my new gun!

[GtoRA2]

 


V-10, Stainless Steel
Caliber: .45 ACP
Capacity: 6+1  
Barrel: 3.5", 1:16
Sights:  Patented Low Mount
Sight Radius: 5.1875"
Size: 32 ozs., 7" overall length 32 ozs
Trigger Pull: 5 to 6 lbs.  
Magazines: 2

I registered it last night and can pick it up in ten days. I have had it on lay away for 30 days since California will not let you buy more then one concealable gun in a 30 day period (lame).

I shot it last night! way cool, but I need more practice lol.

[Ripsnort]

Nice! Whad that set ya back?

[GtoRA2]

Bah 750$

But I have wanted it for years, my Girlfriend gave me 200 bucks as an xmas gift towards it also.

[GRUNHERZ]

I want a Baretta 92FS INOX... I really love the feel and balance of the 92s and I find them very accurate, not to mention they look cool

[Gman]

Very nice Springfield.

I take it since you are in CA you don't have a CCW permit, which is a shame, as that is perfect carry gun.

Hope it shoots well for you.



This was my X-mas present to myself, as my wife is from eastern Canada where guns are "bad", so she buys me sox instead.


Edit> Hey Grun, we have a few of those Beretta's as rental guns at my store, they typically break down and need to be sent back to the manufacturer before they hit 10,000 rounds.  I'm not sure what the trouble is with them, but we are shooting pretty light loads, so it shouldn't be because we are punishing them.  In contrast, we have 5 Kimber .45's that all have 30,000 plus rounds through them of factory FMJ ammo, and they have only needed minor attention at worst.  It's a shame too, as no other pistol fits my hand or is nearly as comfortable as the Berettas.

[GtoRA2]

Gman
 It shot really well for me last night, but the last 30 rounds or so it was not locking back on an empty mag and stove piped the last round a good 30% of the time.

I think it was cause it was way to oily, gun oil was running out of the back from the slide rails.

I am pretty sure when I clean it and oil/grease it properly it will be really good.

It shot as good as my sig when I was concentrating.

and yeah no CCW.

But I am hoping to move to WA in the next 5 years or so!

Is that an Ar-18? SAR-180? why is it blue?

[texace]

Here in Fort Worth, almost everyone who can own a gun, does own one. The most popular CW are little guns like that one. While they make great CW, it wouldn't stand up to what some Texans have as their CW. Some farmers have .44 Magnums in their glove compartment, and I've seen one instance of a sawed-off shotgun being used.

Everything's bigger in Texas, and that includes the firearms. I wouldn't be caught dead with a little gun like that if I had to be involved in a situation I'd have to use it. .45 ACP maybe, but I'd rather have a Beretta or a Sig.

Just IMO...

[GtoRA2]

I have a Sig 220 and in a way it has spoiled me for other guns.


It is a rock, and never fails.

The only trouble I had was when the mag springs wore out, after having them fully loaded for 3 years.

I had a colt mage go bad in 3 months.

This is mostly a fun gun, but if I do ever get a CCW the Sig is a little big, so I would prolly carry this one, or maybe spring for a sig 228, or the new smaller 220?

[beet1e]

Capacity: 6+1

Would that be 7 ? I see your arithmetic is improving - LOL!  

 - just kidding, just kidding -  Hope it makes you happy.

[GtoRA2]

I will explain.

The magazine( the part that holds the cartridges) holds six rounds.

The guns total capacity is 7, you can load one in the chamber.

Standard gun stuff.



The gun will not make me happy, my life in general does that! This just adds some fun.

[Dune]

Originally posted by beet1e
Would that be 7 ?

6 + 1 means that the magazine will hold 6 cartridges and 1 in the chamber.

BTW, nice pistol.  There is nothing nicer than a .45    I've got a Colt Officer's model that I really like.  Although nothing shoots as well as my Gov't model, but that's just how things are  

[beet1e]

LOL!  Yes, I know about "one in the spout", as Lazs puts it.

GTO, you mentioned something that I've been meaning to ask, but did not know enough about guns to phrase the Q.

but the last 30 rounds or so it was not locking back on an empty mag

I have been trying to figure that out - seen it in movies etc, which is the only place I ever see a gun out of its holster. What is happening when the mag is empty? Does that action simply open the weapon so that the empty mag can be removed and replaced?  I would have thought that if you were in close quarters with a threat that locking back on empty mag would give your foe a clear signal that you're out of ammo. Can you comment on this?

[Wlfgng]

45 all the way.  Nice pistola

[GtoRA2]

What happens is:

The magazine has a tab on the follower( the thing that pushes the rounds up) on the last round that tab pushes the slide stop up and locks back the slide.

Well thats the way it is on every auto I have ever fired.

and yeah it could be a bad thing, if the bad guy sees it, but he should be on the ground bleeding if you just went through 7 rounds.

The up side for it is, you drop the mag and load a new one all you have to do is hit the slide release or pull the slide back a touch and the pistol is ready to go again. This is faster then having to jack the slide back again.

I prefer it like it is.

Some rifles like the M-16 have a bolt locking feature that works much the same. So you can slap in a new mag and hit the latch and be ready to fire again.

The AK does not, lol so you have to pull the charging handle all the way back again after a mag change. (always thought that sucked)

[Gman]

Gtora, that is a Sig 550 rifle, it's blue because it is used for action shooting, and people like to do stupid stuff like that to their rifles/pistols (I'm the 2nd owner).

As for your problem, ya for certain make sure there is just a light, almost imperceptible layer of lubricant on all the surfaces and moving parts.  If you still have trouble, switch ammo and try that.  If that doesn't have an effect, you'll likely need a new mainspring.  

When a semi auto is not locking back on the last round, it is usually due to a magazine/slide release mating issue, OR in your case, when you are having stovepipe problems in addition to lockback trouble, it can also be ammo/spring related.