On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:14:44 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:
On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 02:06:08 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar...ting?mode =PF
LOS ANGELES - There's a bull market for bullets.
Stacks of ammo, once piled high at gun shops across America, have dwindled.
Prices paid by consumers for much sought-after Winchester .380-caliber
handgun bullets (a common name for cartridges) have doubled. At weekend gun
shows, trailers loaded with boxes of ammunition are drained within hours.
That's just silly. Gunner has educated us that the .380ACP, conceived
and designed by John Moses Browning, is to be disdained as
contemptably wimpy.
Indeed. Its the cartridge of last resort. Hell...look it up on the
internet. And Ive provided a number of power comparisons. Dont like
them? Ignore them! By all means. This is America. Carry what you want.
I certainly didnt call you names or imply that you were crazy or a flake
for wanting to carry one to defend yourself with. I may have implied
that because you had more appropriate arms..you may be foolish..but
thats my opinion on that particular subject. I certainly made my
respect for you on all else quite clear. You missed that post?
I can attest that .380ACP WWB (Winchester white box) ammo has
disappeared from store shelves. It's even difficult to score .380ACP
used brass. Gunner posted an offer but never delivered, which wasn't
a surprise given his expressed disdain for that caliber. If he
scorns the caliber why would he have any brass in that caliber?
Posting is one thing, doing is another. California promises are the
province of liberals.
Blink blink...I told you I had to work and would take some time finding
you the brass. Less than a week later, I contacted you and you stated
you had already go some.. Shrug..you either want some or not. Ive got
several Thousands of pounds of brass cartridge cases. Some are mixed,
some are boxed, some are sized, some are simply filling 5 gallon
buckets. My shop is a mess as is my cartridge storage areas. Ive been
working, medically infirm etc etc since I spent much time doing
reloading, casting etc. Several years in fact.
Now I ask you again...do you want some brass in .380, or not? Ive got a
number of .380s that I can use some of the brass for. Because I prefer
to not use it for self defense, doesnt mean that I dont shoot it on
occasion.
I found brass elsewhere, I'm loading and shooting. I have three little
.380's, poodle poppers per Gunner, and I enjoy them all. One is a
Walther PPK. James Bond's PPK was probably a .32, rather less potent
then the .380ACP version. Author Ian Fleming was far from an
infant in the matter of tradecraft.
What..you are suggesting that the .32 is rather more impotent than the
..380? And yet Ian had James potting people right and left with it in a
number of the first novels!!!
Blasphemy!!!
Gunner
"First Law of Leftist Debate
The more you present a leftist with factual evidence
that is counter to his preconceived world view and the
more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without
losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot,
homophobe approaches infinity.
This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned
race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to
the subject." Grey Ghost