John H. wrote:
On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 20:48:13 -0500, Earl wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:49:10 -0500, Earl wrote:

John H. wrote:
...well almost. Went to the shooting range this afternoon and rented a Sig Sauer P226, That is
another fine shooting pistol. Much nicer trigger than the S&W M&P guns. I'm putting this on my
Christmas list. Hell, who knows, maybe 'jps' will send me a check. After all, every gun in my house
is one less gun on the streets killing folks.

http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProdu...stainless.aspx

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!


That's a nice gun. This is on my shopping list:

http://www.berettausa.com/products/b...x-made-in-usa/

An old-school 92!
The Beretta 92 is what my son-in-law is carrying in Afghanistan. That's what the holster, etc, I got
for him was made for. That's a nice looking gun, but I don't know much about Berettas. I know they
won the Army contract over Sig Sauer, but I've been told it had to do with cost and the siting of
missiles in Italy. Not sure if I was given the straight skinny, but there you go.

I've got an opportunity (military retired) to get that Sig 226 for about $400 off the MSRP, which is
not a bad deal. Ii'm still kicking it around. I sure enjoyed shooting the thing today. The place I
use up here rented me the gun for $10 for an hour, as long as I bought the ammunition there. They
will not allow the firing of any ammo other than their own through their guns. Fair deal. For about
$27 I got to shoot 50 rounds through the P226. Next time I go down there, I'll ask about a rental
for the Beretta 92.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!


Two different firearms, John. The Sig is great. I have just over
twenty guns and this is a classic I'm adding to my collection. I
realize stainless isn't as authentic but I like my guns to look as new
as possible and stainless is much more forgiving than a blued finish.
That's one of the things I like about that Sig, above. Stainless guns are usually pretty nice
looking guns. I've not been back since I wrote the above, so I've not been able to check on the
Beretta 92 rentals. I'll bet they've got some, because they get a lot of military guys in there
shooting.

Just over twenty, huh? I'll have to tell my wife so she won't think I'm going overboard!

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!


Twenty-two with two on order. Ten are long guns. The 92FS and a 21
Bobcat in .22LR - also stainless. The Fort Knox Gun safe is due in
about six weeks.

I keep a spreadsheet with model and serial numbers. My HO insurance
won't cover all of them but if there ever was a theft I could supply the
information.