avastcosmicarena

who'd you order from? I'm also waiting for that new trimmer.

I have one on order. They've been pretty slow so far. Should ship soon hopefully.

Did you ever do this comparison? I'm trying to decide which to order now.

Already sold out again by the time I saw the email.

I couldn't wait and bought the Redding dies and some FW dies for 9mm. I still need a few .223 dies though. I might try the Lyman Pro dies for the things I don't already have from FW Arms if they hurry up and come out.

I'm waiting for it too...

A Mark 7/Lyman employee told me about it in their online chat a while back.

I could. Was just seeing if it was a normal thing or not before bothering to do that.

For whatever it's worth, I (the guy who started this thread, the one with the "champagne"/DLC black color scheme) love mine so far. The fit & finish is really nice, and my trigger is right at 1 pound even. I'm happy with what I received.

Just bought & received 2 full size 2011 mags from MBX. I'm not sure that this would really affect function, other than possibly letting more dirt into the mag, but is this kind of inconsistency normal? The bottom of the mag on the left is cut much higher up than the other. Am I just being OCD? This seems sloppy to me. For the cost of these things, I would expect more consistency.

How's the eyebox/FOV vs the Kahles/Swaro? If you're beyond 300, it seems like running the Kahles/Swaro at the full 8x with SFP wouldn't be that big of a deal.

Semi-related to the softness of the MPX, I'm very interested in what the recoil impulse will be like on the Angstadt Arms MDP-9 when it comes out. It's essentially an AR9 with the roller delayed blowback recoil system & barrel of an MP5. In stock form, it would require turning into an SBR to use in competition, but you could probably swap the short barrel to a 16" MP5 barrel or maybe a 12" or 10" MP5 barrel with a pinned & welded comp, like those Brekke custom comps. It could possibly make for a really interesting competition setup. The roller delayed mechanism is supposed to have a much smoother/softer recoil impulse. The only thing I wonder about is whether or not the delay of it would somehow be a negative vs a well tuned straight blowback AR9... like, perhaps the cycling is slower and the dot doesn't come back on target as fast. Not sure. Would have to try it. I guess it depends on how much the dot moves to begin with.

I love the Elftmann ambi speed safety (push button style instead of swivel). A lot of AR fanboys will tell you that it's a gimmick, it's unnecessary, etc., but it's just because they're traditionalists. In my opinion, on a civilian semiauto gun, where there is no capability to switch between single shot, burst, & full auto, there is no need for a swivel style selector safety. The push-button safety makes more sense. It's either on safe or it's on fire. That's it. It's also more ergonomic/faster, IMO. However, be warned that the Elftmann safety doesn't work with the Hyperfire triggers. I use it with the TriggerTech Diamond trigger on 3 different guns and have no issues.

Yeah, this is one of the dies from the new Pro Die sets they will be selling. They have some of the dies ready and In Stock now, but not all. I really like the FW Arms decapper and swager hold down dies. I liked them so much that I got them for both 9mm and .223. The auto-centering feature of them is more designed to work with rifle brass, but they still work very well with 9mm.

Does this fit in the Lee Universal die?

You can buy a Quartercircle10 or Gibbz Arms (both made by Gibbz Arms) side charging uppers for $220-$250. The Gibbz has a competition sized charging handle extension available if you go with the gen 2 (detent) style handle. I currently have the Quartercirlce10 on two AR9s and the Gibbz on my 3 Gun AR15. The Gibbz is the 3rd gen charging handle with a latch, which is similar to what the Quartercircle10 uppers use. It works well, but could be a little bigger/easier to manipulate. I'd like to try the Gibbz upper with 2nd gen charging handle + competition extension in the future.

It looks nice, but, like many things from JP, it's insanely overpriced. It should be $75 max.

Yup, I'm curious what you'll think about the eyebox, FOV, etc. on the Razor 1-10x compared to the Kahles/Swaros you have. I have the Swaro Z8i, but I'm curious about this Razor 1-10x...

But the steel mag catch MBX sells doesn't look as cool as my ODIN Works FDE aluminum mag catch....

I know MBX has a steel mag catch/release to go with with their new steel glock mags. Just wondering what the wear would be like with an aluminum mag catch if we already have one. Do you think it would wear down relatively quickly? It seems like it might be fine for quite a long time.

Should be. I was right around there also.

Just did my paperwork at the FFL. Played with it while I was there. The slide is extremely smooth, and the trigger is very light and very nice.

It's not in my possession yet, but my gun is finally done. Looks awesome!

He replied to me saying he's pretty much retired but may make more in the future and said he'd email me then if he does.

Anyone know where 99% isopropyl alcohol is in stock? Seems to be out of stock everywhere due to the virus.