ProShooter
Regular Member
I'm an 870 guy myself...never cared for the Mossberg safety.
my wife has her Ruger LCR .357 Mag, currently loaded with .38 spec +P JHP rounds
we have yet to shoot it, and she doesn't carry it yet (due to my lack of ordering her a hip holser (which im going to do now))
I'm an 870 guy myself...never cared for the Mossberg safety.
Mossbergs. I had to make a safety for one once.
The Ruger LCR-357 is a great choice for a BUG. You can shoot +p 38's in it all day long and its only 2 oz. heavier than the regular LCR.
You CAN shoot full load .357's in it, but that's like holding onto a horny squid just back from a 6-month deployment...
It can be done, but why would you want to?
There's a steel replacement button.
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26966/Product/MOSSBERG-500-590-835-ENHANCED-SAFETY-BUTTON
Maybe we just didn't take good-enough care of the Mossberg 500's in the military, or we had a bad batch of them. They didn't seem as rugged as the 870 and they seemed to fall apart when subjected to rough handling.
You gotta make 'em "sailor proof" for the Coast Guard because they're like the chimpanzies in the airport luggage-handling commercial. The 500 didn't stand up to the abuse. The "new" 870's the CG use are durable and useful.
Today, talking about buying speedloaders for her .357 mag revolver:
Me: honey, how many times do you want to reload?
Wife: its a .357 magnum, I shouldn't have to shoot more than once.
Me: honey, police officers miss 80% of the time.
Wife: good thing I'm not a police officer
Now THIS is rich!!!!!
And...you know, she's right! :monkey One well-placed shot with a .357 Magnum should be sufficient. :dude:
I like the LCR because you can use both 38/357 ammo. S&W wants like $550+ for their snub 357 revolvers...
At last...The KING OF CARTRIDGES.
The Redhawk is a tad heavy for EDC although my Super Blackhawk pretty much lives with me on the farm.
I like my 629 6" for burbwear and my Taurus Titanium Ultralite is a permanent resident in my console.
My 4" 29 is in my desk drawer.
My Contender with the 44 Hotshot Barrel is my Tractor gun.
Life is good with a 44.:dude:
I woulld only carry guns this huge if I lived in grizzly/mountain lion country. I got one of those girlie .40 S&W guns 16+1 with 16 spare.
Hmmmm...So since you carry a .40...they must be GREAT:lol:
I guess they're OK for shooting those sewer rats you all have up there.
Well, I have tried a few big handguns at the range, just too big for me to use effectively. My .40 seems to be a nice combination of decent power and sized for me to carry and use comfortably, but I am only 5'5". I may move up to a 1911 at some point though.
Maybe what you need is something really big like one of these 28mm revolvers: http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/3000/3072.htm Would be good at the farm, no need for chain saw, you could shoot down trees.
The 40 is a compromise round a lot like the 41 was in revolvers. The Police like it but they were also fond of the 38 Spl which I had no use for whatsoever.
For those that want to carry a semi, it makes no sense to me at all to carry the 40 when there are so many 45 ACP's available...even plastic ones.:uhoh: