Recent content by dirtbroke

I got my espantoon from a retired Sgt or Lt (not sure now) who stopped by when I was attending a seminar at Baltimore PD HQ downtown around 1983-84. You can tell it was handmade locally. It was common to see the guys on foot patrol downtown on “the block” to walk along twirling them. That stick...

My 60-7 beginning BKD was made in 1996 according to the info I got. Mine has the typical engraved M 60-7 markings. I have never heard how many lady smith’s they produced, but it’s probably a relative few. I like my M 60 due to the salt air and humidity where I live. I’m surrounded on 3 sides by...

I’ve been using the Remington 110 gr SJHP in standard loading in my modal 60-7. They make it in a +p loading as well. I don’t have the equipment to tell velocity and penetration results, maybe someone else in here does.

I’m retired LE. I have the modal 60-7 which I’ve been told can handle the +p loads, but I seldom bother for the reasons you mentioned. I either carry the wadcutter rounds we used for range training for years. More recently for LEOSA training I’ve been using the 130 grain FMJ round as it works in...

One gun for everything? I would pick a Modal 19 4”bbl.

It looks like a U.S. military shoulder holster worn backwards. The real shooter is behind him. He is just a mobile bullet stop. 🤦