Woefully underarmed

[Sld1959]

This morning A nice young man in the next shooting lane informed me that I was woefully underarmed for what is "out there" with my SW 60 and Browning 1911 i was shooting. He said I needed something that held at least 15 rounds of at least 9mm. Then he emphasized his point by placing all 17 of his rounds in or near a full body torsoe target at 20 yards. I was suitably impressed and told him I would give it the consideration it warranted.

Oh my prettys I shall miss you.. not.

 

[Talyn]

You look well-armed enough for 99.99% of anything you might encounter.

 

[Snake45]

Sounds to me like he's been watching too many Walking Dead reruns.

 

[Area52]

“… he emphasized his point by placing all 17 of his rounds in or near a full body torsoe target at 20 yards.”

When I was a young, new shooter I made a similar assertion to my grouping. My old timer buddy nonchalantly placed 1 round to the head of his target silhouette and told me ‘to shoot a dead bad guy more than once is wasting ammo’.

 

[Annihilator]

My personal view on this is shot placement…..to me this matters more then what caliber or capacity I have, when I do go out and practice/train, I emphasize on my shots, just me

 

[Sld1959]

You look well-armed enough for 99.99% of anything you might encounter.

I won't be losing much sleep over that last .01 percent.

 

[Talyn]

I won't be losing much sleep over that last .01 percent.

You can do a lot of damage with those knives & multi-tool if you run dry.

 

[Hammer67]

This morning A nice young man in the next shooting lane informed me that I was woefully underarmed for what is "out there" with my SW 60 and Browning 1911 i was shooting. He said I needed something that held at least 15 rounds of at least 9mm. Then he emphasized his point by placing all 17 of his rounds in or near a full body torsoe target at 20 yards. I was suitably impressed and told him I would give it the consideration it warranted.

Oh my prettys I shall miss you.. not.


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I get the feeling you'll probably be ok.

Nice Browning, btw.

 

[Sld1959]

You can do a lot of damage with those knives & multi-tool if you run dry.

That cricket is deceptively wicked little cutter for it's size like a claw.

 

[Keystone19250]

This morning A nice young man in the next shooting lane informed me that I was woefully underarmed for what is "out there" with my SW 60 and Browning 1911 i was shooting. He said I needed something that held at least 15 rounds of at least 9mm. Then he emphasized his point by placing all 17 of his rounds in or near a full body torsoe target at 20 yards. I was suitably impressed and told him I would give it the consideration it warranted.

Oh my prettys I shall miss you.. not.


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I wouldn’t think of saying something like that to someone I don’t know.

Not sure if I wouldn’t have a few choice words in response to someone I don’t know saying something like that to me.

 

[Sld1959]

I wouldn’t think of saying something like that to someone I don’t know.

Not sure if I wouldn’t have a few choice words in response to someone I don’t know saying something like that to me.

I would probably have done so but it seemed like a bigger bother thsn it was worth lol.

 

[Keystone19250]

I would probably have done so but it seemed like a bigger bother thsn it was worth lol.

Don’t get me wrong as I wouldn’t have been aggressive but I would have told him he should save those types of comments for someone he knows and not a total stranger.

 

[Hammer67]

Not sure if I wouldn’t have a few choice words in response to someone I don’t know saying something like that to me.

Agreed, it's a dumb thing to say unsolicited to a stranger. But it wouldn't make me angry. If anything, I think I just would have laughed.

 

[Old_Me]

well still, for the time being, my state has the 10 rd mag limits, so no one is boasting capacities.

maybe soon too, an all out ban on "assault rifles"( i mentioned that is in the works as of last week)...at least, that'll end the "Ramboism" at the public range as well.

 

[Sld1959]

Don’t get me wrong as I wouldn’t have been aggressive but I would have told him he should save those types of comments for someone he knows and not a total stranger.

Oh I know and usually I might teach him the manners his parents neglected. But I figured with his marksmanship he was having a bad enough day already, even if he did not know it lolol.

 

[nmedge]

I hate to say it but when i go to the range i just love taking head shots. Most of my friends say i'm showing off-- that's because they can't hit the head!

 

[nmedge]

I also hate that most new guns have to have extended mags to get any attention. What ever happened to marksmanship!

 

[mikep]

Sort of ballsy for him to give you “advice”.

 

[mikep]

I just saw this:
“…in or near a full body torsoe target at 20 yards”
Hell, even i can put them all in the torso at that range and i’m not that good.

 

[somorris]

I would say he was probably just kidding with you.