Recent content by Sean O'Brian

Concealability Anyone who knows me won't need to hear me 'fess up to the fact that I am a 1911 enthusiast, and my preferred carry concept is the 3" barrel "Officer's" size 1911, preferably by Kimber. When I hear someone saying that they need something more concealable than a Walther PPK or...

Interesting Essay what do you think? http://www.custompistols.com/bengtson/articles/smoke.htm -Sean

Late to the dance Your best bet, IMHO is getting a "blem" (slightly blemished) Caspian frame. The Caspian is likely the cheapest frame you want to spend your time working on. Essex and most of the others you mentioned are notorious for being out-of-spec. If your time is worth anything...

Recoil Spring's and malfunct The weight of the round should determine the weight of the recoil spring. e.g in the govt model 1911 the included 16# spring is usually thought of as being just a bit too loose; one of the first mods is usually to put a heavier spring (like the 18.5# from Wolf...

So since the esteemed genius who runs the ReloadBench.org has taken his cartridge schematic database offline before redoing the lot "to scale" on CAD, does anyone know of a place for a good spread of cartridge dimensions?

Tough Question In principle I don't like the idea of needing more licence than the 2nd Amm. In practice, I understand the desire to prevent acquisition by people that no one in town should trust with a burnt-out match, let alone a handgun. In a democracy you might find yourself needing to...

My 2 cents I'd go in with the Buy it now and don't look back crowd. -S

Start Time Are we still starting at 14:00? thanks,- S

Count me in I have to cruise frm there for work ~ 16h00 but will try to make it. Good Idea BTW!:D

Me Too! :) sounds good to me! Sloppy seconds, no problem! -S

Fight or Flight Keeping in mind that no plan ever survived intact its first contact with the enemy, I would be loking at the distance of the nearest exit vs. the afore mentioned corner. If the door looks even remotely do-able, 1st shot is (assuming they're that organized) for the guy covering...

The Author of the original AP wire post Who is the author of the AP wire piece? The place where I had originally seen this (on a local TV / Radio station's site here in MSP) didn't mention the author either. the original author, visible at .The Guardian UK , is JASON KEYSER . The Brits are a...

Peoples Republik of California Gun-Testniks just in case anyone is interested CA DOJ site. The regularily add and subtract from the list of approved handguns, but I've never seen them offer a ghost of an expalnation as to why any particular model has recently made or missed the cut. I think...

I just ran accrss this and thought I'd share, figuring that it might elicit some interesting discussions. Israel's Military Phases Out The Uzi Dec 17, 2003 9:40 pm US/Central Israel's military is phasing out the legendary Uzi submachine gun, calling it antiquated and replacing it with...

Ant Mod - NOT an Idiot Ant Mod - I wouldn't call you an Idiot. Who is this classy old lady anyhow? I'm not spotting whether this is an Enfield or a Webly? Tell us more ...