rodan

It's a lot of fun shooting USPSA with a duty gun out of duty gear and finishing high in the order...

There's a lot to be said for shooting clean, but the scoring puts so much emphasis on speed, a really fast shooter with a bunch of 'C's will still get you.

CZs seem to be pretty popular these days, probably can't go wrong, and easy to re-sell if you don't like it.

I'm not a big fan of the old P series Sigs... high bore axis, awkward ergonomics, and the D/A to S/A trigger press. All of that will work against you when you're on the clock.

In today's market I would consider them average.

You almost have to consider the individual optic, and its direct competitors. Holosun, for example, I would consider average for most products, but their pistol optics are right there with Trijicon, and much better than most of the other stuff on the market.

A while back I picked up a set of Altamont stocks for my M19 snubby. They needed some minor fitting, and I finally got around to it and got them mounted up.

This gun is pretty good shape considering it's older than most of the people on this forum...

Anyone here have a Glock 43X? I'm looking at getting one with the new 15 round mags and probably upgrading the sights, maybe trigger, and get some custom milled texturing from a local shop.

I bought one for my wife earlier this year. We haven't shot it a whole lot yet, but I like it more than I typically like Glocks. It's a good size for a small concealment gun, and with 15rnd mags, pretty potent.

Are you looking at the Shield Arms mags? I've been thinking about picking up a few of them.

The 43X seems to recoil a little more than my S&W Shield, and even my Kahr PM9. It also has a little different trigger shape, which (to me, anyway) makes the trigger feel heavier than most Glocks. I'm not really a Glock fan, so it may just be me.

Dude, send it off for industrial hard chrome.

That was actually my first choice, but it's getting really hard to find a hard chrome shop anymore. None of the local gunsmiths have a shop they have a relationship with, and I can't even find a plater in Phoenix that has a good reputation for guns. I'm trying to avoid sending it out of state.

The last gun I had hard chromed was in the late 1980s... the landscape has changed a LOT!

I do have a local factory certified Cerakote shop, so I'm considering it, but it wasn't my first choice.

A while back, I picked up a couple of 'gunsmith special' S&W model 10 .38 specials. These were used as police guns overseas, then re-patriated. The stupidities of gun import laws required that they could not be 'imported' with the original 2" barrels, so the barrels are removed and they become 'gunsmith specials'.

It took a couple months to find the proper original type barrel and some other parts, and get it installed, but #1 is up and shooting.

Now that it's operational, it's time to do an action job and a couple other custom touches. Also thinking about a Cerakote refinish. Althoug these guns are a little beat, I've still got only about 60% of market value invested in #1 at this point.

Working on plans for #2, which is a little nicer condition, and will likely get a 3" barrel.

6.5x55 is inherently a very accurate cartridge, mostly because of the high sectional density of 6.5mm bullets. Which is why we have a number of 6-6.5mm long distance cartridges these days.

I would pick a Mauser in 6.5x55 over the Ljungman, though neither is really a 'precision' rifle.

Staring into the rabbit hole of precision rifles. Want to buy one or have one built.

 

This is going to be expensive.

Before you do, make sure you have somewhere to shoot it... at least 400-600 yards.

Years ago, I built a Remington 700 in .308. At the time I had easy access to a spot to shoot 600 yards. Things changed, and I had to drive over an hour to shoot more than 200 yards. Rifle didn't get shot for 2 years, so I ended up selling it.

Precision rifles are fun, but boring at short ranges. Unless you have easy access to a longer range, you may regret building one.

Going to take a break from guns for awhile and go back to collecting custom lightsabers.

 

Ooooh... sounds like we need a blasters and lightsabers thread!

I guess I never posted my Howa 'Miniaction' .300BLK...

Fun little rifle, and super quiet with 220gr subsonic rounds, though I was a little disappointed with the accuracy. Yesterday, I took it out with some cheap 125gr supers and it did this:

Time to work up a handload for subs... I think all my accuracy problems were ammo related.

Very nice.

I spent some serious time debating on buying a Staccatto P Duo for one last work gun (retiring in 3 years), but ultimately decided against it. That is one nice gun, though!

On another note, here's a range report on my recently freed supressors (sorry, no pics) :

Rugged Obsidian 9:

Only tried it in the long configuration. Next time out, I'll try the 'K' configuration for a comparison.

S&W M&P Pro Core, 9mm 147gr - super quiet... like amazingly quiet. Very impressed.

AR9 pistol, 9mm 147gr - not as quiet as the handgun, probably due to the blowback action. Planning to try some different buffer weights/springs. Still pretty quiet.

AR15 pistol, 300BLK, 200gr subs - Super quiet. Lots of fun to shoot. I know it's really just a pointy 45acp, but it's still a hoot.

Dead Air Mask HD 22:

Ruger 10/22 takedown light - super quiet... just action noise essentially.

S&W M&P 22 compact - super quiet... the action is quieter than the 10/22, and not much different at the muzzle. Giggle inducing fun.

Tactical Solutions 1911 .22 conversion - still super quiet, but much more finicky about ammo.

I tried several different .22 loads: AE .22 Suppressor, Aguila 40gr Subsonic, CCI Quiet 22, CC standard velocity, and some Winchester bulk (high velocity). The CCI quiet 22 would not function any of my guns. The TacSol 1911 conversion would only run with CCI standard vel, or high velocity ammo. The CCI standard velocity was just as quiet as any of the 'special' ammo.

Very pleased with the performance of both suppressors. It's stupid that these are NFA items.

I do think I need to build a lever action .22 suppressor host...

Wow wow, where did you get them?

Thanks!

Outfit called Reddog Leather in Kentucky. He has some 'production' stuff (it's still all made to order) on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/str/Reddog-Leather?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

He can also be contacted on FB, just search Reddog Leather. Lots of pics there, and you can contact him to commission custom work.

Excellent quality, reasonable prices and quick turn around time. I did a lot of looking before deciding on a leather maker and have been very happy with the results.

How 'bout a little morning NFA p*rn...

Rugged Obsidian 9 and Dead Air Mask HD

Congrats!

 

How long was the wait? Trust? Individual?

Paper Form 4 Trust x2, ~10 months. Interestingly, they both came back together, which I wasn't expecting.

Individual Form 1s seem to be the quickest at the moment, often coming back under 60 days. Paper Form 4 Trusts the longest. I was expecting July-Aug, so I'm pretty happy. Happy being a relative term. These approvals should take no more than 30 days for the first, and should be instant if you already have forms on file. I'd be even happier if something like the HPA passed and cans and SBRs were no longer NFA items.

My custom leather for my SAAs showed up this week... very pleased!

thanks!

I have some Altamonts coming for the snubby. Not sure what I'm going to do with the others. Already spent too much on guns this year...

Recently completed my S&W Model 19 trifecta... all 19-3s, 2 1/2", 4" and 6". Made in 1971, 1969 and 1970...

Curious if you get a lot of blowback from the Scorpion with a suppressor mounted?

It's straight blowback, right?

But now I'm curious as to what you were shooting at the little outline at the top left.

 

Norm

We use those little 'logo' targets all the time for precision trigger drills, or zeroing, usually only out to ~15yards. Most of our targets have a about a 3" bull instead of the mini-silhouette, though...