Recent content by brhodes

Very nice! I have an M11/9 and a Gemtech Viper that have been sitting in my dealer's safe since late April, which is when they sent the paperwork and money to the Feds. The Lage upper arrived 3 months ago. I'm really itching to get a hold of it and put it all together. Hopefully it will...

I don't think a Jennings would even make a good gift, let alone actually paying money for it.

The 422 is a great gun. And they are hard to take down -- they're really easy in fact. You just need to have saved a spent .22 round. I like the ones I have because they are really great guns to add a suppressor to. Since the barrel is way down in the bottom of the frame like that, no...

Update on the P220 Combat I posted about in September: Santa works for the ATF! Got a call yesterday that my Gemtech suppressor paperwork came though, and so my P220 is now complete: And I now have no questions about reliability. I put 250 rounds through it last night (with ammo from 4...

You're not going to turn someone who's anti-gun into someone who's pro-gun with an internet post. You have to take them out shooting to do that. They see how guns aren't inherently evil, scary things and can actually be quite fun. They see that a couple fellas shooting paper and cans in the...

For me, the worst was Equilibrium. Hands down. Netflix mailed it to me recently and I watched it last night. Just... terrible. They go into this whole deal about "Gun Kata", where you can become highly trained and predict where the opponents are going to be, and so you can therefore shoot...

Get a revolver. There's a round in all six (seven? eight? five?) chambers, and it's as safe as you are. Reliable, too. Problem solved. In fact, go ask your friends about revolvers, see what they think in terms of safety...

Going to have to go with Glocks. I've tried pretty much all of them (people in my family are fans), but none of them seem to fit my hand quite right. It's like each one is a half a millimeter off in one dimension or another, and they just aren't comfortable. Nothing against them other than...

I have a TLR-2 on my P220 and like it quite a lot. The laser, as you say, aids in training. I think I'm a little steadier after having used it a few times now. I don't know about not using it for HD. The light pretty much gives away what you're pointing at. And as you say, you can choose to...

I have 2 1911s. The Springfields are really nice guns. You get a basic 1911 that won't ruin your wallet. I tend to shoot my springfield over my other one.

I bought 5 gallons of LSA a bunch of years back and tend to use it on everything. Stuff is like ketchup... Anyway, get a shaving brush wet with the stuff, brush it all over the gun. Wipe/scrape everything off, then reapply lightly. Put the gun together and then wipe the outside. Takes about...

Well, it's external, so you should be able to see it there on the side of the slide, like so: (Though I think that pic is a 226.) If you are having issues, then Sig ought to be able to fix it, from what I've read.

I'm often surprised how uninformed some LE officers are about the law. My brother and a couple friends bought some really nice ceramic body armor at a gun show earlier this year. They got a good deal on them, and as you'd guess, they were wearing it around when they went to leave. The...

Have a new P220 Combat TB. It's by no means a carry gun, but It's digested the 1,000+ rounds I've put through it in the month I've owned it with zero failures. I like how easy the 220's are to take apart. Swing the lever and you're ready to oil it up. Accuracy was excellent, right out of...

I've also become fairly impolite (or, at least, unsociable) in certain public situations. Maybe it's that I'm older now and have more to lose, but I don't see any real value in having conversations with folks rooting around in dumpsters. I agree that it sounds selfish, but I don't know what...