Recent content by oworthsr

I have a 4" Shield 2.0 40S&W with a KKM .357SIG barrel, a 4" Compact 40 S&W with a KKM 357SIG barrel, and a 3.1" S&W Compact 40S&W with a KKM 357SIG barrel. I'm considering the purchase of a Tanfoglio CZ 75 Compact clone in 40S&W. That pistol is rare enough that I'm not sure whether anyone...

Whenever I acquire a brand-new pistol, I put a dab of Flitz on the slide runners and then rack the slide (with the barrel removed) 100 or more times. [Best time to do this is while watching baseball on TV.] Then I give the pistol a thorough cleaning. That process smooths out the rack and...

My cleaning kits breed.

I have the KKM barrels in .357SIG for both my 3.5" Compact 2.0 and my 4" Compact 2.0. Both function flawlessly.

I agree with your comments. Gun makers and their "authorized dealers" often enter into "price support" mechanisms through which authorized dealers are allowed to discount their MSRP and advertise them as markdowns - down to a previously agreed to "real" price. Authorized dealers sell their...

Shield X has only been out for a month, and Grab-a-Gun is already discounting them $100 from MSRP. Hmmm... G-a-G is now owned by Trump, Jr.'s public company. Guess the public company is looking for even bigger sales volume, or else G-a-G "over-ordered" Shield Xs and are trying to dump the...

US Army website says JRTC moved from Chaffee to Polk in 1993. https://home.army.mil/polk/about/history

My Blackhawk pilot son has been to JRTC at Fort Polk many times. He's never liked the experience. That part of the country grows mosquitoes the size of hubcaps. They've been known to attack the local allegators.

My solution is to avoid all states that impose a 10-round limit. Why? Because those 10-round-limit states invariably have other unacceptable social attributes.

I have two Shield 2.0s (9mm) and a Shield Plus 9mm. One of the 2.0s has the shorter 3.1" barrel, the other 2.0 and the Plus have 4" barrels. The Shield Plus's extra ammo makes the Shield Plus a much better option for carry purposes and, for me, relegates the 2.0s to "occasionally shoot for...

I have two CZ75 compacts. One has the safety and the other (a lightweight PCR) has the decocker. They are two of my favorites to shoot. Those two, my Girsan Hi Power MC P-35 PI 9mm, and my trusty M&P 4" Compact 9mm are each equally reliable and have earned their place as my "rotation"...

Same experience here. Only when my father was close to death did he talk about his WW II experiences - fire controlman on a destroyer in the Pacific from 1942 through end of war. Prior to that he never brought up his combat experiences, only his Royal Shellback initiation and other "in between...

My 1994 Mercedes Benz 420E. Bought it brand new and drove the snot out of it. Bulletproof. Low tech, spartan interior and vaultlike strength. Quiet as a mouse.

Who then became a one digit midget eligible to wear a Crown Royal blue ribbon (if he consumed the bottle of Crown). Drank my Crown while playing Ship, Captain and Crew at the detachment's bar (in the jungle on Mindanao in 1971).

I have Spectrum. So I am able to watch Tuesday night's episode on Wednesday. Better yet, I can fast forward through all of the commercials, etc. Watching that way, I can see an entire episode in fewer than 20 minutes. This most recent episode marks the first time I've seen newly constructed...