Recent content by wanderinwalker

As already stated, YES! Same-same powder. At least if it was manufactured and sold in the past decade or so. I'm the guy who tells people not to trust what's in the canister if you find powder with broken seals in an estate sale, will and have dumped said canisters on the ground, and I treat new...

But... will Colt be able to make enough guns to actually fill the pipeline for consumers to consume? That's my biggest issue with Colt handguns since 2020. I was very pleasantly surprised to spot a new Delta Elite AND a .45 ACP Competition Model at one of the local shops a few weeks back. It was...

@Mauser lover beat me to mentioning learn how to quick check a revolver and buy used with confidence. I've had counts in head several different S&W revolvers, and every single one of them has been purchased used. A 4", no-lock 586 that passes the revolver function check is as fine a .357 Magnum...

Except good apertures, while great sights, and standard A2 sights are some of the best aperture sights available outside of dedicated target models, still present the issues of multiple focal planes, which even a 1x optic eliminates. Any quality optical sight is a superior solution to any iron...

I'm here to find out which 9mm AR is over-gassed, and how it's over-gassed...

Thanks! I generally find I can passably figure out most pistols I've within a magazine or so. Aside from H&K USPs, they resist my efforts to make hits with them... Since this is my first pistol dot, I have no frame of reference for window size (get it? :rofl: ) except for looking through some...

A little update on progress with the PDP Compact/RMR combo. It was chilly and rainy early Sunday evening when I finally made it to the 25-yard pistol bay to verify zero. I was almost giddy with how much easier making groups at 25 yards is with the RMR versus iron sights. There are 12 hits in the...

Give it some time to get used to it before you write it off. I'm at 255 rounds through my Walther PDP with a Trijicon RMR on it and honestly, I've had little trouble adapting to using the dot instead of iron sights. The thing I'm learning is to look where you want the bullets to go instead of at...

Interestingly enough, I had a LOT of rounds on Glocks, as in I broke a frame rail on an E-series Gen 3 G-17 "non-recalled" pistol, and I still took to the Walthers like a duck to water when I got my PPQ. Glocks shoot softer in my hands, frame size to frame size, but the Walther trigger is much...

That just gives further evidence to my belief that folks espousing the "accuracy benefits with 62-grain ammo" back in the day of 1-9" twist barrels were mostly trying to get any kind of usable accuracy out of mediocre bullets.

If the price is acceptable to you, it's probably not an unreasonable risk to try a Colt chrome-lined barrel. At least in the past they had a reputation for shooting better than one would expect. @Rodfac 's story is similar to what I heard from other shooters when I was active in Highpower. Some...

Not even just brand to brand, but even within the different product lines in the same brand. As a recent example, I bought a 500-round box of Federal Champion 115gr FMJ 9mm Luger ammunition. It was bulk packaged in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box. The recoil impulse in my 9mm AR was...

"Matches are won in offhand and lost at 600." First off, nice shooting by the OP in the first post. That's great offhand performance. Second, when I was still actively shooting Highpower, I spent the majority of my practice effort on offhand. It's also as much a mental game as a physical one...

Since I'm an avowed Walther fan, I thought it was time to share my latest addition, an OD Green Walther PDP Compact. The Trijicon RMR is a recent addition. The ability to mount a red dot sight was the entire reason I picked up this pistol in the first place, otherwise I've been perfectly happy...

And it wasn't all that long ago "expert shooters" were convinced that red dots were inferior to irons for close-in rifle shooting. I have Glen Zediker's "The Mouse That Roared" and even he mentioned and championed this in one chapter. Yet here we are today and we have plenty of proof that for...