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That loader alone is reason enough to get the Henry! I'm not expert, but i'm not sure if there is even any way to speed load a sidefeed so this is a really cool feature.

I agree with Vlad, the fragile nature of a 22 is probably not wise to be pushing them in a tubular mag like that. Plus, due to thier miniscule size, its going to be difficult to use your finger to insert them. I have a marlin lever in 357 and its gets tiresome at about the 50 round mark to keep pushing against the friction of the magazine spring and the loading gate when loading and those have case head that is at least somewhat closer to the size of a finger to get a good platform to push against. I tried a HEnry golden boy the other day and the tube load was actually faster and easier in every way. I can't see doing it any other way after using both styles.

I'd hit it.

I might reload for the pleasure of load development for some form of bench rifle shooting but for just cranking out mass rounds for all the various pistol matches, i'd buy commercial as much as i could. Loading ammo for competitive shooting gets tiresome after so many thousands... lol

You're starting to sound like that guy Bello that got the boot here. lol

I guess with the new year comes new prices. Seems like everything went up about 7%. A case of 9mm is up about $20 over last year. Looks like precision delta has them beat now... I just don't feel like working up a new load though. lol

Nice! I have a spartan in 45 and i feel its a hell of a nice gun for the money, i can only imagine the step up in quality the higher priced options must have. I only wish STI would get some more stainless options in thier guns (and not charge a fortune).

Nice! I just put one like that on my Buckmark for my GF to use. Although she doesn't have large hands, the mag release is so far forward and recessed in the frame, even *I* have to twist the gun a little to reach it. Had to drill and tap the stock release but so far so good. I can feel that its there though when i shoot it but its primarily for her so i don't know if its going to get in the way at all. What do you think about the position of it? do you hit it all with any of your hand or thumbs?

If you bought the sight set from dawson and you bought the heights they prescribe, they have the "Perfect Impact" gurantee where they will send u a free replacement front sight in a height that will correct the misalignment. If you havent already, try shooting it from a solid rest on the bench to take all user movement out of the equation. The stock M&P trigger has a lot of overtravel and this tends to exacerbate the issue of shooting low when the trigger comes crashing back against the trigger guard after the sear drops thus pulling the muzzle even lower Shooting it from a rest will help eliminate that effect if its contributing to your misalignment. 5" low seems a lot at only 10 yards so maybe its a compound effect. You cna use the guide below to determine how much different sight height you may need. What heights did you get? I have the .180 F /.180 R combo on my 9L and it shoots to POA fine. http://www.dawsonprecision.com/images/Instructions/FrontSightHeight.pdf

Meh, good enough for government work!

Ok, i was able to take a few measurements and do some math and i came up with a rough value. 1 spent SPP == 2.9 grains == 0.00662857143 ounces as measures with my digital reloading scale. The entire bottle with contents weighs 3lb, 0.2 oz (48.2oz) per my digital trigger scale. So dividing the weight of 1 primer into the cumulative bottle weight we get: 48.2 / 0.00662857143 = 7271.6 PRIMERS! Assuming price is right rules, the closes value without going over wins so that makes tony the weiner! Congratulations tony, you win the honor of knowing more about spent primer volume than anyone else here.

I'm really liking this one a lot! I chose it because its reasonably priced (compared to the PRI!), very light (some CF tubes like the Firebird use a heavy nut which nullifies the weight savings), easy to install/remove (unlike the DPMS glue on) and seemingly well made. The attachment device is a clever clamp that goes on the factory barrel nut and the tube screws onto it. Some tubes glue on making them permanent but that's not ideal should you ever need to service something under there. All the slots are nicely made and smooth and chamfered and no matter how hot the barrel and gas tube gets, the handguard is cool to the touch down the entire length. Lastly its very light and event with the long length, it keeps the rifle well balanced. I'm really enjoying shooting this.

Recently put this together for a lightweight carbine to use in my local 3-gun matches. I'm not sure the weight at this time, but i tried to use as much lightweight components as possible for all the major components without getting too exotic and so i estimate the weight at around 6 lbs give or take. The upper is where most of the weight is saved and consists of a minimalistic 16" BCM lightweight barrel (.625 gas block), PWS TTO comp and a 15" API carbon fiber tube topped with a PA microdot on a AD QD mount. The lower is nothing to speak of, just an ergo grip and a vltor I-Mod. I may go back and change the bolt carrier to a lightweight one and maybe a lighter stock but i can't see shedding much more weight for the cost of those. In retrospect, I could have done a 14.5" barrel with a pinned Lund comp and a shorter handguard and plum crazy or bushy carbon-15 upper/lower but i'm still leery of those polymer receivers.

Or in this case, spent primers in the water bottle. Standard issue .5L bottle, mix of LPP but mostly SPP. Any guesses? Even i don't know! I can say its well into the thousands though, whatever it is. If i had a shipping scale, i'd weight it cuz even i'm curious.

I've listened to a number of the "ask the guv" shows and there have been folks patched through asking about gun policy. Not sure if they had to pull a fast one to cheat the screeners but they also didn't get the "dump button" either. In fact, it was one of these callers that asked about him tightening down on gun laws and Christie saying he wouldn't entertain anything that crosses his desk.

I tried to order a 59/66 from Samco a few years ago during the big rush in '08. Because of the delays due to the panic, they took over a month to "process" my order only to get a call telling me they wont ship that model to NJ. I asked them why and the guy says "it has a grenade launcher attachment and those are illegal in NJ." No amount of arguing the evil feature count would sway him so i had to cancel that order. :/

Im going to this one on saturday. Hoping to grab a few cases of primers!

The basic feature of holes drilled in the bullet (although for a different purpose) reminds me of a long running thread on THR.org about someones new idea called the HyperCav bullet. Looking back, the interest on that seems to have waned.

Shame its missing the side rail. That's a mice feature to have for an optics mount

Is it the dovetail width? Generally, the sights are slightly oversize to allow a snug fit and some more than others. Dawson, those SOB's, make all thier sights way oversize so they all *have* to be fit. They claim gun tolerances are too varied to make a one-size-fits-all, even for a single make and model. Thats fine for the plethora of 1911's out there from all over the world, but for my M&P, i think the dovetail is a known commodity by now. The Warren sights i used to have on it were super easy to install but the Dawsons, i had to file, check, file, check, file, check, etc ad nauseum. lol

I had bought one of these types of things to restrengthen my hand after breaking my wrist a couple years back. Mine was the familiar hinged type, but instead of the fixed spring tension, it had a rubber ball inbtween the two handles that was compressed when you squeeze. The ball was also adjustable in where it was situated so if you threaded it towards the top, it was easier and threading it downward made it more difficult. Works a little better than buying all those in different preset strengths and helps progress when you need it.

out of 9mm, 45, 38, 357 and 44, i only lube the 9mm luger cases since they have that slight taper and bind. In fact, it generally takes more effort to resize a dry 9mm luger case than a 44 mag case because of how much they may bind in the die. Thicker/oversized brass like CBC and S*B are the worst culprits too.

FYI, Other sources seem to indicate that it does. One user here even migrated the stock sights from his M&P centerfire to the 22 successfully.

Thanks Bry, Pm'd you.

Normally i like STI's but for the money you spend on the S&W pro, you do get some upgrades over the STI. Namely SS finish, USEFUL front strap checkering, added magwell and a factory trigger job. If you can get the Smith for the amount listed in Buds LEO pricing structure, thats a no brainer (if its available of course)! A quick glance on Davidsons shows it closer to $1300! About the only things the STI has over the Smith is the undercut trigger which isn't necessarily a tangible advantage for every shooter, the adjustable rear sight and FO front sight. Thier bluing isn't as nice as some old school Colt bluing and the chainlink front stippling is slippery and worthless. For the "features" the Trojan has over the Spartan, i prefer the Spartan since some of the differences between them aren't actually advantageous.