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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby TSKNIGHT on Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:55 am

Grayskies wrote:I have enough ammo, if you can have enough? I'm trying to buy a new compact Glock to be my carry pistol.


There are a few pistols out there, but the prices aren't all that great right now.
Trouble with going to a new carry pistol is how much ammo I'd go through to make sure it's reliable.
Picked up a 9mm Shield EZ in January. Have about 300 rounds through it so far with two failures to go fully into battery and one stove pipe. All with Blazer brass. Is going to need a little more work before I'm willing to move it into my carry stable.
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Lumpy on Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:39 am

Grayskies wrote:I have enough ammo, if you can have enough?


This comes close, at least when carrying:

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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Grayskies on Sat Apr 10, 2021 3:48 pm

TSKNIGHT wrote:
Grayskies wrote:I have enough ammo, if you can have enough? I'm trying to buy a new compact Glock to be my carry pistol.


There are a few pistols out there, but the prices aren't all that great right now.
Trouble with going to a new carry pistol is how much ammo I'd go through to make sure it's reliable.
Picked up a 9mm Shield EZ in January. Have about 300 rounds through it so far with two failures to go fully into battery and one stove pipe. All with Blazer brass. Is going to need a little more work before I'm willing to move it into my carry stable.

Glocks have a rep for going bang every time you pull the trigger and after 4k rounds through my g17 I've had two failures to feed. Both were from limp wristing, I was tired. I have enough 9mm to run 500 to 1k rounds through her and still have an adequate supply. I need to go lighter because of nerve damage I just hope I can get one before the insects come out. The free range is just a mile from my home. :)
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Record Gun Sales

Postby gun_fan111v2 on Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:40 pm

Grayskies wrote:
TSKNIGHT wrote:
Grayskies wrote:I have enough ammo, if you can have enough? I'm trying to buy a new compact Glock to be my carry pistol.


There are a few pistols out there, but the prices aren't all that great right now.
Trouble with going to a new carry pistol is how much ammo I'd go through to make sure it's reliable.
Picked up a 9mm Shield EZ in January. Have about 300 rounds through it so far with two failures to go fully into battery and one stove pipe. All with Blazer brass. Is going to need a little more work before I'm willing to move it into my carry stable.

Glocks have a rep for going bang every time you pull the trigger and after 4k rounds through my g17 I've had two failures to feed. Both were from limp wristing, I was tired. I have enough 9mm to run 500 to 1k rounds through her and still have an adequate supply. I need to go lighter because of nerve damage I just hope I can get one before the insects come out. The free range is just a mile from my home. :)


I’ve been eyeing the two new offerings in the 1.5 stack category - Springfield Hellcat RDP 3.8” and S&W Shield Plus 4” PC Ported. Both come with 10 or 13 round magazines. Springfield has a comp on it, the other is ported as the name suggests. S&W is a bit cheaper and Iess tacticool, so currently leaning that way. I don’t think the porting will make that much difference in recoil but if it knocks off 10-15% that would be worth the extra price to me.
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby TSKNIGHT on Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:45 pm

Grayskies wrote:
TSKNIGHT wrote:
Grayskies wrote:I have enough ammo, if you can have enough? I'm trying to buy a new compact Glock to be my carry pistol.


There are a few pistols out there, but the prices aren't all that great right now.
Trouble with going to a new carry pistol is how much ammo I'd go through to make sure it's reliable.
Picked up a 9mm Shield EZ in January. Have about 300 rounds through it so far with two failures to go fully into battery and one stove pipe. All with Blazer brass. Is going to need a little more work before I'm willing to move it into my carry stable.

Glocks have a rep for going bang every time you pull the trigger and after 4k rounds through my g17 I've had two failures to feed. Both were from limp wristing, I was tired. I have enough 9mm to run 500 to 1k rounds through her and still have an adequate supply. I need to go lighter because of nerve damage I just hope I can get one before the insects come out. The free range is just a mile from my home. :)


Understand the nerve damage part. Is exactly why I picked up the EZ. Trying to be a little proactive rather than waiting until I'm unable to use either of my Glocks.
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby yukonjasper on Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:23 pm

I found this Fact Check of Biden's Gun Control speech interesting and surprisingly honest, considering the source......

The upshot is that Biden is not well informed, whether that is intentional, is left to the reader. I doubt this analysis will see the light of day on CNN.

https://amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/09/politics/biden-gun-control-executive-actions-speech-fact-check/index.html
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Holland&Holland on Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:52 pm

yukonjasper wrote:I found this Fact Check of Biden's Gun Control speech interesting and surprisingly honest, considering the source......

The upshot is that Biden is not well informed, whether that is intentional, is left to the reader. I doubt this analysis will see the light of day on CNN.

https://amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/09/politics/biden-gun-control-executive-actions-speech-fact-check/index.html

It is pretty good.
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby LarryFlew on Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:51 pm

Amazing part for me was CNN fact check.......... First one
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Holland&Holland on Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:22 am

LarryFlew wrote:Amazing part for me was CNN fact check.......... First one

Exactly, wonder if the reporter who did it is still employed.
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Ironbear on Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:44 am

LarryFlew wrote:Amazing part for me was CNN fact check.......... First one

Was it more that they had a fact check... or that they knew what a fact was?
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Holland&Holland on Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:25 pm

Ironbear wrote:
LarryFlew wrote:Amazing part for me was CNN fact check.......... First one

Was it more that they had a fact check... or that they knew what a fact was?


That they did not make their own up.
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Grayskies on Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:11 pm

Just picked up my new Glock 19 gen 5 MOS, I'm going to put a Holosun 507c green dot on it. Scheels of St Cloud got three of these Glocks in today at about 4:00pm and I picked up the last one at 7:30pm, wow!

Good news is I watched two women with P2Cs buy carry guns while I waited, despite the shortage they sold a lot of guns this night.
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Holland&Holland on Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:16 pm

Grayskies wrote:Just picked up my new Glock 19 gen 5 MOS, I'm going to put a Holosun 507c green dot on it. Scheels of St Cloud got three of these Glocks in today at about 4:00pm and I picked up the last one at 7:30pm, wow!

Good news is I watched two women with P2Cs buy carry guns while I waited, despite the shortage they sold a lot of guns this night.

Guns seem to be around if you look. Ammo not as much.
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby BigDog58 on Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:48 pm

Holland&Holland wrote:Guns seem to be around if you look. Ammo not as much.


Having trouble finding ammo? I have no problem having ammo for each of my firearms :rock:
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Re: Record Gun Sales

Postby Holland&Holland on Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:47 pm

BigDog58 wrote:
Holland&Holland wrote:Guns seem to be around if you look. Ammo not as much.


Having trouble finding ammo? I have no problem having ammo for each of my firearms :rock:

Never said I did not have any, just finding more on the shelves is a challenge. Could use about 100 cases of 12 and 50 cases of 20 for the trap team yet.
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