Recent content by ArmasDeFuego

The hatchback on my car was squeaking... Frog Lube worked better than all the auto and gun oils I had on hand. ;)

The pix I could find from Shooting Times May 1990:

Thanks for the details; my memory was fuzzy on that. Still looking for better pix... I have some scans that are OK.

AFAIK, Ruger did not actually enter any pistols in the INS/BP/DHS trials of 94/99/04 (Beretta, SIG and HK passed those), nor the more recent DOJ trials (Glock and S&W passed that one). IIRC, some Rugers have been issued in the fed prison system, but I don't know if that test is done for those...

Yes, they did. By early 90s, the 4 SEAL guns you mentioned w suspect ammo, but also 12 guns under test conditions w good service ammo (all failed, range from just under 5K to just over 30K rounds), and 2 in service (At LAFB in TX IIRC). A few more later. Why we were tagging guns at 1K rounds...

When's the time? Before you have to/it's too late! When's that? Beats me! Most companies say from 5000-7500 w 9x19s. Have no idea if any testing has actually been done by anybody. The military base here does not change the springs on their M9s and some training guns have over 30,000 rounds...

Love it! Like the way it smells and feels, and that it is non-toxic! Works good too!

It was a P85 and I did find some pics, but they are not that good. BTW, the "obstructed bbl test" is a standard item w the feds now, and there is a gap. Also, I was in the service when all that M9 stuff was going on... over 18 pistols did it by the early 90s, some in testing, some in service...

Back in the late 80s when the M9 slides started catastrophically failing, Ruger did a demo where they plugged a P pistol bbl w a rod and fired a 9mm NATO round into it, then removed a section of slide fwd of the extractor and fired 5,000 rounds of 9mm NATO ammo through the same gun. Anybody...

OK, I had $500 to spend, wanted the most bang for my buck in a new and/or used pistol/shotgun combo. Got a new H&R Pardner pump security 12g shotgun for $199, and a like new P89 for $295; I'm a happy camper. The P89 is what it is, but I actually like it better than the CZ75s and High Powers...