Lock'n Loaded - Guns, Ammo, Military and Survival Stuff

[reaper239]

there have been several gun threads untill they wereparsed down. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!!!!!! i'm sure nik will combine the two shortly. anywho, it's either very common, or very crappy. but i'm not a huge fan of breaktops so... yeah.

this is my baby:


simple, clean, 8+1, .45, real sweet piece. finnicky about her ammo though.

[Adventureless_Hero]

there have been several gun threads untill they wereparsed down. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!!!!!! i'm sure nik will combine the two shortly. anywho, it's either very common, or very crappy. but i'm not a huge fan of breaktops so... yeah.

this is my baby:


simple, clean, 8+1, .45, real sweet piece. finnicky about her ammo though.

I have a 1911 Springfield .45 that I'll post a photo of later. I love the look and feel of it but my one gripe is the safety feature that has to be depressed on the rear of the grip. When I am showing it to friends and they pull the slide back (after making certain it is empty of course) I like to release the hammer gently but with this gun it's a funner matter; keeping that safety feature depressed and placing a thumb on the hammer to let it forward gently. Other than that, this gun has always, always been my wet dream, and now I own one. ^w^

[reaper239]

the easy solution is this:
1 hold in your firing hand
2 place thumb on hammer like you would decock any other gun
3 pull hammer back until it depressess the grip safety
4 pull trigger and slowly let the hammer fall forward, the grip safety will stay depressed the whole time

[Adventureless_Hero]

the easy solution is this:
1 hold in your firing hand
2 place thumb on hammer like you would decock any other gun
3 pull hammer back until it depressess the grip safety
4 pull trigger and slowly let the hammer fall forward, the grip safety will stay depressed the whole time

so in step 3 is my palm depressing the grip safety? I'll fiddle with it more when I get home. I can kind of picture what you are describing to me but it's difficult without holding the gun. Won't the rear guard that keeps my skin from getting pinched by the action of the slide make it difficult to get my thumb on the hammer while depressing the grip safety?

[nikvoodoo]

Uh yeah....there's like 4 or 5 threads already about guns and what you have and what you'd prefer to have. I'm closing this and will merge it elsewhere later.

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

Uh yeah....there's like 4 or 5 threads already about guns and what you have and what you'd prefer to have. I'm closing this and will merge it elsewhere later.

WTH really no threads dealing with weapons? Don't worry Nik I got this. Thread merged and adding flashing lights with classic Kiss playing in the background.

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

I was surprised to see there wasn't a thread about guns yet so I thought I'd create one. This should be a thread about all things guns. Feel free to post pictures of yours, discuss others, or ask questions about guns. If I weren't at work and weren't so damn lazy, I would dress this thread up all pretty and name it Locked 'n Loaded.

"Oh My Stars and Garters!" I don't see how you missed the thread labled exactly "Locked N Loaded." LOL!

[Adventureless_Hero]

Yipes...not only that but I just sent Nik a PM saying, "hey...'bout my thread the other day, are you going to make good on your offer to merge and create?"

I don't know how I missed this either! I think my search terms only included "Guns" so a bazillion threads popped up. Can you tell I'm a search term wiz? :P

Anygay, Reaper, I went home, fiddled with my .45 (get your mind out of the gutter folks) and found that yes, you are correct. I can uncock the hammer in a more comfortable way. I even figured out a way to do it with one hand but it's a bit tricky. A couple of times the hammer slipped off my thumb and hit the firing pin too hard. That's a no-no. Can you imagine if it were loaded?!

I love my 1911 but my H&R .22 with the custom grips my father made are still my favorite! Pics to follow...one day.

[nikvoodoo]

Hero....you have some fail on you.......

And pardon the shortness in my PM reply. At work and can't really be checking the forum too much.

[Adventureless_Hero]

Fail? Is that what that is? I thought it was some douchbaggery. :S

Thanks Nik! Thanks Crowbar! I should have known better than to believe there wasn't a thread dedicated to weapons.