Yep. Bought a Ruger Mark IV to replace my Mark III, which as pretty much is my custom was sold to a friend for a song. I also built one of the CMMG dedicated .22LR uppers, and I can't recommend them enough...wonderful little plinker and outside of the barrel and BCG you can use any standard AR...
I don't tune into the JRE for Rogan's opinions, though he does have some interesting (and entertaining) comments during the course of a 3-hour podcast. I tune in because he'll have just about anybody (perhaps ESPECIALLY people who have been "deplatformed" for various reasons) on his podcast and...
I'm with you. Anything covered by an assault weapon ban will either appreciate from grandfathering...or be a non-transferrable sunk cost.
I really hope I'm wrong but I don't see politicos just magically giving up on an AWB barring a Supreme Court decision that's a hell of a lot more specific...
Personal experience: if you have to travel, avoid a drop leg rig. Foot patrolling with one sucks. Using one in a class, or if you're a SWAT cop who waits and waits and then does stuff, cool.
I imagine hiking or stalking with one would be as miserable as patrolling with one was. It does...
I've got a lot of time on the 92 and still own an M9-marked model in case I deploy with a unit that hasn't been fielded the M17 yet. Eventually I'll buy an M9A3. Everything is better- grips, trigger, safeties - and it even comes with a threaded barrel.
I don't have any time on the X models...
I've personally had positive experiences with Smith & Wesson, Rock Island, and Springfield 1911s. The nicest I've personally shot was a Springfield TRP. I've heard many opine that the lowest for a "duty use" 1911 should be that TRP, but YMMV.
I also have a basic Kimber 1911 that I got as a...
Since I'm in theory locked down to the house, my changes have been focused around home defense. I recently ordered parts and accessories to bring my second MPX all the way up to snuff, so I have his & hers faux submachine guns as I originally intended for myself and my fiance.
In terms of...
That's the analogy I often use. Simple, inexpensive, inoffensive, reliable, effective. Lacking in frills but with the aftermarket to make them into a much more expensive machine (and in doing so typically spend more than you would have spent on the more expensive machine in the first place...
I don't care for the wood stocked versions but the countered rubber/plastic grips always felt amazing to me. Eventually I'll have a pair custom built. Sold my Israeli import because it was just too rough, and now I'm trying to decide if I want to track down a "real" one or if I buy the feedback...
I haven't stuck firmly to this rule, but especially after the recent shenanigans, I'm done selling guns unless I absolutely have to. There's a few reasons for this.
1.) I've previously sold a perfectly good carry gun to get a "better" carry gun that turned out to have reliability problems. An...
What HAVE I done? Nothing.
What do I WANT to do? Lots.
As a congratulatory gift when I was selected for Company Command, my father bought me a new production S&W 586 in blue. The first revolver I ever shot was his nickeled 586 (I can't remember what dash it is). Even after a few cases of...
Are 5906s still lurking around for peanuts? My first centerfire handgun was an S&W 59, followed by my uncle's 659. Always wanted to add a 5906 to the collection.
At this point I only really have a snubbie to stoke it with snakeshot when I'm down in Texas hanging out with my dad. When I carried it as a backup regularly I stoked it with some old Winchester Ranger +P 130gr JHP but I found the slap unpleasant with stock grips in an S&W Airweight.
Started with a P320 Compact w/ Manual Safety. Bought another. Bought an M17B. Bought an M17 Commemorative. Will buy a pair of M18Bs and at least one M18 (hopefully a commemorative). And probably another M17B.
It's like I leave them in my gun safe and they breed.
This is how I train with all my manual safety pistols, and at this point it's second nature. Can't bump it up if you're pressing it down the whole time.
As an added bonus, this typically locks your hand up nice and high into the grip where it belongs.