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It takes practice to pick up the dot from a draw and of course shooting with both eyes open. But once you figure it out it's a good option for a guy with vision not what it once was. I've been doing it for about five years now and I'd never go back to open sights again.

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So, as many of you know my Dad passed away August 8th. I am still going through the stages and that is a slow process. However, I had an interesting experience recently. 35 years ago my Dad’s boss gave me a beat up old Remington 510 Target Master single shot 22. Dad and I broke it down and cleaned it, completely stripped the stock and refinished it. I remember being disappointed when we found a crack in the forearm area. Dad told me not to worry as we could repair it. We spent several weeks sanding and prepping the stock. Dad even got the crack repaired well so it only showed a little. After refinishing I had that old gun for 2 or 3 years. I sold it and bought a Ruger Single Six at one point. I have regretted that for 35 years. For about the last 20 years I have been looking for another 510 so I could have one similar to it. I have found a few over the years but most had pretty bad barrels. One had an obvious bulge the dealer tried to put off as handling marks from being in a safe. So a week ago my son and I went over to Dad’s to be with Mom and help clean up a few things. While in town I ran by the local gun store as to me that is therapy. As usual I casually looked at the offerings in the racks. I spotted a Remington 510 on a rack towards the back. I picked it up and looked it over. As my son was looking at it I again told him the story of the gun (I am sure my sons are tired of hearing it). I told him I had been looking for one and he kind of gave me the “yeah, I know look”. As we were looking it over I told him about the refinishing and the crack. He turned it over and pointed to the forearm. Now comes the scary part. There is a crack that looks like the very one we repaired 35 years ago. As I look over the gun I get more and more memories of Dad and I working on it. Now as this model has no serial number there is no way I can be 100% sure but I would swear it is the exact gun I sold many years ago. Probably just silly thinking but as I do not go in that particular gun store very often I think Dad steered me there. I know it sounds funny and I have never had that feeling before but as I said it is the scary part. I like to think Dad is looking down and smiling, knowing that my kids and grandkids are going to help me refinish that old single shot. I can’t think of a better way to get my Grandkids into shooting and the joy of working on guns. Hug the ones you love and say what needs to be said now. You will never forget all of the things you wished you could have said. Thanks for letting me ramble on folks! I just needed to get that off my mind.

The easiest is probably the MOS Glock. I don't have one nor do I have any experience with them. I started carrying an RMR prior to the MOS Glocks coming out. Sending a slide off to get milled is easy and I bet the difference in price between buying a new MOS gun and a used Gen 3 + milling the slide is about the same. I sent both of my slides to One Source Tactical and they did a very good job with the milling. I don't agree with some of their business practices so I will not be sending any more slides their way, but that is completely unrelated to the milling they performed on my slides. The red dot is very practical. I chose the RMR for it's durability and the reputation Trijicon already had for the RMR on pistols. I've also already sent my RMR back to Trijicon for service. It took over three years of use to have an issue. The upgrades Trijicon made to my sight make me believe it will last well past three years this time. I think it is very practical for a number of reasons none of which have anything to do with being one of the cool kids. #1 Your eyes can't focus on more than one thing at the same time. I demand to be able to keep my eyes focused on the threat and deliver accurate fire while moving. The red dot enables this better in every way than iron sights. #2 If my glasses come off my head I'm still combat effective. Note however that I'm far sighted. I'm not sure how a near sighted person would be effected, but I can only imagine the dot would be better than iron sights. #3 I'm more combat effective at night with a red dot. You may note that there is a significant amount of night in every 24 hour period. #4 Long distance shots (whatever "long distance" means to you with a pistol) are now easier with less practice for proficiency. #5 The dot is slow to pick up if you look of the dot. If you draw and look for your sights it is automatically in view. #6 I never turn my dot off and I normally don't use the auto brightness setting and I regularly get a year or more out of my battery. #7 I keep a spare battery and an allen wrench in my grip just in case my battery goes out. I need to order some extra screws to keep in there as well. #8 This is starting to get to be a reach, but racking the slide administratively is much easier with the RMR. It becomes a handle. In a one handed situation it is a big handle that I can rack the slide off of anything with. A wall, my belt, my boot, a car, the floor, the table...etc The RMR does not care what you hit it on. Other things usually care more about being hit with it. There are also some cons to using a red dot. #1 You are changing the slide mass and that might require some tuning. #2 Holster options are reduced. #3 The emitter on the RMR is exposed and drizzle is my biggest concern. Rain is surprisingly not that big of a deal because it flows off the glass and drains out the holes. Drizzle just kinda sits on the glass. I use lots of Rain X. #4 It's expensive #5 It's harder to sell a milled gun. I've never tried to sell one of my milled guns, but I can only imagine the number of buyers is less than for a stock gun. #6 It is ever so slightly larger for concealment. For AIWB I don't think it is a big deal. If someone see's your gun printing a little bit and says something, you just tell them it's a colostomy bag and they need mind their business. Add cuss words to make your point stronger if required. That's all I can think off at this time. If you are near Clarksville I'd be willing to let you shoot my gun before you take the plunge because it is a big investment.

Everything about this post is spot on. Many interwebnet +1s to you, sir.

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Haaaaaaaallllllllelujah it's fixed! Thank you to the powers that be!!!

The VA clinic in Chattanooga has helped several friends of mine with PTSD. I can confidently say they are more than capable of meeting his needs. If he needs someone specifically to talk to I know some people I can ask.

I had the opportunity to test a few options at work, not really a fan - its almost like using ghost rings on a gun, but theyre definitely cool for dudes who have bad eyes. I tried them out on a Suarez slide and a MOS Slide. I know shops out there will charge you a ton for doing something you can do yourself with the right tools - not everyone has access/know how. The Suarez was cool since it had milled serrations and porting, and a sleek design so you kind of get your money's worth - Im not into the look Id prefer the MOS since it looks like a Glock and comes with different plates and adapters. The cheapest would be doing it yourself though, so between buying a whole gun, a slide or paying to have it milled Im sure youd go option 3. I couldnt speak to the feasability of carry - Id just hate to smash it on something and then you are out of your optics.

No raining on the parade here, that's why this thread was started, to put it out there and get ideas. That's a thought that hasn't been considered.

I'm thinking the welds will be butt welds and some plug welds. The plug ones probably won't be that hard to do if they get the penetration right. The butt welds on relatively thin material is going to be somewhat of a challenge for inexperienced welders. Not raining on your parade here, but everyone is going to want a nice looking piece when they get done. Maybe there isn't much of that welding that needs to be done? As you stated before this will not be a snap together AR style project. With the build parties I've been involved, AR, AK and 1919, every builder has sort of their own pace so rather than grouping builders you might consider setting up workstations for the different processes.

In ways I really like that wallet a lot! However, it seems to be RFID blocking, which most would consider good, but then my work ID will no longer open doors:) Also, the metal looks rigid. If I carried it in my front pocket this wouldn't matter. I wouldn't mind trying it but the metal may not be as comfortable in the back pocket as the Magpul one is as it is flexible. Hopefully the "smaller wallet" conversion will go well for me.

Pics or it didn't happen. Even if it IS just another boring Glock, haha! :-)

Lmao! The pistol reloading issue has resolved itself for now. I picked up a 10mm so I don't have to concern myself with the Super any longer. Thankfully. Sent from a mountain somewhere, using telepathy.

Yes, as stated everyone would be doing the bending and welding of their flat. I was thinking that it would probably be best to set it up where there are two groups that are working on different aspects at the same time, and then swapping tasks. My other thought was getting some plate steel that's the same gauge as the flat and cutting it into strips. Bend those to 90 degrees and let people practice the weld on that before moving on to the flat.

The only gun to ever cut me was a brand new 870 I had for two weeks last year. The bolt release had a razor edge and sliced my finger open the first time I racked it. I hit it with a file, but remain disappointed. Poor casting of the receiver saddened me as well. The last two Remington rifles I've touched, a 2 yr old 700 in 7mm mag and a new 770 in 270 both have sticky chambers, requiring beating the bolt open. The 770 actually had a better trigger than the 700. I have factory polymer pistols with cleaner, lighter triggers than that 700 did. I'm just not a fan. I'm glad some are, because all the factory workers need someone to buy their stuff.

I had to tell Monkey. He's super excited to get it! Especially after the videos you posted earlier!

I've never used 2400, h110 and accurate #9 fan for loads in that powder application. H110 wouldnt run in the small case and doubt 2400 would be ideal. Tried HS6 and prefer longshot for warm 45acp to 460 rowland range. Plenty of info on Hodgdon's site so not sharing since i am loading in that range. I see a lot of 800x and alliant power pistol loads on other boards. I saw a few of your other posts. My o2. i've ditched a few 10mm's to play in the 45 acp loadings. Bullet selection is easier to find. Heavy hard cast .40 caliber bullets expensive and harder to find; if you shoot a lot. 10mm with option of 9x25 dillon would be the only reason i would avoid 45 auto load options if i could only have one. Stay locked up through powder burn and play it safe until you find what your pistol of choice prefers.

No love, not because they screwed up the first one but because the second one isn't much if any better. They would still have a crappy gun, but I think they would have taken a lot less flack for it if it was just a modern pistol not a remake of a classic. That is what bothers me the most about it. It would be like colt taking the m1908 hammerless and making it a polymer frame 9mm. Even if it was flawless, it's still wrong. They took the 1st version debuted it before it was ready. They recalled them and refunded money, not bad. But the second version is almost the same thing, quality isn't where it should be. As far as the 870 and 700, a 2016 production vs a 1970s production is almost as different as a pre-64 vs post-64 Winchester model 70 or 94 or a Winchester 1912 vs 1300. Remington's quality simply isn't where it used to be, and I blame that on them being owned by a large corporation conglomerate with bean counters.

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You can live in a million dollar house. Drive a hundred thousand dollar car. After you are gone you will not be remembered for these things, but touch someones heart and be remembered for ever. Your Dad will be remembered for ever. Thanks so much for sharing your memories of you Dad and congrats on finding the rifle.

I'm not really looking for a plinking load, that's what factory acp is for. I'm looking for 'help, help, there's a grizzly tearing into my chest cavity' loads. Sent from a mountain somewhere, using telepathy.

She's been putting up videos for years. I guess she enjoys playing to keep doing it, but you sure can't tell by looking at her.

We tried to use it a couple of years ago, but found a better deal on a slightly used car. The process is pretty simple, but only certain dealers participate. In our case, we were buying a Lexus, and the closest dealer was in Atlanta.