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You think Ruger has problems and it's only them with quality control issues? My $1,000 S&W 986 literally fell apart after about a hundred rounds on its first visit to the range. But you can see how that would happen to a cheap gun made in third world country. Oh, I forgot, it's a thousand...

Send it back. S&W has clearly decided to fire their quality control department, instead having consumers tell them when things are wrong. So it's your duty to tell them it's wrong. Karl

I haven't had a chance to hold it, but I looked at the stats online. With a grip under 0.9" I just don't see it fitting my XL paws. Karl

While I'm a huge fan of the Beretta 92 series, that's one hell of a big, bulky gun for carry. We're talking 34 ounces empty, then add in the weight of 17+1 rounds of 9mm. If you wish to use it for a home defense gun, I'd note Beretta makes a 30-round extended magazines to control numerous...

That gun is 8 years older than me. Excellent condition. Clearly fired little, if at all. Are you planning to actually use it or will it be a safe queen? May I ask how much you paid for it? I'm not sure about the etiquette on that; perhaps doing so is on par with asking a woman her weight...

I'd really appreciate it if somebody could explain the above comment to me. Does MA have some goofy gun law that demands insanely heavy triggers? I mean 10.5 is what you expect from a DA revolver! I have a Springfield pistol currently getting an action job to bring the trigger pull down to...

That's an exceedingly high failure to fire rate. I first got into shooting in 2008. In that time I've found a grand total of 7 rounds of centerfire ammo that failed to fire on the first hit. 6 were in a rental gun (an S&W 629 that clearly needed spring replacement) and one reload that had a...

You mean as opposed to factory ammo where profit isn't the motive? I still seriously question the quality of remanufactured ammo, but everyone is in this game for profit.

After trigger job my .45 pistol will end up with a total cost of around $975, which is more than most revolvers cost, so I'm not sure "bottom feeder" is quite appropriate. While far from the world's most expensive pistol, certainly higher priced than average.

I have no idea what this thread has to do with 1911s, but I have a Dan Wesson Specialist myself too!

Do you believe that remanufactured ammo, such as that sold by Freedom Munitions, performs on par with low-cost brands of factory ammo such as Fiocchi, PMC, S&B, Magtech, Blazer, and Armscor? I must say I have my doubts. If one can afford it is there any reason not to buy factory ammo? The cost...

I don't want this to come across as a stupid question, but how did you select a .45 revolver when you could have had a 1911 with a rail instead and had a few more rounds of on board? Or my polymer pistol that holds 13+1 rounds of .45 and has an empty weight of 32 ounces (vs 31 ounces for this...

What's an IL?

The "yet" suggests you want to own them. Why don't you own them yet? Still saving up for them?

scandium alloy is the polite way of saying mostly aluminum, isn't it?

What do you think about the relative advantages/negatives of the two? The most obvious negative of the 325 would be $300 additional cost, though it's a very cool looking revolver. And it's 10 ounces lighter. I assume it's an aluminum alloy? How durable is that vs the stainless steel of the...

With an auto you have to wait for it to cycle. Evidently, this is so slow that companies like Glock & Springfield put lightening cuts in the top of their slides on competition models so there's less mass and the slide can cycle faster. Now to a mere mortal like me any semi-auto has fired and...

I like how they custom make to hand size (Hogue is under this odd impression that all hands are the same size. My hands prove differently. As for finger grooves, I'm not sure I wouldn't like them. They might actually be nice if sized to fit my XL hands. I mean the reason I don't like them is...

I'm in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee.