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I just picked up a box of these as a primary defensive round for my S & W Model 64 snub. It's advertised as a highly effective defensive round made of hard cast lead with a velocity of 850fps. Supposedly, it has low flash and is controllable. I'm wondering: have any of you tried this round...

My CZ 75B just loves this round. It gives me tighter groups than anything else I've put through the gun and it shoots closer to POA than anything else. I'm guessing that this round is essentially FMJ 124gr. +P but I've never read any specs. on it. I know that the felt recoil is somewhat...

You all know that I'm a CZ fanboy. I have more than a dozen revolvers and, frankly, my 75B SA is the only semi that I really care to shoot. Had it at the range today and I realized as I was shooting that the trigger was much crisper and much more responsive than I'd come to expect. I'd always...

In about two weeks my wife and I will be emigrating from the gun friendly state of Georgia to the (much) gun friendlier state of Arizona, specifically, Tucson. We're very excited about this move! My question to those of you who live in the Tucson area: where do you shoot and what are the...

Last year I purchased a Smith & Wesson 28-2 from an on line auction site. The price was reasonable, and the gun appeared to be in very good condition when it arrived. It had few blemishes and it produced laser-like accuracy. I loved it. The gun also had an exceptional double action trigger...

Several of the gun mags have written glowing reviews of this striker fired 9 from Kimber. I'm pretty skeptical about what the gun mags say, I'm suspicious that their glowing reviews may have more to do with advertising $$ than with objective analysis. Still, the gun's compact size and slim...

Went to a show yesterday and snagged a nickeled 19-3 2 1/2. Only later did I discover that the gun was listed on Gunbroker. You may view it as item # 221434958, the seller's photos are better than mine. I paid less for it than the "buy now" price. What a nice piece! The finish is about...

Here's a head scratcher (for me, at least). Took my S & W Model 27 to the range this morning. Fired about 100 rounds of Speer .38 +P "leadless" ammo, a police training round that is supposed to emulate Gold Dots. After I had fired about 20 rounds the cylinder began hanging up one one chamber...

Ok, so I called Cylinder & Slide and told them what I wanted for my 27-3. I'm going to have the ramp front sight removed and a fiber optic front sight replacement installed. That involves cutting off the old sight and dovetailing the new one into the barrel. I'm also going to have the gun...

I have a S & W Model 27-3, a 4" gun made back in '88. It has a plastic insert ramp front sight that is an integral part of the rib on top of the barrel. I'm no fan of this sight, the ramp is so wide relative to the rear sight's notch that I'm forever committing alignment errors when I shoot...

I have a Smith & Wesson Model 27-3 4". It's strictly a shooter, not really a collectible gun, and I've put quite a few rounds through it. It has a red insert ramped front sight and a white outline rear sight. I'm not really happy with this arrangement, the glare that I get off the front sight...

Cabela's was running a special on this ammo and I picked up a few boxes of it. It's FMJ and rated as 10% more pressure than a regular 124gr 9mm and I assume that means that it's essentially +P. I tried a box of it in my CZ 75B SA and the gun LOVES it. Recoil is fairly robust but manageable...

My 65th birthday is coming up in a few months and I want to treat myself to something nice. Really nice. My search is on for the ultimate 9mm handgun, not a combat gun, but a gun that is a top of the line range performer. I'd thought I'd settled on the Smith & Wesson 952, a gun that's...

I've got a big birthday (65th) coming up in a few months and I thought I'd treat myself to something really special. For the last couple of years I've thought off and on about acquiring a Smith & Wesson Model 952, which I've heard, may be the most accurate 9mm handgun made. So, I'd like to...

Back in January I purchased a used Smith & Wesson 625JM, a gun that I'd lusted after for a while. The deal seemed to be too good to be true, the asking price was a couple hundred dollars less than comparable guns, but the gun looked good and I wasn't about to hesitate. Until now, it has been a...

I was idly scanning the gun rags in my local Barnes & Noble today when I saw in one of them (can't remember which) a little article which said that CZ/Dan Wesson would be reintroducing the Model 15 .357 Magnum revolver, complete with interchangeable barrels. Is this news only to me or have...

I posted something similar to this on the S & W forum. I've owned a 4" 27-3 for about 2 years and it's become my favorite handgun. I shoot it often, at least a couple of times a month, exclusively with .357 Magnums, mostly 158 gr., usually 100 rounds per session. It has been wickedly accurate...

Ok, so it's now been about 3 weeks and 5 trips to the range since I threw away my prescription lenses and started shooting with protective eyewear only. What have I learned? First, at distances up to 15 yards I'm a far better shooter than I was with prescription lenses. It's truly like night...

Have any of you ever done anything as dumb as what I'm about to relate? Took my beloved S & W Model 27 to the range today. Fired off two strings of 6 rounds at 10 yards. Everything was in a tight group, all level with the target's center, but about 2" to the left of my POA. I looked at my...

I'm no youngster (I'm 64) and, like a lot of people my age, I'm contending more and more with fading vision. I need reading lenses and my distance vision without glasses is less than optimal. I have progressive lenses in my eyeglasses which, supposedly, have a neutral area somewhere between my...