More on after-market, Glock magazine base-caps

16 July 09 On Glock magazines, from a friend overseas: "... what I failed to do was drop-test a loaded magazine (with the after-market base-cap) on a hard surface. So, here I am stopping my vehicle and getting out to relieve myself at the side of the road, and my spare magazine falls out, hitting the asphalt. The base plate spontaneously sprung loose, and rounds scattered! And, there I am, trying to police them up all over the road, with a lot of people driving by looking at me strangely. At least no one stopped to help! I've use the standard Glock (OEM) base-plate ever since. Jimmy had the same thing happen to him in a dark basement during an operation in Mindanao. He related that policing up loose rounds using a flashlight, when he was supposed to be in 'low-profile mode,' was far from entertaining!" Comment: After-market base-caps for Glock magazines, like most after-market additions, are not recommended. Precious few of those advocating such things have never been around violent death, and even fewer seem to grasp how confused, dirty, crude, dangerous and terrifying real life becomes... with overwhelming speed! You need simple stuff that works, not complicated "wonder-gadgets" that are marketed on the dubious premise that the provide you with some ill-defined, but none-the-less insurmountable, advantage. How many men are dead because they had too many options? /John

Mike Conti's new book!

16 July 09 New book by my friend and colleague, Mike Conti: Some time ago, Mike Conti wrote: Police Pistolcraft, where he pointed out to all of us the necessity of looking at the requirements of the job of policing and letting those requirements, and history, drive our firearms training. His new book, The Officer's Guide to Police Pistolcraft, has just hit the market. It is a thorough treatment of contemporary police pistol training, and Mike is the probably one person most qualified to write it! A copy should be in the hands of every young police officer! See it at _www.sabergroup.com_ (http://www.sabergroup.com) /John