Busses and Guns

kdstrick said:
Sweet set up! How do you like the 327?
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It's a great gun. Really a golden age for knives and guns these days.

The Holosun red dot sight wouldn't adjust with the windage and elevation controls so I sent it back. Shoots great with the iron sights. Thinking about a Vortex Venom red dot. A little smaller footprint on a handgun.

Works well with moon clips. Here's some Ranch Products moon clips with some gun show reloaded ammo. No problems with the Mooner loader.

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You guys are calling my name with the TRR8 :)

I bought mine as a training companion to the PC 327 which is my winter EDC. I agree with Shunsui about this being the golden age, some of the finest pistols S&W has ever made.

If you like G-10 grips VZ makes some great ones.

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Here's a full custom Benchmark Precision Springfield that was cut down to a Commander, converted to 9mm, bobbed and then everything else'd, pictured with a SAR 4.

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Finally, my Sig X-Five Short, paired with a Battle Saw seemed fitting..

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shunsui said:
It's a great gun. Really a golden age for knives and guns these days.

The Holosun red dot sight wouldn't adjust with the windage and elevation controls so I sent it back. Shoots great with the iron sights. Thinking about a Vortex Venom red dot. A little smaller footprint on a handgun.

Works well with moon clips. Here's some Ranch Products moon clips with some gun show reloaded ammo. No problems with the Mooner loader.

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Just get the Sparc II. Or spend the extra coin on the Razor.
 
AValenz said:
Just get the Sparc II. Or spend the extra coin on the Razor.
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The Venom is in the mail already. We'll see how it works out. It gets the company warranty so it should be good.

I think seeing the Razor on Jerry Miculek's gun was when I first noticed Vortex optics.
 
Great looking stuff.

Tales of the wheelgun's death have been highly exaggerated.

One of the things I find interesting is how well a wheel gun carries vs a semi-auto pistol. The weight on a revolver being more centered than on a semi auto makes them feel lighter on the belt in my opinion.

I've carried on the ankle at times other means of carry wouldn't work. Even in a fine holster like an Alessi a semi-auto with the weight in the grip will rock as you walk making it not ideal. A J-Frame secured around the cylinder in a similar holster is so comfy you may forget you're wearing it.

Nothing fancy... but the 442 is so easy to carry there really is no reason not to do so... That's an older Mitch Rosen rig it rides in. Sar3 IWB.

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kdstrick said:
Great looking stuff.

Tales of the wheelgun's death have been highly exaggerated.

One of the things I find interesting is how well a wheel gun carries vs a semi-auto pistol. The weight on a revolver being more centered than on a semi auto makes them feel lighter on the belt in my opinion.

I've carried on the ankle at times other means of carry wouldn't work. Even in a fine holster like an Alessi a semi-auto with the weight in the grip will rock as you walk making it not ideal. A J-Frame secured around the cylinder in a similar holster is so comfy you may forget you're wearing it.

Nothing fancy... but the 442 is so easy to carry there really is no reason not to do so... That's an older Mitch Rosen rig it rides in. Sar3 IWB.

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I've had great luck with my wheel gun trigger jobs. My Jerry Miculek is 4oz single action 1.5lb double action. I always hated double action only wheel guns but I've had a change of heart.
 
breavis5694 said:
I've had great luck with my wheel gun trigger jobs. My Jerry Miculek is 4oz single action 1.5lb double action. I always hated double action only wheel guns but I've had a change of heart.
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Yeah I'm with ya there. The factory DA triggers seem to be built more for lawyers than shooters in a lot of em. Wolff replacement springs to lighten up the pull live in all of mine and work great. Reliability testing is obviously important following any change but I've never had an issue. A bit of fluff and buff is always good too.

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kdstrick said:
Yeah I'm with ya there. The factory DA triggers seem to be built more for lawyers than shooters in a lot of em. Wolff replacement springs to lighten up the pull live in all of mine and work great. Reliability testing is obviously important following any change but I've never had an issue. A bit of fluff and buff is always good too.

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You can go as low as you want spring wise as long as you extend the firing pin... The firing pin fixes any reliability issues with ultra light springs
 
breavis5694 said:
You can go as low as you want spring wise as long as you extend the firing pin... The firing pin fixes any reliability issues with ultra light springs
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Nice tip! Did not know that... Makes sense though.

In the interest of keeping this thing going... some toys.

STI in 9mm, with big brothers in Dan Wesson Bobtail LW, early Baer trs, Brown SF among some cutlery

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shunsui said:
Wow that PC327 is awesome. What ammo do you carry with that ?
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Thanks! It shoots like a steel K frame with any load and carries like a dream IWB. People who have doubted me were proved wrong at the range. I keep it loaded and tested with 125g Critical Defense.


With regard to the firing pins, a while back S&W was accused of using short firing pins in their light weight large frame revolvers as part of their lawyered up safety systems. I don't believe this was ever substantiated by them but there was enough anecdotal evidence that for the low relative cost I switch them out as part of any trigger job/lock removal.
 
I also dislike not having the ability to sliiiiiiide that hammer back to hear the *CLICK!*.... Also the pooping noise when it happens.

.38spl +p is awesome though. I should find another one.

They must make an exposed hammer airweight right?
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
I also dislike not having the ability to sliiiiiiide that hammer back to hear the *CLICK!*.... Also the pooping noise when it happens.

.38spl +p is awesome though. I should find another one.

They must make an exposed hammer airweight right?
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I have a solid titanium snubbie that is ported in .38 special, I carry reloaded rounds with three 9mm sized pieces of shot in each. 5 trigger pulls get you 15 holes in something or body. I carry that or a bodyguard .380
 
I carried an M&P 360 for years. ~12 oz, 357 magnum, exposed hammer.
 
cpirtle said:
I carried an M&P 360 for years. ~12 oz, 357 magnum, exposed hammer.
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Nothing wrong there, the 360 is a great gun. My is actually a Taurus model 851T. They are the rarest of the total titanium series, it's the shrouded hammer model although I do own a 85T (exposed hammer)
 
breavis5694 said:
Nothing wrong there, the 360 is a great gun. My is actually a Taurus model 851T. They are the rarest of the total titanium series, it's the shrouded hammer model although I do own a 85T (exposed hammer)
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They were great, right around 10-11 oz right? Taurus stopped making them due to the cost of manufacturing. I have a stainless one from the same era and it's been great but I have seen too many reliability problems with their newer ones. I sold the 360 because the J frame trigger was screwing me up when I was competing with large frame Smith's. Now that I have a 2 year old and not competing like I used to I suck and trigger memory is not as important, so I went back to a 340PD for pocket carry. People can dog revo's all they want there's simply no way to get more firepower in a 3/4 pound package!
 
Okay, just to do my part to keep the thread on track, my Smith 242 and SJTAK.

The 242 is a 7-shot L-frame 38+P with an aluminum frame and titanium cylinder. It comes in at 21.8 oz with the wood grips and fully loaded with Federal Hydrashocks.

Talk about a soft shooter, this is what I have people new to revolvers shoot first.

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Here is one of the latest.
Waiting on the Trijicon 3.25moa RMR to put on it.




 
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