Recent content by Geo47

I have the same problem. I need my "regular" glasses to see the target clearly, and my "reading" glasses to form a clear sight picture. My solution was in favor of seeing the target: I installed Crimson Trace sights on my carry guns, so that my eyes need to focus only on the target, with the red...

I'm a retired LEO, and I also have CCW permits for California, Arizona and Texas. These allow me to go armed in all states except those few that I would never want to go to anyway. Retired LEO "exemptions" are not much more than a backhanded way to impose additional training and registration...

I think Shipwreck's posts answer the question. After breaking the factory trigger spring on my Beretta 92 for the second time, I replaced it with the Wolff/INS coil spring. The standard power Wolff spring doesn't feel any heavier than the factory spring; light at the beginning, it just stacks a...

15 plus 1 in the gun, 17 in the spare mag, plus 5 in the spare GUN.

I have a Beretta 21 and a 950. Both are sweet little guns. If I were inclined to carry such a small caliber for self defense, I'd go with the 21. I'd feel more comfortable slipping the double action piece into my pocket, than the single action "cocked and locked." Plus the slightly fatter grip...

Tough call. I have both guns, but would be more inclined to carry the Beretta, and not just because of the ammo capacity. I carry IWB, and the Beretta, though bigger, is less bulky; the slide fits into the waistband more easily than the cylinder of the 66. Also the slide length keeps the weapon...

You scared the crap out of him! He thought he'd found a good spot to snooze, write a report or surf the internet, and here you come, possibly to shoot him while he was seated in his car and unable to defend himself. So he blinded you and fled. Once he got away, he figured the tables were turned...

Good quality, inexpensive ammo. I never had a problem with it until I tried the .38 in a J-frame Chief's Special with a bobbed hammer, and ran into the "hard primer" issue. One out of five would not ignite, despite a good dent in the primer. This didn't happen with other brands I shot that day...

I have over 20 handguns, collected over 20 years in law enforcement. Right now I'm in the process of mounting Crimson Traces on ALL my carry guns (as my budget allows). With iron sights, I shoot as well as anyone, and I think better than most cops. Still, the improvement with lasers is...

You didn't mention exactly what the failures were. When I first got my full size Beretta 96, I had nothing but problems: rounds would hang up on the feed ramp, the slide would lock on a still-loaded mag, and then close on an empty mag. I thought about junking the gun, and certainly not carrying...

I've carried and shot guns for a quarter century. I own handguns of different makes, models and calibers, including four J frame revolvers. After recently trying out some Crimson Trace grips, I feel like a damn fool for not putting them on my guns sooner. I knew the J frames had plenty of...