Comments on: target practice http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: » i love a sale http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/#comment-1100 » i love a sale Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:43:35 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/#comment-1100 [...] is pretty similar to the gun my friend john bought in february, and i blogged about it here. i fired his s&w 442 a few more times since then and decided that it wasn’t as bad as i [...] [...] is pretty similar to the gun my friend john bought in february, and i blogged about it here. i fired his s&w 442 a few more times since then and decided that it wasn’t as bad as i [...]

]]> By: nexy http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/#comment-950 nexy Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:03:21 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/#comment-950 my original plan was an ankle holster carrying a .357, perhaps one of those small and light framed s&w revolvers. i usually wear boot-cut jeans, so it would be easily concealable. for home defense, i use a 12 gauge remington 870 shotgun. i have a 9mm, which i find controllable, but it's a rather large frame (s&w 5906) which absorbs much of the recoil. and for personal defense, my inclination is toward a revolver. i've had way too many misfires and jams with auto loaders. and yes, i am also concerned about the lack of stopping power with smaller calibers. perhaps a .38 that's not a +p will be easier to handle. thanks for your input and insight :) my original plan was an ankle holster carrying a .357, perhaps one of those small and light framed s&w revolvers. i usually wear boot-cut jeans, so it would be easily concealable. for home defense, i use a 12 gauge remington 870 shotgun.

i have a 9mm, which i find controllable, but it’s a rather large frame (s&w 5906) which absorbs much of the recoil. and for personal defense, my inclination is toward a revolver. i’ve had way too many misfires and jams with auto loaders.

and yes, i am also concerned about the lack of stopping power with smaller calibers. perhaps a .38 that’s not a +p will be easier to handle.

thanks for your input and insight :)

]]> By: GunnyGal http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/#comment-948 GunnyGal Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:32:58 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/#comment-948 Don't discount the .38 round or something bigger, especially for personal defense! I don't know if you plan on concealed carry or simply home defense, but using a .22 or .32 and expecting it to stop a determined attacker is not realistic (at least without emptying an entire large magazine into him/her). Handguns, by nature, are not man-stoppers; they are last ditch defense. Of those who die of wounds inflicted by handguns, almost all die of prolonged bleeding, rather than any sort of instant incapacitation. This is why the military and law enforcement practice double and triple taps. So anyway, if you are planning on personal defense, don't go any smaller than a .380 at the very least if you're going to carry on body (I definitely understand the limitations of concealment with female clothing if you are going to carry on the body and there are a few .380 options (Seacamp, Keltec, NAA) that may be the biggest you can carry (though Rohrbauch makes a rather expensive 9mm of equvilent size (though no more expensive than the Seacamp))). Personally, I am a trans woman of small stature and I carry a .40 S&W Springfield XD subcompact. It is small enough to conceal and it will fire every time, no questions asked (never had a misfire, passed more torture tests than Glock). It is a bit snappy, but with a little practice it is easily manageable on double taps. So just my two cents: don't take a chance about stopping an attacker, get something big enough to have a chance at doing the job. Don’t discount the .38 round or something bigger, especially for personal defense! I don’t know if you plan on concealed carry or simply home defense, but using a .22 or .32 and expecting it to stop a determined attacker is not realistic (at least without emptying an entire large magazine into him/her). Handguns, by nature, are not man-stoppers; they are last ditch defense. Of those who die of wounds inflicted by handguns, almost all die of prolonged bleeding, rather than any sort of instant incapacitation. This is why the military and law enforcement practice double and triple taps. So anyway, if you are planning on personal defense, don’t go any smaller than a .380 at the very least if you’re going to carry on body (I definitely understand the limitations of concealment with female clothing if you are going to carry on the body and there are a few .380 options (Seacamp, Keltec, NAA) that may be the biggest you can carry (though Rohrbauch makes a rather expensive 9mm of equvilent size (though no more expensive than the Seacamp))). Personally, I am a trans woman of small stature and I carry a .40 S&W Springfield XD subcompact. It is small enough to conceal and it will fire every time, no questions asked (never had a misfire, passed more torture tests than Glock). It is a bit snappy, but with a little practice it is easily manageable on double taps. So just my two cents: don’t take a chance about stopping an attacker, get something big enough to have a chance at doing the job.

]]> By: February Monthly Shoot | Phoenix Pink Pistols http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/#comment-944 February Monthly Shoot | Phoenix Pink Pistols Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:41:58 +0000 http://transadvocate.com/nexy/2008/02/17/target-practice/#comment-944 [...] black satin finish.  We each tried shooting it, here’s what Nexy had to say about it on her blog: target practice: he let me fire off a few rounds, and i’m glad i did. it seems a .38 is just too [...] [...] black satin finish.  We each tried shooting it, here’s what Nexy had to say about it on her blog: target practice: he let me fire off a few rounds, and i’m glad i did. it seems a .38 is just too [...]

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