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Oh, well, if we're counting alloy-framed pistols that are single-stack and chambered for .40SW, then we can broaden the list to include...the...Astra A-75l. :D Seriously, though, I'm surprised that the boom in shall-issue CCW hasn't resulted in more single-stack pistol designs, regardless of...

Ah, good example, orionhawk. I didn't know they offered it in .40SW.

If you're referring to the SIG P239, I thought it had an alloy frame in all versions... I can't think of any other current-production single-stack all-steel .40s, and, intrigued by your question, I looked at a number of websites for manufacturers who might make such a pistol and failed to turn...

Let's say that the Paris Metro Bunny, Dr. Strangelove and I are in a gunfight. I have a GLOCK 30 which I foolishly loaded with ammunition I knew to have unusually hard primers. The Paris Metro Bunny has a S&W 340PD. Dr. Strangelove has a SIG-SAUER P220 Compact. We each fire 5 rounds, and in the...

CPShooter, to clarify about the grease - I've used grease on SIG rails to save wear and tear on the frame from range use and because it stays put for a long time, not because it's a better lube as such, although I've had no specific problems with it. It's my impression that grease is usually not...

For some time I've been using the Break-Free CLP liquid for general cleaning and treating, and Militec-1 for lube, augmented by Rig+P grease on the slide rails of SIGs. The Break-Free is also a decent lube, but Militec-1 seems to stay in place in longer. Recently, I've been branching out...

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated. I field-strip for cleaning, and I have checked out the manuals. My main concern is if there were parts of pistols that require lubrication that would not be exposed or accessed other than by detail-stripping it, or would need re-lubrication after...

If you clean a pistol with Gun Scrubber, or clean it ultrasonically, so that its completely degreased, what's the best way to re-lubricate the internals, particularly on the slide? I expect a small spritz of CLP, Ballistol or something similar into frame internals is okay, but what about the...

In tens of thousands of rounds of new-manufacture centerfire ammo, I've had one dud, a round so out of spec it wouldn't chamber, a couple with visible setback that I passed on, and one squib. The squib didn't cycle my 92FS, and it tied the pistol up so that the slide couldn't be retracted. It...

Also, aren't flash hiders supposed to hide the flash from the shooter, not the target?

Beretta pistols have certainly drawn some conspicuous criticism, but few passionate advocates who start endless "92FS blows away the G17/P226/XD/whatever" threads. I would say that this is partly because Beretta's post-92 designs, however good they are, have not captured the imagination of the...

That seems to be what is currently working for me, but as always at THR, it's good to hear diverging viewpoints on such a subject. By the way, MDeViney, your signature is really funny. I'm a big fan of faux-18th Century "Ye Olde English" humor, which is unfortunately rarely encountered. Of...

Good point. I hadn't thought about it that way. I guess I am thinking in terms of plinking, or just general range shooting. Neither proper target shooting nor defensive training. This is all part of my trying to integrate various techniques of generalized handgun shooting I have learned. I've...

I chose to put this in "Handguns" as I expect the topic applies equally well to revolvers, even though I am mainly an semiauto shooter. So, anyhow... I am starting to think, after several years, that I am gripping my pistols too tight. I have been gripping them very tightly for four reasons -...

There's an easy way to tell, saemetric: The older pistols with the stamped slide have a concentric roll pin towards the rear of the slide amidst the cocking serrations, an internal extractor, and no radius on the slide cutouts above the front of the dust cover. Later ones with the machined slide...

doc2rn, I agree in principle that naming calibers for a metric diamater-by-length measurement is a good format, but the fact of the matter is that caliber nomenclature is driven more by tradition and marketing than descriptive precision. "9x21" is an actual caliber unto itself, also called "9x21...

Wow, a semi-auto FAMAS. That is very cool. Alas, something we'll probably never see here in America. Thanks for all the information, frenchbushmaster. I had the pleasure of visiting France in 1985 and I would love to go back some time. There is a belief among some Americans (ones who...

Okay, let's get one thing straight. What's all this about "9x21"? Isn't the G32 chambered for .357SIG? I believe 9x21 is a lengthened 9x19 designed for the civilian market in Italy and other places that forbid civilian use of "military" or "police" calibers, and is wholly unlike .357SIG, which...

CountGlockula, I don't know how experienced a shooter you are, so forgive me if I'm off base here. Speaking for myself, for the first couple of years, even with thousands and thousands and thousands of rounds downrange, I never noticed the reset. I read discussions about it, I knew what it was...

I think the HK VP70 had a sliding trigger, and was double-action only. However, it was striker-fired, rather than hammer-fired. From all reports I've seen, it's an unusually long and heavy trigger pull. I don't know of any hammer-fired DA/SA or DAO pistols with straight-pull triggers, offhand...