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Re: It is dark in the house!
22 July 2004, 15:22
Pecos41Re: It is dark in the house!
Lean - I notice the blade looks kinda "hammer forged."
Probably with your combination of "self-defense weapons" you could cut a guy with the knife and then drag one of those rusty guns across the wound and probably give him tetnus. Hell of a bad way to go.
21 July 2004, 16:06
Idaho RonNo lights are on. Everyone is sleeping, but you here a quiet voice. This voice is a man's voice, and is not from a person in your family.
Question, What are you going to be carrying when you go take a look?
Ron
21 July 2004, 16:16
LeanwolfI believe in the best!!
L.W.
21 July 2004, 16:44
buckeyeshooterI have a double barrel 10 ga. sawed off at 20" under the bed, it has a double load of buckshot.
21 July 2004, 18:24
RMillerIf I have time I'll get my eaa witness 45.
Or I'll tell my wife to get it and I'll just go after them.
Attack can be the best defense.
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Fear causes hesitation and hesitation can cause your worst fears to come true.
I have an East German 9mm Mak stashed in the bedroom. I have much larger, but it is small and light, the wife can shoot it well and I shouldn't have much of a problem with passing through walls.
For sheer intimidation, I think the Claymore would do well.
Naked Man with fat harry belly carrying a 5 foot blade screaming like a berserker.
22 July 2004, 06:23
Swede44magI will have to pull my dog off his sorry arse, after I use the baseball bat to tenderize him slightly. Or maybe I will use my Highlander sword I have been wondering just how sharp it is and how long the plastic handle would stand up under extreme usage. Na I like the first idea better.
If he is talking, there are more than one or he is nuts...either way a 4" Python with night sights would be my companion. dvnv
22 July 2004, 07:33
WhitworthBecause I don't own anything smaller (I plan to rectify this soon with the purchase of a Glock) for home defense, I load my M29 Smith (Lou Horton with 3-inch barrel) with Glaser Saftey Slugs. Before anyone says that the .44 is too much gun for home defense, consider this. The revolver has a 3-inch barrel, so I look at it this way. If I miss it's okay as the intruder will be deafened by the blast (makes a big racket with the short barrel), blinded by the flame front (huge fire-ball particularly in the dark), and powder burned. So either way, the perp gets it. I have to justify my pistol choice somehow..... I won't be able to see or hear afterwards either, but hey, it should do the job.
Whitworth
My wife will soon be awake and on the phone to the cops. They might not get there in time to save on or the other but they will come to the scene and have a recording of the incident for evidence.
I will then go to the foot of the bed and sit down with my .45 and wait to see if anyone is coming up the stairs or around the hallway into the bedroom. If they do, well, as I said, the cops will have a recording of "halt or I'll shoot, <boom>" and maybe, "<boom>, drop the gun, <boom>". If it all goes pear shaped they might then hear "<biggerboom>" as my wife's shotgun goes off (at least once) and a few cuss words.
IFF, it is a police officer he will be asked for his badge number and only when the dispatcher (on the phone) verifies that badge # such-and-such is responding will we surrender.
22 July 2004, 10:29
Pecos41S&W 357 3"bbl.
It won't be dark in the house when I touch of the first round and the muzzle blast comes out.
Snubbies can be very illuminating.
22 July 2004, 10:30
Pecos41Good one Leanwolf!
22 July 2004, 14:20
LeanwolfThanks, Pecos45. One should always be prepared, shouldn't one?
(BTW, I'm kinda wondering if any of the "buckskinners," or "mountain men" around here have picked up on the logo on my every-day-carry knife"??)
L.W.
22 July 2004, 14:46
fredj338IF he gets past my big Airedale, big if, then he gets a chest full of 155grST from my USP. 20 min. later the cops will show & sweep up the mess.
we have a doberman that sleeps in the hallway by the front door, the little woman has a 20ga coachgun beside the bed and a 1911 in her nightstand, and i've got an 870 with a folding stock, and an 8shot tube on my side of the bed with my 1911 in the nightstand.(no kids are ever in the house)
if someone comes in the house grab the cell phone to call the cops, take cover behind the bed, and wait.
as long as they don't come through the bedroom door everything will be allright. come though that door and all hell will break loose.
if i think Aries(the dog) is having trouble, or they are hurting him i will come huting.
hurt my dog and i probebly won't call the cops. we will just stake them out on a fireant hill and just let nature do its work.
dwp
23 July 2004, 08:02
LeanwolfPecos45, yep, that old blade could do a job, for sure. I'll wait a bit and see if any of our A. R. resident "buckskinners," or "mountain men," pick up on that blade's logo. If not, I'll explain later.
L.W.
23 July 2004, 09:27
Swede44magI can't read the print on the knife you have a close-up photo?
23 July 2004, 09:40
jaycocreekRon-My first line is and has always been my two Dogs.If they get past them then theres my wife(Ex-Officer) and her .45 auto so I suspect I would just get called for a "Clean-up in the hallway".But if not I guess I'd light up the house with my .454.
Jayco.
23 July 2004, 16:27
LeanwolfHere ya go, Swede44Mag.
It's been in my family a looooooooooonng time.
L.W.
23 July 2004, 17:12
recoiljunkyQuote:
No lights are on. Everyone is sleeping, but you here a quiet voice. This voice is a man's voice, and is not from a person in your family.
Question, What are you going to be carrying when you go take a look?
Ron
I'll skip my 10mm, the .45acp, the AR15, the SKS, the .44 mag, the .454 Casull and all the numberous others in my safe and I'll go straight for the Mossberg 12 gauge pump w/ an 18" barrel and full length tube. It will never jam, it has more than enough firepower, and the barrel is long enough to let me keep my hearing.
24 July 2004, 17:56
wheelgunnersimple.......I have kids....... before he knows whats happening the poor SOB is gonna have his ass shuved fool of anything I can get my hands on. Hell hath no furry over a man protecting his kids!!!!
25 July 2004, 20:29
KMuleinAKremington 870 with #4's and a surefire flashlight; will have a broom, dustpan and a mop nearby as well as several industrial heavy duty plastic bags.............
KMule