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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1564935" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p><em>"Takes 2-3 seconds for the average person to travel 21 feet", and the average police officer 2-3 seconds (being generous here) to draw their weapon and fire; and, the average person, critically shot, 8 seconds to die! </em>Not a great scenario, and.....I think that a grizzly is even faster!! My Glock 22, served me well for 23 years. For me the jury is still out for whether a revolver or a Glock 20 or Glock 40!!?? My training and experience is with a Glock, so presently it is a Glock. I had a Glock 40, however traded it for a Glock 20. I found the long slide too long to get out of a holster, plus I could not find a good holster for it. Anyway I don't hunt in grizzly country, however do hunt black bear. My thoughts are that I prefer a rifle, however when it's dark and I cannot see too far, I prefer the handgun; whether pistol or revolver. While sitting in the dark waiting to be picked up by your guide for 2-3 hours, and you cannot see your hand in front of you without a light, there's a warm/comfortable feeling knowing that you have sixteen chances for turning a bad situation into a better one. The heaviest heads that I can find that are jacketed are 200 grains or reloading; Power Pistol, 200gr Nosler bullet, about 1200fps, warm load. Buffalo Bore bullets make a 220 grain, hard cast bullet, but....then you run into the situation with the Glock barrels leading up or fouling due to the rifling. I am in the process of changing the Glock barrel out to a K&M Tactical barrel. That's one replacement barrel, however Glockmeister or the Glock store have many more replacement barrels. It is also recommended that the recoil spring is replaced with a heavier spring if shooting the heavy/heavier bullets. It has to do with keeping the barrel locked in battery longer, and better accuracy. If you search the various forums on here, you will find a tread that describes what I am writing about here. For the piston shooter, the rule of "4-3-1" should apply: a bullet diameter that starts with at least a 4, a bullet weight that starts with at least a 3 and a muzzle velocity of at least 1000 fps. I find this rule a very efficient rule also. I started out with a S&W model 65, and then learned to shoot a Glock. Although a little older, I know that I can learn to shoot a revolver again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1564935, member: 69192"] [I]"Takes 2-3 seconds for the average person to travel 21 feet", and the average police officer 2-3 seconds (being generous here) to draw their weapon and fire; and, the average person, critically shot, 8 seconds to die! [/I]Not a great scenario, and.....I think that a grizzly is even faster!! My Glock 22, served me well for 23 years. For me the jury is still out for whether a revolver or a Glock 20 or Glock 40!!?? My training and experience is with a Glock, so presently it is a Glock. I had a Glock 40, however traded it for a Glock 20. I found the long slide too long to get out of a holster, plus I could not find a good holster for it. Anyway I don't hunt in grizzly country, however do hunt black bear. My thoughts are that I prefer a rifle, however when it's dark and I cannot see too far, I prefer the handgun; whether pistol or revolver. While sitting in the dark waiting to be picked up by your guide for 2-3 hours, and you cannot see your hand in front of you without a light, there's a warm/comfortable feeling knowing that you have sixteen chances for turning a bad situation into a better one. The heaviest heads that I can find that are jacketed are 200 grains or reloading; Power Pistol, 200gr Nosler bullet, about 1200fps, warm load. Buffalo Bore bullets make a 220 grain, hard cast bullet, but....then you run into the situation with the Glock barrels leading up or fouling due to the rifling. I am in the process of changing the Glock barrel out to a K&M Tactical barrel. That's one replacement barrel, however Glockmeister or the Glock store have many more replacement barrels. It is also recommended that the recoil spring is replaced with a heavier spring if shooting the heavy/heavier bullets. It has to do with keeping the barrel locked in battery longer, and better accuracy. If you search the various forums on here, you will find a tread that describes what I am writing about here. For the piston shooter, the rule of “4-3-1” should apply: a bullet diameter that starts with at least a 4, a bullet weight that starts with at least a 3 and a muzzle velocity of at least 1000 fps. I find this rule a very efficient rule also. I started out with a S&W model 65, and then learned to shoot a Glock. Although a little older, I know that I can learn to shoot a revolver again. [/QUOTE]
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