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Never heard anything bad about S&W's. I second the recommendation for HK USP...and HK45. Both are very accurate and very reliable.

I've never read anything bad about the S&W 1911's. I second the recommendation to look at the HK USP or HK45. Very reliable.

Alloy framed guns will all fail eventually...the question is when. This is because of the material properties of aluminum alloys which does not have an endurance limit like steel. Most people put less than a hundred rounds a year through their guns so we don't get a lot of feedback in the...

I already covered this in the other thread. You DO have to move the trigger back two tenths of an inch...if that isn't "pulling the trigger" I don't know what is. It isn't the best design but it takes a moron to have a AD because of it. The video is deceptive and just adding fodder to...

You are right. It is a sintered metal process, where powdered metal is put in a die and then high pressure is applied. Because of the inherent nature of the process, voids are left...porosity. Zinc alloys are more brittle to begin with, porosity makes it worse...

This kind of thing will always be a risk with guns that have cheap cast zinc alloy slides (aka potmetal), like the P22 and the Sig Mosquito and is one reason I'd never consider buying one. http://home.cogeco.ca/~wayne_storage2/WALTHERP22_CRACKED_SLIDE.html "The P22 features a cast polymer...

Hydra-Shok or HST? HST is far superior to the older Hydra-Shok. You can get a box of 50 230 gr. HST's from Ammunitiontogo for $24 for regular or +P's...

True...which is why a lighter, smaller diameter bullet penetrates thin barriers better....however.....once you factor in expansion, the sectional density changes...and you always want expansion...the more the better (until it causes insufficient penetration.) So while a 115 gr. 9mm might have...

The Ruger P345 is one of my favorite P's. The ergonomics are the best of the lot. Not infatuated with the slide mounted decocker however.

Actually, momentum is more important than kinetic energy when you are calculating penetration. A round with higher momentum (weight times velocity) will have greater penetration (everything else being equal.) A round with higher kinetic energy, that expends all it's kinetic energy (ie. no...

As bad as you may hear they are, keeping the mags is outright stealing. You knew they were slow to respond and might even have assumed they would ship anyway because they probably aren't good about checking their emails often. You could similarly steal from half the internet companies out...

...and the catalog usually just says, "Call for Price." If your on their email list you will occasionally get emails with prices. CDNN has great prices, and can generally match or beat anyone. They often buy out huge lots, or entire lots, of discontinued guns. They also are constantly...

It is because it is actually made by Taurus. Note that Taurus named their Milleniun, during the same period as the Millenium Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . Just kidding....but now the rumor is started. Try to stop it!

The FBI, in their study of pistol round efficacy, directly dispute this. They claimed the best measure of effectiveness was effective penetration, and wound channel size and that kinetic energy was a poor measure of effectiveness. Of course, once again, you can take this to extremes, and...

It is better than not dry firing at all, but not nearly as good as dry firing with your own pistol. When you dry fire your pistol, you learn the idiosyncrasies of it's grip and trigger as well as break the trigger in. You won't get any of that from this piece of plastic. When I was dry...