Recent content by Hedge Hog

I thought I would share a frightening experience my wife had. This occurred fourteen years ago, while I was stationed at Ft. Lewis, WA. My young wife of eighteen and I had been married for some six months. She was three months along with our first child. We had discussed the necessity of her...

We love our 1911's. I have to ask, though, how necessary is replacing all the MIM parts? J.B.'s intended genius/masterpiece/reliability notwithstanding, why does a 1911 need to have all the MIM pieces replaced, yet the ____________ pistol (fill in the blank) does not? I don't hear of Glocks...

SA support I guess this is a two-edged sword. While SA has been good to me, I would prefer to not have needed their support. I have an XD-40. Used it at a 4-day defensive handgun course at Front Sight. It performed great, but as many others on the XD site have commented, the finish on the...

Slide misc. Thanks for the replies. Tuner, I will have to take a look at the items you mentioned. I was hoping you would reply :) Oops! I took out the disconnector and used a very fine stone on the angles up top to try and smooth them out. I was very careful not to change any angles. I...

Long time listener, 1st time caller. I have an SA Loaded (my first 1911) that runs fine, but I have a question about the smoothness of the slide as I manipulate it by hand. I have handled several 1911's that seemed to slide on ball-bearings when racking the slide, but mine does not feel nearly...