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- How To Convert Para P16 Magazines For Your High Capacity Rock Island 2011 10mm Pistol March 22, 2021In the first post, I outlined the problem that high cap Rock Island Armory 10mm magazines (OEMP164015B) are next to impossible to find right and and shared some of the research I did. I also let the cat out of the bag that I figured out a way to successfully convert Mec-Gar Para P16 ...
- Are You Having A Hard Time Finding OEMP164015B FS A2 Rock Island 10mm Pistol Magazines? March 22, 2021Ok, so I wanted to get back into the high capacity 10mm 1911 game. Generically, these are often referred to as 2011 pistols. The first maker I know who used that label was STI back when they offered both 1911 single-stack and 2011 pistols. At some point, the Philippine firearms company ...
- Where did the Various Photo and Meme Posts go? March 19, 2021In case you are wondering where all the AK, Dragunov, and Hind photos went along with all of the memes, they have all been removed due to copyright concerns. Sorry folks. I’ll keep posting my work, projects and thoughts but that will be it.
- Update On My Springfield Armory 10mm 6″ Pistol – Answering Some Questions February 15, 2021H folks – I’ve had a few questions come in about my Springfield Armory TRP Operator 10mm 6″ pistol. I answered the emails but figured a blog post might help others out so I am going to list the question and my answer to each. Was it reliable out of the box? The short answer is ...
- Pandora’s Box Is Open: 3D Printing Of Firearms February 7, 2021You may be thinking I am kind of late to the game with a post about the 3D printing of firearms but you’d be a bit wrong yourself. This domain is alive and exploding with designs that range from almost entirely 3D printed to sophisticated hybrid designs where some parts are printed and some ...
- NOCO Boost Jump Starter Batteries for Cars and Trucks Are Totally Worth It February 6, 2021So I went out to move my wife’s 2000 Camry with a V6 engine. It had been sitting for about a month, it was about 20 degrees outside and, of course, the battery had discharged enough that it wouldn’t turn the car over – I could hear the solenoid click and the starter would ...
- Recharging The R134A Refrigerant In A Glacer Bay VWD5446BLS-2 Water Cooler February 6, 2021Years ago we invested in a water filter unit that sits on top of a regular water cooler. This lets us have clean good tasting cold water – at least it did until about a year ago. My wife was the first to notice that the water wasn’t getting as cold and finally ...
- Running Your Garage or Shop Oil Lubricated Air Compressor in Cold Weather – below 32F December 30, 2020A fellow asked me the other day how I can run my shop Ingersoll Rand (IR) 2340 compressor, which is an oil lubricated 60-gallon compressor, in the winter in my unheated shop. The reason he asked is that as the compressor gets colder and colder, the oil gets thicker and thicker. The end ...
- Changing Springs and Buffers in My Beowulfs To Improve Reliability December 26, 2020Okay, so the last range trip went a lot better. The new Lancer L5AWM mags with Tromix followers worked great. The reliability on the pistol was coming along but not where I wanted it and the rifle was disappointing still but I knew what was going on. 7.5″ Beowulf Buffer Spring My 7.5″ Beowulf pistol ...
- What sight pusher do I use and Recommend for my Pistols? December 25, 2020A fellow emailed me the other day asking what I use to remove and install sights on my pistols. For those of you wondering what a “sight pusher” is, it is a device that is used to push sights around on a handgun and can be used to install, adjust or remove the sights. Of ...
- My Favorite 10mm 1911 Single-Stack Pistol Magazines December 23, 2020I’ve had a number of 1911-style pistols over the years from Dan Wesson, Rock Island, and Taurus. Now, I have a 10mm 1911 TRP Operator with a 6″ barrel. The one thing I learned years ago is that you need quality magazines to help with reliable feeding. I word it this way ...
- A New .50 Beowulf Magazine Option: Lancers With Tromix Followers December 21, 2020I’m still experimenting with my .50 Beowulf (12.7x42mm) rifle and pistol that I have posted about previously. I wanted to find better magazine options – both in terms of looks and reliability – than my modified D&H aluminum magazines. I tried a number of different options and then happened on using Tromix followers ...
- What Are Good Commercial AKs You Can Buy In The USA? December 14, 2020If you ever want to start an argument on the Internet, ask what is the best AK brand you can buy in the US or at least ask what is good a good brand. You’ll get a ton of opinions, hear say and even a few people with real experience will chime in. Paul Popov ...
- Buying an Omega 18 Cubic Foot High Pressure Air Cylinder and Filling It With My New GX CS3 Compressor December 14, 2020In my last post, I described how I set up and test my brand new GX CS3 compressor. The next step I wanted to do with it was to charge my Omega 18 cubic foot air cylinder. As easy as the GX CS3 is to use, I still wanted a small high-pressure air ...
- Setting Up And Testing The GX CS3 PCP Air Compressor December 6, 2020As I mentioned in my last post, IU ordered my GX CS3 air compressor off Amazon and it arrived in great shape. The next day, I reread the very terse instructions in the manual and decided I better follow some basic test procedures because you don’t want surprises with high pressure air (HPA) systems ...
- Finally, An Affordable And Reliable 4500 PSI Air Compressor For PCP Airguns! The GX CS3 December 2, 2020Folks, I think Pre-Charged Pneumatic (PCP) airguns are awesome. They have an onboard high-pressure cylinder that holds enough air to shoot a certain number of rounds before needing to be recharged. After years of having your basic pneumatic and spring-piston air rifles, I bought my first PCP, a Hatsan Gladius Long in .22, ...
- Are ETS Glock Magazines Any Good? November 28, 2020There seems to be two schools of thought when it comes to magazines for Glock Pistols, Polymer80 Pistols and the myriad other arms that can use the reliable Glock magazine design. One will tell you that only Glock magazines are reliable. The other school will tell you that there are other magazine makers ...
- Will A Bulgy ARM9 Grip Fit An IMI Galil? The Notch Is Definitely Different November 26, 2020A recurring question I get is if a Bulgarian ARM-9 grip can be used on an IMI Galil rifle. Not easily is my answer and I took a bunch of photos so you can decide for yourself. You would need to add black epoxy to the inside back of the ARM in order ...
- What Is The Best Optic For A Yugo M76 Rifle? November 6, 2020I did a series of posts back in the Fall of 2019 about a custom Yugo M76 that I had Two Rivers Arms build for me that I then added my own optic to . A fellow recently contacted me about what optic he ought to get for his rifle, ...
- PSA Has a Good Deal on the SIG P365 Tac Pac With 3 12-rnd Mags and a Holster October 31, 2020Folks, Palmetto State Armory has a deal going on where you can get one the excellent SIG P365 pistols in what they call a “Tac Pac”. Normally the Tac Pac just has a couple of mags but this deal includes three real SIG 12-round mags that often go for $35-45 each and a combination ...