Wild Romanian
Moderator
Practicing with a gun that you may have to rely on to save your life is an extremely bad idea.
Weapons are machines and subject to failure from wear and tear.
As a matter of fact even some manufactures warn that their pistols may only be funtional for so many rounds.
This is very evident in economically priced small hand guns.
Smith & Wessons little .380 Sigma is given a service life of only 2,000 rounds.
The expensive .32 seecamp is given a life of 1,000 rounds.
A recent post by an angry Kel-Tech owner said he only got an 800 round life out of his hand gun.
Does this mean all small hand guns are junk. No of course not. They were made to be carried much and shot seldom or not at all.
This post is not an attempt in any way to enrage any owner of the above mentioned weapons (I own some of them myself). I do not have the space or time to mention dozens more. I do not need to. I am just giving a random example to make a valid point.
A small handguns size works against them in terms of their being able to stand up to the tremedous pounding that they take whe actually firing them.
Blow back pistols in my experience have even less life than the small lock breached pistols. I have had frames warp even on some very expensive pocket auto's which jamed the gun up tight.
The smart man or woman practices with a .22 or with a duplicate weapon of the handgun he or she will use in a defensive situation if the need arises.
There are people out there that have been extremely branwashed by the Hollywood movies. They really believe that a hand gun will last forever with no maintenance and that they can actually use it as a hammer or as a prybar. No amount of argument can convince them other wise. This information is not for them. They will never use it.
Many not being mechanically inclined do not even see the wear and damage they often inflict on their weapons by dry firing, slamming slides home on an empty chamber or flicking revolver cylinders closed. The list of abuse is endless but I think if you are reasonably intelligent you have already got the picture. There is no such thing as a super quality arm that can take such abuse for very long without suffering enough damage to eventually make it fail at the critical moment.
I strongly recommend that those of you that are about to purchase a new weapon for self defense only shoot between 100 to 200 rounds to break in your pistol and then shoot it no more forever.
Be extremely careful about what type of oil you use on it. On a self defense gun use it sparingly and constantly monitor the oil to see if it is evaporating and becoming sticky or hard.
Oil proof your ammo by using nail polish or polyurethane. Put a small drop on the primer and paint a cirlce around the junction of the bullet and cartridge mouth.
It has been my unfortunate experience to find out that factory oil proofing of ammo often does not work very well.
Do not let this post discourage you from purchasing the small handgun. This is the weapon that you will most likely carry on an everyday basis because it is convenient to carry. Despite what all the hot air blowhards tell you they themselves often leave the large size weapons sitting at home in the drawer because of their weight and their uncomfortability when carried. When they need it most , out on the street, it will usually be found sitting home in the drawer or safe or gun cabinet.
Do not worry or be talked out of the small handgun because of its small caliber. Forget what you have been told by the bloward armchair experts. It is bullet placement and penetration that stop a person not large caliber or high velocity.
If you think that the lowly .25acp or .22 rimfire has no penetrations shoot one throught some 2x4's sometime and it will shock you on how much penetration they have especially with solid bullets.
Remember the .25 in the pocket is worth many more times than the 50 caliber super blaster you left at home because of its uncomfortable size and weight.
All this information has come from observing people and the situations I have observed them in over a life time of shooting and carrying firearms.
For the reasonably intelligent and thoughtful person this information can and will help you immensely but nothing will help the other class of gun owner. They are the ones who will succum to fate with either a non-functional weapon in their hand at the time of crises or no weapon at all. W.R.
Weapons are machines and subject to failure from wear and tear.
As a matter of fact even some manufactures warn that their pistols may only be funtional for so many rounds.
This is very evident in economically priced small hand guns.
Smith & Wessons little .380 Sigma is given a service life of only 2,000 rounds.
The expensive .32 seecamp is given a life of 1,000 rounds.
A recent post by an angry Kel-Tech owner said he only got an 800 round life out of his hand gun.
Does this mean all small hand guns are junk. No of course not. They were made to be carried much and shot seldom or not at all.
This post is not an attempt in any way to enrage any owner of the above mentioned weapons (I own some of them myself). I do not have the space or time to mention dozens more. I do not need to. I am just giving a random example to make a valid point.
A small handguns size works against them in terms of their being able to stand up to the tremedous pounding that they take whe actually firing them.
Blow back pistols in my experience have even less life than the small lock breached pistols. I have had frames warp even on some very expensive pocket auto's which jamed the gun up tight.
The smart man or woman practices with a .22 or with a duplicate weapon of the handgun he or she will use in a defensive situation if the need arises.
There are people out there that have been extremely branwashed by the Hollywood movies. They really believe that a hand gun will last forever with no maintenance and that they can actually use it as a hammer or as a prybar. No amount of argument can convince them other wise. This information is not for them. They will never use it.
Many not being mechanically inclined do not even see the wear and damage they often inflict on their weapons by dry firing, slamming slides home on an empty chamber or flicking revolver cylinders closed. The list of abuse is endless but I think if you are reasonably intelligent you have already got the picture. There is no such thing as a super quality arm that can take such abuse for very long without suffering enough damage to eventually make it fail at the critical moment.
I strongly recommend that those of you that are about to purchase a new weapon for self defense only shoot between 100 to 200 rounds to break in your pistol and then shoot it no more forever.
Be extremely careful about what type of oil you use on it. On a self defense gun use it sparingly and constantly monitor the oil to see if it is evaporating and becoming sticky or hard.
Oil proof your ammo by using nail polish or polyurethane. Put a small drop on the primer and paint a cirlce around the junction of the bullet and cartridge mouth.
It has been my unfortunate experience to find out that factory oil proofing of ammo often does not work very well.
Do not let this post discourage you from purchasing the small handgun. This is the weapon that you will most likely carry on an everyday basis because it is convenient to carry. Despite what all the hot air blowhards tell you they themselves often leave the large size weapons sitting at home in the drawer because of their weight and their uncomfortability when carried. When they need it most , out on the street, it will usually be found sitting home in the drawer or safe or gun cabinet.
Do not worry or be talked out of the small handgun because of its small caliber. Forget what you have been told by the bloward armchair experts. It is bullet placement and penetration that stop a person not large caliber or high velocity.
If you think that the lowly .25acp or .22 rimfire has no penetrations shoot one throught some 2x4's sometime and it will shock you on how much penetration they have especially with solid bullets.
Remember the .25 in the pocket is worth many more times than the 50 caliber super blaster you left at home because of its uncomfortable size and weight.
All this information has come from observing people and the situations I have observed them in over a life time of shooting and carrying firearms.
For the reasonably intelligent and thoughtful person this information can and will help you immensely but nothing will help the other class of gun owner. They are the ones who will succum to fate with either a non-functional weapon in their hand at the time of crises or no weapon at all. W.R.
, Art
