Recent content by Sergntmac

Look into the Viridian C5L-R. I posted a write up about my recent purchase and posted it here. Not that expensive, it offers a laser and LED flashlight and it comes with a Picatinny mount for the M&P. Y'all be safe.

Twice now, since June of 2013 (when I took up residence in MA) I have purchased two handguns together...At the same time. Payment in full for the purchase(s) by one check. Only one LGS mentioned having to report the sale...And I could not have cared less. BTW, both sales were two weeks apart...

When speaking of "The right to keep and bear arms", what constitutes "arms"?

About a week ago, I purchased two M&P 45c FDE pistols and last night I visited to range for their debut. Nice handguns, they shoot well. On the way out the door, I found a Viridian C5L-R laser sight, new in the box, priced at 139.00. I had shopped this device some time ago and recalled a much...

Update: Please note that I have been away from semi-automatics for many years, almost 40 years now. But, it's never too late to make a change. I traded my two M&P 9c pistols for two M&P 45c pistols and I now have manual safeties. Visited the range today and shot about 100 rounds through each...

My post revives a thread from 2012. I chose to revive it rather than write my own OP of a new thread. For all of you who chastise the newbie to "do a search", I did...and this is the end result. This is long, go get some fresh whatever you're drinking right now. To all: please read from the...

I am a retired career LEO who recently moved into MA from the Midwest. Soon after my arrival, I brought my two service guns (Mods 66 and 60) to my new local PD for registration, as had been required at my former residence. I was told by the Chief that firearms registration was not required...

You are correct, sir, thank you. Indeed, the old laws were called "Chapter 38", and firearms violations were "Section 24". Mid 90's, the "Illinois Coded Statutes" (ILCS) overhauled the program to include others like Traffic and Juvenile codes into one. Again...The law was spelled out in two...

Intentional? Awe Hell no! My last sentence acknowledges that not all circumstances have been covered. Why would you ask this? Seems to me that the LEOSA stuff is pretty clear by itself. I have my status and it just took a little reading and attention to detail to get up to date with the...

Having completed 30 years of LEO service in Illinois, including 9 years as an FTO and 18 years as a supervising SGT., I must contradict the testimony of others in this thread. Not stories or lip service from others, I have personally encountered/investigated/supervised firearms violations by...

M&P 9c? Just bought a set of twins myself. One for the second floor and the other for the first floor, garage and basement. Working either gun in the dark is kept safe and simple by having the same controls and functions in the same location on each gun. Same with spare mags, each has a FS...

Ummm...Okay. Yes, it does seem a tad easier on the brain. An engine turns a crankshaft by means of a controlled explosion of flammable gases inside a closed cylinder, which push down on a piston connected to the crankshaft. The speed of this conversion from fuel to power is controlled by the...

As I grew up in the Midwest taught by my father, and taught again in later life as a lifetime cop, it was always revolver and pistol, both being handguns. "Revolver" explains itself. I was taught that "pistol" explained the auto-loading function as powered by the exchange of gasses and the...

I watched similar videos on both guns myself (tons of them on YouTube) and graduated to side by side real world testing before purchase. I have to agree that the 9c is a better shooting gun all around. If concealment is the chief and lone consideration, the Shield will a better choice, however...

I own a Mod 66-1 with identical markings, but on both left and right sides of the gun, around the front and sides of the trigger guard. I am the only owner of this gun. I bought it new directly from S&W (1980 I think) and it has a wider target trigger, wider than the trigger guard. I am RH...