It hasn't always been easy for women to break into the world of shooting sports. Whether a woman's interest is personal safety, gun safety, gun knowledge, marksmanship, hunting, or recreational or competitive shooting, Trigger Action, LLC has a variety of programs and activities that all encourage female participation at all skill levels. The handgun in our Trigger Action, logo isn't a Ruger, it really a version of the American made Browning Buckmark, made here in America. Here is a review I found of the Buckmark: Fit and Finish The Browning Buckmark Camper, is nicely assembled and immaculately finished. The Camper’s Parkerized bull barrel is substantial, in a good way. The molded synthetic grip has a rubberized feel to it, but it isn't tacky. It’s every bit as comfortable from either the right or left hand, though the slide lock, safety and magazine release are all set up for righties only. The Buckmark is no lightweight. At 2 lbs. 2 oz., Not that the Camper is – in any way – a concealed carry gun. But it’s certainly tenable as a nightstand gun for someone who can’t handle higher caliber ballistics. Features This is an American-made standard blow-back gun with a single action trigger. As with almost every .22 lr pistol out there, the Buckmark has a 10+1 capacity and comes with one magazine. And this is where Browning nicks you. Buckmark magazines are a good $7 to $10 more than Ruger Mark III mags, depending on the retailer. That’s a fair bit of change that could be much better spent on ammo. The Buckmark’s sights are standard black and adjustable for windage. Many Campers seem to come equipped with Hi-Viz fiber optic sights. Both rear and front sights are easily swapped out for aftermarket alternatives. While not quite in the Ruger’s league in terms of accessories, the Buckmark still has a wide variety of rails, replacement triggers, grips and more that can be used to customize the gun in any number of ways. Firing The Browning Buckmark Camper’s best feature is the trigger. It has a light, crisp break that’s unusual for a gun at this price point. Combining a quick re-set with a .22’s soft recoil, the Camper’s incredibly easy to keep on target shot after shot. The cracker-crisp trigger and the gun’s heft means minimal, Airsoft-caliber recoil. With the Camper’s long sight radius, a reasonably experienced shooter can achieve 1” groups out to 15+ yards. Field Stripping Not only is field stripping a minor adventure, it requires tools. Allen wrenches, to be specific. Two different sizes of Allen wrenches. Is it difficult? No, it’s not. But it’s not something you’ll want to do in the field. To clean and lube the slide, you have to take the slide bridge off. This you do by removing two screws with one of the Allen wrenches. (Make sure to keep ‘em straight because they’re different lengths.) Not satisfied running a BoreSnake through the barrel? If you’re going to run a cleaning rod through it from the rear, you have to use a different wrench to remove the barrel. The Browning Buckmark Camper’s grips are attached to the gun with two flat-head screws. The grips also hold the mag release spring and part of the trigger assembly. Tip the gun the wrong way and out they come. In short, replacing the Camper’s grips is not exactly like putting a new set of Cocobolos on your 1911. Summary Face it: everyone needs a .22 pistol. The Browning Buckmark Camper is no race gun, but it’s a lot of fun in a well-built package at a nice price ($300 +/-). How great is that? Specifications Action Single Caliber .22 LR Barrel Length 5.5” Capacity 10+1 Safety Thumb and Magazine Grips Synthetic Sights Adjustable Weight 34 oz. Finish Black Parkerized Price: $379.99 Ratings (out of five) Style * * * * It won’t win any beauty contests, but it has a certain utilitarian je ne sais quoi. Ergonomics * * * * * Extremely comfortable to have to hold and to shoot. Reliability * * * * Find its favorite brands of ammo (and there seem to be a lot of them) and it’ll run all day long. Customization * * * * Plenty of plug-and-play options out there to make it in your own image. Carry * Um, no. Overall * * * * * Unless you need a super-accurate target gun, a .22 pistol should, above all, be fun and reliable. Mission accomplished. Surviving a life-or-death encounter is the most intense emotional experience you will ever have. The physical effects are well documented.
Your body will release a massive dose of adrenaline to give you the strength to fight and survive. But like any chemical, it also has negative side effects, including time distortion, tunnel vision, hearing loss, and emotional detachment. Even after you survive an attack, your body and mind will suffer from the effects of this dose of adrenaline for hours. You can experience nausea and vomiting, exhaustion, and the urge to pace, yell, or babble rapidly. So just when police are questioning you about why you shot someone, your body and mind are both working against you. This is the time when you can easily say or do the wrong thing and get yourself into a world of trouble even if you have acted legally and responsibly in defending yourself. That's why you should learn a relaxation technique like 4-square breathing. It is worth noting that when police officers are involved in a shooting, they are often given several days to calm down and recover from the adrenaline dump and intense emotions of the incident. They are shielded from immediate questions and given time to consult with their union representatives or legal counsel before giving a statement. Unfortunately, this is the not the case for civilians. If you are involved in a self defense shooting, the investigation begins the moment you dial 911 and police are trained to ask you wide-ranging questions and get you to talk. 4-square breathing can help you regain at least some control over your body and help settle your mind so you can think and speak more rationally. How 4-square breathing worksThis technique goes by a variety of names, including square breathing, box breathing, 4-part breathing, and so on. And the details may vary depending on who is teaching you. However, the idea is always the same: slow your breathing to combat the effects of the body's fight-or-flight response. Here's how it works:
It may also help to close your eyes, but do this only if you are sure the immediate danger is over. This technique is not magic. Don't expect it to completely reverse the effects you'll feel after a shooting. It can, however, help you relax enough to think more clearly, make better decisions, and remember your training before you call 911 and while you talk to authorities. Most importantly, it can help you to avoid "diarrhea of the mouth," and do what most competent attorneys would advise in a situation like this: Shut up. If your looking to get your Concealed Carry permit in Franklin County, here are a few tips you need to know before you schedule your visit. Also, if you already scheduled your CCW class or in the process of selecting your date, you may want to make your next call to the County to schedule your appointment. As of April 22, 2013 they are several weeks out with appointment's.
Concealed Carry Permit - Concealed Carry Permit Office 410 South High St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 525-5090 Business Hours Monday through Friday 8:00am till 2:00pm Closed Saturday, Sunday and all Legal Holidays Applications are accepted by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, call the Concealed Carry Office. Emergency Applications do not need appointments How to ApplyTo qualify for a CCW in Ohio, you must:
Do NOT bring a firearm with you when applying for or picking up your license! To obtain a Concealed Carry Weapon's (CCW) permit, first-time applicants must:
If you have ever been prohibited from having a weapon under ORC Section 2923.125, you must provide court documentation granting relief for disability. 1. Simplicity. The Glock Family of Pistols have 34 parts. When field stripped they have 4- slide, frame, barrel, recoil spring assembly. For pistols that have more parts than this there is less chance something will break with the Glock. 2. Durability. Given the nickname “Combat Tupperware” by its competitors when first introduced Glock’s frames are made of plastic, which is not prone to rust and in a desert or hot environment get so hot you can’t touch it. The finish on the slide is a super hard finish called Tenifer, which is very corrosion resistant. 3. Required Maintenance. Glocks are rumored to shoot indefinitely without any maintenance at all. While this is something I am not going to attempt with mine, it is a very solid platform. According to a Glock armorer instructor it requires 2 drops of oil on the barrel when field stripped to none at all, to prevent over oiling. 4. Reliability. I have never herd of or experienced a Glock not going bang when the trigger was pulled unless it was bad ammo, not to say it can’t happen, its just highly unlikely and was probably due to human error. 5. Ability to Take Mistreatment. Glocks have endured torture tests that have made it legendary including salt water immersion, ice block, sand and mud immersion tests. All have ended with the pistol putting lead down range. This reliability has given Glock roughly 80% of America’s law enforcement market. 6. Size. The 19 is small enough to conceal in a Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) role, yet large enough to carry as a duty / secondary weapon. 7. Multiple Magazines. Another very attractive quality of Glock family weapons the magazines of a larger frame weapon will fit the smaller frame weapons of the same caliber. Whatever you decide to carry it is important to train and shoot frequently as possible with whatever gun you carry to become as proficient as possible with it because lets face it, lives are on the line and more often than not it will be yours. So it is important to care for and train with your pistol whether it is a 1911, M&P, Sig, Beretta, or Glock. It is very important before going live to research the type of pistol you will be using and to train with it before it matters. If you've enjoyed this Glock 19 Review, let your friends now on Facebook, Twitter, smoke signals or on the range! We should still take whatever steps we can to protect ourselves as much as possible. And this starts with basic awareness, of both the physical characteristics of our environment, as well as who is sharing it.
It is surprising how often that otherwise intelligent people put themselves into what could only be called physical “traps” – an elevator, for example, or walking down a narrow, dark alley because it is a shortcut to where they parked their car. Instead, take the route that is open, well lit, and more likely to have other people around. What I recommend is that we should always be alert, both consciously and unconsciously. As discussed above, we consciously note everything, and everyone, around us. We should also listen to that internal “threat alarm” that we all have – that little voice inside that suddenly tells us “something isn’t quite right.” It may be a chill down our spine or the hairs on our neck suddenly standing up, or just a vague “uh-oh” feeling. Either way, listen to it. Your intuition exists as nature’s warning system. I use a simple system of just three alert levels. Imagine a traffic light: Green, Yellow, Red. We avoid condition “White” (i.e. virtually unaware) which describes most people today are talking on mobile phones, and of course, texting. Green is not “stressed out” or anxious. It is relaxed, but alert and somewhat aware watching, listening, and paying attention to our “threat alarm” at all times. All permit holders should be at Green, all the time. Yellow is something in our environment might be a threat. Whether it is unruly guys in a restaurant who suddenly start arguing loudly, or a woman walking around a park who suddenly notices that two guys seem to be following her. Red is when an instant threat becomes immediate. It could be someone overtly threatening or actually attacking you. No one can foresee or anticipate every threat – the scenarios are endless. But by being at “Green” awareness in the first place, we can at least give ourselves a fighting chance. During most of the 20th century, American combat handgunnery was carried out by men armed with a Colt 1911 chambered in .45 ACP. And what a marvelous choice in fighting weaponry it was. The pages of gun magazines have been swollen over the years with tales of how the U.S. government came to make the decision to contract Colt to make the 1911. Most enthusiasts are aware that Colt outfitted the U.S. Cavalry with the Single Action Army in the early 1870′s and that it functioned almost flawlessly. The .45 Colt cartridge, spitting its heavy 250-grain slug, caused the demise of many enemy combatants. But in 1891 the Army decided that the SAA was no longer a viable fighting handgun and opted for the double-action .38 Long Colt revolver, which turned out to be a comparatively feeble choice. During the close-range jungle warfare encountered by the Army in the Philippines, our boys made the unfortunate discovery that the .38 Long Colt cartridge was, to put it kindly, inadequate. Stories circulated about dope-charged Moro fighters resisting multiple .38-caliber wounds, then carving on our troops with lethal cutlery. As a result, the Army had the good sense to go back to the Single Action Army and its .45 Colt round, which was considerably more effective. When Mr. Roosevelt took the White House, many things changed. He appointed General William Crozier as Chief of Ordnance of the Army. Gen. Crozier recognized the issues regarding the Army’s handgun choice and authorized the search for a new service pistol. This involved the testing of a wide selection of available arms and cartridges of the time. Two men were in charge of the examination, Army Infantry Colonel John T. Thompson and Medical Corps Colonel Louis A. LaGarde. Some of their tests took place at the livestock yards in Chicago, Illinois, in 1904. They fired upon live cattle and human cadavers hung from the neck, tallying makeshift measurements of the results. In the end it was concluded that the reviewers were “of the opinion that a bullet, which will have the shock effect and stopping effect at short ranges necessary for a military pistol or revolver, should have a caliber not less than .45.” Submissions of test guns were made by a number of companies vying for the contract, including Savage, Webley, Colt and even the German company DWM, of Luger fame. In the end, John Browning’s 1911 design chambered in .45 ACP was found to be the winner by a large margin. Almost instantly the Colt 1911 played a starring role in America’s fight for freedom in many military conflicts and was also a great favorite of lawmen. The .45 ACP performed well, with no complaints from those who depended on it. In the 1980s the government again came to a decision regarding its choice in fighting pistols, and the 1911 was discarded for the Beretta Model 92 chambered in 9mm. Today we have several years of new-world combat experience in the Middle East behind us. The military has come to yet another conclusion The 9mm cartridge can be bettered when it comes to man-stopping performance. And so the United States government is now eyeballing the .45 ACP. One of the most important aspects of any pistol, is the way it feels in your hands, and the M&P feels good. Smith & Wesson had a great idea in incorporating interchangeable palm-swell grips on the M&P – small, medium and large. By twisting and removing a pin from the butt of the pistol, the grip can be removed and replaced with one of a different size, thus accommodating the hands of virtually any shooter. The double-stack, 10-round magazine doesn’t cause the grip to be bulky; rather, it’s quite comfortable. The number of privately owned guns in the U.S. is at an all-time high, upwards of 300 million, and now rises by about 10 million per year.1 Meanwhile, the firearm accident death rate has fallen to an all-time low, 0.2 per 100,000 population, down 94% since the all-time high in 1904.2 Since 1930, the annual number of firearm accident deaths has decreased 81%, while the U.S. population has more than doubled and the number of firearms has quintupled. Among children, such deaths have decreased 89% since 1975. Today, the odds are more than a million to one, against a child in the U.S. dying in a firearm accident.
Firearms are involved in 0.5% of accidental deaths nationally, compared to motor vehicles (29%), poisoning (27%), falls (21%), suffocation (5%), drowning (3%), fires (2%), medical mistakes (1.7%), environmental factors (1.3%), and pedal cycles (0.6%). Among children: motor vehicles (34%), suffocation (27%), drowning (17%), fires (7%), environmental factors (2.3%), poisoning (2.2%), falls (1.5%), firearm (1.5), pedal cycles (1.4%), and medical mistakes (1.3%). Education decreases accidents. Voluntary training has decreased firearms accidents. NRA firearm safety programs are conducted by more than 93,000 NRA Certified Instructors nationwide. Youngsters learn firearm safety in NRA programs offered through civic groups such as the Boy Scouts, Jaycees, and American Legion, and schools.3 NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe program teaches children pre-K through 3rd grade that if they see a gun without supervision, they should “STOP! Don’t Touch. Leave The Area. Tell An Adult.” Since 1988, Eddie has been used by 26,000 schools, civic groups, and law enforcement agencies to reach more than 26 million children.4 Trigger Action, LLC, major objective is to provide education and training in the safe and proper use of firearms. We are certified National Rifle Association (NRA) Instructors, and we uphold the NRA's adherence to firearm safety, by using approved NRA training courses to maintain standardization among all NRA courses. If you have any questions about gun safety please contact us at ohiotriggeraction.com or 614-496-0308 1. See BATFE, “Annual Firearm Manufacturers and Export Reports” (www.atf.gov/statistics). 2. Statistics from 1981 forward are available from the National Center for Health Statistics’ “Wisqars” website. Those prior to 1981 are available from the National Safety Council (www.nsc.org/). 3. For more on NRA training programs, visit www,ohiotriggeraction.com or call 614-496-0308. 4. For more on the Eddie Eagle program, visit www.nrahq.org/safety/eddie/ or call 614-496-0308. If you took a class, got your permit and feel like you are prepared to defend yourself, you will likely be in for a huge and unpleasant surprise in the event that you end up in a deadly force incident.
First off, you need more training than the simple understanding of the law that your CCW permit class gives you. Yes, you need to know the law and you need to follow the law in every instance, but you also need to know how to respond to serious incidents concerning your safety. What will you do? If you haven’t trained, you won’t know what to do and chances are pretty good you will do nothing right. Trigger Action, LLC has advanced skills training on Personal Protection in the Home. This is not standing at the seven-yard line on your local range plinking away with your pistol. Real training means so much more than that. You have to be ready to protect yourself. Self-defense is not a one-trick pony. It is system of actions that keeps you safe. It starts with situation awareness. You need to pay attention to where you are and what others are doing around you. If you don’t need to go into a bad neighborhood, don’t go. If you can stop and get gas before you get to a place that may be unsafe, do it. Don’t intentionally provoke people. If someone cuts you off in traffic just hit the brakes, smile and drive on. Prevention is the best option. Trigger Action, LLC has the training available to help you identify situations and provide the skills to defend yourself if the situation calls for action. Trigger Action, LLC, major objective is to provide education and training in the safe and proper use of firearms. One of the most important ways we can protect ourselves legally is to make sensible choices before we find ourselves in a self-defense situation. And asking ourselves, “What will a jury think?” is an excellent way to ensure decisions that give us the edge.
From mock jury trials to psychological studies, there is substantial research on the psychology of juries, especially where self-defense is concerned. We should take advantage of it. We’ve all heard the urban myths spouted by legal “wannabes” in gun stores and on the Internet, usually pontificating with absolute certainty something like, “As long as you do (X) they can’t prosecute you.” Unfortunately, the harsh reality is that self-defense is one of the most complex, uncertain, and difficult cases to win. And the outcome is always unpredictable. So, absent a “bench trial” (i.e. before a judge rather than a jury) your fate will be in the hands of ordinary people, most of whom do not own guns. They often lack even a basic understanding of firearms and get most of their beliefs about guns from television. As a result, in a case hinging on the use of firearms, they can be easily manipulated by a skilled prosecutor. One thing that can have serious ramifications is the kind of firearm we choose for self-defense. Now, I agree that it shouldn’t matter what kind of gun you used to defend yourself from a violent attack, but the cold hard fact is that it does. Keep it simple. Research shows that your carry gun should be any standard, off-the-shelf,unmodified pistol or revolver in a typical self-defense caliber (.38 Special, 9MM, 40 S&W, .45Auto, etc.). And stick with the vanilla models; no “Super Combat Tactical Ranger” versions or “tricked out” custom guns. Likewise, you do not want a prosecutor holding up a .44 Magnum or Desert Eagle 50 caliber “hand-cannon” in front of a jury. In home defense situations, handguns are surprisingly less threatening to juries than shotguns or rifles. But if you do opt for a home scattergun, a plain-Jane model with a wood stock and fore-grip is far less problematic than one with a black pistol grip stock and fore-grip. And be advised, the more accessories on your gun, the worse the reaction of the jury. Rifles have the highest negatives with juries, with military-style guns at the top of the list. So for home defense, don’t even think about using an AR-15 (or, God forbid, anything with the letters “AK”). These are virtually radioactive to juries. And remember to load ONLY name-brand, factory ammunition labeled “self-defense” or “personal protection.” NO “extreme” or hand-loaded ammo. Ever. Imagine your jury hearing that you had “Demon Devastators” in your gun, rather than standard ammo. Now, make no mistake, I am not saying that having a “scary” gun is going to necessarily result in you being convicted. You could do everything wrong, and still, theoretically at least, win a self-defense case. It’s happened. But why not do everything we can to tilt the odds in our favor? |
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