Gun Owning Smokers

[Mangyrat]

I decided to stick with 50 cal cans lot easier to move around.

Now the wife wants me to build her a 9 mm AR pistol or i don't get my 300 black out pistol back she adopted.

This will be a interesting build she wants it painted OD green with Cat paw prints in black, green laser, holographic red and green dot with popup back up sights so they are out of her way.
She loves the pistol builds but will not hold them near/touching her face so the laser is a must along with the red/green sight, the popups are for me when i get to shot it.

Well at least she gave me till Xmas to build it.

[CptnBlues63]

I decided to stick with 50 cal cans lot easier to move around.

Now the wife wants me to build her a 9 mm AR pistol or i don't get my 300 black out pistol back she adopted.

This will be a interesting build she wants it painted OD green with Cat paw prints in black, green laser, holographic red and green dot with popup back up sights so they are out of her way.
She loves the pistol builds but will not hold them near/touching her face so the laser is a must along with the red/green sight, the popups are for me when i get to shot it.

Well at least she gave me till Xmas to build it.

Sounds like a good deal to me....and, should leave room open for you to make more purchases in the future..............LOL.

Definitely want to see some pics of the build when you're done!

[Mangyrat]

Picked up the lower,1 magazine, laser, holographic sight and pop up back up sights so far.
$40 a mag is pricey.
I am waiting to see if they put the 9 mm pistol build kit on sale again before i get the last parts.

So far i am only $200 in to the $700 budget for this build

After i complete it i get this toy back.

[CptnBlues63]

Picked up the lower,1 magazine, laser, holographic sight and pop up back up sights so far.
$40 a mag is pricey.
I am waiting to see if they put the 9 mm pistol build kit on sale again before i get the last parts.

So far i am only $200 in to the $700 budget for this build

After i complete it i get this toy back.

Nice!

Is that a 1911 I see holstered on your desk?

[Mangyrat]

Nice!

Is that a 1911 I see holstered on your desk?

It is a Rock Island 1911.
It has a been a great shooter with no problems.

[CptnBlues63]

It is a Rock Island 1911.
It has a been a great shooter with no problems.

Nice!

I bought a Para Ordnance GI Expert 1911 a few years ago. It had problems with factory ammo though. It wasn't loading them properly. I had been buying a lot of reloads using semi wad cutters and those loaded just fine so I never bothered doing anything about it but then the company I was buying the reloads from had a deal on the normal round nose leads and I bought 1000. I got frustrated (no less than one jam up per magazine and sometimes 2 or 3) and called PO. They had me ship it to their repair depot here in Canada and it was fixed for free. It's a nice shooter with a smooth trigger and now that it doesn't jam on loading anymore, I've been really happy with it.

[Eville]

I ended up selling my Citadel 3.5". I always told myself I would never sell a gun, but I rarely shot it, and when I did, I was never satisfied with the accuracy at any kind of range. I'm much happier with it's replacement. I wouldn't count out another one, but it will definitely be a full size. I'm waiting for the CMP to start selling surplus 1911s, hopefully next year.

[Mangyrat]

Nice!

I bought a Para Ordnance GI Expert 1911 a few years ago. It had problems with factory ammo though. It wasn't loading them properly. I had been buying a lot of reloads using semi wad cutters and those loaded just fine so I never bothered doing anything about it but then the company I was buying the reloads from had a deal on the normal round nose leads and I bought 1000. I got frustrated (no less than one jam up per magazine and sometimes 2 or 3) and called PO. They had me ship it to their repair depot here in Canada and it was fixed for free. It's a nice shooter with a smooth trigger and now that it doesn't jam on loading anymore, I've been really happy with it.

I have a old 1911 barrel somewhere that i used to use to test feed problems.
I got the barrel form my company arms room clerk back in 1984 it was shot out and well used.

any time some one had a feed problem we swamped out the barrel and if it chambered fine we knew it was a feed ramp problem.
Feed ramps are easy to fix with a drimel tool and polishing wheel next we used 000 steel wool and a drill at low speed on a cleaning rod/brush to polish the inside of the barrel where the case fits. total cast around $1 to fix

We rarely got issued a new 45's back in the 80's but when we did they all needed a little polishing to be reliable.