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All the 2011's I ever shot were race guns, all with large magwells on them. Shooting them always felt like someone shaking my hand and squeezing too hard, squeezed between the magwell and the grip safety. I found them uncomfortable. I passed on a few amazing deals because of it.

All my 1911's have the grip safety deactivated for the reason you mention, pushing up and levering the safety out.

Of course when I finally shot a 2011 without a magwell I realized I liked them just fine. Oh well.
I also found quite by accident, that the Atlas high safety changes my grip just enough to make the grip safety work, at least on the CS Staccato. I haven't tried one on a 1911, I'm afraid to. That would be a lot of money in safeties and grip safeties to change them all over.

My posted too many times in too many places, big hand-high grip 1911 pic.

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I have magwells on several of Wilson 1911s and they are very non intrusive. I have not put them on ANY of my WC EDC X9 variants for the reasons you mentioned. Tried one in a shop and it felt un-natural.

Maggie’s What's Your View II

Finally found the time to re-zero one of my ARs that I just rebarreled.

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The red dot was way off, but surprisingly the laser was still dead on ‍🤷. I don’t remember dismounting the red dot or even changing the adjustment dials when I swapped out the 6.8 barrel for a 5.56, but I must have done so at some point.

We waited until the sun went down and fired up the Nogs, and the IR laser on my gun was dead on/right on top of the readjusted red dot at 100 yards. Only went out to 150 tonight because my knees were done, but my buddies were out at the 300 yard position showing off for half the night! LoL

And they were my ride home, so I was stuck…just got home 1/2 hour ago. Good times though.

Area 419 Zero Press vs SCA Nexus Press

it's on the bottom where tube goes into. it locks the shell holder carrier, so it can't be slide out.
I had a similar thought about mine at first and used the drop tube to hold the shell holder in place. But, that's not the way to hold it in place. There are two removeable hard stop disks to insert at the back of the shell holder that holds it in place:

Athlon Helos BTR Gen2 2-12?

I had a bunch of 2-12 Athlons, but gradually they have been replaced by S&B 3-12 Klassiks. The Athlon is better at bad breath distance, and has a much better dialability.
The glass in the S&B is just better, and unfortunately a 20% improvement costs 300% more.
So be it.
What I'd like to see is the 2-12 made in Japan. They'd rule the world.
You nailed it. This is a great scope for the money, but again I can’t get over CHINA. 🇨🇳

Any mountain bikers out there 2.0

Lower pressure is the biggest thing, the nut on the stem sounds like it's not quite tight enoughI have much better luck with flats with tubeless also. I use the E13 Shraeder valve stems. I despise the run of the mill presta tubeless valve stems. Orange seal endurance for sealant.
I do use the Tubolight SL inserts to help with side wall strength and damaging rims ( somewhat like a mousse inserts that only fills part of the volume. ) when we get dirt bikes soon, I plan on running mousseballs or something similar.
A couple of the guys in our moto group run Mousse inserts and the others run Tubliss set up. I have Tubliss on both my bikes and have had great luck. The only issue I have with the mousse inserts is they breakdown over time and need to be replaced every year ish.
$175 per insert is kinda expensive, but they won’t leave you stranded with a flat. There are trade offs for sure. (Sorry for the moto interjection….back to MTB’s)
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Sidearms & Scatterguns Red dot or not on your "life or death" pistol?

Personally, at this point, I'm of the opinion a dot on a pistol is like a scope on a rifle. Unless I'm doing something intentional that requires irons, limited division in uspsa, hunting with a iron sighted muzzleloader, or shooting a single action revolver, I don't even consider iron sights. With the quality of electronics and optics available now, and the overwhelming advantage of a dot, it's a no brainer for me. Just my opinion. To be fair, my carry guns do have useable irons, that never get used 😂.

Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Akshully its proper name is a Wakizashi(脇差. You’d know that if you had studied the art of the blade as extensively as I.
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Notice I wear a bike lock as a belt to protect both my virginity and my precious man seed from falling into the hands of an undeserving Trollope

That bike lock belt is going to make a Taco Bell ass blasting shit awful hard to clean up.