FIRST: Happy Thanksgiving, folks! You guys are tops!
Meanwhile ...
Choked on a Cor-Bon DPX tonight. Given the "weird" shape of the DPX, maybe that's not really upsetting. It's still eating everything else.
My guy at the store told me originally that he thought the Wilson followers would drop the mags back to 6; the Wilson literature says "no," 7. 7 do indeed fit. But I (and you) already knew that.
Magazine recommendations??????
Dump the COlts and go with ... which is "best" in the Defender?
Or, as has been noted, just go with factory 7-rd followers (NOT the Defender orange woodpecker followers) and drop to 6 rds?
I need to add here that I hear a lot of bad stuff about Colt mags.
I'd also like to mention something else --- for some reason, I shoot this thing better than any other gun I own. I suspect that part of it is the sights (my older eyes finding those white beads pretty well). But I figure there's more to it. One might start out thinking that the Defender would be a "punishing" pistol to fire --- extremely light, big fat rounds. But it isn't. Only my back eventually suffers. The "hand" of the gun is actually pretty near perfect --- and I have arthritis in my thumb bases, and have had four surgeries on my hands. So, try and figure out why this thing feels so good (aside from the 1911-type feel, which probably explains it). I know the flat tail helps (me, at least) because it's a perfect match for my hand. The other beavers and ducks are too rounded for me.
Like I've said before --- my Sig 229 is a near-perfect machine. I'd take the "Zippo bet" with it on a thousand rounds, easy. (Same for my XD-9.) The Defender, no. But I'd really like it to be ...
Therein lies the problem.
No "art" in the Sig or the XD. Should there be? Not the point, is it? Not much "art" in the purpose of a .45 HP, either. Again, not the point.
Tonight, my last sheet, offhand at 50 feet (7+1), held two solid 10's, one breaking the 10, two 9's, and three 8's on a 7" oval target. Not great, but for a creaky 56-year-old that's been glued back together a few times, I'll take it. My friend took the sheet off the clip, held it over his chest, and said, "I think your living room is probably safe." Which
is the point.
What I'd like --- in a manner of speaking
--- is to be able to hit the thermostat at the other end of the house 1000 times in a row --- and have the misses be
my fault.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. (Or y'all
.)