Recent content by MassiveOverkill

This ^^^^^ How many 2 year olds can rack a semi-auto? My 10 year old certainly can't and neither can her friends. We're all human and relying on human imperfection is seriously flawed. I don't care how much training you have.

Apparently not enough interest but I'll link it again: http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-m-p-pistols/483031-interest-extra-capacity-lifetime-magazine-springs.html

Liquid Wrench with Cerflon, which is the same ingredient used in S&W's dry lube. I use it on my AR15, Shield 9mm, and wife's new BodyGuard 380. I'll never use wet lube again. I'll take a spent shell (or snap cap) and insert it into my gun bores before spraying them so none of the lube gets...

When using the 2 hand grip, hold the gun with your non-trigger hand more firmly and you hold the gun loosely with your trigger hand. When squeezing the trigger, you consciously make an effort to only pull the trigger with your trigger finger..............otherwise you may do what many do (and...

Last time I went shooting I was squeezing with my whole hand and couldn't hit my steel gong. This time I isolated my trigger finger from the rest of my hand muscle group when pulling the trigger and was much more on target. Cleaned her up afterwards and barely any carbon build-up as I'm...

Toolguy and Dave Nowlin, would you be interested in being beta testers if I can make this happen?

According to the manual, no. I lubricate mine because the spring binds on the rod and lubrication helps.

This is what you want: Smith and Wesson Shield Stainless Steel Guide Rod Assembly - Stainless Steel Guide Rods My 95 lb wife can rack my Shield. The stock spring is used in both the 9 mm and .40 cal so it's overkill. I've also dry-Teflon lubed every moving part on my Shield, which helped in...

This goes for anything I buy. I suppose if I bought a Ferrari, Porsche, or Lamborghini, I'd leave them alone, but the first thing I do when I buy a new gadget\toy is take it apart and see what I can do to improve it (part of my nickname's philosophy). I have to laugh at purists who poo-poo on...

Yes I have and actually we're both wrong. Mine is all metal, not plastic-coated (I actually removed it to verify and tried to scratch the surface to see if it was plastic coated). Mine seems like it may also have the melanite treatment the slide has as it's very, very smooth (which lead me to...

The mag release button on my Shield is plastic as is the one on my newly-purchased Bodyguard 380.

Smith & Wesson S&W Bodyguard .380 ACP 6-Round Stainless Steel with Finger Rest Factory Magazine Mail order will almost always be cheaper, but then again, if you believe in supporting local business, by all means do so.

I bought a flat wire buffer spring for my AR 15 and noticed that David Tubbs also makes them for AR 15 magazines: Shooting Illustrated | David Tubb's AR-15 Flatwire Magazine Spring I've already asked David if he could make them for the Shield, but he says he has manufacturing subbed out (I...

How many of you would buy/replace your magazine springs with something that would last the life of you/your gun? In addition to a flat wire spring greatly outlasting a stock round coil spring there are other benefits: Compressed height should be much less, which means you should be able to...

Call S&W and ask them if you need a Rev B follower because the spring they sent you doesn't fit properly and see what they say. I just bought a bunch of spare factory mags and maybe they're all being liquidated for newer model designs. You could just cut the hook off one side so it will fit.