Daily Archives: November 4, 2009

Taurus 9mm 1911 available soon

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November 4, 2009
Taurus 9mm 1911 available soon

At the 2009 SHOT SHOW, one of the pistols I was enamored with was Taurus 9mm 1911 pistol.  I like 1911s, I like 9mm, and I like not spending a boatload of money on a gun.  While some people don’t like Taurus guns, and perfectly entitled to that opinion, the Taurus semi-autos that I’ve...
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Fighting from a vehicle

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November 4, 2009

The Firearm Blog has a great guest post up from a writer that just took a class at the Sig Academy on fighting from a vehicle.  Interestingly, the 9mm seems to be the best round for fighting from inside a vehicle, as it exhibited a much better ability to penetrate windshield glass without fragmenting...
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I knew it!

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November 4, 2009

Mas Ayoob expects Ruger to start making a 1911 soon.  When the SR-556 was announced, I wondered in a couple of places about how long it would be before Ruger dug their fingers into the crowded 1911 market.  If I see a SR1911 or something at SHOT 2010 or 2011 I would not be...
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STI announces new firearms

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November 4, 2009

Prior to the 2010 SHOT SHOW, STI has announced several new firearms will be added to their line of pistols. Hit the link to Ammoland for the overall details, which include launching several existing pistols in .40 S&W, and most interestingly to me, the GP6-C with a 5 inch barrel.  The GP6 pistol has...
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Gun Nuts Last Night: Too Much Awesome

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November 4, 2009
Gun Nuts Last Night: Too Much Awesome

Oh that’s right, if you missed the live broadcast of last night’s Gun Nuts Radio then you flat missed the boat. Luckily for you, you can atone for this by downloading last night’s episode, and listening to Kathy Jackson, Tam(!), and LawDog(!!!!).  At the end of the show, when we started taking callers, we...
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Politics!

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November 4, 2009

Republican candidates swept the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, which are both states that haven’t had a governor from the GOP in over a decade.  But CNN tells me that this isn’t a referendum on Obama, despite the fact that he campaigned for both of the Democrat candidates.  No, CNN tells me...
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