Sidearms & Scatterguns Handguns...show 'em

[diggler1833]

627-0, Model of 1989.

Put a few cylinders of .38 and .357 through it the other day...this one was made for me.

 

[nockhunter]

Nice gun, I love my 586. They have to be the deepest finger grooves I've ever seen on those stocks.

Mike

 

[Anb618]

627-0, Model of 1989.

Put a few cylinders of .38 and .357 through it the other day...this one was made for me.

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I want exactly this, but in .41Mag for whitetail gun season. Love the full lug, non-fluted cylinder, and those gorgeous grips.

 

[diggler1833]

I want exactly this, but in .41Mag for whitetail gun season. Love the full lug, non-fluted cylinder, and those gorgeous grips.

S&W made a 657 that gets close to your description. I'd love to have one myself.

 

[308pirate]

“ I don’t get the war belt thing”
It’s probably because he shoots three gun or USPSA…

Funny you should mention that. I don't know shit about 3 gun.

But I know quite a bit about USPSA, being both a competitor and a Range Officer. 99% of the war belts I've seen are not legal in USPSA starting with the stupid leg strap, then with the holster that's way too low, and ending with way too much lateral offset on the holster.

But other than that, they're swell. For those who like to play Army dress-up.

 

[308pirate]

"war belts" are fine, so long as you dont go crazy loading them up with shit that should be on a vest or chest rig.

sidearm, medkit, 1 pistol reload, 1 rifle reload is the max you should run on a belt, IMO.


leg-straps?....fucking useless.....with a stiff belt and a safariland drop, that holster isnt flopping around.

the holster drops?...personally i like them when running a plate carrier....

I don't have any use for them because I don't even plan on employing a pistol from one.

I have one of these for sport

And one of these for real

I train with those

Going to a sporting event wearing this, is larping

 

[MikeinTexas]

^^^hahaha I was joking when I threw in USPSA. I shoot it and my belt looks like yours…holster and four double alpha mag holders. That “war belt” looks like all the shit I had to carry on my police belt. Buckle, OC, gun & holster, asp & holder, cuffs, flashlight ring, cuffs, radio &holder, magazine holders, mic for camera…

if TEOTWAWKI happens I have the LBV I carried as a cop with 8 AR mags and body armor….sit tight, be quiet, shhhhhh, don’t attract attention. The LARPing BS is just that.

 

[07SGT4623]

Just had the slide milled for a trijicon rmr

Love it

 

[wvfarrier]

New Cherokee Hills Hobo Grips, Chittam Burl, Organic Stippling.

 

[FuhQ]

By law it's technically a "pistol"...

New video is up with the freshly suppressed Springfield Armory Saint Victor 7.5" 5.56 pistol...

 

[Forgetful Coyote]

I've got one and the 9mm conversion barrel. Had issues with the S95 jacketed hollow point ammo and F5 ammo, earlier manufactured stuff. Primers were on the harder side and had about a 25% failure rate with them. They all fires on the 2nd strike except for a handful that took 3 strikes. I've had 0 issues with newly manufactured ammo, which was provided by FK as a replacement for the bad batch of ammo I had been sold. They've fixed the ammo issues as far as I've experienced and others experienced.

The 7.5FK F5 ammo is a pretty heavy hitter and at 40yds put craters in a 3/8" steel target. For reference, M855 makes a similar crater at 100yds from my 18" AUG.

Put a Trijicon RMO6 3.25 on it and zeroed at 25yds per FK instruction book and it shot a little high an left at 100yds. I am not a spectacular pistol shooter, kinda meh but not terrible and at 100yds I can make hits 50/50 on a 2/3 sillouhette unsupported. The trigger is comparable to something like the geissle G2S trigger, a decent 2 stage, nice break and a shorter reset than I had on my CZ 75B. The grip does not really feel oversized either, pretty decent.

The 9mm conversion is hilarious, federal HST 124 +p is so little recoil it's ridiculous. I can run a plate rack faster with 124 +p in the FK than I could with a mild 115 load out of my 75B.

Here's the bad,

The gun needs cleaned pretty frequently, mostly for reliability with the 9mm conversion. As it gets dusty and dirty on dry windy days it will fail to lock back on last round and start stove piping. Replacing the tungsten weight with a lighter place holder would probably help with that a little bit. I weighed the slide on a freon scale accurate to .5oz and the FK slide and weight are almost heavier than the bolt and recoil rod/spring in a CZ scorpion Evo.

The 7.5FK ammo is $1.50/rnd. I guess you could argue that it is essentially "match grade" or "high performance" ammo not unlike rifle ammo. If you compare it to a similar 300 black out round, it's not entirely out of line for either a reliable 95 grain jacketed hp (S95) or 95 grain solid copper HP (F5). And the F5 round IS comparable to a 8" 300 blackout shooting super sonic ammo in the 100-110 grain class.

The older 7.5FK ammo is unreliable, but so far the new stuff is spot on and performs as you'd expect 1.50/rnd ammo to perform.

Aftermarket is still lacking. The best place I've seen for holsters for the gun is from Falco. Haven't seen any other holsters that I've been happy with yet.

I've enjoyed the gun immensely and think it's worth the price of admission personally. There is also a 10mm auto/40S&W conversion. I don't have it but plan to as soon as it's in stock.

Man I wish theyd do Scorpion Evo in 7.5FK! I been seriously considering grabbing up a CMMG Banshee 10mm and throwing a 9x25 Dillon barrel on it. 7.5FK or 9x25 Dillon would be the ultimate PDW rounds IMO... pretty much .30 Carbine performance in a shorter barrel.

 

[Carlos Danger]

My deer gun with new Hogue grips......

 

[Forgetful Coyote]

DW Valor with all the parts torn out, rebarreled to 9x23, all new internals, Bar Sto barrel, roll trigger, DLC finish.

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What loads you running in the 9x23? Its a fckn amazing pistol round

 

[cas6969]

Since we're posting barely handguns..

That barrel was a disappointment, I just stopped shooting it before I ever figured it out.

(shocked to see that target is almost 20 years old now, good lord. At some point I ditched the cursed Duo ring mount, put a better scope on it... and don't think I ever fired it. Honestly I'm not even sure where it is. lmao)

 

[strikeeagle1]

Smith & Wesson 4" 6-shot Model 48-4 (Fourth & last Model iteration) K-22 Masterpiece .22 M.R.F. (Magnum Rim Fire) caliber, pinned & recessed cylinders, mfg in 1980. Case colored hammer & Trigger. Never fired outside factory.

 

[bonifacio]

Gang gang!

 

[sboone]

Man I wish theyd do Scorpion Evo in 7.5FK! I been seriously considering grabbing up a CMMG Banshee 10mm and throwing a 9x25 Dillon barrel on it. 7.5FK or 9x25 Dillon would be the ultimate PDW rounds IMO... pretty much .30 Carbine performance in a shorter barrel.

I don't think the Evo frame will handle 7.5fk personally, a blowback subgun in 7.5fk would need such a heavy bolt and spring that it would be impractical IMO. The Sig MPX would probably be a better option being a piston operated subgun.

But may as well update since it's been a few months now. I ran the PSD as my side arm for Kalashnicon with the 9mm conversion in it and it did very well. We messed around and shot the 7.5FK out to 300 yds. The drop was about 30", we were shooting a at 12x24" target and were holding a little over 1/2 target high for hits. If a guy were to work with it and be competent, there's no reason it won't keep up with any SBR in the 8-10" range as a PDW. The 9mm conversion is breaking in really well and haven't had any issues with it in recent memory since shooting KCON at the end of May. It's starting to cycle standard 115 grain stuff fairly reasonably. 9mm will feed from the 7.5FK magazines as well. Occasionally the 7.5fk mags have issue with 9mm not feeding reliably, but for just having extra mags at the range to play with they are plenty good.

Worth the price of admission IMO. Waiting for 10mm conversions to come in stock on the FKUSA website.

 

[MJBrooks]

My new G43X arrived yesterday

 

[gp52555]

Jovino custom S&W 25-2 45ACP

 

[MikeinTexas]

^that is pure sexy

 

[strikeeagle1]

Stumbled upon this handsome new-in-the soft case H&K MARK 23 .45 “KI” date code (1998) with Maritime finish. It’s just a little bit lighter than Desert Eagle .357 and essentially same profile. Only HK model with right hand threads for the barrel. Completes my HK .45 bullpen for now.

 

[Longshot231]

My Father's revolvers. Top: S&W Model 19. Bottom: S&W Model 17.

 

[strikeeagle1]

^^ He was a worthy care taker of fine gun art!

 

[07SGT4623]

wife’s cousins Father in law passed away, MIL wanted guns out if the house most went to the local gun shop for consignment, this one ended up in my hands

 

[pmclaine]

Funny you should mention that. I don't know shit about 3 gun.

But I know quite a bit about USPSA, being both a competitor and a Range Officer. 99% of the war belts I've seen are not legal in USPSA starting with the stupid leg strap, then with the holster that's way too low, and ending with way too much lateral offset on the holster.

But other than that, they're swell. For those who like to play Army dress-up.

They have their place.

Favorite is a two belt system Velcro loop inner with Velcro hook lined outer and typically of standard belt dimensions.

Super solid and plenty of real estate, easy to don/doff.

Than you find yourself in rain or weather and you find yourself wearing rain pants or a skirted shell and you wonder how do you mate your belts without having rolls of fabric become an impediment to gear access or return.

Than a war belt with suspenders shines even if you lose some of the "rigidity" of your gear system.

One is One.

I like having options.

 

[DubfromGA]

G40MOS 10mm for hunting.

G19 for carry, truck gun, home defense

 

[DubfromGA]

P229 & NHC TRS-C

double & triple taps are easy....the P229 grip real estate is about as cramped as I can go for fast shooting. The TRS-C is sweet. I need to get an RMR on it and really wring it out.

 

[DubfromGA]

EDC .45 commander.

 

[DubfromGA]

Taken on a recent range day.

The P DPO remains my favorite gun to shoot.....period. The smith at Staccato did a couple tweaks to it and made a solid gun even more perfect for me. On this range session I was running 170mm mags for the first time. Zero trouble.

Carry gun that day was a Springfield SA-35.









Came out of the holster with the Springfield for starting the session. I prefer a cold jump on the carry gun. It ran really well....fast recovery.
The 2011 ran like it typically does....fast and accurate. The gun is a bread 'n butter performer.

 

[DubfromGA]

Another carry .45

 

[DubfromGA]

My most carried gun (after the little P365 pocket rocket) is this .45 Baer UTC

 

[DubfromGA]

Hawks & Baers

 

[DubfromGA]

Another daily carry gun....EDC X9












Cleaned & lubed beside it's cousin, X-TAC Elite

 

[pmclaine]

You sir have a predisposition to make poors feel envy.

What are you overcompensating for?

Only takes one 1911 to correct for small penis.

 

[DubfromGA]

Pocket carry back ups. I remain impressed with the performance, capacity, sights and trigger of that little P365. Sig hit a home run with these.

Both the J-frame & the Sig ride in the same DeSantis Superfly pocket holster.










Occasionally I will carry my late wife's Ruger. She'd probably laugh at me doing so. I think of her laughing quite often. She had the biggest smile that made everything okay in the world.

 

[DubfromGA]

You sir have a predisposition to make poors feel envy.

What are you overcompensating for?

Only takes one 1911 to correct for small penis.

53 years old.....son is graduating this semester with his masters...job offer in hand.....no college debt.

Drive a 5 year old Tacoma that I hope to drive for many more years.

Don't drink, don't smoke......pretty boring dude....just work crazy long hours and recover on my days off.


Guns are my only vice. Mainly handguns....those I can enjoy at the nearby indoor range.

You'd likely laugh at what I'm going to be using on the rifle ranges. Budget was cut there, fo sure.

Hoping to resume hunting this season.....and then in the offseason have some fun at the rifle ranges seeing if I can hit steel at distances you guys do with ease.....but for me they are foreign distances. I'm used to hunting shots of 200 yards or less...usually way less.

Looking forward to long range lobbing range fun after deer season ends.

I have so much to learn that it's not even funny. The challenge will be fun.....especially as I'll be rolling my own loads.

 

[pmclaine]

53 years old.....son is graduating this semester with his masters...job offer in hand.....no college debt.

Drive a 5 year old Tacoma that I hope to drive for many more years.

Don't drink, don't smoke......pretty boring dude....just work crazy long hours and recover on my days off.


Guns are my only vice. Mainly handguns....those I can enjoy at the nearby indoor range.

You'd likely laugh at what I'm going to be using on the rifle ranges. Budget was cut there, fo sure.

Hoping to resume hunting this season.....and then in the offseason have some fun at the rifle ranges seeing if I can hit steel at distances you guys do with ease.....but for me they are foreign distances. I'm used to hunting shots of 200 yards or less...usually way less.

Looking forward to long range lobbing range fun after deer season ends.

I have so much to learn that it's not even funny. The challenge will be fun.....especially as I'll be rolling my own loads.

I found W231/HP-38 to be an all around forgiving powder that meters perfect in a Dillon.

I run it in 148 hbwc for my 52-2, which also run in my .38/.357, it runs in 9mm and .45ACP.

Dirty as fuck but one can for all.

 

[DubfromGA]

I found W231/HP-38 to be an all around forgiving powder that meters perfect in a Dillon.

I run it in 148 hbwc for my 52-2, which also run in my .38/.357, it runs in 9mm and .45ACP.

Dirty as fuck but one can for all.

The powders that I'm best supplied with are W231 & HP-38 and TiteGroup (9mm & .45acp....the bulk of what I shoot).

After that it's H110 & W296 (.44mag hunting loads).

A couple other handgun powders and a few rifle powders.


The bitch of it is that almost all of my rifle powders are substitutes for what I used back when I used to reload 15+ years ago. Hoping some of them will be good substitutes. Example: Will be using Staball6.5 & Shooter's World SW4350 to cover mid-velocity accurate target loads in 6.5CM and higher velocity accurate hunting loads for .270Win.

Working with what is available.


The personal timing is right for me to get back into it.......but the market circumstances sure as hell aren't.

 

[DubfromGA]

Best 25 yard, 5 shot group I’ve ever done. View attachment 7851388

Please tell me that was from a Ransom Rest.

That is some super tight shooting

 

[PBWalsh]

Please tell me that was from a Ransom Rest.

That is some super tight shooting

Nope, standing 2 handed shooting.

Couldn’t pull that off on demand though. Total (happy) fluke.

 

[DubfromGA]

Nope, standing 2 handed shooting.

Couldn’t pull that off on demand though. Total (happy) fluke.

Much respect !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Downzero]

“ I don’t get the war belt thing”
It’s probably because he shoots three gun or USPSA…

Uh, no. Such people would be laughed off the range at a real competition.

 

[crackerbrown]

Recently got this S&W Model 1955, 25-2. In .45acp, put 150 rounds through it yesterday and an absolute joy to shoot.

 

[OldSF MJT]

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Top right corner: High Standard 9-shot .22 revolver! I had one of the newer versions, the HS Camp Gun in .22 Mag. Dollar-for-dollar, probably the best-shooting revolver I’ve ever owned. The thing was as accurate as the day is long and it had an amazing single-action trigger pull - crisp, almost no over-travel. I loved that thing!

For better or worse, my younger son liked the thing about as much as I did. Kept asking me to sell it to him, or at least leave it to him in my will. Finally, some years back, after he’d had it ‘borrowed’ for quite some time, he had asked if I needed it back. I simply told him to keep it! Christmas had come early for him that year!

Old SF

 

[candyx]

I have a Sig P220 Dark Elite 45 but I feared it wasn't very good for self defense so I had to get the 9mm since my 45 can't blow out a lung like the 9mm does.....

 

[DubfromGA]

Carry gun last couple days.


P229 9mm

 

[remmynikon.308]

Top right corner: High Standard 9-shot .22 revolver! I had one of the newer versions, the HS Camp Gun in .22 Mag. Dollar-for-dollar, probably the best-shooting revolver I’ve ever owned. The thing was as accurate as the day is long and it had an amazing single-action trigger pull - crisp, almost no over-travel. I loved that thing!

For better or worse, my younger son liked the thing about as much as I did. Kept asking me to sell it to him, or at least leave it to him in my will. Finally, some years back, after he’d had it ‘borrowed’ for quite some time, he had asked if I needed it back. I simply told him to keep it! Christmas had come early for him that year!

Old SF

That one came from Gpa to Dad to me!

 

[308pirate]

53 years old.....son is graduating this semester with his masters...job offer in hand.....no college debt.

Drive a 5 year old Tacoma that I hope to drive for many more years.

Don't drink, don't smoke......pretty boring dude....just work crazy long hours and recover on my days off.


Guns are my only vice. Mainly handguns....those I can enjoy at the nearby indoor range.

I started competing in USPSA at your age. I would encourage you to give it an honest try.

It's a shitload more fun than blasting at the indoor range and, if you approach the sport the right way, it will drive your handgun skills to levels you never thought you could achieve.

 

[phantasm]

 

[DubfromGA]

I started competing in USPSA at your age. I would encourage you to give it an honest try.

It's a shitload more fun than blasting at the indoor range and, if you approach the sport the right way, it will drive your handgun skills to levels you never thought you could achieve.

When I get both knees and right shoulder replaced I am certainly wanting to give it a try.