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MrMurphy

As he related to me by phone, he was wearing an ankle holster one day back when the Earth was cooling, Elvis was still alive, and he was a cop. As he was running in a foot chase, he saw a snubbie go sailing down the street in front of him and something in his mind said "that's my gun........&qu...

MrMurphy

Very unusual in their case. Apparently they're trying to keep what few customers are sticking around after they finally admitted they'd been defrauding the government (knowingly) for A DECADE. You won't see me ever recommend an EoTech for serious use (even before that) due to repeated amounts of fai...

MrMurphy

Ironically the mid Hundred Years War stuff, where plate wasn't fully in use, had a few more layers, ie padding tgen mail and individual pieces of plate. The "coat of plates " very common in that time was a few hundred smaller plates riveted to a padded coat and worn over a mix of mail and ...

MrMurphy

The .380 is the Bodyguard. Very, very different gun from the Shield.

MrMurphy

I wear a Mika vest rig every day, working on a pocket rig for a 642 soon as well.

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Mika pocket holsters.

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You hunt water jugs?

MrMurphy

Ah, something where I can speak authoritatively..... I'm a student of medieval history for over 20 years. Visited over 30 castles. I've worn modern reproductions (the good museum level kind) of many types of armor, as well as fought in it (blunt weapons). Everything from Roman armor, early medieval ...

MrMurphy

Learn to shoot left handed?

At some point that day will come for all of us most likely. I'm sorry. At least you can still talk about it?

MrMurphy

If you think either gun is "clubby"......try carrying a light machine gun.

it could be a lot worse.

MrMurphy

Agreed on the Primary Arms. They're Chinese copies and don't have nearly the ruggedness or battery life of an Aimpoint, but for a .22 plinker, they're fine.

MrMurphy

I'd take the Marlin by preference. The .357 can certainly kill hogs and deer, the .30-30 will absolutely kill hogs, deer, smaller bears and anything else you could conceivably run into. They also do well on car bodies. Keep a Sentry Solutions Tuf-Cloth, wipe all parts of the gun down once and you wo...

MrMurphy

The "dimple" only exists on the 870 Express. The 870 Police Magnum, which is what most departments issue, is the original design and can be extended without issue. I've owned both, and the PM is definitely the "older, better" design than the Express, which is the budget gun made ...

MrMurphy

I've owned multiple 870s. Carry one on duty. Owned multiple Mossberg. For a standard stock, prefer Mossberg safety. If it's shot a lot, 870P wins. The Benelli Nova and Supernova are also excellent having owned a few. The current Winchester would do fine for your needs but accessories are scarcer.

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I once knew a retired police Lieutenant. He carried in a pocket holster an AMT .380 (this was 21 years ago, and it was also an approval issue with his agency). He had previously pocket carried a single action .25 with the safety on (I'm guessing a Baby Browning, but it could have been something else...

MrMurphy

I agree, the 14 does a very good job. I wore one for 3 years every day just about. I've had access to the even better stuff, and while the 14 is better than what 90% of the rest of the world has, it has been surpassed in US use. You'll still be seeing them in service for at least another decade or s...

MrMurphy

That's 3 generations behind current. A PVS-14 is very clear, you can easily (on open terrain) see a man moving at 300m. A PVS-15 is basically twin 14s. The ANVIS series is far clearer but also 2-3x the price, which is why primarily they're for pilots, special ops guys get them and the newer four-len...

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If you think the -14 is good, an ANVIS 9 is "green daylight" and far superior imaging. That's why they issue them to pilots and Delta Force. I borrowed a pair, and it didn't come from a pilot.... sadly, I had to give it back a few hours later. There are extremely small thermal imagers out ...

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I have had access to them in the past, currently, no. I generally avoid ATN like the plague, their older NV units were using Chinese and Russian tubes with sometimes serious QC issues (like....missing almost ALL the internal filters keeping your eyes from being fried). Their newer thermal units migh...

MrMurphy

A coworker has one for it's intended role (pest gun) as he lives on about 100 acres and doesn't always need an AR, 870 etc for taking out skunks or whatever. Compared to the Model 24,yes "it feels cheap" being mostly plastic, and it's overpriced. The trigger was better than on an M6, and n...

MrMurphy

Yeah, using AR500 armor is more of a mental comfort thing on par with standing in a formation full of guys with muskets praying they hit everyone else. I wear armor daily, wore rifle plates daily (ESAPI) and am saving up for my own since the current job authorizes them but doesn't supply them......a...

MrMurphy

I've always preferred the FAL over the HK series. Remember, both started out as smallbore designs in 7.92X33mm before being "grown" to fit the 7.62 Nato.....and Germany only adopted the HK series guns because Belgium (righteously so, after 2 World Wars) refused to let them produce the FAL ...

MrMurphy

One hard hit to the side of a HK receiver can put the gun permanently out of action. Low odds, but it HAS happened, having known several guys in armies that carried the G-3. Can't say that of an AR. AR's have their issues, but overall, if they're lubed, they run fine. The HK design is a good one, bu...

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Mean Gene Leather. Gene used to run HSGI (High Speed Gear Inc) and designed much of their product line. After spending nearly an hour on the phone with him from Italy custom designing a piece of gear for my unit (never did get approved) I can assure you, he knows what he's talking about and absolute...

MrMurphy

While not a fan of liner locks, in a quality blade, they do work well. Frame locks are similar but harder to accidentally release. I use a Benchmade Triage (Axis lock) for duty use because it's strong and effectively impossible to accidentally release. The Griptilian popularized the Axis, I've got 3...

MrMurphy

Not an NCIS fan.

Appears to be a Zero Tolerance folder. Excellent quality, they're not cheap.

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I visited Normandy post-deployment (such as it was) in 2008. I visited in the morning, at low tide, just as when the landings occurred, though I was there in March. I walked down to the waterline, got down to grunt level (3 inches above the sand) and looked up towards the rest of France. Every littl...

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At the very least they've got the white stripe front sight. I know they offered a tritium version in the past, I worked with an ex XS guy.

MrMurphy

Excellent buy!

First rifle I ever bought was going to be a 99E in .308. Came back with the money a few hours later and it was gone. Being more of a military surplus (and generally military) guy, I consoled myself with a No.4 Mk1......still have it.

I still wouldn't mind a 99 either though.

MrMurphy

XS makes tritium sights for leverguns.

The charge-with-flashlight stuff is common in Europe, tritium is more heavily restricted there. Either Benelli or Beretta I think calls their version "Superluminova" or something close to that.

MrMurphy

JDad, sounds like you got a lemon. It happens. Every other Shield owner I've spoken to (most with a LOT of trigger time on a lot of other guns) love them and are very accurate with them. Mine is as accurate as any duty pistol up to about 20 yards. Past that the size makes shot recovery a tiny bit sl...

MrMurphy

I found it to be the opposite, but they may have updated the vcas. Mine was circa 2008.

MrMurphy

Both the Blue Force Gear VCAS and the VTAC have that option. Both designed by Delta guys with similar experience that apparently at least in 1 direction, hate each other.

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Agreed, after working at one of the 2 largest gunshops in San Antonio.

MrMurphy

Funny, they never taught us that in Security Forces.....our general theory was if 30 rounds of 5.56 didn't do it, hit it with 40mm HE and start calling in heavier weapons...

MrMurphy

Most of them use the quick-release mechanism from an ALICE ruck shoulder strap, add strap on either side and you're in business.

The VTAC design started there and added many other features. It's what I use on my work rifle. The VCAS is similar but not exactly the same.

MrMurphy

It's spelled "divine".

Just saying......I know the USMC doesn't teach it's privates how to read, but the Air Force requires it before you get to basic........

MrMurphy

The pentathalon (sp?) started out replicating everything a junior army officer or dispatch rider would have to know how to do (running, horse riding, swimming, shooting pistols and fencing I believe?)....... it's not all that a weird idea.

MrMurphy

Well, I used to carry a belt fed, but since they make that problematic for me now, I carry a rifle whenever I can, and a pistol 24/7 since you can't do everything with a rifle easily. I can attest though that when an armed robber walks down a driveway with his hands full of flatscreen TV and suddenl...

MrMurphy

I've shot half a dozen 3gun or "multi-gun" matches (not always 3 guns, sometimes more than 3). I've assistant-RO'd one large national match stage (fancy name for the guy carrying the clipboard recording the scores the senior guy called out). If you've watched enough 3-gun matches on video,...

MrMurphy

On Yam...... He loves 1911s. He custom builds 1911s. Look up 10-8 (the company), which he started, after doing enough custom guns that people asked him for parts (kind of like Wilson). But he's also realistic in that they're not for everyone, and these days, not really great for large agencies. They...

MrMurphy

At his level it's not opinion but scientific provable fact draw from experiences maintaining a issued fleet of hundreds of high quality 1911s. Along with observances from dozens of others. He's just been kind enough to write about it.

MrMurphy

Agreed..... The problem with 1911s is they've been produced for a century with widely varying tolerances. A Colt, Nighthawk, Wilson, higher-end Springfield, all will perform well. Despite some people's personal experiences with ONE GUN, I will not take a Para-Ordnance, Kimber and a few others withou...

MrMurphy

Upper right shoulder, and attached at stock rear. Not a fan, but issued for that particular exercise. I ended going SAS style and keeping it sling less 90% of the time.

Used other singles since, still not a fan.

MrMurphy

Agreed. I've fit behind the steering wheel of a Humvee in full armor with an M4. Not for long and not comfortably, but I did. Same with a Tahoe. For that matter, I've made a high speed entry into the cockpit of a C17 while screwing the muzzle into the pilot's ear, and that's a tight fit. Especially ...

MrMurphy

Never been there, though it's on my list. I do know several guys who worked/lived there for years. One shot a brown bear at very close range with a 2" .454 that he carried just for that reason......right next to the camp washing dishes if I remember correctly. His .45-70, 12 gauge full of Brenn...

MrMurphy

A guy I work with carries an STI 9mm. He's one of our very best shooters and can actually use that level of accuracy. 21 rounds in the gun, 17 in the spare. Only one spare. Mostly because getting STI's to run double stack 2011 9mm magazines right takes some tweaking. Me? I'd take a G17 with a +2 pla...

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Well, having had to, wrestling a guy into cuffs with a slung rifle is really not fun.

So yes, for the majority of our lower-threat stuff, the pistol is fine. If I KNOW i'm going into bad stuff (shootings, etc)....I almost always have the long gun handy.

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Toss in the fact that Larry Vickers, Kyle Lamb, Jim Smith and Jeff Gonzales (respectively, Delta, Delta, Delta, and SEAL) all at some point were high-round count 1911 .45 guys (the Delta guys, between three of them, probably have fired more .45 per man than any of us will ever see, much less shoot) ...

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