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I have had a SIG P239 stainless steel in 357 SIG for four years now and I never get over how well built it is. I have a number of other SIGs with the Nitron finish that seems to be quite durable. I use Slide Glide on the rails. I used to use grease with an oil floater, but I couldn't see the...

You could not have made a wiser purchase. I have a number of SIGs, which chamber 9mm, 357 SIG, and .45 ACP. They all shoot accurately and reliably. Frankly, I never fired a SIG until my agency replaced our Beretta with the P228. It was love at first shot with me. Unfortunately, my agency...

Right now I have a Performance Center 625JM and a 624 parked and ready in a small safe near my bedside. There is no doubt that either will work if I need either one to defend me and family members in my house. Since I have more wheel guns than bottom feeders, wheel guns normally show up for...

I hope this is the correct section for this thread. If not, please yank it and direct it elsewhere in THR. Yesterday at a gun show I bumped into a rep for Gunzilla BC-10, which he hyped as the ultimate CLP. He said it contains no water, petroleum, ammonia, acids, or other hazardous materials...

You can try it, but you may discover a loss of accuracy. I am right-handed, but left-eye dominant. When growing up, I shot a rifle left-handed and a handgun right-handed. I got through an Army career and a lively combat tour shooting that way. I qualified expert consistently with a .38...

Get the Issues Worked Out at the Range Most of my ammo for range is FMJ with the exception being the last couple of mags of JHP. Time spent on the range for functionality and familiarity reveal a lot about the ammo and the handgun. Some ammo won't feed very well in some of my guns. Hard...

I've had a USP-45 Expert for several years. It has to be the most accurate semi-auto I own. I've never had a hiccup with any .45 ACP I've fired. I have mostly SIGs and I had to get used to the different field stripping and cleaning. I haven't subjected it to sand and dirt so I am unsure how...

Sorry to learn Waller is no longer producing its bags. I bought one several years ago and it's one durable, practical bag. A couple of years ago I purchased an iSHOT bag and equipped it for revolver use. It is just as durable and practical as the Waller. I have yet to see better bags from...

My wife also has trouble racking the slide of nearly all autoloaders. However, I was delighted to see she racked the slide of a SIG P6 without a problem. I've insisted her choice of handgun for HD be one that she can cycle the slide as part of a tap-and-rack malfunction drill. The P6 is the...

Hard to say because I'm such an opportunist. In an autoloader it might be Hk, SIG, or the new SA HDm, preferrably in .45 ACP, but there are some sweet 9mm there. Two SIGs come to mind that I hadn't really paid much attention to, the SIG SP2022 and the SIG P6 (German police P225) in 9mm. I...

The ILS? I am conflicted whether to place any stock in the potential failure of the ILS. But when I think about why it is there, one thought and one thought only pops up. The ILS is obscene. I just can't bear to have one in my hands let alone buy one. I wish I weren't so emotionally stuck...

Plinking? I use my S&W 17 and 617 for target and plinking. They are quite accurate and reliable. Now...the accuracy of my S&W 41 continues to amaze me. I am adding a Ultra Dot and 5" heavy barrel to it. The quirky thing about .22 handguns is how they digest ammo. Finding the right ammo for...

Weak springs in the Vietnam era M-16 mags? Yeah, I can speak to that. The Army concluded at one point from the myriad of failures it experienced with the M-16 that failures to feed might be related to weak springs. SOP was a max of 18 rounds in a 20-round mag. Overloaded mags would guarantee...

That would be a SIG Sauer P6, manufactured Sep 98. The gun doesn't seem to have been fired, since I saw only a couple of smilies on the barrel and immaculate internals. It arrived with two new mags and a new German heavy duty leather drop-leg holster. I asked for a left-handed holster, which...

Several wheelgunners suggested their favorite S&W .45 ACPs if you want something different. I will not be an exception. You didn't mention the use, but I'll endorse the S&W N-frame .45 ACP. I own three S&W 625s, a 3", 4", and a 5" barrel and a vintage, but immaculate S&W 25. The sweetest...