YOUR EX was a WINGNUT...
you can take the rifle to a gunsmith or gunstore, they will be able to do some tests to see if the barrel is true. Tell them the story and you will probably get them to do it for free, just for laughing at the story and the jerk.

YOUR EX was a WINGNUT...
you can take the rifle to a gunsmith or gunstore, they will be able to do some tests to see if the barrel is true. Tell them the story and you will probably get them to do it for free, just for laughing at the story and the jerk.

He was a wing-nut, a lovable wing-nut, and turned out he was a bank robber, so I'm grateful he only used the rifle to jack up his car and not a hold up a bank. You think you know somebody.

wow......

Hopefully you'll be able to get another gun soon. I'm holding back on all gun purchases till the registry is dead.
Seems there has been an increase of home invasions and break-ins specifically targeting gun owners. I wonder where they could get a list of everyone who owns guns??

They probably got the list the same way that others got the no call list, it was sold off, then put online!

I hear ya'. I for one felt much safer BEFORE the registry.

I bought 2 rifles last year at 2 different gunshops. At both places, they asked me if I wanted to register them. I can't think of any licenced dealer who would ask that if it jeapordized their licence. Maybe, because they intend to repeal the law, the Harper government has adopted the attitude of "If you do, you do, if not, oh well".

To be clear, I said no both times.

A shot gun is an awesome home defence weapon but the best gun to use is the one in your hand at the time. You should never use only one warning shot. Use 2, put the first one into the body of your attacker and the second in a safe direction (into the ceiling). ...

I'm sorry, I chuckled a little at this. I read about the warning shot into the ceiling and immediately thought, 'Wow, my upstairs neighbor might not like that so much'.
Yes, I know what you meant, tazweiss, but just goes to show that even in your tired state that day, you brightened mine... inadvertently.
Thanks for the chuckle.

In a SHTF scenario I don't think anyone would bother us - It's quite obvious that I have dogs roaming through the yard and my fences are corrugated iron with padlocked gates. Three small windows in my cottage face out onto the street, and my dogs have very quick access into the house if I need them in. I don't sleep well at the best of times (which is why I walk/run my dogs sometime between midnight and 5am) and I tend to be moving around in the yard at odd intervals throughout the night (and it's not because I have to pee either). However, using a baseball bat or machette as a scare tactic sounds like a jolly good idea! I draw the line at confronting anyone wearing boxer shorts though (modesty), I'd rather be in a defensive position behind a snarling rotti X and have a terrier sneaking up from behind to bite their ankles!

I found this absolutely stunning study of handgun stopping power.
Go ahead and compare that .22 with all the rest.

Over a 10-year period, I kept track of stopping power results from every shooting I could find. I talked to the participants of gunfights, read police reports, attended autopsies, and scoured the newspapers, magazines, and Internet for any reliable accounts of what happened to the human body when it was shot.

I documented all of the data I could; tracking caliber, type of bullet (if known), where the bullet hit and whether or not the person was incapacitated. I also tracked fatalities, noting which bullets were more likely to kill and which were not. It was an exhaustive project, but I'm glad I did it and I'm happy to report the results of my study here

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/7866

We have a long gun, 2 large dogs and a small alarm dog, sprays, hatchets, axes, bow, knives and water guns filled with poison.......... we have never ever told anyone where we are going

filled with poison??
wow, I would just add vinegar to them, squirt in eyes, pain, no attacking anymore.

habanero sauce mixed with vinegar it takes atleast a day to see again..... minimum
or if really nneded liquid toilet bowl cleaner 🙂
high pressure water guns hehehe we have other ideas to but they are my little secrets
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I would be unwilling to have anything in the house to use for self defence that could be taken off me and used against me. My defence is mainly to deter invasion rather than to attack someone. I have to be realistic - a large male/s would be able to forcibly take any close combat weapon from me (I have no firearms) - therefore dogs, metal curtain rods cut to size as fighting sticks (I'm quite fast with them so I'll hit hard and back off), metal knitting needles, boots & teeth & nails at this stage. The last thing I want is to have to try and match my strength against a man (obviously I'm not going to win). A Sling bow is a really good idea that can be used from a distance (next on my "to do list") and for hunting small game.

If you don't like or have firearms, get a dog. Better yet, get both.