Recent content by JCinPA

@rbbrock That was an outstanding read, thanks for posting! The money quote ... What Beretta found was that the slides had failed due to repeated firing with overpressure ammunition far outside the NATO specification, which would also account for the cracked frames. I agree, that round count...

Not sure what you mean by this But other than early frame cracking (initial guns in mid 1980's) the gun was very reliable when springs were replaced at proper intervals. When they went from a parked magazine to a blued magazine (which Beretta suggested, the Marines adopted, but the Army...

30,000 rounds? That's righteous! Replace the springs regularly. It had a lousy rep in the Army because they'd shoot it for tens of thousands of rounds and not replace the springs, causing some FTF, FTE and other issues. It is, in fact, one of the most reliable guns EVER made. Get the whole nine...

It's weird, in the previous post sometimes the photos show as broken, sometimes they load. If you don't see them try reloading the page a couple times. Strange.

New (to me) surplus 1979 manufactured Beretta model 1934 .380 ACP My son and I collect old military firearms, and this one, while not old, has an interesting history. Short read on Wiki, adopted by Italian military in 1935, manufactured until 1991, interestingly. We split this purchase, and I'm...

My word Mike, these are terrific cigars! 😋

Probably THE iconic performance of that piece. Ever.

Buy your PowerBall ticket!! 😳

Wow! I’m not too familiar with their stogies, though I know the name, of course. Just haven’t smoked many of them. This red dot, called the Rubicon, is really very good! Beautiful construction, flawless nearly imperceptible seams, gorgeous oily wrapper, perfect construction, burn, and draw...

A particular brand of .45 ACP hollowpoint which was popular with law enforcement agencies when the .45 was still often an issue weapon was the Speer Gold Dot hollowpoint, affectionately known as the “flying ashtray”. It didn’t always feed well (I had a $3,000 Nighthawk GRP pistol that was...

Econosmoke. HC white Churchill about 7 years humi time.

Damn. Sure winner. He ruined my bribe for the fix by taking the last slots, didn’t he? 😡

Mmmmmm. Cigar? Check. Bourbon? Check. Sacred music? Checkity check check.

I just nutted. That looks amazing. 😍