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SIG’s M18 versus the S&W Shield

I had a chance to fire the new SIG M18 9mm handgun, which was recently added to the California Department…

6 months ago

ExNotes Mentors: Command Sergeant Major Emory L. Hickman

By Joe Berk Command Sergeant Major Emory L. Hickman died way too young.  He was 48 when he passed, and…

9 months ago

The 9mm Sudden Unintended Disassembly: Concluding Thoughts

By Joe Berk This is an update on my 9mm 1911 sudden unintended disassembly saga.  I will address four topics:…

11 months ago

The 9mm 1911 Resurrection

By Joe Berk As mentioned in recent blogs on my 9mm Springfield Armory 1911, I took the gun to TJ's…

12 months ago

KABOOM!

By Joe Berk It occurred in an instant, on the fifth and last round in the magazine.  It was as…

1 year ago

TJ’s Latest Custom Handguns

By Joe Berk I had lunch with good buddy TJ (of TJ's Custom Gunworks) recently and he showed me an…

1 year ago

A Colt Visit

The city of Hartford in Connecticut is Mecca if you are a Colt fan (as in Colt firearms), and I…

2 years ago

A Tale of Two 9s

I recently tested two 9mm loads to assess: How 124-grain roundnose Boudreau powder-coated bullets performed in the SIG P226 and…

2 years ago

A Custom TJ Combat Commander

We've featured TJ's Custom Gunworks a few times here on the ExNotes blog.  I'll take credit for influencing another good…

2 years ago

I’ll be Bach: The AMT 1911 Hardballer Long Slide

"I'll be Bach," of course, is the written Austrian-accent impersonation of the Governator (i.e., Arnold) in what has to be…

2 years ago