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My G44 has been totally reliable, nearing 1000 rounds. I have yet to clean it, just keep it lubed. Ammo has been CCI Mini Mag exclusively.

Or...mark the older mags with a Sharpie and reserve them for practice. :)

Good move! I bought my primary G42 in 2019, and subsequently got a second one from a co-worker in trade for some garage gym gear. I've never seen a hint of a malfunction from either one, with about...

Chrono results today from a new gen 5 G30:

50 degrees, light rain
Pro Chrono Ltd @10'

HST 230
High 847
Low 818
Avg 832
ES 29

I haven't seen it; sounds possibly interesting, but I only turn on my TV about twice a month, so...

Regarding this, I'm curious: whom do they depict as doing the fighting? State Guard troops?...

This. :D

I was an armorer on a large PD for two decades. When contacting a gunmaker's CS, I make sure to speak fluent armorer (without haughtily throwing my credentials around), and things always...

As mentioned above: for 124 gr, .165 front/.256 rear will hit to the top of the post, or .180 front if you like using the dot. I put Ameriglos on all my Glocks.

This, absolutely. A skilled shooter can make anything work. It's nerdy fun to discuss the esoteric details of various pistols, but none of that spells success or failure.

I've tried a whole lot of pocket holsters. These are my favorite:
https://alabamaholster.com/product/front-pocket-holster/

As for the draw, it really shouldn't be slower than a J-frame, if your...

Testing looks good.. Federal has done a fine job in general with this line.

Recoil is mild in an Airweight J. (130 @ 830 fps, compared with 135 @ 870 with Gold Dot, for example.)

What a fat, sloppy buffoon.

This is purely an unverified anecdote, but...when I came on the job in 1993, we were told of an OIS in the 80s: foot beat cop with the 200 gr RNL shot a suspect square in the forehead. It was a "one...

The G30 used to come with a flush 9-rd mag and the extended 10-rd...but the 9-rounder was really 8, because it was a feat of strength to get the 9th in there (and when you did, the mag wouldn't...

For what it's worth, our PD range had a recent lot (or lots) of Lawman 124 with occasional underpowered cartridges -- not full blown squibs, but clearly softer, with some attendant malfunctions....

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The 4" guns will indeed have 3 vents on the rib, for "aesthetic" reasons. I'm kind of ambivalent on it, really; doesn't look bad, just different...

My .357 LCR runs consistently 30+ fps faster than my .38 J frames with .38 +P fodder. Gold Dot 135 clocks just under 900 fps with the LCR, and is quite mild to shoot (by my standards). This is why I...

That's a good one!

I'd like to see Colt do an aluminum frame Cobra with a spurless hammer and tritium front.

We had one as a T&E from Beretta around 2009-10, when we were looking at new duty guns. It had some good qualities, but folks were looking for a shuttle bus to get from the backstrap to the...

.32 H&R ballistics from a 2" barrel are far from impressive...more of a compromise than I'm willing to make for one more in the cylinder.

Interesting. If this proves able to reach 12" of gel consistently, with a little bit of expansion, it will be a winner.

Been holding off on buying one, for various reasons, but this is the 1301 I need.

You're one of my people, I see... While I've fixed many ailing mags for the PD, when it comes to my use I own so many that I tend to just mark them with a sharpie and toss them into a practice bin --...

Yep, I think the 180 gr .40 loads are significantly milder to shoot than the hotter 155-165 loads. 180 Gold Dot also worked immensely well for us.

The G30 is ridiculously easy to shoot well.

Over a decade ago I ran a little experiment to compare G19 vs. G23 vs. G30, all with department duty loads (Gold Dot 124+P, 180, 230). Pretty much a...

As for vetting, Lawman is great practice ammo but at this juncture I'd just fire 200 rounds of carry ammo without incident, and call it good...