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My friend Charles with a laser-sighted Glock 17
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Light and laser wallpaper
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Better than milspec
The common complaint with Army issue guns is that they are made by the lowest bidder. South Korean K5 (P51 in the commercial dress) is no exception. Back when Korean Daewoo P51 pistols became available in the US, I didn’t pick one up. I wasn’t sure what niche it filled and didn’t have a chance to try one out. The guns were milspec (it’s used as the officer sidearm in the South Korean Army) and looked the part. Recently, I discovered that Daewoo is building rather higher-grade variants for Lionheart Industries. They sell three LH9 models, standard, compact and mk2 (with an accessoryy rail). The pistols are Cerakoted, have options of tritium night sights or fiber optics, and generally look worth using.
The guns have an interesting trigger mechanism — it can be carried cocked and locked, hammer down for double action first shot or in “fast action” mode — with the hammer first cocked, then pushed forward. The trigger pull is then similar to Para Ordnance LDA — long but very light and smooth. The pistol frame is aluminum alloy, so the overall weight is 800g vs. 1kg for Browing Hi-Power (same 105mm barrel length and 13-round magazine capacity).
I have not fired the pistols I have here yet, so a range report is coming later. I like the feel and the balance, like the anti-glare texture on top of the slide and the trigger. It has no magazine disconnector. I am not wild about the way the safety works: it disconnects the trigger, so it can be pulled with no effect. I would have like a CZ/1911 type safety that arrests the trigger motion better for the sake of more obvious tactile feedback. The gun comes in a zip-up soft case with spare magazine, cleaning tools and other accessories: the first impression is very classy. It helps that GCode offers a variety of holsters for LH9: I consider them to be among the best Kydex designs made.
Found a detailed review that you might enjoy reading.
(This blog is going metric. I have had it with variable-base measurement systems!)
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No time for a sight picture?
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Upgrading a rail-less M1911
Iver Johnson 9mm Eagle M1911 with a Recover grip/accessory rail combination.
The original 9mm is the bottom pistol. Changeover took about two minutes, the resulting grip is slightly thicker than the original and a little softer in the hand.
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“Peaceful” should not mean “defenseless”
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Don’t Cast Needless Shadows with Weapon-mounted Lights: new on AllOutdoor
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“Hey, I carry one just like it!”
A big advantage of working with competent models is that they can be asked to do a task instead of being directed, minute degree at a time, into a position which mimics doing the task. For example: “Please point the rifle towards the main light, turret stance” is a perfectly comprehensible request to such a model, and I don’t have to worry about the safety selector being in the wrong position, or stance not being balanced.
So, when I pick a pistol and the model recognizes it as the kind she carries back home, that makes for a more productive photo shoot.
Glock 42 with Viridian Reactor laser. The holster turns the laser on upon the draw and turns it off on re-insertion. The laser can also be activated manually.
The laser trace would look like this once the first shot is fired and the air is full of smoke. The stance illustrates one of the advantages of laser sighting: the ability to use a compressed hold to maneuver in confined spaces.
PS: The images represent a sudden defensive use, hence no safety glasses or ear plugs. Don’t shoot without those unless your life is in so much danger, that smaller risks become irrelevant.
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Raising kids today to become independent humans of tomorrow
Alexis Nicole practices her pistol stance with papa. By the time she grows up, she will have one more skill that adds up with the others to an independent personhood.
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A good role model for adults
At age 8, this young man can shoot Glock 17 (9mm) competently and safely. With this kind of examples in front of them, adults who are apprehensive about firearms might just realize that they aren’t difficult to operate properly. It might not be “child’s play”, but it is a sport in which even children can — and do — participate with enjoyment. Kids can quickly learn to use technological tools, like cell phones and computers, and firearms are far less complicated. For safety, adult supervision is necessary, but restricting shooting sports to age 16 or 18 and up as some countries do is counterproductive. Ignorance isn’t bliss.
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