Trailer looks cool. Tho I must say, I’d prefer a P99 or a PPQ in the hand of Bond, given that this is NOT a period piece. I can’t see many secret agents still using PPKs these days.
I thought Casino Royal was one of the best Bond Films ever made…tho Quantum of Solace was one of the worst. Let’s hope this is a good one. Certainly Sam Mendes has the chops…
Hey, the CZ-82 post got me thinking that I have a base of people to ask this question to.
The CZ-82, and the early models of CZ-75 are DA/SA guns that don’t have decocking safeties.
Now this has a good thing. The ’82/83 and ’75 have hammer-block safeties, meaning you can carry the gun condition 1 with the hammer back, a round in the chamber, and the safety on. (Like a 1911 is carried)
Or Condition 2, with the hammer down, with a round in the chamber. In this condition the safety is non-functional. Essentially this is similar to how you would carry a GLOCK, an, M&P, or a SIG Sauer, among many other guns that have a double-action type trigger and no manual safety.
Now this is GREAT because unlike the other guns mentioned, it gives you the CHOICE to carry in Single-action-only, OR DA/SA, vs. say 1911s and Hi-Powers where its Cocked-and-locked or Bust, or Guns like traditional SIGs, or the Walther P99, or some Modern CZ-75s, with no manual safety you REALLY need to hit that decocker before you holster.
Also guns like the Beretta 92, the Walther p99, or Makarov, among many others with decocking safeties you have the option to carried hammer down with the safety on, or off. But there’s always the chance that the safety might get bumped on, if you wish to carry decocked but with the safety off.
Further the in-betweens, like some H&Ks or FNH P-series, where up is “Safe” and down is decock, you have the risk of everything going odd…like the safety getting kicked on, or swiping the safety off with so much authority that the gun decocks.
So yeah I’m a fan of them in this sense…tho my preferred guns for carry are, in the following order: S&W1911Sc, Kahr PM45, and S&W 642. Yeah, I don’t need a choice that bad, I really prefer DAO or SAO.
OK that being said one thing I’m paranoid about carrying these types of guns is if you wand it to be DA/SA. This means to carry you need to load a live round, and with the safety off pull the trigger, and prevent the hammer from falling with force with your off-hand. Further once the gun is loaded to do a press-check you really need to cock the hammer, check the chamber then manually decock the gun again.
This is no big deal if everything goes right, and when I shoot my CZ-82 at the range, I often drop the hammer to shoot it DA, and I’ve done this dozens of time without incident.
But if something goes wrong, you’re going to have an ND.
Personally I’d get a bucket of sand or soil (only takes about 8″ of sand to stop most bullets) and point my gun at that bucket every time I manipulated the hammer.
What do you think?
Right now the CZ-82 is one of the best pistol buys right now, and one of the best C&R gun buy right now.
Not only are they cool surplus guns to collect, but they are perfectly suitable for modern carry and defensive use.
They’re such great guns, CZ still makes and sells them today, as the CZ-83 which is the civilian variant in .380 Auto (and earlier models in .32 ACP).
Also given that both the Makarov and the CZ-82 are heavily patterned off of the Walther PP, you’ll find that while many gun makers won’t specifically say “CZ-82” or “CZ-83” in their Holster Roster, they very well may have a Makarov, or Walther PP in there, or a Walther PPK holster with an open mouth to accommodate the extra barrel length.
Of course like any surplus gun, while they’re making ’83s today, they aren’t making any more 82s, so the supplies are limited!
The husband of a bride found stabbed to death in a bathtub still wearing her wedding dress is on the run from police in a 2006 Maserati, police said today.
Arnoldo Jiminez, 30, of Chicago, is wanted for the murder of his 26-year-old bride Estrella Carrera. Police believe she was killed just hours after a Friday afternoon civil ceremony at the Cook County Courthouse….A manhunt is now under way for the 6-foot, 220-pound Jiminez, who was last known to be driving a 2006 black Maserati. Burbank police said they have no record of employment for Jiminez, and have no idea how he got a $120,000 car.
Wow, that’s a messed up case! But there are no “Guns”, so what do we ban? Knives? Weddings? Having Children out of Wed Lock? Maseratis? Wedding Dresses?
How nice!
h/t Barron
Was helping a buddy of mine clean out a storage locker he filled up when he sold his house.
One of these came out of one of the boxes.
Wow, the thing weighed practically nothing, didn’t quite feel titanium light, but its obviously to the touch not stainless steel. It was also scary sharp. I brushed my finger over the blade gently and decided to better test it on my thumb nail…glad I did!
Blade and handle are a carbide monolith with a hollow grind. Man it was a nice knife!
Those who use “Gun Death” frequently talk about expanding the definition of “Mentally Ill” so they can take more rights away from more people. Its their goal in life, and they’ll do it any way they can. Of course they don’t care about the mayhem from crazy people without guns.
Police have arrested a man they say fatally stabbed another man late Sunday outside a Northeast Austin pawn shop. Thomas Ray Brock, 35, was in custody at the Travis County Jail on Wednesday charged with murder. His bail has been set at $400,000.
Brock’s arrest affidavit said that police were dispatched to the EZ Pawn in the 5200 block of Cameron Road about 4:30 a.m. Monday after a 911 caller said a man was bleeding and unconscious near the store. The victim, Luis Hernandez Vigil, was pronounced dead at the scene, the affidavit said….Brock later told detectives that he committed the killing because he heard voices in his head and “had been reincarnated and replicated over the years,” the document said, and that he committed the act so that people would believe him.
Isn’t that nice! Of course the only way to prevent this is give more people the power to STOP this when it happens. Those who use “Gun Death” as a metric don’t want that.
A little bit of a dry video, but a really neat item
I can’t fully figure out how the gun is powered, but a very cool design!
Via Joan Peterson we have this story:
A suspect was arrested Wednesday in connection with a burglary last week at Shooter’s Supply in Superior….Officers with the Duluth and Superior police departments worked together to make the arrest in Duluth based on a felony warrant issued in Douglas County. Information gathered during the investigation provided the basis for the warrant.
Cody James Johnson, 19, was arrested on a warrant for burglary, arming self with dangerous weapons. He is lodged in the St. Louis County Jail awaiting extradition.
Joan laments that guns got into the illegal market. I agree that that sucks, nobody wants the criminal element to be armed. But let’s again look at this story.
First up, it sucks that criminals get guns….but name a nation in the world where the criminals don’t have guns?
Second, Joan is always talking about universal background checks. Does she think that crap would stop STEALING from a shop? Does she think that if Minnesota had laws similar to Massachusetts, this guy would have taken his stolen property to another gun shop to undergo the proper background checks?
Does Joan think that maybe we need less gun shops, so they are less than likely to be robbed? Because that would make complying with her bogus background check laws a LOT harder too. (I would argue that’s the whole point!)
But did you notice something? This guy was a criminal, and arrested without “Pulling the Trigger”. All cops had to do was find him.
Breaking into a store and stealing stuff is a Felony.
Possessing Stolen guns is a Felony.
Him being a previous felon, possessing ANY gun is a Felony.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS FIND HIM TO PUT HIM IN JAIL! ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS FIND HIM TO MAKE A GOOD CASE OF SENDING HIM TO PRISON!
Now let’s look at the other side…let’s say we’re suddenly we’re England. Guns are banned, you want a gun? FUCK YOU, you can’t have one. But in this case, the cops don’t find the criminals.
There we see the crux of the pro-rights argument that says “repeal the stupid laws, and enforce the laws we already have!”
The key to this problem is simply enforcement and adjudication. The Anti-Rights side simply states that by adding more laws, that make criminal’s activity just as illegal, and turn people who HURT NOBODY into criminals will solve this problem.
NO!
Not much I can add to this one.
A 3-month-old baby, whose father has been arrested on allegations he beat her for being born a girl, died Wednesday at a hospital in South India, a doctor said.
Yep, for being a girl. Good for them.
Oh and from those who use the metric of “Gun Death”
How sweet!
h/t Wallphone
