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Fortunately, I was at the range getting in some practice when I discovered my Taurus PT-22 had a broken firing pin.

Taurus has a 'lifetime repair policy' that should cover fixing the gun, so my only cost should be the shipping to Taurus in Miami.

It would have been very bad had I found out in a 'social situation' that the weapon wasn't functional.

The moral of the story: Regular testing of a CCW firearm for functionality is a good idea.

That's a nice, fancy gun

Mine's got the cheaper looking checkered grips, but it is nickel plated.
A friend of mine calls it my 'pimp gun'.

To me, it's a compact lightweight gun that I can carry in a shorts pocket without the weight dragging my pants down.

As one wise sage puts it; "A .22 in the hand beats the .45 left at home"

For the benefit of anyone who's worried that my carrying this gun is illegal, I have a CCW.
I'm not discussing an illegal (at least in my state) action.

Reading the title, I almost thought it was about something else. But maybe I'm just in that mood tonight.

RogueIce wrote:Reading the title, I almost thought it was about something else. But maybe I'm just in that mood tonight.

You scare me

Vorlon1701 wrote:

RogueIce wrote:Reading the title, I almost thought it was about something else. But maybe I'm just in that mood tonight.

You scare me

Thanks.

RogueIce wrote:

Vorlon1701 wrote:

RogueIce wrote:Reading the title, I almost thought it was about something else. But maybe I'm just in that mood tonight.

You scare me

Thanks.

No problem, man. Always glad to tell the truth

Taurus? I've heard mixed things about those guns..

Vorlon1701 wrote:

RogueIce wrote:Reading the title, I almost thought it was about something else. But maybe I'm just in that mood tonight.

You scare me

He's always in that mood. Barely talks about anything else here.

Reading the title, I almost thought it was about something else. But maybe I'm just in that mood tonight.

Heh, I thought it was a thread about death or suicide.

That's ok I was having dirty thoughts too...

There's just soo much sexual interplay possible with fire arms...

I swear I don't have a gun-Look Kurt Cobaine is sterile
When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger, I know nobody can do us any harm.-Ok so Yoko turns into a real killer ninja chick when her buttons are pushed...

hmm I have fired an M-16 before.... *L* funny thing is when I couldnt fireany more rounds I thought it may have jammed but it was an empty mag

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Fortunately, I was at the range getting in some practice when I discovered my Taurus PT-22 had a broken firing pin.

Well there were a couple handguns that had provisions for bayonets, no firing pin no problume.

Bah that's not a pistol!!

*Pulls out musem piece, now this S&W 1886 Auto-extractor breach loader, is a Pistol....)

Well there were a couple handguns that had provisions for bayonets, no firing pin no problume.

Somehow I don't think one of them would fit into the front pocket of my shorts.

Is that pistol equped with a bayonet or are you just happy to see me....

Glocksman wrote:
Somehow I don't think one of them would fit into the front pocket of my shorts.

Yeah, they are really more of a fix as needed thing, not real suitable for prolonged carriage.

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:

Vorlon1701 wrote:

RogueIce wrote:Reading the title, I almost thought it was about something else. But maybe I'm just in that mood tonight.

You scare me

He's always in that mood. Barely talks about anything else here.

That's a gross overgeneralization. You hang out with Spanky too much.

And me, I'm peverted as all get out you know.

Typhonis 1 wrote:hmm I have fired an M-16 before.... *L* funny thing is when I couldnt fireany more rounds I thought it may have jammed but it was an empty mag

Sounds like you were shooting one with the full autofire and not the 3 round burst...

RogueIce wrote:

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:

Vorlon1701 wrote: You scare me

He's always in that mood. Barely talks about anything else here.

That's a gross overgeneralization. You hang out with Spanky too much.

Actually, I just hung out in the IRC channel enough and took note of the times the roll-eyes and grumbles began or subsided.

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:Actually, I just hung out in the IRC channel enough and took note of the times the roll-eyes and grumbles began or subsided.

Wow, that was a loooooong time ago that I ever saw you in the IRC. Granted I haven't been there in awhile myself, but you get the idea. It's the distant past. I've gotten better since then. At least it's not a daily thing, but sometimes it just gets that way.

Besides, when I was posting that stuff, I was talking to a pretty darn good looking female friend of mine who had just been talking about taking a shower and stuff. You keep a gutter-free mind during a conversation like that!

EmperorMing wrote:
Sounds like you were shooting one with the full autofire and not the 3 round burst...

Actually most likely he was firing a semi auto only civilian variant, it's still very easy to empty the magazine. The fact that he didn't notice the weapon was empty until he pulled the trigger again strongly supports that, since when you fire a weapon at full auto the odds of you releasing the trigger just as the last round fires are slim to none.

Sea Skimmer wrote:

EmperorMing wrote:
Sounds like you were shooting one with the full autofire and not the 3 round burst...

Actually most likely he was firing a semi auto only civilian variant, it's still very easy to empty the magazine. The fact that he didn't notice the weapon was empty until he pulled the trigger again strongly supports that, since when you fire a weapon at full auto the odds of you releasing the trigger just as the last round fires are slim to none.

Aimed Shots are your Friend. Better to aim at the enemy's heart and nail him in one shot with a bolt rifle than waste a whole magazine and maybe get a few flesh hits on him...

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote: Aimed Shots are your Friend. Better to aim at the enemy's heart and nail him in one shot with a bolt rifle than waste a whole magazine and maybe get a few flesh hits on him...

Except the odds of the latter happening are massively more so then having a chance to line up an aim with a bolt action weapon. Your far better off firing constantly to suppress the target then to give him the same time to take an aimed shot at you. This is why the US went through about 40 billion rounds of small arms ammunition in WW2.