The other day I was shooting with The Fellas, and my buddy gave me a loaded magazine and an empty pistol. The XD Tactical in .45. He had stippled the gun the same way I did my Glock… and I have to say that it really improved the feel. I also have to say that the pistol shot extremely well and was uncannily accurate. This was the old XD model, not a newer M class. But in the .45 guns, there’s not a lot of difference. Same Mags, same cold hammer forged barrels… the M triggers are nicer, and of course, the outside cosmetics. But I don’t like the way the M’s feel slippery in my hands. Some texturing work fixes that real easy.
Now, I respect the XD’s and know they are all very good guns… but I’m not particularly fond of them. This one though… I like it. The XDM’s I think are a bit better and I like them more. If anyone out there are thinking of getting an M model… it is a good buy. Especially the long barreled versions if you are looking for an accurate, easy gun to shoot, with a lot of capacity.
While I’m not going to line up to buy one… if any of The Horde does, it would be a good choice.
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This is why I love the .17HMR
Check this out. Crazy power from such a tiny little round.
Testing the Broadsword rifle
I need this mounted on a Humvee
Gun Industry Irritations
As much as I love the Gun Industry, there are some irritations about it that just make me cringe.
1. Magnum Research names ever dang self loading pistol a “Desert Eagle“. Freaking stop that. The new 1911 isn’t just a “1911”. It’s the “Desert Eagle 1911G“. It’s like they were trying to hide the 1911 in the name… you might miss it. Well, to make sure that you don’t miss it, they put “DESERT EAGLE 1911G” in huge bold block letters on the slide so large that the whole gun is a billboard for the DESERT EAGLE 1911G. Come on. Oh, wait… there is one gun Magnum Research has that isn’t a “Desert Eagle”, it’s the small .380 auto. That’s the “Micro Eagle”. Okay, they kept the Eagle theme, fine. But Desert Eagle 1911G? Putting the same name on everything, maybe Magnum Research should move their headquarters to West Virginia.
2. Bond Arms makes great little Derringer. Probably the best made in the business. But most of their advertisements isn’t showing the gun… it’s showing a poorly drawn illustration with really weird perspective angles showing a pattern of pellets. I just hate those cartoons. They offer a bunch of different calibers, but always illustrate the bloody .410. This puts you in competition with the Taurus Judge. You offer more than that, show that. And not with another cartoon. Come on… Show the GUNS. They are great looking guns! If you want to sell me on the gun, show me the gun. Instead, you are trying to sell comic books… that you don’t sell. Show me the GUNS!
3. EAA. You have this skinny girl with no lips making sexual innuendo in front of a backdrop of fireworks or something. She’s not that attractive. At least she’s not hinting about her panties anymore. Drop the Skank stuff. Look, I love the 10mm Witness. I gave it a positive review for Concealed Carry Magazine, because it’s a fine handgun. But I can’t take EAA seriously because your advertising is so bad. Who’s idea is this advertising? Jack Black? Come on. Change your advertising and you guys would be doing so much better. I know one of the biggest dealers in Utah who doesn’t stock your guns because the advertising is offensive. It’s all about the image, and the marketing is putting out a real sorry one.
These are my irritations. What are yours?
Suggestion for Ruger
Your new .22 Pistol will sell very well.
But what would do better… would be to make it in .22 Magnum. People keep asking for the KT PMR-30… and KT can’t deliver the volume.
Make your SR-22 pistol an SRM-22, in .22 Magnum with night sights and a real high capacity magazine… and you would have a ferocious Home Run Hit on your hands.
CZ vs The High Power
Don’t get me wrong here… I love the CZ 75, and clones. The P-01 and SP-01’s are fantastic. CZ does indeed deserve much love.
But not matter how good the CZ is… it’s a mere shadow of the awesomeness that is the High Power. The High Power is the original design that the CZ apes. The High Power, even in 9mm, is one of the greatest handguns of all time. I know that Colonel Jeff Cooper spoke very highly of the CZ, laying on it much accolades… but I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Cooper was mistaken and he should have named the High Power as the advanced handgun that could unseat the 1911 as the next greatest thing ever.
Look at it… Similar single action function to the 1911. High capacity. Low recoil. Attributes that many of the top shooters are advocating. So many shooters are going for expensive custom 1911’s chambered in 9mm. Efforts to regain what was there all along… in the High Power.
If I was sitting at a chair around the board table at CZ USA, a company that has listened to my suggestions before… I’d strongly suggest that they take the CZ75 platform, and not just many a single action only version for competition… But make a new High Power of it, suitable for Duty use. No magazine disconnect or brake, night sights, lock and load carry, and a higher capacity than the original. Make it look like a High Power. And put it out with those awesome grips that are on the SP-01 and P-01 pistols.
My Personal Guide
I had to. After shooting Evil Jim’s that bloody thing just wouldn’t get out of my head.
I had to join the Guide Gun Club. So I looked at what we had at the gun shop and I picked out this little thumper. It’s nothing fancy at all, just a Marlin 1895GBL in .45-70. It’s going to do just fine for my needs. The Guide Gun has always been a gun I’ve wanted since I’ve had just about all the others. Finally got my own.
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I might have to order some Wild West Guns sights for it… but other than that, I’m keeping it nice and simple and stock. No rail, no red dot, no “Tactical”. Just Old School Thumping Power. Gotta love it.
Power
Gotta love that Gauge.
Guns I hate.
As much as I love firearms… There are some guns I absolutely hate. No justification… I just hate them. People will of course jump to to defense of these… But I still hate them. The Howa Axiom. The stock is awkward and owners are always futsing with them. The rifles are heavier than they should be. And the stock fore end feels chinsy as hell. The Desert Eagle. “I just want to hold one.” Huge, heavy, ugly, and useless. The Taurus Judge. I hated them since I first saw them. I hate selling them to people who don’t know anything about guns and have the impression that the .410 is some monster slayer. The Henry Golden Boy. I don’t mind selling Golden Boys… I just hate selling them to guys who want to scope them up… No, you can’t drill and tap the soft brass receiver. You have to use a cheesy cantelever mount. The Browning BLR. I cant stand the BLR’s bolt. That gigantic phallus that comes at your eye when you cycle the action… It’s rude. The Remington 700 BDL. Really, who uses the iron sights? Why leave them on? And if you take them off, you leave the screw holes that you have to plug up… So all that nice polished blueing is scared and flawed. Just leave the bloody sights off to start with. Seriously. The Walther G22. The carry handle and rear sight are cheesy as hell, and useless. The gun feels as cheep as something from a box of cracker jacks, and is about as reliable as Joe Biden trying to play it straight. There… I said it. These are the guns I hate.