patient0zero is an LAPD D platoon member but somewhat ironically his primary is/was a Benelli SG.Originally Posted by DanM
patient0zero is an LAPD D platoon member but somewhat ironically his primary is/was a Benelli SG.
Last edited by OldRunner/CSAT Neighbor; 05-06-2020 at 04:12 PM.
I chat with Brad quite a bit
He’s a truthful guy and seems perplexed to hear an issues with newer guns
Just curious what is it coated in? That thick Vaseline looking stuff that comes on some old surplus Russian guns?
Seems like that is kinda sensitive for a proclaimed duty ready gun. But I may be off base here.
I'm certainly not from Metro, but I have asked around about the Metro 5". What I have been able to discern is P frame with longer dust cover, and DVC slide. If you ever watch one fire, it cycles "sloooooow".
Duke, maybe Brad could tell you if I'm full of shit or not, but that is all the info I can find.
"And for a regular dude I’m maybe okay...but what I learned is if there’s a door, I’m going out it not in it"-Duke
"Just because a girl sleeps with her brother doesn't mean she's easy..."-Blues
I do find it interesting they specifically say no RMR on 5” 9mm. Hmm.
A few other custom makers say this is odd as the RMR is light enough it shouldn’t be a Factor with correctly lightened slide
Actually Adam at atlas guns works said “thats fucking stupid. It only weighs an ounce....”.
But I’m no engineer or gunsmith. Just a marginally proficient trigger puller that wanted to love these things
When I asked Jim Garthwaite about building me a 9mm 1911, he said, "Sure, I'll build you a HiPower".But, seriously, he said if I wanted a 9mm, he would recommend a commander, as the slide mass is less, and the cycle stroke/speed would match the 9mm batter
Got to be what the Janitor posted. That 5" looks like it's right on the ragged edge of cycling.
To put it in context, it's slower than my wife picking out shoes.
"And for a regular dude I’m maybe okay...but what I learned is if there’s a door, I’m going out it not in it"-Duke
"Just because a girl sleeps with her brother doesn't mean she's easy..."-Blues
Years ago, a huge part of the Springer PRO aura was the fact that civilian guns were exactly the same as agency guns. Aside from the first few with the "FBI" serial numbers, it was said that the builder didn't know where that particular gun would go, and built it with the same care as if it were to go to an agent. I hope that STI doesn't have a different set of build parameters for agency pistols, since they are marketing them as duty ready. Plus, they're not cheap like factory guns
Jim even went so far as to discuss types of thumb safeties, and if I had a tendency do rub the slide with my thumbs. He said even those small things could upset a 9mm 1911.
Wilson's 9mm sweet spot (IMHO) is a bushingless 4" with the whole slide tri-topped. Presumably to maintain slide velocity
Yeah, from the conversations you and I have had, and my own research, I would takes Jim's words as gospel, like straight off the mountain engraved on stone tablet gospel.
"And for a regular dude I’m maybe okay...but what I learned is if there’s a door, I’m going out it not in it"-Duke
"Just because a girl sleeps with her brother doesn't mean she's easy..."-Blues
That sounds right.
But it also the reason I loathed my edc X9.
9mm recoil. Yes of course not so bad. But for the weight of the gun it seems snappier than I expected. The grip shape for me made it about as easy to hang onto as a bar of soap
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