Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[nomad_archer]

I agree with the fanny pack. If I am going to carry I want my weapon on my person not in a bag that can be taken away from me. My dad has a tablet sized hip case that is actually a ccw holster. It works well since people seem to carry huge phones and tablets in belt cases anymore. I still have yet to get my ccw since my wife isn't fond of handguns with a 3 year old in the house. I have a safe and locks but I still haven't been able to sell the "need" yet. But she is coming around as she purchased me range time and gun rental at the local indoor range so I could try some guns out. Its only a matter of time. I may go do the paperwork for my ccw just to have it since PA is a shall issue state.

 

[Ambull01]

I was thinking about buying a P226 or a CZ 75 but I'm having a mental wrestling match. It's really hard to get a CCW here in MD. If I'm unable to carry it around then it becomes relatively useless. Can't do anything with it except take it to target practice or leave it at home in a safe. For HD, I'd rather have a pump action shotgun. Nothing says get the hell out of my house than the sound of a pump chambering a shell. Plus, I want my wife to be comfortable with using the weapon should the need arise. I've seen a lot of women at the qual range limp wrist a Beretta M9 and caused continuous FTF. If I had to go pistol for HD and couldn't do the shotgun, I'd rather have a revolver.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Not mine, but I have one just like it in 7x30 Waters. Open carry on a hip holster is kind of fun on the property. I don't think I could ever go to town with it on my hip, though - it's just a bit awkward for that.

 

[Oldman47]

If you think a handgun is for home protection you need to rethink that. If someone breaks into my home I do not want to chance harming a neighbor with a projectile that will go right through walls. On the other hand my 12 gauge loaded with number 4 shot will not penetrate much more than drywall. Now imagine that you are an intruder and you hear my pump shotgun cycle down the hall. What will you do? If you think you are a badass, maybe you will keep coming but chances are good that you will leave. If you keep coming I am more or less certain that you must be shot to stop you and I can do that without much chance of harming any neighbors or my family. In fact, if a person keeps moving after I shoot them, they are a serious threat to me and my family so I repeat until I run out of ammo or they stop moving. That puts me in the ideal situation to truly claim self defense when I am tried, as I will be if I shoot an intruder.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Agreed 100% @Oldman47 . The handgun is great for coyotes and such out to 100+ yards, but if I want to stop an intruder in their tracks, a 12 gauge 3-1/2" magnum with #4 shot is definitely going to do the trick better, and less danger to bystanders.

 

[Ambull01]

If you think a handgun is for home protection you need to rethink that. .

That's exactly what I wrote!! Another point, shooting a handgun accurately is harder than they make it look on tv. Seen many people miss their man sized targets at a distance I could hit with a rock. Throw in adrenaline and possible low light conditions.

 

[svk]

@Oldman47 "Shuck-shuck" of a shotgun is a proven deterrent.

I worked with a retired cop at a previous job. Coffee time usually meant Mike would tell us police stories. One time they kept getting alarm system calls from a certain business. They searched the place high and low with no signs of forced entry or exit. After the third call they were in the basement and he happened to look at the furnace and he could see flannel pressed against the louvres from inside of the furnace...the crook was climbing into the furnace each time the cops came! He didn't say a word but walked up to the furnace with his shotgun and shucked a shell in right next to the louvre. The crook actually crapped his pants upon hearing that.

 

[nomad_archer]

I have short arms so I like semi shotguns much better in all scenarios since I cannot comfortably shoulder the gun and reach the pump. Handguns are tough to hit what you are aiming at without generous amounts of practice. My dad struggled to hit the torso sized steel plate from 7 yards with his subcompact when he first got the gun. He is doing better now but only marginally so. For HD shotguns are the right choice.

 

[wudpirat]

Had a neibour who used to walk into the house without knocking.
One day I racked the ol' 12 ga. pump on him (empty of course). from then on he knocked.
It was comicle, Almost had him in tears, pleading "Don't shoot, Its' only me, Bud"

Can't be too careful, Vampires have tobe invited in you know.
Gotta know who your letting in.

Back to trying to refill Bic lighters

 

[svk]

I'm pretty good with a pistol so I wouldn't advise breaking into my house either way. I rarely shoot pistol though. Shot a few weeks back at a club. Through 3 rounds of targets I was 3rd and ended up 7th of 17 because I was using an unfamiliar gun so I wasn't loading as fast as I could. Most of the guys in the group either shoot competitively often or were active military so I felt pretty good finishing as high as I did.

 

[svk]

But I agree some people are a mess in the heat of the moment.

Jack O'connor always said to learn how to hit moving targets you should start with rabbit hunting with a .22. If you master that then hitting big game on the run is easy.

 

[zogger]

My good deed has been rewarded. I swept an older guy's chimney because he can no longer safely climb up his roof and was short on cash to pay a chimney sweep. His log splitter is sitting in my driveway now to make short work out of all the rounds I've scrounged. Says I can borrow it anytime I want. Also have my Permethrin spray ready to treat my clothes and only have one more day of work this week. Going to do a marathon scrounge session from Thursday to Sunday and line my whole driveway up with rounds, split them all, and be done with scrounging until the weather cools off.



Very true. I'm setup for dual boot as well. I installed Xubuntu last night over Lubuntu. My wife is only familiar with Windows and finds Xubuntu much easier to navigate.



If you're bored, please send me a PM with your thoughts concerning the various distros.

I think it's kinda funny how cell phones are getting bigger and bigger. I remember my aunt having one of those big brick phones in the 90s I guess. Thought it was so cool having the ability to make a phone call away from home. Then it seemed like the race was on to make smaller, more powerful phones. Now the suckers are getting bigger and bigger. Some of the models can barely fit in your pocket. Men will start wearing man purses soon just to carry their phones.

I keep a somewhat up to date knoppix kicking around, that's about it for years now. I have limited and slow bandwith and throughput here, real slow alleged 3g cellular, that's it. ain't got it extra to fool around downloading and trying stuff out. Lucky to have that, no other options out here. heck, I have to download youtube vids and run them from the hard drive to view them as "movies". Straight running them it is choppy and pauses, etc.

But, compared to dialup, I ain't complaining at all. When I first started being online at all, it was bulletin boards, gopher, etc on acoustic modem, then regular slow modems (9.6, then 14k, etc). started on DOS then winderz but then first mac (512k) I was hooked on apple, it was just sooo much better, used that until OSX then went screw it, if I am gonna run a unixy thing, it will be free, switched to linux and building junker desktops then.

 

[Mike Mulback]

34 temperature records broken across B.C.
+40C (104 Fahrenheit) for first time this year, 120-year-old record broken
- this climate change thing is getting downright creepy!

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/ne...d-heres-where-2015s-first-heat-wave-is/53296/
http://www.cknw.com/2015/06/27/34-temperature-record-broken-across-b-c/

Agreed

 

[Philbert]

When I first started being online at all, it was bulletin boards, gopher, etc on acoustic modem, then regular slow modems (9.6, then 14k, etc).

When I first used the Internet, I had to navigate five, separate systems just to login to the bulletin board I participated in. Each used different software and different commands.

Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

A 223 w/HP ammo will blow through a vest, but will dissipate quickly after contact. You can also choose your target if a hostage is taken, so for HD, it gets my vote.

 

[Philbert]

This thread seems to be slipping more from fireWOOD to fireARMS. . . .



Philbert

 

[nomad_archer]

Well philbert, I did finish restacking my wood pile last night and stacked some already split stuff that was in a different pile. I plan on finishing my splitting this weekend. I also responded to a few free firewood ads on CL hopefully I wasnt too late.

 

[nomad_archer]

And if you wait a bit philbert I will let you know when the beer is cold and the maple syrup is done.

 

[farmer steve]

Agreed 100% @Oldman47 . The handgun is great for coyotes and such out to 100+ yards, but if I want to stop an intruder in their tracks, a 12 gauge 3-1/2" magnum with #4 shot is definitely going to do the trick better, and less danger to bystanders.

But I agree some people are a mess in the heat of the moment.

Jack O'connor always said to learn how to hit moving targets you should start with rabbit hunting with a .22. If you master that then hitting big game on the run is easy.

i prefer 00 buck for most situations. 15 pellets works good on running groundhogs out to 50-60 yards. don't know how it would work on intruders at the end of the hallway......... yet. i'm sure i would have to patch the drywall.ok now back to your regularly scheduled firewood scrounging program.

 

[dancan]

Did someone say cold beer !!!!

Sorry , no maple syrup .