We went to
Stark & Legum in Norfolk today to look at some clothes, and it turns out that Bob's Gun Shop, right across the street, was offering a $19.99 deal for first timers who wanted to take a loaner pistol, 50 rounds of 9mm, and two targets. The safety briefing was a lot less comprehensive than at Virginia Beach's A&P Arms--essentially "Have you shot before? Yes? Okay, sign here"--so it was a good thing I already knew what to do. I've been wanting to try a SIG for a while, so I picked up a P226, ran the target out to 10 meters, and started putting holes in paper. It's a nice pistol, although a Glock 17 fits my hand better. Next time I go to A&P, I'll try the .40 version of the Glock.
After leaving the gun shop, we stopped for barbecue sandwiches at
Doumar's, original home of the ice cream cone.
I checked out
One Second After, by William Fortschen. He's a competent writer rather than a brilliant one, but the situation--an EMP bomb disables, well, pretty much the whole country--is compelling. The idea of suddenly dropping back to the technology of 100 years ago, is not terribly appealing.
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I can't imagine a single EMP reducing a significant enough area without other seriously dire consequences. Plus there are all sorts of shielded systems that would ignore the EMP.
Try the Glock 30 when you get a chance (.45, single stacker).
It's not quite the tech of 100 years ago, we'd be back to the 40's. Additionally there's still lots of machine tools that are more precise than the equipment of 1910.
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