Finally got around to watching all the Outdoor Channel gun shows that I tape on Wednesday. I hit the fast-forward button quite a lot this time because a lot of that stuff just doesn't thrill me.  I mean, watching a shooting match on TV is about the same as watching someone fish.

I do always get a kick out of the torture tests they've been doing on Guns & Ammo Television.  This time they grilled an XD9 (not loaded, of course) on a charcoal grill while also grilling some chicken.  They gave the gun four minutes on each side.  This one was a little more interesting than usual, since I own an XD40.

The only apparent damage was from the actual contact points of the polymer with the grill.  Otherwise the heated air inside the grill didn't seem to have much effect.  The most noticeable damage was that the magazine would no longer stay seated.  They had to tape it across the bottom to keep it in place.  They also taped the grip safety and vised it down to shoot with a string on the trigger.  Everything still worked.

Some people might hate them for doing these things to perfectly good guns, but it's not like someone else is being deprived.  And this time at least, it was only a 9, so...