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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

This is just my opinion; and on this issue you could have many.  I know you 
already understand the 'firearms as tools' way of thinking and know that 
different jobs need different tools.  You seem to be strictly asking about 
using your firearms for protection, so I will make a couple of suggestions.  
Get a few phone books (big thick metro ones); a few big melons, apiece or two 
of 3/4 " plywood.  Take your .22s and a .357 and allow your wife to fire as 
much as you fire.  Use different ammo for each, use .38 ammo in the .357.  
Use hollow points. If you can borrow a 9mm for the day , take one of those 
for comparison.  You need to see what firearm each of you are comfortable 
shooting and also see the difference in the impact of that firearm (and the 
different ammo) on the targets.  There are large differences in comfort and 
result.

  Take a little .22 (short) semi-auto.  For up close it might be a great 
pistol for the wife , like shooting a toy and if you put all 6 in someone's 
throat, you could even kill a man with one, but I wouldn't want to be 
counting on it as family preotection,for that your .357 sounds smart, but can 
she shoot that revolver?  My wife will not shoot a gun.  Period.  Don't tell 
me  how to teach her; I have been shooting since before I was six, owned my 
own shotgun when I was seven, and have never had a problem with firearms.  
Her father ownerd firearms he would take to the desert (she went, too); but, 
she will not hold or operate a firearm.  Some people are just that way.  
Hopefully, your wife will have a different reaction.

 I have never been much of a rifle person.  Most of the rifles I own are 
older .22s, or o/u w/.22.  I think every household that has a firearm should 
have a shotgun, my preference is a 12 gauge pump (Winchester model 1200 is my 
favorite). 

 Revolvers : I like  good .357. Rugers are the best -- for the money--.  But, 
unless you are using .38 ammo, it might be a heavy gun for the wife.  Why not 
get a .38 and a .357 revolver; you could share the .38 (special) ammo between 
the two.  You can't do it backwards -- the magnum ammo will not shoot in the 
38, it's too long, but the .38 special ammo will shoot in the .357.

I have no advice to give on rifles...............

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--- On Mon, 12/15/08, rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote:

> From: rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Preparation for WTSHTF questions
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 9:43 AM
> OK
> 
> Came into a bit of mony recently. I know what I want to do
> with it, with one exception, and I would like a bit of
> advice from folks here...
> 
> I am planning on buying two p*stols (for my wife and I),
> and two r*fle/c*rbines.? What I have in mind is all four
> using the same ammo, so I don't have to worry about
> stockpiling different calibres.
> 
> My thought is two rev*lvers, a lever action (or maybe
> semi-aut0), and a bolt action in .357. Bolt for hunting,
> lever or semi for situation requiring more firepower, and
> small for personal protecton.
> 
> I already have a .22lr r*fle, and p*stol, and several
> thousand rds for those
> I also have a .50 cal black powdr r*fle, with ball and
> powdr stored
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Ray
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