Off Season Lets Talk Guns

[HonestChieffan]

Been a while since we had a guns n' ammo discussion.


Some of you are AR shooters Im sure. Im looking at a Colt 6920. Will be my first AR. Picked up a Glock this fall and really enjoy shooting it. Any feedback on that weapon?



Anyone else been in a buy/sell/trade mood with hardware?

[R8ers]

Google Shopping bans firearms, knives and ammunition from site listings

http://www.examiner.com/article/goog...stings?cid=rss

[pr_capone]

Originally Posted by R8ers

Google Shopping bans firearms, knives and ammunition from site listings

http://www.examiner.com/article/goog...stings?cid=rss

that is horseshit. this angers me.

[Dunit35]

Got me a Kimber 1911 45 ultra carry II, 3" barrel. I am in love with Kimber now. It has a badass trigger on it.

[rockymtnchief]

Originally Posted by Dunit35

Got me a Kimber 1911 45 ultra carry II, 3" barrel. I am in love with Kimber now. It has a badass trigger on it.

Congrats. I had an Ultra Carry until 2 years ago. Great gun.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by verbaljitsu

Just thought I would share some info about the Walther PPQ. It has quickly become my favorite pistol.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/w...category=43326

The PPQ is new pistol, but it is almost entirely based on Walther's P99 and the foreign-only released RAD. The P99 has been around for over 15 years. Basically, you are getting a pistol that has already had the bugs worked out. The PPQ's changes to the P99 are largely cosmetic. The one real difference is the trigger system.

The PPQ trigger will immediately remind people of the Glock trigger. But, this is what the Glock trigger should have been. The trigger is smooth, short, weighs about 5 pounds, and has the shortest reset of any trigger I have ever fired. We are talking .1 inches to reset.

The frame is ergonomic and feels great. 3 interchangeable backstraps came with the pistol. I use the medium backstrap. The frame is textured and hand fitting.

The PPQ uses a different magazine release than most people are used to. The magazine release is an ambidextrous lever at the bottom of the trigger guard. I have grown to love this feature, but some people will consider this a bug. I use my trigger finger instead of my thumb to release the magazine.

The pistol is very thin in many spots. It is roughly a tenth of an inch thicker than a glock 19, but that doesn't really tell the story. The PPQ is thinner in every regard, except for the slide lock lever which sticks out a little bit.

I've been using the PPQ to compete in USPSA pistol competition, and it is performing very well. I've fired 1700 rounds through the pistol, the vast majority of which are my own lead reloads. The pistol is nearly flawless. I've had three stoppages total, and I would blame all three on ammunition. The 9th round I ever fired throughp the pistol was a squib (winchester white box, factory ammo). I've also had one dead primer that would not ignite. The round would not fire in a CZ 75 or Glock either. The PPQ made a firm strike in the primer. The third stoppage was also ammo related. I forgot to crimp one of my reloads, and the bullet separated from the casing in the magazine. Fluke.

I chose not to clean the PPQ for the first 500 rounds. It held up well and showed no parts wear or damage. Since, I've cleaned the PPQ roughly every 200 rounds. The PPQ is showing no holster wear, damage, or any other signs of problems.

I have the 9mm version. It uses 15 and 17 round magazines.

I paid $525.00 for the PPQ and it has quickly ratcheted to the top of the service pistol heap. I highly recommend it.

Nice review. Makes me want to set up a test shoot.

[verbaljitsu]

Www.slickguns.com is a good shopping tool.

[Kyle DeLexus]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

I just did some shopping for ammo earlier today via google search but I just searched for ammo and got nothing. WTF google???

Give that a shot if you've never seen it before. It's got a current user updated list of all online ammo deals.

http://gun-deals.com/ammo

[pr_capone]

my favorite place to buy ammo online is

http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/

I can't beat their prices at all. I just picked up 500rd of brass cased 124gr 9mm ammo at .24 cents per round after shipping. I can't find anything even close to that price locally or every other online site.

Picked up Aguila brand ammo (made in Mexico in an old Remington plant). I use it exclusively in my Mini and it fires beautifully every single time.

[HonestChieffan]

Well this sucks bigtime.

"Google sent out an email to Google Adwords customers saying that they are going to pull all Google Shopping results for guns, ammunition, gun optics and gun accessories (Shopping results, not general search results).

Read the rest at the link:

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...ories-results/

[Dunit35]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

my favorite place to buy ammo online is

http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/

I can't beat their prices at all. I just picked up 500rd of brass cased 124gr 9mm ammo at .24 cents per round after shipping. I can't find anything even close to that price locally or every other online site.

Picked up Aguila brand ammo (made in Mexico in an old Remington plant). I use it exclusively in my Mini and it fires beautifully every single time.

You try palmetto state armory online? Free shipping this summer, good prices.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by verbaljitsu

Www.slickguns.com is a good shopping tool.

Nice! Good deal on PMC 556 ammo - http://www.slickguns.com/product/pmc...4-after-coupon

[kepp]

Originally Posted by kepp

Nice! Good deal on PMC 556 ammo - http://www.slickguns.com/product/pmc...4-after-coupon

Has anyone ever used Lake City ammo?

http://www.slickguns.com/product/556...720-rnds-19979

[Trivers]

Originally Posted by CrazyPhuD

I actually got it from my local gun shop. I do quite a bit of business there and they had just gotten two in(one of which they were keeping), so they hooked me up with a good deal on it.

Personally the only mods I'm probably going to do is get wood furniture when they make it(and dye it russian red) and then put on the non-nutered gas sight block that I've already got(the ATF made them grind off the front rail).

http://www.k-var.com/shop/product.ph...cat=426&page=1

Anything you'd want I'd order now, it can be a while to get anything. It took me almost three months to get my israeli desert eagle. This gun was originally imported by legion usa out of FL.

Sooooo, have you shot it yet? what do you think?

[R8ers]

Originally Posted by rockymtnchief

Congrats. I had an Ultra Carry until 2 years ago. Great gun.

I show my friends my Kimber, I show my enemies my Glock

[Dylan]

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Although, there's nothing in the Second Amendment that says you have a right to own ammunition.

President Barack Obama and the administration is anti-gun...little do we know if Fast and Furious was a harbinger of things to come.

I was wondering, if you think now is a good time to stock up on ammunition before the Federation of Tax Administrators increase sales tax 1,000%?



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