JonF

I've been there and had he same underwhelmed feeling. For a place that calls itself a "city", it shoulda been a distributor sized warehouse. I was expecting something that put Sarco to shame, instead i got JoJo's downtown deli. :/ When i was there, they had some PSL's for a decent price with optics but i wasn't really in the market for one so i passed. About the only thing i left with was the stench of cigarette smoke permeated into my clothes. Beware anyone who visits there, the guys running the place have 2-3 cigs burning at any given time in the joint.

I also have a PM7 and was having feeding issues. PM7's are target guns and are tighter than a frogs a** and from my experience, can be very sensitive to any change in operational parameters. For me, i notice that in the winter, the gun grease i used on the slide would slow the slide action down and cause feeding issues so i run thin oil/militec in the cold. Also, the oem mags will accept 8 rounds but don't like to be loaded to that level and will jam on the first one every time. I did have to send mine back to DW for a legitimate issue before and they polished/relieved a lot of things so it runs a little more reliable overall. the issue i had was that the locking lugs were so tight, they would be hard to engage/disengage causing it to not go fully into battery sometimes. This was usually when it started to get dirty or when i has having the cold/lube slowness problem which further compounded the slide slowness and the gun's inability to operate within the proper parameters. When i had the slide and barrel out and disassembled, i could engage the lugs, then pick up the entire slide assembly by the barrel and they wouldn't drop free unless you pulled it at just the right angle.

I'll probably end up there sometime in the afternoon.

i totally know what you mean. twice now at a winter shooting match, my pistol has had some slow slide issue due to gun lube viscosity change on the slide rails-its so frustrating. trying some dry lube now...

Anyone go get a closer look at this thing?

A friend recently went to mey-hee-ko on vacation and saw the revolver and knowing i like tequila and guns, grabbed it for me. Coincidentally, i was at the local mega liquor store and found the sister pistol set. Both come with little cardboard stands you can display them with but i'll just leave 'em be in the box, i got enough of other booze to drink. Pretty cool novelty, IMHO.

You just need to wait for the Gen5 Glocks that will feed malformed ammo, ammo in wrong calibers and even backwards like H&K.

http://glockfaq.com/targets.htm

I just paid them the hand select fee to do it themselves. Keep in mind that you can hand select for several different features including condition, type of sights, markings, etc and u can have multiple but they'll charge for each one.

I have no plans to refinish it. I paid just a shade over $300 for the gun from jg sales plus a ten dollar hand select fee to get one with a better finish. Im satisfied with the condition but in retrospect I think it was a wasted extra 10 bux.

Approximately 3 months ago i ordered this from JG and my paperwork finally came last monday (mental note, never apply for permits around the hoildays) so i went to pick her up. I didn't realize that these things would be dripping wet with perservative oil so i decided to do a full strip, soak and scrub the same way i do for an old cosmo soaked milsurp. This is my first SIG so i took my time, stared at the exploded parts diagram and went to work. Taking this thing apart was actually fairly easy and most of the parts were fairly intuitive if you have some experience disassembling the action of various other pistols. The hammer and strut is similar to a CZ, the trigger bar is like a Walther, magazines just like a Tokarev (i'm not saying sig copied anything, just what similarities i've experienced), but whats really cool is the apparent modularity of the frame and slide with the removable breech and ramp blocks. These blocks are simply pinned in and it seems like a single frame and slide could be configured to handle a variety of calibers by simply installing different blocks at build time. I don't know if SIG continues with this construction method but its a novel design and certainly economic. The build quality on this old gun was quite nice too. Having it taken down to all its constituent parts meant i got to see the fine machining everywhere. The slide is machined, not stamped and there are very little machine marks and no rough edges or burrs. This gun does show some exterior finish holster wear but is otherwise in very good condition outside and even better inside. It was obvious that like many of these surplus P6's, it was holstered/unholstered more than it was fired. Once it was put back together and lubed up, the action was really nice. The slide is smooth, the SA trigger pull is crisp and light and DA was smooth. The sights are ok, better than GI sights but not great. Still, very usable though for punching paper. This should be a fun gun. SIG also has some interesting proof marks that you may find on these older guns. I saw the one for the nitrocellulose proof that looks like an owl head (no pic, its actually a crown) and then these under the slide. They are two different variants of an eagle with what looks like the letters "BMI" under each.

Funny. Reminds me of another one that makes the rounds about the 10 types of people that you find at the gun show. Was gonna post it here but i can't find a single reference of it anywhere. :/

Aim has Dynamit Noble (brass cased, non-corrosive) for $9.75/box when u buy 10 or more.

I like the general style of the Walther PPk. There are a lot of design copies, but the general curvaceous style of that gun and its compact dimensions make it pretty damn sexy. I have cheap copy in the form of a FEG PA63 and the bi-tone style is fairly well done.

Those are definitely nice. And what makes them attractive is that the design elements are easily identifiable and is carried throughout the entire piece. The same serration style and patterns are echoed in more than one place sometimes even transitioning seamlessly between 2 separate but adjacent parts, the contours match and the color scheme is simple, not gaudy and applied to the entire schedule of parts.

Isn't there a gun law in NY that prohibits out-of-staters from bringing handguns in-state or is there an exemption for competitions?

You're a real trooper, Chris. Surprised they stayed open knowing the storm was coming.

Some of those factory race guns like the STI posted earlier are akin to exotic cars. Built by a manufacturer with exotic parts for a very specialized purpose and bound by a homogeneous design aesthetic. Race guns (and cars) built by individuals tend to be a little less refined in thier execution and so while they may function fine, they are not usually handsome.

Well, its not like we can all run out and buy Glocks at the drop of a hat anyways. lol

Maks, A really nice custom rifle based on a Mauser action. That one They wanted a lot of money for - $900. I forget what else...

If any of you are interested, they just took in a bunch of antique guns from an estate including a Remington M91. The metal had little bluing left and the stock shows wear and the cleaning rod was missing. Didn't check the bore. On the upside, the action was very nice compared to a stuck russian. They were asking $200 for it.

Maks, I was laughing so hard I sounded like Burt Reynolds.

Browning is soon joining the .22lr 1911 fray with both a full-size and smaller compact (both barrel and grip) model if you like this style. http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/family.asp?webflag_=028B&catalog_=B

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/shopping_cart The Oatmeal is an awesome site and this one hits a grand slam. I love the part about the country list. :icon_lol:

jawohl, Kommandant! *I watched too many reruns of Hogan's Heros when i was a kid.