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Browning Hi-Power Facelift
July 19thMakeover of my Browning Hi-Power by Shin Tanaka - revitalizing a 15-year old pistol.
SPRINCO Springs and Recoil Reducers
April 10thSprinco USA, also known as Tactical Springs LLC, hails from Texas and manufactures high-quality springs and recoil reducers amongst other products. Featured here are some of Sprinco’s Recoil Reducer kits. Note that we’re talking about felt recoil; and more importantly muzzle jump/flip. Generally speaking, in order to reduce the recoil of a weapon, you either need to add weight to the weapon, or utilize a compensator on the barrel that redirects some of the gases to angle backwards to counteract the rearward motion of the gun (Newton’s third law applies). Guide rod replacement systems like these are more ‘Recoil Management’ systems rather than recoil reducers, as they do not reduce the actual recoil force of the pistol.
VLTOR FORTIS pistol project first look
January 31stEver since I saw Sonny Crockett and his Dornaus & Dixon Bren Ten on the 80’s show ‘Miami Vice’, I’ve wanted one, but just never got around to buying one (couldn’t afford one back then). For years, the Bren Ten has remained a controversial and mostly enthusiast pistol, but the design has now been resurrected, by Vltor Weapon Systems as the Fortis (Latin for ’strength’) Pistol project.
MARS Armament 1911 Makeover
October 27thLast year, I was walking the tables at the December 2006 SAR show, where a table of no-nonsense, no ‘bling’, utilitarian-looking 1911’s caught my eye. I stopped for a better look, and noticed not checkering on some of the front straps, but the golf-ball texture that I had seen in photos. Sitting behind the table was Steve Morrison from MARS Armament. I stopped to chat and find out more about these pistols, and learned that we had mutual acquaintances, like Eric from Vltor. Steve had also visited my site before, so we started off on familiar ground. One of the pistols on display in the glass case was a business-like looking Colt 1911 with subdued two-toneblack and gray finish. What caught my attention were the unique Gunner Grips with Strider logo. Now, I had gunner grips myself, but had never seen this variant in person. This particular pistol turned out to be the THUG (Twight Hard-Use Gun) gun owned by Darryl Bolke, which was later featured in the Summer 2007 issue of Surefire Combat Tactics magazine. I fondled the THUG and my eyes lit up, as it was exactly the kind of 1911 I liked - it looked good to me and felt great in my hand. Later on, when Darryl came back to the table, he was much amused at my envy.
While I like my S&W M&P pistol, I wasn’t very happy with the Novak sights that came with it. The rear sight was just too busy with the scallop, and white dots which were too large. The front was a plain white dot. I painted the rear dots grey to subdue them a bit, which helped a bit, but the rear sight’s shape just didn’t work for me. The contours of the sight, and the scalloped portion created highlights and shadows which confused the sight picture. Look at the photo below of the stock M&P sights. Even the dots, being a dished shape, never really showed up as distinct and round, due to shadows. The solution: Warren Tactical Rear Sight with Dawson Precision front.