14Nov06 From on of my instructors: "John, I just wrung-out my new Kahr M1 Carbine this weekend, shooting in excess of 750 rounds, with no cleaning. It ran without a hiccup. Last round functioned as smoothly and well as the first. It looks as if Kahr has fixed whatever problems they had in the past with this gun.

I'm pleased, and it fits nicely in a tennis-racket bag. It will make an ideal car-gun." Comment: This is good news indeed! Kahr can now be added to Fulton Armory as quality manufacturers of the M1 Carbine. This little rifle is ideal for many in many circumstances, and, loaded with Cor-Bon DPX ammunition, it is a formidable, serious, piece. /John

14Nov06

On personal excellence, from a friend with a large, metro PD on the East Coast:

"... all patrol officers here are told, once deadly force is justifi ed, we should seek cover and just shoot in the direction of the threat, keeping the

bad guys' heads down and preventing them from getting close, as we wait for help. This unwritten philosophy is in no way confined to this department.

They don't want us to get hurt, but they don't want us to hurt of kill VCAs

either, even when they are representing a deadly threat. There is little e ver said about individual marksmanship, how to effectively/lethally engage huma n targets, individual tactics, or 'winning the fight.'

We are required to assume help will always be just minutes away, that our radios will always work, and that we can always count on the department =99s ' backing.' We are not trained as the individual operators we will ne ed to be in the next terrorist attack."

Comment: When politicians actively court the votes of criminals and their families, it is not surprising that they don't want any of their potential voting constituency shot by police. Thus, both police and good citizens be come expendable, as violent criminals are coddled and protected as the valuable resource big-city politicians believe them to be.

/John

14Nov06

Confirming pistol/caliber selection, from a friend in the Philippines:

"Your South African friend's predicament is mirrored over he re. For most of us, pistols are the only firearm available. Multiple assailants are a common here too, with most being armed with superior weaponry, but not necessarily superior skills. Still, the power of rifles is enough cause one to dwell on the value of real cover!

High-capacity pistols have always been preferred here for that reason. Single stack pistol are carried only by those who carry more than one pisto l and/or routinely travels with a crew, all of whom are similarly armed. For those of us who have to go it alone, a high-capacity 9mm is the ticket, reflected in the popularity of the Browning HP in the 70s, Beretta 92S in the 80s, and Glock 17s from the 90s to the present.

Few of us carry only one spare magazine. Two is the general minimum, with more in the car. In fact, Glock's 33-round stick is standard kit h ere.

The most comforting enhancement was developed by your good friend Peter Pi.

No one is undergunned over here when their pistols are stoked with 115 Cor-Bon HPs. We use this round a lot, and it works just fine! We'll all be switching over to DPX when it becomes available."

Comment: This world is a tough place. Some places are undisputedly harshe r than others, but, when a bad neighborhood comes to a place near you, you better be ready. They'll be no time to change your mind!

/John