MK25 V

Picked up this at Jersey Elite Manufacturing (JEM). Had the owner build it right in front of me which was fun to watch. Nice and friendly guy to work with when asking for certain things on the rifle. This has a Distressed Cerakote 16" barrel with the hand guard all the way to the front. Merry Christmas to me!

I have had mine for a few weeks and after a lot of dry firing and a few trips to the range the trigger pull does smooth out a bit. I remember it being not as smooth before wanting to get a trigger job on it but not wanting to put more money into the piece. Was told that I could make the trigger pull smoother by doing it myself but I am not brave enough to attempt on my own, yet.

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They usually have that stuff in stock. but it's been a while since I been there. Your best bet is to call ahead, Nice group out there.

You could try and wait for Black Friday. I went to the Heritage of Easton on Black Friday and picked up a S&W ar15 sport for under $600 about 2 years ago. Basic rifle but works like a champ. Never had any problems except normal human error.

How do the Wednesday practice nights run? Is there a RO, timers, and corse of fire? How come the practice event comes after the Sunday event?

Thanks Bob, for the wealth of information on revolvers and I think I will keep this around for a little while and just stick with a little trigger work to make it a little smoother. I'll get another in the future and make that one more towards competition. Not need to sell when I can add to the collection.

Thanks Alec, That site looks good. I got it for home defense and range use. Like to use it for Idpa only a few times a year.

Thanks Pizza Bob for the insight. I meant to talk to you yesterday about some options and kept getting sidetracked with building and breaking down the area. I think I am going to just stick to the speed loaders for now and use it for the IDPA matches. I been practicing with the 5 Star loaders and it's been working pretty good dropping out of the loaders. I bought a few things from 5 Star and they look almost too nice to use. Loaders are smooth and I am figuring out the proper placement of the hands and fingers when loading for 6 rounds. Stayed a bit after the match and test fired/break in the new pistol and there is no comparison to the look and feel to any slide lock pistols that I have shot in the past, glad I went this route. In the future I will probably get a 8 round .45 acp for USPSA. Are there any tip you can give proper care for the pistol? Like: Is it ok to dry fire? Is there any damage that can happen when flipping the cylinder open one handed? Is it ok to wrist flip the chamber closed after loading? Pushing down hard on the cartridge release is ok? Silly question I know, just thought I ask.

Thanks for the reply. I will take that into consideration for the warranty issue.

New to the revolvers and like to just starting off by saying "WOW she's Beautiful!" I'm thinking of loading with moonclips and the cylinder would have to get cut to accept them to fit in. Question If I get someone to cut the cylinder and want to just load with a different speed loader or without the moonclips will the pistol still operate normally? Or will there be a bigger gap between the firing pin and the primer to keep from going off. Picked up a 686 plus at a good price and just tested out some reloading loads after breaking her in and she performed great.

Just used it, Thank You for the heads up.

There are always spots open on the pistol ranges and rim fire section. As for the rifle range I can get crowded towards late morning and beyond where you might have to wait a bit for a spot to open. The earlier you go the better. Also depends on the weather. The colder/hotter the less amour of people.

Getting Started in Practical Shooting....with a Revolver posted Mar4 2016 Just started reading through this post and it has a lot of good info to work with. Thanks Pizza Bob

Fun shooting with ya yesterday, it's the new guy on the field. I'll startup the research department and look into the 686 SSR. Thanks

I can't wait to add a revolver to my toolbox! I am torn on which one to get. I am leaning heavily on a 686 .357 model somewhere around a 6" model but I think if I want to take it to any IDPA shoot I will have to keep it at 4" six shot. Probably look to get some dies and material together to load for that too.

Last year I went to my LGS and seen a M3K on the rack and asked about it also doing research about it later on. After getting some data on it I decided to buy it for competition use. After taking it out to Lehigh Vally to do some clay shooting I was having a lot of failure to eject using just regular clay target shells. Probably had a total of 225 shells through the long gun. Months later I took it to my first 3 gun event and had about 10 FTE's. Following 3 gun event about 3FTE's then the last one I been to it ran flawless. Guess there was a break in period that I just ignored and someone mentioned about running 100- 3dram loads through it first to loosen it up a bit. I would recommend this shotgun to anyone looking for anything from sporting, competition, & home defense.

Just bought the Q5 and can't wait to rescue it from jail when I get my permits 2 purchase. Love the feel of the 5" M2 and the way it shoots. Trying to figure out what optic I want to get for it in for the future after I locate some more funds.

Sorry for your loss.

That is great to hear, I been to a few places in NJ that won't even look at you if you can't present a FID card when asking to look at anything behind the counter. Had this one person walk away and move on the the next person when I was asking questions on how to and what do I have to do to purchase from their store. Being a newbie at the time was a complete let down with no-one to show how things work in this Hard State to live in. Moved onto different LGS and ran into some guys that are very friendly and basically handed me everything in the case without even asking for ID. Bought a few guns from that place over the past few years.

That would be perfect

I'll be good for cash or Paypal

Like to get: 4lb Titegroup 2lb H335 1lb Varget 4k small rifle primers

Not in a rush. I can wait til everyone is ready.

Sparklers would seem cool but I don't think i want that. lol