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Also since I enjoy a brawl with hogs (and have scars to show it) are we talking a .455 or .357? A long 357 i'm popping where a .455 he's on top of me and its tusk to gut battle.
Usually a .357. Been using grandpa's old colt python for a long while and a week or so ago found a S&W 627-5 a little cheaper than usual and having always wanted one that gave me the justification to grab it. All my hog shots so far have been at night with a AR but I see more and more hogs around and them things are mean.
 
I've always felt like this was the most critical element personally.

Cost has never made me outright cancel a trip to the range, necessarily. I've been broke from time to time, but never that broke. But sometimes finances have been an occasional nagging voice in the back of my head.

It's nice to nip that problem before it even starts, and pick a common caliber to practice with and buy a shitton of it in bulk (before the next manufactured panic spikes ammo prices).

I'm sure it's far, far more valuable to be more practiced with a less effective round than to have a slightly more technically capable round and be a bumbling fuckup when shooting it.

I've been wanting to buy a 357 revolver for months now. I keep going to Nation's Gun Show outside of DC, wistfully eyeing the revolvers, and going home empty handed.

I think I'm going to nut up and buy something next time.
i wanted a revolver when i bought my first gun and i looked around for quite a while unable to find anything less than fuck-you collector pricing or desperate boomer scalping, but then after like a year of looking around suddenly every store was flooded with cheap tauruses and i bought a new one for like $400. dont just nut up because a good chunk of the gp100's and smiths i've seen for sale are 6/10 condition and not worth a $600 price tag let alone a $1000 price tag- but i am in the land of hillbillies

there was a thread on 4chan where some guy was complaining about the cylinder lugs on his brand new performance center s&w and a bunch of other people posted their revolvers and the smith and wesson ones were by far the worst. i think there was some kind of heinous quality drop off at smith and wesson that happened at some point and a lot of taurus hate is motivated by that or something because if anything the raging hunter series are probably the best revolvers on the market without going into meme bespoke shit
You should go to gun shops and browse the used guns. The 629 I'm currently waiting on picking up was only $800. You can go save some money by buying a reproduction SAA or Schofield from Uberti or Cimarron.
 
I actually kind of like this thing.
I feel like the guns that are " jussa toob innit" have so many fewer parts to fail, it makes sense to have these utilitarian. See, Grease Gun. Easy to produce, cheap to make, and dead dick reliable because there are maybe 4 moving parts in the entire gun.
 
I actually kind of like this thing.
I'm conflicted; part of me likes it, but at the same time kinda hates it. Must investigate further.

Can't remember if I've already posted this here, but might as well again:

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I'd buy that for a dollar!
Seriously though, I've been wishing for a modern pistol in 7.62 Tokarev for years, especially when .357 Sig became a thing. Putting a suppressor on it is pretty funny, although it probably would help with the concussion & blast.
 
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I actually kind of like this thing.
I feel like the guns that are " jussa toob innit" have so many fewer parts to fail, it makes sense to have these utilitarian. See, Grease Gun. Easy to produce, cheap to make, and dead dick reliable because there are maybe 4 moving parts in the entire gun.
I could see myself owning one of these (if someone makes a version that doesn't require me to pay off ATF-faggots - or is way cheaper) because of its novelty.

EDIT: I stand corrected. Someone does make an M26 that doesn't require any stamps, but 1.5k for a simple bolt shotgun is absurd.
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I got a a weird but goofy simple question.

When it comes to placing the A4 carry handle.

Is it positioned flush with the front of the upper receiver or one notch back?

While fiddling with the A4 carry handle tonight, I noticed when it's placed one notch back, the sides of the A4 carry handle seem to match the contor and profile of the traditional upper receiver part.
 
I could see myself owning one of these (if someone makes a version that doesn't require me to pay off ATF-faggots - or is way cheaper) because of its novelty.

EDIT: I stand corrected. Someone does make an M26 that doesn't require any stamps, but 1.5k for a simple bolt shotgun is absurd.
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Everybody whos ever had to use one wishes they had a regular shotgun. This thing is a debacle.
 
I know this might be a long shot but does anyone here have any suggestions or experience in lightening the DA trigger pull of a Smith & Wesson Governor? I've found a couple options online such installing a Wilson Combat Revolver spring kit, an Apex Mass Driver Hammer kit but I wanted see if an6one here has any suggestions.
 
What’s a good trigger I can put in my Glock so it’s not mushy but still has around 4lbs of pull
Just get good with the stock mush. I've never felt held back by the stock trigger in gen 5 19/17/45. I have no idea why people spend $150+ on a slightly better trigger for a Glock. I recall seeing a video for a Johnny Glocks kit that was like $350 and I couldn't figure out why someone would spend 60% of the price of the gun on a replacement trigger.

On the other hand, don't listen to me. While I keep my Glocks almost completely stock, I autisticly very carefully choose every single component for my AR builds.
 
Just get good with the stock mush. I've never felt held back by the stock trigger in gen 5 19/17/45. I have no idea why people spend $150+ on a slightly better trigger for a Glock. I recall seeing a video for a Johnny Glocks kit that was like $350 and I couldn't figure out why someone would spend 60% of the price of the gun on a replacement trigger.

On the other hand, don't listen to me. While I keep my Glocks almost completely stock, I autisticly very carefully choose every single component for my AR builds.
I'd be curious to hear from more "operational" shooters how much the squish really matters in the heat of the moment. I can see it being a bit funky when slowly lining up shots at a range, but in the moments it really counts it seems you's be plowing through the squish in barely a split second.
 
but in the moments it really counts it seems you's be plowing through the squish in barely a split second
It flat out doesn't matter at all, at least with gen 5 triggers. I know gen 3 triggers were a tad bit worse (no experience with gen 4), but the mush is incredibly overstated.

1. I've shot the Taurus G2C and G3C quite a bit (especially the G2C), and those guns definitely have worse triggers (mostly due to miles worth of take-up). They still weren't a problem when shooting fast at close range (within 25 yards).

2. I have a Sig P365XL, which some will tell you has a much better stock trigger than any Glock, and the trigger pull is absolutely worse than the stock gen 5 trigger in the 19/19X/45/17. Trigger pull is heavier and has like 3 false walls. Unironically, it's worse than the G2C/G3C trigger pull.

3. Walther PDP (full size) has a really nice stock trigger as far as striker fired pistols go. My brother owns one and I've shot quite a bit with it. Really nice pull, break and reset. Easy to shoot fast, accurately. Probably what people wish a stock Glock trigger felt like.

Those are the striker fired guns I have the most time shooting. I shot someone's P320 a bit (don't remember which model exactly) and I don't recall it feeling any better than my P365XL. I shot someone's fullsize Springfield XD and the whole thing felt like such a cheap piece of shit that I can't even remember how the trigger felt (probably terrible).

My personal and completely uneducated opinion is that the biggest trigger detriment in defensive shooting is high pull weight. When you mix high pull weight with poor fundamentals, it's going to be a bad time.
 
lightening the DA trigger pull of a Smith & Wesson Governor
shorten the mainspring tension screw with a file slightly (and i do mean slightly, 1/32"). you can find the good position for your preference by backing it out. combine this with a lighter (13lb at the lower limit since you will start getting light strikes around there, the factory spring is 18 or 20 depending on the year made, and a 16 is very reliable while being lighter on DA pull).

none of the above affect the sear or hammer and thus has virtually no effect on single action trigger feel. tkcustom has all the parts. this will also work on the judge although your primary change is a lighter main spring or shorter yoke screw since there is no tension screw.

What’s a good trigger I can put in my Glock
overwatch or apex imho, but the glock performance trigger is probably the best for carry use.

I'd be curious to hear from more "operational" shooters how much the squish really matters in the heat of the moment.
it really doesn't matter much apart from follow up shots and even then it's trained through. i have shot Glocks in combat, LE training, PPC, bullseye, steel challenge, and 3 gun. mush isn't really a thing except in slow fire and it's mostly for people that aren't following through on the decision to shoot and "pulling through" the trigger to complete the action. the mush sensitives i know are the type to slow squeeze and stop just after the bang, which isn't great as a shooting method without a light single action hammer to provide the crisp feel. the Glock's "ramp" has a totally different feel and shooting well with it is a training thing.
 
Just get good with the stock mush. I've never felt held back by the stock trigger in gen 5 19/17/45. I have no idea why people spend $150+ on a slightly better trigger for a Glock. I recall seeing a video for a Johnny Glocks kit that was like $350 and I couldn't figure out why someone would spend 60% of the price of the gun on a replacement trigger.

On the other hand, don't listen to me. While I keep my Glocks almost completely stock, I autisticly very carefully choose every single component for my AR builds.
My Johnny Glock trigger on my 43x breaks like glass. You get what you pay for.

Adding that the stock triangular glock trigger shoe suck ballz.
 
Just get good with the stock mush. I've never felt held back by the stock trigger in gen 5 19/17/45. I have no idea why people spend $150+ on a slightly better trigger for a Glock. I recall seeing a video for a Johnny Glocks kit that was like $350 and I couldn't figure out why someone would spend 60% of the price of the gun on a replacement trigger.

On the other hand, don't listen to me. While I keep my Glocks almost completely stock, I autisticly very carefully choose every single component for my AR builds.
I actually kinda agree and kinda disargee.

Flat out, I'm a hobby shooter, I carry a g20 as my Daily. (it's a g3) I have my trigger worked, you know why? Not because I'm delta and that .000004 inch and half lb pull will make me head shot jace but I'm a fucking trigger snob. That's it.

I can afford 200+ to make my daily gun feel better. So I did it. I regret nothing. It's literally that simple.
 
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