Shane45

I believe the colt 6940 is proprietary as well as the 6940p piston version.

Almost all of my bolt guns have had a comp. In the larger calibers, if I took the comp off and let you fire a shot, you would likely not want to take a second. In calibers with less of a kick it is still desireable for reasons of fatigue, spotting your own shots, follow up shots, rifle return to target etc etc.

It doesnt matter what anyone else can do. It matters what you can do. What matters most is what your brain can accept as an image and process it. Some people can readily accept a red dot much better than they can accept a reticle with magnification. And for others the opposite is true. This has nothing to do with the equipment, its entirely a matter of what your brain can accept. I can run my 3x Acog down to around 25/30 yds ish without any significant drop off in my speed and accuracy compared to my red dot. But when the targets exceed 75 yds, the speed over a red dot becomes significant. Every different scenario is going to expose some compromise you have accepted in your optics selection. In my variable scopes I would run it on 3x generally speaking and if I had to go door kicking, Id either swap to a red dot if I had time or dial down to 1X(I assume in competitions your not allowed to change optics?). All my optics are on super high end QR mounts so I can easily swap at any time without a re-zero.

Personally, Id just pull the entire assembly, sell it to someone not liberated to America yet, and replace with new.

I seriously doubt the LPA dovetail cut is wider than a Novak dovetail cut.

Raz, I agree on the manufacturing thing as I know several smiths that got caught up in that. As for making ammo for sale, I think that law is pretty clear. On the buying and selling thing, I think to catch attention the way those that have caught cases against them, I suspect the numbers are very high. My point was even with high numbers he was still found not guilty. The charge that stuck, was an out of state sale. So it would imply that for the quantity of buying and selling he did, he should have really known the laws inside and out. If he had, he would likely have won on both counts. And according to the article, may win his appeal. In my view what this really speaks to is the out of date FFL system. There is no class of FFL for those individuals that have the financial means to buy and sell to attain the collection they are pursuing. You cant get an FFL to collect, it must be to make a profit. So this leaves a high volume collector in a limbo of sorts. But according to the article, the AFT has changed its guidlines to give more consideration to the non FFL volume collector. My point was a guy who ran a half billion dollar company that traveled all over to gun shows to buy and sell is the high water mark garering negative attention, we are likely safe. My comments should not be mistaken for blind faith in the system as I often operate under the pretence that just because im paranoid, dont mean people arent out to get me! At the same time if applying common sense as Raz stated, I dont think many will have anything to worry about.

It makes a great slide racker in a pinch dont it

Your evidence is a case where he was found not guilty? If ANY LE, state or Fed decides he is going enact abuse of poweragainst someone, its an uphill battle no matter what. In the case in the link is a wealthy guy booking hotels and traviling to gun shows buying, selling and trading and was still found not guilty. At what point do you suppose there is an actual concern?!?!?!

You can list all you want, proving intent is a much more difficult matter. In consideration of the metric ton of selling that is going on and about to go on as everyone tries to diveste themselves of their panic buys, I think making a case would be pretty difficult unless the seller is shy a few iq points.

There have been issues with the RDS (small window style) optics surviving riding the slide for pistols that see reguler training according to some articles I have read. But I do like the concept. I shot an open class pistol in the late 90's and always thought the day would come when red dots made the jump to defensive pistols. But after moving away from IPSC for many years, I found it hard to actually pick back up where I left off. However, this could also be due to it not being a 1911 too.

In my humble opinion a press fit pin is permenant. I am sure that all manufacturers that ship NJ legal AR's to New Jersey got some sort of confirmation that a blind pinned stock is considered permenant before they shipped here. I know its NJ but I think they would have a hard time claiming that blind pinning is considered permenant on one end and not the other.

"I use my thumb to release the slide stop when letting the slide go home on a reload. I use an overhead grip when reducing a malfunction." EXACTLY! I prefer the weak hand slide stop manipulation method because I believe it to be faster. But lets talk for a second why it is faster. Economy of motion is one benefit.But the other is that it allows me to work the pistol in front of my face so I can keep my eyes on the danger space. The pistol is almost in full presentation at the point the reload is completing. If you look at this video (I made for a different purpose) you can see when I transition to the left most target that the pistol is already just about in alignment when the slide drops. One more point, just because a certain trainer advocates a general methodology DOES NOT MEAN that he does not advocate a different method for more advanced users. As I said in the other thread, have as many tools in your bag as possible.

Im not sure a NJ prosecuter wont still call that a pistol grip. But if you dont mind being a test case......... I barely see the need for a muzzle device at all, all its effects are going to be negated by having the recoil forces traveling off axis.

I find it particulerly unusual the way it is hung over the rear like that. I hesitate to say its wrong because every time I see something I think no way it came like that, I find out it was some small run I havent seen before.

mcbethr, I read your other post. However, I dont think it really translates entirely. You open the can without actively training at it and building muscle memmory. In consideration of your story, it probably would be a good idea to do so. At any rate, at this point, I do not even think about it, its commited to memmory. It occurs on muscle mem autopilot, just like taking off the safety on the draw. Heres an example. I was teaching someone drawing their P30S from a holster. Because they were struggling with the mechanics of it after over 20 years of carrying a revolver, I suggested going safety off and hammer down. They asked about why not hammer down safty on. I went to illustrate what it would look like if they were to draw the pistol and forget to take off the safety as their muscle mem was that of a revolver. I still clicked off the safety! My hands do what they were trained to do and will obey their muscle mem even more under stress. In regards to your anecdotal evidence of a part name, my opinion is not based on the symantics of a part name. It is based on discussions with those that are life long students of the JMB design thought process. The position widely held is that he designed it for both operations as there would likely be situations where each is prefered. Look at an original USGI 1911 mag release. It's serrated to give better purchase when pressed. Look at a slide stop. Its serrated too. Why do you think that is?

mcbethr, Im curious to know exactly what makes you think it was never intended to be used as a release in the case of the 1911? What exactly is the downside? If its the gross motor skills argument, I think that is overstated in this case.

All in good fun My more in depth thought is simply that all methods should be on your training schedule as each has its place and scenario where appropriate. If you have several different pistols including ones with decockers (where some manufacturers recomend against slide stop used as a release)then I can see where defaulting to a power stroke method could be advantagious. But when blanket statements are made that the slide stop method is wrong, I disagree. On the slide release on vigerous mag insertion, I actually do not like it. I dont like when something performs an operation without me expecting it to. I would say it could also cause a training scar when you get your next pistol and expect it to do the same thing and it doesnt.

Larry called. He was very hurt. He said he will adjust his method and contact everyone he trained as a training "recall" of sorts because he dont want anyone to be called a sissie!

Walt, sorry, not a feature, just a design anomoly. If it was a feature they would all consistantly do it. My stainless usp compact would, my black one would not. Most HK's I have had hands on, would not. If it was a feature, they would all do it consistantly. Ill tell former Delta Force Operator and 1911 Pistolsmith Larry Vickers your dad thinks he is a sissy since he is a proponent of the weak hand slide stop release method.

I prefer to use the slide stop as a release. Its faster on the reload and I have no issues accomplishing it. YMMV.

The point of undertaking the build of a 1911 is NOT the 1911 its self. Its a biproduct of the learning process. Your desire to learn the 1911 needs to be the goal. If you just want a quality 1911 build with a distributed spend, pick a smith, work out a parts list with him, and start aquiring said parts while your wait for a spot on his roster ticks down. Then hopefully you have everything by the time your turn is up, you can send it in and have him build it into a nice custom 1911.

Well... finding a machine shop that will allow an apprecticeship might be hard to find. Perhaps finding a trade class or local adult class might be an option. Or like I said, read read read and pick up a little mill to learn on. Something like this: http://www.grizzly.com/products/Drill-Mill-with-Stand/G0704 And websites lke this: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/

Gotcha, cool either way! I will do the cup at some point in time...

PB whats your friends hide username. If he is a SH long time member I probably know him.