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Fair enough. Reasonably priced Glocks have become pretty rare these days anyway. After I replied to this, I happened to noticed that lots of manufacturers have started to produce G3 slides since the last time I looked. I ended up ordering one, so I'm all set. Good luck with your search.

If you happen to find a complete Gen 3 G19 at a reasonable price, I'd probably split it with you. I would like to have the complete slide. It would have to be Gen 3 though. Good luck, Rusty

Found what I was looking for. Rusty

I've read through that several times now and I still don't know what it says... Their definition of "range" mentions "any other shooting activity", which would likely include air rifles. The only distances it gives seem to relate to ranges that are open to the public, so that wouldn't apply. Thanks, Rusty

I have the survey info, and plat map, and I should be well clear of the county right-of-way. Rusty

Thanks. That pretty much confirms what I've found as well. Nearly all were hunting, but one did state that it was never OK to shoot "across" a road, which is pretty obvious in most cases. These days I shoot mostly high end air rifles, so it won't matter for those anyway, but I do have some powder burners as well. Thanks, Rusty

Greetings, I can't really find a good place to put this thread, so I'll try it here. I'm setting up a shooting range at home, which is very rural. I already have the berm, and shoot pistols on occasion, but I want to clear a lane and put up a shooting bench for longer range shooting. The problem is that the bench will need to be located near (50ft maybe) a paved road, though of course shooting away from the road in a safe direction. I've heard of laws in some states that require any firearm discharge to be more than XX distance from a road, but I can't find any such law in TN. I figure I'll probably end up asking the local police, but I just want to try to do my homework before I do. Can anyone point me to any law in TN regarding this? Would it be more likely to be a state law, or local law? Thanks, Rusty

I was surprised Glock didn't include the MOS cutout in the Gen 5. Of course I'd also like to see threaded barrels available, particularly since they say the barrels aren't interchangeable with previous generations. I'm not sure that's 100% true, but Glock is way behind on threaded barrels anyway. Best I can tell, they made a summer special run of them a few years ago, then never made any more. If they make a Gen 5 MOS TB version, I'd be compelled to give it a try, mostly for the left handed slide stop, but I suspect I'll be sticking with Gen 4 for now. Cheers, Rusty

I only use Vihtavuori these days, because it's about as clean as powder gets. My 300BO shooting is 99% subsonic using N120 with heavier bullets, but I have loaded some Sierra 110gr Varminters with 16gr of N110. They chrono at about 2080 fps from a 16" barrel. Cheers, Rusty

I carry Underwood 200 or 220 grain hardcast. The G20 is fine with either, but the G29 prefers 200. The Buffalo Bore 220 showed some signs of instability when I tried it, so I stick with the Underwood. Cheers, Rusty

I recently ordered a Vortex Viper, which seems to be their latest compact offering. The dot isn't quite as bright at the RMR, and the whole unit appears to be much less robust, however it IS less than half the price! If you weren't already invested in RMRs, it's likely you'd be completely satisfied with it. I returned mine without ever mounting it, because all the pistols I currently have are milled for the RMR, and they are not interchangeable. Even though I'm fairly OCD about having things be the same, now that I have MOS models on the way, I might consider trying the Viiper on one of those. Cheers, Rusty

The Trijicon RMR is a really heavy duty piece of gear. I've used an RM07s on a G21, G20, G17, and G37, and I'm happy enough with it to use it as my only optic. My G29 and G38 slides are at OneSourceTactical for milling now, and I'm picking up a G19MOS and G17MOS next week. I've ordered a couple more RM07s as well. Yes, I like them :-) The only issue I've ever had with the RMR is that a couple of them have occasionally shut off. The fix seems to be cleaning the battery contacts, and tweaking the side contact a bit. I've never once found the contacts to be dirty, but I go through the motions, reinstall the same battery, and it works fine after that. Cheers, Rusty

I don't claim to be any sort of expert, but I have several RMRs, and they're all RM07s (6.5).  If you're goal is bullseye shooting, a smaller dot would be useful, but I haven't found the larger dot to be any problem.  It's not hard to visually center a larger dot on a typical target, and at normal handgun ranges (25 yards or less).    If you plan to shoot 100 yards, are you going to zero your optic for that distance, or just hold over using your normal zero.  If you're holding over, then the size of the dot won't matter, because it won't be covering your target anyway.  The only time I think I'd want a smaller dot is if I was going to zero it for long range, but I couldn't hit anything anyway, so I might as well stick with the big dot :-)   Rusty

FWIW, OST received my G37 slide on the 2nd, and shipped it on the 15th.   Cheers, Rusty

Every time this comes up, I hear the same phrases repeated- "answer looking for a question", "solution looking for a problem", etc.  If you think about when these were created, you will realize these statements are not correct.  Neither the SF frame nor the G4 frame existed when the GAP was introduced, and there was a HUGE difference in the size of the grip between a G3 G21/30 and the GAP frames.  It was very much a real problem, and the GAP was a real solution.    Of course that was then, and this is now.  From today's perspective, it's really hard to justify the GAP with the G4 frames being so much closer in size.  In retrospect, I wonder if Glock wishes they had just reduced the size of the 45ACP frames earlier instead of creating a new cartridge.  I'm sure there was some ego involved in having a "Glock" cartridge, but I won't be surprised if the GAP pistols are dropped from the lineup.  I hope they make a G38 G4 before that happens, but I'd bet against it.     I have the G21 G4, and the G37 G4 pistols.  I do slightly prefer the grip on the G37, even though I have fairly big hands.  The difference is small, and I'd have a hard time suggesting that anyone should buy a GAP pistol now, particularly if they aren't reloaders.    Cheers, Rusty