Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC, Looking for some Gun advice.

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In a message dated 12/21/2007 1:23:46 PM Central Standard Time,  
clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net writes:

Whats worse is that  most people buy more weapon than they  need!

Clyde:  

Probably no truer words have been said in the entire discussion. I should  
have thought of that caveat myself <g>. Way too many people see the movie  
"Dirty Harry" and have to have "the most powerful handgun in the world".
 
(Quite) a while back I received a gift of a Mod. 29 S&W that had been  put 
through their custom gun shop, round butt, the original hammer removed and  
retained but one with a "bobbed" hammer installed, much trigger work done and a 
 
short, I'll have to measure whether it was a two or three inch barrel, to carry 
 on duty as there was some concern as to the adequacy of certain .38spl ammo  
supplied by some agencies (though I had been carrying a Mod. 66 S&W w/.357  
mag. rounds). In all of the time that I carried that gun I never loaded it with 
 anything but .44 special ammo, which was not only more practical for my 
purposes  but also because with the short barrel the actual difference in 
performance  between .44 mag. and .44 spec. was negligible.
 
For most folks, as a practical matter, virtually any high quality, smaller  
dimension pistol will do, even a .32acp Walther PPK (no derogation of that gun  
intended, simply mentioned as an example of a small calibre pistol). As I've  
said before, I generally carry a 9mm. Detonics "Pocket Pistol" which is 
small,  light, has nothing more than a standard, not hi-cap magazine and it 
works 
out  just fine for me. I do have a SigSauer P239 that has been through their 
custom  gun shop to eliminate the rough, non-rounded edges, the external hammer 
 
assembly, etc., that works well under a business suit. Like most of us, my 
carry  firearm is a tool to disengage myself from any confrontation and then 
turn it  over to active, full time law enforcement officers.
 
I might recommend that those who are planning on carrying a firearm for  
self-defense purposes obtain and read a copy of Marine LtCol Dave Grossman's  
book 
"On Killing" to get a more realistic set of expectations of how they will  
really react in any real, armed confrontation. There is more to carrying a  
concealed weapon, and even displaying it in an attempt to avoid an armed  
confrontation that results in weapons being fired and this is perhaps the most  
frequently omitted component of any conceal and carry firearms course.
 
Dr. Steve


 
Dr.  Stephen B. Spies, CES, CFI
Director, Forensic Sciences  Laboratory
Explosives Engineering Technologies

1964 Rolls Royce Silver  Cloud III.....1975 Pontiac Grandville 
1980 MB 450  SL............................1982 Rolls Royce Corniche DHC
1988 Rolls Royce  Silver Spur..........1994 F-350 PowerStroke Diesel 
1995 Ferrari 348  Spyder.................1996 Ford Bronco 
2000 Lincoln Town  Car....................2004 Ford Excursion
+ a
1985 MB 280GE Galedenwagen  for Explorations 
+ a
1976 HAHN- WARNER & SWASEY- DUPLEX DIVISION HOWE  APPARTUS. THE MODEL #R400 
FIRE TRUCK w/a 100' Tower System 
&
Audrey's  2 MB's [1980 450SL & 1987 420SEL] to care for...

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