A Nurse with a Gun
Labels: Gun Collecting
posted by Xavier at 3:25 PM
Xavier is a Registered Nurse who specialized in complex wound care. He has practiced for over fourteen years in his community. He often provided nursing service in areas where law enforcement refused to enter without back-up. Xavier now works in surgery. Xavier has been an avid shooter for over 30 years. He strongly supports the 2nd Amendment, opposes gun control of any sort, and carries a weapon 24 hours a day. Xavier is known on various internet gun forums as XavierBreath. He is married with three children, and is moderated by an apathetic one eyed cat, a goofy Golden Retriever, and a stalwart German Shepherd Dog. One day, he hopes to be deserving of them all.
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The Four Rules
1. All firearms are always loaded
2. Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at anything you are not willing to destroy
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot
4. Be sure of your target and what lies beyond it
The Five Rules of Concealed Carry
1. Your concealed handgun is for protection of life only.
2. Know exactly when you can use your gun.
3. If you can run away -- RUN!
4. Display your gun, be prepared to go to jail.
5. Don't let your emotions get the best of you.
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7 Comments:
I had a chance to buy a gun that looked just like your Colt 1903 Hammerless a couple years ago at a pawn shop and passed on it. I'm still kicking myself in the rear for that one.
I'm surprised to see a Beretta in your accumulation/collection. How do you like it? I'd never really considered it, but now that I see its size relative to other guns, it really might make a handy little pocket pistol.
The Beretta is an OK gun for it's time. I wouldn't carry it, it's just too inaccurate, and heavy for what you get. The Colt Hammerless is vastly superior to it.
What caliber is the Beretta in? I hit the "BerettaWeb" site (http://www.berettaweb.com/armi/Beretta%20mod%201934%20&%201935.htm), and found the following quote:
"Apart from the now classic 7.65, the Model 1932 was chambered for a cartridge which Beretta was to use for the first time, the .380 ACP, one of the numerous creations of J.M. Browning. The cartridge was renamed the 9 “corto” (short) in Italy..."
I used to own a Beretta Model 70S in .380. It was a single-action semi-auto, with a 7-round magazine (if I remember correctly, the release was on the lower right-hand side panel...pain in the butt to release).
A more useless firearm I'm hard pressed to think of. Sold/traded it several decades ago. I'm kind of wishing I kept it now, since the barrel/slide are almost identical in design to the Model 92 (aka, the M9).
Interesting. My wife has a Beretta 1934 (in 9mm Corto) that is her favorite gun. She'd carry it, if she could easily disengage the safety and change the magazine without spontaneous magazine disassembly.
She also has a WWI Spanish copy of the 1903, a Ruby 1916 model, though it has some odd markings which indicate that it was produced for the French military contract around 1918 but was never delivered to the French. It was later stamped ASTRA and sold on the market (but originally manufactured for the French military contract).
As far as I can tell, that TYPE of gun is very common, but this particular gun is rare. Don't know if you're interested to see pictures or not.
I actually have that same model of Beretta, in .32 ACP.
I've not experienced any accuracy issues, although it is definitely not a tackdriver.
It makes for a decent carry, IMO. My primary issue with it is the location of the safety. It's not easy to reach, nor does it engage/disengage with a simple motion.
It's chambered in .32ACP (7.65) Blackwing......
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