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I just acquired a new platform for launching .223. One of the roles of this rifle will be defense. It has a 16" barrel with 1/8" twist.. What ammo will be better at close-ranges and ranges out to 200-300 yards? Choice 1 - Go with the standard M193 (55gr) or M855 (62gr, "green tip")...

I have a new Rock River AR-15 with the free-floated aluminum handguard. I am considering replacing the handguard with a free-floated which weighs less. A couple questions: 1. Who makes a good lightweight free-floated handguard? Shorter is better, and fiberglass is good. 2. What is...

I'm currently using VV-N320 and VV-3N37 exclusively in my 9x19 reloads, but it's not cheap. I currently buy it in 1lb cans from Sportmans Warehouse for around $23.50 after taxes. Where can I find a better deal on this powder, "delivered"? thanks Zak

A Rock River flat-top AR followed me home this weekend, and I'm still trying to figure out what optics to put on it. One of my options is to use a low-power variable conventional scope, like a Leupold 1.5-5X. This choice would allow reasonably fast close-range shots, and enable long-range (up...

A Rock River flat-top AR-15 followed me home today, and it needs some optics. If I choose to go with an Aimpoint, can I just use a set of the 1. "Aimpoint 30mm Extra Wide Ring (for any "Picatinny" style mount), w/ thumb screw and slot", or the 2. "Aimpoint 30mm Extra Wide Ring, Light Weight...

I have some West-Coast copper-plated 115gr round-nose 9mm bullets, but am having trouble when seating them - they end up seated "crooked", in other words: the bullet's nose is off-center and the bullet is angled in the case. The slightest misalignment when I set the bullet on the open case...

I'm shopping for a couple new OWB holsters for my BHP and CZ-75B. Milt Sparks' Nelsons Patriot NP-1 and NP-2 look real nice. Does anyone have any experience with this holster? What do you think of it? Is the "paddle" going to add much more horizontal bulk versus a regular belt slide...

My girlfriend has a hard-time shooting factory-power 9x19, even in a full-size steel pistol (CZ-75B-SA). Normally her "mags to hand fatigue" is about two. So I decided to load up some "low power" 9mm, with what I had on hand: 115gr XTP, and VV-3N37. A faster powder would probably be a...

My CZ-75B has a tighter chamber than my other 9x19's. A small fraction of my reloads (maybe 1/100) end up with a slightly thicker case neck which does not allow the round to chamber. The pistol does not fully return to battery, and the only remedy at that point is to whack the rear of the...

In short: Why does the 1911 "need" a grip safety? Or why do so many people insist that a grip safety is required on a 1911 for it to be "safe"? I am "coming around" as far as pistols are concerned. I started with HKs and Glocks, but in the last year I'm starting to appreciate the...

My 9x19 reloads to date - only several hundred as I'm doing these on a single-stage Rock-Chucker - have been a 124gr Gold Dot over a moderate dose of VV-3N37, which is just shy of 1200 fps. OAL was set to 1.142 +/- 0.005 for safety. These were tested in my Glock 19 and BHP with no problems...

What can you tell me about having the slide top serrated lengthwise, as is standard on CZ-75's, for example, and some 1911's? I've sent my BHP off for some custom work, and this is one of the options, e.g.: (click for bigger picture) In this modification, the slide-top on the BHP is flattened...

Just got my CZ-75B-SA, the 9x19 single-action only model, back from CZ-USA. The work order was: 1. Install enclosed PT Night Sights. 2. Replace factory plastic trigger with steel "Champion" trigger (has overtravel screw) 3. Single-action trigger job. I asked for a "about 4lbs" pull, with...

To give a little history as introduction, when I finished grad school and moved out to Colorado to start working, I had no guns despite growing up shooting rifles, shotguns, and pistols during the summers at the family "farm", and hunting upland birds (Ha! What a joke! It's mostly slogging...

WARNING! CAUTION! Always follow published data. The following loads didn't blow up my guns, but they might blow up yours!. Since 9x19 ammo is so cheap, I normally wouldn't reload it. However, my "carry" load is the Speer Gold Dot 124 +P, from either Speer or Proload, and it shoots little...

WARNING! This data is only valid for my gun. Always start below published loads and work up. Here's some data from my 6.5" S&W 629. I was trying to work up some "light" loads using the Gold Dot bullets. Starline cases. WLP. 240gr Speer Gold Dot seated to 1.594" 200gr Speer Gold Dot...

The October 2002 issue (Vol 21, #7) arrived in the mail today and has a page / binding screw up that probably affected other copies besides my own. Sequence is P21, 22, 23, 24, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29 - 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61. In short: pages 25-28 and 53-56 are...

What are my options for adjustable sights on a CZ-75B-SA ?

I am about to acquire a CZ-97. A pistol this good deserves a set of good sights. What are the options? I would prefer a set of extremely durable adjustable night sights, but a set of fixed night sights would be acceptible.

Glock 27 Wolff Guiderod Failure. (Or: "Why I went back to stock.") A few months ago, the Wolff guiderod in my Glock 27 failed, temporarily leaving me with a useless pistol. Thank goodness I was only shooting at the range, since I "carry" this one. Full details are summarized on a web-page...