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Did they do a market survey, see that everyone else is (finally) getting away from finger grooves, and decide to be different?

Just mounted a 6MOA Romeo1 last night. It's **B-R-I-G-H-T** In case anyone was curious, the SOR11600 also comes with the correct mounting screws.

My first 320x5 had a 6 lb trigger out of the box and I installed a Gray Guns kit in short order. Just picked up a second 320x5 to play in carry optics and was borderline shocked to find a 3 lb trigger right out of the box.

Compared to the Ultra-7? There aren't many that are lighter, but I'd give up the ~3 oz of weight for a ~5 DB noise reduction for a "range use" can.

SilencerCo Omega is the answer to your question. Light, strong, quiet, and priced right. I own 2 of them, one set up for direct thread, one set up for QD. My QD Omega has been run full auto repeatedly on a couple of hosts and it's taken a lot of abuse on SBR uppers. My DT Omega w/brake end cap makes my 6.5 rifle feel like a .223 and it has zero POI change when installed. Thunder Beast cans: Spectacular for precision rifles because of the minimal poi change when shooting suppressed or un-suppressed. If you aren't buying a can to dedicate to a precision rifle though, you sacrifice a lot going with Thunder Beast. They're not the most quiet, not the lightest, and definitely not the least expensive. Surefire cans: Great if you hate money and don't care about performance. Q cans: Not a pile of real world reviews compared to others. Company owner is a great engineer, but that's about it. Dead Air: A good alternative to the Omega. If I didnt own a pile of SilencerCo cans already, I might have gone that route.

Top: A long sleeve compression shirt, a tight fitting zip up hoodie, and gloves that I can put hand warmers in. If wind is bad or it's below 40, I wear a jacket as well. Bottom: Long johns, wool socks, and Tru-Spec or 5.11 pants. For the compression shirts: Grab on of the "Tesla" branded ones from Amazon. They run about $10, fit well, and don't fall apart. Just get 1 size larger than you normally wear.

I run Magtech 124 ammo in the pcc, it's not excessively dirty, but it isn't clean either. Biggest issue was that the crud liked to build up under the trigger frame, so without tearing the trigger apart after every match, I couldn't get it all out. Worked out well though, the Hiperfire now lives in my 3gun rifle and seems quite happy there

I'm on the lookout again.. Hiperfire 24c: Susceptible to gunking up. Just about every match, I'd end up with hammer down on a live round towards the end of the match. Basically, after the 24c got gunked up a bit, it got easier to beat the reset. Also, not real friendly on firing pins. Timney 667: Not susceptible to gunking up like the 24c was, and after ~1,000 rounds, I don't see any sign of odd wear on the replacement firing pin. Unfortunately, it started doubling on me so it has to go.

I went with the Dawson base pads and have not been disappointed. Easy on/easy off, and enough weight to speed up the mag drop.

Slight change of plans... I just fell into another stupid deal a few minutes ago and the Marauder is being replaced with a DVC Limited.

There is as much or more prep work involved with cerakote, the parts have to be handled a bit more, and I'm guessing the material cost for cerakote may be a little higher.

$370 total for a 100% brushed finish on a Marauder: $265 for the finish. $65 for disassembly/reassembly. $40 to remove the cerakote as it has to be bead blasted

Welp.. I'm sold. Brushed it is! It will be matched with an Extreme Shooters DVC grip once I settle on a color combo. Once the order is submitted and the Marauder is on it's way I'll start a thread to document the process. Btw, feel free to keep the pics coming.. They're looking fantastic!

Beautiful! Got ahold of Bob at APW to discuss options. Very nice guy and very reasonable pricing. Leaning towards 100% brushed finish.

Would you happen to have pics handy?

Got a very good deal on a Marauder with a lot of holster wear. Since there isn't much in the way of matches in this area until ~March, I want to get the gun re-finished. I like the look of hard chrome and it's durable, so I'd like to go that route. Search didn't show many recent reviews of APW's work. Are they still good to go for hard chrome? Thanks!

A few days ago, both the original (320x5-9-BAS) and the new one (320x5-9-BAS-R2) were listed at the same price. Today, the price of the original has dropped by $20.

Small world! I won one as well. First thing I did was drop a Kidd single stage in it. Works beautifully. I think it's going to make a fantastic steel challenge rifle.

I'm going to pick up a couple of these.. I have a registered receiver that I've been wanting to run in 9mm but didn't want to mess with installing my conversion block.

Last stage of the 2018 NRA WSC for my squad was the DMR stage. We had all shot well, and everything was going smoothly until: I saw the business end of a JP LRP-07 headed my way! Watching the shooter ahead of me transitioning between the 2nd and 3rd barricades, I saw it happening and moved back before the RO ever had a chance to act. During his first transition, he let the muzzle drop a bit far, then on the 2nd transition, it swung clear down between his legs. RO called for the stop and announced the DQ. Shooter handled it well, but he was very unhappy with himself. That was a fairly heavy rifle, and for some reason, he chose to try to move while holding it up by the pistol grip.. Of course gravity took over and his day was finished. Felt a little bad for the guy as he was literally 4 rounds short of finishing the 3 day, 12 stage match and had been very safe all match long. Moral of the story: If you're going to carry a ~10 lb rifle by the pistol grip while also carrying sand bags, make sure you eat your Wheaties.

I was going to joke about buying a gun because you have a set of dies for a certain caliber, then I remember I've bought guns because I found half a box of ammo in a caliber I didn't own If you are actually looking for a PCC in .45, go get a Kriss Vector (preferably an SBR). The G21 mags + extension are supposed to be 25 rounds, but most of mine hold 26 or 27. A little thump, but accurate and oddly well balanced.

I run PCCO and something else. This past season, that "something else" was RFPO, Open, and Limited. This coming year, I'll run PCCO and RFRO exclusively.

I know the full size does 1911 slides, but I did have to modify mine to handle the Sig 226 X-6 slides. From the looks of it, there's probably enough meat that you could trim a bit if needed and still have a solid tool.

I have the MGW "universal" and just about every block made for it. That 5 lb chunk of metal has saved me more time and money than I can count. I also have a couple of eBay specials and similar that have cost me time and money. That Wheeler tool looks pretty stout. If you really want to test it, grab a Kimber Ultra CDP. If it can break those sights loose, you've got a winner!

I spend a lot of time tuning/building CZ pistols. Most of the time when I have a customer complain about the slide not locking back, it's the thumb on the lever. Next time you hit the range, set your phone up and record as you draw/fire.. If the slide doesn't lock back, you'll probably see your thumb on the lever