Taurus Polymer 1911?
Not that I care, but it will excite someone
Showing posts with label pistols. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pistols. Show all posts
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
The Glove has been Thrown
They can all break, malfunction etc
I've had Revolvers lock up, 1911's & HP's jam, XD's malfunction, and I have seen Glocks fail too. They are all mechanical tools, and parts wear out, and break it's just that simple.
Accuracy
I had a friend that could put a magazine of 45's into a 1/2 inch hole at 7 yards with a Glock 45, but he did the same thing with Sig's & 1911's, and pretty much anything you handed him. But I would be on my 3rd mag with most of my hits on a paper plate by the time he did it.
Most quality guns out shoot the capability of the owner
The choice is personal, and we are blessed a cornucopia of quality firearms, I do believe we would be farther ahead to better ourselves as shooters than worry about who's gun is cooler.
Caliber
9mm or bigger, they have all succeeded and all have failed, it's more dependent on the attitude of the target, than any given caliber.
Hit some guys with a 22lr and they drop like a bag of hammers, hit some in the center with a dozen 40's and they keep going, people are unpredictable
They can all break, malfunction etc
I've had Revolvers lock up, 1911's & HP's jam, XD's malfunction, and I have seen Glocks fail too. They are all mechanical tools, and parts wear out, and break it's just that simple.
Accuracy
I had a friend that could put a magazine of 45's into a 1/2 inch hole at 7 yards with a Glock 45, but he did the same thing with Sig's & 1911's, and pretty much anything you handed him. But I would be on my 3rd mag with most of my hits on a paper plate by the time he did it.
Most quality guns out shoot the capability of the owner
The choice is personal, and we are blessed a cornucopia of quality firearms, I do believe we would be farther ahead to better ourselves as shooters than worry about who's gun is cooler.
Caliber
9mm or bigger, they have all succeeded and all have failed, it's more dependent on the attitude of the target, than any given caliber.
Hit some guys with a 22lr and they drop like a bag of hammers, hit some in the center with a dozen 40's and they keep going, people are unpredictable
Sunday, August 10, 2008
This May get me thrown off the Bus
While I usually recommend when people take a gun class, that they take proven equipment, it is not unusual for students to show up for a CCW with a brand spanking shiny new gun, and yesterday was no exception. There were two, a young lady who had never fired more than 3 shots in her life brought a new compact Glock I did not note the model, & while the gun functioned well,between the recoil for a new shooter & the short sight radius. it was not long before we switched out to a 22 semi auto.
But the other one was a License holder who had let his license expire & was taking the class over, had a brand spanking new Para LDA super dopper subcompact PTX 45. Of course since I'm attending the Todd Jarrett class at Blackwater this month, I was interested in how the gun performed.
With a MSRP of 1200+ US dollars, I was less than impressed. Or perhaps I was impressed but not in a positive way (Impressions do go both ways.)
Repeated failures to go into battery, & the trigger was hard to describe not heavy, but it was hard to keep the sights aligned through the pull enough to keep it on target.
Perhaps I am bias towards medium to full size guns for carry & fighting, but this is a gun I wouldn't want to carry in a fight, to get hits I had to really setup & take the time to get the shot, & perhaps due to it's size it took a second or two to get the shot, in a world where split seconds are what counts.
I dug out my old Kimber Custom II ($450 used) & lent it to him to finish the course of fire, his comment was at least it wasn't the shooter.
Those that want to carry these small subcompacts for the ease of carrying, really need to put a lot of time in to mastering the gun, & they will burn a lot of ammo learning to control the little beasts.
While I usually recommend when people take a gun class, that they take proven equipment, it is not unusual for students to show up for a CCW with a brand spanking shiny new gun, and yesterday was no exception. There were two, a young lady who had never fired more than 3 shots in her life brought a new compact Glock I did not note the model, & while the gun functioned well,between the recoil for a new shooter & the short sight radius. it was not long before we switched out to a 22 semi auto.
But the other one was a License holder who had let his license expire & was taking the class over, had a brand spanking new Para LDA super dopper subcompact PTX 45. Of course since I'm attending the Todd Jarrett class at Blackwater this month, I was interested in how the gun performed.
With a MSRP of 1200+ US dollars, I was less than impressed. Or perhaps I was impressed but not in a positive way (Impressions do go both ways.)
Repeated failures to go into battery, & the trigger was hard to describe not heavy, but it was hard to keep the sights aligned through the pull enough to keep it on target.
Perhaps I am bias towards medium to full size guns for carry & fighting, but this is a gun I wouldn't want to carry in a fight, to get hits I had to really setup & take the time to get the shot, & perhaps due to it's size it took a second or two to get the shot, in a world where split seconds are what counts.
I dug out my old Kimber Custom II ($450 used) & lent it to him to finish the course of fire, his comment was at least it wasn't the shooter.
Those that want to carry these small subcompacts for the ease of carrying, really need to put a lot of time in to mastering the gun, & they will burn a lot of ammo learning to control the little beasts.
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