tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post2863339122982422470..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: HOORAY! It's May!Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-56978417370719315832008-05-02T23:10:00.000-06:002008-05-02T23:10:00.000-06:00Michael,Gotta say I love my stainless Firestar in ...Michael,<BR/>Gotta say I love my stainless Firestar in .45 ACP. But I much prefer the extended 7rnd mag so my little finger has a home. The compacts need more grip length for those of us large meathooks. <BR/><BR/>DuaneUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718313479294604561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-17328569678840265922008-05-01T21:36:00.000-06:002008-05-01T21:36:00.000-06:00Michael, for driving, you might consider Blocke...Michael,<BR/> for driving, you might consider Blocker's LFI system. After using it crossdraw, you could then reposition it for strong side carry.<BR/><BR/>http://www.tedblockerholsters.com/LFIRIG<BR/><BR/>Saves having to carry two holsters while traveling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-78922420221726307572008-05-01T20:50:00.000-06:002008-05-01T20:50:00.000-06:00Michael, thanks for sharing your personal journey ...Michael, thanks for sharing your personal journey on this issue. Like you I have settled on the single stack 9mm as my carry gun and like you I come from the action shooting world as my frame of reference.<BR/><BR/>I am doing the HK P7 PSP thing now, I would try that little LDA but when I had one I could never get the rest to work for me, trigger freeze city, probably because I am just not able Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-37972744079975323292008-05-01T18:53:00.000-06:002008-05-01T18:53:00.000-06:00That was a truly epic post! Thanks for a great rea...That was a truly epic post! Thanks for a great read. :)<BR/><BR/>erich martellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-44042519717208115612008-05-01T18:36:00.000-06:002008-05-01T18:36:00.000-06:00I wonder how sponsor Sig feels about you dumping t...I wonder how sponsor Sig feels about you dumping their product in favor of the product of sponsor Para? And will sponsor Ruger be hurt because you didn't choose the flawed SR9? See what a mess you've gotten yourself in? <BR/><BR/>Maybe you should reconsider and pack a Smith or Beretta auto!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-84679341606243225302008-05-01T17:44:00.000-06:002008-05-01T17:44:00.000-06:00Will you carry it with the frame safety engaged?Will you carry it with the frame safety engaged?Overload in Coloradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277277751144486368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-81203858175470543392008-05-01T15:47:00.000-06:002008-05-01T15:47:00.000-06:00Michael, you never seem to have factored in any of...Michael, you never seem to have factored in any of the new generation of lightweight, small .45s in your decisions. Why is that? Para makes those with the LDA, too. I'm sure Kerby would sell you one of them to go along with the 9mm!Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09316815095193666890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-13926898839917792242008-05-01T15:28:00.000-06:002008-05-01T15:28:00.000-06:00My Para Carry GAP in .45 GAP has become my #1 carr...My Para Carry GAP in .45 GAP has become my #1 carry gun.<BR/>I handled a prototype with alloy frame if weight is critical. It's 7+1 rounds of serious hole.GeorgeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736838055941100599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-23741197933740397072008-05-01T14:35:00.000-06:002008-05-01T14:35:00.000-06:00While my main CCW is an airweight Chief Special I ...While my main CCW is an airweight Chief Special I occasionally carry a Firestar 9mm. The little Firestars are damn good guns handicapped by a heavy, but manageable, trigger. <BR/><BR/>Were I to carry off body and was worried about a cocked and locked auto or a Glock going off I would choose an L frame Smith over a DA auto. Or perhaps the new Nightguard in 45 ACP. The ancient revolver still has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-899952031881120452008-05-01T14:02:00.000-06:002008-05-01T14:02:00.000-06:00"Glocks were, to me, too fat"Obviously, if the per..."Glocks were, to me, too fat"<BR/><BR/>Obviously, if the perfect grip on the perfect gun doesn't suit you, you must have stuffed the wrong ammo in it. Either that or you have little girlyman hands that are better suited to hauswork. <BR/><BR/>GLOCK will not stand by idly while some shiftless <I>gun writer</I> takes cheap shots at our product.<BR/>If we were uberkool like HK, we wouldn't even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com