Tenifer, Glock, and “Toughness” - One season’s guiding & bushpiloting on a G40

I am surprised Glock doesn't use stainless slides. S&W does and now they both use the same or similar coating. They don't make a 10MM pistol in their M&P line.

Take Care

Bob
 
Lojak said:
If so, were you allowed to purchase one once your ATC was approved?
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You have to purchase the firearm first and then apply for ATC. The smallest firearm you can qualify with would be a G29 ....its the compact 10 mm auto. Its very difficult to shoot high powered loads with gloves on with a G29....even with the Pearce mag. grip extensions.
 
I was hoping you had found an actual reference to what they use.
I’ve seen “staining” on most brands but it cleans up easily, the only “stainless” rifle I have seen pitted was a savage.
 
For sure, I would bet it’s a euro grade I wouldn’t recognize anyhow. Only stainless guns I’ve spent a ton of time with in the salt are Ruger and Winchester, had a Carbonlight .308 for one trip, sold due to the pretty stock and what would happen to it not due to the steel. The Winchester classic stainless .375 can be used as a tent pole if you want all season, just the sights get it.

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All relative, it’s honestly a chambering everyone can master :) In rifles the same weight a .308 kicks compared to a .223, a .300 kicks compared to a .308, and a .375 H&H kicks compared to a .300. Shoot a .450 Rigby or .505 Gibbs and the .375 Mag feels very mild. ;) Building a .577 right now at about 9.5lbs- that should prove better than coffee.
 
Canuck44 said:
What we require is a change on the law that insists on "Open Carry" for those who hold Wilderness Permits. That might be a start...just saying.

Given our environment on the Coast it would be far more practical to carry under an open rain jacket. It would not be perfect but certainly would help. My average draw time playing the games runs to 1.5 seconds from concealed and 1.2 seconds from open carry. Certainly not as fast as some but that is what they are. 3 tenths of a second isn't much to give up when I know the gun is more likely to go bang when I want it to.

For those who carry up here in the bush without permits I would not be going to far out on the limb to suggest they carry their handgun under there coat. Keeps the rain out I am told.

Take Care

Bob
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Can-down said:
I was joking, thing is can you simply not wear the glock on your hip while you are jet boating in the ocean and unlikely to be jumped by bears? Maybe the constraints of bush carry are so restrictive that protecting the gun from salt spray when there is no danger of attack is not possible? Or logistically it's difficult.

Anything you can do to minimize the amount of salt spray would be good but hopefully with the new parts and a better maintenance regime you won't have to worry about covering the gun while jet boating in salt water..... I'd be so tempted to rig some sort of spray skirt for that holster and use it when the spray is bad if casing the gun is not an option.

Sucks to be constrained by stupid regulations.
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Yes, how much of the issue is simply that you have to open carry it? For example, let's compare with Alaska. My understanding is that 10 mm Glocks are becoming popular in Alaska and I don't think that rusting Glocks is a widely reported issue there. Now, just because someone is a guide in Alaska (or anyone who spends lots of time outdoors and carries all the time) doesn't mean they're in the salt spray as much as you are. If they stay inland, the fresh water drizzle is presumably more forgiving. Still, lots of Alaskans probably live and work in similar conditions along the coast, and let's say a good percentage of them use Glocks (more people carrying than in BC, anyway) one could ask why we don't seem to hear about this being a widespread issue? I suspect it's that in an actual free country, one is able to take sensible precautions like having clothing over the carry gun while in a boat. So, you are perhaps a fairly rare test case of someone who carries a Glock a lot in basically worst case conditions, and you are legally required to have it exposed to the elements full time. Another way that Canadian gun laws make people less safe than they could be.
 
Unless it has recently changed we are permitted to wear jackets etc over our carry handguns as long as some of the holster was showing out the bottom.

Example given to me was to do the same as police officers.
 
Stated the same before but it was also understood that you use common sense as well.

A firearm not covered during adverse conditions may become unusable so cover it just don;t conceal it.

Mind you in the 7 years I carried I was never checked by law enforcement.
 
Yes and you are relying that your common sense is going to be the same as the Officers common sense. In most cases up here I suspect you might be on solid ground but it is not what it once was. I have heard one officer say to another that his Smith had adjustable sights because the back sight moved if you pushed on it. Straight out of Port Coquitlam to Terrace. I swear. I would suggest anyone follow the law as much as one can.

Take Care

Bob
 
Camp Cook said:
Stated the same before but it was also understood that you use common sense as well.

A firearm not covered during adverse conditions may become unusable so cover it just don;t conceal it.

Mind you in the 7 years I carried I was never checked by law enforcement.
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Exactly.
 
Well when the tits are hanging out on full display..... it's often hard to ignore.... :)

Govt. Agents, just like civilians in Canada are not used to seeing other citizens armed and prepared..... compared to say Isreal where you might see some young people getting coffee with an Assault Rifle slung casually over their backs.

I agree with Bob that we need to be mindful of the laws, but I'm also a fan of common sense and independent thought when applicable.
 
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