Gun guys (and gals)

[ChrisNLA]

I like that it matches your jeep.

I bought this for the kids to shoot on occasion and figured the blue one would be a fun color. It worked out

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[Blade1668]

Yea…. BLM‘s exist around here in PA - within the PA State Game lands. I don’t know the details, but someone we know signed up to use it. He hasn’t gone yet….but I’m curious to know what his experiences would be.

Honestly? And maybe I’m making assumptions….but those areas seem like a ‘free for all’. The last thing I wanna do, is go somewhere with a bunch of buttheads blasting shit up with no regards to safety. Our gun club installed cameras on all the ranges because of ‘sketchy’ things….and they’ve caught folks!!

I've had a few hairy situations at a public range... and why I quit going unless with a few people I know and trust. Also a reloader been reloading since 92 regularly somewhat. For several years I packed it up. I could buy in bulk cheaper than reloading plus time. I've spent several New years eve reloading 9mm about 2 5 gallon buckets. Before I get back to reloading like that again I need a new higher production press. I knew I should have bought 10 k in primers years back. My 9mm reloads are conservative. Several days ago I seen Academy had them for $9.99 a box.
I'll second the S&B ammunition, I've shot quite a lot of it over the years. One range in Germany I had to get different ammunition though, old steel jacket 9mm from S&B and hot loaded. It was tearing up the backstops.

My regular Carry, a throughly used G19 gen3 RTF. Not, the best not the worst just a tool for a job. Due for replacement sights again from fading out. It's seen and been 10ft under water several times. In S.E. humidity, creeks, rivers, and ocean, along with swamps etc. I definitely like a good 1911 and have a few. A personal favorite is CZ-75, or my S.S. CZ-83 if at beach. The G-19 came about after severe damage to shoulders and the 45 acp double stack no bueno.

 

[Janster]

Also a reloader been reloading since 92 regularly somewhat. For several years I packed it up. I could buy in bulk cheaper than reloading plus time. I've spent several New years eve reloading 9mm about 2 5 gallon buckets. Before I get back to reloading like that again I need a new higher production press. I knew I should have bought 10 k in primers years back. My 9mm reloads are conservative. Several days ago I seen Academy had them for $9.99 a box.

My husband, had a Dillon 550. He recently upgraded to a 750 with brass & bullet feeders. I think I remember him saying, he can relaod 800 rounds in an hour. Since I help blast off half of that….. I keep his primer tubes filled, I perform the plunk test on all the rounds, put them in ammo boxes and mark with sharpies. He has this overly complex method of keeping track of literally everything.

He enjoys reloading - says its relaxing….

You can never have too many primers. We were out of the hobby for about 8-9 years and he had a similar stash from back in 2010 or so. Started back up into shooting this spring…..It didn’t take long to go thru that stash.

 

[ChrisNLA]

I do quite a bit of automotive electrical work for a close friend, and other little projects - so he hit me with this little surprise this weekend. He had gotten himself a new 30/30 (one of the new stainless ones with grey laminate and big loop).

I had a 30/30 before that I had bought used. It had pretty terrible synthetic furniture on it and i sold it off. Loved how it shot though. This one is much better!

Its a Marlin 30AW. Nothing terribly special, but its got a fresh Cerakote job and will fill a hole in my collection. Going to get the sights dialed in (came with a Skinner rear sight) and find me a good leather ammo cuff and sling for it.

 

[Blade1668]

My husband, had a Dillon 550. He recently upgraded to a 750 with brass & bullet feeders. I think I remember him saying, he can relaod 800 rounds in an hour. Since I help blast off half of that….. I keep his primer tubes filled, I perform the plunk test on all the rounds, put them in ammo boxes and mark with sharpies. He has this overly complex method of keeping track of literally everything.

He enjoys reloading - says its relaxing….

You can never have too many primers. We were out of the hobby for about 8-9 years and he had a similar stash from back in 2010 or so. Started back up into shooting this spring…..It didn’t take long to go thru that stash.

I went through several thousand a time or two. I actually got a "questionable blisters on my hand. lesson learned wear good leather gloves when doing extensive reloading session. My press isn't as nice or highly regarded by many. Lee Pro 1000 it was worth what I paid for it, not the top line like a Dillon. But in it's first 4 years it was cranking out several thousand a week. Most of the time. Oh I miss when primers was a cent or two each, powder about $10 a lb. or less. I like a 750 or 850 Dillon.

 

[Rusty PW]

I went through several thousand a time or two. I actually got a "questionable blisters on my hand. lesson learned wear good leather gloves when doing extensive reloading session. My press isn't as nice or highly regarded by many. Lee Pro 1000 it was worth what I paid for it, not the top line like a Dillon. But in it's first 4 years it was cranking out several thousand a week. Most of the time. Oh I miss when primers was a cent or two each, powder about $10 a lb. or less. I like a 750 or 850 Dillon.

I'm still using my Rock Chucker II that I bought in 1980.
Remember when primers were $9.00 per 1,000. Pound of powder was $8.99. Then covid hit.

 

[mtudb24]

Shot the biggest drake wood duck I have ever seen in my 40+ years of waterfowl hunting with my old school Remington SP10 (10ga 3.5' number 2 steel shot). Yeah a big overkill for ducks, but I was goose hunting in the wheat fields.

 

[JohnWick]

I've been shooting various disciplines for a couple decades, all different kinds of firearms etc.

Currently my "main thing" is competition shooting, I am a USPSA Carry Optics Master. The round count on my Shadow 2 is just over 50,000, but it's semi-retired in favor of an M&P now.

I don't really do collector stuff, but I did manage to acquire this pre-war Colt in .38 Super. Quite rare, and this particular one is in exceptional condition.

 

[hayduke-TX]

I've been shooting various disciplines for a couple decades, all different kinds of firearms etc.

Currently my "main thing" is competition shooting, I am a USPSA Carry Optics Master. The round count on my Shadow 2 is just over 50,000, but it's semi-retired in favor of an M&P now.

Snikey! I can't believe I just found this thread. I used to shoot a lot of 3-gun and steel challenge with an STI Edge (and others) but always liked the Shadow 2 except for the DA/SA. I do own a Shadow 2 factory SAO, though. Curious as to which M&P did you move to and what did you do to it for competition?

 

[ericw.]

I love seeing heavily abused guns.

 

[JohnWick]

Snikey! I can't believe I just found this thread. I used to shoot a lot of 3-gun and steel challenge with an STI Edge (and others) but always liked the Shadow 2 except for the DA/SA. I do own a Shadow 2 factory SAO, though. Curious as to which M&P did you move to and what did you do to it for competition?

The Shadow 2 still works good, one issue I was having was an occasional failure to extract. Changing the extractor spring is a pain in the butt... Gun would still run ok, but now all my magazine tubes are worn out, specifically the feed lips. Mags are expendable, all of my mags have had the springs and followers replaced 3 times, but now the tubes need replacing. Which means new magazines, plus a couple of the extended basepad locking springs are screwed up, so instead of spending $400 on some magazines and base pads I just bought a new gun. Why not?

I bought a 5" M&P. Mods - removed the thumb safety and installed S&W's frame plugs, and installed an Apex trigger kit. That's it. Oh and I epoxied silicon carbide to the grip.

It's different. I do like it quite a bit. It's not as heavy as the Shadow 2 - it flips more, but that doesn't mean much to me anymore, the return to zero is fine. So it really hasn't slowed me down. It is definitely faster to draw and takes less to muscle the gun for transitions, but of course it's taken a bit of an adjustment to not over drive it. Initially I was dragging off and over transitioning, but I've fixed most of that. There's no DA first pull, but that didn't really bother me with the other gun.

The mags also hold 24+1 compared to 23+1 for the other gun, which can be significant on some stages. Usually if I have zero extra rounds or 1 I am going to plan for a reload, but if I have 2 makeup shots available to me, that's a lot more comfortable of a margin than one or zero.

Topped with a 507 Comp because I had one laying around. I hate FDE, but S&W does not sell it in black anymore unless I wanted to try to get my LEO dealer to get me one, and I wasn't interested in that hassle when this one was on the shelf at Fleet Farm.

I also occasionally shoot PCSL 2 gun, so this is my poverty blaster for that. Nothing much special at all, ATC makes a really nice trigger though.

 

[Rusty PW]

I have the Apex trigger kit in my M&P 40 Elite that I carry. Well worth it.

 

[mtudb24]

I was shocked my tiny local gun dealer was able get one of these. Only 1945 made world wide and only 11 shipped to distributors in Michigan. Mine is 272 out of 1945

Should be a fun little squirrel / small game gun. Best part of this gun is that all the polymer parts like front sight, bayonet lug, etc are interchangeable with the real 30 cal M1 carbine parts and easily found and cheap to order.

Will go nicely with our current line of up WW2 guns in the 1944 M1 Garand, the BAR, and our 1911 pistol. We also have a 1903 Springfield (not pictured as its up north at the cottage), and Italian Carcano M1891 calvary rifle, a Mosin Nagant, and a Vietnam Stevens model 77E shotgun

 

[hayduke-TX]

The Shadow 2 still works good, one issue I was having was an occasional failure to extract. Changing the extractor spring is a pain in the butt... Gun would still run ok, but now all my magazine tubes are worn out, specifically the feed lips. Mags are expendable, all of my mags have had the springs and followers replaced 3 times, but now the tubes need replacing. Which means new magazines, plus a couple of the extended basepad locking springs are screwed up, so instead of spending $400 on some magazines and base pads I just bought a new gun. Why not?

I bought a 5" M&P. Mods - removed the thumb safety and installed S&W's frame plugs, and installed an Apex trigger kit. That's it. Oh and I epoxied silicon carbide to the grip.

It's different. I do like it quite a bit. It's not as heavy as the Shadow 2 - it flips more, but that doesn't mean much to me anymore, the return to zero is fine. So it really hasn't slowed me down. It is definitely faster to draw and takes less to muscle the gun for transitions, but of course it's taken a bit of an adjustment to not over drive it. Initially I was dragging off and over transitioning, but I've fixed most of that. There's no DA first pull, but that didn't really bother me with the other gun.

The mags also hold 24+1 compared to 23+1 for the other gun, which can be significant on some stages. Usually if I have zero extra rounds or 1 I am going to plan for a reload, but if I have 2 makeup shots available to me, that's a lot more comfortable of a margin than one or zero.

Topped with a 507 Comp because I had one laying around. I hate FDE, but S&W does not sell it in black anymore unless I wanted to try to get my LEO dealer to get me one, and I wasn't interested in that hassle when this one was on the shelf at Fleet Farm.

I also occasionally shoot PCSL 2 gun, so this is my poverty blaster for that. Nothing much special at all, ATC makes a really nice trigger though.

I like the M&P2.0. I have a 4" Compact. Before the Edge, I shot a PPQ Match with an Apex trigger and other stuff. Very good setup, but you know you always want more.

 

[Janster]

My newest range toy….. M&P 2.0 Metal Competitor. Have about 1000 rounds thru it already. Installed a 14lb recoil spring /guide rode this week but haven’t shot it yet.
I was having eject/feed issues with the husbands reloaded ammo (lighter). I also have a 15lb spring in the parts bin.

One of these days…. I plan to get a better trigger. I know Apex seems to be what everyones using these days, but I will do some research.

Excited to try It with the new recoil spring!!

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