My wife and I are in the midst of winter colds… flu… one of those two. Ironically, we contracted the flu when my wife insisted on getting a flu shot and I had to go to the doctor’s office for a wellness check. A wellness check is shorthand for the…...
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40 Smith & Wesson
Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may…...
Smith and Wesson’s Performance Center’s M&P40 Shield… Part 2
The six bullets pictured above are my standards for short barrel 40 S&W handloads. The soft lead core jacketed bullets do well as components of defensive handloads, fully expanding to 0.750″ or more in ballistic gel, penetrating to 12″ to 18″. The three cast bullets on the right with a…...
Smith & Wesson's Performance Center SW1911 PRO SERIES® 9mm
My wife and I just finished taking down the Christmas tree and settling in for the New Year. 2018 had been a… curious year. I received a mailer from Maine’s DMV that read in paraphrase, “If you look like this, insert picture of Mr. Magoo on golf cart, you can…...
S&W's Model 19 Classic Part I
I mostly listen to old songs, or new singers who sing old songs. I think I never recovered from the trauma of Disco, the British Invasion and an overdose of soul. One of my favorite songs is Bob Dylan’s “If Not For You” that was release around October of 1970…....
S&W’s Model 19 Classic Part II
I am trying to take it easy more often. Mellow out. Chill. Have you seen the world out there? I’m afraid it is Bob Dylan all over again… I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I…...
Smith & Wesson Performance Center® SW22 VICTORY®
Living in rural Maine requires residents to embrace the notions of self sufficiency and self reliance. Having a phone number handy for a good handyman, for help when the work gets too heavy or too oversized for one, is also a good idea. Landscaping, insect control, vehicle and equipment repair,…...
Smith and Wesson's Performance Center Model 19 Carry Comp
OK, I like double action revolvers. There is always a round in the chamber inline with the barrel and point and squeeze the trigger are pretty easy operating instructions to remember even under the most stressful conditions. When well done, as is the case with this S&W Performance Center Model…...
Smith and Wesson's M&P 45 2.0
As the old Ford Escape speedometer spins like the wheels on a nickle slot machine, thoughts, dreams and lots of anxiety clear the path to a new car decision. Cursory examination suggests that in the past thirteen years, auto manufacturers have cut vehicle size in half, made everything but a…...
Smith and Wesson's Model 625 45 Automatic... Revolver
Accepting that the speed of my shooting, while accurate, was on par with that of a South American tree sloth… assuming a tree sloth could draw and fire a double action revolver, I invested in a copy of Ed McGivern’s “Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting”. Applying some of the book’s…...