Pistols in the News
BY Herschel Smith
18 hours, 25 minutes ago
First, Tim Sundles explains how to chamber a round. And then next, why chambering the same round over and over again can shorten the cartridge. I found this to be very educational.
Next up, the Sig P320 absolutely, positively, without any shadow of a doubt cannot discharge a round without a complete pull of the trigger. And it certainly can’t do it twice. Understand that, boys and girls? Got it?
On the lighter side, if you want a multifaceted gun that can do other things by itself, keep watching.
Next up, Ben Stoeger has some not so kind things to say about the CZ Shadow 2. For the record, I love the CZ Shadow 2. His preferred gun over the Shadow 2? The Atlas 2011, a $6000+ gun. LOL. I think I’ll stick with the Shadow 2.
Finally, why do pistols keep blowing up?
On August 13, 2025 at 9:07 am, 41mag said:
I’m done with the “trust the experts’ crap. That guy having the P320 go off twice is a tard. So in his mind, only Sig can tell you the truth? WTF? Gun owners are independent of the manufacturing process. Don’t trust my lying eyes huh…
On August 13, 2025 at 9:32 am, george 1 said:
Regards Sigs. No one is saying that all Sig P 320s will go off on their own. However there is enough indisputable evidence that some do. There are more than a few videos out there with them going off while holstered in Safariland duty holsters with no manipulation of the gun taking place, aside from slight twisting in the holster that any pistol should be able to endure.
Regards Glocks blowing up. Any firearm can blow up. Usually the cause is out of spec ammo. Glock warns people not to use reloaded ammo in their pistols. People also like to tinker with Glocks, sometimes changing out the striker springs. When people do that they change the way the gun functions. It is possible to get out of battery discharges which will make for catastrophic malfunctions.
On August 13, 2025 at 10:26 am, Herschel Smith said:
The out-of-battery issue is why Tim Sundles recommends chambering rounds the way he does.
Regarding the Sig P320, I embedded the second video because (a) it fails to prove what he intended, and maybe proves the opposite, (b) he shows himself to be an awful person by charging all of his viewers with being gullible, and (c) he shows himself to be even worse by charging other YTs with being liars, men he doesn’t even know.
The amusing part is that all of this was in service to Sig. I do wonder if he is being paid for it. According the federal regulations, you MUST disclose that up front. Good riddance. I’ll never visit that awful guy again.
On August 13, 2025 at 12:46 pm, Georgiaboy61 said:
Re: “And then next, why chambering the same round over and over again can shorten the cartridge. I found this to be very educational.”
The issue of bullet set-back due to the forces of the action is real; it is why when using self-loading firearms, crimped into place bullets are ideal. Granted, there are plenty of cartridges which rely on neck tension alone to keep the slug in place, but reloaders are taught that if a FA is self-loading, then the bullets must be crimped into place to prevent bullet set-back when the recoil spring pushes the fresh cartridge up the feed ramp and into the chamber.
Rifles using tubular magazines, such as lever-actions, recommend crimping for somewhat the same reasons: The cartridges are under spring tension as they sit in the magazine tube, and if neck tension alone is holding the bullets in place, some shifting can occur and a shorter overall length (OAL) can result in some cartridges.
Shorter OAL is potentially hazardous in that it can change a cartridge whose load is in spec and within safe pressure limits to one which is not in spec and which is over-pressure. The degree of hazard is conditional upon how much shortening has occurred. A minimal amount of set-back may not be a problem; other variables come into play – the design of the FA, the thickness of the case, the strength of the primer, etc.