DougCxx
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I went into a big, semi-distant gun shop Monday and saw an HK SL8-1 for the first time. Anybody own one of these things? I am not particularly interested in buying one, but I was curious: does it, um, , , , -melt? I asked the guy behind the counter how much of it ws plastic and was told that "it's a co-polymer, stronger than aluminum". I asked what happens if you rapid fire, oh, say, 100 or so shots through it, and he didn't know right off, but he said he knew of no disadvantages to it being mostly plastic (an experienced salesperson, he had a great story for just about every gun on the rack or in the case). And I admit that I have no qualms about synthetic conventional stocks, but this gun did look and seem a bit odd. I wanted to field-strip it, but but the place was pretty busy and since I wasn't really looking to buy, I decided to be courteous and not ask.
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For that matter, I have not owned any "plastic" gun yet, was considering the Walther P-22.... When the Glock came out I remember all sorts of reasons it would be worse than steel tossed around. What of those accusations has been found to be true? The only one I can think of right off is that injection-molded plastic should be considerably cheaper than machined steel, but none of these guns seems particularly inexpensive, , , -->in fact, the cheapest pocket pistols (Davis, Phoenix, Sundance, etc.) are still made of zinc and steel.
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Overall, if gun manufacturers asked, what would your comments on plastic guns be?
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For that matter, I have not owned any "plastic" gun yet, was considering the Walther P-22.... When the Glock came out I remember all sorts of reasons it would be worse than steel tossed around. What of those accusations has been found to be true? The only one I can think of right off is that injection-molded plastic should be considerably cheaper than machined steel, but none of these guns seems particularly inexpensive, , , -->in fact, the cheapest pocket pistols (Davis, Phoenix, Sundance, etc.) are still made of zinc and steel.
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Overall, if gun manufacturers asked, what would your comments on plastic guns be?
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