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Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	USSR1991	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Wildcatter264	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GaryVA	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GaryVA	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	deflave	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	gunner500	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dave_in_WV	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GaryVA	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/09/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	cooper57m	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	kingston	01/16/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Rooster7	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	HawkI	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Savuti	01/12/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	lvmiker	01/21/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/21/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	EthanEdwards	01/21/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	lvmiker	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	lvmiker	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	MarkG	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	lvmiker	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	lvmiker	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	1Nut	01/25/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	viking	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Steelhead	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Gibby	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Gibby	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	night_owl	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dan_Chamberlain	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	MontanaMarine	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Mackay_Sagebrush	01/22/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	BMT	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	MontanaMarine	01/07/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	gunner500	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	The_Real_Hawkeye	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	j2dogs	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	The_Real_Hawkeye	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	whelennut	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/09/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	whelennut	01/09/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	4ager	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Mackay_Sagebrush	01/22/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/22/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dan_Chamberlain	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Wildcatter264	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	j2dogs	01/08/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GaryVA	01/09/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/09/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Mannlicher	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Mannlicher	01/12/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	viking	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	BamBam	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	viking	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Yondering	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	BamBam	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	bea175	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dan_Chamberlain	01/10/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/10/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Yondering	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dan_Chamberlain	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	65BR	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	viking	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	g5m	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jeffbird	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	local_dirt	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Formidilosus	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jeffbird	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Formidilosus	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/16/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	local_dirt	01/11/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dan_Chamberlain	01/12/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Yondering	01/12/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jimmyp	01/12/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dan_Chamberlain	01/12/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Muffin	01/12/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jeffbird	01/12/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Gibby	01/13/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jeffbird	01/16/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	gunner500	01/16/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/16/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/16/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	gunner500	01/16/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	ringworm	01/18/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	USSR1991	01/18/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	USSR1991	01/18/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	FreeMe	01/19/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	SargeMO	01/20/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/20/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Yondering	01/18/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dan_Chamberlain	01/18/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Yondering	01/18/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	GunGeek	01/18/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	USSR1991	01/18/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	FreeMe	01/20/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	night_owl	01/20/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	jwp475	01/20/17
Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	USSR1991	01/20/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	night_owl	01/20/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	458 Lott	01/20/17
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Re: Why the .45 ACP "sucks" for self defense	Dan_Chamberlain	01/22/17
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