Inside The Gun Locker: Carrying A Glock 10mm - Guns & Patriots

I love it when a gun "expert" agrees with me, as Robert Boatman at Guns & Patriots does. He writes about the virtues of that little-known pocket rocket, the Glock 29 subcompact 10mm, as the ultimate concealed-carry handgun.
Inside The Gun Locker: Carrying A Glock 10mm - HUMAN EVENTS

My G29 got a custom makeover by a Glock armorer in Kansas for a previous owner, who swapped it to me for my S&W 1076, an all-stainless 10mm that's written about in the above article. The 1076 is commander-size with a 4.25" barrel but it's a brick to carry around. My G29 holds more rounds, 10+1 vs. 9+1, and it's much more carry friendly, as well as a great shooter.

It's got a stippled frame with a grip reduction to the 1911 angle, a chromed slide, Trijicon night sights, a 3.5-lb. trigger and HD springs set up for Double-Tap 10mm ammo. It's about as good as a Glock can get, IMHO. I bought a full-size G20 10mm after I got the G29, but I seldom carried it so I sold it later.

If I was heading into Grizzly Bear country, my S&W .44 Magnum and my G29 would certainly go with me. And when I'm feeling like going loaded for bear down here in the flatlands, I carry my G29.

Steyr S9-A1 perfect at range, Glock 29 .357 Sig barrel conversion not

My new Steyr S9A1 9mm subcompact got a brief workout after my concealed-carry class on Saturday. The rangemaster was working on his anniversary day so he wanted to get home to the wife as quick as possible and I didn't get to shoot for long after my class finished.

But the S9A1 was perfect for 30 rds., 20 rds. of FMJs and 10 rds. of JHPs. I expect nothing less from a new Steyr. Perfection is expected. I hope to go to my outdoor range next Saturday for a more extensive workout, plus JHP testing for carry.

I also tested another hollowpoint load for my S&W 396 Nightguard .44 Special revolver, some Hornady 180 grain JHPs. They patterned about 3 inches low, so the Speer Gold Dot 200-grain JHPs remain my carry load for shooting directly to POA.

The third test of the day was a new Lone Wolf .357 Sig conversion barrel for my Glock 29 10mm subcompact and results there were a bit disappointing for the brief test.

It fed and fired the Speer frangible range ammo just fine for three 10-rd. magazines, but I had two jams on one 10-rd. magazine of Winchester Ranger-T JHPs. I finished the mag with no further problems after slamming the pee out of the back of the mag to firmly seat the rounds. With .357 Sig-length rounds in a 10mm mag, there's a lot of room for movement away from the back wall of the magazine. Both jams resulted in the nose of the round stuck against the front wall of the magazine just below the ramp, so it's pretty obvious they started out feeding too far forward.

It's going to take a lot more testing with hollowpoints before I can declare the G29 with a .357 Sig barrel ready for carry. If it don't feed right 100% percent of the time, I just ain't gonna carry it. Perfection is a necessity for any carry gun of mine.