Mega Rad Gun Thread

Get the new tlr7HLX it'll double your lights power to 1000 lumens and 22k candela, but does cut the run time to 30 minutes. With the 500 lumen mode on it you'll get 1.5 hours still, but doubles your candela to 11k.
Unfortunately that light will be staying that way for the forseeable future due the biggest flaws of actually putting things on a 92 and planning to use it every day. It's a pain to get new holsters that accommodate, i went with the custom im using now because I was happy with the light after a few hundred rounds of night shooting. I'd be more willing to just say fuck it, but I'm saving for a fancy shotgun.
 
so i got a problem frens:
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I have had this EC9 in FDE (stock pic, but its the same SKU) for a few years. and actually quite like it for pocket carry. After a few k 9mm i can just about point shoot it accurately out to 10 yards. unfortunately a while ago i was shooting it and once the slide locked back after expending the mag i tripped on a stump as a was walking back to my range table and fell. I dropped the gun so i could catch myself and now it is locked open.

and i mean L O C K E D. I've done everything i can think of to unlock the slide. it won't budge at all. no slide release on this gun and pulling the slide back to close it like you're supposed do doesn't work. granted, its probably had way more rounds down the pipe than Ruger ever though anyone would put through it so it may well be worn out but i have never seen this happen before.

your thoughts?
If you slam a magazine into it with a snap cap loaded In it hard enough will it go forward?
 
Have you tried whipping it against a wall in rage?
I agree. Maybe also try submerging it under water and fucking with it. At this point anything is fair game. Or a powerful magnet. Something probably is knocked loose inside that acted as the slide release. Maybe find a diagram of the parts.

Oh this video too




Skip to 4m:50 on the last one
 
Have you tried whipping it against a wall in rage?
Ive considered it.
I agree. Maybe also try submerging it under water and fucking with it. At this point anything is fair game. Or a powerful magnet. Something probably is knocked loose inside that acted as the slide release. Maybe find a diagram of the parts.

Oh this video too




Skip to 4m:50 on the last one
So the first one works, and the gun will close, but as soon as you rack the slide again it locks back up. I tried the hammer thing and it just doesn't work at all. and i hit the thing pretty damn hard. I've also never had this gun apart.
 
So the first one works, and the gun will close, but as soon as you rack the slide again it locks back up. I tried the hammer thing and it just doesn't work at all. and i hit the thing pretty damn hard. I've also never had this gun apart.
with the slide locked to the rear, use a tool to depress the striker block towards the top of the slide, the striker should move forward. prise the striker sleeve upwards and you should see the striker move forward. prise the striker cover out of the slide and remove the striker assembly (striker, striker sleeve, striker spring, and striker keeper) to the rear. the slide should now move forward and out of the gun easily.

the alternative are things like busted take down plate that's been forced out of position and is impinging on the take down pin in such a way that it's camming against the frame or slide rail...

in either case, if you can get the slide forward, you should be able to move the slide into position to depress the take down plate and punch out the take down pin from right to left using a paper clip or something (it's not under tension).
 
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I got to handle a mid 90's ( I think) Colt Anaconda .44 and it was so bad. the finish was uneven and when i dry fired it i could feel the grit and metal shavings left in side the action.

the best part is they wanted 2k for that trash. The new Pythons might have not effect the price of the 1st gen Pythons but I will ABSOLUTELY NEVER, EVER buy a 1st gen Anaconda. 2nd gen all the way.

Yep. Starting around the early 80s Colt became complacent with their contracts to supply the military with weapons and started to come to the attitude that they didn't need to put any effort into their civilian sales. There were some other factors, but their hubris and complacency was a HUGE factor in their quality slipping. Then FN got picked to supply the US Military and suddenly Colt didn't have much to fall back on. Aside from the 1911 and small batches of the SAA, they had ended many of the product lines that people wanted, such as the Python and Anaconda, and their quality had slipped alarmingly. Thank God CZ bought them and pushed them hard to get their quality back to what people expect with a weapon that says "Colt" on it. There's a company out there customizing the new Pythons with a really rad barrel shroud, optic rail, and muzzle brake called the Mamba that are only about $1000 more than a stock Python, and they go through the whole thing, tuning the action, and refinishing the gun. They even throw in totally custom grips. I'd love to have one some day, but the Wildey comes first, then a new Marlin 1895.

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I've also never had this gun apart.
I trust you mean you have never fully disassembled the gun down to its parts? You have field stripped it, yes?

with the slide locked to the rear, use a tool to depress the striker block towards the top of the slide, the striker should move forward. prise the striker sleeve upwards and you should see the striker move forward. prise the striker cover out of the slide and remove the striker assembly (striker, striker sleeve, striker spring, and striker keeper) to the rear. the slide should now move forward and out of the gun easily.
Is this a striker issue, though? One of the clips linked by @Yours Truly 2095 shows that the jam can be fixed by brute forcing the slide release, which makes me question if this is related to the striker.. unless there are multiple parts inside the gun that cause it to jam in an identical manner.

Ok, I understand what race guns are, but to me accessories on revolvers about always look like mall ninja shit.

This finish on the other hand is some Gucci pimp sheeiit 😎
 
There's a company out there customizing the new Pythons with a really rad barrel shroud, optic rail, and muzzle brake called the Mamba that are only about $1000 more than a stock Python, and they go through the whole thing, tuning the action, and refinishing the gun. They even throw in totally custom grips.
That's a budget Korth.
Speaking of, I'm seeing YouTube/Twitter people actually owning Korths now, whoever said that internet gun guys live with their parents and have no bills is absolutely correct.
 
Thank God CZ bought them and pushed them hard to get their quality back to what people expect with a weapon that says "Colt" on it.
I would like to point out that my 2010 ish manufacture Colt Delta Elite was obviously made before CZ bought them out and unfucked most of their guns.

Which is why it was a cruel twist of irony that I passed on a Dan Wesson Razorback 10 that was right next to it, because it was used, and I wanted a pony on the side of my 10mm 1911.

Oh well, my uncle has a Rock Island Arsenal refurbished (The REAL one, not the Philippian company we have today, like OG Springfield) M1911 that my Grandpa bought as surplus for $12 in the '50s.

It's a 1919 Colt M1911 that was parkerized and then had the updated bakelite M1911A1 grips installed for WWII. Was the first pistol I shot as a kid. Very high likelihood that I'll get it from my Uncle when he passes on, so that will scratch that "TWO WORLD WARS!" itch, that I've always had.
 
Yeah, that's definitely not a good vintage for Colt guns. Any Colt guns. I love my Dan Wesson Specialist. They had a 10mm that was very similar to the Specialist, but had a "battle worn" bronze Ceracoat finish that I almost got, but decided to go with tried and true .45 ACP as John Moses Browning intended.
That's when I bought my first and only Colt, a series 70 in .45. It had some pretty ugly machining marks inside the frame and I ended up sending it back to their factory because the breech face had a huge gouge in it. Like, how the fuck does something like that get by their QA people?
That's a budget Korth.
Speaking of, I'm seeing YouTube/Twitter people actually owning Korths now, whoever said that internet gun guys live with their parents and have no bills is absolutely correct.
I wonder how good a Korth is. I like revolvers alright, but I wonder if paying $4k+ for a revolver gets one a firearm that feels/performs like it costs that much.
 
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I wonder how good a Korth is. I like revolvers alright, but I wonder if paying $4k+ for a revolver gets one a firearm that feels/performs like it cost that much.
There will never be a good medium for comparison when it comes to diminishing returns. People who don't shoot enough will be gushing over how smooth it is and never actually use it, people who shoot enough have personal builds/worn-in revolvers that run better for them but have to begrudgingly admit that a ~$4-5k revolver is better than a Ruger.
 
That's when I bought my first and only Colt, a series 70 in .45. It had some pretty ugly machining marks in inside the frame and I ended up sending it back to their factory because the breech face had a huge gouge in it. Like, how the fuck does something like that get by their QA people?

I wonder how good a Korth is. I like revolvers alright, but I wonder if paying $4k+ for a revolver gets one a firearm that feels/performs like it cost that much.
Korth is what a revolver is like after you get action job, shoot 3,000 rounds through it, to get that silky smooth trigger pull but out of the box. probably costs about the same in the long run.
 
My dream is to own a custom falling block rifle from Ralph Martini, Rigby or Westley-Richards. that my excuse to post some gun porn.
John Rigby & company Farquharson action falling block:
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Prices start from 60,000 British Pounds

Westley-Richards. Also a Farquharson action
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Prices from ~80,000 British pounds. I have to hand it to W-R's photographer. they take the best glamor shots in the trade i think.

Ralph Martini of Canada. Hagn Action falling block
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Prices from 23,000 USD. the best value of the three IMO.

I'd spec it out thusly:
.338 Winchester Magnum, for all north American game.
Best grade wood of course.
Full coverage engraving on the action, accenting engraving around the barrel shank.
Iron sights W/ Express sight for 50 yards and folding leaf sights for 100, 200 and 300 yards.
quick detachable scope mounts W/ Color case Hardened rings that are fully engraved.
Barrel band front sling swivel, inlet rear swivel.

It's a lot of money, but no more than a Hot-rod addict or Instrument enjoyed might spend on their hobby. My Grand-dad spend 6,000 on a single banjo, not to mention the money invested in his in-home recording studio. this is all way in the future of-course.
 
looks like the fit is so tight that the machining marks from the lever are imprinting themselves into the frame. Don't know if it would be a safety concern but it sure is ugly.
That's damn disappointing. I was a huge Colt fan for many years, but I'm glad a got a Dan Wesson for my 1911 instead of one of the newer Colt offerings. And believe me, it hurt not to get a Colt.
 
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