It was a few months ago when I received an email from Sig Sauer informing me I was slated to get one of the new M17 pistols for review, yes the M17 that was adopted by the US Army phasing out the M9. This excited me for two reasons, first because of being able to […]
A bit of controversy currently surrounds the P320. Many did not agree with the US Army adopting a version of the P320, the M17, and now some are reporting premature failures and malfunctions. Well, I have had the P320 now a few months and about 600 rounds later I have some thoughts on the whole […]
I am a firm believer in using correct terminology but I don’t really get all bent out of shape when someone continues to use an incorrect term. Water off a duck’s back is how I look at that. In the past year I have been getting right many strongly worded emails and facebook messages explaining […]
For the longest time I did not care for Glock pistols. I just did not get caught up in what folks were raving about. I was at a gunshow and found a brand new Gen 4 17 at a deal, so I picked it up. You can see that review by following this link. I began […]
I get a lot of folks inquiring about the ballistic tests I have done so I thought it would be easy to link them all in one post. For each test Clear Ballistics gel was used. Specific details are contained in the reviews. Velocity and performance were compared over several rounds fired, from about 25 […]
As you all know I have been using Defender Ammunition for a couple of years now and have written a story on their facility and ammunition. You can read that story by following this link. If you are interested in stocking up on some quality 9mm Luger Ammunition, now is your chance to save some […]
AAC Illusion9 9mm silencer, a new twist. Silencers are rapidly becoming common place, and I see that as a good thing. There are a lot of benefits in using a silencer, but the main one is noise pollution. Responsible gun owners try to tread lightly and leave a small footprint to be good neighbors, so […]
Silencerco debuts internally suppressed 9mm pistol, the Maxium 9 Straight from the Silencerco press release. “The biggest announcement at Maxim Vice was the reveal of the Maxim 9 – an integrally suppressed 9mm pistol. Never before has a company successfully managed to produce a handgun with an integral silencer that is holsterable and hearing […]
rangehot.com looks at the “bullet proof balloon” video If you have not seen the video, “bullet proof balloons” from National Geographic by Tim Shaw, you can see it by following this link. Basically, they suspend ten water balloons from a steel frame, round up a few folks to guess how many balloons the round will […]
Boberg Arms 9mm, a whole lot of little. Testing the XR9-S and XR9-L I remember reading about Boberg Arms a few years ago and some of the reviews were unfavorable. Now I get it, no firearm is prefect but generally speaking today’s modern firearms are not all bad. Do I find some things I do […]
