TGO David

Wow. I went to eBay thinking surely the sellers that I've bought from before have these in stock and... NOPE. What a weird thing for there to be a shortage of across the spectrum of manufacturers.

I'll just say that a lot of what you said depends on the gun, on the caliber, on the ammunition being used, and the design of the compensator itself. I've run my compensated G45 side-by-side with my non compensated G19 with the same range ammo and the same carry ammo and the G45 had no discernable increase in muzzle flash. I also have not changed recoil spring assemblies with the G45 or done anything else to "tune it" to run better with the comp. Factory G45/G19 recoil spring assembly only. For smaller guns like the P365 or Hellcat or M&P Shield, I would say that the compensator makes even more sense than it does on a larger gun because every extra little bit of controllability that you can get "feels" more significant with a smaller gun than it does with a larger gun. I'll let you know in about week how the Spectre Comp runs. I have one coming. Here's a video everyone might benefit from watching in the meantime. It's a comparison of the Spectre Comp in the dark compared to the non compensated P365 XL. Come to your own conclusions after you watch it. I've bookmarked the video to start right at the side-by-side comparison in the dark.

Only because I love you... the wide themes are back. Go check the Theme menu at the bottom of the page now.

Maintaining a dozen different themes means that every time I update the forum software or introduce a new feature, I have to update every theme by hand. It's a tedious process and sometimes slows down my ability to get security and stability related updates put on the forum. If I have to weigh security and stability against a Baskin Robbins array of flavors... I'm going to have to err on the side of security and stability. Two days ago we had a problem caused by a corrupted cache of the different themes that I had running on TGO. The forum was down for about 8-hours because of it. This is kind of a damned if I do, damned if I don't scenario.

Hey folks. If you like to have some variety in your life or prefer a Light or a Dark color scheme in particular, you can change the way TGO looks by scrolling way down to the bottom of the page and looking for the "Theme" link. Once there, you can choose between a few different options. Click Theme (1st) and then click whichever color scheme you prefer (2nd), just like this picture shows.

Hey folks. If you like to have some variety in your life or prefer a Light or a Dark color scheme in particular, you can change the way TGO looks by scrolling way down to the bottom of the page and looking for the "Theme" link. Once there, you can choose between a few different options. Click Theme (1st) and then click whichever color scheme you prefer (2nd), just like this picture shows.

I've had Doug do three or four for me now. He does fantastic work, and his prices and turn-around times are very reasonable. There is a thread on TGO about my custom M&P M2.0 that he did if you want to see more of his work.

I had Doug over at DP Custom Works do the slide for me. He milled it for the optic, milled the front top cocking serrations and then had the whole slide redone in black nitride (Melonite) finish. Custom Slide Work | DP Custom Works LLC

Emerson has had them in stock quite a few times recently. He just went out of stock 2-3 days ago, but bookmark this link and check it daily and you'll catch one: The Elvia - Emerson Knives Inc. Emerson has a "notify me" type option, but a lot of times emails from manufacturers and vendors go out after the knives have already been on their website for a few hours. Once the email goes out, you and everyone else who was waiting for them will pound the website and they'll sell out fast. Just keep an eye on that product page instead.

This is my new Emerson Knives "Elvia" If you already follow Ed Calderon of Ed's Manifesto (edsmanifesto.com) you've undoubtedly seen the Elvia in his social media. Ed is a former Mexican government anti narco-terrorism agent who spent more than a decade fighting against the cartels in Northern Mexico. He has since retired and is now an American citizen and a very well-regarded specialist in anti-abduction, escapology, unarmed combat, region-specific executive protection work, and unconventional-edged weapons work. The Elvia is named in honor of his mother and is based on the design of a kitchen knife that she once used to defend her family. Ed began carrying this type of knife in his work and found it to be incredibly practical. He approached Ernest Emerson along the way and asked Emerson if he could turn the fixed blade design into something foldable. Emerson did. This knife is held and used differently than conventional knives. It maximizes the user's biomechanics and strength to use digging and pulling motions. The result is... brutally efficient.

I am a big fan of TT Gunleather. They have molds for the P365 an P365XL. You can find their holsters here: SHOP OWB HOLSTERS | TTGunLeather

Oh my goodness. I had a Colt Rail Gun but not the Custom Shop version. This is pretty awesome.

It seems like they should refer to the new version as the M&P 2.5 since it's an incremental improvement. I guess they could also just call it a 3.0 since Glock seems to have no trouble increasing the Generation number (3, 4, 5) for minor improvements either. Anyway, the new flat trigger is pretty nice. Mine was pretty gritty and crunchy out of the box, even after I got the gun back from S&W for service (they had to replace the slide due to an optic screw being cross-threaded from the factory). But, it has improved quite a bit from dry-fire alone. I still haven't had a chance to take it out to the range. Maybe soon.

Yeah, the 48 makes a lot more sense when your other options are a 17 or 19x. If you want to get really freaky, do a G43X MOS and spring for a Parker Mountain Machine Micro JTTC barrel and comp package. It will come in at the same length as the G48 but... comp'd. I am toying with this idea, myself. I think the Hellcat is now out of the running based on the fact that several TGO'ers have said the same things about the gun that I've read elsewhere. Which means I'll either do a P365XL Spectre Comp or a G43X and PMM JTTC comp package.

I considered a G48 briefly but it just doesn't feel like there is enough of a difference, dimensionally, between it and a G19 for me to not just carry my G19 instead. Maybe one hole difference when tightening up my belt. Especially when I consider that I'd probably use Shield Arms magazines for 15rd capacity, meaning that the weight of the ammo between either the G48 or G19 would be identical.

Whenever a manufacturer releases a .22LR version of one of their popular platforms, they are marketing it as an affordable option for range time toward people who already own their popular platform. If someone outside of that ecosystem buys one, or if it sways someone to that ecosystem from another, it's probably just a bonus. This gun was designed with the P320 \ P365 owner in mind, first and foremost, if I had to guess.

A moderator can help with that.

Just as the title says, I’d like for you to tell me about your Springfield Hellcat. Bonus points if you have a Hellcat Pro. What do you like about it? Dislikes? How does it handle compared to a conventional mid-sized 15rd handgun like a Glock 19, Sig P320, etc.? I’ve got one of the first generation P365s but I’ve also been thinking about a 365XL or Hellcat Pro for summer carry.

Just edit the first post of the thread. Scroll to where it allows you to add tags. Keep the tag "Trading Post". Add a new tag called "Ad Closed". Save the changes. The forum runs a task a few times an hour that looks for that tag and closes the thread for you.

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I'd need to see what link you're trying to post.

Thank you!

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