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WADR, condescension is generally unbecoming. You seem to think that I need instruction regarding how companies write manuals and the like. Thank you, but no, I don’t. I shared what I do as an example of what one reasonable person does. You appear to have different practices, and clearly have...

Yes, I do have a sense of what that large manufacturer faces when it comes to customer service calls. I have a friend who is the president of a call-center company. I have another who is director of customer service at a very large company. Through him I know another man who is SVP of Customer...

Thank you. I think most of us can understand that sometimes our emotions, passions, etc. can get the better of us. I try to remind myself of the adage, “You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.”

A not-quite-fully-random sampling: From the Owner’s Manual for the CZ-75: Clean the pistol - Each time you use it - If you get your pistol wet - As soon as possible after shooting - At least once a year in a temperate climate - As often as once a month in a tropical climate, or other demanding...

Oh, and BTW--another reason I always clean after use: I don't have to try to remember how long it's been.

I carry a Glock. As most everyone around here knows, they're known for reliability almost no matter what. Dirty? Grimy? Buried for the last three months? Covered in blood/puke/crap/lint or all of the above? Not nly do some claim these things don't matter much, if at all, some will go so far as...

<sigh> I don't mind that you have an opinion. I don't even mind that it seems to be quite different from mine. What I objected to is your criticisms of other people, both unjustly and less than politely. If you wish to make an argument about the topic at hand, or challenge the comments of...

Please stop attacking others here in the forum and imputing to them knowledge/experience/emotions, etc. (or the lack thereof) that allows you to (speciously) claim higher moral/intellectual ground. Please accept the fact that others—including others with exactly the sort of knowledge and...

Gonna go a step further. Blocking their website from appearing within my browser.

And that’s not unreasonable. Neither is it unreasonable to consider 10mm a starting point. When faced with small amounts of reliable data (as here), large amounts of flying BS —<ahem>, in/around an arena where emotions, impressions, desires, and tightly-held beliefs are often resorted to before...

There’s only one pistol cartridge in the list?? Really? Let’s see...there’s also the .44 Magnum...and...#8 on the list, the...wait for it...the .357 S&W Magnum. In the discussion of the last, the 10mm is acknowledged, though disparaged by some b/c some shooters “limp wrist” the gun and have...

P.S. Fred says the Anaconda’s not for sale. But he’s got a special right now on various cuts of beef.

Oh, fercryinoutloud...This is getting ridiculous. it’s the deaf telling the blind about the performance of the choir, and the blind telling the deaf, “That’s not the choir, you can tell by the color of their robes.” Just to check the potency of a full-octane 10mm load, I took my G20 over to my...

Gotta say, the ammoland compilation makes for entertaining reading in spots. If you do decide to read it, make sure you read the whole thing. My favorite encounter is near the end. A brown bear decides to take over an elk carcass from a group of hunters, acting aggressively, apparently, as it...

Simple. A .25 ACP Beretta from my pocket. I shoot my hunting partner in the back of the head, topple his corpse into the path of the bear, and go about my business. <sigh> Since few of us have shot a bear in self-defense, fewer still a big brown, etc., pretty much all this is conjecture...

Unlike the Corpral, ;-) I’ve enjoyed shooting the Shield—indeed, I was surprised by how much I liked it. That said, I was raised by a Ruger wheel gun fan, and so #3 is attractive. But...it’s a concealed carry choice, not a beauty pageant. And given the likelihoods, probabilities, possibilities...

Hard to be sure how well the video depicts the report of the shot, but it sure seems like the suppressor does a better job than I would’ve anticipated. (Separating reality, of course, from the movies!) And I should clarify re: recoil—I’m quite content to admit that limiting the effects of recoil...

I carry a 9mm. I know how to handload, have done it some in past, but don’t at present. I don’t see any big advantage for myself in resurrecting that skill for 9mm SD loads. There would be a cost advantage...maybe. I’d have to purchase handloading equipment to replace what I sold or gave away...

I think the preponderance of the testimony presented thus far clearly points in favor of rails on handguns, or at least “duty weapons” and home defense weapons. The prospective uses of the rails are now being debated, and I suspect most of us sense where the majority of opinions will land, more...

I’m reminded of two old guys meeting in the parking lot at church one Sunday morning some (fairly large) number of years ago. Fred pulled up in his washed, waxed, and shiny Buick and parked next to Jim’s venerable (i.e., old, dirty, banged-up) GMC pickup. Both got out of their vehicles and...