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Not to make a joke in poor taste, but it is amazing the difference four extra inches produces. My Knights gun is considerably quieter unsuppressed no brake, and my AI, which also has a 20" barrel and a brake, is way, way quieter. I just found a place that will make Lilja barrels for the 700...

Nighthawk has some kind of licensing deal with Korth, and has started importing what I would call 'Korth-lite' revolvers domestically. Not classic Korth, but more like an American 'value' line, even though they start at something like $3,500 US. I was all over this when I thought they would...

If he sees a Manurhin MR-73 stateside, at a gun show, in working condition, for a reasonable price, he probably should have bought a lottery ticket instead. Colt revolvers are commanding a premium right now. I've seen Pythons run from $1,800 - $3,000, and Anacondas running up to $4,000 in the...

You are right that the M3 or the ML2 would be period correct. The closest thing Aimpoint currently makes is the Aimpoint Pro, which is pretty close to the M3 but with somewhat less battery life. It would be clone appropriate, but I like the ridiculous battery life of the M4 better. I'm a...

You have very good taste in shotguns. Yep, the AOW Stamp is just $5. It is very strange for me to be giving the ATF a check for less then what I spent on lunch today at Taco Bell. I also impulse bought a set of Magpul furniture just because I like the Kryptek Typhon (their spelling, not...

Came back into town for a few days, picked up a few odds and ends, and made a few impulse purchases. The most impulsive of which is probably this: Mossberg Compact Cruiser AOW. Two in the tube, one in the chamber. It will be a while before I get to take this one home with me. It is my...

I am heading out to work for the next month or so, so I did a little maintenance for storage yesterday on some of my harder-used pistols that hadn't had a cleaning in a while. I didn't have the time or inclination to do a full cleaning on any of them, so they just get a Boresnake through the...

Congratulations on your V53. I think they are really nice guns. MP5 form-factor with a lot more reach. I was pricing out available sear packs, which are around $28K at the moment, and realizing this is probably not the year. That said, if I ever do pick one up, I will definitely want a 53 as...

Yep. Got built into this: Zombies aren't really a thing for me. In my youth, it was Vampires, but not the angsty pre-teen kind that shimmer. No, we had angsty Tom Cruise type vampires courtesy of Anne Rice. Which really isn't much of an improvement actually, but I digress. The point is...

It's fairly easy to swap out a mag catch. Most of my pictures relate to installing them, but I'll post them in reverse. 1. Push in on the mag release. 2. Grab the mag catch on the opposite side and pull it further out against the spring. 3. Rotate the mag catch until it unscrews from the...

They are heavily regulated in our country, although there is legislation to take them out of our NFA Registry currently pending. They certainly don't make things silent. The quietest suppressed gun I own is a 77/44, and it is very, very quiet, but it comes with a host of issues of it's own...

Picked up a 13.5x1 lefty metric piston for my Osprey 45 the other day. To my untrained aesthetic eye, the lines compliment the X5 nicely. I am not sure that I'll use it that often, as I already have two other 9mm pistol cans in the same thread pitch, but it is certainly nice to have options.

Got to be home over the Christmas break, and as an added bonus, got to take my father shooting. Pertaining to the topic at hand, one of the guns I took with me was my bullpup Tavor. I've had enough trigger time on multiple bullpups to make some generic observations. These include the FN...

This reminds me of back in the day (around 2002 or 2003) when one of the guys on my competition carbine squad got a little too super-enthusiastic about naming his guns. He was Marine infantry and a pretty strong shooter, but it was hard to take him seriously when he had "Orcrist" and...

The good news for me is that it's mostly down-hill from here, in the few handguns I'd still like to own are all a lot cheaper. Here's a crappy shot of my 1911 family: I'd like to pick up a Gen 3 Ed Brown Special Forces, and a Dan Wesson 10mm Valor V-Bob, but otherwise, I now have all the 1911s...

It was pricey as birthday presents go. Just under $4,000 USD. Not the most expensive gun I've purchased, but it's definitely well within the top ten.

Well, I did it. Nighthawk 10mm Long Slide

I am afraid I cannot be of much help to you with any of those issues. Taking what you have written on it's merits, I personally would not attempt to carry under similar circumstances.

You are right about Colt in the sense that I wouldn't invest in them even if it was with your money. However, they do seem to have finally removed their collective heads from their rectums in terms of customer demand. My only hope is that it isn't too late. In terms of actual autos, I've...

Well, this place has certainly youthend up quite a bit in the last year. Hard to believe I am about to turn 40, but one of the great advantages of age is disposable income. I haven't had much time to shoot, but I have managed to pick up a couple of new 1911s. Colt has managed to wobble it's...