Question Guide rod spring

[Alex]

Stop giving tiny women tiny guns! The problem is the popularity of the "micro-nines." The problem isn't that the shooter "can't handle 9-mm." The problem is the size (and weight) of the gun.

This!

A full size 9mm pistol is easier to shoot in every way compared to compact and sub compact versions. You get a full 2 hand grip, more mass to absorb recoil, a longer slide for manipulation and sight radius.

Additionally, women are shaped differently than men, giving them more concealment options...


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[PaulusInIA]

Using a heaver guide rod spring will make it harder for your wife to rack and load. My wife has trouble racking with a standard spring.

A heaver spring could cause feeding and ejecting problems too.

See, thats what im thinking- feeding/ejection problems from the heavier spring. i wonder if that spring might make the slide start 'short stroking' under recoil/cycling, creating problems...

 

[Sekret Squid 76]

Interesting read, wanted to share….

An Alternate Look at Handgun Stopping Power

Written by: Greg Ellifritz I've been interested in firearm stopping power for a very long time. I remember reading Handguns magazine back in the late 1980s when Evan Marshall was writing articles about

www.activeresponsetraining.net

 

[Hawkeye]

Interesting read, wanted to share….

An Alternate Look at Handgun Stopping Power

Written by: Greg Ellifritz I've been interested in firearm stopping power for a very long time. I remember reading Handguns magazine back in the late 1980s when Evan Marshall was writing articles about

www.activeresponsetraining.net

This is a great study!!
This is just common sense stuff.
"In a certain (fairly high) percentage of shootings, people stop their aggressive actions after being hit with one round regardless of caliber or shot placement. These people are likely NOT physically incapacitated by the bullet. They just don’t want to be shot anymore and give up!"

I carry a 911 380 because there small and light. God forbit I ever have to use it but if I do it will probably be with in 15 feet. I practice a draw and double tap, now would I carry this as my main side arm in an all-out zombie shoot out no but as a back-up yes.

If anyone wants to tell my wife what she should carry and what caliber, go for it, hasn't worked well for me in the past years.

It is like everything else with shooting, what feels comfortable and the ability to hit your target. These two things first the rest is just tweaking your skills.

 

[PaulusInIA]

This is a great study!!
This is just common sense stuff.
"In a certain (fairly high) percentage of shootings, people stop their aggressive actions after being hit with one round regardless of caliber or shot placement. These people are likely NOT physically incapacitated by the bullet. They just don’t want to be shot anymore and give up!"

I carry a 911 380 because there small and light. God forbit I ever have to use it but if I do it will probably be with in 15 feet. I practice a draw and double tap, now would I carry this as my main side arm in an all-out zombie shoot out no but as a back-up yes.

If anyone wants to tell my wife what she should carry and what caliber, go for it, hasn't worked well for me in the past years.

It is like everything else with shooting, what feels comfortable and the ability to hit your target. These two things first the rest is just tweaking your skills.

I carry a P938 but my next build is a g43 based on p80 ss frame. I want more chances in every mag and a light on the front.

 

[JustKen]

What it really comes down to is what the gun is intended to be used for? I myself like bigger bore guns in general. I do have a couple of .22s for small varmints but like 9MM or bigger for plinking. So if the owner/shooter is into cheap plinking a .22 is fine. Or you can enjoy blowing banana holes in paper with a 500.

If your talking self defense? That's a whole new ball game.

IMO you can toss this "one shot kill" nonsense in the garbage. It takes a very practiced shooter with a lots of rounds down range to make that happen. Takes a certain amount of courage if the bad guys is trying to engage you at the same time. In a situation like that the very first thing that happens is you will experience a MASSIVE adrenalin dump which is going to instantly increase your heart rate. To about 120 beats a minute. That's full on exercise rate. Go run 1/4 mile, stop and instantly pull your gun and start shooting! See how well you do. So in the end size matters. A shot that puts a bad guy down wounded is much better than them standing there a flesh would returning fire. I kinda feel that unless you are real close a 380 can get you killed. Heck for EDC I'm not a huge fan of a 9MM. If God forbid I ever get into a situation like that I'd kinda like the be the winner. I will admit that 9MM has vastly improved sense the US Army adopted the 9MM but we went from one shot with the .45 to double tap with the 9. Just my opinions. Flame suit on!

Rick

OT - when I was on SWAT, we had an exercise that was run a few times each year in which we would all load load into the bed of a pick-up truck, be driven a mile out from the range, disembark from the truck, and be handed a medicine ball. As we ran back to the range, the medicine ball had to be passed among the Team members. Once reaching the range, we donned gas masks, climbed the stairs to the top of the rappel tower, walked back down the stairwell, do grass drills, run down to the firing range, and then qualify with the G21.

I miss those days/ don't miss those days.

/K