if mossberg is good enough for the u.s. army, it's good enough for me.

 

Yeah the Mossberg may be good enough for the Army, but not for the USMC . . .the M1014 is all we use baby . . .so much better, collapsible stock, pistol grip, semi-automatic, more accurate, and it's black . . .LOL! All your CQB and Field Ops belong to us! MOUT training will never be the same . . . Insert corny military line here . . .

LOL!

-Dave

 

i'm not saying i disagree, but the purpose of the mossberg is home security, as in protecting my valuables. for the price of the benelli, it would become my valuables. i'd probably have to buy a dog just to watch it. not to mention the fact that the mossberg 500 line of shotguns are not as intimidation, but are more pleasing to the eye.

 

I was just being a tool bro, LOL! You know, a Marine, HAHAHAHA!

 

this will hopefully be my next purchase along with a ccl. it's identical to a s&w but about $200 cheaper.

 

A Taurus? I wouldn't buy a Taurus, not that they're horrible weapons, just a bit . . .not . . .good . . .

-Dave

 

from what i've read and been told by guys who are familiar with taurus, there was a time when the quality was questionable. those days are said to have come and gone, now taurus is said to put together a quality fire arm capable of being compared to s&w. they have yet to command the prestige of a s&w, or retain their resale value, but they are said to be top notch guns.

right now it's not a done deal, but that is the direction i am leaning toward.

 

I can't argue with you there, but it's kind of a deal with "Once bad always . . ." An example is American cars. They really fell off for a long time, making a lot of very BAD quality and reliability cars. Starting in 2005, they really have stepped their game up and American cars are winning best build quality awards left and right. But they still have the misnomer of being American cars and to this day, many car guys won't buy a Chevy or Ford with build quality in mind.

Taurus has really stepped their game up and has put forward better quality fire arms, but they still have that stint (a stint which mind you lasted a long time) in which their guns would simply stop working, no warning, no failing parts, just a perma jam or firing pin failure, buffer spring collapse/binding, something. They would use low quality metals on the assembly on their revolvers. You pull the trigger, it pushes back on the firing pin while rotating a cog that pushes the revolver barrel over. The low quality metal would wear out over a short period of time, ~1000 shots, because of the heat and vibration, and their revolvers would stop . . . revolving, LOL!

-Dave

 

so true.

 

You know, used Glocks go on sale for very cheap . . . I live by what Glock is and how awesome their sidearms are . . .I prefer standard size but some prefer short barrel. And they're available in almost every caliber from plinking size to big bore.

I found a Glock 21 on Craigslist for 600 bucks with two mags and RIS system. The guy said he'd sell the ammo as well but I dunno how great of an idea it is to sell someone a gun with ammunition, LMAO! You might come up broke, LOL!

 

the thing is, i know i want a snub nose .357 mag revolver. what i'm still debating is who to buy one from.

 

you guys and your guns Ewwwww evilness.


dude at quick glance i swear that hand gun looked like it sad "Thor" on it... that would have been bad ***!!

 

also, i wouldn't mind buying a used s&w, but i would not buy a used taurus for the reasons you mentioned.

 

Dave your a ****head i mean Jarhead who's knowledge in handguns is vast. I want a gun of my own

 

I have an affinity for firearms, I enjoy shooting, admiring, researching and learning more about them. If you really look at it, where firearms started and how quickly they developed and look at where they're going, it's amazing! With that said, I believe that's the only reason why I tend to know a little more than the average Joe. Kinda like Jesus Ramos over there, I just do whatever learning and tinkering I can, then do some research on it to make sure I'm not mistaken, LOL!

I also think that being a Marine, I got a bit of a privilage when it comes to firearms of current because any task force or Gov't Department that does any training on a military base (ATF, FBI, CIA, etc) will always let us test fire weapons. It's pretty cool! I think that's pretty much the same for all branches whether it be Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy or whatever, those departments love to train with us and it's always fun to get to fire the wide varieties of weapons that we get our hands on.

Donny, for you, I would say if you're looking for something that's fun at the range, look at getting something that's an ACP round. Winchester puts out a very nice .40 ACP round that can be fired from the Glock 37 (one of my personal favorites) and that particular weapon is available in compensated port so the kick is reduced significantly and in low light you get these cool flames that shoot out the top after a few rounds pass through. I wouldn't recommend anything too much higher than .40 ACP because the kick will begin to get to high for accurate shooting unless you're a natural dead-eye. I'm not, LOL! My aim SUCKED when I first started shooting and I really had to work at it before I got anywhere with it. Even after all that training, I'm still OK, I can hold my own on the range, but I don't think I'd even make it to best 50 out of 100 shooters.

But yeah, ANYWAY, .40 ACP, you also don't want to go too low because if you have to use your firearm in self defense, you don't want to have to shoot the guy 7 times just to stop him. You want a stop-drill (single or double tap to the body) to be your worst-case-scenario option. With most 9mm, .380 and .38 hand guns, stop-drills won't put down someone who is drugged up and charging you. Most of those weapons result in something call a "failure-drill" or "failure-to-stop drill" (depending on where you trained, HAHAHA) double-tap to the body, single-tap to the head. I don't wanna kill the guy, just put him on his *** while I wait. A .40 and above will do that with a shot to the leg or shoulder. Shots to the thighs can cause death because of the artery that runs through it, and shooting someone in the arm is deadly for the same reason. Any shots above the waist that are considered unnecessary or without-merit is considered an attempted murder, so shoot below the waist, aim for the shins. He'll stop, even if shot with a .22, he'll stop! LOL!

Ramos, my boy . . ..357 is a lot of firepower for a snub nose, it's not going to be very accurate, but judging by past posts, I'm guessing you're not buying this to catch people off guard at 25 yards. I'm thinking this is for home-protection to keep in your night stand when something goes awry. Am I right? In that case, a snub-nose is a pretty good weapon to have. I agree, also, that .357 is a good caliber because Winchester pumps a LOT of gun powder in those rounds. Then you can port or modify them to fire rifle rounds, LMAO! That's always fun! HAHAHAHA! But yeah, S&W makes a beautiful snub nose, can't think of the name, but I believe it's the Baby Cobra? It's based off the King Cobra Revolver (the 6 and 8 inch barrel models that fire .357, .44, .440 Magnun and .50 rounds). Most would argue that a revolver is only 6-shots, but I say with calibers like THAT, you only need 1. LMAO! Let me do some research for you, if you don't mind that is, and I'll see what I can find for you. If you REALLY want a Taurus, then I say go for it, just make sure it's a current model. But with the prices of a NEW Taurus, I think a used S&W or even jumping up into a Sig Sauer (semi-auto) might be a better idea