Acsr Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Was wondering what some of you have done to a trubor as far as customizing, slide cuts, popples, etc, please post your pics thoughts and insights. Have my evo grip ordered and flirting with a couple popple holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Slide racker Made grip thinner, lightened the slide, put in a 10 lb spring, lightened the trigger pull, grip tape, smoothed the mag well area to eliminate excess plastic, glued the grip screws so they don't loosen/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethl Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 . Gans lightened slide and 2 popples . In my opinion the popples made the gun shoot flatter, I lost around 40fps with them. Cant say enough good about Gans, Im interested in how you like you evo grip when you get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acsr Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) I will post up when I get it on, I have been flirting with the 2 popple hole, just not wholly committed yet, never fired a gun with either, none around here with either setup. I just know once I drill there is no going back, where the grip is a easy change and sell, although I think I will love it. Tell me more about how well 5y like the popple holes. Would you keep them or change them. What is your current load. I am currently 124 mg hp with 10.3 a7. Also I am 38 super where you look to be 9mm Edited January 2, 2017 by Acsr Added more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethl Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Yea I'm 9mm. I like aa7 also, along with 3n38. 9.6 gr of aa7, and 8.8 gr of 3n38 are my favorites. I'm using 124 pd jhp's. Ive experimented with 115's but wasn't a fan of the hit in the hand they had. Im really glad I added the popples, like you I went back and forth on whether to add them or not, finally I got tired of thinking about it and decided to just do it lol. In my opinion they flattened the gun out a good bit and it still shoots soft, which is something i was concerned about. As always YMMV but thats my .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 If you decide you really don't like the popple holes you can plug them if you wanted to. Either thread for a grub screw or use a tapered plug. Not ideal but possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Hello: You could do something like this. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Very nice, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acsr Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) I am leary of slide lightening due to warranty, but it probably won't matter if I popple it probably will void warranty as well. Edited January 4, 2017 by Acsr Double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Acsr said: I am leary of slide lightening due to warranty You're going to be reloading 9mm to PF 170+, as well. I wouldn't get into OPEN Major if you're concerned re: Warranties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js1130146 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Hi-Power Jack said: I wouldn't get into OPEN Major if you're concerned re: Warranties I'd even go a step farther Jack. EVERY part on an open gun should be considered a wear part and likely will be replaced at some point. It's part of the open game. It is just hard on guns and beats the hell out of em. Edited January 4, 2017 by js1130146 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acsr Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 My trubor is 38 super shooting major loads, but if I had a cracked slide I would try to have sti warranty the replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaylanGivens Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 On 1/2/2017 at 2:54 PM, sethl said: Yea I'm 9mm. I like aa7 also, along with 3n38. 9.6 gr of aa7, and 8.8 gr of 3n38 are my favorites. I'm using 124 pd jhp's. Ive experimented with 115's but wasn't a fan of the hit in the hand they had. Im really glad I added the popples, like you I went back and forth on whether to add them or not, finally I got tired of thinking about it and decided to just do it lol. In my opinion they flattened the gun out a good bit and it still shoots soft, which is something i was concerned about. As always YMMV but thats my .02 I'm considering a 9mm TruBor... Thanks for posting your loads... Curious about how much 8.8gn of 3n38 fills a 9mm case... Seems like a lot of powder for a 9mm case... Do you load longer than normal, or is it a compression load? I'm thinking about going with MBX magazines... Have you tried them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acsr Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 All my mags are sti tubes I have heard the mbx is good, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethl Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 21 minutes ago, RaylanGivens said: I'm considering a 9mm TruBor... Thanks for posting your loads... Curious about how much 8.8gn of 3n38 fills a 9mm case... Seems like a lot of powder for a 9mm case... Do you load longer than normal, or is it a compression load? I'm thinking about going with MBX magazines... Have you tried them? I really like my trubor. I did get some jams out of the box. I installed an aftec extractor and did some tuning on the ejector and it runs great. I also use a delta point on a cheely mount. 8.8gn of 3n38 is a FULL case. Honestly its a pain to load, really gotta slow down with the press so powder doesn't spill everywhere when it indexes. It's for sure a compressed load, I load at 1.17. I have 3 MBX's, 2 170's and a 140. I had to play with the feed lips on 1 of the 170's I was getting occasional ftf. The other 2 mags run great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaylanGivens Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Has anyone installed a C-More RTS2 red dot on a Trubor? If so, what mount did you use? Shooters Connection sells a Cheely mount that looks like it might fit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 35 minutes ago, RaylanGivens said: Has anyone installed a C-More RTS2 red dot on a Trubor? If so, what mount did you use? Shooters Connection sells a Cheely mount that looks like it might fit... Cheely fits perfect but so does any other drilled in the Cmore pattern. I like the Cheely though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echotango Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Everglades puts the sight in the middle. No offset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaylanGivens Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Sarge said: Cheely fits perfect but so does any other drilled in the Cmore pattern. I like the Cheely though! Thanks, Sarge... I meant would the Cheely mount fit the holes already in the Trubor frame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, RaylanGivens said: Thanks, Sarge... I meant would the Cheely mount fit the holes already in the Trubor frame... I think the normal 5 hole spacing IS CALLED Cmore pattern. Just looked it up. It's called standard Cmore spacing plus 2 holes. bottom line, it will work Edited January 9, 2017 by Sarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaylanGivens Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Just now, Sarge said: I think the normal 5 hole spacing IS CALLED Cmore pattern. Yikes!!! My bad... I'm a Limited shooter planning to transition to Open... Lots of new, cool stuff to learn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 raylan, 'usually' any 2011 based open gun with have either: 3 holes on the left side @ .750 centers (this is cmore spacing and usually also has 2 or 3 holes on the right of the frame to accept the old cmore serendipity OR a double sided mount). 5 holes on the left side @ .375 spacing (basically they added 2 holes between holes 1-2 and 2-3 in the original 3 hole setup). This is called cmore +2. very occasionally a gun will have 3-5 holes (generally 4 holes) at 10mm which is slightly different to cmore (in metric cmore +2 is 9.52mm). that is the 'aimpoint' spacing. you can easily use a 3 hole cmore mount on a gun drilled with either the 3 or 5 hole cmore pattern. you can also use the 5 hole mount on a gun with either 3 or 5 hole cmore pattern holes. the key is that the holes are either 0.750 or .0375 of an inch from center to center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaylanGivens Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Thanks, Barron... Good explanation... I am mainly concerned about the spacing on a Trubor, as that is what I'm planning to buy... Looks like one of the Cheely or Everglades RTS2 mounts will fit correctly... I suspect the Cheely mount's offset is to open the bullets path from the ejection port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 3 hours ago, RaylanGivens said: Thanks, Barron... Good explanation... I am mainly concerned about the spacing on a Trubor, as that is what I'm planning to buy... Looks like one of the Cheely or Everglades RTS2 mounts will fit correctly... I suspect the Cheely mount's offset is to open the bullets path from the ejection port? Also the Cheely should be a tad lighter . When I asked Matt why it's offset he said, "it makes the mount smaller, cleaner looking, stiffer". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 yes, the offset is to allow more ejection clearance (mainly an issue on the 9mms not sure much for the 38 supers). I was leary of having the mount offset (did not want to induce windage bore convergence issue - like you have with height over bore). For that reason if I was buying an RTS2 mount I probably would have avoided it (thought i've previously has great success with a variety of cheely mounts). HOWEVER, i recently got a new gun which came with RTS2 on cheely mount and I have to say the offset is a non issue. It's really not noticeable (you have to look very closely to even spot that it's offset) and certainly not an issue when shooting. It's the tiniest amount of offset. I would happily use and recommend the cheely RTS2 mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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