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echo: rtkba
to: RICH WILLBANKS
from: GUS GERE
date: 1998-05-13 21:25:00
subject: Re: Firearms

 RW> way to go is you load one barrel with buckshot and the 
 RW> other with a slug. 
  
Maybe I'll just wire up a Claymore in the hallway...  
 
 RW> GG> * cough * No ranges....   
 RW> Ask around there has to be one somewhere. 
  
No ranges for weapons not registered with a proper shooting club, etc.  
 
 RW> Not necessarily.  In most cases just the sight of a 
 RW> firearm will prevent or stop a crime.  In a lot of the 
 RW> others a couple of shots will change the criminals attitude. 
 
It is a last resort, yes. More like buying a fire extinguisher then  
praying you never have to actually use it.  
 
 RW> But new the Taurus should run around $300. 
 
Oh, I had expected more. We really should continue this in FIREARMS, GUNS 
or MILHISTORY because I've let the topic slip into off-topic areas. 
 
 RW> going to carry.  It doesn't make any sense to buy a 
 RW> high tech high power weapon that you leave at home 
 RW> because its a pain in the put to carry. 
  
No, it does defeat the purpose somewhat doesn't it?  
 
 RW> You could go up to a .44.  You could get a 44 mag and 
 RW> use 44 spl or just go with the 44 spl to begin with. 
 
 Do they still make the Callahan model M-29? :-) 
 
 - GWG 
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