Interesting and kind of odd. Makes me wonder if the follower was left off deliberately in an attempt to get an extra round or two in. As for the base falling off, maybe forgot to tighten a set screw properly?
Gah! I remember all those nice revolvers I bought back in the 1970s. Replaced every grip with outsized Herrett stocks shortly after unboxing the gun. Lost or misplaced most of the OEM grips in subsequent moves. ***sniff*** While I am confessing...I put muzzle brakes (the kind with a single set screw) on my AK, SKS's and even my 10/22's. But like I said, I "got over it" when I reached adulthood in my 30s.
That hurts! When I found out what some genuine factory S&W grips were bringing, mine went in a safe place. I like Pachmayr Signature grips, thats what the S&W's got.
I started collecting old Colt revolvers a while back. OEM grips to replace after-market grips for some of them will put you in the poor house. And the thing about old S&W grips is that you'll never have the one with the pencilled in factory serial number. :(
Ouch...just had a painful flashback, Boris. First time up with my new (to me) 1953 H&R built Garand I got a case of the Garand Thumb. Had no first aid kit, so I wrapped my thumb in some masking tape I borrowed from a friend at the range. Fired off a "clip". Sold the rifle to that friend for what I paid for it before I left the range. Also, out of an abundance of caution, I sold my Egyptian Hakim 8mm. Hakim Thumb is to Garand Thumb as a guillotine is to a paper cut, but only if you're stupid. You're dealing with mags, not clips. Still, once bitten...
I've had that happen when a base slid off the magazine tube during a reload at a Club competition. Would not use THAT type for carry.
I've also had bases on mil spec 1911 magazines come off when bad spot welds broke when the mag hit a concrete floor during a speed reload. At least they were cheap...
I like Tom Givens approach. Buy a 2nd gun identical to your EDC and compete with it. Keeps the round count down on the EDC (shoot it some). If you're competing in a "practical" sport why use a race gun? Train like you fight.
Without meaning to teach anyone's grandma how to suck eggs, the old saying I heard during my service was "You fight like you train" which was said to griping sailors complaining about too frequent and too long GQ drills, firefighting drills and damage control drills. The meaning was that practice, practice, practice (done the right way) will develop the skills and muscle memory to bring home the bacon when you engage the enemy. The phrases "Train like you'll fight" and "You'll fight like you're trained" are a recursive process. It is a good process that doesn't require a lot of over-thinking, just doing. The too frequent and too long part is the beast you must master, says the fubsy ninja to the gym. ☺
You can check out Tom at https://rangemaster.com/ including newsletters. Old hand in CCW, up there with Mas Ayoob minus the extensive court expert testimony.
Fight like you train: yep, number of well known examples of that not working out like the old revolver days and training to collect brass on reloads (so as not to dirty the range). Then collected brass while reloading in a gun fight (LE). Or as some put it: practice makes permanent.
Interesting and kind of odd. Makes me wonder if the follower was left off deliberately in an attempt to get an extra round or two in. As for the base falling off, maybe forgot to tighten a set screw properly?
Might be an after-market addiction to go-fast additions, too, Boris. Been there, got over it.
Edit to add: "What Curby said".
Yup ... Chasing diminishing returns can get painful, especially if you're trying to buy skill via hardware.
Gah! I remember all those nice revolvers I bought back in the 1970s. Replaced every grip with outsized Herrett stocks shortly after unboxing the gun. Lost or misplaced most of the OEM grips in subsequent moves. ***sniff*** While I am confessing...I put muzzle brakes (the kind with a single set screw) on my AK, SKS's and even my 10/22's. But like I said, I "got over it" when I reached adulthood in my 30s.
That hurts! When I found out what some genuine factory S&W grips were bringing, mine went in a safe place. I like Pachmayr Signature grips, thats what the S&W's got.
I started collecting old Colt revolvers a while back. OEM grips to replace after-market grips for some of them will put you in the poor house. And the thing about old S&W grips is that you'll never have the one with the pencilled in factory serial number. :(
some of the aftermarket “plastic fantastic” mags are prone to coming apart. I had a 30 round korean one do that sitting on a shelf.. SPRANG!!
whoever is in the video hasn’t trained on failure drills.
Indeed although in fairness this would seem to be a highly unusual failure mode.
I'm not sure I'd want to poke my finger into the slide like that, looks like a good way to get a case of Garand Thumb on the index finger.
Ouch...just had a painful flashback, Boris. First time up with my new (to me) 1953 H&R built Garand I got a case of the Garand Thumb. Had no first aid kit, so I wrapped my thumb in some masking tape I borrowed from a friend at the range. Fired off a "clip". Sold the rifle to that friend for what I paid for it before I left the range. Also, out of an abundance of caution, I sold my Egyptian Hakim 8mm. Hakim Thumb is to Garand Thumb as a guillotine is to a paper cut, but only if you're stupid. You're dealing with mags, not clips. Still, once bitten...
I've had that happen when a base slid off the magazine tube during a reload at a Club competition. Would not use THAT type for carry.
I've also had bases on mil spec 1911 magazines come off when bad spot welds broke when the mag hit a concrete floor during a speed reload. At least they were cheap...
I like Tom Givens approach. Buy a 2nd gun identical to your EDC and compete with it. Keeps the round count down on the EDC (shoot it some). If you're competing in a "practical" sport why use a race gun? Train like you fight.
And that's what will bring home the bacon and keep you safer: TRAIN LIKE YOU FIGHT!
Without meaning to teach anyone's grandma how to suck eggs, the old saying I heard during my service was "You fight like you train" which was said to griping sailors complaining about too frequent and too long GQ drills, firefighting drills and damage control drills. The meaning was that practice, practice, practice (done the right way) will develop the skills and muscle memory to bring home the bacon when you engage the enemy. The phrases "Train like you'll fight" and "You'll fight like you're trained" are a recursive process. It is a good process that doesn't require a lot of over-thinking, just doing. The too frequent and too long part is the beast you must master, says the fubsy ninja to the gym. ☺
Hadn't heard of Tom before, Steve. But two Ruger LCP's and two S&W Model 638's here. Even a blind pig can...
You can check out Tom at https://rangemaster.com/ including newsletters. Old hand in CCW, up there with Mas Ayoob minus the extensive court expert testimony.
Fight like you train: yep, number of well known examples of that not working out like the old revolver days and training to collect brass on reloads (so as not to dirty the range). Then collected brass while reloading in a gun fight (LE). Or as some put it: practice makes permanent.
Thanks for the link, Steve.
N.B. Lessons learned from that Miami FBI shootout in 1986.
Ed Mireles book "FBI Miami Firefight: Five Minutes that Changed the Bureau" was a good read on that. He was literally the last man standing (briefly).
Thanks.
Download and sign up for the Newsletters. Not only some good drills, there's usually a different one every month, but a lot of good articles.
Tom Givens or one of his instructors has courses in your area, Dale.
Thanks. I delved a little deeper and found https://rangemaster.com/free-info/ .