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Re: [Shop-talk] Maybe the weirest shop related question asked here.

To: eric@megageek.com
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Maybe the weirest shop related question asked here.
From: Philip Ethier via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:38:11 -0500
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I'd recommend a stainless double-action revolver, attached to your person
in a holster designed to make it impossible for the cylinder to revolve
until the weapon is removed from the holster.



On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 12:58 PM eric--- via Shop-talk <
shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:

> Ok, I know I've asked some weird questions before, but I think this one
> will take the cake.
>
> I live out in the country, and often work well into the night with a large
> shop door open.  With having bears, coyotes and other large animals in the
> area, I got to thinking, it might be a good idea to keep a pistol in the
> garage to scare off any would be 'late night snackers."
> Actually, I had a run-in the other night that made me think about this.
>
> So my question is, if I have a pistol, in a rapid access safe in a shop
> environment, what factors should I consider?  I understand that humidity
> will play a huge role, as will dust (I have to see how 'sealed' the safe
> is.)
>
> Is there anything I'm missing that I should consider?  I understand that I
> will most likely have to clean the weapon often, but is there anything I
> need to think about?
>
> Also, I'm open to suggestions for a weapon type.  I thinking an XD-M elite
> polymer hand gun.  With mostly composite parts.  Similar to a Glock.
>  (Note, I don't have anything against Glock, I just never owned one.  I do
> have and love my XD however, so Glock isn't out of consideration.)
>
> I don't want this to turn into a 2nd amendment thread.  Just a 'what to
> consider' for leaving a pistol in a shop.
>
> Note, in my shop I do just about everything, metal work, wood work, car
> and heavy equipment work, etc.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;d recommend a stainless double-action revolver, atta=
ched to your person in a holster designed to make it impossible for the cyl=
inder to revolve until the weapon is removed from the holster.<div><br></di=
v><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" clas=
s=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 12:58 PM eric--- via Shop-talk &lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net";>shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>&g=
t; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span =
style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Ok, I know I&#39;ve asked
some weird questions before, but I think this one will take the cake.</span=
>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I live out in
the country, and often work well into the night with a large shop door
open.=C2=A0 With having bears, coyotes and other large animals in the area,
I got to thinking, it might be a good idea to keep a pistol in the garage
to scare off any would be &#39;late night snackers.&quot;</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Actually, I had
a run-in the other night that made me think about this.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">So my question
is, if I have a pistol, in a rapid access safe in a shop environment, what
factors should I consider?=C2=A0 I understand that humidity will play a
huge role, as will dust (I have to see how &#39;sealed&#39; the safe is.)</=
span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Is there anything
I&#39;m missing that I should consider?=C2=A0 I understand that I will most
likely have to clean the weapon often, but is there anything I need to
think about?</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Also, I&#39;m ope=
n
to suggestions for a weapon type.=C2=A0 I thinking an XD-M elite polymer
hand gun.=C2=A0 With mostly composite parts.=C2=A0 Similar to a Glock.
=C2=A0(Note, I don&#39;t have anything against Glock, I just never owned on=
e.
=C2=A0I do have and love my XD however, so Glock isn&#39;t out of considera=
tion.)</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I don&#39;t want =
this
to turn into a 2nd amendment thread.=C2=A0 Just a &#39;what to consider&#39=
; for
leaving a pistol in a shop.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Note, in my shop
I do just about everything, metal work, wood work, car and heavy equipment
work, etc. =C2=A0</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><br>
Thanks in advance.</span>
<br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><br>
<br>
&quot;Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a ratio=
nal
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.&quot; Ralph
Waldo Emerson <br>
-Who is John Galt?</span>
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rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,&quot;lucida grande&quot;,aria=
l,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(239,239,239)">1973 Triumph Stag=
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rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,&quot;lucida grande&quot;,aria=
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lor:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,&quot;lucida grande&quot;,=
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(239,239,239)">2004 Suburban=
 8.1, Sport Red</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,gen=
eva,lucida,&quot;lucida grande&quot;,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-=
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,geneva,lucida,&quot;lucida grande&quot;,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;backgro=
und-color:rgb(239,239,239)">2005 Lotus Elise, Bordeaux Red Pearl</span></di=
v><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,&q=
uot;lucida grande&quot;,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(239=
,239,239)">2006 Gulf Stream Conquest Super C, 8.1, White</span></div><div>2=
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