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I have a pair of 226's - all stainless models - one in 9mm and one in .40 S&W ... / and a 226 X-Five in .40S&W ... I have pretty big hands and the 226 fits it the best. I've fired most of their double stack guns ...and I just kept coming back to the 226 when I was looking for a DA/SA...

I think it is kind of funny ..../ but I might take a look at one if I see it in my local dealers shop .... I like things / and even Sigs - that are a little different / here's a pair of 226's all stainless ( bought then new about 3 yrs ago ) - one is in 9mm and one is in .40S&W and...

I have my shop in my basement - and while most of it is for woodworking / I have a small portion set up for my reloading equipment. Here are a couple of photos - that will help explain my setup / sq footage. I reload for shotshells in 4 gagues and for metallic in several handgun calibers...

Sounds like a plan man .... I have the one used Grabber ....and I keep looking for a 2nd one ...or one in 20ga to pickup ( I'm sorry I gave the one I had away in 20ga a few yrs ago ) / and then pass them on to each of the boys - when I give them a couple of shotguns in a few years. They can...

Wilson Combat 5", CQB model in .45 acp .......( just makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside ...)....

My primary sporting guns are all Browning Citori XS Skeet models, 30" barrels --- the top 2 guns are my primary sporting guns - a 12ga and a 20ga - and then the bottom two guns are a 28ga and .410 ... ( 28ga and .410 are for skeet / or an occasional Quail hunt ) ...

I promised photos .... Here are a pair of 66-1's ( a 4" and the 2 1/2" I bought earlier this week). I need to find some better stocks on the new 2 1/2" ....so I'll be shopping around ...

found it yesterday in a local used gun shop .... ( I apologize no photos yet ).. story was, the orig owner had a pair of 66-1's he bought new in 1980 / and he was in his 80's now and getting rid of some guns. Both guns were the same - 2 1/2" barrels ( stainless obviously )...

I load on a Dillon 650 ...and was switching from .45 acp / to 9mm that among other things, required me to change the primer system from large pistol to small pistol. I always take the primer system apart that comes off the press / thoroughly clean it ...put it in the drawer for the next time...

I've been shooting clay targets for 40+ yrs -- and handguns, and hunting big game and birds for a long time as well ...I was never rated above class B in sporting clays or any other clay target game / just a "club shooter" for the most part ...but I went thru an extensive defensive handgun...

I always forget ....so I called Wilson Combat this morning ....and they advised every 5,000 rds on Firing Pin springs / and 2,000 rds on recoil springs. I've been neglectful .....:( and a tip on the firing pin springs - they reminded me ( there is a small end and a larger end -- the...

I was running 1,000 rds of .40S&W late last week ....and in 1 in 4 cases, I started having a problem in station 1 ( de-priming some cases ). The de-capping pin was punching the primer out / but the pin was sticking into the primer cup - and then drawing it back into the case. As the case went...

Looking for input on "cleanliness" or any issues with Universal in .45 acp. My primary powder is TiteGroup / but I'm working with a new reloader and he has 8 lbs of Universal so he wants to use that. In looking at the tables Min is 4.5gr, 703 fps, 11,400 CUP -- Max is 5.4gr, 857 fps...

A S&W Victory model from 1946 - that I received from an uncle in the family in about 1960 ( and I still have it ) ....and the hand tooled holster that he carried it in for 15 yrs or so as a Deputy Sheriff. Its a .38 spl / and most of the parkerized finish has worn off ...but it still shoots...

a better photo of my Les Baer Monolith in 9mm ...

At 2 different local shops - I've checked the triggers on 6 different Springfield 1911's - a milspec, a TRP loaded, a TRP stainless ....and they all had what I consider abnormally high weight trigger pulls ( maybe 8 lbs or more ). A couple of them had some slack ...but not much. They were...

At the gun show today - a table owner and I got to talking / and he showed me a model 29-2, 6" pinned barrel, etc and it looked right - but in a matte finish stainless ( it was clearly not Nickel ) .....which I did not know existed ? Anyone know anything about a stainless model 29-2 that was...

I ordered a Henry last week / it came in today - and I took it to the range for sighting in / and a little recreation .... No problem putting 10 rds in a 1" group at 25 yards from the benchrest / the trigger is so good, I honestly had no trouble shooting a 2" group off-hand and my eyes are...

I have a couple of Safariland Comp 3 speedloaders for J/K frame S&W's ... In a model 66 or 19 / I'm having some clearance issues between the frame and the edge of the speedloader - where its just too tight to get into position to drop the rounds into the cyclinder cleanly especially with...

I just got my new issue of "Shotgun Sports" this weekend - and the editor, Johnny Cantu, has a very detailed article and test of the new Beretta UGB 25 XCEL Break Open Semi-auto shotgun. I don't know Johnny personally - although he's been a registered Trap shooter for many years / but...