Saturday, 21 August 2010 16:15

GLOCK 27 vs S&W M&P 9c

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Because this gets asked all the time....

and one 23 vs M&P compact

Saturday, 21 August 2010 05:21

Linkless 10mm 1911's from yester-year

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It seems that a lot of folks are not familiar that Springfield made a number of 10mm 1911's include a linkless.
I wasn't $-savy enough to buy one at the time but I did get some neat literature in my 45 that I bought in 1990. Incidentally, Springfield also built the dual-extractor Omega and a standard link 1911 in 10mm.


Saturday, 21 August 2010 05:14

Why I don't like Chip McCormick (CMC) 10mm 9rd mags

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I bought 3 Chip McCormick (9rd) 10mm magazines from MidwayUSA for my Dan Wesson CBOB. All of them experienced intermittent slide lock after shooting round #8. I should have just bought standard 8 round mags.

Before you ask, yes I did try different brands of ammo and the pistol functions flawlessly with the stock 9rd DW mags (actually made by CheckMate for DW). The stock mags, incidentally, feel heavier duty and have a stiffer spring.

Here is a pic of what happens. The follower rides too high and catches the slide lock. I suppose I could have bent it to work, but 10mm ammo is not cheap, and I would rather pay more and have something that works. I ordered a couple more mags from DW, and guess what they actually work.

Well, I am glad that MidwayUSA has a great return policy. Spend a little more and get a good mag.

Saturday, 21 August 2010 03:26

M&P FS & C in Crossbreed SuperTuck Deluxe

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Crossbreed sells the SuperTuck Deluxe for fullsize and compact M&P's (the same is true of other pistols like Glock and Springfield XD's). They advertise that you can use either holster for either FS or C.

So what is the difference you ask? I emailed Craig and got the answer, but it is a little easier to see than explain.

Here is my M&P fullsize 9mm in the fullsize holster:

Notice how the pistol comes to the end of the holster.

And now my M&P compact 9mm:

Notice how there is a little extra leather past the muzzle.

And there you have it!

Obviously, I chose the FS holster (since you are looking at the holster in the pics). The little overhang of leather is not noticeable. If you get the compact holster and have a fullsize obviously the pistol will hang out of the holster slightly.

Friday, 20 August 2010 15:16

instructor page link fixed

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So, when I converted the categories to tags it messed up the shortcut link. It is fixed now.

I get asked this a lot.

Yes, you can add a 40 barrel to your 10mm pistol and it is pretty easy.
Here are some pics of what I did to add one to my Colt Delta Elite.

First, find a barrel. This is pretty easy depending on your pistol. Here are a couple of sources:
1911 5" - Numrich (Kahr)
1911 4.25" - Brownells (Storm Lake)
Glock - Lone Wolf Dist.
Tanfoglio - EAA

I bought one from Numrich for about $80. It is a very nice 416 stainless barrel. The crown is actually nicer than the stock barrel:

A 1911 is old school (i.e. not modular) so it requiries fitting. It should be minimal and any gunsmith will be able to do it. Other platforms probably will not.

I was going to buy the Wilson video, watch it and fit it myself. However, I sat on the barrel for about 3 months before I decided to just take it to my local smith and have it fit. It took him a few days and cost me less than $50.

Here is what it looks like:

What about mags and springs?
Good questions.

I put it in a 20# Wolff with a standard guide plug that I already had.
I also used the stock 10mm magazines and it has worked perfectly with several brands of ammunition.

If I was to rely on it for self-defense --not sure why I would underload a 10mm--but I would get a couple of 40S&W 1911 magazines with the spacers. The OAL differences of the two cartridges is pretty great so I would be worried about potential feeding problems. Since this is just to use cheap(er) range ammo, it is not an issue for me.

Pretty neat setup for minimal cost.

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