robertg5322

Same here. Saves you the cost of purchasing $13.00 base pad for each magazine.

Metalform for 9mm, they work and they're affordable, especially if you get the Brownell's branded versions. Gun is a Springfield Armory Loaded Target with almost everything but the frame, slide, and firing pin replaced. I bought two when I got the gun to test, they worked, bought ten more. Never had the need to try any of the more exotic options. Tripp for .40 S&W. They work, they're not ridiculously expensive, and they work. Also hold 9 rounds. My gun uses factory length .40 S&W ammo, so I use the .40 S&W mags. Zero issues. Also got some Checkmates, a Wilson Combat (it's exactly the same as their 10mm mag) and some others who's provenance I cannot recall. All worked for a bit, then the followers started jumping over the slide stop. I replaced the springs & followers with Tripp stuff and now they work fine. Won't bother with anything but Tripp Research for .40 S&W single stack mags anymore. Not worth the hassle. Gun is a Kimber I converted to .40 S&W, with a KKM ramped barrel. For .45, I use mostly a bunch of $7.00 Shooting Star magazines I got from the Del Mar Gun Show in 2002. The gun will feed from any in spec magazine, so I don't see the need to spend real money on magazines for it. I also have some Joes1911magazine.com mags that work fine, and some Wilson Combat 47D & ETM mags that I got super cheap in the marketplace. And an old Ed Brown 8 pack that also works fine. Gun is an old (2006) Les Baer Hardballer with a BTGS installed.

I'm here all week. Try the veal...

The Sub2K is a great backup gun. Doesn't take up much space in the car, uses the same mags as your regular gun (if you use a Glock mag gun), and nobody is going to say your backup gun gives you an advantage over your primary gun. It's also super light, and small. You'll need to do some upgrades, the steel feed ramp (plastic feed ramp gets chewed up pretty quick, especially if you use hollow point ammo), and the Red Lion Precision handguard and a cantilevered rail to get the optic closer to the operator's eye. For $300.00, if you have to replace the gun every two years, it'll take 14 years to equal the cost of one JP GMR15. That said, they're pretty durable.

That's been Springfield Armory's MO for years. Knowing put out crap QC, then fix as necessary, knowing there's a percentage of us who will fix it ourselves unless it's a major component/issue. They built their outstanding customer service reputation on their crap QC reputation. At least the 41 round magazine only costs me $22.00, and works in most cases works fine.

Are those adjustable sights the ones from the 92X, and will the adjustable sights fit on a 92 Brigadier?

Nope, just the springs that came with the TTI extension. The Arredondo springs work in the TTI extension as well.

Makes the Techwell I had to order for my Spike's Colt mag lower seem like a bargain @ $90.00.

Of course that's from the Contra Costa County (San Franshitshow Bay Area of California) library...

I read somewhere of people using Lee type shellholders instead of the jaws that come with the kinetic pullers. Said the shell holder allows the round movement, and can get the primer against the shellholder, and cause it to ignite. Makes sense I guess. Never had a primer go off in a round except a detonation outside the gun when I was clearing a jam. Went off essentially in my palm, blew up my pinky tip, and left a lightning bolt shaped cut in my palm. Also scared the sh!t out of me and the ROs. I no longer clear jams with my hand over the top of the slide, or flip them in the air to catch.

Charging handle is on the wrong side of the gun.

Are they the "best option"? Only you can say. They are an option. They work well, the mags with TTI extensions will hold 23 + 1 with no mag "tuning", the last round slide lock works with 23 + 1. As good an option as any other plastic gun.

They work, they look like any other TTI extension, they hold 23 + 1 with no "tuning". If you can find the Brownell's versions (still labeled TTI, but they have the Brownell's logo etched on the bottom), they're usually a few bucks cheaper. I had Arredondo extensions for a minute, their Glock extensions work great. The M&P extensions from them only hold 22 + 1, and the extension retention floor plate thingy got jammed in the spring on two separate occasions. I ditched them for the TTI, and one Taylor Freelance brass extension I had earlier. Taylor Freelance also works well, 23 + 1, just harder to remove (not that I ever remove them, but just something to know).

Just saw this, if I had a Limited gun and wanted a Single Stack .40, this might be a decent option. https://www.shootersconnectionstore.com/blog/2020/09/29/cwa-single-stack-2011-grip/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring&sslid=M7M0NzexNDUwBQA&sseid=MzIEAjNzE0tDAA&jobid=53f2f75b-6d91-431f-b205-838dab85f518

Hard to beat the Talon grips. The older generation that didn't have the little tail and top part on the backstrap split were the best. I've had them on Glocks for years with no issues. For back straps/grip inserts, I like silicon carbide. They're cheap enough to replace if you do sell the gun. More than a few people don't want to buy a gun that has been permanently modified.

Got an old Les Baer that feeds from any magazine I put in it, from $7.00 Chip McCormick Shooting Star mags bought at the Del Mar Gun Show in 2002 to Wilson, Ed Brown, or Checkmate. Got a boatload of various manufacturer mags, when shooting Single Stack, I just put eight in the mag sleeves, and go shooting.

Plus for Arredondo: they're inexpensive. Minus: only hold 22 rounds, and I had three of them jam up when the retainer bound up the follower in the spring. TTI & Taylor Freelance both hold 23 reloadable, and dont jam up

Here's a funny take on this.

Can't see why they'd make a product that didn't work with another product they make.

Dude's got a point. For the close to the same price as a +5 or +10 of the TF or TTI, you get +25. I have one of the original aluminum versions and it works great. Don't need +25, simply download. Same reason we carry guns; better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

I"m a cart whore, but I build mine. I like the Zuca format, vertical/stand-up type carts with telescopic handles and easily removable wheels. The tops on mine have magnets embedded to keep magazines from falling off, and hinge at the front to access the bucket, and there's hooks on front to hold a lunch box. The Zucas seem well built and thought out. Some things I would do differently, make wheels removable the way baby stroller wheels come off (quick and easy vs a knob to unscrew/lose), but that's nit-picking. They are not cheap, but what is in this game? And they're solid, look like they'll last a lifetime Here's a pic of my original steel "prototype", and the aluminum finished product.

That is slick.

I can cut 6" off the end on a barrel and pin and weld an aluminum tube as a shroud for about $12.00 (figure $50.00 or so if you need to pay someone for this work) which is a ton less than an other than Taccom CF handguard. And my way takes the weight off the end of the barrel, which makes it seem like a bigger weight loss. Doesn't look near as cool as those high-dollar CF handguards, but as ugly as I am, it don't matter.

None of the listed options comes anywhere near Taccom's price, tbey sell quality stuff at eminently fair prices. Midwest Industries also sells nice aluminum handguards at decent prices. Bargain basement shopping? Mentium sells what looks and feels like a decent enough handguard for as low as $50.00. I bought on just because I wanted to see if it was junk. So far seems to work well enough, but it only has two matches a a few practice sessions on it. Jury's still out