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OCTOBER 2015|VOLUME 59, NUMBER 10|PUBLISHED MONTHLY
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AUGUST ’84 5-pound-pull single-action
shots. How is a “spongy
The 10mm Auto cartridge
wwaass iinniittiiaallllyy pprroodduucceedd bbyy and stagey” striker-fired
NNoorrmmaa ooff SSwweeddeenn aanndd wwaass
pistol better than only the
aatt fifirrsstt uunniiqquuee ttoo tthhee BBrreenn
first shot on a DA/SA being
TTeenn.. FFoorrmmeerr GG&&AA EEddiittoorr
HHoowwaarrdd FFrreenncchh iinnttrroodduucceedd less than perfect? I am on
tthhee pprroodduuccttiioonn vveerrssiioonn ooff
my second Glock, a G23,
tthhee ppiissttooll iinn tthhiiss iissssuuee’’ss
which I purchased because
eexxcclluussiivvee ccoovveerr ssttoorryy.. BBaacckkeedd
bbyy tthhee eenntthhuussiiaassttiicc aapppprroovvaall the FBI adopted it. Like the
ooff CCooll.. JJeeffff CCooooppeerr,, tthhee BBrreenn
Glock 30 I had previously
TTeenn wwaass mmaannuuffaaccttuurreedd bbyy
owned, the trigger on my
DDoorrnnaauuss && DDiixxoonn.. TThhoouugghh
nneeaarrllyy 11,,550000 wweerree pprroodduucceedd,, G23 is terrible.
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Mark Liveris
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Highlands Ranch, Colorado
eexxppeennssiivvee ssppaarreess wweerree vviirr--
ttuuaallllyy iimmppoossssiibbllee ttoo ssoouurrccee..
RIMLESS .357
UUnnffoorrttuunnaatteellyy,, tthhee ccoommppaannyy
wweenntt bbaannkkrruupptt bbyy 11998866.. MAGNUM?
I was just wondering why
there has never been a .357
Magnum Rimless cartridge.
I used to work in Reming-
WHITTLESEY’S NAMESAKE
ton’s ammunition plant,
My family truly enjoyed the back page of the July issue and we made .45 ACP and
featuring Samuel Woodfill in “Spent Cases.” It was espe- .45 Auto Rim. The latter
cially nice to see mention of our distant relative Lt. Col. eliminated the need for
Charles Whittlesey in the column. My son is named in hon- half-moon clips for revolv-
or of his war hero. Here is a photo of 6-year-old Charles F. ers. I have seen a .357 Mag.
Whittlesey saluting his deceased namesake and holding an semiauto pistol for rimmed
M1903 Springfield rifle from the Great War. Thanks again ammunition from Coonan,
for the interesting and inspiring read. but has anyone ever tried
F. Gordon Whittlesey and DA/SA pistols are the to make a .357?
Hillsborough, New Jersey better option. SIG’s DA/ John Archer
SA pistols are not going email
DA/SA VS. STRIKER
to go off inadvertently; I
In the late 1970s, some of favorites are SIG Sauer’s don’t care where you stuff John, great idea, but one
us officers with the P220, P226 and P239. If the them. Yet, with increasing problem: Even I don’t have
Arapahoe County Sheriff’s threat is card-table close, frequency I keep reading hands big enough for that.
Office in Colorado carried the first double-action shot about people shooting A rimless .357 Magnum
a Smith & Wesson Mod- is not a detriment. After the holes in their legs with ends up making a full-size
el 59 when off duty. We first shot, every subsequent striker-fired pistols. Sec- 1911 frame look compact.
were only allowed to carry shot is a superior single-ac- ond, Chris argued that a Yes, the Coonan people
revolvers on duty. That 59 tion trigger pull. Regarding striker-fired pistol provides have made a .357 Mag.
was my first experience Chris Mudgett’s feature a more consistent trig- auto loader for decades,
with a DA/SA pistol, and on FN’s new FNS pistols, I ger pull for every shot as but it has never really set
I’ve owned them ever since, could not disagree with him opposed to an “11-pound” the world on fire. (Sorry,
preferring them also for more. Striker-fired pistols double-action first shot Coonan.) And a dou-
their inherent safety. My are not a better mousetrap, followed by a series of ble-stack? It would feel like
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ppllaattffoorrmm ccaann bbee ffoouunndd eexxcclluussiivveellyy oonn tthhee
nneeww RRuuggeerr LLCC99ss PPrroo,, tthhee uullttiimmaattee oouutt ooff
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a 2X4 in the hands. Plus, be refreshing to get the tion capacity, while large, current and future growth.”
how much performance are straight skinny for a change. is inflexible. Increasing
you expecting? The 9mm Come on, guys; give us a capacity cannot happen Federal “The current mar-
+P or 9mm +P+, — not to break and level with us! overnight. It typically takes ket and environment are
mention the .357 SIG — Jack campbell three years for the increase causing stronger-than-usual
deliver as much excitement Union, South carolina in production to be seen demand for products in our
as a lot of people desire, at the commercial or retail industry. With more than
so adding a bonus of 200 We reached out and asked level. There are many costs 2,000 dedicated employees
to 300 fps might not be each of the major brands. and processes involved working diligently, we pro-
greeting with happy cries. — Eds with increasing production duce millions of rounds a
I suspect it would be in the capacity, such as purchas- day with machines running
same league as the 9x25 Aguila “Aguila has de- ing new or more-modern 24 hours a day. Servicing
Dillon; too much of a good veloped plans to incre- equipment, hiring addition- your needs is our first
thing. But keep at it; we mentally increase rimfire al employees and ensuring priority. Despite our efforts,
need creative types like you production over the next that these investments will there remains much spec-
to keep expanding the bor- few years in parallel to be financially feasible for ulation and misinformation
ders of what is possible. our growing centerfire
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— P. Sweeney production. This year
alone, Aguila Ammunition
#GunMoney What would you buy this
STILL NO .22
has increased production iinnssttaanntt wwiitthh $$11KK wwoorrtthh ooff $$2200ss??
I wish somebody would by 30 percent. Due to
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come clean with us regard- the complex processes ddaavviiddmmttoouuhhiillll SSIIGG SSaauueerr PP222266
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ing the ongoing shortage involved in the making
ppeewwppeewwppiirraattee CCZZ 7755 && FFiioocccchhii aammmmoo
of .22LR. I refuse to believe of rimfire products, the
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