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Title: Why Nashville Had No Looters during the recent flooding
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Published: Jun 1, 2010
Author: prisonofficer
Post Date: 2010-06-01 02:01:17 by Itistoolate
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Comments: 46
Why Nashville Had No Looters during the recent flooding By the way I DO NOT condone drinking and the handling of weapons! For those of you who know me out there know that to be the truth. Ride hard you can rest when you die
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a
pretty and well preserved body but rather to skid in broadside thoroughly
used up totally worn out and loudly proclaiming man what a ride!
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#1. To: Itistoolate (#0)
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I can't tell for sure but it looks like the guy to the left of the sign is holding one nasty looking .44 Magnum.
i'm surprised there is no scope on it
It almost looks like a damned Buntline Special in .44.
It's a Ruger Super Redhawk
Interesting piece of hardware. That Alaskan Model would be nice for some of my remote fishing holes as there are both bear and cougar to worry about.
I would recommend a short barreled 12 ga pump instead because the Alaskan Model Redhawk's abbreviated barrel makes for a goddam brutal muzzle blast. Unless you intend to fish while wearing hearing protection or compromise the power of the loads you stuff in the revolver, the heaviest loads in the shortest barrels looks good in the movies but the real life consequences are too often regretted forever. A friend of mine owned a South Carolina gun store when Dirty Harry was first released and he sold a bunch of Model 29's to young men (of course). Many of them returned to trade them back because they missed an important clue in the film-Harry shot "a light special load" in his S&W, and the boys damaged their hearing finding that a .44 mag with full house loads is not a quick draw self defense/plinking gun unless you'd also be willing to let someone hit you in the ears with two baseball bats whenever emergencies arise.... The distance from your ears to the muzzle of a pump shotgun compared to the proximity of the unbelievably brutal blast from the .44's muzzle and cylinder gap is the diff between coming away relatively the same or having unnecessarily depreciated your assets. Even in a life or death situation I'd rather have a gun that does more damage out front and less to me. Cougar are thin skinned critters but bear can come really big boned, and I wouldn't choose any handgun over my Remington Wingmaster with an 18"bbl and synthetic stock. The gun is light and fast and even fired from the hip is more likely to score an anchoring hit on an aggressive sow with cubs. My Model 19 .357 S&W snubby with heavy loads would make my ears bleed with the heaviest loads, and I wouldn't dream of firing a .44 Alaskan with the right loads for bear. The short barrel means that I won't get the maximum energy because unburned powder is blasted out of the short barrel before the bullet has reached max velocity. So, the heaviest loads in the shortest barrel is the worst of both worlds, and when facing toothy, clawy critters only the heaviest loads will do. While it is true that black bears have turned and run from .38 shots (and were then found dead down the trail) a sow with cubs is hardwired to kill every living thing that eyeballs her precious cub(s), so we must assume that she won't quit until one of you is dead.
Sounds like my old friend the Remington 870.
My Wingmaster is an 870 Police. I bought it in 1980 before Remington started making the more affordable 870 with the matte black or Parkerized finish, so needless to say it has the more expensive high gloss blue finish. The only diff between the Police and the sporter models was the lumber, the Police having the utilitarian foreend and shoulder stock. (and an 18" or 20" bbl) I bought two wood sporting stocks and fore ends for it so it would be dressier when deer hunting, but the third one was the black synthetic stock made by Remington, which some guy left in the store after re-stocking his new 870 with a synthetic pistol grip and horizontal fore end. I also have a Pachmayr pistol grip and foreend for mine, and in the past 30 years it's been on the gun less than 6 months. (the same with the extended magazine) With the synthetic shoulder stock and foreend made by Remington the gun is just so light and fast handling that I keep it set up that way year 'round. With the 18" bbl and Brenneke slugs it would definitely fill the bill as bear medicine. Needless to say it kicks like a mule (I don't shoot Brennekes for funzies, and I hunt with Remington's Managed Recoil slugs) but if I survive the encounter my shoulder will recover from the hydraulic hammering, and I can always have the dental fillings replaced) Once they offered the 870 with the new finishes they were blown out for as little as $199 at K Mart, and Remington was able to compete with Mossberg. BUT, a word of warning, the new "affordable finishes" will rust in a matter of hours if you leave moisture on the gun. The high gloss blue adds $100 plus to the price but it's much more resistant to rust. My dear ol' Dad loved Mossbergs and considering that Mossbergs have met the Mil-Spec 3443 requirements I wouldn't hesistate to buy one.
I haven't owned one yet but I spent a lot of time with it in the service since it was one of the weapons I had to qualify on. I find it to be comfortable and reliable. At the range that I would have to use it, and good Lord willing I wouldn't, the 18" barrel would be fine, and easier to pack around the heavy underbrush. There is one small stream I love, and a certain stretch that runs though a meadow that was once a mining reservoir, where you can still catch a 5 pound Rainbow in a small meandering stream. Unfortunately thanks to the Bambiists the regulations for Cougar hunting were made excessive and so the population is exploding. Eventually some hikers are going to become "cat food". I don't intend to be one of them. Of course since I grew up under the tutelage of a woods wise father I know enough to where it is unlikely to begin with, but I don't like the exposed feeling of being up there unarmed.
I watch with sadness as the number of granola-munching joggers attacked by CA cougars grows each year. But, they choose to ignore the obvious fact that a ban on cougar hunting has resulted in a dangerous surplus. And many cats are sharing the same desert terrain with upscale suburbanites who are always surprised when Fifi the poodle is snatched from the backyard by a coyote or puma. These same enlightened beautiful people are horrified when they find that cougars are particularly attracted to joggers (running triggers the predatory dinner bell) especially when the prey is so poorly equipped to defend against attack. In areas of scarce food cougars will gag down foul smelling humans irrespective of their politics....(I mention this because the same people who wish that hunters will be attacked and killed are oh so surprised when they find that cougar will eat them first BECAUSE they're not hunters or gun enthusiasts-cougars don't care if they marched with Dr. King or voted to ban puma hunting) The CA Fish and Game people were careful in the issuance of cougar tickets, and if allowed to manage the critters they would not allow the cougar's numbers to exceed the state's carrying capacity (in other words the cats wouldn't be forced to eat humans because of intense competition for food) or risk being wiped out. As much as I support California's I&R as a means of controlling taxes, the voters clearly made the wrong decision when they banned cougar hunting. I don't know where you live but PLEASE, don't rely on others to make your preferred "spiritual renewal areas" safe. Even my state of DE has an itinerant snarling cougar passing through each year. It has been videoed in several back yards and cougar-killed deer have been found at Dupont's Stine-Haskell Site. Fortunately, yummy, mouth watering game is plentiful and Delawareans long ago abandoned the practice of sleeping outdoors with pork chops around their necks.
#40. To: X-15 (#39)
Outstanding. Sneaking up on a cougar is like sneaking up on a leprechaun-there isn't much of a database for either. And, those who successfully guide hunters use expensive dogs like Plotts (at around $6,000 per) to run the cats to tree. It could be argued that cougar don't need any protection from the state. Once they sense the pressure they become invisible, and those that attack livestock and/or worry farmers should be killed.
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#2. To: Original_Intent (#1)
#3. To: Itistoolate (#2)
#6. To: Original_Intent (#3)
It almost looks like a damned Buntline Special in .44.
#9. To: HOUNDDAWG (#6)
#23. To: Original_Intent (#9)
Interesting piece of hardware. That Alaskan Model would be nice for some of my remote fishing holes as there are both bear and cougar to worry about.
#25. To: HOUNDDAWG (#23)
I would recommend a short barreled 12 ga pump instead because the Alaskan Model Redhawk's abbreviated barrel makes for a goddam brutal muzzle blast.
#28. To: Original_Intent (#25)
Sounds like my old friend the Remington 870.
#32. To: HOUNDDAWG (#28)
#38. To: Original_Intent (#32)
#39. To: HOUNDDAWG (#38)
I don't know where you live but PLEASE, don't rely on others to make your preferred "spiritual renewal areas" safe.
Replies to Comment # 39. Texas: These animals may be hunted at any time by any lawful means or methods on private property. Public hunting lands may have restrictions. A hunting license is required. Mountain lions are not protected and can be harvested at any time.
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