Recent content by mactex

I use Power Pistol for .380acp, 9mm, .45acp, and 10mm. Some of these, primarily the 9mm and .380acp, show more flash, actually more like sparks than flames, than others. I can't say that I see it coming from the end of the barrel so much as from the breach as the case is being ejected from the...

I have the black version. Never abused it. Never even carried the weapon. 99% of the time it sat in the bedroom. After a day at the range my neighbor noted that there was a chip in the paint on the slide between the barrel and recoil spring. The gun only had about 150 rounds through it and...

Love mine. Got a chip in the black slide, but Ruger service corrected the problem promptly.

To go a bit further, it is a no, no to dry fire the SR9/SR9c without a magazine in the gun. Says so in the manual. edit for clarification.

So true! :)

Make sure you have the magazine in the gun when you dry fire!

Make sure you have the magazine in the gun when you dry fire!

Congratulation on your purchase! I've had mine for a few months now and have thoroughly enjoyed it.

I don't usually like to talk about things I've not experienced personally, but I have been reading a lot of negative comments over the past few months related to the components that Double Tap has been using. Some customers have been reporting DTs use of non-Gold Dot bullets in their bonded...

I've had really good luck finding primers at either Cabela's or the local gun show. There have been dry spells in the past couple years, but I've always been able to find some before I run out.

I've had a P-89 for several years now. Over the past 18 months or so the slide has become progressively harder to remove and I'm not sure why. When removing the slide it hangs at a point about 1/2 to 3/4 inches beyonds its normal resting postion. Currently, if I don't get a lot of momentum...

Waaaaaaa!!!!!! I want my Sportsman's Warehouse back here in San Antonio! :cry:

I don't have the M&P, but I do have a Glock 32. Upsides to the .357 SIG from my point of view are 1) flat tragectory makes for good accuracy, 2) is almost as easy as a 9mm to shoot and control but has higher performance, 3) like most guns it is a hoot to shoot! Downsides include 1)...

I don't do anything special for the .380 other than the normal precautions that you should use for all the calibers. I guess my only warning would be that with such a small cartridge case be a bit more careful about powder measurements and bullet seating. I've been using Power Pistol for...

I have not played with the 24/7 line, but I did own a PT-145 for a while. The gun shot accurately and reliably right out of the box and I liked it except for one niggly detail; the mag release was situated such that my grip on the weapons would activate it while shooting. It was also activated...