CC Guns

[GoatBeard]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DcVRthVyRw

[Uno99]

I like my Taurus PT 1911 or one of my others kinka hard to carry a S&W 500    However I've heard alot of great things about the new S&W 327 caliber revolver.  Here are some of mine.

[78 Chevyrado]

Nice lookin weapons uno.

Threads getting good, keep em comin everybody!


sgtdel:  I was wondering about the lack of a positive safety on the glocks just because, while I haven't yet fired a gun by accident, stuff can and probably will happen eventually and I'd rather it not happen in public.   don't get me wrong I respect firearms and I'm not careless and pay close attention even if I don't have one and other people have them. How does the glock trigger work in your hands?  what I mean is does the way the triggers set up mean there's detents or its a bit harder to squeeze or just different than other guns?

Goatbeard:  I think I want that judge for at home, I'm in love with that thing!

[Lt.Del]

sgtdel:  I was wondering about the lack of a positive safety on the glocks just because, while I haven't yet fired a gun by accident, stuff can and probably will happen eventually and I'd rather it not happen in public.

From the website:

GLOCK ADVANTAGE

 
   
TRIGGER SYSTEM
The “Safe Action” system is a partly tensioned firing pin lock, which is moved further back by the trigger bar when the trigger is pulled.
When the trigger is pulled, 3 safety features are automatically deactivated one after another. When doing so, the trigger bar is deflected downward by the connector and the firing pin is released under full load. When the trigger is released, all three safety features re-engage and the GLOCK pistol is automatically secured again.
 TRIGGER SAFETY
As the first of the three GLOCK “Safe Action” safety features, the trigger safety prevents inadvertent firing by lateral forces on the trigger. Releasing the trigger will automatically reactivate the safety.
FIRING PIN SAFETY
The GLOCK firing pin safety is a solid hardened steel pin which, in the secured state, blocks the firing pin channel, rendering the igniting of a chambered cartridge by the firing pin impossible. The firing pin safety is only pushed upward to release the firing pin for firing when the trigger is pulled and the safety is pushed up through the backward movement of the trigger bar. Releasing the trigger will automatically reactivate the firing pin safety.

DROP SAFETY
In the line of duty it may happen that a loaded pistol is dropped on the floor. Contrary to conventional pistols, the GLOCK drop safety prevents unintentional firing of a shot through hard impact. When the trigger is pulled, the trigger bar is guided in a precision safety ramp. The trigger bar is deflected from this ramp only in the moment the shot is triggered.
 
PSYCHOLOGY
Every use of a firearm exposes users to tremendous psychological strain. Learned patterns are easily forgotten in such borderline situations and complex operating elements become a deadly trap. GLOCK offers the best solution to this problem: “Safe Action“!
One operating element - one rule. Finger away from the trigger, three pistol safeties are active. Pull the trigger, the safeties are deactivated and the pistol is fired. Consequently the user can fully concentrate on his tactical tasks in the decisive moment


 

I can tell you from experience, out of a force of over 300 sworn members in my dept. there has only been one accidental discharge in 15 years and that wasn't due to the safety feature---that was due to someone taking the magazine out and thinking the gun was unloaded, forgetting about the chambered round---BOOM!  And the guy was older than dirt and has since retired.

And, this Plaxico Burress thing--he had no business carrying a weapon without a holster in his waistband--things like that and you're asking for trouble.  Keep the thing in a holster!  If it slips and you reach for it, you aren't gonna hit the trigger when it's holstered!

[Captkaos]

Goat, I have seen that video before, everything I have seen about it was staged with a blank as he wouldn't be walking around like that if he shot himself.

The Glocks safety has a center pivot  or double pull that allows the gun to shoot.  There is no external safety on a Glock.  If you ever seen a Sigma, it is basically the same thing.

[Lt.Del]

here's a good site about holsters and such...
http://glockstore.com/


I've seen that video before as well...the guy doesn't know what he's talking about...."This is a Glock 40...50 cent, 2short, I am the only one professional enough to carry a Glock 40...."

LOL

THERE IS NO GLOCK 40!  There are Glock 22, 23, 27 and 35 that shoot S&W .40 cal, but there is no Glock 40. 

I love it..."Brian, bring that other gun out...."  The audience is like no way.   That's funny right there.  He probably bought that police shirt from ebay.  Any law enforcement officer knows that as soon as there is an accidental discharge by an officer, you are to call local law enforcement communications ASAP for a report--especially since it was in an occupied dwelling--they wouldn't bring out another gun just to do it again.

[78 Chevyrado]

Thanks sgtdel.   that cleared up a lot.  I didn't come across that on thier site for some reason...lol    I like the sound of that because having to turn off a manual safety could be a PITA at the wrong time, but it sounds like a neat setup to me. 

[Uno99]

Goat, I have seen that video before, everything I have seen about it was staged with a blank as he wouldn't be walking around like that if he shot himself.

The Glocks safety has a center pivot  or double pull that allows the gun to shoot.  There is no external safety on a Glock.  If you ever seen a Sigma, it is basically the same thing.

There is a pic of my S&W Sigma up a few posts its the 4th pic down.  A ton of Law Enforcement Agencies use the Glock platform they wouldnt use them is them they were not a good platform.

[Lt.Del]

I like the sound of that because having to turn off a manual safety could be a PITA at the wrong time, but it sounds like a neat setup to me. 

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend it if I didn't LOVE all my Glocks, and I have shot a lot of brands.  It becomes second nature after a while that you keep your trigger finger away from the trigger until you have a bead on your target.  I keep my index finger straight, pointed down the barrel and gently slide it into place when time comes. I draw it out of the holster the same way, w/ index finger straight, and other three fingers around the grip.  I must be doing something right because I shoot between 99.2 and 99.8 averages each year at annual qualifications.  Most of my targets have the entire middle shot out of it and therefore the range instructors hate that because they cannot score how many bullets hit it--many 100%.  Then we shoot weak hand at the 25 yd line and that is usually when a couple of bullets move out of the center hole, and the instructors, even though the center is blown out, see those couple of holes a little further out and have to penalize me--usually 97 or 98 on that course which lowers my 100% from other courses down to 99.xx.  I hate that weak hand crap from the 25 yd line.      I always joke that when i get to the weak hand shooting, i should shoot up in the air because the center is already blown away and they would never know--but i am too honest.

[Captkaos]

you could shoot someone else's target  hahahaha

[Toolmaster]

Here are a few of mine !  I have more ! S&W's Ruger's...................

[Lt.Del]

Hey Toolmaster, is that a 1873 Colt .45 cal.  Peacemaker, third pic down?  6" barrel?  That thing is cool, all of your guns there are awesome beauties.

[thirsty]

I don't do much handgunning. Do alot of hunting though and spend a lot of time in the woods. When I carry a handgun I take a 380 browning. Don't have to worry much about crime in northern NH except for the coyotes trespassing in our deer hunting grounds.

[Toolmaster]

Hey Toolmaster, is that a 1873 Colt .45 cal.  Peacemaker, third pic down?  6" barrel?  That thing is cool, all of your guns there are awesome beauties.

It is a Colt 1873 Peacemaker ! Just not a 45 cal. It is chambered for 22mag and 22LR. I have many more, Just dont have photo's of them all.

[Lt.Del]

I thought my eyes were good!
Nice!    And made for cheap ammo, dude, I'd be shootin' that thing all day every day.  I have a bolt action rifle and a lever action rifle that shoot .22 LR and that ammo is sooooo cheap, I love shootin' those things and honing my skills.

I have a Marlin model 1893 .30-.30 lever action that shoots so smoothly, but, the ammo ain't cheap.