tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post3524181132994739551..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: The New Baby!Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-18443781509412717572008-05-01T10:58:00.000-06:002008-05-01T10:58:00.000-06:00That toilet was blown up at Boomershoot this past ...That toilet was blown up at Boomershoot this past Sunday in honor of Dave Barry. Unfortunately, Dave wasn't there (so he didn't shoot it himself), but he acknowledged the honor.<BR/><BR/>Michael, if you haven't attended Boomershoot in the past, you really need to get out there one of these days. <BR/><BR/>SayUncle has a writeup here: http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/04/30/boomershoot-stuff/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-89055021755019592222008-05-01T06:29:00.000-06:002008-05-01T06:29:00.000-06:00Just how practical is your new "baby"? I have watc...Just how practical is your new "baby"? <BR/><BR/>I have watched shooters at the local range plow dirt, shoot left, right and high with their pistol gripped Mossbergs too many times to think pistol gripped shotguns are a good idea. Add in the short barrel and it becomes even less of a good idea? <BR/><BR/>How many rounds are you going to put down range to learn to control the darn thing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-44082254137487723502008-04-30T23:31:00.000-06:002008-04-30T23:31:00.000-06:00Having been an EMT Firefighter for 29 yrs, 25 of t...Having been an EMT Firefighter for 29 yrs, 25 of those as a FF/Paramedic, I've worked on all types from "Todd" to "Death Train".<BR/> <BR/>What's weird is that you don't know for sure which is which until the feces hits the fan. <BR/>Of course, type casting is the rule, but you never REALLY know until it's 'game on'. <BR/><BR/>One 'Todd' looking type took a blast from a 12ga right into his liver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-14549529759842174082008-04-30T18:18:00.000-06:002008-04-30T18:18:00.000-06:00FTB: "If you win the student shoot-off, do you get...FTB: "If you win the student shoot-off, do you get Chelsea?"<BR/><BR/>From what I've heard, only if you're a woman . . .<BR/><BR/>:-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08586716096181737271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-57929794864828588542008-04-30T17:42:00.000-06:002008-04-30T17:42:00.000-06:00I think it was Clint Smith who said: "Nothing man ...I think it was Clint Smith who said: "Nothing man portable is a reliable fight stopper."rremingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700598824835257409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-67627141138231406752008-04-30T16:04:00.000-06:002008-04-30T16:04:00.000-06:00Baby is an Any Other Weapon (AOW), with a $5 trans...Baby is an Any Other Weapon (AOW), with a $5 transfer fee; it took my paperwork 6 weeks to clear BATFE...<BR/><BR/>I believe how a person reacts to being shot often is a function of their head over and above even bullet placement, much less the myth of "stopping power."<BR/><BR/>Look at the Miami FBI shoot-out in the 1980s, or even North Hollywood...cases where the bad guys had, in essence, Michael Banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-92029445723241946212008-04-30T15:50:00.000-06:002008-04-30T15:50:00.000-06:00Pistol stopping power is pure fantasy. Death occur...Pistol stopping power is pure fantasy. Death occurs for all sorts of reasons and its a crap shoot with pistols. To long to reiterate here, but on my blog a year ago I retold a story of two LEO I worked with that were both killed off the job. One was 350 Lbs and the largest man I have personaly known. Built like a tank. He got in a street altercation, and in the process caught a single .22 round Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-45691693524579758482008-04-30T15:45:00.000-06:002008-04-30T15:45:00.000-06:00Okay, so inguiring minds want to know - How is BAT...Okay, so inguiring minds want to know - How is BATF classifying "your baby?"Wormwood07https://www.blogger.com/profile/10550414219745952696noreply@blogger.com