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...oh no, there's a plastic gun in my safe.....

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited February 2002 in General Discussion
...my son came home today from the gun show with a ....40 cal glock.... where did I go wrong as a parent? years of indoctrination that "steel is real"...and plastic is for disposable dinner ware....all for naught....(maybe I will sneak out and try it this next week)
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't you know, plastic is cool!The plastic genaration! LOL !
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Remster ol` boy,maybe I`ll send you a one of the "HARD GLOCK CAFE" caps(hats) that I have in my gunshow merchadise..218
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm with you Rembrandt.Remember twenty-five years ago when they went through airport security devices?
    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...even all my toy guns as a child were metal....'cept for a Luger squirt gun...no engraver worth his salt would use one of these as a canvas for great art work....Oh my, times are a changing.....
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have found a good balance. A S&W 686 and a Glock 23. My next handgun purchase will probably be a Ruger MKII slab-side target pistol.
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  • BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
    edited November -1
    My FIRST handgun will probably be a MkII.Until my CCW comes through, then I'll have to get a real gun.New York State is notoriously stingy on giving CCWs out, but I've got friends in high places
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  • UNIVERSITY50UNIVERSITY50 Member Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    you will soon come the respect the plastic gun for what it really is, a fine "duty gun" it is almost idiot proof,almost!! i was against the change to glock, wanted sigs. when they found out they could almost buy 2 glocks for the price of 1 sig, due to state bid prices, we got the glock 22s and 23s. since i'm the weapons officer i got my 1 month early to go to glock school with. boy! those 4 days of school sure changed my view of the gun and what it can do and withstand. these are one of the best gun for police work, but i still have a sig in my gun safe, i bring it out to show the rookies what a "real" gun looks like.lol
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Amen to the SIG. I miss that 228.
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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt, don't put it in your safe. Putit in the kitchen with the rest of the tupperware.
    Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
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  • royc38royc38 Member Posts: 2,235 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now look what happened. Somewhere there is a kid that doesn't have any toy soldiers to play with because they are using the plastic to make frames for Glocks.
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  • twinstwins Member Posts: 647 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Plastic, plastic, Glocks.... oh yeah, didn't they for a time market their guns on how someting internal could break and the weapon would still operate. How that made it more reliable. Personally, I want one where the manufacturer builds them not to break so I don't have to worry about it.[This message has been edited by twins (edited 02-18-2002).]
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can clean these in the Dish washer, Top Rack Only.
    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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