Looking To Buy My First Rifle...

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I bought a really nice meditating Buddha statuette a few years ago. I'm guessing it's made of some kind of resin but it is heavy and solid as a rock. The base on which he sits is about 8" around and maybe 5" high, but his body is just the right diameter to get your hand around should you want to pick it up and swing the base at someone. It's also just the right weight - not too light to be ineffective and lack momentum, but not so heavy that you can't lift it and swing it easily. I have it sitting in my bedroom.

So that would probably be the first thing I'd pick up if I thought someone had gotten into my apartment at night... I figure it's not just a blunt instrument, it's a lesson in karma.

OTOH - in the kitchen? Heh, that's why the knives are on the counter in a block and not stuck away in a drawer somewhere.

In the front room I've got a solid oak bokken leaning up against my DVD shelf. Also a 6' staff although that would be a tad unwieldy indoors.

Of course I've also got two each of hands, elbows, knees and feet. Plus I bite.

And all that's really necessary for a first date?

I have a Browning High Power, Customized to my likeing for home defense.
I prep the ammo myself.
I start with a Hollow point and cut an X into it ( not all the way to the bottom of the Hollow Point.)
This insures the round does maximum damage.
I add a drop of Mercury then wax coat that.
The Mercury does not explode as HollyWood portrays.
But adds weight to the round and does additional damage plus Mercury is not a nice thing to have injected into your body!

Then there are the Swords and knives.
I'm a pretty mean Dude with a blade in my hand!

[Sailor Steve]

Just as long as we don't have to look at the chain-mail codpiece again.

[Buddahaid]

1. The short barrel shotgun.

2. Pistol.

3. Tactical tomahawk.

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by Krauter

Sorry I don't mean to sound stupid here or anything, but I thought you posted somewhere saying you were 17... how do you own a house, barn, horses, have a wife or gf that lives with you.. yet your still 17.. Sorry if I sound like an idiot I'm just confused..

My parents actually go on business a lot - so for sometimes a month at a time I'm home alone and its just me and my 95 year old grandmother. My pacifist girlfriend comes over to spend the week sometimes, so she was the only opinion I cared about.

The remaining horses are mine - and I am listed as the owner on their vet bills.

The barn has actually been on the property for as long as I remember. When I was about 10 my father and I made it usable. The tools are mine also - I bought them to modify and work on my car.

[Sailor Steve]

I keep a bolo by the bed. No, not one of these, which is actually a bola



Or one of these



One of these.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Just as long as we don't have to look at the chain-mail codpiece again.

You don't mean this image do you?


That is my BESTEST Home Defense!!

[Sailor Steve]

I knew you couldn't resist. It's my way of shocking everyone without stooping to doing it myself.

[yubba]

I'd go with the SKS, it is a semi-auto loader with an internal 10 round mag, fires the 5.62x39mm, same round as the AK, the SKS can be easily modified, and is very accurate, have taken woodchucks at 300 yards with mine. Just found out, that I can get 25, 1 inch vietnam era fachets into a 12 gauge shot shell, }----> if you were wondering what a fachet is.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I knew you couldn't resist. It's my way of shocking everyone without stooping to doing it myself.

I knew that you knew that I'd post it.

But is is a good Home Defense System!!
Would you break into my Home if you saw THAT!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by yubba

IJust found out, that I can get 25, 1 inch vietnam era fachets into a 12 gauge shot shell, }----> if you were wondering what a fachet is.

Do you mean Flechette?

Check the laws in your area. Buying the flechettes is legal, loading them may not be.

[Freiwillige]

Originally Posted by yubba

I'd go with the SKS, it is a semi-auto loader with an internal 10 round mag, fires the 5.62x39mm, same round as the AK, the SKS can be easily modified, and is very accurate, have taken woodchucks at 300 yards with mine. Just found out, that I can get 25, 1 inch vietnam era fachets into a 12 gauge shot shell, }----> if you were wondering what a fachet is.

That is 7.62x39

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

And all that's really necessary for a first date?

Of course not. That's just the applicant interview.

[TorpX]

For self-defense:

Rifles- are bulky and clumsy in close quarters, present richochet hazzard (bullets go through target), difficult to retain control of in a struggle. My choices would be M1 Garand, M1 carbine, or maybe SKS/AK-47 clone. Unfortunately, all but the Soviet bloc models are apt to be expensive.


Shotguns- good stopping power, and minimal richochet hazzard. Share drawbacks of rifles otherwise. If you opt for one make it one with a shoulder stock, the pistol grip only ones are difficult to shoot.

Handguns- portable and compact, but less powerful. They require skill to use well. My choices would be M1911 type or Browning High-Power, but individual preferences dictate your choice here. Some like the autos, some like revolvers, but I wouldn't rely on anything less than .38 caliber. DO NOT USE A .22 FOR THIS. They are notoriously poor choices. One should have confidence in their choice.

It would be a good idea to get hold of an instructor, who could teach you the basics and let you fire a few different types before you but any. Then you have a better idea what you need. Also, I would stay away from any exotic/ obsolete arms, unless, you only want it for a collection. Ammunition is expensive, and likely to become more so in the future. If you are going to rely on any firearm, you should at least shoot it enough to develop a minimal level of skill with it. There a lot of fun, too.


Just my two cents.

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by TorpX

For self-defense:

Rifles- are bulky and clumsy in close quarters, present richochet hazzard (bullets go through target), difficult to retain control of in a struggle. My choices would be M1 Garand, M1 carbine, or maybe SKS/AK-47 clone. Unfortunately, all but the Soviet bloc models are apt to be expensive.


Shotguns- good stopping power, and minimal richochet hazzard. Share drawbacks of rifles otherwise. If you opt for one make it one with a shoulder stock, the pistol grip only ones are difficult to shoot.

Handguns- portable and compact, but less powerful. They require skill to use well. My choices would be M1911 type or Browning High-Power, but individual preferences dictate your choice here. Some like the autos, some like revolvers, but I wouldn't rely on anything less than .38 caliber. DO NOT USE A .22 FOR THIS. They are notoriously poor choices. One should have confidence in their choice.

It would be a good idea to get hold of an instructor, who could teach you the basics and let you fire a few different types before you but any. Then you have a better idea what you need. Also, I would stay away from any exotic/ obsolete arms, unless, you only want it for a collection. Ammunition is expensive, and likely to become more so in the future. If you are going to rely on any firearm, you should at least shoot it enough to develop a minimal level of skill with it. There a lot of fun, too.


Just my two cents.

Okay, I'm going to buy a military bolt action rifle (or Garand if I get a good deal) for collection, and a shotgun for keeping under my bed.