ARtsig1
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Guess the short answer would be yes, although I've found a wide variance in the ones I've owned, and that number would be upwards of all your fingers. The reason i ask this is really out of curiousty, I know.....curiosity killed the cat, but since I've got 9 lives I figure I can spend one here!
The Cuda MAXX I currently have is a combo edge but is one I've kept through the past year because of it super lockup out of the box, a centered blade out of the box, and a tight action, again, out of the box. The only thing I've done is to add bronze washers, and polish the screws, pivot, and standoffs.
Back to being created equally. The ones I've had have ranged from being centered, having great lockup ( defined by me as about 1/3rd of the blade tang being covered...leaving plenty of room for any wear), and having good actions, to ones where the blade was not centered, even had one I could not center the blade no matter what I tried, and the locking bar came all the way over on the blade tang.
The one thing I can say about being created equal is that all the ones I've had have had super actions to them.
I really like framelocks and the best production framelock I'd seen was the one on the MAXX and Aftermaths........that is until the BM 630 came out and I have to say that I believe that BM has gotten it right as I've not read one thing about poor lockup. Now the Cuda MAXX I currently have is the equal to the BM as far as lockup goes, and as far as the blade centering goes. In fact the MAXX has the best blue anodizing I've seen and this includes the BM 630. Some of the MAXX's have had varying colors of blue through the years.
I have a R. Hinderer 165 Firetac coming in the next couple of weeks and look forward to comparing the blue of it to the blues of the MAXX and the 630. My other framelock is a torched finish XL Deluge by DB Fraley.
So how 'bout it. Anyone else think along the same line?
The Cuda MAXX I currently have is a combo edge but is one I've kept through the past year because of it super lockup out of the box, a centered blade out of the box, and a tight action, again, out of the box. The only thing I've done is to add bronze washers, and polish the screws, pivot, and standoffs.
Back to being created equally. The ones I've had have ranged from being centered, having great lockup ( defined by me as about 1/3rd of the blade tang being covered...leaving plenty of room for any wear), and having good actions, to ones where the blade was not centered, even had one I could not center the blade no matter what I tried, and the locking bar came all the way over on the blade tang.
The one thing I can say about being created equal is that all the ones I've had have had super actions to them.
I really like framelocks and the best production framelock I'd seen was the one on the MAXX and Aftermaths........that is until the BM 630 came out and I have to say that I believe that BM has gotten it right as I've not read one thing about poor lockup. Now the Cuda MAXX I currently have is the equal to the BM as far as lockup goes, and as far as the blade centering goes. In fact the MAXX has the best blue anodizing I've seen and this includes the BM 630. Some of the MAXX's have had varying colors of blue through the years.
I have a R. Hinderer 165 Firetac coming in the next couple of weeks and look forward to comparing the blue of it to the blues of the MAXX and the 630. My other framelock is a torched finish XL Deluge by DB Fraley.
So how 'bout it. Anyone else think along the same line?
I sent it to Camillus, and they sent me back another defective one. The second one would not pass a moderate whack test. So much for it being one of the strongest locks on the market.