BitterTait
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The best practical accessory? Ammo, targets and range time.
Tired of the tacticool. What's practicool?
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Ummmm.... you have different squirrels and backyards than we have around here ..... squirrels 'round here are usually up in trees, and 75 yards would be somebody else's backyard .......
If I wanted to take squirrels in my backyard, the tacticool thing would be supressed subsonic .22 rimfire.
The practical thing would be wire snares. Fewer bullet holes in the neighborhood that way.... the neighbors frown on that sort of thing.
When it comes to home defence this is how I figure it.
Hopefully the son of a guns are noisy enough to wake us up.
I grab .45 from nightstand, tell wife to get phone and go to the bathroom, get in the tub, call 911.
I follow her into the bathroom, kneel next to the bathroom door using all the cover I can and focus on the bedroom door.
Someone comes in that door that don't belong is going to die. I am not yelling anything out, no warnings, I am not advertising my guns for them to come back later and steal.
Don't need a flashlight, I am not going to go poking around like a SWAT wanabe, I am pretecting my wife and myself and that's it.
Lasers mean you gota learn a new way to aim, old way works fine.
If I had a shotgun already, it's on my short list, the shotgun would be somewhere between the bed and the bathroom with a few extra shells on the stock, but that's the extent of it.
Well, that's all I got
Hopefully the son of a guns are noisy enough to wake us up.
I grab .45 from nightstand, tell wife to get phone and go to the bathroom, get in the tub, call 911.
I follow her into the bathroom, kneel next to the bathroom door using all the cover I can and focus on the bedroom door.
Someone comes in that door that don't belong is going to die. I am not yelling anything out, no warnings, I am not advertising my guns for them to come back later and steal.
Don't need a flashlight, I am not going to go poking around like a SWAT wanabe, I am pretecting my wife and myself and that's it.
Lasers mean you gota learn a new way to aim, old way works fine.
If I had a shotgun already, it's on my short list, the shotgun would be somewhere between the bed and the bathroom with a few extra shells on the stock, but that's the extent of it.
Well, that's all I got
m&p45acp10+1
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This was a tactical CCW pistol back in its day over 165 years ago in the fledgling days of Texas. It had a folding knife due to the fact that if you were using it they werer on top of you, and you would not have the time to reload it.
I have 2 others like it in the safe. One is the real deal, the other is a Spanish reproduction. Note the flashpan on the top of the pistol to help it conceal in a boot.
I have 2 others like it in the safe. One is the real deal, the other is a Spanish reproduction. Note the flashpan on the top of the pistol to help it conceal in a boot.
Maximus856
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I'm going on a whim here and assuming you mean AR's etc. So if thats the case, it doesnt deserve the chance for enhanced accuracy because of the way the ammunition is fed or because your hand is placed on a pistol grip? I dont see how taking a gun thats good for 600yds and putting something typically used for CQB on it is practicool.
I personally am very unbiased towards types of firearms. Of course, there is a point of pure ridiculousness of all types in my opinion. However, all guns do the same essential thing. So with that said, I dont much see how something becomes not practical because it has the ability to fulfill other duties. If you're stuck in 1894 because your old 30-30 lever action has done everything youve needed then fine. Just some food for thought, but nobody seems to have a problem with calling a hunting rifle a hunting rifle. Your rifle doesnt do the hunting, you do. Same goes for a "tacticool" gun.
Hunting is something you do, not attachments for your hunting rifle.
Self defense is something you do, not something you attach to your self defense gun.
We have guns we call match grade, are they no longer match grade because you dont shoot matches? Or should we start calling these other ones tactical grade?
Is a Remington VersaMax-waterfowl now a misnomer if you dont hunt waterfowl with it?
Point being things are advertised as what they would typically be used for, or what they were designed for. Get over it.
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checkmyswag
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Id say the "tacticool" is marketed showing the extremes of what the product can do/can be not what they're typically used for. But that's no different than a Corvette (most of us don't take curves at 120 mph on a daily basis or drive our 4x4 in the harshest of conditions. But we certainly like that we could do those things. Suppose that's why id be ok with a "basic" AR much like a basic pickup or a car with a little extra power but I know I wont usually be doing extreme things so don't need the extreme products. However...my theory breaks down as ill probably never need a pistol and carrying one is an extreme. Practicool FTW!
To me "tacticool" is the guy who shows up at the range with an AR-15 that's decked out with so many gadgets that it has no practical use other than to show off. Usually the same people who just shove one 30 rd magazine after another into the gun and sling lead downrange as fast as they can pull the trigger, rarely hitting anything. Again, showing off is their only intent.
I have an AR-15. But other than the fact that it's got a heavy barrel, it's stock. By that I mean, standard fixed stock, standard hand grip. Standard carry handle with standard A2 sights. No rails, no lasers, no lights, no scope....just the rifle. I can hit anything with it that I can see, at any range suitable for a 5.56 cartridge. That's what I call "practicool". Oh, and I paid well under $1000 for it.
I have an AR-15. But other than the fact that it's got a heavy barrel, it's stock. By that I mean, standard fixed stock, standard hand grip. Standard carry handle with standard A2 sights. No rails, no lasers, no lights, no scope....just the rifle. I can hit anything with it that I can see, at any range suitable for a 5.56 cartridge. That's what I call "practicool". Oh, and I paid well under $1000 for it.
"Tactical" fad
Hoping for Cabela's, Midway, etc. to offer a soft sided bag, scope, knife, firearm, etc. labeled "tactical mil-spec SWAT sniper. . ." By then the silliness will have reached its apex and we may achieve advertising normality. But, since when is most advertising aimed at normality?
Hoping for Cabela's, Midway, etc. to offer a soft sided bag, scope, knife, firearm, etc. labeled "tactical mil-spec SWAT sniper. . ." By then the silliness will have reached its apex and we may achieve advertising normality. But, since when is most advertising aimed at normality?
ScottRiqui
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Sounds exactly like mine, except even the barrel is stock on mine, since it already had an HBAR. I'm still improving with it in its current configuration, so I don't see the need to upgrade anything until the rifle becomes the limiting factor instead of my ability. Actually, I take that back - I'm about to install a smaller-diameter front post to make my aiming a little more precise.