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You know it was actually magazines cause otherwise they would have called it a 'clip' sale!

Don't pay that much. The Aimpoint Pro always goes on sale around the $360 mark every couple of months. I got mine for $364 or so shipped, I don't remember where now, but the deal always comes up. I've seen it as low as $350. For some reason its' always the Pro. Look at slickguns.com Be patient and save yourself $100 or so.

Is this as good deal? Remington 11-87 Sportsman (Black Synthetic Stock) - 28" 12ga or 26" 20ga - $399.98 after $100 Mail In Rebate I"m not familiar with 11-87 prices. Good starter for a Semi Auto Shotty?

I'd say 9mm is the phillips head screw driver then. Pretty much does most things and you will always reach for it. That's some variety right there. Probably are one of those guys with a wall mounted spice rack in your kitchen with all kinds of crazy stuff.

Those are like the two calibers I"d never buy. LOL. .357 sig cause it's expensive and brass is too rare to reload. 40sw cause I suck at shooting it.

No, not a caliber debate. Enough of those already. The question is more do you like to stick with one particular caliber? Or do you like to change it up? I have a friend who likes to have a different caliber for each gun he buys. As for me everything is 9mm except for my 1911. I personally just really like 9mm. No interest in 40sw. 45 is nice but I find my 1911 suffices for that (for now). How many different calibers do you guys run?

This is the best idea.

Ask around people you know and shoot with first. You'd be surprised how people "know somebody who knows somebody" who is interested. I like to deal with friends or people I'm familiar with first. I agree with the others. Not worth losing hundreds of dollars selling to a dealer. Would not want to see you get ripped off or a fellow member not get a good deal.

Maybe the new HK VP9? Just a thought. Supposedly that new Arsenal Strike One is suppose to be out this month or next. I have my eyes set on that. Revolver is a nice choice and I'd say go for it with at least one of your permits. Totally different shooting experience and a nice new trigger to learn discipline on. Let us know what you decide.

The heat molded one on for my 1911 was a bad fit. Left a mark on my 1911. Sent it back and then it left a mark on the other side. I'm pretty sure it can be fixed with a blow drier and honestly I've not heard of others having this issue. Think mine was just a fluke. The injection mold I find to be way more consistent.

I like the Revolution a lot. Have one for my G34. Honestly do not see why their premium $80 model is any better. Functions the exact same and is adjustable. Just a quarter of the price. Can mount paddle or Tek-Lok. I would start with that for sure.

I didn't have this issue on my TRP, but I did with my rounds and other 1911s. It was the exact same issue. Rounds were "tight" going into the barrel. Could not figure it out and it did end up being the crimp. I basically set it by first setting my COL to where I wanted it to be with zero crimp. Then I would turn the crimp die down maybe a 1/16" turn at a time until it dropped into the barrel of my TRP with absolutely no resistance. That is what I found factory ammo to do so I just tried to replicate the same. With too little or too much crimp the round would not seat all the way into the barrel, or would do so with resistance. After this all the rounds feed awesome. I am using a Lee Pro 1000, Berry's copper plated 200gr flat point bullets, I am not an experience reloader by any means, but I hope this advice helps.

I knew there had to be a trade off somewhere. Thanks for the input.

The Lyman turbo is the model I was looking at On NatcheZ. I did not know it didn't polish. Thanks. Heard it was great for gun cleaning. True?

I looked up the details of some sonic cleaners. Claims it can do 900 9mm casings in under 10 Minutes. Plus it supposedly does a more thorough Job than tumbling. Also can used for gun parts. So with all that why would anyone tumble? Unit Is around $100 which isn't crazy. I currently tumble and thought about switching To sonic cleaning. But there has to be a catch. For those of you in the know and/or with experience What are the pros and cons? Is it worth the Switch?

Make it your nightstand gun. Haha! One of these days I want to rent the one at Shore Shot just to see what it's like.

Yes this seems to work. Thanks. Will try some other options and see. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Though the stock ones are pretty good.

I recently got a S&W 627 (my first wheelie!). Shooting my first 50 rounds of 357 mag I noticed my finger would shift a little under recoil. I like using the pad of the tip of my finger, but seems to want to go to the first joint. Are there any stock or aftermarket triggers that shorten the reach? I don't think there is much to do with the grip as it seems it is as far forward to the back strap as it can be. Thanks for any advice.

Good to see these are becoming available again.

Another hater of the 40 cal. Just too snappy for my tastes. I can shoot it reasonably well, but I prefer 9mm and if I want to deal with more recoil then I prefer 45acp.

@Dargz, thanks for your response. Helped me in making a decision in test firing it. So the answer is: It works! Yeah I went ahead and tried it. I couldn't think of how it would not work. Everything fit so perfectly and functioned fine. So I put a couple down the pipe and after that went all out. Here are the results: Shoots SUPER accurate. Even more so then when this barrel is in the Kimber which is really weird as I believe this barrel is fit to the slide of the Kimber. And now it makes the 43oz weight limit. So I'm pretty stoked. Only problem is this Kimber is being sold, so I will have to get another barrel and that may not fit so proper, but at least I know it can be done without issue. @ronhonda, I'm still not against buying another 1911!

Just seein if anyone has experience with aftermarket 1911 barrels and have any recommendations.

I recently acquired a Springfield TRP with the Bull Barrel. I like it, but in the case I wanted to use this to shoot single stack division in USPSA it would have to make the 43oz weight limit. To experiment I took the bushing barrel set up out of my Kimber and put it in the TRP. Dropped right in without any fuss and seems to rack and cycle fine. And it makes the limit (over by 0.1 oz, with a full length guide rod). But I don't want to test fire it and potentially ruin a new gun until I get some more info on the matter. Is there any reason this would NOT work? Any potential pitfalls or dangers? Your thoughts appreciated. I think there are a couple 1911 armorers and customizers here I hope can chime in. Thanks!

Does Sig actually make this or is it Umarex?

People actually don't know this about 1911s? Well I guess if you're not familiar with the platform.