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I haven’t met anyone with a high round count Gen 5 40 yet. The academy where I am an instructor has seen a fairly large amount of Gen 5 40s come through without a single issue. I am actually considering one myself.

Tempting!

I went through the frustrations a few years back with a conversion on a Springer. Just buy you a dedicated 38super 1911.

Most of us 10mm guys shoot 40 in the 10mm barrel and did so long before the Internet was around to tell us it shouldn’t be done.

Do you ever get to Nashville or even further South?

I’m an 870 armorer if I can help with anything. There are some concerns with thin barrel when you chop one, and because of timing concerns it’s not practical to do a barrel swap. I don’t know that I would ever bother to chop an old 870. I would buy a $500 Tac 14 as a base for your SBS.

I actually had the old aluminum one before they made them with steel. My recommendation is to switch the polymer one out every year or every ~600 rounds.

I am at about 18 months of carry time and about 1500 rounds with a Glock 43x. I like it more than any Glock I have ever owned. I had one malfunction with a Shield magazine and haven’t really trusted them since. I own a G48 also, but I have no where near the same amount of time with it. I do shoot the 43x a few inches to the left from the 10 yard line which is really common. The 43x is extremely common amongst LE agencies at this time. It replaced the G33 at THP and the ones I have talked to praise them. I actually shoot my P365X a little better. If it weren’t for the fact the 43X and Glock is so much more common with the agencies I train with, I would just run a p365x with factory 12 or 15 round magazines. I like the M&P Shield Plus, but I don’t need another platform complicating things. I was always a big fan of the older Shields. I still have a 40.

I have been trying the XL Wilson Combat module for a few days. The beavertail appears longer but it really is about the same length. The straight backstrap makes the beavertail hit the top of my hand in about the same spot. The magwell is a slight bit more funneled. The stippling is about perfect. Overall I’m satisfied.

It takes any 9mm magazine a 17 will take; 17 plus.

The model 45 has become a favorite amongst LEOs all over the country. I have been on ranges with many people who say they shoot the 45 better than a 17 and 19.

Someone did the math, but the rule of thumb is 1k handgun loads per pound. You probably use twice as much of the same powder with 45 Colt verses 25, 32, or even 380. Obviously, there are a lot of factors with charge, caliber, and powder brand, but powder is the cheapest material when loading anyway.

In a Glock 20 I never found the recoil to be brutal but the dual recoil spring may absorb a little recoil compared to a gen 3. However, the gen 3 Glock 20SF was a favorite of my wife years ago. I don’t believe I have ever shot a 29.

I have owned a Colt that was out of time. I have actually owned two but one still fired despite the timing concern. I even spotted one in a shop that I was considering just to find out it had timing issues. Contrary to popular belief, it does not take a Colt armorer to fix a timing issue. Any revolver savvy gunsmith can fix it. Truthfully, if you want a six shooter for carry find a Charter Police Undercover, Taurus, or new Colt. All of this assuming a Ruger or Smith is too large for you.

The internal lock on Taurus, LCRs, and Springfield 1911s will not lockup under recoil like a S&W revolver will. I like my LCR but I still like my Smiths and Colt better. The LCR shines with 22, 327, and 9mm because I can’t afford a a Smith in those calibers.

It’s nice to have options. I do like the nickel case. It’s only 10% faster than the 40 grain CCI Velocitor though.

I have not shot a Shield Plus but I have handled one. The grip of the Shield Plus is only slightly thicker than the 1.0 or 2.0. Such a shuttle difference I believe S&W should discontinue the regular Shields.

If you are doing it because you love a particular breed of dog it’s okay. If your doing it in hopes of making some money you will probably better off picking up aluminum cans to recycle. Some of my close friends did Yorkies for a couple of years and gave it up. Another friend of mine has breed dogs for thirty years and apparently does okay. He started with Jack Russels and has done Great Danes for a couple of decades.

Get the optic and see for yourself. A few of the people I have consulted with years of use with red dots on pistols now say they wouldn’t have an issue running a reputable red dot without iron sights. I’m not seeing a ton of night sights with optics. I see some blacked out sight and some fiber optic fronts.

The Glock 20 is an awesome 10mm. Actually, Glock is a wonderful platform for the 10mm with the 29, 20, and 40. I know a few people that hate Glocks but own a 20 because it is such an awesome 10mm. I had a 20 about 10 years ago and sold it to a good friend. I meant to immediately replace it with a 20 or a 40 if they went into production but ultimately went to a 1911 in 10mm and then a revolver in 10mm. For capacity, reliability, durability, and price the Glock 20, 29, 40 really cant be beat.

Thanks. I shared this with my friend. It represents about what we suspected. I think it’s safe to say about 20% of adults in the US have tried CBD products and about 10% of adults will use it on a semi-regular basis.

What are the first three letters of the serial number? Around 2014, there were a bunch of new 432 showing up on online retailers. I didn’t recall seeing one on a shelf anywhere. I passed at ordering one because of the lock. I wished that I would have bought one. It’s hard to say if they had been hanging around for ten years or if S&W did another short run like they often will do.

Thanks for those taking the time to vote in this poll. The background is a friend, with a business selling CBD products among other items, is wondering why his sales have decreased 60% in the last two years. We are trying to evaluate if the industry is over saturated.

I tried to make a poll but it keeps giving me an error. A friend asked me to take surveys of random groups concerning the average Joe’s CBD lifestyle. What are your CBD habits? 1. I do not buy CBD products and I never will? 2. I tried CBD but it is old news. 3. I still buy CBD products. 4. I tried CBD products but I have moved to products with THC.

I need an early 686 rebarreled. The factory will not do it because they are backed up on warranty work. I have a factory new barrel already. Can anyone recommend a gunsmith, they don’t have to be in state, that can rebarrel a 686 and not spring the frame?