Here’s the little darling – cute ain’t she? Wait just a minute Bruce – how many barrels did it come with?? What’s with the extra barrel? Well . . . The Shield in 40 S&W is my favorite when you swap a conversion barrel from these folks into it and now you have a ShieldContinue reading “My Favorite Shield – It’s the .40 ( but it’s not )”
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Arex REX Zero 1 CP – At the Range
Got out to the range and burned up about 200 rounds of Winchester White Box 115 grain ball – went through several targets – kind of a getting acquainted thing. Very impressive piece. Dug the CZ 2075 RAMI out of the bunker – a closes match to the REX – the CZ is one veryContinue reading “Arex REX Zero 1 CP – At the Range”
S&W 45 Shield – Small Package – BIG Performance !!
Smith & Wesson continues to expand their Shield line with the intro of a .45 caliber version – and yes – like the rest you can get it in just about ANY flavor you want – with or without – thumb safety / night sight sights / performance center version / garbage disposal / dishwasherContinue reading “S&W 45 Shield – Small Package – BIG Performance !!”
Found one in the wild!!
Ran across this at GGGPAWN (where else?? – LOL! ) I have been looking for a Rex Zero 1 CP for a while – had just about resigned myself to the fate of buying new. . . and here was this little homeless darling just pining away – neglected – abandoned – unloved – whatContinue reading “Found one in the wild!!”
Tokyo Rose
The Smith and Wesson 36-1 The 36-1 was originally built for the Tokyo Police Department and really embraced a strange twist in Smith’s dash numbers denoting an engineering change as opposed to denoting a model number. (Smith as a whole REALLY wrapped their arms around the collective journey through the looking glass!!) Prior to 1956Continue reading “Tokyo Rose”
Recoil Gunworks – or “A Tale of Two Glocks”
Found myself in the market for a second Glock 21 – more on that in a bit. Not that I am behind on “stuff” – but I bought this back in June and am just now getting this post put together – LOL . Looking around and found a deal on good to very goodContinue reading “Recoil Gunworks – or “A Tale of Two Glocks””
A Genuine Star Review – and we’re not talking about no fake Hollywood star
One of the best sites on the internet for Star history is right here – I am not going to copy and paste a bunch of stuff from his site – If you want to really get into Star and their “stuff” I urge you to follow the link – get a bowl of popcornContinue reading “A Genuine Star Review – and we’re not talking about no fake Hollywood star”
S&W 4046 – Old School Stuff
Very nice example of a 4046 – Wait a minute now – whats a 4046?? Remember this chart from a previous post?? Lets work our way through all the numbers It is a four digit number – so it is a third generation – _ _ _ _ The first two are 4 0 _Continue reading “S&W 4046 – Old School Stuff”
CZ 2075 RAMI
From CZ’s website – The CZ 2075 RAMI is a sub-compact semi-automatic based on the proven CZ 75 line of pistols. Just like the 75, the RAMI is double action/single action, allowing it to be carried in different conditions depending on the shooter’s preferences. Several safety devices are used including a firing pin block andContinue reading “CZ 2075 RAMI”
S&W 642-2 Review
A little J frame history . . . The J frame was originally introduced in 1950 – as the Model 36 – at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) convention in 1950 – and was quite well received. It was an exposed hammer 5 shot blued steel built on the new J frameContinue reading “S&W 642-2 Review”
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