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November 20, 2022
Gun Thread: Another Sunday Edition!Julie's Final Exam Targets at WeaselAcres Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do! Not much to report from here, guys and gals. I am headed to the farm Friday to do some equipment maintenance chores and to get things ready for a special guest on Saturday, 2022 NoVaMoMe Dream Date with Weasel winner, and self described lurker Julie. Hopefully after this weekend, she'll have a range report to share! It's supposed to be bright and sunny but also chilly with daytime highs only around 50 degrees. Perfect shooting weather! DDWW Update Great day of shooting at WeaselAcres on Saturday, and I'm here to tell you that Julie is a shooter! We spent most of the day on a couple of my practice rifles, a 5.56/.223 and a .308 Winchester, and finished as the sun was setting with a few magazines through an H&K MP5, courtesy of WeaselBuddy Geoff. Maybe Julie will stop by the comments tonight with a range report! Programming Note: I will be in and out (mostly out) of the comments tonight so please don't burn the place down. Thank you! With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we? Guns of the Horde Let's jump right into the madness with this submission from our pal AlaBAMA I've shot just about every handgun over my storied career as a "junior newspaper delivery boy". Just about every caliber too; well, except some of the silly ones. I like my wrists and nose unbroken!. She's an Ed Brown Limited Edition, 5" Government Model Frame/Slide, chambered in 45 ACP, and weighs in at 41 ounces unloaded. It came with VZ grips which I had replaced with some custom grips in blue, and some green fiber optic sights. Her distinguishing marks are some engravings on both sides of the slide, something about "infringement" and then shoe tread or something on the other side. I don't know. I'm sure some of your readers will better understand all that! Wow! Very nice AlaBAMA! Thanks for sharing! Next up we have a new Shield Plus range report from our pal Roger. For my birthday I purchased a new Smith and Wesson Shield Plus in 9mm. I own an original Shield 9mm, but wanted the additional capacity offered by the Shield plus. The two weapons are very similar, but the Shield plus is a much more refined product and I heartily recommend it to anyone looking for a subcompact 9mm. Just to remind myself how well the original Shield shot, I ran 50 rounds through it. The picture below is of the first 9 rounds, the target was set at 7 yards. My biggest gripe about the original Shield, other than the capacity, is the trigger. The original trigger is like just about every other mass-produced semi-automatic on the market today, its ok, not great, serviceable. The shape of the trigger, with its hinged, curved face, isn't really for me either. I did like the stippling on the grip. I have psoriasis on the palms of my hands which can be seriously irritated by a too-aggressive grip texture. It kept me away from the 2.0 version of the M&P line. The Shield plus has a flat faced trigger with a blade safety embedded in the face. The stippling on the grip feels very good. Its grippy to the skin without being rough or abrasive. That flat faced trigger is excellent. The reset is tactile, audible, and consistent. You can see in the picture below the differences in the two pistols. The Shield Plus (L) and original Shield (R) Shooting the Shield Plus is a treat. Recoil is very manageable, it's not flippy in the least. They've increased the palm swell on the Plus. This accomplished two things. It decreased the pressure on the web of the hand between thumb and forefinger from the initial recoil pulse, and it fills the hand more completely, making it more comfortable to grip, even for those with larger hands. Shield Plus (L) So how does the Shield Plus shoot? The picture above is the first magazine I put through it. I'm not the greatest shot, especially with small pistols. Everything goes a little left. The Shield plus comes with two magazines from the factory, a flat based 10 rnd magazine and an extended 13 rnd magazine. I bought two more extended magazines. Fortuitously, this comes to 50 rounds, or one box of ammo. I do a little meditative thing on the range one round a second, until the magazine is empty, drop the magazine and reload and continue at 1 round a second until all the magazines are empty. I always feel very relaxed when I'm done. It looks like this on the target. When it comes to holsters and other accouterments for the Shield Plus, thankfully it fits everything for the original Shield. Take down for cleaning and the maintenance is the same. Magazines are not interchangeable. Great report, Roger! Thank you and congratulations on the new handgun! To Obsessively Clean, or Not to Obsessively Clean I've been to the range a few times recently, but this isn't a range report. Instead, this is a serious question along the lines of, "Am I sitting on my brain?" Dear Confused BB, I like Hoppes 9 and Ballistol, and recently began using Deep Creep. Here's a little video on the product from our pals at SeaFoam. Even More Rare 1911s Absurdities of the Atomic Age I love these videos. Musical Interlude Rush and Working Man with Dave Grohl on drums. Gun Basics 101 No new video from the She Equips Herself gal, so into the archives we go. This week's video is on concealed carry for Moms. Cigar of the Week Have I featured the Cain by Olivia before? Well if I have, here it is again. About $6 each and worth every nickel. Here is a Cigar Vixen Punch Fu Manchu review. Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar. Cigarsinternational.com A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site! Ammo Link-O-Rama This week's mailbag entry is from our pal WTM. Great one! Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. 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