blacklab

Thanks for all the input. Been practicing dry fireing. The dot has been pretty cooperative this week. See what happens over the weekend. ?

Yep. Makes sense now. 48oz gun- add 4.2oz in the grip. That would throw things off a bit.

Gunnit........I never thought of that. I just weighed 10 rounds, it adds 4.2oz to the grip. That could make a difference. I'll have dummy rounds tomorrow. Good idea.

No. I was told not to hunch. Is that wrong?? I try to keep a good straight stance.

Yea, I'm the odd ball. I just had a hard time with everything being on the left. Seemed lopsided. Don't know why.

Kneeelingatlas, I tried the horizontal mount. Just couldn't get the feel of it.

Bill, what you said makes sense. Thought my grip was good, but maybe it's not. Jack, looks like I need more practice. I'm going to try the knob trick. Thanks.

Yea auto correct. I'll fix it. I shoot as good as I spell.

OK I could use a little help here. Yesterday I was practicing drawing and dry firing. Everything was perfect, I'd bring the gun up and my grip felt right and the dot was on the steel every time. Today I went to a match and every time I'd draw my grip felt right, but my dot was nowhere to be found. So there I stood bobbing my gun until I found the dot. Once I had the sight picture everything went ok, I just had a horrible time finding the dot on the draw. I keep going over this in my mind and can't figure out what I was doing wrong today. Anyone have any suggestions what I should be looking for. (sorry never thought to have someone video it)

My dog Keisha is a black lab. She's my little buddy. Hence the name Blacklab. That's her trying to fly in the picture in my profile.

On September 7th 2013, I was almost killed in an unfortunate incident while working. I was laid up for a month after that and had ALOT of time to think about things. Balakay, sorry for your loss, but you do have a very good point. After my injury my wife and I went through everything. We made spreadsheets for guns, tools, jewelry etc. All with quantity and approx. value. I would urge everyone to do the same. Thank you for bringing this to peoples attention.

Thanks for the help guys.

Cool. Thanks for the info. Do you do anything with the crown?

I have a 6" barrel for a 1911 9mm. I was thinking about cutting it down to 5.75" and putting a 578x28 thread on it for a comp. How hard is it to cut and thread a barrel? It seems fairly simple, am I missing something? Is there any tricks to the trade that I don't know about? I have access to a lathe to re crown the barrel. Is there anything else I should know? Thanks.

Not sure what you are looking for, but there is a small company here in Penna. called Rowe tactical. They make a really nice billet set at a fair price. I don't do 3 gun but I did build a few on there match sets. Very happy with them. Look them up @ gunsinc.com. (Sorry, I don't know how to post links.)

Not familiar with 3 gun or the set up that is needed. But the upper your looking at isn't bad for the price. Not sure of the quality of the barrel, but the 1:8 twist will give you the best range of bullet weight and the 223 wylde will give you a bigger range of off the shelf ammo. The upper it self has the keyhole cast mark, same upper the popular gun companies use. Hope that helps, have fun with your first build. By the way, you may want to watch GunBroker. You can find complete uppers for as little as $200.00, but again not too familiar with 3 gun or the set up that is best.

Gram Smith, Unfortunately they are the same mount made of the same material. Sometime when you have some spare time, go to your local gun shop and look at the AR-15 selection. Pay close attention to the casting marks on the uppers. See how many different companies have the keyhole casting mark and see how much the price differs from one company to the next. The uppers are made by one manufacturer and sold to different gun companies. They are all made at the same time with forged 6061 aluminum, with the same hard coating, made to the same tolerances. But there is a difference of $100.00 from the "big name companies" to the "generic companies". Same goes for a lot of other products. Ming the Merciless, I'm not saying counterfeiting is a good thing or that people should support it. Just trying to figure out why some "big name" companies sell the same product for more money than there lesser name competitors and miss lead people into thinking that it's there product. I don't have money flying out of my pockets. Just trying to get the most bang for my buck.

Ming the Merciless, I agree with you 100% about buying American made, and I try to support American made products, I drive a Ford. How ever some of the blame has to come back on the American companies. Example: airsoft mount- $20.00. Mount from American company "A"- $69.00. Same mount from American company "B"- $120.00. Same mount from 2 different companies with a $50.00 difference. That big of a price difference because of company "B"'s name. Your not buying the product, your buying the name. The name doesn't make it work any better, so why pay more. They are just pricing them self's out of reach for a lot of people, so those people are buying the cheaper products, my self included. I'm not trying to offend anyone, just trying to figure out how to get the most out of my money for a product that will hold up. I would love to buy all top brand name gear, but the prices will not allow me to do so.

Ming the Merciless.....I hear what you are saying. I know R&D cost money, and designing a good product takes a lot of time. I shouldn't have named any names of where I bought the stuff at. My point is, there are companies selling the same mounts for $120.00. Don't get me wrong, everyone is entitled to a profit, but that seems a little out in left field. Even with better material and tighter tolerances than airsoft I can't see how they can justify that kind of money. It doesn't seem to be just with the mounts, it seems to be that way with other stuff too. Like as Bluto pointed out with magpul. Sorry if it sounds like I'm venting, but I am. It's hard to spend money on something when you feel like your being ripped off. By the way, I do own my own business and know the cost involved with operating on a day to day basis. $120.00 for a small piece of machined aluminum just ain't right. Well...........I feel better now that I got that off my chest.

robert5322..........Trial and error is what I'm doing. I was told to stay away from the locking lugs, bushing and ejection port. Other than that, the sky is the limit. Or so it seems.

Graham Smith, I understand that airsort is supposed to be lesser quality. But in this case both mounts are listed as made from 6061 aluminum. 6061 aluminum is 6061 aluminum. There is no different grades. But there is a big difference in price.

Here is a pic. of the two mounts. Can you tell which is real and which is airsoft? Flatlandshooter, I'm going to try the airsoft mount this week. I'll let you know how I make out. I think I would make a good guinea pig. I majored in crash dummy in collage.

Well..... It's been awhile, but I am making headway on my slide. It's turning out a little different than I thought it would and is a litter lighter than I thought too. I weighs in at 9oz. Any thoughts or constructive criticism would be appreciated.

I think I should add, I'm not bashing any company. I'm just trying to understand what I'm spending my money on.

Can someone please explain to me the difference between airsoft gear and the brand name stuff. The reason I'm asking is because I feel like I'm getting ripped off. I have two good examples, I bought a STI mount for a C-more from Allchin @ $69.00. A few day latter I was surfing the web and came across a airsoft site that had STI mounts for $20.00, so I bought that one too. When they came in the mail I took them and laid them side by side. They are identical. Both claim to be made of 6061 aluminum, both measure the same and both weigh 1.4oz. The second example is, I bought a set of mag pouches from Black Scorpion @ $26.00 ea. And again I found the same mag pouches on a airsoft site for $9.50 ea. So I bought them too, and again they are identical, the only difference is the airsoft one's don't have the Black Scorpion sticker on them. So am I wrong in thinking different companies buy from the same supplier and put there names on it , and you pay more for the "big name" brands? Does anyone use airsoft stuff? Does it hold up? Is it different from "real" gear?