Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Taser Confetti]

Assuming you're going to run a 10.5 at 200-300 yards then yeah you're going to want to run the heavier stuff but at that distance you're either in a SHTF cenario or you're straight murdering someone.

Yeah, people fetishize range like they’re about to ship off to Kandahar province. If you’re engaging people at even a 100 meters it better be true SHTF (Chinese paratroopers are landing kind of bad) otherwise your ass is going to prison.

Anything longer than 14.5 is for legal compliance or hunting. Just because the Marines had to clear houses with muskets in Fallujah doesn’t mean you should or have to.

 

[SaidNoOneEver]

Careful, you’re gonna make the guys with PSA’s and the cheapest surplus ammo angry.

We're too busy having fun figuring out how to attach a knockoff bayonet to it than worry about gun snobs on the internet.

 

[Taser Confetti]

We're too busy having fun figuring out how to attach a knockoff bayonet to it than worry about gun snobs on the internet.

Duct tape and a Glock knife like a true Chad.

 

[BikeLock]

For the record, I tried with two Tier 1 concealed holsters that were specifically made for the VP9. They weren't universal holsters. My go to holster for my P30L is my expensive safariland hoslter on my battle belt. I need a normal OWB for a carry belt but am waiting for another sale.

This guy's channel has pushed me over to Wright Armory's system over Langdon tactical: DeFendCo's YouTube channel.

My goal is to buy a USP Expert and get it cut to use as a match pistol and maybe buy a regular P30 to get cut too.

I like the Wright Amory system a little better as it still uses an actual USP rear sight.

I use a Veddar holsters IWB holster that fits my VP9 and my P30 and P2000 very well. Kydex with a leather backer.

 

[ellroy]

Yeah, people fetishize range like they’re about to ship off to Kandahar province. If you’re engaging people at even a 100 meters it better be true SHTF (Chinese paratroopers are landing kind of bad) otherwise your ass is going to prison.

Anything longer than 14.5 is for legal compliance or hunting. Just because the Marines had to clear houses with muskets in Fallujah doesn’t mean you should or have to.

One of my instructors at the my range is a SWAT officer for the local county police. He says he uses a 10.5 carbine, unsuppressed but there are guys on his team who will use 16 inch rifles close quarters. Yeah SBRs are king in CQB but you can make a longer rifle work if you know how to move and present fast enough.

That said, don't be like certain fat morons who visit this thread and think you need a 20" or 24" rifle because you read a wikipedia article on 5.56. That would be a lousy length for self defense in close quarters.

 

[Taser Confetti]

One of my instructors at the my range is a SWAT officer for the local county police. He says he uses a 10.5 carbine, unsuppressed but there are guys on his team who will use 16 inch rifles close quarters. Yeah SBRs are king in CQB but you can make a longer rifle work if you know how to move and present fast enough.

That said, don't be like certain fat morons who visit this thread and think you need a 20" or 24" rifle because you read a wikipedia article on 5.56. That would be a lousy length for self defense in close quarters.

Slicing the pie in a house is an absolute bitch with long guns. I’ll die on the hill that a high capacity pistol with a light is the ultimate home defense option. There’s a reason countless agencies all over the world send that guy in with a shield first.

 

[The Dude]

You will need to get the Wilson combat rear sight. don't even take the gun to the range before replacing the rear sight. S&W 686 or GP100 speed loaders will work.
I have the Wilson combat rear sight on both my Python and Anaconda. it provides a much nicer sight picture and is rock solid. it is a required expense.
I am at 925 rounds on my Python at it has been reliable with good primers. hard foreign primers sometimes will fail to detonate in double action. US primers have been 100% reliable.
I'm at 1439 rounds in my .45 Anaconda and it has been the same save for a better trigger than the python. it's marginally better. I chalk it up to the longer trigger providing more leverage.
The Python and Anaconda are my primary EDC guns now. both ride in elpaso sadderly leather holsters.
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Definitely considering the Wilson sights, along with the Kensight Eliason repros made for the new Pythons since you can get them with tritium globes to go along with the tritium front sight that comes with the Combat Elite. DL Sports are also making some seriously robust, bombproof sight sets, though they are fixed sights and not adjustable.

For speedloaders I'm going with SL Variant speedloaders. There is an outfit that is making high quality repros of them. They are very fast to use since they are completely spring-loaded, including the cartridges. There's a plunger that indexes against the rear of the ejection star that once pressed firmly releases the cartridges, which then "squirt" into place in their chambers under spring pressure. Quick, clean, no twisting or other complex movements. And they are competitively priced with other quality loaders like 5 Star at about $38 per loader. I'll probably end up buying three of them.

 

[ellroy]

Slicing the pie in a house is an absolute bitch with long guns. I’ll die on the hill that a high capacity pistol with a light is the ultimate home defense option. There’s a reason countless agencies all over the world send that guy in with a shield first.

I'm going to make an argument that yes, a compressed ready pistol with light is way easy to slice the pie with but an over the shoulder ready 11.5 carbine suppressed can work well too and because of how many points of contact and the sling you have on the carbine, it's a safer option on room entry, especially as a civilian when you may stick your muzzle out too far and then have to deal with someone making a reach for it. You don't have a sling on a pistol and only two points of contact if someone wants to wrestle it away from you. Having on a sling with multiple points will give you more more control.

Plus civilians don't have access to legit ballistic shields.

 

[The Dude]

Plus civilians don't have access to legit ballistic shields.

Um...wrong. You absolutely can buy them as a civilian, just like you can ballistic armor. There's no law against civilians owning ballistic shields. Hell, just watch some Kentucky Ballistics videos. He's used a few entry shields in his videos, testing them to see what they're capable of stopping, and what will easily defeat them. Scott with KB is just a civilian, though he is former law enforcement (Kentucky Trooper).

 

[Taser Confetti]

I'm going to make an argument that yes, a compressed ready pistol with light is way easy to slice the pie with but an over the shoulder ready 11.5 carbine suppressed can work well too and because of how many points of contact and the sling you have on the carbine, it's a safer option on room entry, especially as a civilian when you may stick your muzzle out too far and then have to deal with someone making a reach for it.

It’s exactly why I don’t keep my can on my 10.3” if I’m shooting someone in my house frankly the hearing loss is the least of my worries. Can only goes on for outside activities - it’s not like 5.56 is ever hearing safe anyways.

Plus civilians don't have access to legit ballistic shields

They absolutely can purchase them. You’re probably a goober if you own one though.