Don't be a _______ Fanboy!

Be a fan of GUNS in general, don't get sucked into "X" is better than "Y", understand that each make and model may have attributes that suit others while not suiting you. Be able to look past your own nose and see things from the perspective of others. Every now and then try something new, if you're a Glock fanatic, go rent a Sig for a couple of hours. If all you've ever carried is a steel "X" try something from the polymer side of the house.

Understand that every make and model is capable of failure, no design is perfect, and sometimes it IS the gun that's messed up and not the shooter.

Variety IS the spice of life and you never know what you might like till you try it.

A Quick Bit on 1911 Mags.

OK, seeing as how I can't copy the post from on forum to the other, lets try this....

I'm going to make this more complicated than it has to be, but it's helpful info.

OK so regarding 1911s and magazines we have to point out that originally the full size 1911 held 7 rounds of .45ACP and the Compact or Officers 1911 held 6 rounds of .45ACP. A while back, some genius figured that the skirt of the follower didn't really need to be as long as it was and that you could chop it down to add one more round to the magazine and have 8rds in a full size and 7 rounds in a compact.

For those that don't know what a follower or a skirt is, here's a photo.


Left: Wilson 47D 8round, Center: Tripp Cobra Mag, Right: Older Springfield Armory 7rd magazine.

The follower is that thingumabob that you have to push down in a magazine to put the cartridge in it. The skirt is the part of the follower that goes around the magazine spring and will make contact with the bottom of the mag to prevent over compressing the spring and prevents the follower from tilting.

One issue of cramming 8 rounds in a tube that was designed to hold 7 rounds is that when a fully loaded mag is inserted in a gun while the slide is forward, that mag is fully compressed and the 8th round doesn't have much wiggle room and that results in the mag being harder to seat in the gun. This is the reason I'm switching from the Wilson 47Ds to the ETMs, longer tube allows for easier seating.

The Noveske After Upgrades.

As mentioned previously I had plans to turn this

Noveske N4 Light Recce 16"

Into this.

And here's the finished gun.

It's shown with a 20rd PMAG as that will fit in the case while a 30rd won't.

I've yet to get to run it as weather and life keep occurring and I haven't been able to attend a rifle match with it yet. I'm eager to play with the Millet DMS and see how I like the set up. On a side note I purchased a Trijicon Reflex for the Bushmaster and I'm not too thrilled with it, I'm thinking that an EOTech XPS is in order.

Well, it Finally Happened: Open Carrier in WI Robbed of Gun

Robber takes gun from man wearing holster

           June 9, 2010

Milwaukee police are investigating a robbery in which a man took a handgun from another man who was openly carrying the gun in a holster on his hip, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The robbery occurred Friday on a sidewalk in the 7000 block of N. Teutonia Ave., police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said.

Had to happen sometime, it's not like cops haven't been jacked for their sidearms in the past. Not much you can do in WI with no concealed the only way to carry is openly. So I guess the question we all have to ask ourselves is that "Is it better to OC and risk the possibility of being relieved of your gun or to not carry at all?"