aciera
.375 Atomic
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Post by aciera on May 13, 2022 13:53:59 GMT -5
Love that the OP put good and enough pictures to get a good look......thanks
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Post by rangersedge on May 14, 2022 23:18:44 GMT -5
I have a S&W 1911sc (scandium commander round butt enhanced). I haven't carried it for a long time; but I like it. I don't recall it ever jamming or having any issues. It carried pretty comfortably and well concealed in a milt sparks criterion. Just kinda switched over to mostly either the sig 938 or sig 365.
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birdsthaword
.240 Incinerator
Thinkin About Drinkin
Posts: 35
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Post by birdsthaword on May 14, 2022 23:27:58 GMT -5
Nice S&W! I like the fish scale serrations.
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Post by AxeHandle on May 15, 2022 9:37:49 GMT -5
S&W forum says that the sight cut in a S&W 1911, even though it may have a Novak marked sight in it, will NOT have the standard Novak cut. Means I will most likely pass on this one.
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Post by potatojudge on May 15, 2022 10:23:45 GMT -5
S&W forum says that the sight cut in a S&W 1911, even though it may have a Novak marked sight in it, will NOT have the standard Novak cut. Means I will most likely pass on this one. Perfect chance to have it cut it for an RMR. Now all it needs is a cowitness front sight. Easy.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jun 7, 2022 20:53:48 GMT -5
Never understood what the point in co-witness front sights was. Am I missing something?
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 8, 2022 5:32:09 GMT -5
Co-witness front sight comes in handy when the red dot goes out. ...and like all battery powered things.. it WILL go out.
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Post by needsmostuff on Jun 8, 2022 8:35:36 GMT -5
External extractors are not an issue for me. When designed with the pistol from the ground up they work faultlessly and are much easier to replace or maintain. Not as tidy looking but pistols don't need to be tidy looking. Sure, some are still internal to satisfy the Luddites of the world but 99% (probably NOT an accurate, scientific number but works OK with this concept) of the semi-autos made on the planet are external. Even the equally iconic P35/HP shook off the external years ago and the world did not end.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jun 8, 2022 12:42:27 GMT -5
Co-witness front sight comes in handy when the red dot goes out. ...and like all battery powered things.. it WILL go out. So the idea is to use the front sight centered in the rear dot window when the dot dies?
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 8, 2022 13:35:14 GMT -5
Depends on the configuration... I've seen some rear sights tall enough, matched with a tall front, that are useable through the optic. Seen other red dots with a rear sight built in.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jun 9, 2022 17:54:51 GMT -5
Might try it on my Steels gun. Fighting guns all wear fiber optics but my eyes are getting old.
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Post by bradshaw on Jun 10, 2022 10:17:34 GMT -5
"External extractors are not an issue for me. When designed with the pistol from the ground up they work faultlessly and are much easier to replace or maintain.” ----needmostuff
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I’ll ove to ask John Moses Browning a few questions. Browning’s conceptual mind thought of ways to have one part do two or more jobs. Bill Ruger thought this way, also. Browning secured his .45 extractor via firing pin retainer, eliminating a screw or pin or separate spring for the extractor. In addition, it may have been easier to drill a hole than to mil & drill for a hook.
Since I’ve never broken a 1911 extractor, including on an extensively shot World War I Colt, I am positioned to criticize it. A good externally mounted hook works fine. From my perspective it becomes a manufacturing issue, as both are thoroughly proven. As for Browning’s old 1911, no pistol has reached its record in war, nor endured so many rebuilds before being retired.
So-called “safe trigger” pistols have fallen flat against gloved-hand, freezing weather. Doesn’t the mean a Glock doesn’t function under winter adversity; just means the gloved hand can’t make it fire. There are times under extreme cold when to expose your extremities means heat to that tissue will not be restored. frost-bitten hands can effectively remain frost-bitten for years, vulnerably intolerant of cold. David Bradshaw
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Post by taffin on Jun 10, 2022 12:58:51 GMT -5
Historically NOT a S&W semi auto fan (the M41 excluded) I started developing a respect for the S&W 1911 platform in 2014 when a recognized high master I knew from my NG shooting days showed up shooting one and I actually had a long discussion with him about his specific gun. That said, I handled a nice S&W 1911 this morning. Still don't care for the external extractor, and it NEEDS some good sights, but the rest is well done. Not a target gun but a good start. Wonder if that is a Nowlin cut that rear sight is sitting in? BEEN WELL SERVED BY THIS EARLY ONE postimg.cc/DWPn2dGtpostimg.cc/z3B8rhGcpostimg.cc/7fzvHn8m
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