With the popularity and cost of .22LR ammo, why does SA not have any .22LR handguns in production? Not even any .22LR versions of a 1911, XD series, Echelon series (this would be amazing), etc.
Seems like there's a missing market here.
I spent too much time searching Gunbroker last night for deals and found these. For anyone in Houston/Texas, there are two Houston Gun Collector Association Springfield 1911's w/consecutive serial numbers up on Gunbroker. Mid 90's, HGCA "1 of 400" roll marks, OEM cardboard boxes. As of this...
Well ****. I had put some bids up on last-minute items on Gunbroker, and one win slipped through for under $200. :)
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1122817149?a=1
Since I have big hands, I've already ordered the X frame (+$53) with the longer grip/same dustcover length and a couple of mags...
Remove it, sell it on eBay or your favorite gun forum, and put on the one you want. I get it, though. They catch my eye every time that package comes up and I already have the Competition model. :)
In person, that's probably a better deal than that same package online for marginally cheaper after shipping + ffl fee for the online one. They're great little guns - I see LOTS of them in M/GM hands in Steel Challenge.
Just re-wiped the oil mix on the Garand stock curing in my garage. This coat gets to sit two weeks before final wet sanding with the last coat, which will sit for three. Then she goes back together. Probably one or two more coats of Blue Wonder on the buttplate, too, since it was crappy...
Why? If you train to draw your gun (irons or optics) to where you're looking, you'll do this under stress with enough training repetition.
Why risk a miss, especially not knowing what's behind the assailant?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Park_Mall_shooting
Not advocating one way or the other (especially with two misses in a crowded mall food court), but it's not outside the realm of possibility depending on your personal convictions on why you carry and who you're willing to protect.
I'm...
At close range it won't matter. You don't look at the dot, you look at the target and put the dot on it. As long as you see red on the target where you intend to shoot, you're fine.
Asking legitimately, not making a joke: how's the trigger, especially the weight? Mine and several others at the range were way, way too heavy out of the box (worse than a revolver).
Is it still that way or has Springfield cleaned that up some?