I took this perspective photo of the business end of our Remington 870 security shotgun a couple of weeks ago.
We’re off to the gun show in the morning. We’ll have a report afterwards.
Firearms
Off to the Range
Sunday we took these guns to the range. My two Glocks, a .45 ACP G30 and a 9mm G26 are in the left side of the Pelican 1450 Case. Damsel’s .45 ACP Warthog and 9mm S&W 908s are on the right and her .357 magnum S&W 686 in the center.
The case hasn’t been this crowded since before our vacation when Damsel sent the Warthog to the shop. Although you can remove small cubes of foam to customize for a particular item or items, we haven’t removed any because the guns we take from week to week are not always the same. Besides, the foam compresses and the fit is snug. The snug fit keeps the guns firmly separated during transport.
The Warthog is Back
As we reported last week, the Para Warthog is back from the service center. The “work accomplished” section of the paperwork indicated that they installed a new recoil spring assembly and firing pin stop. They also adjusted the trigger pull to the factory spec of five pounds. When they received the gun, the trigger pull was only 3.5 pounds or so. They test fired the gun after the work with 40 rounds of ball and hollow-point rounds. They reported all functions OK.
Today, we test fired the gun with an estimated seventy rounds. Most of the time, all ten rounds went through without incident. There was one time when the round did not cleanly enter the chamber and jammed. I’m not comfortable with doing the tap and rack when that happens, so I ejected the magazine, cleared the round from the pistol, put the unspent round back in the magazine and reloaded. The gun properly functioned after that. I also paid attention to making sure that the gun got a little lube every 50 rounds or so.
I watched Todd Jarrett’s video on how smaller people should hold and fire a short-barreled .45 pistol. In the video, I believe that I’m firing the gun using the proper technique with wrists and strong-side elbow locked. In the video, you can see all ten rounds dispensing without problems.
We’ll have more to report in the weeks to come.
Back in Town
Just before we left on our vacation, we sent the Warthog back to the shop for them to have a closer look at the problems it had with misfeeds. Today, it’s back in our possession. We plan to follow up the repairs with another report after we have a chance to put some ammo through it this coming Sunday.
I would like to thank Michael Bane again for putting us in touch with the Para public relations representative, Kerby Smith. The turn-around this time was very fast, on the order of two weeks excluding shipping time. Way to go guys!
On the Nightstand
While we’re on vacation, we like to keep some of our favorite reading material on the nightstand and, you know, some things to make us feel at home.
His ‘n’ Hers Pistols
We initially acquired this pair of pistols about six months after we got our S&W 686 .357 Magnum revolvers. We wanted to expand our arsenal with a pair of semi-automatic 9mm S&W 908 pistols. I got mine first ( a 908s – silver finish) and then about a month later got the 908 (black finish). Just this weekend, I replaced the old springs and spring guides in both pistols and then shot this picture.
The Same, But Different
Almost everything about these two Remington 870 Shotguns is the same. Almost. Mine is a 12 gauge full-sized model and Damsel’s is a 20 gauge youth model. Mine has a longer stock and barrel, but the receivers and fore-ends on both are almost the same size. If it were not for the gauge difference, I believe they would be the same.
Regardless, we had a great time at the range today shooting these at some paper targets.