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  1. .38 Special

    Thoughts on an AMT Javalina Longslide in 10mm?

    I've heard the same negatives. I also have no personal experience. I personally would have figured these things are entering "collector's item" territory. I guess if I really wanted a longslide 10mm - which are interesting guns - I'd look into a new one.
  2. .38 Special

    Is Glock the Colt 1911 of the 1980s & earlier?

    Too bad about those triggers, though. :evil:
  3. .38 Special

    Advice from a professional. -Lube your pistol cases.

    Nope. Have had perfect results, over several decades and hundreds of thousands of cartridges, with multiple brands of dies, presses, and cases, without lube. There are certain situations where lube is worth the hassle, but overall, the opening post is akin to telling everyone that belts are...
  4. .38 Special

    185 gr wadcutter with unique

    I'm thinking some kind of .45...? Regardless, that's a big spread, and I suspect something is off. Is this all using the same brand and lot of brass?
  5. .38 Special

    Need some help identifying this revolver.

    I was going to suggest .380 British, but then realized I don't actually know what that means. Turns out there is the usual British ammunition mess... https://plimking.com/making-380-revolver-ammo-for-an-ancient-bulldog-pistol/
  6. .38 Special

    Need some help identifying this revolver.

    I believe that is a "British Bull Dog". The "ELG" is a Liege proof mark, likely demonstrating Belgian manufacture. I believe several companies made these revolvers at one time or another, but am not really up to speed on the topic. <Edit> Numrich is my usually "first look" for parts, and I was...
  7. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    We're now to the point in the thread where, if a person likes a crisp trigger, he's wrong, incompetent, and probably too old anyway. Hope you got what you needed, @vanfunk. ;)
  8. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    Car enthusiast: "Hey everyone, I just bought a Corvette and really like it. The only problem is that the steering is kind of heavy and vague compared to my other sports cars. Is there anything I can do about it?" Internet: "You just need to learn how to drive. There's nothing heavy or vague...
  9. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    I'd agree with that, actually. But they are designed to be cheap, reliable, easily replaceable actuation devices which allow for combat accuracy at combat distances. But if a person hopes for "Good" rather than "Good, with the following modifiers:" then he's liable to be disappointed.
  10. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    The things I wonder about, in response to that, are whether you have any real experience with a good trigger (that's not meant to be an insult) and whether we have the same expectations from our handguns. As to the former, the gold standard is older S&W revolvers, used in single action. They...
  11. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    You lost me at "good triggers are silly boomer stuff". :rofl:
  12. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    Well, okay. Most factory triggers are not very good. Pretty much any gunsmith in the world can work over a 1911 trigger to make it really nice, though, while apparently there is no power in the universe that can do the same for a Glock.
  13. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    That doesn't surprise me. :neener:
  14. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    Honestly, if you believe that a Glock trigger has a "clean break" then I don't know what to tell you. We obviously have very different ideas about what that means.
  15. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    Has a Glock ever been on the podium in IPSC's open division? (Serious question - I don't actually know, though I have a pretty good idea...)
  16. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    And that's why the top IPSC guys are all using Glocks. Oh, wait... 😛
  17. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    What makes them bad is that they are much harder to activate without pulling the sights off target, as compared with triggers that don't have long, mushy travel and then release with a "Sproing!" that wants to move the whole gun. And I dwell on them because it's the actual topic being discussed...
  18. .38 Special

    How To Dispose Of Out Of Date Pepper Spray

    I use them for practice, usually out in the desert. Then I toss the empty can into the trash. <edit> It recently came to light that although my wife has carried a can for years, it was the same can - and she's never actually used pepper spray at all. I bought her a replacement and made her...
  19. .38 Special

    Glock triggers - help me please.

    The OP looks to have come to pretty much the same conclusion I did: Glock triggers just aren't very good, and the only thing you can do with time and money is make them not very good but in a different way.
  20. .38 Special

    Nickel plated brass question

    I use nickel brass as much as possible. I could list all the pretend advantages, but the truth is that I just think they're pretty. Nickel does require slightly more effort during sizing - but it's  very slight. In .38 Special and smaller, I'm not sure it is actually detectable. In larger...
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