Revolvers Are Great: Interlude (Part 2)

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While skimming through my Facebook feed, I saw a post from the I'm with Roscoe group. The group member shared a picture that included this beauty:

Credit: Sportsman's Warehouse (Taurus 692 "Essential")

It looked so cool that I thought this Taurus 692 with additional cylinder and crane was photoshopped. Nope, it's real. While looking up information, I discovered an article on Personal Defense World about taking the Gunsite Academy revolver course with the Taurus 692 ported edition.

Credit: Personal Defense World

Bell only made one modification to the gun - a Hogue Monogrip ...

Credit: Amazon.com

and he used Black Hills .357 Cowboy Action Shooting cartridges.

Yes, the article is about the revolver, but William Bell's write up about the course includes how the course covers "Cooper's Color Code" and "interrupting the 'OODA Loop' of an attacker." Being reminded of Col. Cooper's Color Code and being introduced concept of effecting someone else's OODA Loop as a tactic is really intriguing.

Resources for further study:

Wikipedia article on "OODA Loop"

Col. Jeff Cooper's Color Code

Revolvers Are Great (Part 1)

Well, we are in a holding pattern for my wife's pistol-purchase permit. And my wife doesn't want to hear a thing about guns - for her - until she can get her hands on some and buy one that day.

In the meantime, I had been convinced that she would end up with a single-stack 9mm or .380. Now I'm not so sure. She shoots revolvers well, and she likes how easy it is to see that they are loaded. Also, I'm getting intrigued by revolvers again. I haven't had one for a long time, and I might even consider getting one - or two - for myself.

Besides my wife's attraction, why the change of heart? I'm concerned about capacity, but single-stack guns don't have much anyway. So then I was considering a Ruger Security-9 Compact, which is pretty thin for a double-stack gun and doesn't weigh too much. But more weight is more weight. 

Also, on a totally frivolous note. I like the idea of a derringer back up to a .38 revolver.

Back to what my wife wants.

She really liked the .357 Magnum Ruger LCR. But it's a little pricey. She shot the J frame lightweight S&W and thought it was okay. I was not all that impressed with the Taurus revolvers. They all seemed to weigh too much, but I kept seeing ads for this thing:

The Taurus 856 Ultra-Lite. 

And I was at a gun store and handled the polymer Taurus Public Defender. And the trigger was - good!

And my wife wants a gun with some color - if possible. So more wheels started turning. Though some semiautos have a pallette of colors. 

credit: GunsWeek.com, Taurus Spectrum

 

Some revolvers are even gaudy.

Credit: Charter Arms, Undercover Lite

And some revolvers are in colors that might be acceptable to my wife.

Credit: TaurusUSA.com, 856 Ultra-Lite

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Gun YouTube Alternatives (UPDATE 11/18/20)

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Boatswains: Trader Joe's Cheap Double IPA

I keep buying this beer, and lord, I want to like it.

"Boatswain Double I.P.A. Indian Pale Ale Twin Screwsteamer"

I like the the alcohol content: 8.4%. That's great! But the aftertaste lingers for hours. It's got a good head, though.

This beer is fine, as in OK, and it is nothing to write home about. At $4.99 a six pack or $9.98 a 12 pack or $0.84 a beer or $0.84 for 1 oz of alcohol it's fine - just fine.

So fine, OK, I really do like it. It's not great, but it is "serviceable."

Stats:

Gravity: 8.4% Alcohol/Volume or 17.15

IBU: 75

Appearance: Amber

Style: Double IPA

Violence Is, Well, Violent

 It seems that, once attacked or threatened, most people are too shocked by the affront to immediately mount an effective defense.

Like Michael Bane often suggests and blatantly states, you need a plan for actions against assaults before you are actually in a defensive situation.

In addition to that sage advice, I think you need to curate the mindset needed to deal with a situation that might maim or kill you. Many of us could develop very quickly the rage necessary to prosecute blood-thirsty revenge, if someone harms us or a loved one. But could we instantly fight off an assault, when we are attacked?

"... when it's time to fight, you fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp to Noah's Ark… and brother, it's startin' to rain."

- Christopher Woods, Rash'Tor'R

Fire Acting Director Regina Lombardo for conspiring against a civil right.

 https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-acting-director-regina-lombardo-conspiring-against-civil-right

Acting Director Regina Lombardo accepted contact from candidate Joe Biden, or representatives of Biden, and has signalled her intention to further violate the civil right of U.S. citizens and other legal residents of the U.S. that is expressly protected by the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and is a natural right.

Specifically, Lombardo intends to further regulate or make illegal by fiat pistol braces and 80% lowers.

It is our belief that: (1) Lombardo is practicing creeping incrementalism, (2) does not support the 2nd Amendment, and (2) is violating her oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Thin Double-Stack Sub-Compacts: Down The Rabbit Hole,

 My wife wants to get a handgun for CCW. In the past she was dead set on the Ruger LCR. Now she is open to a semiauto and likes the Urban Carry holster.

Well, I was thinking about going gun commonality with her. Whatever she gets I'll eventually get. No problem. 

But then the wheels started turning. I set on the Kahr CW9 as a benchmark for some reason - for my wife. Thin, full-length grip, light.

So, the Kahr CW9:

credit: Kahr.com

Height: 4.5"

Width: .9" 

Length: 5.9"

Capacity: 7+1 (Compatible with 8+1)

Weight: 17.7 oz

But then that gun commonality thing in the family went by the wayside. Or did it? Could I steer her to a thin doublestack? 

Ruger Security-9 Compact

I became really intrigued by this gun, when I compared it to the Kahr CW9.

Ruger Security-9 Compact:

credit: Ruger.com

Height: 4.35"

Width: 1.02"

Length: 6.52"

Capacity: 10+1 (compatible with 15+1)

Weight: 21.9 oz

So, it is bigger in a couple dimensions -but not much bigger.

Possibilities.

Trump Is Still Your President

 

It's 11/10/2020, and Trump is still your president.

Oh, and Biden is NOT "president elect," even though he paid too much for a backdrop that said so.

Next Biden's going to claim: "I'm emperor of my toes. See! They do what I say ... Where's my pudding!?!"

Constitution Party

 A coworker asked me what the Constitution Party is, since he saw a candidate for president on his ballet.

So here goes.:

Wikipedia Constitution Party article

Political Junk Mail

 

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