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My 80% 45 commander. Gonna go stainless frame. No Bobtail and have evolutionarmory ball cut slide and pvd it with polished flats. Wilson 1pc magwell and Harrison safety too.
Picked up a MPA ds9 tc today and a beretta a300 patrol.
Picking up my new A300 Patrol tomorrow after its state imposed 2 week jail sentence. And my WC EDC X9 will start it’s 2 week sentence at the same time.
Picked up an MPA DS9 hybrid last week
I like your name tag. It shows imagination and I bet it's a conversation starter. You must be a hit at parties.
I had this follow me home yesterday. I only stopped in to my LGS to pick up a couple boxes of 9mm for the double stack I bought a month ago.
I couldn't pass up the deal, though. The only thing I'm going to do right away is some skateboard tape on the front strap. Later on down the road it may get a magwell and some VZ grips.
I couldn't pass up the deal, though. The only thing I'm going to do right away is some skateboard tape on the front strap. Later on down the road it may get a magwell and some VZ grips.
A ca. 2010, SIG X-Five that was made in Germany. Have the box, target and stuff with it, but those don't look so pretty in this light. Grips were added by me (originals for this model were ugly black plastic).
Well it’s a pistol part, but I had a Rochester stamped 223 - 12” barrel follow me home today. Now to get it dialed in and ring some steel!
Thinking about 22 center fire Contender. I had a 6” 30-30 while I was in college in the dark ages, Stupidly sold to buy some luxury items ( top Ramen). Thinking 223 rem or 22 Creedmoor in a 10” bill. Not sure what scope is the best anymore.
I don’t know about decent pistol scopes. That’s a vintage Burris 5x pistol scope that was in the drawer of spares.
This makes my second 22 Centerfire with the other being an octagon (early) 221 Fireball with a Leupold scope. What is going to be interesting is seeing how Hammer Bullets do after developing loads in the respective rifles.
I think that the 22 Creedmore may be limited to the Encore platform due to pressures (case head thrust). I know that the 22 Hornet and variations shoot lights out in this platform.
I think that I still have some accelerators in 308 around here somewhere.
A cartridge that I’m interested in is either the 7TCU or the 6.5TCU especially since I have plenty of bullets in both calibers.
You are righ
You are probably correct I just checked the options at the custom barrel site I was looking at and the Creed is not there, could have sworn it was.
They made some insane barrels back then that I was scared to shoot. I had the original wood grips and a couple dozen 30-30 rounds was really hard on my hand! I know there were some frames that failed.
Resulting in the G2 frame and the Encore. IIRC it came down to the amount of force applied to the case head. This made rimmed cartridges a “little” better because of the greater surface area and that most rimmed cartridges are speced for lower pressures.
I do have some 45-70 loads that I will NEVER shoot in a Contender Pistol. They are for the No. 1 Ruger/Siamese Mauser.
I’m encountering the problem that I want more frames and just grab the one that I want to shoot. How many multi caliber rifles (and pistols) end up being a single cartridge platform?
Exactly, I was offered a 308 barrel and a 45-70 barrel and passed. There was a “Smith” close to school that would re-chamber a barrel in any of the native bullet diameters. I also wanted one of the 221 fireball Remington bolt action pistols, but alas this was not meant to be.
I hear that. My brother has the family XP-100 and laughed when I asked for it. ZoTH I have an M700 Classic and Contender in 221 FB. TBH I’m getting as good or better performance with mono bullets than I could with CandC bullets in the fireball. Add in 50% better groups; why would I want a 223/556?
Argh! Just re read this 
That should be 30% LESS powder than the 223! My Fireball has been consistently 1/2 MOA with 21.7g of H335 and a 35g-40g bullet.
That should be 30% LESS powder than the 223! My Fireball has been consistently 1/2 MOA with 21.7g of H335 and a 35g-40g bullet.
Saturday with my Son breaking in the new Beretta Ultimate Patrol. Ran like a champ with 00 buck, slugs and #2 shot defender loads.
Extra points for gratuitous AR porn?
That’s where my son likes them and it works fine. I prefer them a back a bit but it works good enough and gets him to come shooting so win. I am sure someone will tell me why it is stupid to put them there.
As long as it's monorail, and those look to be monorails, it's a user preference. The only con is the window becomes smaller the farther away it sits. He may have near vision issues and the reticle is clearer. I had to mount a red dot out farther on a 10/22 takedown because I didn't want to effect zero taking down and reassembling the barrel. Still works.
Yeah both are LMT monolithic uppers. I would normally like them just aft of the hand guard/receiver junction. These are just a bit forward of that point.
Been around for awhile and other than buying stuff in the exchange the past few years I don't think I've ever actually contributed.
Here's my most recent 9mm build. Still need to blend the rear slide to frame and send off for nitride. Finally got around to shooting it this past weekend and put 500rds of my 147gr reloads through her flawlessly.
Cheely frame
Cheely SS E2 grip
Atlas RDS slide
Jarvis barrel
EGW/Atlas/WC internals
Here's my most recent 9mm build. Still need to blend the rear slide to frame and send off for nitride. Finally got around to shooting it this past weekend and put 500rds of my 147gr reloads through her flawlessly.
Cheely frame
Cheely SS E2 grip
Atlas RDS slide
Jarvis barrel
EGW/Atlas/WC internals
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Lancer finally did another batch of their threaded adapters for the Laugo Alien, so I no longer have to keep fruitlessly searching for that proprietary B&T can that appears to no longer be in production anyway!
I’ll probably run that Odessa can in the shortest configuration for the most part, with 147gr subsonic hollow points:
I’ll probably run that Odessa can in the shortest configuration for the most part, with 147gr subsonic hollow points:
Latest addition to the pistol inventory.
Is that a HK or a Clone? If a clone, which one? Are you going to SBR it? I have been itching for a MP5.
HK SP5 with B&T flash hider and a beat up B&T telescopic brace I found on TacSwap. I found it locally for a pretty decent price, compared to some of the insane online prices. I sold my B&T APC9 privately to help fund it and do not regret it.
Plans are to SBR it, but I might wait a little longer. It has been a joy to shoot and totally reliable on the first 500 rounds I put through it. The quality is excellent, trigger is pretty solid and welds and coatings are perfect. It runs as flat and low recoil as my buddy's roller delayed JP5, just with more penalizing reloads. You can pretty much pull the trigger as fast as you can and watch the rounds stack in the A zone. It is almost as cool as the full auto MP5s I have shot in the past. If you've never shot one though I would try and find one to get a feel, since some don't care for them.
Freedom Arms 454 with 45 Colt, 45 Win Mag and 45 ACP cylinders. So much fun.
Sig P556. No idea why I took a pic with that mag in it.
It goes with me whenever I have to go near Detroit, or other such shitholes. A few P-mags and a can go, too.
It goes with me whenever I have to go near Detroit, or other such shitholes. A few P-mags and a can go, too.
Technically speaking wise... the farther forward the dot on your rifle, the more accurate it will be.
Reality wise, whether most mere mortals will be able to tell the difference, maybe not.
Reality wise, whether most mere mortals will be able to tell the difference, maybe not.
My pride and joy
92 and 96. Almost done. Match barrels, more mag extensions and cerakote.
Don't need to change the red dots. But will be changing to enclosed ones
92 and 96. Almost done. Match barrels, more mag extensions and cerakote.
Don't need to change the red dots. But will be changing to enclosed ones
I have been thinking about picking up m&p, pdp or possibly a canik rival for carry optics and 2k11 for limited optics.
Which one do you prefer?
There is a little local match, I was going to try to shoot as much as possible, for trigger time, until I feel like 8 can do tactical games.
I traded my sti 2011 for the PDP and M&P so I guess the 2011 is out.
To explain, I have big hands 2xl gloves. My hands are too wide to fit the 2011 grip and my hands force the beaver tail up preventing the grip safety being engaged. Otherwise the trigger was amazing and very accurate gun.
I have come to appreciate the newer striker guns. No safetys, no DA/SA trigger, and pretty amazing triggers with a little work. And now with the PDP steel frame I can have the weight that I like as well.
I haven’t shot the M&P yet but I did compete with M&P’s for years with the Gen 1 and always liked them.
Finger banging these 2, the triggers are really close with the PDP having a little less take up and a faster shorter reset. I prefer the extra weight of the PDP. The M&P points slightly better for me.
To explain, I have big hands 2xl gloves. My hands are too wide to fit the 2011 grip and my hands force the beaver tail up preventing the grip safety being engaged. Otherwise the trigger was amazing and very accurate gun.
I have come to appreciate the newer striker guns. No safetys, no DA/SA trigger, and pretty amazing triggers with a little work. And now with the PDP steel frame I can have the weight that I like as well.
I haven’t shot the M&P yet but I did compete with M&P’s for years with the Gen 1 and always liked them.
Finger banging these 2, the triggers are really close with the PDP having a little less take up and a faster shorter reset. I prefer the extra weight of the PDP. The M&P points slightly better for me.
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.
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