How to determine if your pistol needs the retrofit: All LCP pistols bearing prefix “Ruger Pistol magazine” (that is, serial number 370-xxxxx) may be affected. Newly manufactured and retrofitted “370” prefix LCP pistols with the new hammer mechanism installed have been marked with a diamond in the flat portion of the slot just behind and below the hammer as show to the right. Going forward, new pistols will be marked with the serial number prefix “371” (serial number 371-xxxxx). Pistols with the “Ruger Pistol magazines” prefix are not affected.
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Revolver Holsters
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I shall be the oddball in saying I like my fobus foNot particularly enamored of synthetics; the Fobus worked and it was cheap, which is why I tried another one for my new gun Holster.
I much prefer leather Holsters; but, being as big a skinflint at heart as the next cop, if the plastic el cheapo worked satisfactorily, why spend large for custom leather? Of course, THIS plastic el chea revolver holsters work satisfactorily. So I spent large for custom Leather Holster… along with having to eat my words.
Back when I was working on the range every day, and Kydex was a new phenomenon, I tried a Blade-Tech for my P220. Its good stuff, but just didn’t trip my trigger, so to speak. But I am looking forward to receiving my Kramer scabbard. The many presentations necessary to "break-in" the Leather Holster will give yet more familirization with the gun. That LEM trigger takes a bit of getting used ankle holsters, but I like it.
Anyway, just thought you’d be interested to hear that I was Tactical holster on me own petard..
Got it yesterday. Shot it, fifty rounds of browning magazine 115s on steel. No problems, cept the steel was calibrated for .40 and I had to hit it that much higher to put it down. Hell, I finger fucked it so hard before I got the paperwork done I had already bled on it. I’ve bled on every one of my fighting pistols, its only the revolvers I don’t bleed on.
Somehow FedEx shipped it to QUEBEC first. How they did that I do not know. I was fortunate that they did not discover the contents of the package before they flew it back to the United States!
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I wish they would’ve sent it here first instead!!! I am happy for you. Now where’s your pics?
Now don’t flame me for asking this and it’s kind of off topic, but I was thinking about it the other day. Would you dare shoot Wolf through that? I don’t know why I thought of it, I don’t even own any. I’m just curious. I have shot some through my browning magazines and even my 1911, but hobbs said I shouldn’t back in the day.
iPad v. iPod In the Boston Apple store, how will they know if people are asking for an iPad or an iPod?
In the Boston Apple store, how will they know if people are asking for an iPad or an iPod?
The Igor-named “Aria” resort and casino opens its doors Igor’s latest naming work, The MGM / Dubai World hotel and casino “Aria”, has its grand opening in Las Vegas tomorrow. This marks the fifth hotel thus far in Igor’s naming portfolio. Via The Las Vegas Sun: The centerpiece of CityCenter — the Aria Resort & Casino — will open Wednesday, marking a day […]
The centerpiece of CityCenter — the Aria Resort & Casino — will open Wednesday, marking a day of grand opening celebrations for the $8.5 billion project…
…The 4,004-room resort and casino will feature more than 150,000 square feet of gaming space, a 215,000-square-foot pool area with 50 cabanas and an 80,000-square-foot spa, the largest among MGM Mirage properties.
The resort also will include 10 bars and lounges, and 16 restaurants. Aria will be home to Cirque du Soleil’s newest show, “Viva Elvis,” which takes guests on a trip through Elvis Presley’s life and music, with first performances beginning Friday.
Until Wednesday, VIPs and company executives will be testing the waters at Aria, ensuring the resort is ready for its first public guests.
I was recertifying as a Glock Magazines armorer today. The regional LE rep and the instructor were discussing the 4th Generation pistols with interchangeable palmswells, I assume similar to XDM or M&P. One was saying to the other that the Feds and DevGRU had samples.
I have no other information. I was in a hurry after class, but I’m going to call the LE regional rep back this week. If I heard correctly I’m going to hold off on any more Glock Magazine purchases (whatever; I have like 9).
UPDATE:
Just got off the phone with him.
He said that the Navy placed the bid but have loaned HRT some samples. There are about 80 in existance. The bid called for a modular grip (not palmswells) and a new highly aggressive stippling to be used in maritime conditions or worn with Glock Magazine. I asked if this new gun was going to be release to the public and/or LE. He would not commit.
So in other words, something’s cooking. What or when exactly? Who knows.
Construction wise, it’s built like any other Trijicon ACOG is - rugged. The front portion of the ACOG is what looks to be an added component, but it dubbin’ around with it - it’s certainly far from fragile and looks to be fastened in a way that will allow the ACOG to uphold Trijicon’s reputation for bombproof glass. The dials are easy to reach and adjust. The fiber optic tube is standard - no cracks. The Larue Mount is as you’d imagine the soulmate for ACOG’s and this one’s no different.
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I spoke with him a while when I was registering me and my father for their class this April in Reno. Very cool guy with a good sense of humor. After watching the Magpul instructional video, its obvious the guy has some really great teaching skills and really enjoys doing it.
Im looking forward to the class……despite the rising costs of ammo. I bought ahead to be prepared.
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CZ 75 magazines
A friend bought two boxes of WWB 9mm FMJ for me since I was broke and we went to the range. The CZ 75 magazines didn’t hiccup once. His PA-63 (9mm Makarov) was… interesting. The recoil drives the thing right into the web of your hand. Shoot it often enough and I can see some chafing occurring.
As for accuracy, I seemed to consistently hit about six inches low and to the left at 15 yards, though occasionally I was spot on. I think most of that was me and not the pistol though; my groupings were more like shotgun patterns. I am NOT at all in practice with handguns of any category. Fortunately, I’ve always been able to hit what I aim for (even drew my dad’s .357 revolver, cocked it, and put a round through a hog’s head at ten yards all in one motion. Without aiming.), and when I begin ranger training we’re going to spend a lot of time at the range with our handguns.
Overall, I’m pleased with my CZ 75 magazine. My only complaint is that the beavertail pattern on the plastic grip plates chafes my hand; I either need to toughen up my hands or get hard rubber grip plates. I don’t like the Hogue wrap-around grip.
I’m not real happy right now. I literally just walked in the door from the range. Out of 102 rounds I fired with my new Sig sauer magazines I had 96 failures to extract.
I was shooting S&B and my carry load. Both had FTEx. The pistol was also dropping the brass from the last round in a magazine and leaving the brass resting on top of the empty mag.
Pistol was cleaned and lubed before heading out. I soaked the extractor in CLP at the range and cleaned it there. That didn’t make any difference in the frequency of FTEx.
This is a real disappointment for me. I really, really like the way the P250 feels and points. The trigger was fine and for the 6 times the pistol actually functioned as a auto-loader follow-up shots seemed to be fast. I was hoping that this was going to be my new carry pistol, but that isn’t going to happen until it’s fixed.
Obviously, I’ll be calling Sig sauer magazine tomorrow and sending it back to them for repair/replacement.
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trijicon
Alright….Jason from BigDawg Tactical hooked me up with this rig and it arrived today. I immediately took it to the range for some testin’.
First off I’ve owned TA31’s, TA11’s, Trujicon Compact ACOG’s, Aimpoints, EoTechs, and a few variable scopes in between. I recently decided to ‘dumb down’ my AR’s to make them SHTF ready, rugged, and obnoxiously easy to use. Flip the safety to "fire" and go. Given the TA33R8’s BDC feature, BAC feature, chevron reticule, and overall lightweight construction, THIS is the only magnified optic for me! It’s like a TA31 hooked up with a TA50 one wild saucy night and conceived an illegitimate child!
Other than that - I’m very thankful Trijicon made this scope. It’s a perfect blend of precision and speed. It’s eye relief, size, and FOV make for a fast & compact general purpose optic. For 10-300 yard shooting, this is in my opinion, the perfect ACOG. For shooting under 10 yards, it seems like it’d serve me well - I may toss some Bulter Creek Flip Caps on this one for an occluded option since the construction will allow for it! Trijicon, the caps will make the ACOG Scope Coat a thing of the past.
Something always kept me from hanging onto an ACOG. I feel the TA33R8 was made just for me!
If you’re looking for an ACOG - don’t overlook this guy. It is in my opinion the ultimate 10-300 yard SHTF ACOG for a 14.5"- 16" AR15. It’s truly an amazing piece of glass.
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Client V. Creative I have had the experience of the blue robot more times than I want to know. Although usually I just think what he is saying. Usually.
I have had the experience of the blue robot more times than I want to know. Although usually I just think what he is saying.
Usually.
The Color of Money is…Changeable One of the funniest aspects of alleged naming & branding firm Landor, is the ridiculous rationale they cite for the work they produce. Oftentimes they will, with capricious authority, justify a design based on what certain colors “mean” or “communicate”. These “reasons” become all the more comical when parroted by the officers of their […]
One of the funniest aspects of alleged naming & branding firm Landor, is the ridiculous rationale they cite for the work they produce. Oftentimes they will, with capricious authority, justify a design based on what certain colors “mean” or “communicate”. These “reasons” become all the more comical when parroted by the officers of their most recent victim.
Landor’s latest for a financial company is a re-worked logo. Fiserve’s Chief Executive Jeffery Yabuki, performs the squawk of shame for the Journal Sentinel:
The new logo, which is the word fiserv. – with a period – is orange because it’s different from the common industry logo color of blue and “has a certain heat and energy to it, but not the kind of danger you perceive when you see red,” Yabuki said.
No red menace here.
Red bad. Red is color of Danger. Danger bad for financial company image.
Unless of course you can sell it to another financial client. From the bowels of the Landor site:
Landor created an identity and retail space for HSBC Direct. The use of white communicates the simplicity of the brand, while red projects a contemporary attitude.
Don't be alarmed, it's just HSBC Direct's Landorian luminosity.
Landor founder, Walter Landor gazing inappropriately at his half-son, Blandor.
Says Blandor the Imponderable: “I fondly recall Poppy and I attending the semi-annual wisdom tooth convention. As we sat on our haunches, grooming each other and eating our sack lunch of turkey biscotti and marshmallow toast, we would randomly jump up and shout, “Wottle up the bull throttle!”. We would then travel the 3 hours home, in complete silence, until our arrival at Mandible Station.”
Free company and product naming Are your company or product name brainstorming attempts long on storm and short on brains? Igor has over 15,300 brains in stock, ready to help you name whatever needs naming — most have very low mileage, are hardly ever driven during the week, and are used only sparingly on weekends to scan refrigerator contents and […]
Are your company or product name brainstorming attempts long on storm and short on brains? Igor has over 15,300 brains in stock, ready to help you name whatever needs naming — most have very low mileage, are hardly ever driven during the week, and are used only sparingly on weekends to scan refrigerator contents and such. Our collection of brains can be picked through at the Wordlab Wordboard, our free naming and branding brainstorming forum. Jump in and pick the brains!
Tips for picking a brain:
1. Do not pick if the skin is too green–it’s not ripe yet.
2. The brain should be viscous and phlegmatic, yet hold up to a good thumping. Not too firm, not too soft.
3. The end that was twisted from the brain stem should be pliable when you poke your thumb through the outer membrane. If you can’t break the membrane with your fingernail, the brain was picked prematurely.
4. Smell is the most reliable indicator of freshness.
5. Have fun with it, but keep it platonic.
Smart & Final For those of us who toil in a nerdly field, the presence of a maverick who stomps on the terra, chokes every bead of bile from life’s clogged ducts, and then vaporizes in a defiant, atavistic lunge, elevates us all. In the Name Game, that man was John Smart of Interbrand. This month marks the eleventh […]
For those of us who toil in a nerdly field, the presence of a maverick who stomps on the terra, chokes every bead of bile from life’s clogged ducts, and then vaporizes in a defiant, atavistic lunge, elevates us all. In the Name Game, that man was John Smart of Interbrand.
This month marks the eleventh anniversary of Agent Smart’s death, and consequently the ninth anniversary of when “schwing” stopped being associated with namers. He was our Austin Powers, our Keith Richards, our Richard Branson. Most of the official record seems to have disappeared from the Web. We found only a brief account of his death:
John Smart, unarmed, shot to death on Oct. 6, 1998 when police fired at least 13 rounds into his Mercedes convertible.
That was a late model Mercedes convertible. According to published reports at the time, he was stopped in San Francisco (our fair city) for suspicion of either soliciting a prostitute or drugs or both. Police said that Smart tried to run them down, at which point his legend was eternalized. For a full, rollicking year afterwards, namers of every ilk had to add extra memory to their Palm Pilots just to handle the overflow from their social calendars.
But that equity has faded, and it’s time for another high-ranking naming superstar from a big San Francisco shop to go out in a blaze of glory. We’d happily volunteer, if we thought Igor would rate better than a small mention on page eight of the San Francisco Chronicle. No, it must be someone from a page one agency, an agency like Landor. Any takers? Mr. Wrench?
Talkin’ to America: An Interview with Tim Schmidt Talkin’ to America interviews Tim Schmidt, Executive Director of the United States Concealed Carry Association and publisher of Concealed Carry magazine.
Talkin’ to America: Living with Terrorism Living with Terrorism: Survival Lessons from the Streets of Jerusalem - an interview with Israeli Police Civil Guard Sniper Instructor, Attorney and Author Howard Linett (please note that this interview took place via phone line to Israel; as a result, there is some intermittent static during the interview).
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