Jonnin

Glock triggers are pretty bad. Light pull, but longer, by design the trigger IS the safety so they made you have to pull it a very long distance before you get a bang -- this is true of every "safe" action design that I have picked up -- recognize these by the safety lever in the middle of the trigger. The CZ75 is a "typical" DA, a fine gun but the trigger isnt anything special.

Thats why I am asking. If you have not tried a single action semi-auto, you should before you toss away any more $$ at the problem. If that is what you want in a trigger, there are some inexpensive 9mm SA guns, mostly 1911 so they have goodly sized grips and frames and should be ok for larger hands. If you *know* you want a double action, that is fine, so long as you understand that they have sloppy triggers (this means you can pull on the trigger, and it moves, but the gun does not go bang, so you pull it some more, and after a bit, it finally goes off. Worse, many models have a bit of travel that is spongy and does nothing internally, then after bit the sear engages and the weight/pull resistance/etc changes in the middle which throws off your aim and takes a lot of getting used to). Again, most DA guns are, give or take a bit of slop, on par with the ruger you had or have (did you sell it??). The one you had/whatever is worse than average but not by all that much! Try it, go to a shop, pick up any DA semi-auto, cock the hammer, then test the trigger pull. Then try the same with any single action semi. It will really help you make a decison!

Pick one up at a store, feel of the trigger pull, see if you like it. If I remember this one, its a typical DA with a less than stellar (again, compared to a revolver or good SA auto) trigger and probably only marginally better than the one you just sold.

I feel bad about the ruger but last time you had a lower budget and it fit that requirement Ok, so talk to us. You have been on here talking revolvers, and now you say the ruger trigger pull is not so good (I agree!). In that case, have you fired ANY single action semi automatic pistol? Most double acton, "safe" action, and DAO guns have a garbage trigger unless you spend some $$$ or time or both getting it fixed (either doing it yourself or paying a pro). So, at this point I would like to steer you toward a 9mm 1911 clone, but I hesitate to do that without some feedback on your part. If you want a decent trigger, that is *close* to even an average revolver, this is the way to get there. In which case I would highly recommend the FEG 9mm "hi-power" up for sale in the current TGO for sale area. I am pretty sure its a single action, you will need to make sure of that, but it may be a good choice for you since you have to buy from an individual anyway...

As I said, was not 100% sure about the rules. And I didnt meant to imply you were recommending something illegal -- SBRs are legal after a tax/fee/whatever, just after a lot of hassle with that pistol I have discovered that the smallest thing can make a SBR by mistake if you are not aware of every detail and that its always best to double check every hardware mod against those rules. Since mine is 9 inch and pistol already, the most inane mods = SBR for me and I have to be ultra careful.

My pistol is sitting on a 9 inch barrel and even it is fine at 200 yards. It has a lower velocity so thats sort of the upper range I would trust it for hunting with 223 ammo, I have not tried 5.56 which probably gets a little more out of the gun. Point is, 16 inches should be plenty. The pistol is a 1/9 twist, and normally I shoot 55 grain rounds from it, usually at 100 yard mark. While 16 is plenty at 200, there may be other reasons to pick the other sizes... some research may be in order esp if you ever want to go out to 400, 500 yards instead. I dunno about that 14.5 barrel.... I thought (but double check it, I forget details at a very rapid rate) that under 16 made a SBR and all that hassle.

Ria does have a high cap model, but I dunno about a rail. With 1200 to spend, I cant stress enough taking a good month to choose, that can get you anything short of a custom or semi-custom built one.

Don't trust this. Oils CAN kill a primer, and probably will (murphy's law) if you try to fire the round at the range. If, however, you poured oil on it to kill it before being rough with it, the same rule (murphys law) says that the primer will go off. Nothing wrong with knocking out a live primer if you have to and are careful (safety goggles, etc, away from your powder and primers, etc..), just dont think that a drop of oil is sufficient.

IF he wants cheap, take a look at RIA, everyone who buys them says they are more than happy with those pistols. If he is willing to spend enough to get a sig, he has a LOT of options in the $750-1000 range, at that point its look & feel & whatever else is desired... so many models, so many different ways to do the same thing... take your / his time to decide if you are not going rock bottom cheap, so to get the right one for the person shooting it.

72859 - Finger Groove Insert Compact 1911 Govt Rubber Black Is an insert to add finger grooves to any normal grip. With that, you can use any of a few thousand officer model grips on the market. I like a very dark wood or black on stainless, light stuff looks off to me, or others like metal or plastic in a decent dark color or design.

I 100% am on the cop's side here. Whether they know it or not, a thug that is willing to harm somone with a weapon grabs a container that happens to have a gun in it, THEY HAVE A GUN NOW AND MUST BE STOPPED.

I am totally anti-tenure. Saw it as a student, as a kid all the way thru college. In college, one professor in my computer science department was still blathering on and on about 40 year old tech (punch cards?! in 1999?) in his classes. He got routine reviews from students about how horrible his classes were... and nothing was done, he had tenure. Same as a kid... the teachers with tenure have pets, grade based off how much they like the kid, teach their politics and opinions, fail to teach, they can get away with almost anything so long as they do not break the PC rules in class, and tenure protects them. Sure, better teachers should be paid more (actually, most teachers should be paid more anyway.. thats another story). Not because they have been in a school for 60 years, but because they are better, regardless of service time, age, or the like. Like ANY OTHER JOB, teachers should get a salary increase if they are doing a good job and for service time (at least a COL increase yearly). But they should never be granted a "you cannot fire me" pass, for any reason. No one in any other field should have such a pass either.... the entire concept is flawed beyond words. As for firing someone to avoid paying them... at any place, school or not, that is a choice management has to make... keep the person who is doing great and pay them more, or risk a new person who may or may not be any good but costs less. Its an economical decision. When it comes to education, then, the person doing the firing has to understand this. If whoever is in charge is on a very limited budget and told to cut costs, guess what they will do? If the person is told instead to make sure the kids come out with the best eductation, guess what they will do instead? WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THE MONEY is the one who is making the decision, whether thats voters or someone hired to do it or whatever. That is were any changes have to be made.. to the budget and the priorities.

This is true... the alternatives I gave were less gun for less money.

Ok, thanks! I will get in touch with them & see where it goes from here.

I will keep an eye out for ya. Trouble is most of the ones I see are on the KTOG & time you ship it... you know..

The barrel has .635 inches that take the brass part of the round (guess this is the chamber, technically), which will seat an empty round up to the rim and looks about "right". IMMEDIATELY after this, the rifleing starts! The rounds that work all have a nose that is narrow enough to slip past the rifleing. The ones that do not are rounds that widen up fast. The rounds that do not work cannot be forced by hand into the barrel, and the brass is seated about 1 mm past the rim; IE the brass does not go in because the bullet nose hit the rifeling and stopped it. The slide hammers the bad rounds into the rifleing hard enough that I cannot get them out by hand. This is not an uncommon problem, according to google. Something about this pistol being a clone of a CZ model and both of them have the issue, the solution is to try ammos until you find one that works. I can try to take pictures of all this if it helps. What say the experts? No .03 gap to be found... but with other folks having the same issue, doesnt seem like a special barrel.... ?

I didnt see one today, and I did a quick once-over since I was there shooting. But if you keep an eye out they do often have various KTs.

If the $300 ruger is still high, you can shave off a few $ to get a kel tec -- these have a HORRIBLE STRONG trigger that takes good hands to operate, but they are very inexpensive and the 9mm models are quite reliable (at the most you may need to polish up the feed ramp). I had a p-40 (the 40 caliber version of their 9mm series) and it was reliable and accurate if you were man enough for the trigger (I am not). I strongly recommend the ruger if you can afford it, the earlier models (p85, p89?) can often be had for 200-250 used. Of couse that scales, the used kel tech is cheaper still... Another inexpensive option is military surplus. A tokarov or cz82 or makarov can be had for around $200, though you will have to buy ammo online or at a gunshow. Makarov ammo is not bad, less than or equal to 9mm, not sure about the toks (and a lot of tok ammo is corrosive). The cz82 would be an excellent option for downright cheap, high capacity, reliable , etc. Again, nothing at all wrong with that ruger; I have a 85 and its rugged, reliable, and a very well made gun at a very reasonable price.

Come one down to chattanooga, its got a lot of train stuff. The railroad museum has rides and lots of goodness, and the national cemetary has the resting place of the andrews raiders, and the incline almost counts (it may or may not be of interest to you, but if you can ride it in the fall its a nice view of the leaves and such). The area also has daily commercial trains that you can get stuck in traffic watching at a variety of locations, all for free!

Its harder to find used 22 revolvers, IMO. They are out there, just not as common to see a good used .22 revolver as it is to find a large caliber one or a 22 auto. Its going to take some patience on your part or you may have to settle for what you can find rather than a specific brand/style. Hang in there, and 21 will be upon you before you know it. I hated that as a teen, my dad had a number of guns I could shoot anytime but they were all his, you know, and that is not the same! Try to be patient and you should be able to score a trade or something sooner or later, or at the worst, you can buy one in only a couple of years.

Every ruger single is a good gun, but its not double action its single acton... I have not fired one in .22 but I own a 44 and 357 and have fired others. Typically well made with a long barrel, accurately sighted in even with fixed sights. My only complaint is my 44 is a bisley and NO ONE makes a darn replacement grip for it, and the grip they put on it is sized for an 8 year old girl. Avoid the "bisley" models if you do not like the default grip!

There could be. The TSA can of worms opens up a lot of stuff. I don't think the search is unreasonable, as I said, but by having them do the search a variety of legal issues could be found. If invited in by the school, I dont see a interference charge, but conflict of interest is possible. They may have been smarter to get a couple of local LEOs to do it instead.

I did not know that! I will take a closer look at it, but this may well be the case. Does one have the barrel reamed out to a custom throat or adapt a load that works in the special barrel? Most important, have I or am I doing anything dangerous by using this gun if it has this type of barrel? Are there any markings to designate such a barrel that you know of? As an update #2, I made a few rounds using hardish lead 380 bullets (95 grain) that worked perfectly (thankfully load data for 9mm goes all the way down to 90 grain stuff). These bullets have a narrow round nose and the wider part is seated into the case, allowing them to fit into the chamber. They performed well, making a group similar to the above commercial ammo target (without the stray shot this time). Is there any long term issue with this approach? I will check the barrel tonight to see what I can about the rifleing/throat.

For this type of person... sigh ... yea a glock a solid thing to say due as they go bang without regular maintence. There are others that do the same, such as rugged milsurp pistols, but those often have hard to get ammo etc. that noobs should not have to deal with. Its as good a thing to recommend as any.

Hmm. Not related to your problem but if you carry the taurus, can shoot it well, and like the 45 platform, then that gun should be a keeper and your carry gun. I see no reason to downsize it to a 9mm to carry, I guess I do not see your logic. You have it, you will not sell it, you already carry it and are a good shot with it, sounds like a winner to me! As long as you have it, 45 will be one of your calibers and you can shoot this one instead at the range (better to shoot the one you carry anyway). You are not going to hurt it by shooting it, thats what it is for, and if you are worred about wearing out a gift, get another one (trade the xd for it?) or, think of it this way: what better way to honor a gift than to wear it out? I would much rather give someone a gun and have them shoot it to death than poke it in a safe and never use it. Back to your problem, I don't know what to say from there. I personally would insist on finding the problem, but that is just me -- it would drive me nuts to sell it without understanding the why. If it does not bother you and you have had enough, trade it in for another taurus or a different 45. If you like the 45 caliber, stick with it; without opening up the caliber war crap again I will just say the 45 has been proven to be quite effective. If you do decide to resolve the problem, getting someone who can shoot well to watch may be the fastest way to figure it out. If the shots are all over the place, I would (dont laugh) tape/tie-wrap/etc a laser pointer on the gun and then aim it and watch the light... or buy one of the ones that fits in the chamber for sighting purposes or borrow one. Its not a heavy gun, but is something about the grip etc making you "wobble" excessively? Edit: you have tried a lot of them.... maybe try a para LDA? I liked the way that gun feels, and as I HATE DAO guns, that is saying something!