Recent content by xcop

Palos Verdes Estates police did. The academy class behind mine had a coupl e of officers carrying those. I dont believe they carried magnum or qualified with magnum. The muzzle blast wasnt particularly louder than other firearms on the range and they qualified OK

I live in inland S California so it is hot out here also. You will find that the temp of your garage is generally 20 or more degrees cooler at the floor...heat rises remember. I put a cheap gun cabinet on its back directly on the slab floor. I put a thermometer inside to see the temps. I found...

I still have some. Many of us carried that as a duty load in the early 80's. I clocked it at 1232 fps from a 4in Smith. On another day I chrono tested it in a 6.5 model 27 vs a 110gr 357(cant remember which maker). The Norma was faster going over 1400 fps. This load was used several times to...

Underwood 158 non +p I tested this a year or so ago and thought I had posted it . I shot the standard pressure 158 from a 2in K frame into a Clear Ballistics block at 10 feet. I used a single layer of 16oz denim, a sweatshirt and a layer of a thicker than normal t shirt (Hanes beefy t). The...

135HST I fired some of this and found that it hits POA from my Glock 23 at 15 yards. Very light recoil. POI and recoil seem to be the same as the 165 Tactical bonded. Five shots averaged 1205 fps from my G23.

147 grain why did you change your handle to V0OBWxZS16?

Attn: V00BWXZS16 You seem to be 147grain reincarnated. If you are going to simply post others info you might want to understand it. Your comment ... (Rounds appropriate for self-defense in pistol, rifle, and shotgun all tend to penetrate building materials about the same.).. is FALSE. The big...

sticking I had a 940 2in and everything stuck once fired. Had to insert a pencil into the fired cases to get them out. Others I talked to said they had the same issue so I sold it. The buyer apparently wasnt interested in shooting it so sticking didnt bother him. By everything I mean standard...

gun I doubt any police or sheriff's dept will hold your gun. Since they are close to the border they have probably been asked this before. They don't want to setup a policy of becoming a gun drop off and hold station. I can tell you from experience that when we had residents going to Canada via...

testing After testing my carry ammo candidates in 38,357,9mm and 40 I can tell you it is an eye opener. Definitely caused me to change carry ammo. If you carry ccw for a few hundred bucks you can get what you need to test your own ammo in your personal gun. Since ammo can vary 50fps lot to lot...

gold dot Here is the gold dot I mentioned earlier. Again this bullet penetrated an extra layer of denim compared to the Winchester

picture of 130+p Here is the 130+p round I tested and posted results earlier in this thread. The two widest petals are not directly across from each other. If you measure across them it measures .60 but across to the matching unopened petals it is .48

Bad news I purchased 2 boxes of the Ranger bonded 130+p...same round as the PDX version. It chrono tested at 931fps avg from a 3in sp101 and 829fps from a 1.9in Smith 649. I also tested it in a Clear Ballistics FBI block and here are the results. From my1.9in Smith 649 at 10ft thru a single...

recoil The Win +p+ 38 does 1085 avg out of the Ruger snub. Buffalo Bore specs the Barnes +p at 1110 from a snub so effectively the same and that is how they felt. The 357 GS round barked louder and had a little more recoil..it was just a little sharper. I should say I use the Pachmayr grip on...

357 Sig CorBon on left Ranger T on right