Comments on: Bound to Start an Argument http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/08/24/bound-to-start-an-argument/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Graumagus http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/08/24/bound-to-start-an-argument/#comment-48416 Graumagus Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:29:19 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12510#comment-48416 It's all subjective. If I could afford the ammo, I could stand at the range and fire my S&W mod. 29 .44 magnum all day long, while most of my friends empty one cylinder and hand it back, rubbing their wrists :) If the economy ever recovers, I'm getting me a .500 Magnum.... It’s all subjective.
If I could afford the ammo, I could stand at the range and fire my S&W mod. 29 .44 magnum all day long, while most of my friends empty one cylinder and hand it back, rubbing their wrists :)
If the economy ever recovers, I’m getting me a .500 Magnum….

]]> By: Mike Gordon http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/08/24/bound-to-start-an-argument/#comment-48414 Mike Gordon Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:12:27 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12510#comment-48414 I think is regrettable that this kind of nonsense is in the American Rifleman. Guns and Ammo magazine regularly ran these kinds of articles thirty and forty years ago, but hey that was Guns and Ammo, not the American Rifleman. Sure theses kind of features are kind of fun, but really nothing more than a pissing contest. But for the American Rifleman magazine -- compare this tripe to what was typical for the same magazine 25 years ago. If you really want to get sick take a look at some issues from sixty or seventy years ago when the editors took it for granted that their subscribers could read and also could handle real technical information. After reading this issue, I dug out several older issues from the 1940s and 50s just to get the taste out of my mouth. And besides, to leave out the Luger? I think is regrettable that this kind of nonsense is in the American Rifleman. Guns and Ammo magazine regularly ran these kinds of articles thirty and forty years ago, but hey that was Guns and Ammo, not the American Rifleman. Sure theses kind of features are kind of fun, but really nothing more than a pissing contest. But for the American Rifleman magazine — compare this tripe to what was typical for the same magazine 25 years ago. If you really want to get sick take a look at some issues from sixty or seventy years ago when the editors took it for granted that their subscribers could read and also could handle real technical information. After reading this issue, I dug out several older issues from the 1940s and 50s just to get the taste out of my mouth.

And besides, to leave out the Luger?

]]> By: Carl in Chicago http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/08/24/bound-to-start-an-argument/#comment-48405 Carl in Chicago Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:13:22 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12510#comment-48405 These rankings are always amusing ... and even more amusing is how worked-up people get about them. Rankings depend entirely on the criteria used, and the weighting of those criteria. And it can be pretty objective, too, until you begin talking about personal preferences (which are important factors in choosing handguns). These rankings are always amusing … and even more amusing is how worked-up people get about them.

Rankings depend entirely on the criteria used, and the weighting of those criteria. And it can be pretty objective, too, until you begin talking about personal preferences (which are important factors in choosing handguns).

]]> By: B Smith http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/08/24/bound-to-start-an-argument/#comment-48404 B Smith Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:12:22 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12510#comment-48404 No controversy about it, in my mind: The top 10 guns are the ten you personally do best with, and enjoy shooting the most--- which varies from person to person, and also over time and experience. A KimBaer Ultima-Carry Accu-Blaster with Sooper-Hydra-Kill hollowpoints is a hateful piece of junk in the hands of someone who's scared to death of the recoil, noise, flash, etc., and flinches every time s/he fires it. As a wise man once put it, "I'm not anti-Glock, I'm anti-fanboy." No controversy about it, in my mind: The top 10 guns are the ten you personally do best with, and enjoy shooting the most— which varies from person to person, and also over time and experience. A KimBaer Ultima-Carry Accu-Blaster with Sooper-Hydra-Kill hollowpoints is a hateful piece of junk in the hands of someone who’s scared to death of the recoil, noise, flash, etc., and flinches every time s/he fires it.
As a wise man once put it, “I’m not anti-Glock, I’m anti-fanboy.”

]]> By: kerrmudgeon http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/08/24/bound-to-start-an-argument/#comment-48394 kerrmudgeon Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:57:08 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12510#comment-48394 I see nothing controversial about this. Then again, I stopped reading after confirming 1911 was on top. I see nothing controversial about this. Then again, I stopped reading after confirming 1911 was on top.

]]> By: FatWhiteMan http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/08/24/bound-to-start-an-argument/#comment-48393 FatWhiteMan Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:56:52 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12510#comment-48393 The Glock 17 should probably be on a Top 10 list but no where near the top. The Glock 17 should probably be on a Top 10 list but no where near the top.

]]> By: DirtCrashr http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/08/24/bound-to-start-an-argument/#comment-48386 DirtCrashr Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:34:17 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=12510#comment-48386 I'm glad to see the Broomhandle Mauser there, that's iconic in so many ways from Churchill to Hollywood, from Bolsheviks to the Rocketeer. I’m glad to see the Broomhandle Mauser there, that’s iconic in so many ways from Churchill to Hollywood, from Bolsheviks to the Rocketeer.

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