OK, what did you do different to let the "naughty" word post? Just put it in capitals? Anyway, there's about as many ways to pack a gun as there are guns to pack. It boils down to personal preference but the quickest access, easiest way to carry, and in all different clothing combinations, is on the strong side hip. Inside the waistband in shorts and T, or on a good belt on the outside when covered with more clothing. The idea is to wear it in the same place ALL the time. During times of stress, and defending yours or anothers life is sure one of them, fine motor skills disappear. The fewer things the mind has to remember the better, and going for your gun in the same place all the time, is much easier than guessing where it is and fumbling to get it out. Repetition burns memory into the mind until it is instinctive.

 

I spelled it in caps so that I could use the number "0" instead of "o". LOL

Yes it only takes 14 times of doing something to be a habit.

I'd like to go somewhere and have a custom holster made. I am built long and slinky. Most holsters are not designed for my long arms! So they all feel aykward (sp?) and put me in unussual almost un-natural postions throu various stages of the draw process.

 

Maybe you forgot to read the whole post before typing, but I was talking about the little guy with the Napoleon complex who thought that his viper and DE .50 made the man. And it wasn't that it was too much gun---just didn't care for how it felt like a brick in my hands. And for the price, it's not that innovative of a gun, much more showy. I don't need another trophy. And for your boss's sake--good for him.

 

Yep, guess I missed the context. Sorry to upset ya there.

HEY REGULATOR54 I bought a bunch of 115 Grain FMJ to get my wife and daughter used to the gun. I will grab some heavier rounds as we break in. I also have been a fan of the HydraShocks. I have boxes of them for my 38, and I bought some 9mm +P versions for the Glock. What's your opinion of them?

 

Negative. When you manually (or from recoil) operate the slide, the hammer is only partially ****ed in the glock. Like 30% or 60%... I can't remember off hand. When you pull the trigger it takes it the rest of the way back and then releases it.

Now it's not a traditional Double-action because the hammer is back a little already and you have a striker instead of a hammer but it's enough to put stock Glocks in a different class than stock XDs in either IDPA or ISPC matches as the XD's action is a true single-action as the striker is fully c0cked upon operation of the slide. Can actually check it b/c they let the back stick out of the back of the gun a little.

 

I love the Hydrashock rounds but prefer the Federal Personal Defense Full Metal Jacket rounds they make though. They come in the same box as Hydrashock though. They are FMJ so if you have a picky gun that doesn't like hollow points, then these should cycle without a problem. Same goes if you're in a police department that doesn't let you use hollow points, then you can use these. But, they have a silicone ball in the tip so on impact it gives the bullet a soft place to expand into

I like these because I heard they have more reliable expansion because I've seen some ballistic tests through heavy clothing (jacket or jeans, etc.) where the hollowpoint fills up w/ material and doesn't expand. I even witnessed this when I caught some bullets in a phone book. It's not exactly a good material for proving ballistics but I wanted to catch a bullet. lol... But, anyway, the Hollow points pretty much looked normal except the fronts were packed so tight with paper you could even dig it out, but these FMJs were blown apart into flat little *****. I have them somewhere but dont' have my digital camera right now.

 

You use FMJ's to break in a new barrel? Or just to break them into shooting it?

 

just to break them into shooting it

 

Gotcha.

 

Ball ammo is good for practice and plinking. For real work, use a good hollowpoint. I agree with comments about the hollowpoint working as a cookie cutter at times and filling the cavity making it basically become a ball round. Others are so soft they just collapse into the cavity and again make a ball round. Using a +P is good, +P+ is better but usually law enforcement restricted. Using a round of 115 grain or 125 grain is good for protective puposes as most nasty encounters take place at very close quarters. Some rural law enforcement agencies have gone to the 147 grain bullet for greater distance shooting and better penetration if heavy clothing is encountered. I've gone through the FBI standard of testing numerous rounds of ammo into ballistic gelatin, through clothing, car windshields, etc, etc, etc. Lots of good stuff out there. I would recommend reading Combat Handguns for a few issues to get a feel of what the Pros like to use.

 

PSS-Mag........Re: Holsters.
Lots of good ones out there in a variety of configurations; Uncle Mikes, Safariland, Bianchi, Tex Shoemaker, the list goes on. Lots of little cottage industry builders as well that will make you anything you want. They tend to be a bit pricier but well worth it. Look some of them up and see what you find.