Recent content by bandaidman

Years ago I went to a training with my Daughter, her husband and about 30 friends as a group training. The class was set up for 40 people with 2 relays of 20. Since we were not totally full the range added some others to fill up the roster. We had 4 firemen from California who we found came...

After writing wishing that Springfield would make an optics cut for those of us who bought a mod 2 before it came out. I bit the bullet and bought an OSP version. I love it, with one exception. When I mounted the CT1500 there were no instructions as to how many clicks to move the dot. Sighting...

I've been to Hill a few times myself. Took scouts there a couple of times and just myself even more. I've been a wanta be pilot for years. Had a BIL who who was stationed there, retired and went back working on C130's being refurbished.

In the early 70's I was working in an emergency room in Northridge California. We had our own Xray room and 2 tech's. The lead tech had been a P38 F4 or F5's Pilot flying off Tinnian in the Marianas, his job was to do bomb damage assessment after the B29 raids. He was not a fan of General Curtis...

First off my first semiauto pistol was a 1911, followed by a Browning High Power. As a student with 2 kids I had to get rid of one to pay the bills. I shot them both pretty equally. The 1911 went because the High Power just felt better in my hand. This was way before the kerfuffle of improved...

The question that I see is two fold. First, most LEO's are not gun guys or girls. Because of that and limited ammunition budgets of agency's few shoot more than during qualifications. If you can't hit the target with a 9mm what good does a 40 or 44 make? Second, If you do know how to shoot and...

I agree with BET7, the trigger bites both me and my son. I'm wondering when they are going to make compact grip modules and sub compact versions? Yes SIG did it 10 years ago, however the optics mounting on the Echelon beats anything else on the market.

What is seldom talked about was the "bomber mafia" the upper level Generals who firmly believed that bombers didn't need fighter escort. While the P51 was given all the glory about their range. The P47's could have had drop tanks 6 months earlier if those self same generals would have allowed...

For those that dislike or down right hate XD, XDM's that is your prerogative. I hate Glocks. Does that make me or you wrong? NO, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. And that is why there are so many different plastic look alike pistols on the market. If everyone had the same size hands...

I wanted to buy a Hellcat but for whatever reason Springfield/HS Product chose not to have ambidextrous mad release. If Springfield reads these I wish they would get Holosun to make a model that fits both the Hellcat and the XDs without a plate. Or modify their OSP cut like the sig 365. I have...

Like the navy vet who was downloading agent orange my neighbor also was doing that in the Navy. The VA tells him that he wasn't around the stuff? He suffers from nerve and muscle wasting in his legs from it. The VA can't figure out why, but won't attempt to claim it could be Agent Orange. Agent...

While I have a number of pistols that have 3 dot sights, I think the yellow tritium dot in the front and the U rear sight improves hit probability measurably. My son has a 3" sub compact that I can't hit much of anything yet my XDs with the above sights lets me put 7 all in a 3x5 card. I just...

We went to Pittsburg to visit my in-laws and one of their good friends was the XO of PANG. He got permission for me to come visit and let me into the cockpit. He told me they deployed to the Med tanking I think 16 or so times. That seat was not comfortable at all. He told me they had a way to...

I wonder if it would work with EAA's girsan compact version?

If you were watching the release of the gun they had various gun stores that let you shoot 10 rounds if you were the first 50 people you got a target and a SA hat. The gun store in my county is less than honest. They let us shoot 5 rounds (probably billed SA for 10) They have a nice range I just...