Recent content by pingwax

Black Talon's weren't teflon coated anyway; it was something like Lubalox and was supposed to be a lubricant/anti-fouling coating. Realistically, I'd be surprised if it did much of anything.

I used to shoot a GI 1911 (springfield issued). It worked pretty good, although it wasn't very accurate. Unfortunately though, it wasn't mine and when the owner left, so did it. When I could, I bought a Springfield 1911 Milspec. It cost about $425 Let me say first, I like this gun. It...

Follow through is to keep doing everything you were doing before the shot goes off, after the shot goes off. By intentially trying to do everything you were doing (trigger pull, where you are looking, grip etc...), you eliminate flinching even further and develop your muscle memory on what you...

I have a friend who has a 92fs and we go shooting at a local range regularly. Its a pretty nice gun and easy to shoot. The one complaint that I have with it is it's complexity. It has tiny springs and tiny pins put in all kinds of places that are begging to get lost. The one that always...

Although my answer isn't coming in the form of a statement, once I over came flinching, focusing on follow through has helped me to shoot better than anything else.

I bought 1000 rounds of .45 acp S&B from them at a gun show for $183 including tax.

It sounds like this guy was an idiot. I think a lot of people project human thinking onto wild animals and start making stupid decisions around it. The really bad thing is when they then start lecturing other people with the "facts" they learned. I agree that the real tragedy is that this...

Seriously, I have never shot anything that is as totally enjoyable to shoot as my Sig P220ST. It has totally rejuvinated my interest in punching a hole in a piece of paper. Best $700 I ever spent.

An instructor at a handgun safety class I took told a story similar to this. In that case, though, the shooter shot over 70 bullets through the gun (a glock) before finally asking somebody at the range to help him figure out why it wasn't feeding properly. Unfortunately, it did damage the...

After much searching and looking for opinions on this site (thanks to all who helped me), I finally decided that I was working to hard to find one pistol to be all things and decided to focus on getting one that would be better at a few things and since concealment was one of those few things, I...

The handgun safety instructor that I had told an amusing story about sharing guns. One day, at the range we were at, a guy came in. He was meeting some friends there in about an hour to do some shooting. He didn't have a lot of shooting experience and since he was able to get there so...

I'm not as familiar with revolvers, but I believe the model 19 is equivalent to the model 66. I did look at these, but with the medium frame, they are quite large compared to, say, the sp101. I suspect they would be more manageble, but they are a bit larger than I am looking for at the moment...

I am trying to pick a new revolver and am looking for some feedback from people that may have one or all of them. First, some info. on me. I currently own a Sig P220 stainless, a Springfield 1911A1 Mil Spec and a Ruger Vaquero .44 mag. I shoot the Sig the most, about 400 rounds a month...

The first time I shot a Desert Eagle .50 was at a local range that had it available for rent. Just renting it was a big deal for us due to the expense: $25 to rent it and another $20 for a box of 20 cartridges. The thing weighed a ton and the grip was huge. It took both hands on it for me...