Recent content by Doc Mark

Good Afternoon, Guys and Gals, Many thanks for your kind and informative comment, my friends! You told me exactly what I was hoping to hear! As my last Firearms Safety Certificate expired in 2019, I'll go take the test again, and order my pistol! Of course, we have a 10-day waiting period...

Greetings, All, It's been a long while since I have posted here, mainly due to work demands. But, I am seeking your guidance on a possible upcoming purchase. I have a Shield 9 V1, and love it! It shoots great, is easy to control, and is quite accurate. As I have several other pistols in .40...

Greetings, Gentlemen, Thank you both, very much, for the dating information! MUCH appreciated! I took 21 photos of the little M36 this morning. I've forgotten how many I can post here. I would love to post all of them, but again, can't recall is that's "Kosher", or not. Thanks, again, and...

Greetings, All, Been several years since I was last here, and things are slowing down a bit, work-wise, so here I am again! I was looking around in my safe, and came across an older S&W Model 36, and cannot recall if I ever asked for some help in dating it's year of manufacture. It's a blued...

Greetings, All, Well, I finally had a chance to run 100+ rounds through my Shield 9, and I have to say, I LOVE this little pistol!! This range session convinced me that I do NOT need to replace the trigger, as mine is crisp, clean, and feels great! The pistol, itself, was 100% reliable, and...

Howdy, All, Well, I'd have to say that my wonderful Colt Officer's Enhanced ACP has now become a "safe Queen", of sorts! I've had that little pistol since bought brand new, back when the very first series of "Enhanced" Colt pistols came out, I think it was back in the 1990's. I've shot the...

Good Morning, All, For what it's worth: I've used Hoppe's #9 solvent for more than 40 years, without a single problem. I learned, very early on, NOT to soak nickle-plated firearms in it, as it can etch, or "spider-web" the nickel. But, I've cleaned quite a few nickel-plated pistols, with no...

Hi, sschrick , Thank you, very much, Sir! Your comments were exactly what I was hoping for, and it's good to see that others have experienced the same "dancing around", as I have with the Shield in dry firing. I hope, and expect, that my experience will mirror yours, when I finally get a...

Hi, OKFC05, Thank you for your comments, and I agree with what you suggest. However, I have been shooting pistols, of all stripes, for more than 50 years, and have not had that problem before, even with such little poppers as the P3AT, and P32 Keltec offerings. But, I am most certainly going...

Greetings, All, So far, I'm as pleased as punch with my new Shield 9 pistol! Fits my hand very nicely, is small enough, without being TOO small, and should work very well for my intended purpose. The trigger is crisp, and feels OK to me, but it does cause my sight picture to "shimmy" when the...

Evening, All, I thought you might like to see how my new Apex LCI looks, compared to the OEM version. Night and day difference, and now, with the new LCI installed, I love the way it looks, and also the way it functions. I'll keep the OEM part, "just because", but it will never be used on...

Greetings, All, After taking my new Shield 9 home, I fell in love with it in all ways, except one: I hate that crappy, CA-approved, LCI that Commiefornia forced S&W to add to any Shield sold in this State!! After some perusing on the internet, and after having watched a great video on a...

Greetings, All, I bought my own 3" M657, I think, back in the 1980's, and paid all of $300 for it, NIB, with S&W Combat grips, and all the goodies, from a gun dealer in Ramona, CA. He had had it for several years, and nobody was interested in it, because of the .41 caliber. I had LOOKED for...

Dear Graydon, We have had you and your sweet Dorothy in our prayers ever since we read of your situation. Not long ago, I had a very specific feeling, during our prayers, that Dorothy had gone to meet her Maker, and we changed our prayers to ask that Our Lord envelope her in His Loving and...

Hey, All, Just thought of another favorite, or so: Rodney A. Grant, as "Wind In His Hair", the DWW movie. Great look, and portrayal, me thinks. Also from the same movie, Floyd Red Crow Westerman. Outstanding portrayal of Chief Ten Bears! And, how about Eric Sweig, who is part Inuit, as the...