Recent content by desmodue

Still rocking the old skool K-Comp

The Performance Center is nothing like it was 30+years ago when Paul Liebenburg and John French were building guns. PC is a cosmetic treatment now, Slide cuts and scalloped checkering...on a gun full of MIM parts.

The term is accurate. The Clinton administration had S&W over a barrel and used their power to force S&W into selling the company to avoid long and costly legal battle with the US Govt. Saf-T-Hammer was a one trick pony corporation, they invented a revolver safety lock that they tried to sell to...

Bar stock made on a bar mill is wrought, it isn't forged. Wrought and forged parts are not at all similar in structure. The most basic steel forms are: cast, wrought (which would be hot or cold rolled) and forged. Of course there are options withing the basic groups, such as vacuum cast, sand...

A forging will have superior mechanical properties to a casting, when the intended purpose is building a strong firearm. That doesn't mean that forgings are the only way to have high strength steel parts. Quality bar stock parts (ASTM A331 4140 chromium/molybdenum steel for example) that are...

EDC go-to's are Colt Detective Special, S&W K-Comp, and Dan Wesson ECO officer size 1911. The ECO is extremely easy to carry, thin and light at 25 oz. (empty) Cocked and locked looks scary to those unfamiliar with JMB's masterpiece. I am far more concerned with striker fired pistols and their...

Never do business with Liars and Cheats I too received a cancellation notice from MidwayUSA on my over one year backorder of CCI Mini-Mag ammo. I called the customer "support" line and was basically told that I'm screwed. I asked why my order is cancelled and was told that CCI notified...

I've bought both at WM. Haven't seen any white box ZQI for 5-6 weeks. Haven't seen the green box for 3 weeks. I don't know if it's just my store or if the supply is drying up. The labeling on the white vs green box is of no concern to me. Chalking it up to whiz-bang Marketing BS.

I was hopeful that Midway would ship my case of Mini Mags soon, after mobilecommand and 15Krounds posted their orders were filled. My order date is 11/14/2014, just a few days later than their dates of 11/8/2014 and 11/10/2014. So far, no email notification and my backorder at Midway is...

I called Midway to check on any improvement in availabilty of CCI .22 ammo and to ask if my backorder would ever be filled. The reply was yes, it would be filled but when was impossible to say. I specifically asked if backorders would be deleted after one year. The response was "not on any of...

When Wally World dropped the price on the 30 round boxes of ZQI 5.56x45 ammo to $9.97, I bought a small amount to try. (10 boxes) A lot of NATO 5.56 steel penetrator ammo is made world wide. American production will always have green tips, Non-USA production, usually doesn't. I have bought...

The OP's gun was marked by an auto pin stamping machine. It's a single pin punch that stamps the text you enter, creating the letters by punching individual dots into the metal. You can select font, size, and number of lines. STAMP 'IT PIN MARKING MACHINE DEMO - YouTube

Case of CCI Mini-Mag 40 gr. (5000) ordered 11/14/2013 Still waiting

Blue 6" .38 Colt Diamondback revolver. Late 70's production Serial number S797**. Minor holster wear at muzzle and edge of cylinder. Purchased used around 1982-1985. Locks up tight, very smooth DA/crisp SA trigger. No box or papers. Comes with Pachmyrs shown and original walnut stocks. $900.00...

The cylindrical shape of a barrel will distribute the pressure load equally around the circumference. As the pressure from increasingly hotter loads rises, the thin section is subjected to an unequal load. This is because the K frame forcing cone is cylindrical internally but the outside...