deerslayer

I had a small flat head screwdriver lodged between some stuff under the hood of my Tacoma for years until a friend with skinny arms recently retrieved it for me. It wasn't going to come loose, but I still worried about something like this. Glad it didn't come loose and tear up your vehicle, too.

I will pray for you my brother

I agree, but nowadays, it's just about as easy to throw a small 9mm in the pocket as it is various .380s, .32s, .25s, etc.

I don't remember the last time I carried a "full size" gun; it's rarely necessary.

I can't imagine a scenario where I can carry a mouse gun, but can't carry a small 9mm auto, BUT you'll never see me in the store wearing pajamas, swimming trunks, or jogging pants. I think mouse guns can gradually erode basic carry discipline. I don't know anyone who carries FMJ or LRN.

I completely agree - why lower your odds with a mouse gun?

I don't hear much about Glocks kBing any more. Older Glocks with roomier chambers and poly rifling were the usual suspects, especially .40 guns, ESPECIALLY if lead bullets were being used. I don't know why a gun would blow up with good ammo unless it fired out of battery. 320s mysteriously blowing up has been a little too common lately. I saw one self-destruct with factory ammo. The factory can make bad ammo too, but I think it's a lot less likely. I wonder if out-of-battery is possible with a 320. ETA: I didn't know 320 case support was this lacking. I usually roll my eyes when I hear "not fully supported" but there is quite a bit of brass exposed as Ben Stoeger shows below. It's also interesting that he mentions firing out of battery. He is probably exposed to more 320s than most Sig employees.

If my carry gun is so wimpy that six shots center mass from a couple feet won’t reliably stop a typical bad guy, I think I’d be better off with a knife.

Remington 870 Express 20 ga. $350 I am the original owner 28” vent rib barrel with Remchokes Meet in or near Memphis Thanks for lookin’

Back in the 60s, my father witnessed a shooting that resulted when two upstanding gentlemen had a disagreement. One pulled his .25 Auto and shot the other one point blank six times in the chest. The victim grabbed an elderly lady whom my father said began “singing a tune” (I bet she was!) and used her as a shield before his former comrade could shoot him a seventh time. The guy didn’t die, at least not right then. Perhaps a .40 or a .357 would have netted the same results, but I doubt it. The point is we can say many men have died by .22 or .25, or elephants and cape buffalo have been put down with a 7mm Mauser, but that doesn’t mean they won’t kill you before succumbing to their injuries. An unnecessarily marginal round just seems like a lousy idea, especially with the options available nowadays.

THIS. I refuse to carry a .380 after seeing it spectacularly fail several basic penetration tests over the years. I see no reason to carry one (except for maybe injury/disability issues) now that smaller pocket 9mms are common. All the rage lately has been the new S&W Bodyguard 2.0. Below is a size comparison with a Sig 365 9mm. The Smith was obsolete before it was even released.

I wonder if Sig has ever pursued that.

There are a couple videos where guys repeatedly demonstrate the failure of the firing pin/drop safety in a controlled setting. Obviously, accidental/negligent discharges won’t happen with a gun sitting in a safe; there is some sort of movement/vibration/jostling associated with the alleged uncommanded discharges. Maybe it’s human error or maybe some 320s are mechanically flawed just enough to fire when the stars line up just right. Between the iffy drop safety and the rash of kBs with 320s, I don’t want one.

Besides already being milled, how is it any better than a stock P-01? A Cajunized P-01 is probably still cheaper and far and away better.

My apologies too and good idea. I started a related thread in the Current Events/Politics section.

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That's just absolutely wrong. But hilarious

I'm tempted to grab one since they are already discontinued. They make more sense to me than the 19X/45. I am hesitant though, because this mass dump by Glock makes me wonder if something new is on the horizon.

Maybe they saw the writing on the wall. Ameriglo has always has good options that were flush or OEM profile. My favorite is Sevigny sights, which would hang WAY off the back of an MOS slide.

This gun makes absolutely no sense. Until now, “Shadow” meant no firing pin safety and by default, a better trigger. So now CZ makes a Shadow that isn’t a Shadow. The firing pin safety is not really necessary unless you carry hammer down instead of half cock, which only an idiot would do. BUT if you have to have a firing pin safety and want a decocker, the P-01 is less than half the price of this gimmick.

Did other manufacturers recently change their manuals?

Most of these I get, but a couple are headscratchers - 17L gen 5 and 49 just came out 34 is still common in the competitive world

Oil breaks down the older it gets and loses its ability to lubricate. It may even break down and begin to turn to sludge. Below are a few examples of what old oil can do to an engine. A 3000 mile interval was the standard in the old days, but newer oils can go longer (but I personally don't trust any of them past 5k or so). Guys with lab coats who never work on cars claim that their products can now protect engines for 10k or even 20k miles, but reality is that many newer cars are significantly burning oil after 70k or 80k miles and dealers shrug their shoulders when customer complain and reply that this is normal and acceptable. This didn't used to be the case. Some theorize that manufacturers planned this so they can sell new cars or expensive repair jobs. That sounds a little far-fetched; I think a more likely explanation is that the Marketing department started listening to the lab coat geeks and decided they could claim their cars now require less maintenance. If you sell your car after 50k miles, I guess it's not your concern, but if you plan to keep it a long time, oil changes are cheap insurance.

I get it, but his experiment created more questions than it answered. The repeated failure of the firing pin safety especially can’t be ignored. Either it works or it doesn’t, and his didn’t. SIG needs to explain why.

Also the MOS guns limit your choices for aftermarket rear sights, unless you are ok with the sight hanging over the back of the slide.