Only other gun on my radar right now: [video=youtube;CReqwUsjHLw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZEgeTcxwdU[/video] How can I call myself an HK fanboy and not own one?!
Haven't shot that gun, but my baby is the USP40. I absolutely love that gun. I can get great grouping at 10-20 yards and I just installed the lazer sight, light combo.
[video=youtube;GZEgeTcxwdU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZEgeTcxwdU[/video] I want to install a light and laser on one of my handguns and it will probably be this one once I get it.
Viridian is a great company. The light is hellabright and it has a green laser. It has 6 settings (light only, laser only, light and laser, light strobe, laser strobe and light and laser strobe) Fits perfectly on the HK handguns too! Also, there is a special holster that actually activates the attachment as you pull the gun out.
I just bought this G20 that I still need to break in though, 10mm is a BEAST. [video=youtube;kUyf1y50lC4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUyf1y50lC4[/video] The Danish Sirius Sledge Patrol use this gun to fend off polar bears! I recommend you give this video a watch.
I love the Glock guns. I wish my hands were bigger. They just feel so uncomfortable to me. And it really sucks because they are soooo reliable.
G20 is the biggest Glock made, there are some smaller framed ones that I'm sure would fit your hands no problem like the G19 (9mm) or G23 (.40 cal, that I have). And they make even smaller one's than those like the G26 and G27. G42 is the smallest but it only shoots a .380
The gen 4 has 6 extra back straps. Have you messed around with them at all to see if one fits your hands better?
Take a look at some Mags, I'd be shocked if they didn't make one that could fit your hands. http://us.glock.com/products/all
Just got to play with a .45-70 lever action, a friends new rifle. Didn't get a chance to shoot it, but that's a bad ass gun. It's a scouts gun that the guides on African Safari's often carry while the group hunts some specific game. The guide can take down anything with this caliber. A fairly short barrel so easy to Move about and the scope is a special scope set quite a distance forward on the rifle so that the guide always has a total view even when taking aim. The round makes a .308 look cute. Add another gun to my wish list. Here is a pic that is very similar to the one I was playing with.
What on earth would you need a 45-70 for? A .270, .308 or .30-06 is more than capable of taking down anything on two or four legs in North America for half the cost, plus they are way easier to find ammo for. Might as well just go up to the 50 BMG or 50-90 if you have the biggest equals best mentality
If you are looking for a specific reason to own a .45-70 there really isn't a good one in our location. But it just felt fun to hold and I wanted to try it out. And it would look good hanging up in a cabin. It's far down my list because it fills no need, but eventually it would be a fun get. But a .30-06 comes well before for hunting. Speaking of ammo, did you get 10mm Norma for you new gun or did you get a different load? I was reading that the original loads (Norma) are very hard to come by and that most 10mm loads are more akin to a .40. But I dont know much more than that.
I get that, guns are cool and fun but if you are just getting them to target shoot or "look cool" there are certain ammo types that are pretty expensive for that. I mean some of the higher end hunting rounds in 45-70 can run you around $100 for a box of 20. My AR-10 doubles as a target fun-gun and a hunting rifle so I like that versatility. My AR-15 is more strictly for fun and possibly home defense, and even though you can effectively take down a whitetail deer with it, I wouldn't. That's what the 10 is for. Maybe some smaller game if I ever got into that, but I doubt it. But hey if you have that kind of cash lying around then shoot, go for it. I'm not one to tell a gun enthusiast not to buy something, but all I'm saying is there are much cheaper platforms that will kill whatever you're trying to kill just as dead (if you're into hunting). And all the 10mm I currently have are full powered rounds (I have about 150). I wouldn't buy a watered down load when I could just buy 40's instead. And I haven't had any trouble finding 10mm, but 25-30$ for a box of 50 is pretty spendy though. There's a place called Curt's discount gun supply on Mcloughlin that sells fully powered reloaded 10mm for only $19, and you can find some good deals online too.
I save all my brass and I'm thinking about starting to reload my own ammo. A lot of people I know do it and most gun experts do it. It's a lot cheaper than buying factory ammo and probably pretty fun and educating too. Definitely something I'd like to at least know how to do.
