Archive for December, 2009
Colt to Re-Introduce the 9mm New Agent Pistol
Posted by: | CommentsColt is set to re-introduce the 9mm New Agent pistol at the 2010 SHOT Show. The diminutive 1911-style handgun features a 3″ barrel, slicked sights, and a captive recoil spring assembly.
MSRP will be around $1000. Impact Guns is already taking orders at a touch over $900.
New Hi-Point Carbines
Posted by: | CommentsHi-Point will introduce updated carbines at the 2010 SHOT Show. The new carbines will feature a quad-rail fore end and a skeletonized butt stock. The new carbines will come standard with ghost-ring sights, but the shooter will have to option of adding other sight systems including 4x scopes and red dot-style optics.
The carbines will be offered in 9mm and .40 S&W.
S&W 442/642 ‘Pro Series’ Revolvers
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Let’s face it: other than Smith & Wesson, no one likes the internal locks that have plagued the S&W line of revolvers for years now. I know of many people, myself included, who have passed on buying a new S&W revolver because of the infernal things. Well, things may be changing.
Last year, Smith & Wesson claimed to have found a batch of old, pre-lock frames for the the 642. So, the company ran a rather limited production of them. I guess they sold pretty well, as S&W is now offering the 442 and 642 revolvers without internal locks.
More S&W J-Frames Get Longer Barrels
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In addition to the S&W 642, Smith & Wesson announced several of their J-frame revolvers were getting longer barrels.
The 637 and 638 will both be available with a 2 1/2″ barrel (up from the 1 7/8″ barrel) and full length extractors. Additionally, buyers have the option of buying one of the handguns with Crimson Trace Lasergrips factory installed.
MSRP is $640 for the standard models or $924 for the models with the CT Lasergrips.
New S&W 642!
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Smith & Wesson is updating one of their best selling handguns: the model 642. The 642 is an aluminum framed .38 Special revolver that is carried by thousands of cops and armed citizens as a pocket or ankle gun. In fact, it may be the most popular back-up gun in the United States.
The new S&W 642 features a 2 1/2″ barrel and a full-length, shrouded extractor. The current 642’s have a 1 7/8″ barrel and a diminutive extractor.
The new 642 has a pinned, black blade front sight, the standard fixed rear notch and the seemingly “hammerless” fully enclosed hammer. Unloaded weight is only up to 16 ounces, and the overall length is 7″.
Dennis Tueller Describes the Gen 4 Glock Pistols
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Picture courtesy of SaysUncle.com
The Generation 4 Glock pistols are almost here. As the 2010 SHOT Show approaches, information and photos have leaked regarding what new features the Glocks will have. Glock, of course, has not officially commented.
Dennis Tueller confirmed several of my prognostications and other information in the December 25 edition of the Handgun Podcast. Tueller was a guest in episode #79, and he briefly talked about the new Glock pistols.
Adjustable Backstraps
Tueller confirmed the adjustable backstraps that I first reported on back in June. “What they’ve done…they reduced approximately 1/8″ off the backstrap,” said Tueller. “So the standard pistol, the Generation 4 pistol, will have a smaller all-around grip.”
The Urban Shooter Podcast #145 – Living For The City
Posted by: | CommentsKenn Blanchard, the Pastor of Paladins, Patriots and Pistoleros, released a new episode of the Urban Shooter Podcast. Episode #145, Living for the City, covers all sorts of topics, including an interview of Rick Ector, a firearms instructor in notoriously anti-gun Detroit.
Also in Episode #145:
- Merry Christmas
- Zombie Strike-epilogue, this one explains where Collin came from
- Interview with urban shooter listener and friend, Rick Ector, NRA instructor in Detroit, Michigan, that is right from the city.
- And the rest will be some music, made especially for this audience and free people everywhere.
- Mack Hayes sent in “AMERICA IS ME - Anthem for “We the People“
- “Guns Don’t Kill People” - Sun Tsu
- Kenn sings the title track done a whole lot better by Stevie Wonder
