Why we love our Kukris! Sheepdogs vs Wolves

Nice, Clearblue. Very good.

I noticed, though, that one of the stories called a self-defense killing a homocide. I think it was the one where the shop owner killed the guy holding a knife to his wife's throat. Homocide's too harsh a word.

Nam
 
Nam, I think the law considers all killings homocides; some are justifiable homocides.

I'm sure there are many homocides where all breath a great sigh of relief, except the recipient, for his removal.



munk
 
Agreed, Munk. Just that "Homocide" sounds too harsh. Probably because, unfortunately, one normally doesn't hear it after the word "justifiable."

Nam
 
munk said:
...the law considers all killings homocides; some are justifiable homocides.
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No, the law only considers the killing of homosexuals to be homocides. The other killings are homicides but all killings are justifiable, by someone, usually the perpetrator.
 
Bill Marsh said:
The shotgun is a Hi-Standard Police Model B, Intregal Maglite

Glock 26 in well-worn pocket holster. (Glock, Inc.Smryna Georgia.)

Kle-Tec .380 in well worn holster, replacing Kel-Tec .32 that used to reside there.

and the "Room Broom" MAC 10. (Made in Marietta Georgia by Military Armaments Corporation.) Yes it is selective fire and yes I did pay for the $200 special license.

And like somoeone here said, I don't leave home without some carry piece (The Mac 10 and the shotgun stay hidden at home) but if I think I will need a gun, I don't go there.

The "Watchdogs" are about worthless. I think that if a burglar got in and got past my alarm systems they would show him where the silver is and leave with him!
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Bill, you're killing me! Forget the MAC 10, don't you know that Hi-standard is as scarce as hens teeth? It is also now a Class 3 weapon in that configuration I believe, i.e. illegal as is, and also is subject to the special tax. But that's not what I'm talking about. Look at the rust on the barrel and in the action! You might as well show us a vintage Jag XKE with the windshield smashed and chickens roosting in the engine compartment! Oh, the humanity! (-:

Seriously man, not to give you hard time, but you have got to get that jewel cleaned up and refinished! Either that, or sell it to me! :D

Norm
 
I saw on tonights news that San Francisco is trying to ban gun ownership altogether. As if the goofy state weren't bad enough!
 
I had a friend when I lived in California, (honest) who swore if someone broke into his house he'd just shoot him, roll the body up in a carpet or bag, and dump it.

He simply did not trust Calif Justice.

We'd imagine different scenarios....did the robber tell his wife which house he planned to rob before he left?


munk
 
Svashtar said:
Seriously man, not to give you hard time, but you have got to get that jewel cleaned up and refinished! Either that, or sell it to me! :D

Norm
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Oops. Just noticed it in the pictures. It does just fall short (or long) of being a class 3. Barrel is right and the OAL is good also.

Am getting out the oil. Thanks for mentioning it.

Though it is scarce, it is my major home protection piece.

Just bought a replacement for my first shotgun. A mint 1897 Winchester pump take-down model. It was made pre-1900 (many were made after 1900) because it has no serial number. Never did have one. As I understand it they were not required before 1900.

Bought it at a gun show from a dealer. He looked for the serial number, handed me the gun, I handed him cash, we smiled at each other and I walked off with it. No registration.

Since it is a pre-1900, the prices have skyrocketed. Something about the Cowboy shows. Cost me 28 times what my first gun cost Dad. But some real nostalgia! Lucky I have a sympathetic wife!

It gets oiling also!

I was 12 when Dad bought me my first 1897 Winchester, now long gone. You may know that this shotgun has an exposed hammer. Unusual for a pump shotgun. May be the only one.

One day when I was a kid I was walking through the woods with my gun, absentmindely playing with the hammer. It went off and hit a rock about about 12 inches from my foot. I wound up with a bloody foot from deflected # 7 bird shot. No real damage, just a lot of punctures. Lucky I still had a foot.

I was sure that my parents would take the gun away from me so I got a bright light and my trusty Exacto knfe and did some pellet extracting surgery!

50 years later I needed an xray of that foot, the doctor commented on the "shrapnel."

And I will keep it also.
 
Your first shotgun was a '97, Bill? Me too. But I had to wait until I was 17 for a friend to buy it: 12 ga., 30 in, full. Called a "knuckle-buster" for good reason.

I still have and love it. I had it re-blued a few years ago after checking on collector value...(It had little, but as you say, the Western shooters are grabbing them up. I think some clones are made in Brazil these days.)

The '97 and the Ithaca 37 are two of the pumps that will continuously fire as long as you keep cycling the action. Just hold the trigger back and pump away.

Over a million of them were made; if I remember correctly, the Model 12 replaced them in the Winchester line-up. Mint, pre-1900, has to be remarkably rare. Nice work.

Seems to me there was some article about any G.I. found with a trench shotgun being shot immediately, with no taking-of-prisoner possibilty. That might have been WWI...dunno.

The climate down where you are has to be murder on stored metal.


Be well and safe.
 
I never heard that about the shotgun, but there was a bayonet in WWl if you were found with they'd shoot you.




munk
 
I had a Winchester Model 12 with a Cutts Compensator, and a Winchester Model 21 with extra set of barrels that was originally set up as a live pigeon gun. ( Both 12 ga. )

That was 30 years ago, and letting them get away still smarts.
 
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