Rule & Gryph:

Spot on!!!! Run what cha brung!!!!! Be comfy with it. Know how to use it. Technical discussions are interesting theory but it's the practical application of anything that separates the men from the boys. I love my double, but I cry bullshit if one thinks it is "the" answer. I don't give it mud baths but if I did, I am painfully aware that it wouldn't close and it would be no more useful than a caveman's club......

Lonewulf: you are spot on as well. Give one's self every advantage that one can. Use the technology in the form you are most comfortable with. Avoid outright design faults and shortcomings where possible yet appreciating some features are mutually exclusive and most things in life are a compromise of one sort or another. And take care of your gear and maintain it properly so it will function when needed.

When was the last time anyone ever shot a push feed upside down anyway even though it will indeed work that way? My colt .45 will actually shoot underwater as per the US Army field trials pre WWI but who would ever do it????

This is absolutely the greatest forum and participant members on the Web by a wide margin and I am absolutely honoured to be able to engage with everyone in such a respectful and intruiging way.