Erich

Now see, you shouldnt let folks know that...or they will come! I thought it was inflated everywhere, but now I know where to look given Knoxville's outskirts are getting slammed. Don't worry, I'll fix it yet. FWIW, I have not contributed to the artificial inflation. I refuse to pay current scalping prices. Problem was it took me 3 years of non stop working on the wife to get her to agree to move from liberal central and it was to late to beat the insanity. So we are renting waiting for a good correction. Hate burning a pile of money every month. Sounds like we all want to see that day come soon!

That's pretty much our setup and had the same realization. And I suspect that savings will decrease going forward as alternative service providers rates are showing a bit of upward creep. In the end, being able to toggle services on and off may be the only benefit provided they dont start adding contracts (if they feel they have enough market share)

Hey now..... Just think what they (we?) have done for your property values. If its any consolation, its just as painful to us. I think you should be suspicious of anyone who lives in Nashville. If you want to be in the big city, you might really be one of them, they just havent found the pods yet. How nice would it be if their was criteria. Such as prior Southern state residence and family being a requisite. And should have political motivation, not just financial. One can dream.

Wow. I love learning about things I was clueless about. That is some serious kit that you folks are into. I don't think I could ever get something that serious as it would take away all my usual excuses.

Most of the hitch on Gen 3 smiths is their firing pin block safety letting you know its there. The parts tend to be roughly machined and they have a generous spring rate. They will inprove with use, but removing the block, alternate spring if you can find it and polishing will pretty much make that go away. As this is not a new gun, you may want to also get a new recoil spring so you have a known baseline given it had failure to battery. Being dirty makes it worse of course, but its cheap and the symptom suggests its prudent on a new to you gun.

I've picked up several conversion kits along the way, subscribing to that philosophy of training. It really helps with getting you to recognize lapses in trigger discipline, especially if you have any anticipation or flinch with the full boat rounds when you have not been keeping current. I've got a couple Sig 1911 kits (they work on all standard 1911's), P229, Glock large frame, and Beretta 92. As with the Glock thread, I dont understand the need for a dedicated 22 pistol unless it brings something else to the party. My only 22 pistol is a Ruger Single 10, because I thought it was interesting and I'd never had a single action wheel gun (need to try to make it free spinning now). I would be inclined to pick up a Ruger Mark IV. Interestingly as much as I loved these early on, I find I almost never use them. I hope if we find a place with some land where I can have my own range, I'll get back to enjoying the pleasures of 22 again.

We hope to get further out when we find what we're looking for. We're luck enough with the little bits of remaining forest we have around us, we get deer thru here a lot more than I expected. Caught this guy a couple months back having a snack across the street.

Come on, someone has to have a recent fishing story

It makes it more real to say out loud. But, a pic they say is worth a thousand words. I have a couple 'real' cut receivers with the go fast switch...and maybe one day if its meant to be it'll be complete like this one....

And it will end up being smaller house than the building plans since part of your loan had to go toward paying for the damn thing.

My last purchase was an HK45CT, but it was to go with its big brother 45 Expert. While they may have differing intended purposes, overtime I have gravitated toward more compacts with barrels around the 4" range. For me, I find them better balanced and comfortable all around shooters (when I am not trying to fit a specific purpose). With typical pistol distances, I don't see a significant sacrifice to accuracy that is due to the average gun itself. Its more shooter discipline and training with shorter sight radius or site types. Alot of folks they are quick to equate full size with more accuracy over smaller versions before considering or adjusting for difference due to features, so it may not be an apples to apples comparison. An inch more barrel doesn't mean much on its own. I think its fair to say "full size" are easier to shoot for most casual situations. Sight radius and reduced flip reducing your having to pay attention or being in practice. That said, for me to consider a full size now, it should have a purpose and be more geared toward competition or accuracy, otherwise it's just wasting steel.

I so relate to that! Its a malady in search of a support group. Problem here is that it seems to feed the addiction.

Mine was a few hours ago. Working thru the rationalization still. I did not buy an original select fire rifle that was NIB. I agonized for for nearly 2 hours over buying or not buying. Price was actually pretty reasonable, though not inexpensive. The last 10 minutes on GB, entered my bid in the box...and no less than 6 times hovered on the bid button. Held back each time by all the reasons I concocted not to. Now I'm rationalizing the non practical aspects and that it was not the actual military version I really would want. Countered with I'll never see one NIB again, made more rare by only 450 having been original select fire guns. The military variant aspect is offset by knowing it would be quite a bit more, which makes its eventual selling price seem like a deal in today's market. At the moment, the remorse over not getting something of a rarity is overwhelming the relief of not spending such a big nut a single gun that I know would not get run full auto much. The seller has my contact info, I asked him to let me know if the buyer does not follow up, though I know that wont probably happen. Hope your regrets pass quickly. Or better yet, you avoid them all together!

Thanks for the follow-up. Glad to hear it was good for you out of the box. I am glad to see Beretta keeping life in the 92 series. And even after all this time, that new items come to to the aftermarket for them. The LTT bar adds some material to the trigger stop and it effects range. All of which I found postive. Having played with all the standard mods over the years, its the first one that I thought, wow. For a $70 part, I'd recommend any Beretta fan to try it at some point. There was a vid out there showing reset, and in trying to find that I ran across a new one where a comparison to the performance S trigger (they appear to offer that as an upgrade part now) was done. Thought you may find interesting. It too shows the effective reset so you can see if its something that appeals to you.

Which is why they ain't getting my money. But as you say that, from what I'm guessing is a dislike of the Austrian polymer wonder, you may be forgetting that when they came out they were the innovators with high capacity in a small package as a main selling feature. I find that last bit the ultimate and most failing irony in their lost in the crowd offering. They seem to have forgotten what brought them to the party me thinks.

And why sell only 3 mags when you can get them to buy 5 for that box of 50 !

That is certainly what most will have you believe using conventional thoughts out there. But if one looks, and not too far, they see the impossible delivered which should make one wonder. Truth is, it just takes engineering and a good design. Which cost money. Which eats into profits, etc etc. Two examples of the impossible that come to mind. My Beretta 92's conversion kit 15 rounds which feed perfectly. And right up top, hipower's reference to the Taurus with its 16 round capacity. 22wmr is not 22lr, but rimiless, But Keltec manages to squeeze 30 of them into a non curved mag. A couple years ago peeps said it was impossible to get more rounds in a micro 9, remember. 7 or 8. But both Sig and SA put more than $20 into R&D of conventional mags and sorted it out.

It just occurred to me that the main reason I'm so opposed to 10 round mags is that I'm emotionally scarred from being in a ban state for so long is that now, my first reaction when I see 10 round anything is to want to stomp on it and throw it in the garbage.

No doubt, that is all that matters. Nothing sucks more than spending big money on a collectible safe queen that doesnt work or isnt fun to shoot. You'll have to update this when you take it out. Its too bad you didnt get one earlier. I had 3 cans (600 rounds) of surplus Greek HXP ammo in the Classifies here for sometime. Its like finding your rifle, timing is everything.

I think we should clarify something as Glock haters are reading this as a Glock lover thing when that isnt it and they are missing the point. Rather its a general 22 thing. I own no 22 semi auto guns (or rifles) that only hold 10. I care less whose name is printed on it. Just because its a standard does not stop it from being nonsense. Its just agreed on nonsense, which much is worse. Folks accepting it overtime are actually part of the problem it perpetuates. It makes as much sense as everyone whacking themselves in the head with a hammer everyday at 3PM because we all agree to do it. How about not doing it because it makes no sense? By that same token, 10 round 22 mags in a full size gun no matter whose name is on the side makes no sense. If someone wants to play the Liberal states rationale. There are plenty of guns sold for compliant states where they stick in the weenie mags in place of their real ones. All makes do it. Why only make the weenie mags the only option for 22?

Technically your barrel is not correct for the receiver, but even if it's a mix master, that's not a bad thing. It's just a value thing.

Cut OP rods have a radius machined into them where the handle meets the saddle that's under the barrel. Else it's a straight 90 degree. Intent was to take out a stress riser. HRA rods usually aren't cut.

One of mine is in that range. Its '55. Some of the barrels could predate by 6 months and still be considered correct. For example, a 55 receiver could have a late 54 barrel. Like G man said, your stamp under the op rod will show you. If it went thru arsenal, it could have a replacement LMR barrel and still be fine. The op rode will be stamped on the inside of the forwad part of the handle. The trigger group parts are next. Some HRA hammers were not stamped iirc. Trigger guards were not stamped either, but your appear to the correct style.

OOOOhhhhhh!! They may not be loved by all, but I am a huge fan of wood and steel service style rifles. Nice! More pics and details!! You need to pop it out of the stock and start looking over the components for appropriate stamps. Even if its not all correct, it looks pretty nice in that one pic. Plenty of online references for serial ranges by maker as well as ID guides documenting markings. CMP forum is a great resource. You can buy a throat and muzzle gauge to check out where the barrel is. I've got a couple HRA service grade specials. I hope you find it all correct.

The (real)10mm round runs higher pressures so the chambers / barrels and related compenents are larger (beefier). In the 10mm and 45ACP Glock world, they have their own larger dedicated frame and slides so they dont blow up the smaller frame/slide bits (which is why they had to go that way after they tried)