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Originally Posted by Diesel911
Well that is what he said. In My mind after mastering your Duty Weapons it is better to know a bit about a buch of different Weapons if you can as you never know when some tiny bit of knowlege can save you.
I have a 357 Stainless Steel Ruger Blackhawk. It is by no means polished but in the bright sun the reflection off of the Barrel is bad depending on where the Sun is making sighting iffy. I stripped the Gun and taped part of the Barrel and the Sights with Duct Tape and bead blasted the upper surface of the Barrel and the upper part of the Frame. I was lucky I worked someplace that had the Bead Blaster making it a cheap fix.
Again in the Past one of the City Police Officers told me they were allowed to carry and Gun above 9mm (not .308 type 9mm) and 38 special that they could qualify with and were willing to carry.
But, back far enough were Drugs and Gangs were not a serious Problem and Criminals were not so well armed.
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Kinda my question too. I mean, if you are in combat and lose your service weapon, are you going to insist that they supply you with one before you go on? At that point, you'd use a stick if that was all you had. Like you said, better know a bit of everything else. I don't believe a few rounds would really mess up your muscle memory. After all, he has to train with an AR also. I think it is the drama he is trying to create.
First gun I had was a 44 Mag Ruger Redhawk. I tried the Blackhawk but hated Single Action.
Part of me is wondering if that will really screw you up come resale time?
I know that in the Dirty Harry movie he carried a 44 mag S&W 29 but I don't think they will allow you to do that today, do you? What if a cop qualified with a 500 S&W Mag shooting 350 grain slugs. I would think that the liability would be stunning.
I'd call it an Arms Race. You come out with an X band radar gun, I get a radar detector that sniffs it out. You come out with a K band gun, I get a scanner for X and K and so on. Perps are going to, and rather wisely, want a gun advantage for intimidation.