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Should have reported sooner, but I bought a used M&P 40c manufactured in 2010 in like-new condition. I think it only had a few hundred rounds through it from the previous owner. It was $400 in California...an absolute steal here. I jumped on it, even though I am not rich, to say the least...

I like the .40. It is more than manageable and I prefer the more powerful round in a platform designed for it, rather than retrofitted to a 9mm platform.

I agree with that as well.

You don't need a mag in it to strip it. But you do need a mag to release the firing pin. In most of my guns, you need to release the striker to strip the gun. In the case of my Five-Seven, you need to release the striker with an empty mag before you strip it. I have grown up with...

You don't have to see it...you have a choice of having it if you like it, whereas I don't because I live in a state that loves to turn gimmicks into requirements. In my opinion, there are more than a few things that can increase the chances of ND when a mag has to be inserted in some of my guns...

If all my guns had a mag disconnect, then it would not be a problem. The fact is that most of the too many I own do not have one...I grew up on guns that do not have the mag disconnect. When it comes to safety checking them, besides never pointing them in an unsafe direction, assuming the gun...

For that price, go for it! (both of them, actually) Of course, I don't have a PPK but do have a Makarov which copied the design...except the Maks are waaaaaay more reliable and have something like 30 parts. That said, since Makarov tweaked the design into legendary reliability, there is hope...

That does look bad! What is going on with all these on-the-gun instruction manuals? I'm trying to line up the sights, not read a book about something I should know already anyway.

I have two Sigs from the 1990's: a P229 in .40 and a P239 in 9mm. Both are on my not so long list of guns I own which have never once ever failed. These were made in the pre-Cohen days and by all accounts are of better quality than what Sig makes today. If I were to get another Sig, it would...

No offense Spricks, but in my opinion Ayoob is a clown, just like Sanow, Marshall and Suarez. Just for one example, Ayoob railed against the .380 when it was catching on with Kel Tec. Then when Ruger came out with the LCP, he was out there pimping it as if he had never been against it. As...

I don't like mag disconnects because they work to untrain my mind that the gun is always loaded and can be fired, even with an empty mag well. While this may not be the case with my M&P 40c (or my Five-Seven for that matter), it is the case with just about every other gun I own. This creates a...