New Guns

[marineimaging]

This weekend I picked up a .17 HMR from Rossi just so I would have the caliber to play with and see if it was all that they say it is. I am limited to 100 yards with my .22 magnum and thought why not see if it is worthwhile to reach out to 200 or so yards since I am moving to Colorado soon. Prairie dogs, beware!

I have a backup carry, rifle, and shotgun in my truck. I carry a 9mm Taurus and a Rossi .22/410 combo. Well, I got to church the other day and realized I had not holstered my .45 Springfield before leaving the house so I went back to the trunk and realized I didn't have ANY backup's in my car. Well, I remedied that real quick like. Got a .20/.223 Rossi Combo and my S&W .40 in there now. I recommend that everybody carries a backup in their vehicle if you can. I mean carry pistol, rifle, and shotgun. And enough ammo to last a couple of days.

 

[RaymondG]

What or who are you preparing to protect yourself from? and is it really that wise to to carry all this in a vehicle knowing that the enemy is out there seeking to steal and destroy?

 

[Dave G.]

I used to carry, I don't anymore. And around here to carry a spare in your car is legal if it is cable locked and unloaded with no ammo in the unoccupied car. So it's pretty much useless that way.

 

[A Realist]

I recommend that everybody carries a backup in their vehicle if you can. I mean carry pistol, rifle, and shotgun. And enough ammo to last a couple of days.

Two days worth of ammo in my vehicle?

Only if I'm making a weekly supply run during a zombie apocalypse.

 

[RaymondG]

Two days worth of ammo in my vehicle?

Only if I'm making a weekly supply run during a zombie apocalypse.

This is why I ask what the protection is for. Maybe the zombie apocalypse was foreseen.....This would be helpful information as oppose to just stating that everyone should place the means to gun down a multitude in their cars..

 

[devin553344]

This weekend I picked up a .17 HMR from Rossi just so I would have the caliber to play with and see if it was all that they say it is. I am limited to 100 yards with my .22 magnum and thought why not see if it is worthwhile to reach out to 200 or so yards since I am moving to Colorado soon. Prairie dogs, beware!

I have a backup carry, rifle, and shotgun in my truck. I carry a 9mm Taurus and a Rossi .22/410 combo. Well, I got to church the other day and realized I had not holstered my .45 Springfield before leaving the house so I went back to the trunk and realized I didn't have ANY backup's in my car. Well, I remedied that real quick like. Got a .20/.223 Rossi Combo and my S&W .40 in there now. I recommend that everybody carries a backup in their vehicle if you can. I mean carry pistol, rifle, and shotgun. And enough ammo to last a couple of days.

When I was in the marines we used to shoot body silhouettes at 500 meters, or half a click. And that was with M-16 or .223. I understand liking guns. I grew up in a police family and trained with SWAT once. It can be pretty fun. What kinda targets do you use?

 

[Darkhorse]

I recommend that everybody carries a backup in their vehicle if you can. I mean carry pistol, rifle, and shotgun. And enough ammo to last a couple of days.

Sounds like a good plan. I traditionally have had a backup pistol in each car, but realized the other day that I hadn't put one in my wife's car that we bought last year. Tonight I'll ask which gun she wants in her car, and the other will go in the family van.

 

[Dave G.]

It's what marines were trained for. It's hard to kick the habit, they're trained to be ready. So I guess he's ready. I might ask, would you prefer a trained marine with guns sitting next to you in church or some delusional vigilante ? I'll take the marine, I've known a few in my lifetime.

 

[A Realist]

Maybe the zombie apocalypse was foreseen.....This would be helpful information

My post was a joke. I hope you're not serious.

If so, there's another type of forum here for that kind of stuff: Eschatology - Endtimes & Prophecy Forum or Christian Preppers

Or maybe this is more of your thing:
www.roamersandlurkers.com/

Please, no EOTWAWKI speculation here.

 

[devin553344]

Please, no EOTWAWKI speculation here.

That you even know what EOTWAWKI means is making me LOL.

 

[RaymondG]

My post was a joke. I hope you're not serious.

If so, there's another type of forum here for that kind of stuff: Eschatology - Endtimes & Prophecy Forum or Christian Preppers

Please, no EOTWAWKI speculation here.

I read nothing about zombies in the bible......but i would see no fault if you saw them there.

It seems unwise to have many guns and ammo in an unattended car......and even more so to let others know that they are there and this may be a norm for the town or group of people.

Any explanation would go a long way.....and I wouldnt mind if Zombies were in it.

 

[A Realist]

I read nothing about zombies in the bible......but i would see no fault if you saw them there.

It seems unwise to have many guns and ammo in an unattended car......and even more so to let others know that they are there and this may be a norm for the town or group of people.

Any explanation would go a long way.....and I wouldnt mind if Zombies were in it.

Uh.....sure.....OK.

 

[A Realist]

That you even know what EOTWAWKI means is making me LOL.

Hunting and target shooting are hobbies of mine, and I've run into all kinds of crazy stuff out there on the internet.

 

[devin553344]

Hunting and target shooting are hobbies of mine, and I've run into all kinds of crazy stuff out there on the internet.

I get the same thing from physics hobbies. Usually conspiracy theories.

 

[Silverback]

It's what marines were trained for. It's hard to kick the habit, they're trained to be ready. So I guess he's ready. I might ask, would you prefer a trained marine with guns sitting next to you in church or some delusional vigilante ? I'll take the marine, I've know a few in my lifetime.

What about sitting next to a Navy Corpsman who served with the Infantry, and Artillery?

 

[Dave G.]

What about sitting next to a Navy Corpsman who served with the Infantry, and Artillery?

That's fine too, but the OP is a Marine is all. My dad was a WWII Navy Vet. You get thumbs up from me !

 

[marineimaging]

I used to carry, I don't anymore. And around here to carry a spare in your car is legal if it is cable locked and unloaded with no ammo in the unoccupied car. So it's pretty much useless that way.

I don't know where you live but in Texas that isn't so and as to why? Because I can and because I like to hunt. I drive through the National Forest pretty often and sometimes I will stop and spend an hour hunting or scouting for feral hogs or rabbits, or what ever is in season. As for thieves, heck, why own a car? Why own a home? Why own anything. They can all be stolen. We've had ours stolen more than once and I learned there is nothing I can do to stop them but sleep in the car with a gun and booby traps. The sleeping and the gun are o.k., but the booby traps are illegal so that is out. In addition the government of the United States says you should be ready for any emergency that comes along. Right?

 

[Dave G.]

I don't know where you live but in Texas that isn't so and as to why? Because I can and because I like to hunt. I drive through the National Forest pretty often and sometimes I will stop and spend an hour hunting or scouting for feral hogs or rabbits, or what ever is in season. As for thieves, heck, why own a car? Why own a home? Why own anything. They can all be stolen. We've had ours stolen more than once and I learned there is nothing I can do to stop them but sleep in the car with a gun and booby traps. The sleeping and the gun are o.k., but the booby traps are illegal so that is out. In addition the government of the United States says you should be ready for any emergency that comes along. Right?

That's fine, what ever ! I just stated what our law is here is all. I figured yours was different, all I can say is good.

 

[marineimaging]

That's fine, what ever ! I just stated what our law is here is all. I figured yours was different, all I can say is good.

I grew up in a small town in SE Texas where hunting and fishing is almost second nature. At one time I determined where I lived according to how long it took me to get to the bayou and from there to the river and down the river to the bay and the bay to the Gulf of Mexico. If it took too long then we had to look for a home closer. Not so much now but some things are hard to give up.

 

[marineimaging]

When I was in the marines we used to shoot body silhouettes at 500 meters, or half a click. And that was with M-16 or .223. I understand liking guns. I grew up in a police family and trained with SWAT once. It can be pretty fun. What kinda targets do you use?

Same here. Half of my family (me included) covered the gambit from reserve to chief, and fire/EMT. As for targets, what ever I can get my hands on at the moment. 12 inch round or diamond paper at 100 yards. Old CAD drawings for shotgun patterns. Cans, stumps, and what ever is walking and legal game in the woods. But, I don't shoot steel as I don't have any. We used to idle along the bayou banks at night spotlighting swamp rabbits and bull frogs. Used my granddads .22 Winchester pump or the Ranger 101 410.