WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

The Liberal geniuses running the Great State of Maryland decided to go to war against guns, so the world's oldest and one of the largest gun manufacturers in the world unbolted their machines from the shop floor and moved to Tennessee . . . S.L.

Since 1526

Beretta USA to Locate New Manufacturing Facility in Sumner County, Tennessee

NASHVILLE – Beretta USA officials along with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty announced today the company will expand its U.S. operations by building a new firearms manufacturing plant in the Gallatin Industrial Park. Beretta, a global manufacturer of high-quality sporting and military firearms, will invest $45 million in a state-of-the-art manufacturing and R&D facility. Beretta will create 300 new Tennessee jobs. The company is expected to complete construction on the facility this year.

Beretta makes excellent guns; I carried a Beretta professionally for the better part of two decades and I know my way around an M9 as well as I know my way around an M1911. In fact, I'm thinking of investing in another Beretta just to show solidarity with the cause.

Look! They named a pistol after ME: the Beretta PX4 STORM Sub-Compact, available in 9mm x 13 round mag or .40 S&W x 10 rounds.

Come to think of it I do have a requirement for a sub-compact and 9mm is a very useful and utilitarian round. Might get a matched pair - one for me and one for the wife. The kids can inherit our .38 snub-nose revolvers.

Bye-bye Maryland! It was real, and it was nice, but it wasn't real nice!

STORMBRINGER SENDS

FIELD-STRIPPING YOUR 1911

Everybody who owns and operates an M1911 should know and understand how to strip it down to it's basic groups:







This is as far as I go in the field. I can disassemble further, of course; the firing pin / extractor group, mainspring group, and trigger group - but this is not necessary for daily cleaning, or basic problem solving.

Yesterday, a question came up, so I took the opportunity to create a post and share the knowledge with all:


The 1911 is my favorite of all handguns - my question is how to disassemble the mags for cleaning. I have some original Colt mags that I have no idea how to remove the floor plates. Can't find any cathes, latches or buttons. I haven't had any success with simply trying to slide it open, either; this will surely damage it.


ANSWER:

"Original" Colt mags have their floorplates welded to the tube.


Yes, that's a six round magazine - I carry a compact Model 1911 - S.L.


Stick a few rounds into the magazine, and then run a pin through the holes in the magazine tube to hold the spring down.





Remove the rounds and the follower should fall out the top too. Carefully remove the pin, and the spring will come free:








The spring and follower will come out now. Re-assembly's the reverse - about the only zinger is to watch the orientation of the spring v.s. the follower.




Use a tool like I did to drive the spring back down so you can pin it when trying to re-assemble the magazine, and then just drop the follower in and release the pin.

Remember: There are no stupid questions, only the ones which are never asked.



"Oh yeah? Well if that's the case, how come the Professor can make a radio out of a coconut, but can't he fix a hole in a boat?"

Let me re-phrase that. Sometimes there ARE stupid questions, but questions about guns, gun safety, and marksmanshp do not fall into that category.



SEAN LINNANE SENDS



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