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Carry Loads

Carry pieces tend to get the spotlight and general discussion of good carry rounds is tossed around a bit, but bloggers don’t often name their current carry loads. Here are mine: G23 – 180 grain Federal HST. They are half … Continue reading

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Because Doubletrouble Thinks I Am A Man Of Too Few Words

Have something worth four thousand: My wonderful (and truly far too good for me) wife bought me this FN 1910 for Christmas and let me pick it up today. The little bugger is solid, well balanced, has a very nice trigger, and … Continue reading

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Father & Son Glocks!

    My father just barely fired my G23 for the first time two weeks ago. On the way home from the range, he mentioned that he had been looking into getting a Glock and that the 19 appealed to him. I found … Continue reading

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Spirit Of Colonial Shanghai

I read Shooting to Live in its entirety today. Fairbairn and Sykes were far ahead of their time in many ways, yet at the same time, I am very glad that some things have changed drastically since publication.Bah, I’ll round … Continue reading

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Hodgepodge

My nightstand seems to lack any style or coordination between pieces: I should find a good way of keeping my glasses from sipping off the nightstand other than a box of paper-hulled black powder shotshells. On the other hand, it … Continue reading

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My Wife’s New Nightlight

That beast is a CZ 75 SP-01 wearing my TLR-1. My wife likes the light, I don’t think I am getting it back. The magazine holds 18 rounds of 9mm parabellum, it has  DA/SA trigger, but is designed to be … Continue reading

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Early BAG Day

My wife and I normally hold our BAG Day festivities on our Anniversary, but things didn’t work out that way this year. I went to my favorite local death merchant for a pound of IMR 3031, and my wife told … Continue reading

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High Speed, Low Drag Beretta

What? It’s a Cheetah, cheetahs are high speed… While out picking up a Valentine’s day present for my increasingly well-armed wife, this little bugger caught my eye. Okay, fine, it was already on hold for me and I went to … Continue reading

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Since None Of The Mag Pouch Pics Came Out…

…You’ll have to settle for a pocket rocket roundup: My wife wanted her Beretta back in her holster, so I didn’t have time to measure thicknesses or compare the little Bobcat to any of the others. I did manage to … Continue reading

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Did I Do Thaaaaaaat?

Whoops, it would appear that I trashed the factory rear plastic sight on my G23: While unceremoniously driving it out to put this one in: And a view of my very spiffy Hackathorn front nightsight: Low Light: I ordered these … Continue reading

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