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The RO comes with Bomar sights. I just did a quick price check and the Loaded is only $10 more than a RO. If you really want the Novak sights, I would get the Loaded instead of the RO. There are not many options on replacing the adjustable Bomar with fixed ones as jty stated. To change from Bomar to Novak, you would have to get the slide welded and then re-cut. It's not a $10 surgery and I would just get it with the one you want.

I think you meant S&W, not Springfield. The S&W are a bit on the higher price end and may actually be outside of the OP's budget. I would give the Springfield RO a second look. The slide may not be smooth as there may be a lack of oil. I would see if the shop can put some oil on the slide and try it again. Springfield has been in the 1911 game pretty long and most of the others are merely jumping on the bandwagon. As Bullzeye mentioned, Springfield is a great platform to start with future customizations.

My wife is a border anti. She's against me having any sort of firearms although it is ok for everyone else to have one. She thinks they are just scary. I did manage to convince here to come with me to the range once. She did fire a bunch of things but she liked the Glock 22 with the AA conversion best as it's the least scary. She fired my 45 last and called it quits. I cannot even get her to go back even though I promised to only let her fire 22lr out of the conversion kit. I'd say let your gf get comfortable with the 22lr and slowly build up. The conversion kit is a great way to get her to be more comfortable.

I was looking for a camera for my wife. I have purchased from them in the past as they had great prices and had decent reviews. When I looked at the camera prices, I noticed a a big gap between retailers which I could not understand why. I noticed that Abe's was on the list of sellers that was selling significantly less than the big shops like B&H. A little digging turned up that Abe's was sold and the new owners are a bit shady. They practice the habit of bringing in container loads of merchandise from other markets and reselling it cheaper here. What is very shady is they may not say it is a gray market item with no warranty. You would have to ship it back to the home market for any repairs. If nothing breaks, you got a great deal. If something does, you are SOL. With the amount of electronics on my wife's camera, I could not risk not being able to send it back for repairs. It's just a peace of mind for me. For the record, I did buy gray market camera items in the past but there was not much electronics back then to break either.

It's a WC 1911 built in collaboration with BCM. http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/Wilscon-Combat-Bravo-Company-BCM-1911-s/198.htm

I thought it was just me. Every season, it got harder to put the cover back on as the cover started drying out and became brittle. It's torn in a few places. I'm just going to get a generic one.

I went to a Walmart in Ephrata, PA. Display price was showing 13.97 but a price check showed up as 10.97. I passed on it. I did drive by Easton but didn't stop as the stuff there is perhaps all gone. I did pick up some Winchester Target Shotshells which was decently priced at 5.48 per box.

I was at Cabela's and was talking about case trimming. I've loaded handgun for quite some time but never really loaded rifle calibers. I was going to buy something like the RCBS but he suggested the Lee trimmers. For the price, it's great. Get one of each for each caliber. Of course, you'll need a drill to do these quickly. It's not as fast as some other solutions out there but it's fast enough for me. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/107333/lee-case-length-gage-and-shellholder-223-remington http://www.midwayusa.com/product/476992/lee-case-trimmer-cutter-and-lock-stud Below is a video on how to use it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIU7SoocY6Y For high speed, you'll probably want the Little Crow or something that works inline with your progressive press.

Does the front sight bother you? I assume you want some sort of optic. You can still do that without replacing the gas block. If the front sight bothers you, you can grind down the front sight while retaining the gas block portion. Changing the gas block isn't rocket science but it sounds like you are on a budget and grinding it down is a inexpensive option. If you go with a drop in carbine length rail system, your best bet is to keep your front sight (or at least the gas block). You can still go with a free float rail with the stock front sight/gas block. As for the mags, you can go to a local dealer. They have pinned 15/30 pmags (best ones are by MidwestPX) and some newere hexmags. You can also order directly from MidwestPX. I like the 15/30 round mags better as it works better with my large mitts when reloading. As for the compensator, you can do it but I think it's expensive to do on the M&P sport if it is not already threaded. I would leave this to a professional because if you screw up the crown of the barrel which will impact the accuracy of the rifle. The tools to do this are also expensive if you are only doing one barrel. I think there is a clamp on muzzle brake but do you really need one? Your best bet may be to shoot the M&P Sport and then save up for something better when you have more funds.

I was browsing the deals page online and saw this. It's not the best deal at $390.08 but it's pretty close. I think I got mine for $10 less. http://gun-deals.com/deals/27917- In case link above doesn't work, here is the direct link. http://www.mountsplus.com/AR-15_Accessories/AR-15_Scope_Rings/AIM-12841.html UPDATE Coupon code for price above is MSP-PRO did not work for me as it said limited redemption. While on their page, I saw a coupon for 10% off (Coupon code is MSP3000). That will get you down to $381.60 which is even better. Shipping is as low as $4.95 for first class mail (or $9.95 for priority mail or $10.95 for UPS Ground).

I think $424 was their "special" price. I would just wait until the next sale.

Just curious, can you move the scope further back so you get the proper eye relief? I would change the stock if the length of pull is not comfortable for you. For the zero, it depends on the scope. My MTAC was zero'd for 50/200. Top of the main dot for 100. Second dot for 300.

I'm pretty certain Comp Tac has one for the Core. My buddy uses a CompTac with his Core. I would give them a call. Personally, I'm more of a Bladetech guy but I don't think you can go wrong either way.

+1 for Ibejiheads. It sure beats paying for shipping and Alex's a great guy to deal with. He'll also help you with load information if you need.

They were purchased on Feb 15th during their $5 shipping. Lot #s are 21003-20705-126-44. I didn't chrono these rounds but I did chrono some rounds I purchased before.

I chronoed the 115 gr 9mm rounds from my 5" Spartan. Low was 1114 and high of 1179. At 1114, it's just barely above the minimum PF for USPSA which is fine by me. I did order about 2k rounds of their 115 gr this past February. I'm a bit disappointed. I found one of the individual 50 round boxes damaged. A few of the rounds in there were seated too deep due to the box being dropped. I checked the shipping boxes and there didn't seem to be any damage to them. I went and inspected every box. There were quite a few rounds that were either seated too deep during the reloading process or were just simply damaged, particularly the rounds in the corners of the tray. In total about 45 rounds were bad. That's a 2.5% failure rate. Too high if you ask me. If I blindly fired them, who knows what would happen. Mail was sent to customer service and no response. Customer service is definitely lacking. This is my last order from them. I figure it was easier to just buy light loads for matches but I think I'll just load my own moving forward. Better quality control.

Nope, I tend to clean my stuff after every outing as I take different things out at different times. I'm not sure when the next outing is so I thought it is best to just clean it. I'm thinking the day was colder although I'm not sure if that changes anything. A few turns on the gas block fixed everything.

Nice write up, Ty. I built mine with the JP adjustable gas block. I also went with the JP AR-10 silent captured spring unit. Like you, I had tons of tuning but I can't say that it runs reliably. I initially tuned it so that there is just enough gas to lock the bolt back on an empty mag. That worked for the day. I'm pretty certain that was tuned for AE .308 factory rounds. On another range day, I needed to up the gas when I switched to LC 7.62 rounds. First round was crushed by the bolt coming back before the round was even ejected. I had to open up the gas quite a bit. While living in NJ, I don't have to worry about running suppressed but having an adjustable gas block is going to help. I want to build another one with a shorter barrel and I am leaning towards a carbine buffer tube. I didn't realize there were so many different options and I was always curious about the buffer. What you posted helped a lot! I just need to do more research.

Congrats! I want to add an O/U to the collection also and had my eye on this one to start. I don't shoot enough to justify dropping 2k on one unless I want it to collect dust. I figure this one would be good enough for what I want to do.

Cool, thanks. I assume that's $185 for 1000 reman, correct?

Interesting, I just checked if selecting the same plan would save me anything but as I have a legacy plan, the price actually goes up by $10. I guess the savings doesn't work for all even though I feel like I pay a ton of money for my Verizon plan already. Also, double check the data usage analyzer. It states that my son used 3.55 GB last month which almost caused me to blow a gasket. Looking at the actual usage month by month shows that he only used 1.55 GB last month but bumped right up against the 2 GB the month before.

Just out of curiosity, how often do their prices drop? Their shipping promotion has expired but the prices are still the same. I'm wondering if it takes a few days or a few weeks after these sales.

Thanks, I'm still learning but will call it what it is moving forward. I actually don't call the completed round a bullet. I like the term "boolits". I think this may pass the company email filter. Thanks for all the sites. Midway has the bulk Hornady 223 at $83.99 per 1000. They have free shipping on orders over $150 that are not on sale. Unfortunately, the bullets are on sale. I would get their 30 caliber bullets but their price is $4 higher for every box of 100 which will wind up more than free shipping. Interesting that most of the other sites are sold out on the 30 caliber bullets I'm interested in.

Where do people usually buy the bullet heads? I picked up some Hornady Match heads in 75 gr and 68 gr while at Cabelas so I can start loading 223 rounds. It's not economical to purchase them by the 100 pack so I started thinking bulk packs. I'd like to get some of the Hornady bulk 223 in 55gr for regular plinking. I'm also looking to reload for 308 as well as 300 blackout. Any ideas on where to get them would be helpful. Midway sells the Hornady bulk 223 but the other stuff is in 100 packs.

If you have not done it, pick up some fine files. HD has a small file set that I've used. Go slow with the file. It is really trial and error as per the video. Calipers should help you center them on the slide before going out to the range. Fine adjustment can be made by loosening the set screw that holds the sight in place. You can loctite the set screw at the range after you have centered.