Fifteen Round Magazine, Hold The Gravy

It is HERE!!  It finally arrived yesterday.  The 15 round Beretta Jetfire magazine in all its glory!

I've got it next to its "little brother" in the picture.  "Little brother" is, of course, the standard 8 round magazine.  So even though the 15 rounder took a very long time to ship, I'm pleased with it.  Feels well-made, spring seems strong.  I'd buy from the seller again, all things considered.  I haven't been to the range yet, so reliability is still a mystery, but I'll get some range time on Monday and report the results.

It looks a little funny with a tail sticking out, but I'm pleasantly surprised by how good it feels in the hand.  It feels balanced.  That said, I can't wait to shoot it.  The rest of this post would just be me blabbering on about how I can't wait to go shooting, period, so I better cut it short.  Who knew pigs could fly, huh?  Order up! 

Pre-Range Report (or Getting Ready)

Sorry it's been a while between posts.  I've been getting ready for a big outing to a shooting range.  A bunch of work friends are coming so I'm pretty excited.  Ordered a bunch of 7.62x39 (or as I like to call it, "AK ammo").  Scrounging up whatever .22lr ammo I can find (ie. begging on Armslist).  And reloading a ton of .38spl with a hammer (Lee Classic Loader, baby!).  Still have to clean my new-to-me .22s: the bolt action Marlin 25N and the Hawes/JP Sauer sixshooter.  Can't wait to try them out!  But yeah, it should be a good time. 

To update my earlier post about the 15rd magazine for the Beretta Jetfire: It still hasn't arrived yet.  I'm hoping it arrives in time to try it at the range.  But I'm starting to wonder if I didn't get ripped off.  The guy has over a 1000 positive feedback on Gunbroker, so maybe I need to be more patient.  Maybe it will arrive in time.  Maybe pigs will fly.

And maybe we are out of time.  Big range report coming up.  Should have some posts about my new-to-me guns and what not.  And hopefully, maybe, a post about a certain 15rd Jetfire magazine.  Hey, I think I saw a pig flying.  Oh well.  Order up!        

Beretta Jetfire and a Side of Gravy

Okay, I'm going to be honest here.  That title has almost nothing to do with this post.  But I liked the sound of it so I went with it.

The title would've been more fitting if this was an in depth post about the Beretta 950 Jetfire (something that I plan on doing "some day").  After all, I love my Jetfire.  Have it with me most of the time, even in a few dreams where I used my trusty Jetfire to fight zombies, and one time, ghosts.  So yeah, it's a well loved gun.  And I'll get into the nitty-gritty "one day".  I promise.  But in the meanwhile, here is the meat and potatoes of this post.
      

The Beretta Jetfire in .25 ACP comes standard with an 8-round magazine.  Pictured is a nice example made by Mec-Gar.  I have a few Mec-Gars.  They work nicely.  No complaints.  Mec-Gar makes fine stuff.  But yesterday I found this monstrosity on GunBroker.

It's a 15 round magazine for the Beretta Jetfire!!  15 rounds!!  Geez, that sucker is literary going to stick out like a sore thumb and probably look something like this:

That is a Glock 19 with a 33 round magazine.  Looks silly, but it gets the job done.  The picture is a screenshot from the TV show, Jericho.  Swiped it from IMFDB which is a cool site to browse if you wanted to know, for example, what gun Eddie Murphy used in Beverly Hills Cop (Browning Hi-Power, by the way).

So yeah.  A 15 round magazine will look ugly and silly, and may lead to slide bite or hammer bite (the Jetfire bites if you don't position your fingers properly).  It may cause reliability issues.

But in spite of all that, I'm planning on getting one.  It's too weird not to try it.  

Well, that's it for today's episode.  Meat and potatoes: Done.   

UPDATE: (11/01/13) Ordered one today from GunBroker.