Recent content by SoTex

Re: Ar lowers, whats the real difference You will get lots of opinions on this. First thing that we should clear up is if you are looking at forged lowers or billet lowers? Generally speaking, a billet lower will cost a signifcant amount more than a forged, and are widely regarded as a...

Re: Who has a Shrike Upper??? The last shrike I heard of on the market was a while back in the for sale section of arfcom with a lot of other big money toys. Best I remember asking price was knocking around the 7k range. I, like the folks posting above me, do not believe them to still be...

Re: If you could only have one... 4" 627 Smith if it was truly an only one sort of situation with low to no likelihood of maintenance. If I thought I would have the ability to do any sort of maintenance on the gun, it would be my carry 1911. If we are talking the much fabled...

Re: .45 ACP Hollow points, new opinions? We are issued Gold Dot and for good reason I think. It is a much tested round, both formally and informally and all in all it seems to perform consistently well with all barriers. I have also shot lots and lots of critters with Winchester Ranger SXT...

Re: G17 Gen4 RMR The other reputable company I know of to do the mill work is ate http://ateiguns.com/ I personally do not have any pistols with their work done, but have worked on a few and shot some. Machine work looks clean, professional, and the turnaround times used to be pretty...

Re: Convince me to get an SR-15 E3 IWS.. In my opinion, its one of the nicer balanced out of the box guns out there and lends itself naturally to rapid target transition. If you are looking for a straight up tack driver it may not be your huckleberry, but for a nice out of the box all around...

After a little searching I couldn't find anything on the topic but if I missed it, point me in the right direction. I am trying to get my 10/22 to run as close to 100% as possible with CCI Quiet. Im not having any feed issues, only cycling issues, obviously related to the low power of the...

Re: Another 10mm, Or Should I Go .40 S&W??? If it is just out of curiosity, buy what you can afford and be happy with it. As has been stated before in this thread, you are not likely to lose mass amounts of money on what you buy, especially if you buy used. I doubt the .40 offers anything...

Re: ASP anyone? Not so much for EDP, really intox, or those under the influence of heavy narcotics. In those cases, there are better options. It gets way more use moving snakes and knocking on doors.

Re: Custom Engraved Wood Grips for S&W 686 Plus? Not as nice as the Nill mentioned above, but Hogue makes some fairly nice grips out of exotic hardwood as well. http://www.getgrip.com/main/overview/fancy.html I have a set of the Hogue's on a factory Nickel 36 and have been very happy...

Re: S&W 1911 Scandium E-Series woes. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: attherange</div><div class="ubbcode-body">, always grind on the cheapest part too. </div></div> First off, I agree with the above and it is one of my top generally accepted gun...

Re: My Rock Island Armory 1911 with 3 barreled combo Have you had a chance to run it much in 7.62x25? Maybe its the rock I live under, but I have never heard of running a 1911 in that round. Really neat little round, interested in hearing how the 1911 likes the bottlenecked round.

Re: Another 10mm, Or Should I Go .40 S&W??? Forced to carry every day at work and I don't see the love affair with it. The recoil impulse is not great in terms of driving the gun fast; I would describe it as "jumpy". I consistently can pick up and shoot the same gun (m&p,glock) in .45 and...

Re: Streamlight Weapon Lights I am not sure you can go wrong either way. I carry a TLR-1 every day on duty and have never had a problem with it and don't anticipate ever having a problem. I do somewhat prefer the x300 method of activation, just due to its almost natural usability. However...

Re: Knife metals? Lots of good info on here already. If you like Stainless, you might look at the Elmax blades as well. In some testing it has showed promise even exceeding S30V for edge retention. I know Spyderco, Kershaw, and ZT are all making blades in it but it looks like you are going...