A BUG's BUG?

[TommyC]

Hi All,
Just ordered the Mini-Mag with 1 1/8" barrel as a BUG for my Ruger LCP .380 (which many consider to be a BUG in itself).
So guess I'll be double buggered 
Can't wait to take the little guy to the range and become familiar with it. I'll also play around with some snake shot while there to check out the pattern from 3-5 feet. I believe a load of that to the face would be a pretty effective disabler in a close encounter.
Be safe!
Tommy

[GunnyBlue]

Hi TommyC,

Welcome! Glad you found your way here from the ElsiePea forum!
Lots of knowledgeable, friendly folks here also, and plenty of good info.

[Goatpacker]

Welcome. Enjoy the new little gun. Snake shot is great for snakes and small critters. I carry an 1 5/8" mini with first 2 rounds snake shot, but that one is my Snake gun. Shot a copperhead just Friday night on the kitchen floor as a matter of fact. Works great. I carry a Widow full of Gild Dots for the bigger 2 legged snakes though.

[TwoGunJayne]

Snake shot is great when you're shooting balloons. It makes your friends think you're one wicked shot.

[top dog]

Goatpacker,
Copperhead? In the kitchen??  YIPES!!!!

How did the kitchen floor make out??? Much damage???

I use my 22lr mini as a back up to my LCP. Don't even know that they are there.

How effective would the standard 22 lr snake shot be against snakes??? Looks like there is not much shot in the capsule to be effective.

                                                                                       Top Dog

[TwoGunJayne]

They are quite effective in a few feet. They fall off fast with any amount of distance. A handful of yards tops, most likely.

Try patterning them on sheets of notebook paper at varying distances from inches to feet. It's quite informative.

[Jim1392]

I understand shooting the squirrel because they are a pain but shooting the bird?? Whats the point?? Maybe it's just me.

[cfsharry]

That is a Grouse. Very good eating.
Always surprised by how many folks own guns but have never hunted.

[swolf]

Squirrel damages house wiring and creates fire hazard.  He was also taken for a taxidermy student project.
Grouse was taken for supper and feather craft projects.  They also tend to fly into my picture windows and break them.  I don't shoot anything without use and purpose.

[Jim1392]

That is a Grouse. Very good eating.
Always surprised by how many folks own guns but have never hunted.

Ok, Sorry I didn't know, I just thought it was just some random bird. Thats what happens when you grow up in the city.

[TwoGunJayne]

A larger upland game bird also yields tail feathers for archery, if you're into the traditionalist thing.

I haven't made my own arrows from 100% scratch in 20 years... My one remaining longbow is a custom made by my grandfather. It contains pounded deer sinew laminate, weighs barely anything, yet tips the draw scale at around 65 pounds.

I am guilty of buying fletched storebought shafts.

With the variety of arrowheads available, a bow can do seemingly anything. It's surprising that they are totally unrestricted and nobody really seems to know about them.

Here is an older post I wrote about "modern" arrow heads, with a trick or two:
http://northamericanarms.com/naaminis.com/smf/index.php?topic=4610.msg74170#msg74170

Best backup to firearms for uncertain times? Bow and arrow, hands down.

[NOTL21]

I have always been fascinated with the crossbow...available in all sizes.

Would you prefer one to a traditional bow (assuming a firearm was not at the ready)?

[RogueTS1]

Not me. I would take a compound bow over the crossbow any day of the week.

[I]

I will have to agree to disagree.

For snap shots, close quarters, and building clearing... I'd take a crossbow over a long, recurve, or assymetrical bow anyday.

You get the quick response, a pull of the tickler... rather than having to draw the bow.

Civilian available crossbows in the USA are nothing compared to the stuff that was in Europe that lead to a ban and confiscation on the order of the highest gun control ever enacted. Notice you can't get 650 pound draw crossbows in the USA from a factory maker. Ever notice that?

Ever read the old claims of how they could defeat even the most sophisticated plate armor of the day? They didn't do that with a measly 175lb cocking effort, you know. They were shooting some of the heaviest bolts ever. (Bows call them arrows, crossbows call them bolts for breaking through the heaviest plate and bone.)

The heaviest crossbows guarantee that you need a new bolt every shot. It's going straight through and under the dirt somewhere, never to be seen again.

The one and only downside? After your shot, you've no choice but to deploy your close quarters weapon if any enemy are still sighting you after your shot.

Good luck! 

[Taxi]

You can reload a longbow faster, handy if there's more than one target...

[I]

You can reload a longbow faster, handy if there's more than one target...

Behold the glory of Murmansk. Try not to get all juicy over this. We have to clean up the website once in a while, you know.

[RogueTS1]

I said compound not recurve. Yes I agree one has much more power with a crossbow but as stated it takes a bit to reload. There is a reason the English beat the French....... it was because the French used the crossbow while the English used the longbow. The archer was not put on the battlefield to take on the knight. He was put there to try and thin if not decimate the foot soldier and the foot soldier does not wear thick plate armour.

I would take a fairly heavy draw small compound bow and have quicker reload time.......... hopefully along the lines of the girl above. She is amazing.

[G50AE]

Can't wait to take the little guy to the range and become familiar with it. I'll also play around with some snake shot while there to check out the pattern from 3-5 feet. I believe a load of that to the face would be a pretty effective disabler in a close encounter.
Be safe!
Tommy

If you want to fire bird shot, get yourself a shotgun.