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ChampFantana
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I guess I should be looking on GB for a pre-lock model 29.
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29-2 is considered the best, but when I waded through discussion between Smith fans I decided that if I ever wanted a .44 I would get a Ruger. Now that Smiths and Rugers are not doing so hot from the factory I would just get an Anaconda. They beefed it up and now it's an upgraded Colt Trooper that uses Python grips.
Romulus augustulus
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the anaconda was always a trooper action. its was the last revolver colt developed in the 90s. It's they python that was upgraded from a 1899 action to the trooper action.
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I will concede with the stipulation that the original 90s Anaconda was more of a proof of concept.
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Well, waiting on another tax stamp. This will be my second and it's for another sound suppressor. I went for the SilencerCo Hybrid 46M. I seriously lucked out with it. I haven't found one in stock anywhere, but my local Scheels just happened to have one left in stock. Their last one. They don't have lay away, so I applied for a Scheels Visa and was approved. I also got $75 off for applying for the card. I had most of the money saved up for it, but was basically short the money for the tax stamp. I was worried I was going to have to backorder it like I did with my Vox S, but thankfully won't have to do that. Here's hoping this tax stamp won't take two months to be approved like my last stamp did. I'll have to buy the pistol mounting kit for it, which will include the piston. I'll be getting the piston with the correct thread pitch for my H&K Mark 23, and I'll probably get a second piston to be able to run it on 9mm pistols until I can get a dedicated 9mm can. I also plan on getting either a direct thread mount or a muzzle brake for a .45 cal rifle because I want to buy a Marlin 1895 SBL in .45-70 Govt in the not-too-distant future. I was considering getting the Obsidian 45 suppressor, but it isn't rated for rifle cartridges like .45-70. The Obsidian is a smaller and lighter can, but isn't as versatile as the Hybrid 46M.
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Speaking of cans, I hear that pin and weld setups have been a popular choice to keep it a one-stamp gun. I'm tempted to make a stocked pistol but are there any brands that make suppressors with front-end disassembly(for maintenance and repair) or would I be stuck manufacturing my own can?
I don't want to hold my breath on the removal of suppressors from the NFA any time soon, either.
Romulus augustulus
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the design was sound, but unfortunately colt was going through some serious money shortfalls in those years and employee retention and benefits were poor and the quality of the guns really suffered. basically everything outside of the custom shot or military lines was trash.
The only orig. anaconda i handled was B A D. gritty action, shitty brushed finish. misfit grips. I would not buy a original anaconda unless it was sub 500 dollars, and then only as a opportunity to flip it to a clueless boomer. 2nd gen all the way. the anaconda is capable of the strongest .44 mag and can handle the ruger only .45 colt +P+ loads as well.
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Absolutely. Colt still beat S&W in double action smoothness, too.
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I think what most people are doing is taking a 14.5" barrel and pinning/welding a flash suppressor or muzzle brake/comp that will take it to 16" and also act as a quick mount for a can. I don't think anyone is pinning/welding the can itself to the barrel as far as I know. You can get integrally suppressed AR uppers that are over 16", which would be a one stamp rifle.
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Do not pin and weld a suppressor. Pin and weld a QD muzzle device. I highly recommend this guy. He's great. Also avoid keymo mounts. Pick what suppressor you want and then find a mount for it. They're not all interchangable yet.
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SHIGGSHOGG
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Opticsplanet are a bunch of niggers
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You're not my dad, I'm gonna draw up my ghetto-DeLisle and never get to it
If there isn't more than one of something in stock, I wait or find something better. The only time I got had by OP is when I did not check availability on something that was ~50% off and that was entirely on me.
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a year ago i bought an overpriced tanfoglio witness adjustable rear sight from them because they only had two in stock and it was the only place that had it in stock. they sent me two.
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They suck for so many people but man they've always been Amazon fast for me and I make fake emails to get the email discount code Everytime lol. The CS I needed from them was great. Even double applied coupons for me. That said they do let you buy a lot of stuff they don't actually have in stock. I guess I'm lucky
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Bereli is like that for me. So many people have had bad experiences with them, but every time I order ammo from them it arrives in less than 3 days and in perfect condition.
Unrelated, picked up that trade in Glock 17 gen 5 you told me about in this thread. It was in a much better condition than advertised (basically brand new), but it was one of the few with the shitty factory sights. Thinking of installing glock’s in house performance trigger on it because it’s pretty cheap and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it (other than it being ugly, which I don’t give a shit about. It’s a trigger. As long as it works, it’s good.
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Awesome. Yeah trade ins are often almost pristine. They seemed like a great deal, glad it worked out. Sights are easy, just get a pusher off Amazon and return it after. Mark where the center of the rear was and maybe take measurements. It is a bit of hell if you're an OCDey person. Personally I like blacked out rear sights. XS makes a set of irons that is a blacked out rear but with a small tritium dot. The front is a rather big circle, not the most precise for longer ranges, but I've done well at 25 yards with them. It's definitely more of a self defense set up.
I will say their coating kinda sucks. Only part of my gun with a bit of surface rust are these sights. But I did live for a while somewhere without central air and I carried with them.
I Haven't tried the new one, but I dislike stock glock triggers. They feel like there's so much grit in them. I know they get better with use. I started on DA/SA and then went to a P10C and I like how smooth and free of grit those triggers are. Just prissy preferences. Doesn't change the fundamentals of shooting.
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I replaced the stock sights on my G19 and G45 with Dawson Precision sights. They offer blacked out, tritium and fiber optic options for rear and front sights.
Glock recently revised the Performance Trigger. I guess people had complaints about the original version, so Glock updated it. People seem to like the new version. I finger fucked a G17 that had one in it, and it was pretty nice. I've been tempted to replace the stock triggers in my G19 and G45 with it, but I've shot those guns enough that the stock triggers in them actually feel pretty nice now. I've never minded the stock triggers anyway though.
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I've heard people talking about P/W silencers but haven't seen anyone actually do it.
The logic is the whole point behind the P/W is to reduce OAL with a silencer mounted. The 14.5 realistically only saves maybe 1.5 inch, this can vary between silencers and mounting systems. So a 5 inch silencer turns a 16 inch barrel into a 21 inch but a 14.5 still ends up at 19.5 (maybe). That's still not compact.
So the idea became if you're welding shit to your barrel you might as well take it to its logical end point and weld the silencer to the barrel.
The logic is the whole point behind the P/W is to reduce OAL with a silencer mounted. The 14.5 realistically only saves maybe 1.5 inch, this can vary between silencers and mounting systems. So a 5 inch silencer turns a 16 inch barrel into a 21 inch but a 14.5 still ends up at 19.5 (maybe). That's still not compact.
So the idea became if you're welding shit to your barrel you might as well take it to its logical end point and weld the silencer to the barrel.
Romulus augustulus
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My favorite online gunstore, Simpson LTD has some one who doesn't know the first thing about antique shotguns. they've got this hammer gun listed as "circa 1880s". this is wrong. by the way it is made it's clearly a product if the 1860's. While it is a breach loading SxS it retains a lot of muzzleloader features such as:
- a Bar-in-wood action where the lock plates are completely surrounded by wood
- A fore-end secured by a barrel wedge which was the common way of securing a barrel to the stock in a muzzleloading gun.
- further, i suspect it may be a converted pinfire gun which could push its date of manufacture back into the 1850s.