Net Engineer
Master Class
2022 is rapidly coming to a close and I wanted to share one of the most memorable things about this year. 2022 was the year that I found "the one", no not that "the one" (I found her years ago), "the one" that I've been waiting over 57 years to find, I'm of course talking about the perfect hand gun, you know, that “the one”.
I first picked this up after eyeballing it for a good 10 minutes in one of my favorite local gun stores, it was sleek, modern and beefy and yet still retained some of the classic lines of past favorites. The deep cut slide serrations looked like carefully crafted works of art, the grip perfectly angled with a generous beaver tail and magazine well grip flair. When I picked it up it felt as if the designer had custom molded it to my hand, the texture was perfect and the balance exact. “What about the trigger?” you might ask, well describing this trigger is like describing the goddess of triggers, the slack short, the break crisp and clean, the reset astonishing.
I immediately purchased my new prize without a 2nd thought about the price (which was reasonable) and took her to prepare for the ultimate test, the one on the range. Needless to say, I was not disappointed (otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this), it was like this gun and I had become one and I could just will the bullets to go where I wanted. The recoil felt slight, the dot I chose for it was perfect and the 15 round capacity was just what I wanted. To this day, I cannot imagine that I would want for another primary EDC.
If you haven’t guessed I’m of course talking about this baby….
My Walther PDP 4” Compact 9mm.
Do you have a “The one” and what’s your love story?
I first picked this up after eyeballing it for a good 10 minutes in one of my favorite local gun stores, it was sleek, modern and beefy and yet still retained some of the classic lines of past favorites. The deep cut slide serrations looked like carefully crafted works of art, the grip perfectly angled with a generous beaver tail and magazine well grip flair. When I picked it up it felt as if the designer had custom molded it to my hand, the texture was perfect and the balance exact. “What about the trigger?” you might ask, well describing this trigger is like describing the goddess of triggers, the slack short, the break crisp and clean, the reset astonishing.
I immediately purchased my new prize without a 2nd thought about the price (which was reasonable) and took her to prepare for the ultimate test, the one on the range. Needless to say, I was not disappointed (otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this), it was like this gun and I had become one and I could just will the bullets to go where I wanted. The recoil felt slight, the dot I chose for it was perfect and the 15 round capacity was just what I wanted. To this day, I cannot imagine that I would want for another primary EDC.
If you haven’t guessed I’m of course talking about this baby….
My Walther PDP 4” Compact 9mm.
Do you have a “The one” and what’s your love story?
I carried a Browning High Power on most the long motorcycle trips I took across the country. I'm not really a High Power fan like I am a fan of 1911s, but I got the High Power at a good price and I was accurate with it. It kept its value so when I sold it I didn't lose any money...
