https://skeptoid.com/blog/2014/03/10...against-tanks/
http://www.historynet.com/1939-polis...an-panzers.htm
Let's pretend it's true, though. If it were, it would be an excellent example of tactics that suck yet blaming it on equipment. Saddam rolled out in tanks. How'd that work for him? The insurgents used decidedly lower tech weapons...yet the US was using even higher tech weaponry than the first go around. How'd that work out for them? How's Afghanistan's record against technologically superior invaders?
Weapons are an advantage, and they allow different tactics. What's more important is to train with what you've got and understand the advantages and disadvantages so that you can tailor your tactics.
Another easy, non-messy way to remove all those powder smudges, etc., is with a pencil eraser. Buy one of those "gum" erasers made for draftsmen. You can still find them at blueprint supply shops. The cylinder flutes are one area where these smudges build up quickly, and pretty thick. The gum eraser gets them gone easily, before you ever get the solvent bottle out.
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The LAPD M68 is on my "list". They were the last gunfighter's revolver at LAPD before the auto transition. It was basically a M66 chambered in .38 Spl. Larry Mudgett was a big fan of them. Had a friend who was a "shooter" in the academy. He said Larry had arranged to get him guns before he graduated. When he finished Larry gave him 2 model 68's for duty guns that had been properly tuned. Folks like Scott Reitz and most of the other serious shooters carried them before going to the auto's. For working things like the bonus course, a bit recoil absorbing .38 with a long sight radius was a good thing, and they were also visually impressive.
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
I wholeheartedly agree that Rugers have significantly removed some of the main causal factors in revolver issues. And that they're easily actually field-strippable (at least the -Sixes, GPs, Redhawks, and Super Redhawks).
They're not perfect, but within limitations I'm pretty comfortable in carrying my Security Six or GP100-particularly in the daytime or as a nightstand/camp gun. And both have functioned well in IDPA and steel late competitions, where 100+ rounds are run through without any cleaning; however, towards the end of matches, I usually will need to press in cartridges into the cylinder by hand to fully seat after speedloading, even with a Comp III, due to powder/GSR build-up.
Best, Jon