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Good morning.
"Guns are very interesting. So many kinds and makes and variations."

It's a constant battle to counter the efforts of my grandson's school to demonize weapons and their use. I've managed to teach his mother but I've had to teach the kid to stay silent about guns in general and about guns in our home in particular.

Fortunately love of firearms is hardwired into most boys and the hoplophobes have to "educate" it out of them.

My brother-in-law carries a Para Ord and he is happy with it now that I tweaked it a little with a more powerful recoil spring and a polished feed ramp. I've never even handled the HK but I've talked to owners who are happy with it.

My Series 70 Colt was a piece of crap out of the box but I'm not sure much of that wasn't my fault. I've done a little work on it, learned to stop using cheap ammo and I've learned to shoot it correctly. Now it's a tack driver that goes boom every time and that Colt bluing is downright beautiful. Wilson springs and followers in any magazine function flawlessly now.

The .45 and my Makarov are the only pistols I carry regularly but the Mak will be retired soon in favor of a more concealable .45 ACP.

Michael Frazier

Guns are sure a lot of fun for us "backyard gunsmiths" to tinker with.

Keep up the good work with the kids. I do the same. Kids are smart and boys like guns. Keeping them on the right track ain't hard to do. Keeping mouths shut is a different story.