Recent content by Mike J

Not revolvers but there are two S&W pistols here. One is a M&P 2.0 40 Compact with a 4" barrel. It has been fine. Accurate, reliable, wonderful. The second is a Shield 380 EZ that was purchased for my wife. It would randomly fail to feed the last cartridge in the magazine. Sometimes it was a...

I had a XD-40 4". I liked it a lot for a while but my neighbor messed it up. We had been hunting & were about to leave the woods. At the time I was carrying my XD & he was carrying a 3rd generation G-23 in addition to our rifles. He suggested we both shoot at a knot on a tree. He went first. My...

I have not carried that way. I do have a friend that carries somewhat like that though. He wears overalls all the time. He wears a belt under his overalls & over his shirt with his pistol in a crossbreed IWB holster under the belt.

The only issue I've had with mine was caused by me. Unbeknownst to me I was pushing the slide stop up with my thumb. I made a minor adjustment to my grip & it has been fine since. It did balk twice the first time I ran some 147 grain hollowpoints through it but it has been fine since (after...

https://www.opticsplanet.com/cci-ammunition-blazer-aluminum-9mm-luger-115gr-fmj-pistol-ammo-50-rounds.html Yep, I didn't dig much but the aluminum cased at this site appears to be more expensive than brass cased I've bought lately. I have used aluminum cased in the past. I only had difficulties...

These articles are just opinion pieces. We have so many options today I just try to figure out what works for me. I wouldn't even attempt to figure out what might be best for everyone else.

I encountered one once. I had went to see a friend & we had been shooting on his rifle range with his neighbor, the neighbor's wife & one of my daughters. I said something about handguns & the neighbor took off & then returned with the back of his ATV full of handguns for us to shoot. Pretty...

I've shot a lot of Blazer with not issues. I have caught it on sale $12.99 for a 50 round box at Academy recently.

I have found myself at times anticipating recoil & milking the grip. That is to say my grip tightens up as I pull the trigger. Dry fire practice helps me when I find I am doing this. I have balanced a dime on my front sight & pulled the trigger many times when I was learning trigger control...

About 12 years ago I made some trips to Michigan from Georgia to pick up boats for my brother-in-law. I checked the gun laws of the states I drove through. Ohio didn't recognize Georgia so I did unload & lock down my sidearm when I drove through there. Before the next trip I made I figured out...

If I am carrying a pistol there is a round in the chamber. I have never had to use a firearm to defend myself but I believe if I do I will most likely be trying to catch up to what is going on. Even if I suspect someone doesn't look right & is up to something I can not act until the trouble...

I have been appendix carrying for the last year & a half or so. When I first started carrying I carried OWB at 3:30 or so. Several years later I changed to IWB at the same position. Then I went to appendix carry. I like it because it conceals better for me than anything else I have tried. I...

This is just my opinion & experience. I have carried with & without a safety. I have seen the time that I chose to leave the safety off thinking that way I wouldn't have to fool with it. Imagine my surprise when later on I found it had been bumped on. My opinion is carrying with or without a...

You have found what works for you. I have a friend that wears overalls all the time. He told me he wears a belt & carries a CZ P07 in an IWB holster under his overalls. I've never seen him draw from there so I'm not sure how well it works. I think he wears his a bit looser than yours are in the...

Okay I went & looked at the manual online. It says no +P+. You could shoot +P but if you shoot a lot of it you may increase wear on your pistol.