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The MAX-9
The MAX-9 is available with or without a manual thumb safety. (Photo: Ruger) Ruger’s pleased to announce the new MAX-9, a micro-compact with impressive capacity. The MAX-9, chambered for 9mm Luger, holds 10+1 with flush magazines and 12+1 with slightly extended mags. Available in three different models at launch, the MAX-9 looks a lot like a beefed-up LC9s, which carries 7+1. Like the LC9s, the MAX-9 is a polymer-framed, striker-fired pistol but with other upgrades that will make it compete with the likes of Glock, SIG Sauer, and Springfield Armory in the micro-compact market. All three models are optics-ready, with slides cut to accept a wide range of micro red dot sights. It also comes with a factory hybrid tritium fiber optic front day and night sight with a wide black combat-style rear sight. The slide is contoured to raise the front sight up over the bore. Combined with the standard tall rear sight the MAX-9 can co-witness compatible red dot sights with the included iron sights, and there’s no need for suppressor-height replacements. Flush mags hold 10 rounds while extended magazines hold 12. (Photo: Ruger) Ruger’s offering the MAX-9 with two base models and one Pro model. The base versions come with a manual thumb safety and either two 10-round or two 12-round magazines, while the Pro comes with two 12-round mags and no thumb safety. All have passive trigger safeties as well, in addition to an internal striker block and a loaded chamber inspection port. The slides and barrels are hardened steel with a black oxide finish. And otherwise, the specifications are the same. Regardless of the model, every MAX-9 has a 3.2-inch barrel, measures in at 6 inches long, a bit over .9 inches wide at the slide, and 4.5 inches tall with flush magazines. They weigh just over 18 ounces unloaded. See Also: Ruger Releasing Jeff Quinn Memorial GP100 Revolver But what might set the MAX-9 apart from most of its competition is it’s price: all three models have a suggested retail price of just $499. With real-world and online pricing expected to be even less, these will fly off shelves. Additional mags are already available from Ruger for $39 or in two-packs for $63 and come with a slick nickel Teflon coating. Ruger also offers finger extensions for 10-round magazines for $4, which make handling shorter guns easier for many shooters without increasing the pistol’s overall profile. Ruger will certainly shake up the market with the new MAX-9. For more info about these and the rest of the Ruger catalog, check out their website. *
Opinion: I call you ‘sir’ but that doesn’t mean I respect you, sir
How about a middle finger salute?
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By Your Pissed Off Subordinate
My leave was denied for the third training weekend in a row? Understood, sir.
Can you please sign this quarterly awards package I submitted to you two quarters ago? Sir.
I appreciate you taking the time to counsel me on email etiquette. Sir. I don’t know what I would do without your constant vigilance to keep me in line. Sir.
It’s definitely not my fear of having my leave denied, a Letter of Counseling slid across my desk, or being assigned all the shitty details that make me call you sir. Sir. No, I call you sir because of the shining example you set as a leader. Sir.
A lead from the front attitude starts with an open door policy, and boy do you have one. Sir. We all find it so inspiring to be able to hear so clearly when you put your Exec at attention and rip him a new one for not also calling you sir. Sir. Even though you’re both the same rank. Sir.
I respect you because you’re not afraid to drop everything to make us better. Sir. Like that time you stopped an important meeting to publicly correct me for not using sir in every sentence. Sir. Or that time you had an 0600 Saturday muster for the entire company because we weren’t “appropriately enthusiastic” at your all-call. Sir.
In conclusion, I just want to say how much we all respect you as our commander. Sir. We know such persistent diligence as yours is hard on the throat, and your sacrifice does not go unnoticed. Sir. For your endless commitment to leadership and the rank on your collar, we salute you.
Now, any chance we could circle back to that weekend leave? Sir.
Your Pissed Off Subordinate is a man by the people, for the people. He is every soldier, airman, sailor, and marine to walk god’s green earth and think to himself “my commander’s kind of a dick.” In his free time, Your Pissed Off Subordinate likes to get absolutely hammered and rant about how he’d be a better leader than you. Thanks to Grumpy for contributing to this article.
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HISTORY OF the S&W M&P Pistol
Did you know that the revolver you know today as the Model 10 was the first M&P®? Introduced in 1899, this revolver has not only withstood the test of time, but also paved the way for all M&P’s to follow in its path.
Building off of the M&P’s immediate success, D.B. Wesson was determined to create an even more powerful .38 cartridge than ever seen before. Thus, the .38 S&W Special cartridge was born. The combined innovation of the M&P’s hand extractor system with the more powerful .38 S&W Special led to a full lineup of Smith and Wesson M&P revolvers by 1936.
In 1942 the M&P joined the fight. The .38 M&P revolver was updated and shipped to the British military to join the allied forces during WWII, supplying over 800,000 revolvers. This line of revolvers sported the serial numbers prefix V, better known today as the Victory models.
In the 1950’s Smith & Wesson worked to develop their first auto-loading 9mm pistol. Called the Model 39, this pistol was the first American designed double action semi-automatic pistol marketed in the U.S. While it did not sport the M&P moniker, the Illinois State Police adopted it in 1968 making it the first ever Double Action auto-loading pistol ever used by any state law enforcement agency in the United States.
However, the strength of the original Smith & Wesson M&P design held strong. By 1960 it was estimated that 85% of the world’s law enforcement officers carried a .38 M&P revolver.
It wasn’t until 2005 when the polymer frame pistol line that we know as today’s modern M&P came to be. Within its first year over 100 police departments were carrying the new line of M&P pistols.
Since then the M&P line has expanded to encompass everything from the smallest M&P bodyguard, to the tried and true Shield, all the way through the M&P 15 modern sporting rifle.