Glock 19 - The Lifetime Gun

Alrighty, now it's time to talk about the Glock 19.  I currently own one (yay!) and I have to say it's a great gun.  Period, hard stop... great gun.

Here's what it looks like:

It's a striker fired semi-automatic pistol that is recognized the world over as the most reliable pistol, ever.  Glock makes the same basic pistol in a variety of calibers, however, the G-19 is a 9mm pistol.

There are about 4 million posts, reviews, etc out there on these guns and what most people will tell you is this: Accuracy, excellent, Durability, Excellent, Reliability, Excellent, Price not bad.  

What I will say is this, however, it isn't a fun gun to carry.  It's heavy, bulky, and just meh, to carry.  It is possible I don't have the right holster as of yet, which is probably true. However, my initial impression is that it's a bulky pistol to conceal, but if I knew I was heading in to a fire fight... I'd bring this one along.  It's 15- 33 rounds (depending on the magazine) of 9mm in a gun that doesn't jam and doesn't fail...ever.

I have literally seen parts fly out of one of these while under a stress test and it still kept firing.  Keep in mind this was a 10,000 round test... 10,000 rounds and this was going through a gun that already had maybe 100,000 rounds through it.

The bottom line is this, get one.  Just go out and get one.  You may carry it you may not, but at the end of the day you'll have a gun that will not let you down when you need it.  Keep it in the house, in your truck, wherever it is you feel you may need it.

A good buy, no matter what the intended use.

Thanks and stay safe out there.

Bersa Thunder 9mm - Full Size

It has been a while since I posted anything and for that, I do apologize.  However, here's something I have had some time on the range with and would really strongly recommend.

The Bersa Thunder 9mm - Full Size:



This absolute darling of a pistol is another in a long line of quality firearms manufactured by Bersa.  This pistol is a DA/SA semi-automatic chambered in 9mm.  It holds 17+1 rounds (matched only by Glock 17's for capacity) and it, possibly, the highest value pistol you can buy, period.

When I say value, I mean you get a well made pistol with a steel slide, built in rail, de-cocking lever, thumb safety, an easy take down and field strip process, a 17 round magazine, all for about $400.00.  Now, I'm not going to say this is a 100,000 round gun, it may be, it may not.  However, I can just about guarantee that you will not wear this gun out unless you run thousands of rounds through it day after day after day.

It's a sizable pistol but it doesn't feel bulky or heavy.  The heft is enough to let you know you have a pistol in your hand and to manage the recoil, but not so much that it becomes burdensome.

All in all, it's an accurate and enjoyable firearm for a bargain basement price.

I couldn't recommend this more...

Ankle holsters - Tested and approved

Hey there everyone, I know that I've mentioned ankle holsters before as a potential carry option; however, that review was based on theoretical rather than practical knowledge.   I have since purchased and worn an ankle holster with my Jetfire 950 and I have to say, I really like it.

It's a little odd feeling at first, of course, as is any carry system, but it more than makes up for it in ease of use and the ability to conceal your weapon.

The downsides are still the same, limited caliber (smaller guns work best) and slow access point, but again, it's about having your gun on your in case something should happen.

Well, just my two cents on this particular method of carry.

Stay safe out there!

Bersa Thunder 9mm (Full Size)

I have spoken before about Bersa firearms, and I'm just as big a fan of them today as I have been since the first time I had the opportunity to test one out way back in 1999.

Normally, I would push the Bersa Thunder .380, and it is a fabulous weapon.  However, over this past weekend I had the opportunity to test out the Bersa Thunder 9mm, full size semi-auto pistol.

A little pictoral review:

Now as you can see this is a fairly straight forward semi-automatic pistol design, however it comes with some great features that make them super safe and easy to use. 

Safety first, a Bersa pistol comes with an auto-decocking lever.  Since this is a DA/SA pistol, once you rack the slide you will pull the hammer back and it will be ready to rock and roll.  If this is not what you want, then you actuate the decocking lever and the hammer falls to the "safe" position.  Not a bad feature.  From there you depress the trigger and you can fire off a round in double action mode. It also has the standard safety switch should you wish to carry it in "safe" mode.

Also, please note that this comes with a 16+1 magazine... very nice, indeed.

Now, on to the shooting review:

This isn't a light gun, in fact, even their compact .380s have some heft to them.  I like the weight of all their pistols.  They are substantial without being heavy and this weight means a couple of things. 1. That the gun will have less experienced recoil, due to basic physics, and 2. The gun is made of metal.  Both of which are nice things.

The sights are good, the weight is good, the feel is solid and the trigger in double action mode is very light compared, say, to a snubby .38.  The single action trigger is crisp and has very little creep in it.

Now, when you pull the trigger you will be greeted by a "gentle" recoil.  I'm not going to say that this gun doesn't have recoil, it does.  But it's better than many guns I've fired.  It does not throw off your sight picture very much and doesn't slowly chisel away your desire to shoot any more either.  It's perfect for the size and is very comfortable to shoot.

The accuracy of this gun is fantastic.  Again, I'm not expert, but never having shot this pistol before, at 7 yards, I put 10 rounds in the head of a silhouette target just about as fast as I could pull the trigger.  So, the accuracy is there, no doubt about it.

Considering you get all of this, for about $400.00, you really can't go wrong with this gun.  If you can carry it (and a guy my size can) then you'd do well to carry it.  If you only want it for a home defense gun, it would fill that role admirably as well.  Heck, if you just wanted a cheap gun you can put thousands of rounds through and don't care if it gets a little wear and tear on it, this gun will work for you as well.

At the end of the day, out of all the full size pistols I've fired (and they are legion) I think this was the one I liked shooting the most.  I love my 1911s and the M&P 9mm is a honey as well, but when everything is taken in to consideration, I think this is the best full size pistol value on the market... period.

Stay safe out there.