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I voted Sig because they seem to be higher quality. They also seem to be better designed (internally). I've only worked on one H&K, but I don't recall anything impressive about the design. That leaves Glock and Sig, and Sig wins hands down. Edit: Also, I'll always choose anything "1911" over...

I had a customer bring me a 1911 Gold Cup that he wanted a (supposedly) match grade barrel fitted for. It's an EFK Fire Dragon (or at least that's what the packaging says) and there are some definite issues with it. First, the barrel bushing is loose on the barrel. How can you fit it if...

I believe I may have had a hand in changing someone's mind too. The UPS guy that comes to our gun shop regularly used to "debate" with me about carrying firearms. We went over everything from (the misnamed) "assault rifles" to handguns and the right to own and carry them. He was not exactly dead...

I'm with you on that. No one can take the weight of the world on their shoulders. Assess the risks, decide your course of action, and live with it. It's really just that simple.

Possible, sure, but not feasible to carry a second gun of comparable weight and dimension as your carry gun. I get the image of carrying a plastic facsimile in a more readily identifiable position than your carry gun, and while they're intent upon taking the fake from you, you show them the real...

It's a shame the decoy trick's not really feasible with a firearm. Great idea though. I own a couple pairs of cargo pocket shorts that have front pockets deep enough to hide a 1911 in. With a long-tailed T-shirt, I can easily conceal a full size 1911 in a place that's easily accessible. How...

Exactly. The demonstration I saw, the pickpockets made their targets fully aware that they were going to get their pockets picked, even told them which pocket sometimes, and then they did it! Granted, some of the targets had that glazed look that 75% of Americans have when they've grown so...

In an elevator? In line at a bank or a theater? In a grocery store while you're shopping? There are many more places where it is practically impossible to maintain your "do not touch me" bubble. You cannot live your life if you have 100% of your attention on watching the people around...

Talking about purses being snatched and pockets being picked makes me think of something I saw on YouTube. It was a demonstration by some guys who are "magicians" now, though they used to be pickpockets. They were demonstrating, in detail, how pockets are picked. Standing right on front of...

I very much agree on all points. I can't begin to imagine what I would have actually done in that situation, much less what the officer actually did do. I can say what I wish I would have done, but that's just what it is - a wish.

The officer was outside of his vehicle - you can see where the camera rolls back and forth from his weight being lifted from the car shortly after he stops. The sound is just too dodgy with wind noise to detect the other guy's reports and who shot first, but I would bet the officer was standing...

I've got close to that same setup with my MN 91/30. Boyd's Featherweight Thumbhole stock, Timney trigger, similar bipod to yours, needing another scope as the recoil busted the old scope I had on it. But that stock... makes for a sweet-looking rifle.

I understand your point. My own... system... for lack of a better word, is a bit more defined. My breaking point - the point past which one cannot back up - is when I pull the trigger, which is also when I raise my weapon. I see no reason to make threats at a possible assailant. Either that...

Is this the point you were making with me? That it's sometimes necessary to present your weapon as a threat? I don't see that ever being an issue with me. If someone just stands there non-compliant, I call the cops and they come and take them away. I still don't have to point my weapon at them...

Sorry for the misunderstanding, but it wasn't a scenario, in actuality or hypothetically. It was simply an illustration of "threat" and "non-threat". My own views on self-defense are probably not what most others would hold, but then I learned my self-defense frame of mind guarding national...

That's a large part of what I was saying. It won't be anyone else who answers for what you do or don't do. You're there - it's your call. Sure, the law has its say in the matter after the fact, without ever having experienced what you just experienced. And that's why I say do what you have to...

What does it matter what I would do? You have to ask yourself that question, because it isn't going to be you standing in my house defending my family. It will be you in your house defending your family. You will be responsible for your actions... or inactions. Not to mention, you may have...

I can see your point, but I feel I need to clarify mine. In one of the posts above, someone made a statement similar to: "Do whatever you have to to save your life or the life of another." This is exactly what I meant. By the time I'm drawing a firearm, my mind is already made up that my (or...

I'm still working on my "new" Ballester-Molina. Got a semi-decent cold blue finish on it finally. Took eight hours to make the slide accept the solution. I got the rails tightened up to where slide function is tolerable. It was amazing how much play it had in it. All I need now is a new barrel...

Legalities aside, I was taught never to point a gun at anyone until I was ready to pull the trigger. I myself will never use a firearm to threaten anyone; if it ever comes down to it (and I sincerely hope it doesn't) the person I draw my weapon on is going to get shot. I can see the benefit of...