Is there a gun thread?

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Glad to see Ruger owners on the board :D

My first gun (gift from my dad, gave my bro one of a matched pair)
Walther PP Super [9mm kruz]
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... 820979#PIC

My first purchased gun (pawn shop ftw :))
Ruger Mark III Hunter [.22LR]
http://ruger.com/products/markIIIHunter/models.html

Most recent purchase (fantastic CC gun)
Ruger LC9 [9mm]
http://ruger.com/products/lc9/index.html
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avrame,

Is that your gun on gunbroker? I guess you can blame it on James Bond, but I've always been a fan of Walther's pistols.
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StuntDouble wrote:avrame,

Is that your gun on gunbroker? I guess you can blame it on James Bond, but I've always been a fan of Walther's pistols.
Nah, not my gun, but from what I can tell, it is a very rare gun without a company based webpage or spec sheet. My brother and I have a matched pair (one digit difference in the serial numbers) and aside from that listing, I'm not seeing too much info on the gun online.

According to an older employee at my range, I shouldn't be wasting rounds through it, as with the matched pair, it'd go for an easy 2-3K in auction.
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Bob Costas can take a long walk.
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Luke,

I often find myself in agreement with you. This is one of those times.

avrame,

Shooting the gun would lower its value, but I almost feel like it would be a waste not to enjoy it now and then. I forgot to ask before, but is your Walther chamber in 9x18 Ultra or .380?
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Luke wrote:I would pass on this one pal. Look for a Colt SAA or an actual Colt 1911.
Has anyone used the Rough Rider by Heritage or any other colt SAA clones?
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StuntDouble wrote:Luke,

I often find myself in agreement with you. This is one of those times.

avrame,

Shooting the gun would lower its value, but I almost feel like it would be a waste not to enjoy it now and then. I forgot to ask before, but is your Walther chamber in 9x18 Ultra or .380?
From the looks of it, it uses .380, which according to Wikipedia, is the same as 9mm kruz [which is what my dad told me to use with it].

Sad week today, apparently a very popular trick shooter, Bob Munden, passed away earlier this week. He holds all 18 of the Guinness records for fastest quick draw, for accuracy, reaction time and shots per second. He was the first to be able to split a playing card in half mid flight.

Two popular videos of Bob Munden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thCl_mYIUBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcZHVspVIDs
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Oh man, that is sad to hear. I always enjoyed watching Munden. For someone as skilled as he was, he also seemed rather humble.
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Let's be civil.

Broken record: I'm for really long, intensive, and thorough background checks. Getting a driver's license in Germany is probably more difficult than getting a concealed license in the USA and I'm not cool with that, At all.

But I hope the government does its due diligence to ignore the media and makes its own decisions (I realize that won't happen, but I'm not completely empty of faith) and doesn't simply point fingers (that probably won't happen either).

I really hope people can react with any decision made by our government without flipping out. Even "peaceful" protestors can get violent, and violence is what we're trying to avoid.
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Luke wrote:Let's be civil.

Broken record: I'm for really long, intensive, and thorough background checks. Getting a driver's license in Germany is probably more difficult than getting a concealed license in the USA and I'm not cool with that, At all.

But I hope the government does its due diligence to ignore the media and makes its own decisions (I realize that won't happen, but I'm not completely empty of faith) and doesn't simply point fingers (that probably won't happen either).

I really hope people can react with any decision made by our government without flipping out. Even "peaceful" protestors can get violent, and violence is what we're trying to avoid.
Im cool with long extensive background checks for gun ownership as long as the license also allows for ownership of full auto weapons as well.
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