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Thanks buddy......And your exceptional good looks are only exceeded by your sparkling personality!
Thanks bubba....Your a Gentleman and a Scholar!
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Yup....I scored twice in one week!
ERGO.....Is that you? F'N raghead? Right on you little pansy....I didn't think you had it in you!
Filthy bastards like Louis Farakhan should not be allowed to live in the U.S.A.!
Stolen from another board:
Of Major ConcerBlack Muslim Traitors
By David Horowitz
FrontPageMagazine.com / March 25, 2003
Suppose the traitor who rolled three grenades into the tents of our soldiers in Iraq, killed a captain and wounded 15 others, was a member of Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church or Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral. Do you think his picture might be on the evening news or page one of the New York Times? In fact, the culprit, Asan Akbar (aka Mark Fidel Kools) is a black Muslim from South Central Los Angeles, and a member of the Masjid Bilal Islamic Center there. What this incident would show us, if the press were doing its job, is that there is a connection between the ideas people devote themselves to and what they wind up doing. (The fact that Akbar's former middle name -- which looks adopted as well -- is "Fidel" is probably not without significance either.)
Last July, the spiritual leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farakhan, traveled to Baghdad and had this to say: "The Muslim American people are praying to the almighty God to grant victory to Iraq." What people say they often wind up doing. America needs to wake up to the fact that there is an army of people in this country, some Muslim some not, who identify with our enemies and pray for their victory. On this website, we have called them the Fifth Column left. This has made many people on the left angry at us. It is suggested that we lack the proper respect for First Amendment rights and values and that accusing dissenters and opponents of the war of betraying this country has a chilling effect on speech. It certainly does, but it is also the case that real traitors hide behind free speech rights and that ideas do have consequences.
In fact, we have never accused critics of the war of being members of a Fifth Column or traitors for opposing the war. We have always been specific in identifying those opponents (and only those opponents) who attack America and its leaders in irrational and and apocalyptic terms, and those opponents who are members of self-styled revolutionary parties who identify with America's enemies like Communist North Korea. "Dissenters" who are willing to break the law and tie up Homeland Security forces during a high terror alert also identify themselves as enemies of America and its people, since they are prepared to endanger their fellow citizens' lives and to actively aid and abet an enemy force.
Examples of irrational and apolocalyptic hatred are easy to come by. "Bush is the disease. Death is the cure" is example taken from a Los Angeles demonstration against the war. We live in a democracy, where the people are sovereign and elect their leaders. Calling for death to the President, or revolution for that matter, are signals of criminal intention, and need to be taken as such. "We Support Our Troops When They Shoot Their Officers" -- a banner paraded at an illegal demonstration in San Francisco -- is another sign of criminal and treasonous intent. Those who participate in illegal efforts to sabotage homeland defense, and who proclaim irrational hatred of America and its leaders are telling us something it is important that we hear. They are telling us who they are. They are telling us that they are at war, and that we are their enemy. They deserve to be taken seriously, not for their sake, but for ours.
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http://www.gunsmagazine.com/Pages/0303ftr.html
Minimum
Magnum
By Jim Gardner
If it were any lighter...
you'd have to tie it down.
Fall mornings in the desert can be pretty crisp. I left the house early, enjoying the long drive in the darkness, but now, with only a faint glimmer along the horizon, I’m ready for the sunrise. A tiny fire of dead greasewood branches warms my hands and perfumes the air with pungent woodsmoke. The barely noticeable tug on my hip comes from the flyweight S&W I’ve driven here to shoot.
A fit of nostalgia sends me rummaging through the truck, where I find the scuffed holster that carries my first .357 revolver. I haul it back to the fire to look at and enjoy the feel of this old piece of iron.
A S&W Model 28 “Highway Patrolman,” the feel of it brings back countless memories. Thoughts of many other campfires with this old Smith at my side, and memories of a teenage kid pumping 32 cent gas to make the $120 purchase price.
Unholstering the new S&W 386PD, the contrast is amazing. The beefy, N-framed Model 28 weighs a hefty 42 ounces. At only 17.5 ounces, the 386 is less than half as heavy.
The 386PD is a seven-shot, .357 Magnum revolver built on S&W’s L-frame. The finish is subdued and non-reflective, a pleasing mix of muted tones. The rubber stocks are from Houge, and feature an exposed backstrap and very slight finger extension at the bottom of the frame.
The trigger is smooth faced, about 5/16-inch in width. It’s well suited to both deliberate single-action shooting and fast double-action work. At 3/8-inches in width, the hammer spur is easier to cock than the old narrow “service” hammer, but it’s not unduly large for concealed carry. Like all current S&Ws, the old familiar “hammer nose” is gone, replaced by a frame-mounted firing pin. The 386PD also incorporates S&W’s integral key locking device.
Tool For Parents
While many will have no use for this feature, it’s hard to turn your nose up at it. It is completely unobtrusive and can’t be accidentally activated. If however, your household includes children too young to be taught the ironclad rules of safe gun handling, the locking system provides one more barrier the wise parent can use to prevent a tragedy. For this reason, it’s a good addition.
The S&W 386PD is available with conventional red ramp Patridge sights, or with a HIVIS sighting system. The test revolver features the latter.
The front sight has a rounded “bead” profile, and carries a bright orange fiber-optic insert. A roughly half-inch window cut out of the front sight admits light to be gathered by the insert. This window is filled with clear epoxy. The adjustable rear sight’s blade is cut with a shallow “V” notch to mate with the bead front sight.
Out of the box, the trigger breaks at 3.5 pounds in single action. It’s crisp and clean, just as we normally see with S&Ws. The double-action trigger pull is heavy. It’s heavier than either my static trigger weight set or my spring scale will measure.
There’s no excuse for this. Yes, a new revolver must be 100-percent reliable, but S&W knows how to deliver them both reliable and at a reasonable weight of pull. They should challenge themselves to do so.
Instead of fussing around trying to measure the DA pull weight, I popped open the sideplate, trimmed one coil from the rebound spring, and substituted the ground and polished mainspring and strain screw from my old Model 19. The result was a very nice double action pull.
Space Age Revolver
While externally the 386PD looks quite similar to S&W swing-out cylinder revolvers manufactured since 1896, it’s truly a space-age product in terms of materials and construction techniques.
The frame, barrel shroud and cylinder yoke are constructed of S&W’s Scandium alloy. The introduction of small quantities of Scandium into aluminum alloys produces finer grain structure and yields a significant increase in strength. S&W commenced use of this exotic alloy in late 1999.
The cylinder of the 386PD is fabricated of titanium, while the barrel liner is constructed of stainless steel for maximum wear and corrosion resistance.
Construction techniques used to produce today’s S&Ws are no less novel than the materials. Computer Numeric Controlled machining permits the production of extremely uniform, accurately dimensioned components and minimizes waste of exotic materials. Much of the internal lockwork has been redesigned to make use of the Metal Injection Molding process. The result is highly uniform and durable hammers, triggers, rebound slides, etc., and a significant cost savings.
Integral locking device offers options to parents.
Affordable Quality
That last statement may bristle some consumers. New S&W revolvers are hardly cheap. Nor should they be. They’re beautifully made, accurate, and a product that if used with the least bit of care may easily be passed down to your next generation. But the retail price and features of current S&Ws are the product of an equation that has labor and production costs as its bottom line.
To be frank, I much prefer older S&W revolvers. Features such as five-screw frames, pinned barrels, internal components artfully machined from forgings, the old S&W long action and brilliant bright-blued finish are enough to raise my pulse dangerously. S&W could easily build revolvers with these characteristics today. However, few could afford them. How many $2,000 Triple-Locks, or 1955 Target Models do you think would be sold? Not many.
In the old pre-war and early post-war economy, skilled handwork was one of the least expensive aspects of production costs. Today, it’s one of the highest. S&W faced a choice. Raise retail prices exorbitantly, or find new ways of producing an equivalent quality product at less cost.
Flyweight S&W grouped well. (J.G. Photo).
Good Guns Made Tougher
The above is true, but it’s only one side of the coin. Many of the changes made to S&W revolvers in recent years were not for cost management, but rather were designed to produce a better, more durable product.
Take that frame-mounted firing pin for example. I’ve replaced a number of the old hammer-mounted firing pins over the years, but I’ve yet to see the new design fail. Timing and cylinder lockup on the newer guns also seems significantly more durable.
The forward sideplate screw, which locks the crane in place, has been changed in recent years and is superior to the old design. The extractor star — once located by two tiny and fragile pins set into the cylinder — is now shaped in such a way that it is self locating and resists torque better than the old design.
The bottom line is this: As much as we may lust after the older Smiths, the new guns are stronger and more reliable. Period.
Good Shooting Lightweight
The feathery 386PD is a dream to carry, but we know there must be a trade-off for this in the form of recoil. With recoil in mind, first out of the shooting bag is a box of soft-shooting, super accurate Federal .38 wadcutters.
At 25 yards, the wadcutters cluster tightly in single action fire, but with an occasional flier. The target shows they are keyholing just a bit, leaving a slightly oval hole in the paper. Even so, 25-yard, five-shot, off hand groups average around 2 inches.
A good .38 Special practice load — 158-grain RNFP cast bullet over a “+P” equivalent charge of WW 231 — groups well out of the 386PD. Seven-shot, off hand groups average about 2 inches, center-to-center of the widest two shots. There’s no evidence of instability with this load.
Magnum ammo, in the form of Remington’s 110-grain JHP, and a heavy cast bullet handload, was tried next. Recoil with these loads was, well... we’ll get to that. Suffice to say I didn’t fire any record groups with these loads. Two or three rounds would cluster together nicely, and then I would anticipate the shot and throw the next round wildly.
Holster Work
Dropping back to the .38 reload, I worked on fast pairs and triples from the leather. The little gun is less stable than a heavier revolver, but it’s certainly better and faster than a J-frame wheelgun. In DA shooting, it also benefits from the flat mainspring action it shares with K- and N-frame S&Ws. These seem to be uniformly smoother than the coil spring powered J-frame guns.
The holster from Haugen Handgun Leather is a good one. It has one belt loop on the back of the holster, and a second on the trailing edge. This pulls the gun’s butt tightly into your side just as it should. The reinforced top edge makes reholstering easy. It’s a darn nice rig.
The Fine Points
In short order, the ground is littered with spent brass, and I’m ready for a break. Sitting on the tailgate and drinking some water gives time to have another close look at the 386.
S&W has fitted the 386PD with a blast shield of what looks like stainless steel spring stock above the barrel/cylinder gap. It will help limit gas cutting of the Scandium frame. It’s a clever addition.
The 7-shot cylinder is a great feature for a number of reasons. In addition to the extra strength and added capacity, the little gun has a unique feel in double-action shooting. Due to the short cylinder rotation, it actually feels a little like the N-frame M28, M27 and .38/44 S&Ws, the heavy cylinders of which tend to "carry up" after being started into motion.
The 386PD also has S&W’s neat, non-protruding lanyard loop on the lower backstrap. Lanyard loops used to be quite common on pistols and revolvers, and I’m delighted to see them returning.
Questionable Sighting System
Light-gathering fiber optic sights, such as the HIVIS front sight on this 386PD are extremely popular at the moment. They do exactly what they promise, gathering available light and presenting it to the shooter’s eye as a glowing dot. The result is quite a bit more effective than the old Call and McGivern pattern bead front sights once popular on S&W revolvers.
For close, quick, defensive use, they offer some advantage. If there is sufficient ambient light to illuminate it, that brilliant fluorescent orange bead is hard to miss. Superimpose it on your target with some rough correlation to the rear sight and you’re bound to deliver a hit on a close target.
But for finer work, whether that means perforating paper targets or knocking over a cottontail at 20 yards, you’ll find the conventional Patridge sights far more precise. They provide a much better index of elevation. You can shoot tight clusters with these HIVIS sights, but you’ll have to work a little harder to do so.
Post Shooting Report
Okay, let’s get right to the heart of the matter — recoil. The wadcutters were of course no problem. The +P equivalent handload was also completely manageable, although a little sharp. Switching to Magnum ammo, my personal fun factor was rapidly exceeded. The Remington 110-grain JHPs — which are about as light recoiling a .357 load as you’ll find — felt a bit nastier than full Keith loads in a 4-inch S&W M29. This latter is about my personal limit of recoil tolerance.
So maybe I’m a wimp. If you run hundreds of rounds at a session through your pet .44 Magnum DA revolver, then you’ll be smiling from here to breakfast while shooting this little beast.
If however, you have a more normal recoil tolerance, you’ll find yourself limiting the amount of .357 ammo you shoot from the 386PD. And this brings us to the $64,000 question: What is this little beastie good for?
Daily Dress
Obviously, the 386PD is designed primarily as a self-defense carry gun. And carry is the operative word. Carrying a suitable defensive handgun can be a real drag, especially in hot and muggy weather. That 38-ounce 1911 you slip on in the morning feels like a boat anchor by the time you return home in the evening.
And while regular practice with your carry gun is vital, you’ll spend eight or 10 hours wearing that roscoe for every round you’ll ever send down range. Knowing this, most experienced pistoleros will gladly trade a little additional recoil for a lighter burden.
This is the reason why the most popular concealed carry gun in the country — despite reams of print and much talk of Glocks, 1911s, SIGs, etc. — is an air-weight, 5-shot revolver.
And personally, I think that’s what we have in S&W’s 386PD, a sort of superior air-weight snubby. It’s larger and easier to shoot than a Centennial or Bodyguard, comes fitted with easier-to-see sights, and it carries an extra two rounds to boot. Stoke it with .38 Special +P ammo for the best balance of power versus shot-to-shot recovery, and don’t waste a moment stressing over the absence of .357 ammo in your chambers.
We all know the .357 Magnum is at its best in a 6-inch or longer barrel. In a 4-inch barrel, it’s still pretty effective, but cut that barrel down to 21&Mac218;2 inches, and the result is ear-splitting report, intimidating muzzle flash, and only a modest improvement over .38 Special or .38 Special +P ballistics. Regardless, there is another role for the 386PD in which you may be very glad to have the slight boost in power.
Outdoor Use, Too
This compact S&W will make a great companion gun for the outdoorsman. Hiking, camping, or chasing trout, it’s always a pleasure and a comfort to have a good pistol with you. “Be prepared” may be the Scout motto, but it’s also just plain common sense. The presence of a S&W revolver once saved my bacon in a lonely campsite, and I’m sure many others could tell a similar tale.
Many carry a handgun in the wild places as bear medicine, and it’s here you can make use of the .357 chambers in the 386PD. Ninety-nine percent of the time, if you are fortunate enough to have a close look at a bruin, you’re going to feel exhilarated, not threatened.
But you’ll feel more comfortable with the easy-riding 386 at your side, loaded with deep penetrating 180-grain .357 loads. If you ever need to use it, you’ll certainly not notice the recoil.
The bottom line is that I must echo Ichiro Nagata’s sentiments about the S&W 386PD... I really do like this little featherweight. I think it’s the most gun for the least least weight we’re ever likely to see.
Now if I could only learn to say so as succinctly as Ichi did.
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Thoughts On The S&W 386PD
By Ichiro Nagata
Ichiro-san couldn’t resist trying the 386PD,
and a hostile melon pays the price.
Photographing firearms for GUNS and American Handgunner Magazines, I see a lot of truly fine guns in the course of a year. These days, the majority of them are semiauto pistols. I like autopistols, and shoot them regularly, but truthfully, I’m a revolver man at heart.
When this S&W arrived, I knew I would have to shoot it before returning it. Having done so, I can give you my impression of the revolver in four words — I love this gun! It may not be ideal for every use, but I really feel this is the best factory revolver I’ve seen in years.
I use the qualifier “factory” because much of my revolver shooting is with highly customized guns. One feature that really pleased me was the seven-shot capacity of this 386PD. Many years ago, I ordered and shot extensively with a custom “Baumanized” seven-shot S&W. This was and is a great competition gun, but its large, heavy N-frame made it ill-suited for use as a carry gun.
By contrast, this new S&W is so light I easily forget I’m carrying it — until I shoot it that is. The tradeoff for such a wonderfully lightweight revolver is that recoil is very heavy with .357 loads. In my opinion, this revolver is at its best when confined to .38 Special +P loads for defensive use. Despite this, it’s a comfort to know this little rocket will digest everything from soft-shooting .38 wadcutters to the hottest .357s if the situation demands it.
There are other reasons to like a seven-shooter besides the additional round. On a seven-shot cylinder, just as on a five-shot J-frame revolver, the cylinder locking notches fall between, rather than over, the chambers. This makes the gun much stronger. I may never blow a chamber, but I can still appreciate the added strength.
As to the small points, I’ll let Jim Gardner tell you about those, but suffice to say I liked the shape of the factory grips also. They made the most, comfort-wise, of the K-frame grip, without making the revolver too large for easy concealed carry. Concerns? The double-action trigger pull was far too heavy for my tastes. Perhaps I’m spoiled by my highly tuned competition revolvers, but I think this 386PD needs a little action work.
Sometimes, too many words only confuse. Let me close this with simplicity... I really like this gun!
For More Information:
Smith & Wesson
[800] 331-0852
www.smith-wesson.com
Haugen Handgun Leather
[701] 255-0723
www.haugenhandgunleather.com
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lol
Damn! Oh well, at least you guys have something in common......YOUR ALL LOSERS
sukass....That means you voted for Bush? Yet you bash him like the red headed step child that you are!
colt....did you get my pics?
pre....yhm
colt.....yhm@hush
BTW....it came in a day early.....onesweetmofo!
yup it's me, me thinks it fairly barren!
WELL! For $500.00 bucks you can get yourself some wind blown Arizona flat land, on the other hand they're not making (land) it anymore. If you want to roll the dice on it I'll give you a friends tele # that owns a very big ranch and some com. property in the area.
Don't shit yourself soxass.....only in your eyes are you held in high regard! For the public record.....your nothing but a slack jawed floppy eared welfare/foodstamp mooch and everyone knows you post on a computer that we paid for.
Yes he will soxass.....Why don't you head on down to the forest and hang awhile?
Me gun gland done swelled up on me, you best go on down to the smith & wesson site and check her out, she's a beaut, i gets to go pick her up on Wed.
http://www.smith-wesson.com/Products/Firearms/select_firearm.cfm
Type: Revolver
Model: 386PD
Caliber: .357 Magnum® /.38 Special+P
Barrel Length: 2-1/2"
Capacity: 7 Rounds
Action: Single , Double
External Safety: N/A
Hammer: .375" Target
Trigger: .312" Smooth Target 2-1/2"
Grip: Hogue Bantam Firing System: N/A
Front Sight: Red Ramp Rear Sight: Adjustable Black
Frame: Medium Finish: Black/ Grey
Over all length: 7-1/2" Weight: 17.5 ounces
Material: Scandium Alloy Frame, Barrel Shroud and Yoke; Titanium Cylinder
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France and the United Nations have requested that the United States send all available ships and aircraft to help evacuate the country. Many of the ships and planes you could be sending are being used to fight the war on terror overseas.
As President, you must decide :
1. Do you stay up late on the night of the impact to watch the coverage live
or
2. Do you tape it and watch it in the morning?
emailed to me
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A rich lady from California, who was a tree-hugger
and a vociferous anti-hunter, purchased a piece of timbered land in
Oregon. There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract.
She
wanted to get a good view of her land, so she started to climb the big
tree. As she neared the top, she encountered a Spotted Owl that attacked
her.
In her haste to escape, the lady slid down the tree to the ground and got
many splinters in her private parts in the process.
In considerable pain, she hurried to the nearest country Doctor. Being a
hunter himself, the doctor listened to her story with great patience, and
then told her to go into the examining room and he would see if he could
help her. She sat and waited for three long hours before the Doctor
reappeared.
The angry lady demanded, "What took you so long?"
He smiled and then told her, "Well, I had to get permits from the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of
Land Management before I could remove old-growth timber from a recreational
area, and I'm sorry to report they all turned me down."
A rich lady from California, who was a tree-hugger
and a vociferous anti-hunter, purchased a piece of timbered land in
Oregon. There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract.
She
wanted to get a good view of her land, so she started to climb the big
tree. As she neared the top, she encountered a Spotted Owl that attacked
her.
In her haste to escape, the lady slid down the tree to the ground and got
many splinters in her private parts in the process.
In considerable pain, she hurried to the nearest country Doctor. Being a
hunter himself, the doctor listened to her story with great patience, and
then told her to go into the examining room and he would see if he could
help her. She sat and waited for three long hours before the Doctor
reappeared.
The angry lady demanded, "What took you so long?"
He smiled and then told her, "Well, I had to get permits from the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of
Land Management before I could remove old-growth timber from a recreational
area, and I'm sorry to report they all turned me down."