Oleg, Mike, Joe.. yeah… they are all down in Vegas having an awesome time making the Broadsword look even more awesome…
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Ah… that’s much better…
I sold a 1911 to a fellow who wanted to install a set of Crimson Trace Grips. So that’s what I did. I offered 10 bucks to the fellow for his “old” grips. He took me up on it. So now my ATI Commander has a decent set of wood grips. Looks much nicer… what do you think?
Compare that to the old grips…
Also, the old grips were squared off at the bottom and the new ones have a nice beveled touch to it. Much much better.
Scouts (updated)
I’ve spoken before about Scout Rifles in general and some specifically. The biggest thing going right now is the Ruger Gunsite Scout. Now, just because something is big now, doesn’t mean it’s all that great, just inexplicably popular. Remember, last year a Snookie was pretty big… I don’t know what that is, but evidently it washed up on the shore in Jersey. It should probably be thrown back in… But I digress.
The Army’s New Carbine Competition
The US Army is going to hold a new Carbine Competition. This weapon will be replacing the M-4 Carbine. I suspect adoption will occur in 2013 or ’14… but the question is which gun is going to take it. All the major players are gearing up for this. Colt, HK, FNH, Remington, Beretta even has one, and Robinson will throw their XCR up again…. there will undoubtedly be others as well.
The most interesting one, in my opinion is the Remington ACR. I’d love to see that one adopted in 6.8SPC. The new Beretta looks awesome, but I think it looks a bit too delicate, and I but there is an accuracy issue with it. The XCR doesn’t interest me much… the SCAR didn’t make a whole lot of friends who were actually using it in combat and got its self de-funded. The Colt is just another AR type… and the future M4A1 is essentially just an M4 with a heavier barrel and ambi controls. If SHOT Show was any indication as to where the DOD Brass was… it was all around Remington. I think they are going to take it. I don’t see anyone else really stepping up and taking this one home.
There can be only One!
Something bad is happening… you have to go. Now. You grab one weapon… only one. What do you grab? I have a modest collection of arms, but I couldn’t grab all of them. I’d have to pick one. I suspect most of my readers are in the same boat. I’ll give you guys about 1 second to guess what my choice would be.
Beretta’s new 90-Two
Back in 2006 at the SHOT Show, I saw Beretta’s new 90-Two pistol. Forgive me for saying this, but I think the name is stone cold retarded. This is a different handgun than the 92, yet they are pronounced the same. Thank you Mr. Too Clever For Your Own Good… This is about as good of a name as the FN Five-seveN pistol, but at least the FN isn’t being confused with any other handgun. Brilliant move, Beretta.
Wheeling
Shooting those .44 Mags again today… really put the Wheel Gun itch back into me. Sure, revolvers have a limited supply of ammo on board. Sure, for most people, revolvers are slower to reload.
However, Revolvers have some other qualities that are big bonuses… They are not Ammo Sensitive like an Auto. An Auto has to fire ammo that is within a certain power range or they wont cycle. Revolvers don’t. You can shoot super light target loads, you can shoot super hot magnum hunting loads… all through the same cylinder without changing anything.
A nice day at the Range
When friends come out from Hill AFB and say they want to do some shooting – we go shooting. So Mike and Tony came out yesterday, and Tony picked up a nice Savage 10 FCP topped it with a 6.5-20×44 Vortex Viper. Mike brought out the finished Crusader Broadsword. Both guns needed to be zeroed, so today, we went to the range, including WTA’s Khorne.
Crimson Decision
We got in a demo display from Crimson Trace. Dummy guns with the laser grip on them. Just to see if they fit, I pulled the 1911 grips of the dummy gun and put them on my ATI Commander. They fit perfectly and the all black grips certainly looked a lot better than the strange wood grips. We came to the decision that they are made of Peckerwood. But we can’t confirm that. The all black look worked. I had been thinking of going with a nice redish colored wood, but now I’m thinking of doing the blackout routine with this gun. Plain, simple, all black… I like it.
But do I want to do the Crimson Trace grips? I know Crimson Trace laser grips have some distinct advantages. Anything that can help you get on target – advantage. Anything that could keep you from having to drop the hammer in a stress situation – advantage. $250 tariff, not such an advantage. That’s a heavy price tag. I don’t know if I want to spend that much on this gun. This is not my defensive gun… it’s a project gun. A tinker gun. I might just do those cheap Ergo Grips plastic things. After all, I have a set of those on my SIG TacOps, and it actually does very well. The Sig deserves better, but still… the grips work.
ATI GI 1911 Commander, an observation
As readers will know, last week I picked up a 1911 Commander from ATI. “American Tactical Imports“.
I remain impressed with the overall quality of the gun. It’s so far proven to be a great buy. At the time of purchase, and even since I had first seen them, I had only one complaint. The wood grips look like they are cheap plastic. Now I have another complaint.