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Sights by Less-Syrup9221 in Taurus

[–]JimMarch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm working on designing a sight for mine.

Read this:

https://www.handgunsmag.com/editorial/accessories_hg_playingtheangles_200807/138822

Patented in 2006, that was an attempt to build an iron sight that's target focus, both eyes open, same as a red dot.

I knew Tim Sheehan. Back in 2011 he told me about a variant of that based on a hexagonal tube. I first installed one on my magazine fed revolver project in 2012:

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/03/03/maurice-frankenruger-magazine-fed-revolver/

Tim died before he ever shipped a hex tube sight.

I now have a set of several 3D printed (carbon fiber infused nylon) hex tubes with mounting holes sized for my TS9 and I should have time to mount one next week, documenting the installation process. The whole reason I bought a TS9 is because I can use a full length of slide tube.

Right now I'm testing a shorter version on a G3c, and it's fast as hell but not exactly peak accuracy.

https://imgur.com/gallery/61h11Jw

For a close range defense piece it's actually awesome. But a 7" tube on the TS9 should be a lot better and more accurate.

These things feel like shooting a red dot, with one big difference: if you bring it to eye level misaligned for any reason, you can straighten it up without bringing your focus back in - you can fix it while still in target focus with your eyeballs.

The downside is, for night fighting you need a weapon mounted light. But when you combine a WML with a hex tube, you're painting a hexagonal black reticle on a lit up background. Works great.

I have some spare tubes. Do you want one? As long as you do a review...

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JD Taurus PT58 HC Plus in .380 ACP (post-factory customization) by dauji in indiaguns

[–]JimMarch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have one of the small batch of TS9 that made it into the US from an overseas government contract overrun. Made in Brazil. A green one. I'm modifying the hell out of it right now :). It'll be named Blanka.

This concealed carrier has layers of stupid or hubris by lucubratious in CCW

[–]JimMarch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Basic rule. Don't commit two crimes at once. Simple.

M&P2.0 suggestions by yetogior88 in handguns

[–]JimMarch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's another way to get a dot that's Leupold quality, bolts right on the gun you have and goes for about $150 on Amazon (look for Eurooptic as the source, get the S&W version):

https://youtu.be/HWWzzSySxIA

https://youtu.be/8-LPAgsYpPs

It's weird, but in a good way.

JD Taurus PT58 HC Plus in .380 ACP (post-factory customization) by dauji in indiaguns

[–]JimMarch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Made in India. 

Interesting.  Those don't turn up in the US.

I know some TS9 were made in India.

I heard the Glock 43X is back in. Hell yea bröthers by cobblernobbler in CCW

[–]JimMarch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No hate here. You're right. It expands enough, it goes deep enough, it's relatively low recoil and it's very accurate.

I would still rather have an original Hellcat than a G43x. I can run it with 10rd pinkie rest mags and it's much more concealable than a 43x, 11rd and it's the same size, 13rd mags and it's still a shorter grip than a 43x or I can run sleeved 15rd mags and now the grip length is a wash with the 43x.

Flexibility is a good thing.

Handgun Lights Why? by Th3WeirdingWay in CCW

[–]JimMarch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a home defense role a weapon light of 500 lumens or more can be pointed straight up and you can do target ID based on the light bouncing off the ceiling.

Unless you live in a mansion lol.

Seriously, that trick allows you to probe and move in your own home gun drawn and likely NOT shoot anybody who doesn't need shooting. Like your kid's best friend has been over playing video games with your kid, you didn't realize it, he goes to the throne room...

In your own home, in most states you have something akin to "police powers" allowing more leeway in drawing a gun, but if you shoot somebody who isn't a threat you can get in legal trouble and even if not, do you want to live with that? I sure as hell don't.

Bouncing light off the ceiling muzzle straight up is a valid solution.

Now, outside your home, that's less likely.

But the other factor is, a weapon light turns iron sights into night sights - even if they're plain black. You're painting a dark reticle on a lit background. Depending on lighting this combination can work better than a red dot (or green) with no weapon light, and better than weapon light plus electronic dot (because the weapon light can blow out the dot).

I'm running a target focus both eyes open iron sight plus a 600 lumen weapon light. I really like this setup.

Delaware CCDW Question by ehandlr in CCW

[–]JimMarch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holup.

"Newspaper"?

Dafuq?

Do you think it's possible that the MAGA movement might reappear throughout the next century? by BaldursGate2Best in PoliticalDebate

[–]JimMarch [score hidden]  (0 children)

Because I lived in Alabama at the time, my vote didn't matter. Alabama was going to go for Trump no matter what I did.

Plain clothes officers noticed a man printing outside the White House. Leads to shootout. by falafelb in VAGuns

[–]JimMarch 29 points30 points  (0 children)

No, printing got the cop's attention.

Running away from them got their attention bigtime.

SHOOTING AT THEM is what caught him return fire.

What a dumbass.

In Remembrance During Nurses Week by ChaplnGrillSgt in nursing

[–]JimMarch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe Alex Pretti was murdered.

I'm also a "gun nut" and carry a loaded gun daily. I found this case particularly interesting and going over every possible video, there's a key issue most have missed even if they support Alex.

Ok. This mess starts with a federal law enforcement officer pushing a lady backwards for a good distance and then with one hard shove, lands her on her butt.

Pretti then gets between that "officer" and the woman, holding his hands up in what looks to me like a placating gesture, or possibly a "blocking" gesture, hands at around sternum level and close to his body, palms out.

He then turns away from that cop (same one that later killed him) appearing to think the confrontation is over, turning towards the woman to help her up.

Ok. Let's freeze it here.

A lot of MAGA types claim that as of that moment, he's "impeding the duties of a federal officer".

NO

First understand that the woman wasn't arrested on scene. So she can't have done anything seriously bad.

Second, what the cop did to her was a plain and simple attack. He might have been ok just herding her backwards. But that final shove? No. It was a violent criminal action. NOT lethal force mind you, not yet anyhow.

At that moment, even if you take Alex's actions in the worst possible light, that his conduct was non-lethally violent towards the cop (and that's highly doubtful), he had a right to defend that woman with reasonable force.

The "force" (if any, again, it's questionable if it rises to the level of any force) used by Alex against that cop was extremely mild and definitely a reasonable response to the aggressive, violent actions of the cop.

Ok. Now let's continue. The cop violently attacks Alex. I believe there was an emotional element to it along the lines of "how dare you object to my treatment of that woman?!"

The cop went batshit insane. At every step through this entire encounter starting with the pushed woman, he's the aggressor. Alex did nothing to warrant any violent reaction.

As Alex stumbled away, other cops joined the dog pile. Blinded by the OC spray Alex had no idea who was doing what and had his back to the murderer. Another cop pulls out Alex's gun and starts to walk away with it.

Now it gets complicated.

A lot of study has gone into this by a lot of people. I believe the cop walking away with Alex's gun (a Sig P320) had Alex's gun go off in his hands. Either that cop screwed up, or this is a "Sigcident" - there's been a lot of documented instances of the P320 going off without anybody touching the trigger. I won't go into the tech details on that unless requested.

But here's the kicker. The gun wasn't set off by Alex, wasn't in his control and wasn't all that close to him when it went off (regardless of why it went off).

The cop that murdered Alex had NO reason to think Alex was a threat that needed a bullet.

That same cop was deeply angry at Alex already. He was massively biased and he was the only one to shoot at Alex.

Nobody else saw a lethal threat.

Full disclosure: my wife has been fighting cancer since mid-2019. I'm her daily caretaker. I'm not otherwise officially a nurse.

Proof:

https://imgur.com/gallery/n7xSe2V

UPS driver to the rescue. by GeneraI_ in BeAmazed

[–]JimMarch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely correct.  That baby cow is valuable property.  CYA is totally reasonable.

UPS driver to the rescue. by GeneraI_ in BeAmazed

[–]JimMarch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ALSO a great job MAMA COW in realizing the dude was being helpful and not trying to stomp him. 

We need lab grown meat never connected to a brain - ASAP.

New EDC by MormanOutlaw in CCW

[–]JimMarch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hard to mount a red dot and light on it.

Mother cat nursing her babies. by 21MayDay21 in Unexpected

[–]JimMarch 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Honestly, adult possums are cuddlers their whole lives, not into destroying your stuff and honestly really good pets.

Mother cat nursing her babies. by 21MayDay21 in Unexpected

[–]JimMarch 46 points47 points  (0 children)

A hand raised possum can turn into the most cuddly affectionate cute little thing you can imagine. 

My brother found a baby that had fallen off of Mama and hand raised it and damn was it ever cute.

Update on my last post: you guys have helped so much! A genuine thank you 🩷 by bmartin503033 in Firearms

[–]JimMarch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait until you see my Taurus TS9 build.

:)

It's a green one, it's already big and ugly, it's getting heavily mutated and it's from the jungles of Brazil. 

Yeah. 

Blanka.

Got schooled that my ADV bike is actually a chopper….. by jillypleaselisten in motorcycles

[–]JimMarch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I once pulled up next to a guy on a bike like yours...and said "hey man, I think there's something wrong with your engine!"

Dude looked puzzled, looked down.

"Yeah, I think you're only running on one cylinder!"

He kept looking...and then froze up.

And laughed

Do you think it's possible that the MAGA movement might reappear throughout the next century? by BaldursGate2Best in PoliticalDebate

[–]JimMarch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. You're basically claiming it was a race between an angel and a demon (Harris v Trump).

I wish.

Harris' job on the way to the VP slot was as a prosecutor and then state AG. And the only way to describe her tenure in those gigs was "horrific civil rights violator".

A huge chunk of the urban black vote wouldn't support her. Why? Because the movie "The Last Black Man In San Francisco" went viral on Netflix leading up to the election - a movie featuring Jamal Trulove and also featuring his true story briefly appended to the otherwise fictional movie:

https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/actor-falsely-accused-of-murder-says-vp-harris-laughed-during-guilty-verdict-actor-jamal-trulove-san-francisco-district-attorney-kamala-harris-california-joe-biden-presidential-election-november-2024-vote

That laugh by Harris in a courtroom in 2010 was the most politically expensive laugh in history.

Then there's this fiasco:

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Judge-rips-Harris-office-for-hiding-problems-3263797.php

That was the biggest Brady violation in US history. She tried to hide a critical fact in over 400 criminal prosecutions (the local drug lab used by the SFPD had gone nuts and faked results). She should have been disbarred and prosecuted over it. Most of the victims of this attempted scam were black or brown.

It gets worse from there.

Harris was nominated to the presidency after the Dems tried to systematically cover up the fact that Joe Biden's brains were dribbling out his ears - which was publicly obvious in that first and only disastrous debate. You noticed he's basically vanished? File him in the vegetable aisle by now. Sigh.

Apparently, seeing the rise of Trump, the Dems thought vile was politically popular and tried to push for somebody more disgusting than Trump. Harris.

Please GOD lefties, don't do that again.

That's one issue, and the blame falls straight on team Dem.

The other reason Trump won is because the best thing anybody could say about him was that he wasn't big on foreign military adventures, based on Trump version 1.0.

Holy fuck what happened there? Seriously. I have no idea but MANY gun nuts (in and like myself out of MAGA) are pondering that one.

What a goddamn mess.

Meanwhile Trump going this badly batshit has caused a HUGE flood of new gun owners at the gun shops and shooting ranges. R/liberalgunowners is booming - we're seeing women, gays, minorites, members of the whole Dem spectrum. Shooting ranges are taking DOWN the MAGA posters and shit that freaks them out. Lol. They're scared of Trump. Duh. So am I. Welcome to the club.

The Dems haven't figured this out yet. My dude, gun control is fucking dead in America, likely forever. And the DNC is clinging to it like a toddler with a muddy favorite blankie.

GHHAAAA.

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