Sam
10-04-08, 06:59
how tactical are you?
My score: +9
The rules are as follows: you start out at zero points. Visualize your carry gun, and start adding or subtracting points according to my list below. Your results are at the bottom of the test.
Polymer frame: +2
Light rail: +2
Laser (guide rod or rail mounted): +2
Chambered in a caliber invented after 1990: +2 (add another +1 if the caliber name contains a three-letter acronym)
High capacity (>10 rounds): +2
“Tactical” engraved or rollmarked anywhere: +3
Official current issue of a major SWAT team or SPECOPS unit: +3 (add another +1 if the manufacturer advertising of the gun includes this information as a selling point)
Mentioned by VPC/Brady as a “cop killer”, “pocket rocket”, or “destructive device”: +2
Product name contains the letter “X”: +2 (add another +1 if it contains the word “extreme”, “xtreme”, or any variation thereof)
Fits into 50% of the stocked holsters in any given gunshop: +2
Used by 50% or more of 18-25 year olds on the range at any given time: +2
Advertising includes ludicrous torture tests, like freezing the gun for a year before boiling it in saltwater and shooting it while submerged in mud: +2
Advertising slogan that implies uncompromising perfection or any variant thereof: +1
Not magazine-fed: -3
No plastic, MIM, titanium, scandium or alloy anywhere in or on the gun: -3
Steel frame: -2
No provisions for a laser, flashlight, optical sight or weather station: -2
Designed before 1980: -2
Designed before 1900: -3
Gloss blue finish: -2
Bright nickel finish: -3
Capable of grip/grip panel removal: -2
Wood grips: -2
Used by 50% or more of the 50+ olds on the range at any given time: -2
Chambered in a caliber that started life as a blackpowder cartridge: -4
Your score:
21-30: You are undoubtedly among the black nylon-clad tactical elite, a killing machine who gets allergic reactions to clothing that doesn’t have a logo related to your carry gun on it. You have Blackhawk on speed dial, and carbon fiber excites you in indecent ways.
11-20: You’re a tactical apprentice, ready to be fitted for wall-climbing boots and duct-taped trauma plate. You consistently spell the brand name of your favorite gun in ALL CAPS on discussion boards.
1-10: You’re a gun rag lemming and marketing victim with hope for redemption if exposed to enough blued steel and walnut. Buy a four-inch S&W Model 19 and call me in the morning.
-1 to -10: Old-fashioned and/or slightly behind the curve. You still think of the Beretta 92F or the Walther P38 as examples of modern gun design, and you still load your carry piece with FMJ because you don’t trust those newfangled Super-Vels.
-11 to -20: You’re probably a single-action shooter who thinks that the newfangled DA revolvers are “a lazy man’s gun.”
-21 to -30: You’re hopelessly untactical–you probably don’t trust percussion locks over the old trusty flintlock.
My score: +9
The rules are as follows: you start out at zero points. Visualize your carry gun, and start adding or subtracting points according to my list below. Your results are at the bottom of the test.
Polymer frame: +2
Light rail: +2
Laser (guide rod or rail mounted): +2
Chambered in a caliber invented after 1990: +2 (add another +1 if the caliber name contains a three-letter acronym)
High capacity (>10 rounds): +2
“Tactical” engraved or rollmarked anywhere: +3
Official current issue of a major SWAT team or SPECOPS unit: +3 (add another +1 if the manufacturer advertising of the gun includes this information as a selling point)
Mentioned by VPC/Brady as a “cop killer”, “pocket rocket”, or “destructive device”: +2
Product name contains the letter “X”: +2 (add another +1 if it contains the word “extreme”, “xtreme”, or any variation thereof)
Fits into 50% of the stocked holsters in any given gunshop: +2
Used by 50% or more of 18-25 year olds on the range at any given time: +2
Advertising includes ludicrous torture tests, like freezing the gun for a year before boiling it in saltwater and shooting it while submerged in mud: +2
Advertising slogan that implies uncompromising perfection or any variant thereof: +1
Not magazine-fed: -3
No plastic, MIM, titanium, scandium or alloy anywhere in or on the gun: -3
Steel frame: -2
No provisions for a laser, flashlight, optical sight or weather station: -2
Designed before 1980: -2
Designed before 1900: -3
Gloss blue finish: -2
Bright nickel finish: -3
Capable of grip/grip panel removal: -2
Wood grips: -2
Used by 50% or more of the 50+ olds on the range at any given time: -2
Chambered in a caliber that started life as a blackpowder cartridge: -4
Your score:
21-30: You are undoubtedly among the black nylon-clad tactical elite, a killing machine who gets allergic reactions to clothing that doesn’t have a logo related to your carry gun on it. You have Blackhawk on speed dial, and carbon fiber excites you in indecent ways.
11-20: You’re a tactical apprentice, ready to be fitted for wall-climbing boots and duct-taped trauma plate. You consistently spell the brand name of your favorite gun in ALL CAPS on discussion boards.
1-10: You’re a gun rag lemming and marketing victim with hope for redemption if exposed to enough blued steel and walnut. Buy a four-inch S&W Model 19 and call me in the morning.
-1 to -10: Old-fashioned and/or slightly behind the curve. You still think of the Beretta 92F or the Walther P38 as examples of modern gun design, and you still load your carry piece with FMJ because you don’t trust those newfangled Super-Vels.
-11 to -20: You’re probably a single-action shooter who thinks that the newfangled DA revolvers are “a lazy man’s gun.”
-21 to -30: You’re hopelessly untactical–you probably don’t trust percussion locks over the old trusty flintlock.