ahh thank you for the links BTW are the sales through gunbroker reliable too? Whenever I buy anything over $100, I get paranoid
ahh thank you for the links BTW are the sales through gunbroker reliable too? Whenever I buy anything over $100, I get paranoid
Find a local dealer, see if he can order it...if not ask if he does FFL Transfers and for how much. Over $25-30 is rape IMHO.
http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=sr1911
Hope you've at least shot a .45 and know what to expect, I always preach 9mm for a first gun if you have never shot anything before.
I've also had a lot of transactions through gunbroker without issue. Just pay attention to the feedback score, but I have always had good luck (use common sense, and use credit cards/USPS Money Orders).
It's like ebay, you're bound to run into an idiot sooner or later but a lot of the listings are from dealers and not individuals.
A full size 1911 .45 is a very easy gun to shoot. .45 is a relatively "slow" round, it's not nearly as punch as .40 or even 9mm.
I've also had a lot of transactions through gunbroker without issue. Just pay attention to the feedback score, but I have always had good luck (use common sense, and use credit cards/USPS Money Orders).
It's like ebay, you're bound to run into an idiot sooner or later but a lot of the listings are from dealers and not individuals.
Got my receiver extension/buffer and stock in today. Almost lost an eye to the buffer retainer - didn't get the tube screwed in quite enough and it flew out. I definitely feel like I need a vise for tightening the castle nut - the wrench keeps slipping off.
Tension doesn't hold it in place. You either stake the castle nut to the endplate or use some loctite.
FWIW, I've never had them back out enough to worry about.
Yeah, I don't think I really want to stake it. I may be swapping out my endplate for one with a loop or QD mount and "unstaking" seems annoying. I'll pick up some blue loctite if it gets loose.
Yep.
Ok. So if you've got it tightened down correctly, it shouldn't be able to back out.
Nut keeps the end plate from sliding up the buffer tube. End plate tooth keeps the buffer from turning.
ahh thank you for the links BTW are the sales through gunbroker reliable too? Whenever I buy anything over $100, I get paranoid
FTFY!
Yep, now that I think about it, you're right. Thanks for your help/input on everything. Just waiting for my PSA upper and MBUS sights to ship while figuring out if I want to buy a scope now or wait. Need to pick up a few hundred rounds of ammo, a bore snake, an ammo can or two, and maybe a nice Pelican case as well.
Another poster said the same thing I'm going to: this works if you don't depend in your weapon for life and death. Over time it can cause the nut to loosen, which is why the military stakes it.
Did you ever decide what kind of scope you wanted?
Best thing I ever did was buy 1 each of the Chinese clone scopes until I figured out what I really liked.
Probably the Optisan Mumba. I thought about a cheap red dot (Primary Arms Micro Dot) with a magnifier, but it seems like a lot of people prefer the Mumba.
Whats better for stopping bad guys when they are close enough to spit on? 9mm, .40 or .45? Taking mag capacity into account in California of course. I can have 10 rounds of 9 or .40, but only 8 of .45 due to large bullets I presume. Will be buying defensive pistol.
I would go with a short shotgun, but I have a narrow hallway that I will need to function in without someone grabbing the end of the damn barrel and wrestling me for it.
Whats better for stopping bad guys when they are close enough to spit on? 9mm, .40 or .45? Taking mag capacity into account in California of course. I can have 10 rounds of 9 or .40, but only 8 of .45 due to large bullets I presume. Will be buying defensive pistol.
I would go with a short shotgun, but I have a narrow hallway that I will need to function in without someone grabbing the end of the damn barrel and wrestling me for it.