TGO David

What kind of rifle? If it can be disassembled into pieces small enough to fit into my existing oven, I can do it sooner than later. If it's too large for that, I'm still assembling the pieces to build a large curing oven.

Unsolicited word of advice: Take it and shoot the hell out of it before you trust it enough to start carrying it. Short (sub 4") 1911s are notoriously bad about jamming. Several of the big-name 1911 smiths are very vocal about not going shorter than 4" on them.

Nah, it had been mentioned once or twice before in this thread by other people as well. I just didn't want anyone showing up with their ear-muffs and shooting glasses, asking where the .50 was set up for shots.

For those who have been waiting patiently... pricing information on refinishing is coming soon. As in this week. As in... tomorrow or Wednesday.

Guys, no one ever said there was going to be trigger time on a .50 at this event. That hasn't even been discussed in any of our planning sessions, and there really isn't any place at their facility to shoot it save for their R&D lab ... and I don't see that happening.

Angelo got a free pass into the garage since he's spent just about as much time in there wrenching on cars as I have. But the truth is, spraying moly-resin requires a really good respirator mask and I've only got one of those and don't want to risk anyone else being exposed to the MEK solvents used in the process. Even Angelo retreated into the house while I shot the finish. I won't be allowing audiences in the refinishing process; sorry.

The next time I have a chance, I'll get Angelo to let me take pics using my DSLR. Those pics were taken with my wife's Canon point and shoot and the color isn't the best. The stainless moly looks like stainless steel. It's really nice looking.

Don't take this as gospel, but from what I remember reading the MC Operator and the Kimber Warrior were similar to their two companies respective entries in the USMC MEU 1911 project. I found an article on the Springfield MC Operator here: SPRINGFIELD’S MC OPERATOR PISTOL | Soldier of Fortune

Clever. Pink "nipple" protrusions. It took me a minute to see what the hell you were talking about.

It is seriously hit or miss with M&P trigger quality out of the box. Their range of acceptable factory tolerances in the trigger deal completely with breaking weight, not reset or travel. It's pretty sad, really. My M&P 40 has the best M&P trigger that I have ever felt. Period. I was tempted to send it in for the same work done to the M&P 9, but have since decided against it.

Yesterday my friend Angelo and I spent the day refinishing his Springfield Marine Corps Operator frame. Work done was essentially: Media blast the frame. Refinish using Stainless Steel Norrell's Moly Resin. Polish slide to frame interface. The firearm comes with an Olive Drab frame as shown in the first photo (not mine). The results are in the subsequent photos. The black smudges on the frame are from lube.

How do you figure? That's exactly the way they look and are equipped.

I love my 19. Tried to love a 21SF and just couldn't. But I love my 19.

Happy Fourth to you as well. I decided to take some time off this weekend so I likely won't be around any tomorrow to wish you all well "the day of". Enjoy the holiday, remember why we're celebrating it, and stay safe!

Duracoat isn't that durable, IMO. It is fine for non-friction items, plastics, firearms furniture and other things that cannot be heat cured. Also fine for doing camouflage patterns and such. Easily more durable than most rattle-can products, but still not what I would want on a firearm that may be subjected to abuse if I wanted it to still look good despite that. Would I spray an AR15 with it? Only if my base coat was a thermally cured product and I was using the Duracoat to lay down camo patterns.

No such problems here. Browser?

Thanks.

One minor thing worth mentioning: We bought one of these for my wife a few months back and have noticed that it shoots about 2" lower than point of aim. I intend to send it back to S&W to have them figure out what's wrong with it, but it is a very real problem and does it 100% of the time. My other M&Ps don't have this issue so I don't know if it's just another example of an odd M&P slipping through the cracks, or a problem with the fiber optic front / Warren Tactical rear sight combo or something else entirely.

@OngoingFreedom -- Your cute thread nearly got you banned. I took the time to read it a little closer to see what you were saying before I pulled the trigger, but obviously not everyone else did. If your fellow gun-owners misread it, what do you think a reporter would do? My suggestion to you is to save the funny stuff for threads of less significance in the future.

Yeah fine but did you search the keyword I gave? I have posted a pretty good review of that holster elsewhere and it might help you.

Ever tried an AHolster?

I don't know the answer to that, but I will ask. Fundamentally I'd say that anything that lets you shoot and hit the target is going to be OK for punching paper and if it removes an obstacle standing between you and training, why not. BUT, I could also foresee the argument being made that you should train as you fight, and unless you plan on fighting with a .22LR conversion in your AR15... Finally I will also say that many of the After Action Reports given by students who have gone through these or similar classes have said that the rate of fire and round counts characteristic of this type of training will make faulty gear fail. I read plenty of stories about people having difficulty with their .22LR conversion kits just punching paper at the range on lazy weekend afternoons. I question whether a conversion kit like this would really function up to par while subjected to the sort of abuse you and your gun are going to see in a Dynamic Carbine class.

Front Sight's training has never really been an issue for me. The reports I've read from students all seem to indicate favorable experiences. The problem that I have stems from their business practices and the significant cloud of bad-things that seems to surround their founder / chief executive. Those issues keep me from considering them as a viable option for training.

Try before you buy. Find a range that rents various handguns in various calibers and try them. See what fits best for you. Your questions are, at no fault of your own, rife with things that indicate that your knowledge of handguns and terminal ballistics are fairly limited. Again, by no fault of your own. We all start somewhere. The .380 has regained popularity again lately for reasons that honestly escape me. It is on the weak end of the spectrum and at one point was relegated strictly to the domain of backup guns. Clever marketing has created a paradigm shift in the gun-buying public and more people are going to it as their primary weapon of choice. I have no idea why. The ballistics characteristics of the .380 ACP just aren't what I would want in a primary handgun. That being said, there is no such thing as "stopping power" so if we set that aside and consider that what makes a handgun cartridge potent are it's abilities to expand and to penetrate, we should reasonably agree that you want a handgun cartridge that is capable of good performance in both areas. The .380 just can't. Hence, most savvy shooters carry .380 ACP in hardball, FMJ round nose so that they can get maximum penetration out of the round rather than have it expand and lose velocity extremely fast as soon as it hits clothing, flesh, muscle, bone. I'd be thinking more in terms of 9mm, .38spl, .357 Mag, .40SW, or .45ACP for my primary carry weapon. There really is little difference between the terminal ballistics of any of these in "social applications" so just pick the one that works best for you. Just my 2-cents.

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