Combat Auto

Thanks for all the great tips!..I do have a top notch Grace scrwedriver set and a soocket set also...So, what is the comercial version of your potent Homebrew? are we talking stainless steel polishing comound?

Wellllllllll, As fait would have it...I went to the FFL to fondle my 44mag S&W 4" barrel and start the NICS process today - and LO!...I asked about the XDM 5.25 Comp...He had one in stock and now I have it on Lay-a-way waiting for the 30 days to pass... What are the chances he had this - this was written in the Stars! ;-)

Sorry, meant watever the cylinder spins on?

Thanks P.B. Why the "purple" type of loctite?

Thanks...Do I need to lub whatever the barrel spins on? And is it oil or grease for revolvers?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Beautifull!

Folks, As I am getting my first revolver ever tomorrow or so, would anyone mind outlining how to clean a revolver vs an automatic pistol...I am very experience auto cleaner ;-) and tend to be on the fanatical side of keeping them clean after a shoot..I also tend to run them a l'il on the wet side (oil/grease). Much appreciated.

Great - what kind of groups are you shooting at say 25 yards? I only ask because I'd like to get a quantified view...For example, Wilson guarentees 1" accuracy at 25 yards - that is off a bench rest of course.

I am so impressed with my XDs wich has a 3.3 inch barrel - I am considering the XDM-5.25 45 cal Competition model... Anyone own one or know a Buddy that has one? I am looking for some feedback on the accuracy you obtained with the 45 cal and 5.25 inch barrel...Any feedbacb along this lines is appreciated!

Thanks for folks advising on the trigger group pin removal on the other thread... The tear-down and reassembly was really easy once i got the "pin" thing...Next time it will be done in no time...The bore was filty as crap - guess the greased it up for sale... There was very little info on what to lube or not to lube; and I could not find a video on line either...I just used my judgement based on experiance with my pistols and M1A... But two question if you guys don't mind: 1) Do you lube the bolt assembly and firing pin? (i lubed most of the bolt assembly - black "shell" and whatever the gray colered piece which floats inside is called...But I did not lube the firing pin, bolt face, and back of bolt). 2) what is general concensus on grease vs oil for the 870 for folks who have had it a long time? Thanks appreciate your feedback.

Thanks for folks advising on the trigger group pin removal on the other thread... The tear-down and reassembly was really easy once i got the "pin" thing...Next time it will be done in no time...The bore was filty as crap - guess the greased it up for sale... There was very little info on what to lube or not to lube; and I could not find a video on line either...I just used my judgement based on experiance with my pistols and M1A... But two question if you guys don't mind: 1) Do you lube the bolt assembly and firing pin? (i lubed most of the bolt assembly - black "shell" and whatever the gray colered piece which floats inside is called...But I did not lube the firing pin, bolt face, and back of bolt). 2) what is general concensus on grease vs oil for the 870 for folks who have had it a long time? Thanks appreciate your feedback.

ok got it - thanks!

Folks, appreciate any advise...my first cleaning. Everything is apart except last step... Manual says to "tap out" the 2 trigger pins to remove the trigger assembly....What exactly does this mean/how do you do this? They are not scews or any kind of socketed pins...Some wierd looking pins from the planet Remington... Appreciate any advise...Thanks1

Massad Ayoob says - shoot the largest calaber you can handle for SD...Couldn't agree more...If I felt comfortable with a 44mag i'd shoot that (who knows, I have one on the way from MO. this week :-)) - right now 45 acp makes me feel comfortable, and sleep well...Hard to agrue with Ayoob's logic...Now, if a women or a small statute man or say a senior feels comfortable at 38 or 9mm level fine...That's the way to go... But bigger is better in the main... If attacked, you want to provide the MOST violand response, in the SHORTEST amount of time...We are talking seconds...You don't want to get into a 12 round exchange - puts you more at risk - you want it to end as quickly as possible...If they made a 12G the size of the XDs and I could handle it - I would use that for SD.

LOL!

IMHO, I would take 5 45 rounds over 7 9mm any day of week...There are many examples of cops shooting bad guys with 9mm requiring many rounds before they go down...It is hard to find this w/45...with 45 you have a statistical (hope everone gets this meaning) 94% 1 SHOT man stopper...Those are pretty good odds...357 is right there also...9mm is a questionable 1 shot man stopper...You can also run the XDs 45 with a 7 round mag...Or keep an extra mag in your pocket...Beyond me why anyone would chooze a 9mm over a 45 for self defense. We are talking close-up and personal - lasting only seconds...I am sure the 9mm Partots will yell and scream about this - which is fine - but lets do it without personal attacks (save that for the gungrabbers ;-)).

Nice!

yea, but she is so cute - especially when she say "Its got alot of keeek"

this is the model 29 - Dirty Harry model I believe with wood grips.

Enjoy the eye candy...

NICE! (I like dem big holes - never, ever in my life have I shot any pistol less then a 45 cal).

Thanks Mr. Bod, I purchased it at the link you provided at factory list...Don't give a dam, not worth surching around, redoing permits, bugging neighbors for a reference for 100/100 bucks...Hum, now I just need to locate an HK USP 45 (30 days from now) and my collection is complete :-).

DONE! Bought the standard 629 S&W 44mag w/4" barrel...If Ray Ray is right and will be stroking this btwn shoots - rather stroke something puuuuuurty.

All GunNutz deserve a novelty gun - why should I be any different ;-)...I am settled on 44m - just need to decide on the standard 4" vs this custom job with compensator, trigger job.