Buffalo Bore recently introduced two new loads for the .327 Federal Magnum. Â The first is a 100 grain JHP while the second is a hard cast 130 grain Keith-style load.
The 100 grain JHP load appears to use the Hornady XTP bullet, which has a thicker-than-typical jacket. Â The thick jacket allows for deeper penetration than might otherwise be expected from another brand of hollowpoint. Â The load is rated at 1800 fps from a test barrel. Â From a Ruger Black Hawk with a 5.5″ barrel, the load made for 1466 fps at the muzzle, and Buffalo Bore rates the load as 1450 fps.
The following e-mail was forwarded to me by Gunner, a fellow blogger over at Gunner’s Journal. Â Gunner is a 1911 expert and has contacts with various people who spent some time in the Special Forces community, including Delta Force.
A lot of what Delta does is understandably secret, and there have been much debate about the weapons and tactics they use. Â There have also been questions about if Delta is still carrying the 1911, or if a complete swap to Glock pistols had been made. Â Attached is some information from someone who has intimate knowledge of Delta’s operations. Â None of the information is classified and it was ok’d for publication.
In August 2011, unofficial word leaked out that Beretta was jumping into the subcompact gun market with the Nano pistol. In September of the same year, Beretta officially announced the new handgun. Â Since that time, there have been more than one Beretta Nano review, updates to the product line and even some torture testing. Â In this article, we will provide you with all of the latest information on the little handgun.
General Information and Specifications
The Beretta Nano is a striker-fired, 9mm pistol with a polymer frame. Â The magazine holds six for a total of seven rounds. Â The guns are completely made in the United States.
As of the time of this writing, the Nano is not available in any caliber other than 9mm. Â However, that may change in the future. Â While the company will not discuss future plans with regards to caliber, I can’t help but thinking a .40 caliber Nano would be a good selling handgun for the company.
The Nano uses a modular chasis, similar to that of the SIG SAUER P250. Â The chasis is the “firearm” part of the gun, meaning that you could buy multiple sizes of grip frames without going through an FFL. Â Depending on which frame you wanted to use, you would merely drop the chasis into the frame and head off to the range.
It is unknown if Beretta will eventually make different sized frames to match the varied hand sizes of shooters.  However, Beretta has introduced a variety of frame colors that would allow you to change the gun to reflect your mood, attire or other whim.  More on that later in the article.  For now, being able to remove the internal chasis is simply a way to make detail cleaning easier.
This Beretta has several nice features not typically found on subcompact guns. Â For example, the magazine release button is reversible. Â This allows the owner to move the release to the right-hand side of the frame for easier shooting if he or she is a south paw. Â The release is not ambidextrous, meaning that it can only be used on one side of the gun at a time.
In many subcompact pistols, the sights are minuscule and hard to use.  Adjusting them is difficult at best with some companies’ guns.  The Nano, however, has low profile, but very useable sights in a three-dot configuration.  Additionally, the sights are easily adjustable using a hex wrench only – no gunsmith or cumbersome sight pushing tools needed.  This adjustment method is a jump ahead of many full sized pistols.
The Smith & Wesson quarterly report for the period ending July 31, 2011 was filed yesterday. Â Reading through these reports offers some amazing insights into the goings-on of a publicly traded company.
The reports can also make your eyes glaze over, and suck the will to live from you. Â So to help you avoid such a fate, here are a few of the highlights.
The Good
For the quarter ending July 31, 2011, Smith & Wesson net product and services sales were up 18% ($14 million) to $91.7 million as compared to the same quarter the previous year.
S&W reported a “significant increase” in the sales from their Sigma line of handguns, which they attributed to the company’s “price repositioning strategy.” Â Sigma handguns in both 9mm and .40 S&W are typically found in the $270-290 price range. At these prices, the Sigma offers an incredible value to the shooter on a budget.
The Gen4 Glock 17 is part of the voluntary recoil spring assembly exchange.
Glock issued an announcement about a voluntary recall or exchange program for the recoil spring assembly on all of Gen4 pistols sold before July 22, 2011. In the announcement sent out to Glock armorers, the company stated their product development team modified “various elements” of the recoil spring assemblies to “…ensure each pistol’s performance meets the company’s demanding standards.”
The Gen4 Glock 26 and 27 pistols are not part of this recoil spring recall.
The recoil spring assemblies can be replaced by the owner of the firearm, and the firearm does not need to be shipped back to Glock.
The replacement part is free, and the complete instructions on obtaining the new recoil spring assembly is located at the Glock site.
There are a variety of different Glock Gen 4 recoil spring assemblies in circulation. Glock provided the following graphic to help identify which part you need:
