Pipeline Filling Back Up

I'm hearing that ammo is trickling back into the retail pipeline. AIM Surplus has Russian 5.56...as they say in country music, it ain't love but it ain't bad. If you want to break the budget, Midway USA has Black Hills Match — wonderful ammo — at a bit over $700 per thousand. There's off-brand 9mm around as well. J&G is quoting Glock 17/34 9mm mags in stock...I'm gonna order a few and see what happens.

As I mentioned earlier, I ordered an FNH USA FS2000 bullpup (above) because I've gotten curious about the bullpup platform. Knowledgeable people either love the things or absolutely positively hate them. I've shot the 2000 a bunch at the range and generally like it...not as much as the new flat-top AUG, but it seemed to me to be a good, serviceable carbine in a small package. I thought it might be fun to spend some time shooting a bullpup and doing some video.

I got the Para GI Expert back from Para after I asked them to address the FTF issues I had on the first firings. Not surprisingly, the gun now works super. As I mentioned before, this el cheapo 1911 was superbly accurate but stuttered like some of my 1970s guns...one of the drawbacks of getting the third gun off the line. It's now 100%...engineers tell me they replaced the hammer and sear. I still believe this is one heck of a platform for the 1911 of your dreams or, if you're like me, SASS Wild Bunch competition right out of the box.

BTW, I'm breaking in an IWB holster for my Carry 9 from John Ralston at 5-Shot Leather...as I mentioned on Twitter at SHOT, it is a beautiful, intelligently designed holster...the two separate belt loops allow the holster to be positioned over the belt loop on your pants, the ideal place for an IWB on most jeans.


I also just got a beautiful leather Ching sling from Andy Langois at Andy's Leather. Andy's the premier maker of Ching slings in the country and he does what amounts to heirloom work. You're probably not familiar with his leatherwork because he's one of those "secret" holstermakers that the expert trainers and people who actually use this stuff to stay alive keep pretty busy. So I strongly suggest you visit his site and if you're in the market, order now! I spent a bunch of time with Andy and my old pal Tim Craft at SHOT.,..it was big fun. I'm actually going to commission a couple of rigs from Andy, including a Ruger Blackhawk "concealment" holster for the Ruger single action self-defense class at GUNSITE in a couple of months.

And besides, how many other top makers will do a Glock garter holster in pink?


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