Moldova Is Next

Russian puppet President of Belarus Lukashenko's blunder using Putin's war map as a prop shows up that Moldova is next.

Taurus Decoder Ring: A Cute Start

Every gun manufacturer has their own naming-convention gobbledygook. They have names based on years, calibers, sizes, capacity, extremeness. Yes, I wrote that: EXTREMENESS. 

Smith & Wesson is infamous for it; at least the gobbledygook part. I don't know if it was Handgun Radio that came up with the innovative concept of a Smith & Wesson Model Number Decoder Ring, but that's where I heard about it.

Well, Taurus is modestly confusing the hell out of me. I get tripped up constantly by the GX series. And I am feebly coming to grips with the numbering of its revolvers. But I still don't know what to call my 22 Poly, uh, PT-22 PLY ... yah!

Where to start? I could start chronologically, but that could be boring. I think I'll start with the easy route, because then I probably won't screw it up. Also, the first gun is sort of cartoonish, so it's like we are starting at an elementary (school) level. REMEMBER: Guns are not toys!

The Judge Series (2006-present)

The Taurus Judge was originally named the 4410. The "Judge" name came about, because judges were carrying the 4410 in Miami.

Credit: TaurusUSA.com

Judge (Models 2-441031T, 2-441039T, 2-441061T, 2-441069T)

barrel lengths: 3" or 6.5"
weight: 29 oz or 32 oz
material: steel alloy or stainless steel
finish: black oxide or stainless steel
The original Judge.  

Credit: TaurusUSA.com

Judge Public Defender (Models 2-441031TC, 2-441039TC, 2-441029TCPLY, 2-441021PFS)

barrel length: 2.5"
capacity: 5 rounds
weight: 28 oz or 27 oz
material: steel alloy or stainless steel or polymer
finish: black oxide or stainless steel or black plastic

It sounds funny that this version of the Judge is called the Judge Public Defender, but it is seen over and over again that line extensions can get a little goofy. Maybe they could have changed the name of the series to: the Courthouse.

The difference in weight between metal and polymer Public Defenders seems ridiculous.

Credit: TaurusUSA.com

Judge Magnum (Models 2-441031MAG, 2-441039MAG, 2-441061MAG, 2-441069MAG)
barrel length: 3" or 6.5"
capacity: 5 rounds
weight: 37 oz or 48 oz
material: steel alloy or stainless steel
finish: black oxide or stainless steel
The magnums have 3" chambers.

Raging Judge (Models 2-51039, 2-51069)
barrel length: 3" or 6.5"
capacity: 6 rounds
weight: 61 oz or 73 oz
material: stainless steel
finish: stainless steel
The Raging Judges add a .454 Casull capable chamber, but the chamber is not .410 magnum capable. 

NEXT: Taurus Decoder Ring: GXeses

Gun Rights 180: AwakenWithJP

 

Biden Is A User of ... You

NEWS FLASH: Biden wants to appoint the first-black-female Supreme Court Justice to cement his virtue-signaling legacy (or his handlers do), but he threatened the filibuster to block the first-possible black-female Supreme Court Justice way back when.

credit: PJ Media

Now Biden calls the filibuster racist (or his handlers do).

Biden only cares about blacks, if he can use them (or his handlers do).

He is despicable (and so are his handlers).

DETAILS: https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/biden-blocked-a-black-woman-justice/article_5182a83e-83ba-11ec-97b6-df90be959a7c.html

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CCO 1911 & the SIG 320

 Is anyone hack sawing SIG 320s?

CCO 1911 & Glock Hacks

The "ideal" carry Glock in .357 SIG would have a G17-size slide with a G26-size handle. So, maybe. There is a lot to unwrap here, BUT there might be a short cut.

Can you just short circuit the whole problem by throwing a G31 barrel in a G33 gun?

Actually, it looks like it won't work: https://www.glocktalk.com/threads/are-glock-handguns-barrels-interchangeable.1787366/

So, well. Time to get out the hacksaw. And it'd be cheaper. The original work around.

The Most Pedestrianly Exciting Shot Show 2022 Release

There is enough to be all aflutter about a few releases that were actually or sort of made at Shot Show 2022. 

Mega-boutique gunmaker KelTec's P15 demands a response from the blue-collar gun makers. 

.30 Super Carry raises many questions including: (1) Is it hype? (2) Will it ka-BOOM pistols? (3) Will it gain traction? 

A four-column (A)rmalite (R)ifle magazine receiver. 

A hunting cartridge that is perfected for a shorty bolt-action. And it is 8 or 9mm or something.

Franklin Armory's ridiculously expensive G-S173 binary trigger system (pretty much everything but the frame, barrel, and recoil rod and spring). 

credit: TheFirearmsBlog

Harrington & Richardson has been reinvented with a retro M-16A1 clone being its first release. H&R really does still holds some trademarks to and full technical specifications for the M-16, because H&R was one of the original manufacturers. And guess what. Palmetto State Armory bought H&R in the Remington liquidation.

So what's the big news? Taurus has a .327 Federal Magnum revolver already cataloged on its website. It looked very exciting, because it looks very similar to the 856 UL revolver - the 6-shot .38-Special Ultra-Lite version of Taurus's 5-shot model 85. Unfortunately, the current offering of the Taurus 327 is a full-weight albeit snubnose 6-shot format tipping the scales at 22 oz. It's at a nice MSRP of $371 and 5 cents.

I really hope Taurus has a 327 UL in its back pocket. Maybe it will be called the 3277 UL - keeping the trend going for Taurus of adding a round at the same time that the Ultra-Lite version appears.

credit: Shooting Illustrated

KelTec's NEW P15 vs. the OLD PF9 (and, yeah, of course the SIG P365)

credit: KelTec

KelTec Joins The Fun

The #Micro9 craze has been going great guns, since SIG Sauer introduced the P365. Well, not really. It took the other players a few years to catch up. Unfortunately, KelTec was early to the party and sat in a folding chair on the edge of the dance. Let me digress.

KelTec had the P11 for years. It sort of took Smith & Wesson mags that were from S&W  old metal DA/SA pistols, but it came with a 10-round "proprietary" mag based on the S&W mag. It was everything the SIG P365 came to be. Don't laugh!

Before we get into the nitty gritty, who are the players in the industry?

Micro 9s (order of intro)

KelTec P11 (1995-2019)

SIG P365 (2018-now)

Springfield Armory Hellcat (2019-now)

S&W  M&P Shield Plus (2021-now)

Ruger MAX-9 (2021-now)

KelTec P15 (2022-now)

And to celebrate the P11 that was ahead of its time - a Viking funeral.

The Nitty Gritty

How does the KelTec P15 stacks up to the gun it sort of pretty much replaced - the KelTec P11? And how does it compare to the lightest 9 - the KelTec PF9? How does it size up to the SIG P365 - the quintessential micro 9?

Well, hell that's inconclusive! Is the KelTec P15 a SIG P365 killer, or is it just a little bit too tall?

NEXT: KelTec P15:  Glock-19 Killer! 

.30 Super Carry IS .32 Super!

 UPDATE:1/6/22 4:00 PM

UPDATE: 1/6/22 11:43 AM

Why is no one saying this?

Same caliber: .312

.30 Super Carry (credit: American Rifleman)

.32 ACP (credit: Wikipedia)

This all looks pretty much the same as the .38 ACP/.38 Super situation - except the semi rim. Oh, and also the fact that .30 Super Carry has a bigger case. Close enough.

.30 Super Carry (credit: The Gun Dungeon)

Well, The Gun Dungeon on Rumble.com did make the connection that .30 Super Carry is pretty much a .32 ACP Magnum, which dismisses the logical conclusion that it really is a .32 Super.

Of course, Glock could have cut this off at the knees by producing a guaranteed-to-be-unsuccessful .32 GAP.

.32 ACP (credit: LoadData.com)

Revolvers Are Great: Revolver vs. Autoloader for CCW (Part 3)

Differences. It's all about the differences.

Will You Carry It?

It's all about size, weight, ease of concealment, and feeling comfortable with the damn thing. All of the above could be a deal breaker. Two people could buy the same 16 ounce revolver and have two different outcomes as far as being willing to carry the gun. Different modes of carry affect how it prints and feels. People are shaped differently. 

There are so many factors, but different holsters can mitigate any issues. So I believe that choosing between a revolver and a semiauto will depend on other factors more than exact comfort. I could be wrong, especially when someone that wears more form fitting clothes has to make a choice, which means more concern about comfort and printing. 

Training Up

Revolvers seem to provide more of an "easy entry" path to conceal carry. Checking to see if a gun is loaded and basic functions seem so obvious and intuitive with a revolver. That's why gun-store clerks seem to naturally try to put snubnose revolvers in the hands of women. Small revolvers can be a handle to shoot, but so can the lightweight .380s. 

Of course, the modern "troupe" is that you can getting anyway hitting the target, if you hand them a Glock G19. But I am not so sure that they wont' be shooting themselves in the thigh, if they take such an easy-to-shoot gun as their CCW gat.

So a revolver seems to be harder to shoot accurately. That probably is mitigated, because most non-LEO legal carriers will have to defend themselves at close range. But again, the semiauto has another advantage, mostly. Because of the long double-action trigger of revolvers, a person with an autoloader can most likely get their shots on target quicker. But then again, that is probably not needed.

For a more in-depth look at the differences between proficiency with an autoloader and a revolver, here is a video by Caleb Gidding:  

Ammo Cost

Ammo cost doesn't seem to a big deal, if you're just going to get a gun and not shoot it until you need it. But that doesn't seem very responsible. My wife wants to learn about handguns, get her CCW permit, and shoot regularly. And I want to shoot more. I'm of the opinion that you should shoot with your carry gun with carry ammo (at least analog, which ammo companies are capitalizing on) - NOT .22s or easier-to-shoot larger guns - at least when you are practicing for carrying.

So, practice costs money for range time and ammo.

(brass-cased FMJ 50 round box - 12/13/21 on LuckyGunner.com)

9mm        $23.50

.380        $37.00 (57% more)

.38 Special    $38.00 (62% more)

9mm wins this category on a round by round basis. But how many rounds would you put through a CCW gun at all - or in each caliber?

A Gun Is A Gun

Eventually, you have to make a choice. The conventional wisdom is that autoloaders have won the fight, but revolvers can ease an entry into CCW. And if one can handle the trigger pull and recoil - and make hits on target at typical non-LEO civilian ranges - then a revolver is good enough. So be it.