Posted on 01/29/2008 9:01:28 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
Those guns are all empty with open chambers if you notice. ;>) I checked before the photo.
THANK YOU for doing that. This is where the $$ goes. We regularly have 20 and sometimes up to 35 UCSB and Westmont students up to Winchester Canyon Gun Club for our events.
I was the same in an OC kind of way, carried the P-229 on duty and the Glock 32 off. Also had various backups.
If you look closely you’ll see the chambers are empty and open . I’ve gotten this comment before.
The grip safety on the XD seems like a good idea too. We’ve been in contact with Springfield and they have been very good to us. Sent us a box of hats and other gimmes for the kids. Picture this. Cute UCSB coed (and if you’ve been there you know what I’m talking about;>) wearing her XD baseball cap to class. Heh.
Thank you.
I could tell, the cylinder was a bit out and the chambers were visible. It’s a 625, right?
Dear RKV:
I wish I could tell you, but I haven’t shot an XD. I’ve seen some people shoot them in matches, and they like them, but I have no first hand experience.
I do like the M&P trigger much better than a Glock’s, and I’ve been told that a non-professional can file the sear and make it even better.
I don’t think you could go wrong with the M&P. The interchangeable grip swells are great. I have an average size hand, so I have settled on the “medium.”
Let me know what you decide.
P.S. Is that a UC Santa Barbara sweatshirt? Do THEY have a pistol team??
That's why we bought it. My wife has small hands. The single stack was just the ticket.
Yep. I had the trigger worked on and it is a sweet gun. Even the young ladies can shoot it well. This one has the 5 inch barrel.
This is caused by differences in tolerance in factory production at the time the barrel locking lug is molded into the plastic receiver. If it's too low, there will be a lot of sloppiness in the action. If the block is molded in too high, the reliability of cycling will be affected;
1. If the locking lug is molded in too low, that means that the 'loose' barrel will not always be returning to zero after each shot and you might notice a pretty wide variance in vertical stringing of shots downrange.
2. If the locking lug is too high, the 'tight' barrel may fail to reliably feed round and extract cases and cause 'stoveipe' jams.
This was a problem that afflicted a lot of 1st and 2nd generation Glocks and all first-production manufacturers who delivered plastic receivered handguns. The problem is still out there in all synthetic pistols. One shooter may have a problematic Glock/S&W/Hk compared to his friend's otherwise identical model and the inaccuracy or finicky cycling of the 'bad' pistol may cause the shooter to go crazy trying to determine what's wrong.
The issue is easy to check for: Before buying a plastic pistol, make a safe gun and press down with your thumb on top of the barrel breech. It should depress a bit, but only by about the thickness of a new playing card. A coated fresh business card ought to do the trick if you lay the card on top of the barrel breech and press down hoping that the surface of the card and the rear of the slide will be flush when depressed. Any more or less than that, ask your dealer for another pistol until you find one that's flush.
I've seen Glocks where three business cards would fit before the top of the barrel breech was flush with the slide, and other where there was barely enough room for the card to sit on the barrel breech without feeling a 'lip' on the card brushing my thumb across the top of the slide.
A super high quality gunsmithed barrel like the ones available from KKM Precision will eliminate these problem, but cost you about half the purchase price of your Glock to make it shoot through donut holes at 50 feet. They sure don't typically shoot like that out of the box, but can definitely be made to do so with some investment.
I’ve got one of the Miculek jobs and a 1959 model 25 that was shortened to 4” for a LEO, got a trigger job, and still has the “Coke” stocks. Both could outshoot a Kimber gold match I had.
SWEET!
Old Smiths, Browning A-5’s and Winchester 12’s are my vices.
Yep on the Model 12s. I have a 1955 vintage in 20 that means quail is what’s for dinner in our house. Heh.
I’m one of those odd 16 gauge folks...
Do you have the M&P40 or the M&P40 Compact?
Absolutely, bullet setback upon repeated chambering is a significant risk factor that is difficult to diagnose after the gun explodes.
Of course, if those are expensive Cor-Bon rounds or the like, this gets expensive. On the other hand, you should shoot hundreds of rounds with your carry round, to be CERTAIN you gun doesn’t have trouble with them.
How old is you HP?
I bought mine back in 1980, and its feed ramp is a little steep, so other than full ball 115gr ammo, it doesn't feed very well. I suppose I should have had a smith take a look and mod the ramp long ago.
Now my Browning BDM on the other hand, has a voracious appetite and eats just about anything I've tried.
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