Recent content by atomd

I have had more than one revolver fail on me. One was a Dan Wesson and one was a colt (not cheap junk in other words). Neither were capable of firing or at least firing safely without being repaired. I have also had the same thing happen with autoloaders. Anything can break and everything will...

The vltor a5 setup is great. I've run a few of them in different configurations and never had a problem. It's a little bit pricey but hey. If you like the emod stock you can sometimes find good deals on an emod/a5 combo kit.

That's true...but there is still a very big difference in the overall makeup of the bullet. There are also wildly varying degrees of hardness too. Bullet size, velocity, rifling, types of powder, how often the barrel is cleaned, etc etc are all factors you have to consider (among other things)...

There is a difference between just plain lead and hard cast bullets. Most of what people call lead bullets these days are actually hard cast. They are not the same thing. People just call them that because they aren't jacketed and look like plain old lead bullets. They are usually much harder...

It's all about money. The 9mm has been around for a long time and sells a lot of ammo. Tons of R&D goes into things like that. That alone has led to lots of improvements. The same thing has been happening with .380 since the .380 has sold a lot more since many states have loosened ccw laws and...

For plinking I've been messing around with some of that sig ammo because it's really inexpensive and it's kind of in the middle of the road as far as power goes for a plinking round. A lot of the other ammo you come across is barely hotter than a .40S&W if at all. The sig isn't loaded hot or...

I have a VP9 and I like mine. It does a lot of things well but it's not for everyone because of the mag release (if you're not already used to a paddle) and the price of magazines. If those 2 things don't bother you...go for it. Good pistol. I'm shopping for some sights for mine now actually...

I don't think it "automatically" does anything to the price of the gun. It all depends on which gun you do it to. If you threaded the barrel on a gun that not many people would ever put a brake/flash hider/suppressor on...then it might be harder to sell. You may end up taking less money for it...

Yes I know it's an older gun that was never prone to have those issues. I'm just noting that people are very quick to say that regarding 870s because they had such a big problem with that. I think that most of that was in their fairly recent express line...I don't remember them ever having...

Have you seen how rough some of the chambers are in these newer 870s? It's such a common problem and a known fix for extraction issues that people just automatically say to do it because it's usually the problem. Sure, junk wally world aluminum shells aren't exactly going to make things better...

I have had 2 LPKs that had out of spec parts in them a couple of years ago. I ended up throwing them in the trash and that was the last time I bought anything from them. It seems like most people have pretty good luck with their parts but I didn't.

I've learned a lot from this thread. This has convinced me that if we go to war against cobras that are ready to strike....we need to arm all of our troops with sawed off shotguns in shoulder holsters. We can also train everyone to "bounce" buckshot off of all sorts of things during our...

I'm in the camp that doesn't care about lowers much. They are essentially just a box that you stick pins through...that's it (assuming they are built to proper spec). Mostly what you pay for is looks. There are other options you may get like a flared magwell or threaded detent holes for easier...

For other people debating...this is interesting: https://www.manticorearms.com/transformer-rails-and-accessories.html You can change the panels out on this handguard and run whatever you want. That way if you really have to have a specific accessory that comes in only mlok or only keymod, you...

I run a TA11 on mine. I haven't put a ton of rounds through it with the acog on it yet though. I've read a lot about them being tough on optics. Hopefully mine holds up. I have seen reports of acogs breaking and acogs with 10,000+ rounds and no issues. We'll see I guess!