname "lefty".

 

[CoffeeHorse]

My .25 is an absolute Saturday night special, but whoever built it was on their A game and I would trust my life to it.