The Gun Thread

Can't I get a show that cuts out all the fluff and just delivers nothing but firearms trivia? Please?

Weaponology, perhaps?

Plenty of good channels on Youtube that deliver exactly that. Better than anything I've seen on the tv certainly.

My law enforcement father is looking into upgrading his duty pistol to something that can be readily modified with night sights and tactical light. He can get a Glock easily enough but the Springfield XD-9 has caught his eye.

Any advice on whether XD-9 is worth the extra expense over a Glock?

Tritium sights work for almost any handgun but I have only seen them on Kimbers and Berettas first hand.

Isn't the Springfield XD-9 the gun Barkey uses? The one that's a Yank license-build of a Croatian pistol?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't tritium sights (when purchased new) have to be replaced every decade or so?

Yes. Radioactive decay is a thing after all. It's why the MoD is replacing all the SUSAT sights.

Yes you need to have them redone after a decade or so. But in the meantime they work fairly well.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/07/23/remington-r4-adopted-philippine-army/

Not much, but some of the R4s from Remington are already in service.

So apparently Beretta is moving their manufacturing from Maryland to Tennessee citing their recent gun legislature.

edited 23rd Jul '14 8:36:02 PM by Cyran

They're staying in the US. That's enough for me. Though I hope they'll bring any of their Maryland people who want to go with them.

Jobs are hard to come by.

So, for those of us who carry - anyone feel naked when they're traveling and can't, either because they're crossing state lines into a non-reciprocal state, or because they're flying so any and all backup options other than fists are out the window?

The thought also makes me think: how practical would it be for, say, a gun range to do a CCW rental business, wherein you charge out of staters a daily fee to rent a carry arm provided they have a CHL from a state that your state has reciprocity with? And just require a large deposit so they don't just make off with the gun?

Why do you feel the need to carry a gun so bad?

I think the naked feeling is from carrying a gun all the time. Kind of like you wear or carry something and if you don't have it with you it feels odd.

Not quite sure what is meant by the second bit though.

He's suggesting that there could be a market for renting guns to people who have concealed carry permits, but are travelling, so they had to leave their gun at home.

My understanding is that you can have guns in checked baggage (as long as they're declared), just not as a carry on, and IIRC ammo is verboten no matter what. Still, it'd probably be easier and cheaper to check your gun and buy a magazine's worth of ammo at your destination, assuming you're checking a bag, at least.

Trying to decide if I should be annoyed that someone on IMFDB thought that all break-action revolvers are Webleys.

I dunno, Webleys are pretty cool.

Sounds like they need the Mess Webley.

But yeah, apparently this is a Webley. It only says it's a Schofield because I changed it.

I guess it looks like a Webley if you squint at it from really far away

You'd think the fact it was an Wild West-style setting would be a clue.

He could be an English cowboy.

If you want to be brutal, he's a virtual robot in a virtual shooting gallery in a virtual reality game developed by an American company.

edited 27th Jul '14 4:07:20 PM by Deadbeatloser22

It's clearly a Colt .45, as evidenced by having a rotating chamber and a hammer.