I’ll let you form your own opinions, but note that the black markers are fatal shootings and the blue ones are just punctures. All I’m going to say is that maybe the problem isn’t law enforcement or a lack of gun control, maybe the problem is…economic? Map by Kevin L’Herrou, from Reddit.
I picked one up over a year ago and shoot it every few weeks or so, few hundred shells thru it with no big problems. They had upgraded the mag tube selector switch and screw since I bought it and had swapped it out for me no charge, so that was nice. I like things that are different that’s why I picked one up when it first came out. Have a bunch other 12ga for back up too.
Wonder what those of you with leo mil civ training or hunting experience consider a reasonable monthly or quarterly range session minimum to stay current. If I am going to carry for self defense (not yet able in SoCal due Sheriffs May Issue criteria but that may be fixed by a 9th Court decision) but if and when then I’d want to plan for that much on hand stocked up a year ahead. I’m basing that on the rough length of time for this last and earlier shortages as a prudent measure. That could easily be 600 to 1200 rds per caliber I’d guess and the savijgs for doing so in .40 for example could be $500
In Советская Россия, ammunition own you.
nice moi droog… how did you do the cyrillic font?
why are we pretending that taxpayers aren’t paying for those expensive armored cars because they come from “Uncle Sam?” or that they’re strictly used for the kinds of situations you cite?
the issue of police officers claiming they need those “military surplus” rifles while testifying to ban civilians from getting similar rifles (or magazines) is something aside from that, i admit, but doesn’t exactly make me sympathetic to what officers “need.”
I’ve found the Advantage Arms Glock slide conversion useful to save $ in ammo. Breakeven in cost savings after approx 1000 rds for 22 vs 40.
I might get myself the Laselyte blue gun target kit for practice. Anyone have experience on that…good or bad for building skills?
The economical correlation is obvious. But this might be more a comment on the effect of stifling firearm laws as it relates to economically related areas. Even overall, these laws don’t eliminate what they are purported to prevent. And it is the poor who suffer.
I’m well stocked up on the three calibers that I own, and tempted to go into a fourth… but I don’t have the storage space or cash (grad school student).
Eventhough I have more than enough .22LR stored away, I’m starting to forget what a brick looks like…
Well done. Same for me.
Filing this in my “for the future” file. Nick, would you really check every round you loaded, or would you likely just “spot check” each lot?
You know what I am sick of is all these reviews that I have read about how this gun is such a great weapon. (which is why I purchased it in the first place) I have had nothing but problems with mine from the start, bad clips,the slide won’t lock back if you can get it to fire a full clip of ammo and light primer strikes on 2 boxes of high end ammo and 1 box of the Russian stuff all FMJ. At first I thought that I just got a lemon but after doing some research I am finding that alot of people have had problems with this gun. I was talking about it at work and found out that another guy at work also has had problems with his gun, Ruger has replaced the clips, and said they repaired the problem with the light primer strikes but when I went out to shoot it I did not even get through a clip and it still won’t fire right. I have never had such problems with any of my other guns. glocks, s&w,interarms cat9, kimber, fnh, SR1911, or any other hand guns I have. I think it’s time to get rid of it because even if I send it back in I will never trust it to function relieably again especialy when its my life and familys life on the line. And I am all done trusting gun reviews because I think that the reviewers get guns that are not what the general public buy at the local gun shop. This is the 2nd time I have trusted reviews from several magazines and online and was burnt. Oh by the way I was a big Ruger fan and have several guns from them but I think that their quality has slipped a bit in recent years with such a mad dash to get guns out as fast as they can. So if oy guys are going to do reviews go to the local gun stores and get your guns and give us the good,the bad ,and the ugly please.
I agree with whoever said that they will take his guns when he can no longer fire and reload…if enough people have that attitude and back it up..gun confiscation will just go away..Donn
I don’t believe that they were hoarding ammo for over a year.. The demand has died down from what it was a year ago. We do know that in many cases various employees where cherry picking the shipments for various calibers. However the people in the firearms community who panicked are still to blame for the ongoing ammo shortages. Also the middleman market of ammo buyers, gaugers and resellers still hasn’t completely disappeared.. Production has caught up, but some manufacturers will be filling orders that were placed in late 2012 for the next two years. The reason there are now specials on bulk boxes is because the orders that were placed last year have now just been filled.
I use this gauge regularly and would highly recommend if you load your own ammo.
there’s no doubt a correlation between poverty & violence here; but, as leghorn would say, ”correlation does not equal causation.” not that i have any specific thoughts as to causation, i merely intend to caution you.
what is truly fascinating is the medium cluster in the yellow blob to the east; that one does not even have a red center point, yet it has more shootings than any other yellow blob. certainly worthy of further investigation.
I think NYC2AZ answered this one above. In short – Queens Projects.
So, simple milling off piece of material adds $24 to price? I’m in wrong trade!
This scheme is just that – another malicious scheme to steal all the guns. One of the favorite tricks of politicians is to dream up complicated regulations for guns since they can’t ban them outright. Someone should challenge this nonsense in court. I suppose the next thing they will do is pass a law prohibiting any gun from having more than ONE round in the chamber – such as derringers.
This means stocks handguards rails and so many other parts
Sort of like the NRA was quiet during the passing of the NFA of 1934(okay they were quite vocal about that one passing) or the 1968 Gun Control Act, or the Lautenburg Act or the Firearms Owners Protection Act, or the 1994 Crime Bill (sorry, once again the NRA was kind of supporting that one – then again they always kind of supported restricting guns).
Funny, isn’t the NRA promote itself as gun rights group…how odd.
Youth Uprising, perfect for Oakland, they are good at it. Maybe another black community organization can be called: Young looters of Oakland.I think Obama should be president seeing that he is looting an entire country
It’s called mercantilism. It’s the way business has been done in America for decades. A few large corporations and contractors get together and propose laws that will stifle, slow or destroy their competition. Take the recent bills about Internet sales tax collection. Who were the biggest proponents? Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Amazon, etc. Giant online retailers that already collect tax in all 50 states. What they want to do is shut down all their smaller competition, because a small online store isn’t going to have the resources or time to collect tax from 50 different states and report to 50 different departments of revenue. They’ll fold. The market shrinks and the big boys get bigger.
Maybe the wife and I should stop calling the gun room “The Armory”. The news folk would have a coronary.
You get one gun and one bullet. No magazines because those are dangerous. Oh and that bullet had better not be in a chamber, it could go off of its own free will….
Arsenal….. Right.
I made a bell:
http://imgur.com/Yec2Alc
Someone be quick and form Mothers against Motherhood, there’s too many stupid people reproducing.
Would a giant sign that says “I don’t need guns to clean the gene pool” be in really bad taste? Maybe strap it on an ax handle….
Here is the guide that is being used by these groups. Note the reference to “bitter clingers”, how to steal attention away from victims families, and why they shouldn’t apologize for it, and many silly strawman attacks of our arguments.
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf
“there are some crazy bitches out there”
That really is a sexist misogynistic thing to write. If there are any crazy b*tches out there it is only because of the unfair oppressive chauvinistic society we live in. Long live the revolution for equality! Waa waa waa.
Some may tell me to “Lighten up, Francis,” but I think the thing that stuck in my craw the most about the MultiCam Black roll out was the crap in the promo stuff for it (emphasis mine):
MultiCam® Black was developed to meet the unique needs of law enforcement officers operating in high-risk environments. It projects a distinctly authoritative presence appropriate for domestic operations.
MultiCam® Black is designed to complement an officer’s existing equipment and present a sharp, professional image for top-tier law enforcement units.
In other words, more gucci-flage for the local SWAT commander to write up a federal grant for. Kinda makes me nostalgic for my days growing up in Smalltown, USA where the police all drove marked cruisers and wore a proper uniform/hat. Not BDU pants bloused in their combat boots, a T-shirt that has “POLICE” screen printed on it, a ball cap, and hard-knuckle gloves.
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There’s an even stronger correlation between the prevalence of single parent households and shootings. The two overlay pretty much perfectly.
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