Awhile back, China started allowing police officers to carry a side arm on patrol. But it's special.. it's a six round revolver, chained to the belt, carried in a strapped holster, and chambered in a proprietary 9mm rimmed cartridge which is only sold to police so if a criminal actually manages to claim the gun, he'll have to actually confront more police to reload it.
...and I really, really want one. Like, one gun and a box of ammo and I'd let Jamison figure out how I'm gonna keep shooting it.
I've never really owned or used a .17, so I can't say anything about those, but it seems like it would be okay for those, too.
But it seems implausible for anything bigger anyhow.
There used to be various rimfire cartridges. .44 Henry and .38 Rimfire (used in cap & ball Colts converted to fire them) are the first two that come to mind.
In addition to centerfire and rimfire, there was also pinfire (a round with a striking pin leading to an internal primer) and lipfire (think rimfire but with one quarter of the rim).
The 1850's were a strange time. There were several types of cartridges made to bypass the Rollin White patent, *** remembering all of them.
I'm familiar with pinfire. Haven't heard tell of lipfire.
I'm really more of a "casual interest" than dedicated enthusiast in the field though. Haven't been actively shooting for a lot of years and I was just a .22 plinker 90% of the time unless I was sighting in a hunting rifle.
There are a crazy amount of antique guns with flopped cartridges because no one wanted, say... A .44 Merwin-Hulbert revolver when they could buy the same gun in .44 WCF and use the same ammo in their rifle.
That's what Colt was counting on with their first dedicated cartridge revolver in 1871~. "Everyone has a Henry, chamber it for .44 Henry." Then Winchester dropped the 1873 repeater.
The "Peacemaker" could be had in .44 WCF too so, it kinda took off.
I'd say it's the best fish. And also easy to get into if you're not a big fan of fish in general, because it's a delicate taste. Plus no small dagger-like bones!
I'd say it's the best fish. And also easy to get into if you're not a big fan of fish in general, because it's a delicate taste. Plus no small dagger-like bones!
I'm a fan of tilapia no matter how many granola munchers tell me it's not a good fish to be eating.
Also sea bass, catfish.
One of the victims of my recent power outage was almost two pounds of frozen flounder.
This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here.
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you.
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day!
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do.