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They weigh the same, and have the same length barrel, but the Beretta has a larger grip. Her hands are smaller than mine. I like the larger grip of the Beretta (which allows two more rounds as well). But I'm not the "customer." She can grip the Bauer just fine and shoots both equally well at...

The question being pros and cons for pocket carry by a slightly built female family member with small hands. Her dad gave her one, I own the other but would gladly give it to her if she wanted it and thought it more suitable. Please, please, please, this is a .25 ACP only conversation. I also...

Just my $0.02, but my experience with .22 LR is quite firearm specific, I have two revolvers of different manufacture that I purchased new and have NEVER had a misfire on... I have also never dry fired them. I have a couple semi autos that occasionally misfire. After a while I started saving...

I won't be carrying a handgun... Let's debate 5.56 vs 7.62 :) Or .50 Beowulf... :) :) :)

How not to be seen.

I cannot quote the source but I have read that "all" (and I'm always wary of universal claims) of the .38 S&W (not .38 S&W Spl) revolvers sent to England and supplied to the Home Guard Units in 1940 were collected in 1945 and dumped in the Irish Sea accounting for their scarcity. Uncle Sam...

Okay...so what's this:

Since you say you are trying BB 158 gr Short Barrel Low Recoil I assume you have a snub .357 or .38 S&W Spl. SB formulations use less faster burning powder so out of longer barrels they underperform. My carry is a SB .357 and I use Gold Dot Short Barrels. But at Special speeds out of 1 5/8"...

It would have to be the last magazine from a magzinze filled with magazines to be an empty magazine magazine, if they merely removed the last loaded magazine from the magazine magazine while leaving behind the empty magazines-- or even replacing the loaded magazines with used magazines-- then it...

Wikipedia is a modern version of World Book. In school the Word Book Encyclopedia took up 28" of shelf space, while Americana and Britannica occupied six feet apiece. I'm not knocking Wikipedia, it's quick and most people just want the basics. I've corrected a few of their entries here and...

When Italy surrendered in 1943 most of the peninsula was in German / Fascist hands. This included all of the industrial north. As much as a political move as a military one, the US began to supply the "New" (1943) Italian Army with equipment. This included (new to the Italian Army) Garands and...

Quote from the movie Gettysburg: Major General George E. Pickett (Stephen Lang): "Sirs, perhaps there are those among you who believe you are descended from an ape. I suppose there may even be those among you who believe that I am descended from an ape. But I challenge the man to step forward...

Except for the ones we gave the "New" (1943) Italian Army. After the war they had Beretta modify them for a box magazine.

Semantics: When I was young, my grandfather took me to a big MODEL railroad at the old Frisco Depot in Webster Groves (outside St. Louis Missouri). As he was explaining what the model locomotive on one train was doing in a yard a club member came over and corrected the "old man's" nomenclature...

In a manner of speaking, the individual cartridges are "clipped" into a clip. In Mauser, SKS, Bianchi, and other single-row clips "cliip" to and grip the cartridges by the rim. GIs used to "clip" Garand double-row clips to their webbing or sling by running the fabric in-between the two rows of...