Off to Kill Zombies

Frank,

Lemme get this straight.... you are accurate on the LONG trigger pull of a DA, and blew the easy pulls once you're in SA....

... but you like strikers?

Doesn't make sense to me. Never seen a striker that was a DA. Unless you're calling an internal hammer DA design a striker, and I don't think Glock makes any of those do they?

I'm in SA all the time. I like hammer guns for consistency with what I began shooting, so all my guns are hammer's, but I carry cocked and loaded, just need a thumb stroke during draw to release the safety.

My first many years ago was a Colt Govt Mod. .380 Stayed consistent with similar designs ever since. Beretta Mod 84 Cheetah stainless .380 Beretta Mod 92 FS stainless, with an extended ported barrel 9mm Beretta PX4 storm compact 9mm Colt Defender 9mm Colt Defender .45 S&W 745 ISPC Commemorative 45 (Suhweeet trigger on this) Taurus (can't think of model) .357 that I hunt with and a couple of .22's

I carried a G26 with a Crimson Trace Laserguard for years, then recently switched to a G19 with Laserguard green laser. The green is visible in daylight.

I carry OWB at 2:00 in a Crossbreed. I carried IWB but found it uncomfy usually. I buy Duluth Trading long tail t-shirts that are 3" longer than normal so they conceal well. Just have company logos screenprinted on them and they look ok. Untucked Polo conceals ok when need to see a customer.

Although I try not to print, the law recently changed in texas so it is no longer a crime to print. It's bad tactics, but legal. My G19 sometimes leaves a bump in my shirt where the grip/butt protrudes, but unless you're really looking for it you can't tell it's not a cell phone.

Andy, I built a 30' x 10' indoor handgun range at my house several years ago (pics on my Facebook page of the construction). Back wall is 3/8" steel, covered with 2" ballistic rubber to prevent lead splatter. Here is what I love about having a climate-controlled indoor gun range at my house: It is snowing to beat the band outside right now. Getting ready to go turn on the heater, turn on some AC/DC and 5 Finger Death Punch on the boom box, put a Dirty Bird zombie target on the wall, and blast him/it with some 9mm until he is fully dead.

Mike, I can tell you how to improve tht combat accuracy and pick up some really helpful additional training info for cheap. Go to the Trident Tactical Solutions website below and buy a Team Trident membership. It is Jason Pike, a friend and former Navy SEAL who I train with. My wife is taking his "Woman's Fun Day" carbine class (AR-15) this Saturday. Jason gives a lot of practical advice, and puts up "Team Trident" videos twice a week for drills you can run to improve your shooting. Some are simply dry fire drills, placing a penny on top of your slide, etc. In his basic handgun class (same concepts he does in the videos for those who can't attend) he guarantees that in 1 hour he can have you shooting groups 50% smaller, and thus far he has had 100% success rate with that.

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Mike H Said: Frank,

Lemme get this straight.... you are accurate on the LONG trigger pull of a DA, and blew the easy pulls once youre in SA....

... but you like strikers?

I like 'consistency'. The switch from, DA to SA when TSHTF could have been a life changer. #2 shot was off 6" or so. A moment later, I was ready for #3. We're talking an unexpected event that was over in about 3 seconds. Training helps, but real life is always different and time has a different meaning at those moments. I always carried it DA, safety off, instead of SA, safety on.

Striker, SA only, DA only are the same for every pull and I'm good with that.

Roofguy Said: Andy, I built a 30 x 10 indoor handgun range at my house several years ago (pics on my Facebook page of the construction). Back wall is 3/8 steel, covered with 2 ballistic rubber to prevent lead splatter. Here is what I love about having a climate-controlled indoor gun range at my house: It is snowing to beat the band outside right now. Getting ready to go turn on the heater, turn on some AC/DC and 5 Finger Death Punch on the boom box, put a Dirty Bird zombie target on the wall, and blast him/it with some 9mm until he is fully dead.

Outstanding Tim. That sounds awesome. Like your taste in music too :)

I didn't have that option. So elected for an outdoor range. Wanted to be able to shoot rifles & handguns too. Built a backstop out of railroad ties with several tons of dirt behind it. Have a left or right handed shooting table/bench I made, just like the common ones seen at ranges. From the end of the table, to where the targets will hang, is exactly 50yds. I've already built but not installed, a handgun table, & bench that I'm gonna place off to the side, at somewhere between 7-10yds. I may even put another table/bench at 25yds, not sure yet.

In front of my backstop is gonna be a structure very similar to my archery backstop. Targets (2) are going to hang from it. Here's a pic of my archery backstop

Should be pretty cool when complete. I'll share some pics when it is....

Nice range. Ours consists of a line between some trees with clothes pins to hold the targets.

We do have some 8-10" gongs which we pln to set down the hill aways when we finally clear some brush there.

tinner666 Said: Nice range. Ours consists of a line between some trees with clothes pins to hold the targets.

We do have some 8-10 gongs which we pln to set down the hill aways when we finally clear some brush there.

Those gongs will be fun :) Always liked that idea. Won't be practical at my range but may get a spinner or two up.

Mine used to be a target plasti-capped to a tree :) I wanted something more easily accessible, & comfortable for sighting in rifles, etc.

Same with the archery set up. Used to have an old wood door leaning up against a tree with tagets in front of it... that didn't fare to well. Having the "archery range" set up... my boys use it a lot more, & seem to take it more seriously.

My hope is the same with the gun range. In addition to my immediate family, it's more user friendly when I have guests who aren't rednecks..lol walking a ways through the woods, down the holler to a target plasti-capped to a tree while fine, doesn't have the same feel to it as sitting at a shooting table, & really focusing on proper mechanics, & shooting a rifle. Especially for people that aren't frequent shooters.

I am really fortunate to have this place http://www.tuscorifle.org/ just 5 miles away, and a nice 50 foot indoor range the opposite direction where it's $7/hr, $14/day

Or I can go shoot up the side of the hill behind the house where a collapsed mine opening makes the perfect backstop.

Frank, that makes sense. I read up a little on the glock. Sounds like it's same pull/every time, all the time. Didn't know that. I know my Beretta's are all DA/SA, but that DA shot is where I've always struggled. Always tend to pull my first shot down a good 4-8 inches if I don't carry it caulked. Problem with the Beretta design is the safety is also a de-cocker, so I don't like them as a carry weapon.

6906 is similar tot he Beretta with decock dropping the hammer. The Glocks have about 4# pull with quick reset using original spring for that. The 42 will gett he same treatment when Ghost/Lone Wolf starts selling the trigger kits for it. The LW Glock barrels are a simple drop in and leaning against a tree at 30', the `9 put three rounds in the same hole, no cloverleaf pattern.. :)

Looks like it will be an ideal range, Andy.

Mike, I have a P938, nice little gun. Love Sigs - I have a P238 Tactical (threaded barrel) and a "SEAL Gun" Mk25, which is essentially a P226 with phosphate coated internals and an anchor on the slide.

Here is my gun safe. I currently have 6 ARs, 1 with Eotech512, 1 with a Sightmark Night Vision Scope, 1 wiht a Vortex scope, 1 with just BUIs, and the one I keep in my pickup has a cheapy Tru Glo red dot sight.

Just got a Just Right pistol caliber carbine in 9mm. Fun gun. Also got a used H&K VP9 which is a really nce shooting gun, light trigger, ambi-mage releases.

Tinner, I had all the touching internals on my G19 polished recently - nice smooth, lighter trigger pull. Don't want to get too radical on my carry gun trigger as it could create an issue of a bad guy ever needs shot.

I certainly hope that's not all your ammo B)

:drool:

I know my 745 is so light and so crisp that an unintentional fire has happened a time or two after switching guns. Jeez, that sounds bad. Never off into an unintended region, but more as your thinking it's time to start the squeeze, and it just happens sooner than expected. Respect the trigger. Always.

I am a happy man after someone on a range put me onto Freedom Munitions. Had to buy a safe just for ammo, and it overfloweth.

I've always been a shotgunner, but really enjoying the journey of mastering pistols. Much easier on my degenerating neck vert's also. Recoil was really starting to take a toll, even after putting down the O/U for an Auto and lightening loads.

Rifles still aren't something that's flipping my trigger to often.

Damn Tim...!!! Thanks for the gun porn :woohoo:

Helluva armory you got there. I especially like how organized, & neat it all is. My OCD really digs that..lol.

Definitely have a bigger safe on the want list. I have some babies that don't have the comfort of being in the safe. Although, strategically placed throughout the house has it's advantages too.

Although extremely unlikely, the "zombie" who would attempt to come in my home... wouldn't make it far. The most interesting thing about such an occurrence would be who actually got to em first. Everybody is armed. Although, I'd say that my 18yr old is easily the best shot in the house, regardless handgun, or rifle. Only platform I've got em in is shotguns. The punk routinely outshoots me with my own gun/s.

Clvr, not even close! :-) I've been accumulating 9mm and .223 for years, then a few years ago got into reloading and ramped it up since. I have tried to consolidate calibers to make it easier - nearly everything I buy these days is 9mm or .223/5.56.

I let local cops use my range - the local chief of police came to me one day and asked: If the PD ever needs some 5.56 really bad, can we buy some from you? :-)

I had a G17 stolen out of my pickup in Dallas, so these days I have a Tuffy Products safe bolted under the backseat. Inside is a DPS Panther and 3 loaded Pmags. We do work in the slums/industrial areas in Dallas and I've told my son, if you ever hear on the radio that something has happened to the president, that 'hood is gonna get really bad really fast, so rig down, get in your pickup and head home to Lubbock.

I keep 6 MREs, packeted drinking water, and a first aid kit in there all the time. Try to keep a goodly amount of cash to get my rear home if need be. As soon as I roll into Dallas, I fill up with gas so I can get back home without needing more.

Paranoid? Probably, but prepping is a hobby for my wife and I. Oh, we have about 150 rolls of toilet paper put back. :-) Plus a good amount of Mountain Home and Wise MREs, whole house 20kw genset, etc. Love the prepper lifestyle, and it justifies buying more guns. :-)