Before I sold it, I took my 16 year old daughter out to a nearby range and let her shoot my Combat Commander. I gave her a brief talk on how to hold it, and she had zero trouble. I shot video from the side, the recoil is apparent, but she had no trouble coming right back down on target. It was btw, the first handgun she ever fired.
-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller
Let the Record show that cavelamb on or about Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:37:19 -0500 did write/type or cause to appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Should we go back?
I wish I had taken notes, because I loaned the book. "Mars Direct" is the program, which figured that using the technology available in 1994, it was possible to put men on Mars for about 20 billion dollars. No need to invent space stations, moon bases, or "battle star galactica" multi-tonne Space Cruisers (you know the ones
- a thousand meter long monsters with a crew of 5,000.). Two Saturn rocket (or equivalent) launches and the project is underway. Why not the Moon? Because, in short, you have to take everything with you, there's nothing there readily exploitable. Fuel for a return trip can be made on Mars - it's evidentially 1890s technology. Secondly in terms of delta V, the moon is almost as far as Mars. That is you have to spend money (fuel) all the way to the surface. On Mars, you can aero brake into orbiter, and land by parachute. And the environment on the Moon is hostile. Remember, earth plants are set up for a twenty four hour cycle, not 29 days.
Personally, I don't care which way we go, but I'm more enthusiastic for a Mars mission. OTOH, Obama care will mean that there will be no money for any space program. Or any other future.
pyotr
- pyotr filipivich We will drink no whiskey before its nine. It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:45:42 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following:
Not with my Keltec P-11. It has a three inch/15lb pull trigger. ;) Gotta learn to bumpfire the SKS for bigger parties.
Yabbut, how many of those guys are going to come gunning for you in your home, etc? I think the average bad guy shoots a bit mroe slowly, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
Did you have a better stat page for me? You didn't address that.
-- Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. -- Earl Warren
Sorry, I *thought* I posted the l In April 2009, Garofalo drew criticism when she denounced the Tea Party protests, saying: ? Let's be very honest about what this is about. This is not about bashing Democrats. It's not about taxes. They have no idea what the Boston Tea Party was about. They don't know their history at all. It's about hating a black man in the White House. That is racism straight up. This is nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks.[17]
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:27:00 -0500, the infamous "Pete C." scrawled the following:
--snip of answer to question I asked earlier--
Mine has Remington UMC 115gr JHP, 'cuz they were cheap for practice. I should buy some real ammo some time, huh?
I guess that in the extra 0.4 secs it takes to put 2 more 9mm rounds in a bad guy, he won't be doing too much to stop us...IF we get off the first shot, or make our first shot count.
So, you make headshots, just in case they're wearing armor? Good show, Pete. ;)
-- Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. -- Earl Warren
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