Sooo - just transport in a case with ammo separate? I was raised on rifles and shotguns and barely shot hand guns before I got my first. The thing is, in the city shooting handguns at an indoor range is much easier to do in all kinds of weather. Its closer and faster to get there and back. Rifles, if you want to shoot at any real distance, requires you to leave the city limits, usually. It is a different set of skills to use them, that is for sure.
Oh, sorry, I just assumed US. Looks like Candian use(d) FN Hi-Powers and Sig P226s for pistols - both are very great designs and two I’d like to get someday.
Star Wars Stormtrooper and some Rebel blasters are based on the Sterling. I have a Japanese metal replica of the Canadian version that has been converted to one. The stock works and everything. It is supposed to be able to shoot special caps, but I won’t try that. The also used this exact model for at lease one hero blaster for Return of the Jedi.
IIRC that is a FAL variant and I always liked its lines too. But they are doing away with the large 7.62mm round for infantry, so you can carry more ammo of 5.56mm… In the US the AR10 predates the AR15, and it was similar to the FAL in that it used the 7.62 round (as did the M-14 before it, and replaced the .30-06 used in the Garand and Springfield rifles).
I am not a tactical expert, I just know what is commonly taught. There are people who carry cold and they practice the draw, cock, fire move (Israeli draw, I think they call it.) With a good holster, though, it should stay secure and neigh impossible to hurt someone through normal use (assuming you don’t have a mechanical issue.) You’re right that method is one more level of safety to carry it like that, but I suppose the reasoning is that that level of jackassery is so rare that if one has the proper caution, then everyone will be fine. It is just like any thing potentially dangerous, a momentary slip up or distraction can cause a serious accident. Like chain saw juggling!
