Random gun nuttery that I’m too lazy to come up with smart ass titles for
I carry one myself: A KelTec with a CrimsonTrace laser
A look inside the Maxim suppressor
Someone who would know is impressed with the KelTec KSG
Masterpiece arms: looks like a decked out AR-15 with all the trimmings had sex with a MAC-10
Stuff I don’t get: Why would you want a 5 shot, 9mm revolver?
September 14th, 2011 at 9:53 am
I’d rather have a 9mm than a 38spl. A .357 is way better but for those that are recoil shy, the 9mm makes sense.
September 14th, 2011 at 10:16 am
RE 9mm Revolver: Beats 38 Special in a 2 inch barrel, doesn’t Bark and Snap like a .357, fast reload with the Full Moon Clips, and (as of today) 9mm is damn near being given away, compared to the price of 357. This allows one to get much more practice time in for the same amount of money. Also, some of our older Shooters have a hard time pulling back slides with their Arthritis, and they want something to put into their pockets that’ll have some “OOOMPH.” And one can use a Hi-Cap mag to slide them into the Cylinder if they don’t trust carrying spare Ammo on Full Moon Clips (ah,wait, just hit me, now there’s a use for all those 10 Round Magazines!), so it could be a LEO’s Off Duty/Backup/3rd gun also.
Too bad it’s a Taurus.
September 14th, 2011 at 10:32 am
Most people don’t know this, but 9mm actually EXCEEDS .357 mag ballistics in a 2″ barrel. I kid not:
http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/9mmluger.html
http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/357mag.html
Much more controllable, too.
September 14th, 2011 at 11:32 am
You can’t have a KSG. Or and RFB. Or a PMR-30.
There guns are complete myths. So mythological that we now have storefront FFL’s, who occasionally get one, putting them on Gunbroker on delivery, instead of selling them retail at anywhere near MSRP.
And I think this is the way Kel-Tec wants it.
September 14th, 2011 at 11:48 am
One of my “I wish they would make this” guns was a 9mm revolver with a short cylinder.
That is what they did in the 905 IB (half inch shorter).
Too bad it has light strikes right out of the box and one trip to the factory has not fixed it.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:48 pm
David had one at GBR VI, a J-frame S&W 940, not a Taurineus. Derek PackingRart had a new trigger done to it.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Why would you want a 5 shot, 9mm revolver?
As a backup piece for my Browning Hi-Power that feeds the same ammo.
Even if your primary is hard down, and you’ve gone through your moon clips, you can still go another round by stripping rounds from a magazine into the cylinder. Of course at that point extraction is problematic you’re probably zombie chow…
September 14th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
RE 9mm Revolver: MY BAD! MEA CULPA! I’M SORRY! MY MISTAKE! Of course one can load 9mm into the Revolver using a Mag instead of Full Moon Clips, but getting them OUT would need some sort of Rod, even if the Firing Pin was long enough to hit the Primer. I was Flashing Back to the old 9mm Federal Round. Yep, best to use Full Moon Clips.
But having said that, I still have apologized more times today about Firearms than Mikey Bloomberg has done in his lifetime.
September 14th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Charter Arms is coming out with a 9mm revolver that does not need moon clips (like the S&W 547). They should have the .40 out now.
September 14th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
I’ve had a Ruger Blackhawk .357/9mm 6 1/2″ barrel convertible for years. I love shooting 9mm with it.
No moon clips required.
It’s not a concealed carry gun but with the 9mm it’s cheap to shoot and a hell of a plinker. Accurate as hell out past 50 yards… minute of 20oz soda bottle anyway.