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Thanks gang! I'm really happy with how it turned out and it feels even better than it looks.

I thought I'd show off some work that I had done to a spare grip module for my Staccato C2. A gentleman named Zach, who posts as "Grip-It-Customs_" on Instagram (do note the trailing underscore in his name) did this for me last week and I couldn't be happier. Not only is the texture that he laid down perfect for EDC use, but a byproduct of removing the factory grip texture is that the overall circumference of the grip is slightly reduced. Since I'm a size-medium glove wearer, this translates into making the gun really fit my hand better than it already did. And for comparison, this is an old photo of what the gun comes with from the factory... I really couldn't be happier. And since the grip modules on these, while not exactly inexpensive, are replaceable it's not like I have permanently altered the gun in any way. Anyway, I feel like this is an example of plastic surgery gone RIGHT. Lord knows we've seen some stipple jobs on TGO that, no offense meant to the owners of those guns, looked like someone's dog had chewed on them for a few hours.

I missed this fact, as some of you may have as well. Silicon Valley Bank wasn't the only one to tumble last week. Signature Bank was also cut off from additional funding and was taken over by the FDIC last Friday. After Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, fears of more banks collapsing grow: Live updates (msn.com)

The year ahead is going to be a rough ride, financially speaking.

I'm not one to argue with firsthand experience. @CKerwin, thank you for sharing your own experiences. What you described is pretty alarming.

I've owned several XDs over the years. I jumped on that bandwagon really early when Springfield began bringing the HS2000 into the United States under the XD banner. So, bear in mind that I really want to be more of a fan of them than I am. The bad news is that they just do not hold up well under use. I've had the roll pin work out of the top of the slide on two Tactical models in multi-day hangun classes. I know that anything can break, but this happened to both guns in settings where we were running a 1,000 round course of training. When it happened, they both went down for the count and the only "fix" was to send them back to Springfield. I don't know if Springfield has changed its posture on this or not but they used to refuse to sell/send spare parts to the consumer for self-repair. My own experiences aside, several very reputable trainers (Aaron Cowan at Sage Dynaics, for example) keep their own log of what makes and models of handguns fail mechanically in their classes. Aaron has said on several occasions that the Springfield XD has a VERY high rate of failure. I want to say a higher rate of failure than any other handguns in his classes. I don't consider them to be "duty ready" guns. They might be fun for the range, but I wouldn't carry one.

Thanks for the interest, folks. This sold yesterday.

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Bumping this back to the top. I've got more optics than I need at this point, which seems kind of hard to believe.

Suing doesn't bring grandma / mom back, but it could offset funeral expenses and likely will line the pockets of some family members who could have helped her more than they did. I guess that seems awfully negative of me, but people are a predictable species.

Well, that's interesting and unfortunately makes me wonder if her adult children weren't contacted by the hospital or were contacted by the hospital and declined to assist. It is probably safe to say that we aren't hearing all of the details here, and that we are incensed by what we have seen in the police video which, as disturbing as it is to folks with gentle sensibilities, tells one facet of the story. I'm glad I am not a cop.

Does this woman's family live in the local Knoxville area?

I'll never sell any of my P320s or P365s. Their modular design makes them incredibly versatile and "cheap" to tinker with.

I thought I saw that Sig has a version of the Macro coming out soon, or already, that does away with the compensator. Maybe check into that? For what it's worth, the comp works pretty well.

I've never owned a PPQ so I really can't say. From looking at photos, the PDP looks to build off of the PPQ's positive points and adds quite a bit more. The PDP's grip texture is insanely good. Grippy without being abrasive. The PDP F-Series addresses the issues that you had with the length of pull.

Alright, so I am going to toss the newish Walther PDP onto the table for discussion. For some reason these do not get a whole lot of attention, but they are in my opinion one of the best handguns on the market for defensive or duty purposes these days. They have a stellar trigger, especially for a striker-fired gun. They are not only optics-ready but are essentially "optics brand agnostic" thanks to a mounting plate system. And a mounting plate system that is deeply recessed into the slide so that the factory iron sights co-witness with an optic without needing to be replaced with taller variants. People without engineering degrees suddenly became engineering experts when the PDP was released and made much to do about the mounting plate's lack of recoil lugs, which ended up being a complete load of hooey. Even still, Walther addressed that by making an unnecessary modification to the slide with the 2.0 mounting design. And speaking of iron sights, Walther wisely chose to use Glock-pattern sights, so the pistol inherited an insane variety of iron sight options which are easy to remove and install. Rather than being forced to use a pair of sights that you don't really care for, you have a ton of options, and those options were available right out of the gate. The grip texture on these guns is amazing as well, so aftermarket stippling isn't necessary - although I've seen people do it and have wondered why the hell they'd ruin a perfectly good gun like that. And, of course, the grip size is adjustable thanks to a trio of backstraps included with the gun AND folks with even smaller hands can choose the "F" variant of the PDP that has an even smaller grip circumference. Accuracy of the gun is spot-on thanks to an excellent barrel, and the recoil impulse of the gun is smooth and quick, allowing for very fast and flat shooting. It really blows my mind that more people don't own and carry these.

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I'll dig into this, cancel one and reimburse it. This may not happen until sometime later this evening, though.

Ah... well you just provoked my fondness for Gen 3 Smith & Wesson semi-autos. The 3913 is a hell of a great 9mm and it was doing the slim-line DA/SA thing decades before the modern striker fired equivalents came along.

Firefox 110.0 (64-bit) on a Windows 11 laptop. You might disable all of your FireFox plugins and see what happens. It could be something funky going on there.

It's something specific to your connection or with your setup. It works for me.

I thought it might be fun to start a conversation about practical handguns that you believe are underappreciated by the gun media, gun owners, etc. Tell us what handguns you feel fall into this category and then tell us why they're so good and why you think they are often forgotten about or diminished? Be ready to defend it, though. If you make a submission and someone challenges it, for whatever reason, don't let that deter you. Maybe we'll all learn something in the back and forth.

Indeed a possibility! If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I don't think he's hurting for business, but I'm not easily offended either. Just because I hear the words, it doesn't mean that I have to start using them, myself.