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The only pistols I’ve used this type of port/compensation on that made a noticeable difference where I’d strongly encourage them have been full-auto pistols. I have a magna port job on the .300 Weatherby I have. I don’t especially think it changes much. It does make the rifle noticeably louder. As for suppressors/silencers, I think they have their place. Especially in close quarters combat situations.

This is the type of compensation I’m referring to. It definitely makes a difference in follow up shots allowing you to put rounds on target with more accuracy and speed. They’re an acquired taste though because of the flash that’s visible to the user. Some people have difficulty reacquiring the sight picture and alignment because of the flash. It’s only been in my way during transitioning light. They’re fun to shoot though so I’d recommend trying one.

The school of hard knocks taught me to be reasonable. Inflexible things break, and there’s nothing worse than having a broken cop or military. I really think most of our laws need to be like: “You will not kill other humans, except in defense of life, limb, liberty, or property. Violators will receive a minimum 10 years confinement in prison and a maximum of being hanged.” I know how open that leaves it for attack, so I’d suggest someone else write them, but I think they should be short and concise. If a law statute cannot be posted to Twitter it’s too long. What kinda show and tell are you looking for? I’ll add this, if you’ve never fired a compensated pistol, I’d suggest trying it. Here’s a pair of Department issued Sigs. They’re both DAK (double action only) and had malfunctions. It was under $400 for the pair shipped to me. Honestly I never found out what the P229’s issue was. I dislike the .40 S&W DAK P229. So, I took all that shit off and converted it to a DA/SA. It’s definitely an exorcise in patients getting all the springs to align, but nothing anyone who drives a Datsun can’t do. The P226 just needed an ejector spring, so a quick swap and it was back to tossing .40 SW down range like it had before.

Nope, you’re correct as far as I can tell. I disagree with the 11th Circuit in their Hernandez v. Peterson (2019) case involving the Parkland School Shooting in Florida. This case has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Summary is that Broward Co Sheriff Deputies waited outside, preventing medics from going in. I believe officers SHOULD have a duty to act. Legally, they are not required to do anything in those situations. The deputies training was terrible, the School Resource Officer was ineffective and should not, in my opinion, have been assigned that beat. https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201914414.pdf I disagree with specifically the way that Warren v. Dist of Columbia (1981) was handled by the responding officers. For non-legal nerds the summary is young women living together called the police and said someone had broken into the home and were attacking residents. Police responded and drove by, one knocked on the door, but no one answered so they left. The girls called back and no officers were dispatched. They were then raped and tortured for 14 hours. I believe the officers should have taken more action, such as checking the windows and doors. The girls calling the police were hiding on the roof and could have been seen. The Supreme Court ruled the officer’s had “D.C. Court of Appeals held that police have a general "public duty," but that "no specific legal duty exists" unless there is a special relationship between an officer and an individual, such as a person in custody.“ https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/do-the-police-have-an-obligation-to-protect-you/ I understand this as well as I think is possible for me. There are mitigating circumstances but the way things are being applied now they’ve gone too far towards leniency. Where men and women sexually assaulting young boys and girls are given no jail time. I believe there must be a bottom threshold. I’m using the worst case example here specifically to express how bad things have gotten. You’re making a very valid point, there’s a vast difference between being fair and being just. It appears to me that the criminals are granted greater rights than the victims of the crimes in many circumstances. Here is a recent example: https://thepostmillennial.com/kentucky-trans-pedophile-receives-no-jail-time-after-pleading-guilty-to-sex-abuse-of-a-baby I’d say the two of us could do as good of a job as anyone currently serving in state or federal office in their first term. What I’d like you all to take away from this discussion is, train and carry your gun. Expect to self rescue. No one is coming so it’s up to us to defend our loved ones. If the right cop shows up and helps in time, be pleasantly surprised. But do not rely on others to defend you from evil.

Now I’ll attempt to respond to Frank. I believe we shouldn’t have sentencing guidelines. For example I think the law should state “you steal a car, you do 7 years”. Anyone convicted of the crime does exactly the same sentence. The punishment should be harsh, but evenly applied. It should be taught in school as a requirement to pass the 8th grade. All laws should be written at an 8th grade level. If ‘ignorance of the law is no excuse’ laws shouldn’t be written in ‘legalese’ so they’re difficult for anyone who hasn’t passed the bar to properly interpret them. They should be in common language and fairly applied across the entire citizenry. Unfortunately the legal precedent has been set that police have no legal duty to protect the population. I vehemently disagree with the Supreme Court’s ruling on this. Their stance was basically that an employer cannot force their employees into a potentially life threatening situation. I disagree because this is a voluntary position, that like the military has an implied responsibility of potentially being killed as part of your routine duties. To drive this home I had a police Sgt who would show us videos at muster everyday of police officers get killed. While not the best way to start your shift, those doing this job need to understand that any shift could be your last. My next opinion is that there should be harsher punishments for police who break the law. In the car theft example, a policeman should get 8 years. If you enforce the laws, you should be punished harsher due to the violation of public trust. The police need to be well funded, well staffed, and well trained. We had one training day each month to cover legal updates, policy changes, defensive training, firearms, emergency vehicle operation, and all your standard HR training. If you only train a tool like a firearm one time a year, how good are you? You’re shit. Especially since that training was shooting your annual qualification. With defunding some departments only have one of each of these topics a year. How proficient with the law can you be if you only read it once a year? It changes much faster than that. This lack of training is why you see such sporadic, ineffective, and frankly incompetent policing. How good can you be going hands on in a conflict if you only punch a bag once a year? How sharp can you stay on search and seizure laws if you last refreshed 9 months ago and your State Supreme Court has new rulings? How can you avoid losing control of your vehicle in a pursuit in the rain when the last time you were on a skid pad was 12 years ago? How can you avoid shooting a hostage when you’ve never even shot at simulated hostage targets? Police are responsible for so many different skills, they should be training one full week each month. Hand to hand, vehicle operations, and firearms should be hit at least every other month.

I actually agree with you. The decisions made by attorneys and bureaucrats who are not on the front line rarely benefit a community. I believe that if an officer must use lethal force, then it should be the most effective and induce the least amount of suffering. I worked on three homicide cases where a .22 LR was the identified murder weapon. At close range they can effectively end human life. When the tragic events of the 1972 Munich Olympics occurred mossad employed .22 LR Beretta’s as their weapons of assassination for those they deemed responsible. Still doesn’t mean I’d carry one. Tasers are trash and I rarely carried one. The threshold for use of a taser was nearly the same as the threshold for use of a firearm since they cause death for a variety of reasons. I also didn’t feel right torturing people into compliance. Often smaller jurisdictions offer wider choices. In my old department of about 130 sworn officers we had to purchase our own gun off the department approved list. We could carry in 9mm, .40 S&W, or .45 ACP. Then if you were a Tactical SWAT Ofc you carried a 1911 from Wilson, Kimber, Colt, Sig, or Nighthawk. Why? Good question and I have no idea how they came to that, even after talking to the Captain who made the call.

That’s what my sister carried as her personal gun for about 20 years in her contract and work in the alphabet soup agencies. She left me one when she passed, I still haven’t shot it. This is an absolutely valid point. It’s part of the Marine Corps justification for reintroduction of the 1911. Especially in very close range fighting in Afghanistan when they started encountering targets that were purposefully ingesting potentially lethal doses of stimulants to fight more aggressively. The .45 ACP is more effective in this situation than the 9mm. This has been proven everywhere from postmortem autopsies, government studies, to even entertainment gun content on social media. That’s an easy one, buy 20,000 rounds of training ammo for .45 ACP vs 9mm. Big departments like DHS might need 200,000 or even 2,000,000 rounds a year for training. It adds up quickly in a era where agencies are under funded, they cut corners where they can. Next, as the stated purpose of public security is to “protect and serve”. Using a round that is claimed by NATO to be designed to ‘wound’ not kill in combat is easier to justify in court. If officers were walking around with .500 S&W Mag handguns it “creates the perception of kill squads”. The fact of the matter is, single gun shot wounds are rarely fatal in handgun cases. As an anecdotal piece of evidence, I was shot in the knee with a .44 mag handgun at point blank range. I still btfo’d the shooter after being shot. The lethality of a handgun fight increases the more rounds you get on target. With my Glock 17, I can have up to 33 chances in a single magazine to get you to stop harming someone. With my 8 rd 1911 magazines I need a full mag and 4 reloads to get to 33. The other factors include things such as multiple attackers, every time your gun goes dry in a fight for your life, it’s a bad time. After that, the ability for the round to over penetrate in modern construction is taken into account. The way we were permitted to carry Speer Gold Dot 9mm 147 grain and the 9mm +P 124 grain rounds was because they penetrated less layers of drywall in state testing than even the CCI Blazer 9mm 115 Grain. I wasn’t present for that test so I don’t know the methodology. Last one I can think of off the top of my head is some agencies have policies that instruct officers to use their handgun only as a means to fight their way back to their patrol rifle. Since the weapons are thought of as a package deal, then the agency is counting the lethal force of the 5.56 or 7.62x51. 9mm makes since for several of the reasons listed above. However, Frank is completely correct, .45 ACP is a better ballistic round against human targets. He’s put a lot of careful research and thought into it and you’ve reached your preferred caliber. I choose a different caliber after a similarly involved research effort. If we’re in a full on zombie apocalypse, I’m grabbing a .45 for the reasons he listed above.

There’s so many changes to the law on a weekly bases, it’s hard to keep up. Here’s the thing, protect your family. If the courts judge you unfairly, fuck’em. I’d rather go to prison than watch a member of my household be killed. Any judge or juror that finds you guilty is probably someone who eats a snickers upside down to pretend it’s a veiny dick. On a positive note, I dug this out of my backlog for ‘fail to eject magazine’ and ‘fail to fire’. The firing pin spring was broken and the mag release spring was heavily corroded. She’s back in service now. HK USP V.1 .40 S&W. Original purchase date, 1996.

This is where knowing your local, state, and federal laws is prime. However there will be a challenge that goes to the US Supreme Court over this Texas law eventually. I would prefer to leave my fate out of the hands of that specific group of 9 people. I’d like anyone who concealed carry do a thought experiment to decide right now, if you’d be ok shooting someone in the back. That decision needs to be made before hand. In my own personal lines I’ve drawn the person I’m shooting needs to be posing a substantial and immediate threat to the community. For instance, I live near a school. If there’s an active shooter there, I see them with a gun pointed at a kid, I don’t care what the potential civil or criminal penalties are later. I’ll be tried by 12 before I let a child get carried by six. To the same point, if someone is robbing a gas station at gun point and I intervene, I wouldn’t hesitate to shoot the criminal in the back. But if a lone, unarmed burglar is in my home, encounters me and immediately runs out the door, not gonna back shoot them. Just do yourself a favor and make those decisions before hand.

While I won’t deny the ballistics of a .45 ACP being better, for me it’s about getting more rounds on target faster. On average the FBI says it takes 0.32 to 0.37 more 9mm rounds to incapacitate an attacker. Specifically if you’re using the type of self defense load I carry. Is the .45 ACP better with one round? Yes. But if I can have 17 rounds before a reload and only need one more round to stop someone, now I can theoretically stop more than one bad guy in a single magazine. I still believe it’s personal preference, and people should shoot the gun and the caliber they’re comfortable with. I have seen more than one homicide with a .22 LR. Here’s another factor to consider. This does not constitute legal advice, if you have questions contact a local attorney to review your laws in the place you live. I’m in Chelan County, wa as I type this so I’ll address the rules here. The RAND institute released a study on civil lawsuits post shootings in self defense scenarios that discussed “man killing calibers”. They defined the term as .40 S&W and higher. In instances where a qualified defender who had been either not charged or acquitted criminally, the person was still found to be civilly liable for the death. For instance Kyle Rittenhouse is being sued by the estate of a man he killed in self defense and was criminally charged and acquitted at trial. One of the things you can do is to acquire self defense insurance to be able to keep your home after defending yourself. I started carrying that insurance before I became a cop, and it saved my ass. I was sued for ‘wrongful death’ in a case where a suspect who was actively trying to stab me tragically lost his life. The case was ruled a justifiable homicide criminally but I was still found civilly liable for the death. The matter was settled for a court sealed sum, most of which was covered by that insurance. To give you a bit of background, the deceased had sexually assaulted a 14 year old female in the basement laundry facility of their apartment building. He assaulted her with a knife after the sexual attack. He then took a high dose of PCP and attacked myself and another officer with a seven inch bladed knife. Due to the physical proximity and reaction times I was unable to draw and fire my service weapon. Instead I went hands on and ended up rendering the perpetrator of a rape and three attempted murders unconscious and he later passed due to the injuries he sustained in that fight. In civil court it was determined that I should have been aware of this specific brain reaction that occurs when a human brain is struck with “an impact tool”. In this case, an elbow. I had a hold of the man’s wrist and was ordering him to drop the knife. Unfortunately he locked out with his eyes opened as you will sometimes see in the UFC. As he maintained resistant tension on the knife and did not comply with my lawful order to release the weapon, and my partner was incapacitated I struck the man with elbows until I realized what was happening. Witnesses said that I struck the man as many as 3-5x with my elbow total. In my report and my sworn testimony I stated that believe I struck him 7 times. There was no video that clearly showed the incident because this was before body cams were prevalent. This incident gives you a feel for how chaotic fights of this nature can be. Despite not having broken any laws, department policies, or statutes on use of force, I still had to pay.

There’s another facet here. If, as you draw, the intruder turns and you shoot them in the back, good luck. WA State has made it clear through civil cases that your “justification” for your lawful use of force ends at producing the weapon. I was off duty once and I observed an attempted kidnapping of a minor. As I drew my concealed handgun the kidnapper immediately released the child and fled. As the reason for drawing my weapon was to stop the kidnapping I was criminally and civilly within my legal rights. Had I fired the weapon at a fleeing person I do not have criminal or civil justification. In more than 90% of the over 1,000 cases my dept crime analyst reviewed where civilians drew a firearm, the crime, know legally as the justification of force, was immediately terminated. Many criminals are cowards. Once they encounter potentially lethal resistance they retreat. Also know, handguns suck at terminating human life. For instance Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was shot 9 times at close range with a 9mm handgun. He was incapacitated but survived. There are WW2 cases where opposing forces were shot 7 times with the .45 ACP to no immediate effect. Do not expect the attacker you’re firing on to immediately go down. Its nice if it happens because you’re safer, but do not expect it. An interesting mechanism in human anatomy that’s relevant is when your blood pressure tanks because you have holes in you, you momentarily collapse. If you regain that blood pressure because of gravity, you will regain consciousness. This means someone who is down, can get back up for a brief round two. We referred to it as the “zombie effect”.

I really like that HERA, thanks for introducing me to a new setup. I’m only interested in competing in full dress up and talking shit in my cowboy character. I’m going to lose. But I’d like to see how fast I can pull my .357 Mag Vaquero firing real .357 mags at a target at competition. I don’t compete to get trophies. Here’s the thing, I am an undefeated gunfighter. I was able to save a life that is very dear to me in one of those fights. She’s a brilliant nurse now and one of my favorite humans. It’s the only recognition I’ll ever want. I’m blessed, lucky, and grateful. I might have stayed in competition in modern pistol if there were more attractive ladies. Single. Over 40. That’re mouthy. And fit. I don’t feel like I’m asking too much. Lol

I can’t say that I’ve ever seen the 1911 carbine. That’s quiet the setup, I bet it’s a heck of a good time at the range. As far as Pistol Caliber Carbines (PCCs) I’ve shot a bunch of them. One that was everything I’d hoped it would be was an Israeli Uzi in the carbine configuration. It’s much easier to control those short, crazy bursts. If I won the lottery I’d buy one. Others that I liked were the HK MP5 9mm, Kris’s Vector .45, Sig MCX 9mm, and the CZ Scorpion Evo. Personal preference is the CZ. They’re relatively affordable and well made. To plink with, I think I’d see if Palmetto State has one that’s based on the AR platform that accepts Glock magazines. I’m adding a pic of the Scorpion in its full sized 9mm version. It’s from American Rifle Magazine and isn’t mine. The Governor was a gift, I’m actually not sure what the MSRP is, I just had to do the WA State commie paperwork. It’s fun to shoot, but I’m not keen on carrying it as a daily. Competition shooting is a whole different level. There’s a lot of people doing it as their full-time job. I’ve shot at a couple Saturday matches and I did well enough but I didn’t have a good time. I’d much rather just take my steel out in the wilderness and shoot in a small, well disciplined group of people I know. I will admit though, I’d like to shoot Cowboy Action Shooting once.

Yep, mine is a remake, nothing original about it except the design style. It’s not as smooth as the colt, but they’re both good guns. My original carry gun was a Glock 27 .40 S&W. I sold it and bought a Glock 26 9mm because getting 9mm ammo was cheap and easy for me in the military. I carried that gun for about 20 years before. It was my backup gun as a cop because it uses the same magazines as the Glock 17 duty gun I carried. My tertiary gun has been the S&W J-Frame .38 Spcl 5 shot for almost 20 years as well. These are all personal preferences, and the guns I’d grab in the zombie apocalypse. Had someone today who’s roughly my height and proportions what guns they should consider for “full spectrum”. I had to think about this but I’d say a Ruger 10/22, Glock 19 9mm, Mossberg 590/500 or Remington 870, AR my preference is FN in 5.56Nato, and a Remington Model 700 in .308 Win. All easy calibers to get and none are gucci but they get the job done. Although these are fun.

It’s a .45 ACP. The other 1911 I have is one of the Auto Ordinance WW2 style remake, also in .45 ACP. If I feel that I really need to be dangerous and debonair I also have the updated version of the gun that killed Hitler. It’s the “best” .380 auto I’ve used. Although I have had a couple encounters where I saw people shot with them repeatedly at close range who were virtually unharmed. It’s fun to shoot after I put the larger grip on it. I have had hogue grips in the past, I liked them. That colt 1911 is a blemished gun that was offered through a police discount program. It’s the cheapest new Colt I’ve ever seen. The blemishes on it are really minor, apparently it was dropped at the factory. So I refer to it as my cheap colt.

And to stay on topic here’s my low end Colt

Shoot mine and then decide. I’ve never shot the WC 1911, but I have shot their AR’s and they’re great. i’m 100% on board with the ‘no drop in’s’. Just speaking from my experience with Glocks and Mil-Spec AR’s. 1911’s and bolt action rifles magnify that.

That does sound like a great place. Unfortunately the VA loans for my income bracket are frozen right now due to an “impending housing value crash”. Which is why I’m looking at renting. I’ll buy around where I feel that dip is occurring to maximize the property for my bulldog. He deserves the best, just ask him. I love shooting the FN PS90, but it’s not a go to for personal defense. This will sound like heresy but I’d rather grab an AK than the FN. However the FN gets more comments at the range. Anyone else shoot these? The Beretta 1301.

I just saw this, I’m already booked for tomorrow or I’d have brought my WRX just to meet The Bleach.

You didn’t ask…

I’m incredibly fortunate that the money I made allowed me to retire early. I’m not rich or anything but I can live comfortably without getting shot again. I just need to be able to drive to a VA when I need medical care and have a decent butcher shop nearby. The “basics”. Lol To stay on topic, this is the most ineffective platforms I have, but I love taking it to the range.

Things are still on the back burner as I look for a new place to move to. Also, still collecting parts. She’s safe in storage while all of that happens.

I’m a huge fan of carrying what you’re comfortable shooting and that you find reliable. Revolvers are an acquired taste, and if they’re not what you like, shoot what’s fun. What brand of 1911? I’ve had some great experiences with older Kimber’s and the Colt’s. Making a good gun is a complicated endeavor that requires strict tolerances. But at least you didn’t have this kinda day.

I spent two seasons hunting up my Priest River, since my hunting grounds are up near mt Abercrombie in the top right corner of WA. Both seasons in ID I got my deer and had a wonderful time. That land up there is dense so they were short shots, under 200 yards for one and then about 80 for the second one. I’ve also never wounded an animal, the Weatherby is dialed in and I’d rather have an empty tag than to take a questionable shot. I’m not subsistence hunting anymore. I’ve shot the pre-64’ Winchester 70 in the .30-06, but never the Whelen. Those old Winchester’s are great rifles. I really do like your state, that area around Boise is cool, but it’s gotten so big. I was there two years ago and hardly recognized it. If I were to relocate there I think I’d do Fruitland. It seems to be just high enough it wouldn’t get that smoke that settles in the Nampa Valley during Fire season.

I didn’t think it would go this way, but it’s how my cards played in life. I’m nothing special from the people I’ve worked with. I just believe I’m either unusually lucky or blessed. Perhaps both to still be kicking around. I met my goals and retired really young. Now I just need to find a nice place to rent for a few years while I figure out which less commie state to live in after I abandon Washington. Cheytac makes some incredible precision rifles, and they price them accordingly. I really enjoy precision shooting with that little .308. It’s nothing special but it’s cheap to run. What do you think of your 338 Lapua? Is that too heavy of a caliber for hunting? I’m really interested in how it shoots. When you get a chance I’d be interested to read what you think of it.