gunrunner32

Thanks all, I've got an x-caliber on the wishlist at the shop I work at. I figured for my price it would be worth rolling the dice. I've already got guys at the shop calling dibs on my tactical sport orange if I decide to get rid of it. I will agree my CZ 75s I've owned have been well worth the money. I'm waiting for my 6" 1911 to get back from the machinist, couldn't afford to get the V16 BVD was selling as I was mid build on 2 1911 6" (one in 45 and one in 9mm), so I'm just making my own since I had a v10 sitting around to take measurements off of.

I'm looking for thoughts on Grand Power pistols. In particular I'm looking at the K22 X-Trim and the K100 X-Caliber. I know it's a difference between a 9mm and a .22, but I figured for the price I could try either. I figured the K22 I could let the kids have fun with and plink suppressed and the K100 would be more for me. Your input is appreciated.

I recently acquired a Tactical Sport Orange, I was on the fence as to spending the extra for the Orange model over the traditional Tactical Sport model. With a lot of the same features as the Czechmate, I didn't feel the need to spend the money for the Czechmate. I don't have any plans to run this as a competition gun since having 2 jobs leaves me little time to do competitions, my wife likes seeing me from time to time. One thing I didn't like was the Orange grips and mag base plates, so I cerakoted them black to match the pistol the day I got it. Overall I'm happy with the pistol as far as it feels in my hand. It was a good replacement for my 75 SP-01. I wanted to get some reviews from guys running this in 3-Gun matches before I gave it to my sponsored shooter to run in his off-season since STI would likely frown upon him shooting it in matches. So what are your thoughts on it, if you're running one? I've put 20 rounds through it so far and am pleased with the results. With that being said, I'm waiting for a disc replacement in my neck and currently can't feel much with my right hand so shooting right now is a bit iffy for me as far as accuracy goes. One thing I liked about the SP-01 over this was the safety size. The tactical Sport Orange has some oversized and lower safeties than the SP-01 did and found myself bumping them a little when I shot. Hopefully this will be mitigated after the surgery and can feel what's going on better. For anyone looking at CZ and if you're in the Clarksville area PM me and I'll set up soemething for you to try it out. The pictures are a before and after, getting rid of the Orange . I'll do a better review after April on this. The SP-01 is there for comparison purposes, I was talked out of it a few weeks ago.

Yes, I put in a couple of the charging handle, triggers and spring kits from HB Industries. The Carbine was the only one that gave me issues. Had to get their removal tool since the bolt is welded on or however they have it fixed in there. The pistol trigger cage came out no problem.

I've got a scorpion carbine in 9mm. Neat little rifle, picked it up on a whim. I've had it for about a week and only my co-workers have shot it. I did have the pistol and carbine from a friend to put in new trigger kits and of course I shot them to make sure they work. It's a neat platform, no real practical use that I can see. If you're in Clarksville and want to shoot one PM me.

For those that qualify, CZ-USA does have a first responder (LEO/EMS/FF) and military, "blue label" type program.

Here's a pair you don't get to see everyday. The one on the left started off as a Henry H001, now I refer to it as the "Damascus Boy". It's had the large lever loop and fiber optic sight added, the marvel was cut to 16.25" and threaded, mag tube was all cut to work with the Huntertown Guardian suppressor, and cerakoted to match parkerizing with a Damascus pattern on the receiver. The one on the right is a Marlin 336 pre safety that's been cut down to 16.25" and threaded. It's had the irons removed, added a polymer stock set, large loop lever cerakoted in various "tactical" colors and it now wears a Leupold Mark AR. It's sporting a YHM Phantom direct thread can.

Well I would put up a screen shot but I can't get the file small enough. Here's what I found in the book about pricing 100 - $500 98 - $450 95 - $395 90 - $360 80 - $330

Those turned out looking amazing. This one was fairly bad, pitted and what not. I was told not to worry about the pitting, still did some magic on the flats at least.

I did take the parts to 500 initially. The gold color produced looked good on the barrel, but it wouldn't have looked right had I kept it on the slide. I'll hopefully be getting the screws on my Uberti Cattleman ready soon, just can't seem to find the time at the moment. Here's the gold slide and finished product. So far 25 rounds of "test fire" has gone flawlessly.

I used to be set up for hot salt bluing, but with how caustic it was to all my other equipment it started costing me money to run. Prep is entirely too labor intensive,  much like this was, in the controls of the 1911, slide and barrel there was 10 hours if not more to polish them. Also, there are other finish options that are easier and cheaper for both the end user and the applicator/gunsmith. I agree bluing is a lost art and unfortunately I blame my generation for a lot of the skilled labor jobs in this country being lost. The general knowledge of "kids" (18-30) for things like plumbing, electrical, welding, masonry and carpentry (let alone the "artistic" aspect of any of those fields) is drastically lacking in comparison to our fathers generation. Technology has ruined us....as I sit here and type on a computer...haha.

A lgs has a box of the .357 max on their wall of old calibers with about 20 rounds in it, they look crazy. I couldn't imagine finding that ammo anywhere now.

I wonder if anyone else out there has done any Nitre bluing. I've been messing with it to get the temperatures figured out. So far it's been a neat process. I search the Internet and see a bunch of old colts and 1911s with parts done. So who else has guns Nitre blued? Here are a few of my "projects", one is a CZ SP01 with the controls (ones that were steel, aluminum doesn't seem to react very well with the heat). Then I wanted to see about larger objects so I did the slide of a Colt Series 70 1911 and barrel. I get the blues around 590-625 degrees and the gold was done around 500 degrees. A lead smelting pot and the Nitre salts from brownells seem to be good for small parts, I had a friend make me a stainless box to get the slide done. I'll get pics up once my iPad figures out the site.

I went with a Savage Mark II FV-SR and put a Rifle Basix trigger, a Boyds stock, aftermarket bottom metal and a Nikon P-22 3-9x. I put a Huntertown Arms Guardian on it and it shoots Gemtech subs very accurately. You can't go wrong with a good bolt gun.   For pistols I go with either a Ruger 22/45 Lite or a Colt/Umarex 1911-22. Both are a blast to shoot. I had to buy another 1911-22 because dad took the first one I had.

I can agree, this isn't my thing either. I would have never done it had a guy my dad works with not desired to have one. I had mentioned it to dad in passing conversation, next thing I know I'm getting texts from a random number. I just figured I'd share since it's a bit out of the ordinary.

Ever seen The Jack lower from Spikes and wonder what a lower jaw may look like on it? I did, here was the final product. This was carved using a dremel and several engraving bits to get through the material. It was added to a 20 round Pmag. I also did a build up to fill in the gap left by the magazine release. If I decide to do another ill have to look at other products that would give a smoother look. What's your thoughts on it?

I'll have to agree. I had a trailer in Iraq that looked very similar to this. I got to digging around it one day and found 2 SA7s and a box of anti personnel mines.

I made one of these burnt bronze for a guy a while back. It wanna neat design and I appreciated the non-reciprocating charging handle. Not sure if they are any better than a standard upper but it was fun to run a few test fire rounds through. The piston design is far superior over the 2 Adams arms pistons I've broken.

This is a YHM direct thread stainless Phantom .30 cal on a Marlin 336 30-30. The other firearms the suppressor will get attached to is an AR and a Handi-Rifle, both in 300BO. This one is a Huntertown Arms Guardian .22 cal on a Savage Mark II FV-SR. Other firearms the suppressor will get mounted to is 2x 1911-22 Colts and a Ruger 10/22. Both are a blast to shoot, I've been stocking up on .22lr subs and reloading sub 300BO ever since I got them.

Well I had 4 months in TN this year before work sent me off again. In that my wife had my old house sold and a new one bought within a week of me getting home from my previous trip. With the new house came the new projects. First one up is a fire pit. I wasn't happy the new house was in the middle of a neighborhood, but I'm not home enough to make it a big deal. So I did something to make it a little more of what I wanted. It's 14' across with 14" garden border stones around the outside, the fire pit itself is 42" outer and has a 30" steel ring inside. It's got crushed slate for the base of the sitting area. My wife will be looking for some adirondack chairs for us and next year I'll be hitting up a lumber mill to get some rough cut stock to make benches out of. Next my wife put me on a few projects she wanted...butcher block. It was cheaper to make it than buy it and I could make it how I wanted. I made one that bolted to the wall in the kitchen in an open space my wife was unsure what to do with. So we threw some bar stools under it and now there's a spot to pile crap on and the kids to eat breakfast at. She saw an idea on Pintrest, (horrible place never let your wife know about it if she doesn't already, you'll never run out of projects) so I started on another to sit on the washer and dryer for more crap to get piled on and as she puts it "a place to fold clothes". I never saw that before I left. Again it was easier to make it than buy it so I could leave some space to access the water since I didn't get the chance to move the dryer vent line before I left, a project for next year. So I had a bunch of scrap left over and decided to make a reloading bench. I pulled out the acetylene torch and began to give it some character. My 6 year old daughter got curious so I let her try her hand at torching and after putting out a few fires she got the hang of keeping the flame moving. I threw some 4x4s under it with some support boards and the bench came to life. Now all I need to do is get some reloading equipment, it's hard when all that I do have is a co-use in my shop. So for now it's just a place for crap to get piled on in my gun room. Now what you all are really hoping for...some gun porn... A friend of mine was looking for the atacs and kryptek pattern for a couple of his Glocks (34 & 17). So here was what I came up with. There are 6 colors in total for each pattern and it wasn't based off anything either company makes. I like picking my own colors, artistic freedom is great when still working out the bugs in a new idea. Now prepare to have your mind blown...or hang your head in disgust...either way. You guessed it, it's a Marlin 336 30-30 pre-safety with a red dot on top, WWG large loop lever, XS long scope rail and RamLine stock set. It's been finished in a green kryptek inspired pattern on the stock set and an OD green on the metal. It's also had the mag tube and barrel shortened by 3.5", crowned and threaded 5/8x24. I strapped on my YHM stainless phantom (direct thread) and now factory loads are taken to ear safe firing. Before I left I had steel at 150m and was ringing it all day. I'll be working on some sub loads next year. This thing is already a blast to shoot even with factory loads. Why??? You may be asking? My reply: Why not? I've got 3 pre-safety's and one is getting turned into a 10.5" SBR. As a few friends and family have put it with my firearms, I'm all about the project and I've got a few months to think up the next one. I'm thinking a Henry Mare's Leg in .22lr would be fun with a suppressor.

Looks good to me for a rattle can job. If you want to save yourself some time on your next project let me know. I do all my Camo patterns with the help of a vinyl cutter. Saves a lot of time being behind an exacto knife, I started off the same way.

Haha. Yea but what I'm looking to do isn't nearly as bad as what Mossberg did to theirs. My other 2 lever actions are pretty standard, Rossi ranch hand in .45LC, Rossi M92 .454 Casull with 16" ported barrel. This 30-30 is just something different to throw a suppressor on.

I bought it with a Williams peep on it and removed it for the rail to go on. I'd love to get the RamLine plastic furniture since the existing stock has a crack in it. I've got a Nikon P-223 on my 300BO Handi Rifle and a P-22 on my Savage MKII, both with the BDC reticles. I like them both pretty well, the Bushnell Elite HD on my 300BO AR has clearer glass though, but it's also pretty bulky in comparison to the Nikons. I do like how low the scope is on your former lever actions Craig. The search still goes on...I'll wait and see what midsouthshootingssupply has for sale in the next few weeks.

I've been staring at my Marlin 336 for a while now wondering what to put on top of the XS rail. I've upgraded to a Wild West Guns big loop lever and put the XS long rail mount on it. Next in line will be to trim the barrel down to 16.5" and thread it (need more things to put a 30cal can on). While I'm waiting for the lathe at the shop to get freed up for personal projects, I'm in need of a scope/optic for this nice lever action. I don't forsee this being something I shoot past 100 yards with since subsonic 30-30 is about as long range as throwing a rock.   I put on an EOTech I had sitting around and it looked too goofy, couldn't take the rifle seriously anymore. Next I tried a Bushnell TRS-25 (Micro red dot), it looked good but I don't have any extras of those and pulled it from my 300BO to check out. I'm still leaning towards something with a bit of magnification though and I love mil-dots.    So my question is this; What are you running on your 30-30 lever action, why did you go with that and what reticle does it have?

Raasco does good work, I've got a set of diamond wood grips on my 1911.