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Dweezel

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  1. Well I picked up a XD .45ACP yesterday :D went out the old mans and ran about 20 rounds through it to de-virginize it today, damn does it shoot nice, not as brutal as the National Match 70 series, (and no where near as sexy either) and a LOT lighter as well. Very nice gun, very happy with it. Its gonna be my new carry piece untill I can finally force myself to buy a Sub-Compact.

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  2. Well closed loop uses an oxygen, MAP, or MAF sensor to monitor incoming air, and out going exhaust AFR's, and make constant adjustments, Openloop knows nothing but the program and sticks to it no matter what.

    Ease of use, and cheaper/less problematic would definately go to open loop, also HP

    Closed loop is great for emmissions though.....

  3. Your reasoning for getting the permit is exactly why it's available. That is a good reason. I just may take it a bit further and carry all the time. I never know when something bad will happen. I can't tell the future and I don't ever drive through bad neighborhoods. (well' date=' maybe not never but as there aren't any on my daily commutes) It's just nice to have a little extra coverage on my 'I don't feel like dying today' policy. And I agree with you and the last thing I want to do is kill somebody in defense of my own life or the life of another. I also want to come home to my wife every night.[/quote']

    Amen, Couldn't have said it any better if I tried, and I did, and it didn't sound that good. And yes I do carry the majority of the time, but on trips to my grandmothers or up to the drug store, I tend not to. I live in a well kept middle class neighborhood with a good police force and a low crime rate, my odds of running into trouble around town are extremely scarce.

  4. Well, if that's how you feel I'd suggest not carrying at all. There's obviously a huge responsibility that comes with carrying and the biggest one is the fact that you just might have to take the life of another.

    You could just as easily 'neutralize' your attacker with a lamp if you're worried about killing them. I'm sure once the second attacker sees how you've taken out his partner he won't stick around.

    Well your still allowed to carry your penis right? Even if you have no idea how to use it. :beating:

    Sorry I'm not a gung ho wanna kill everyone and anyone who pisses me off kinda guy, but I assure you if I had to, I would, but I'd seriously consider all other available options first. I didn't get my CCW with dreams of vigilante justice or an 'I can't wait to shoot at someone' attitude, I got it because I can. Mainly for my drive to work, I go through some pretty sketchy neighborhoods on my way and when I'm on the bike I get lots of less than desierable members of socity checking it out a little more than they should be and I feel safer with it.

  5. i always understood at distance if you shoot someone in the skull at a certain spot it will just ricochet off.

    yes, and angle has allot to do with it too, but straight on at a close distance it would penetrate. Hell, my cousin hunts deer with a .22 rifle (he'd put schmuck to shame, has over 150 guns, mostly rifles and assault type weapons, including about a dozen AR's) says he hits them behind the eye in the skull and they drop on the spot.

  6. Any caliber is deadly. The problem with the .22 is it usually doesn't stay in the body. Personally' date=' I wouldn't carry anything smaller than a 9mm for self-defense. Others would and that's perfectly fine. As long as you are carrying something...[/quote']

    Now everything I've ever heard is contrary to that, I've always heard a .22 stays within the body and bounces around, and usually shatters into small pieces.

  7. You should NOT shoot to wound. Placement is important, but shooting them in the arm to 'make them drop a weapon' or shooting them in the leg to 'keep them from running at me'...all stupid advice IMO. If you're going to pull the trigger you intend to completely STOP the threat, not piss them off. Two in the chest and one in the head, threat terminated.

    see, now I'm not John Rambo, I don't know how well I'd take to knowing that I ended someones life. I'll take the 'neutralize' option first, and leave the 'terminate' option until last :(

  8. lol wow I know I'm gonna get shit for this, but here's the stance on the subject. A .22 is gonna stop someone. IF your in a situation where you have time to fire, you have time to place it properly. Unless your attacker is all jacked up on PCP a small caliber .22 is gonna cause enough pain that they'll stop, a round in the right shoulder (or left if their holding with their left) will cause them to drop their arm and weapon and it's about over.

    IF someone is out specifically to end your life, their not gonna ask you if you'd like to draw your weapon first, they have the element of surprise, and you'll be dead before you know there even was a situation.

    If the situation allows you to draw a weapon, most of the time that itself is enough to defuse the situation.

    If they have a gun pointed at you, and they firmly intend on killing you if you do not comply, you'll be dead before you can get your weapon out, theirs is drawn and aimed, yours is still in your waist band, holster, up your ass, where ever you keep it.

    Accuracy.

    If you can't hit a man sized object at 20 feet, you shouldn't have a gun. being able to hit a target at 500 yards is pointless in a SD situation. the extremely vast majority of SD conflicts are point blank, to 20 feet, after that it gets kinda hard to prove self defence.

    I've read on several CCW forums that the FBI did a study, and before you get a concled firearm out, a man with a knife can issue fatal cuts from as far away as 21 feet and a man with a drawn gun at any distance

    Okay I think I caused enough shit, I'm out.

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