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Just for the sake of information in case somebody's searching for this later, the Heinie suppressor sights are available separately from Nighthawk. They're obscenely overpriced($180 a set) but they're pretty much the only game in town for this sort of thing so I suppose they can charge whatever they want.

I'm strongly considering having a custom 2011 in 9mm built for a suppressor host. My inspiration was the Nighthawk AAC, but there's a few small things I don't like about it and for what it costs or maybe even a bit less I can get a full custom hi cap 2011 built exactly how I'd want it. I've started a dialogue with the gunsmith I'm probably gonna use (Matt Cheely), but the biggest problem we've run into so far is sights. The Nighthawk AAC has extra tall Heinie Straight 8 Ledge sights, and that'd be perfect except it seems that Heinie is only making them for Nighthawk. I'd like something tall, preferably night sights, and adjustability is a plus but not absolutely necessary. Any suggestions?

It's a Gemtech Multimount, so I'll be running it with a booster.

I've got my first suppressor on the way, and while I'd planned on mostly using it for a 9mm AR I'd like to have a 9mm pistol I can use it with. All I've got right now is 1911s and revolvers, and I'd really like to have a 9mm 1911 with a threaded barrel, even though there are cheaper options like Glock, SIG, Beretta, etc. If I had my druthers, it'd be a full-on balls-to-the-walls custom 1911, but that's not really feasible. What about getting a 9mm Spartan or RIA, and a drop-in threaded barrel like the ones from Storm Lake. Any reason why that'd be a bad idea?

Concur. I just don't get the Colt hype. I'm sure they make a fine rifle, but I can't understand how they're so much better than everything else. The AR design is so modular, that the only real edge one company can have over another is better parts, and I'd feel a lot more comfortable pouring money into a Noveske or JP rifle than a Colt just cause it's a Colt.

Run what ya brung! The best thing to do is get out there & start shooting. If you get a North Mountain moonclip holder, it'll work with your 327 moons as well as the ones for the 625 you'll eventually get, as will any holsters for a 5" N frame.

I thought Julie's article raised some very good points, while most of them are nothing new to us, it's nice that those points are being raised to the USPSA members who don't necessarily read this revolver forum.

I've been transplanted to Indiana now, but when I was a young revolver neophyte in Des Moines, I bought a Carmonized 625 from the man himself. He usually has a spare or 5 on hand. It's really nice to live in the same town as Carmoney, turnaround time on gun work is usually less than 24 hours & he'll do FFL transfers if you ply him with good Scotch. He likes Dalwhinnie.

Don't forget CMMG, their bolts can be used with a regular hammer, should make switching back and for on the same lower much easier.

Yeah, I don't expect much more than shits & giggles out of it, & it'll be something cool to hang a suppressor on.

Reviving an old thread here, but I'm looking at building a 9mm SBR and I was thinking about going this route. Since it's an SBR & you can't switch calibers back and forth, I figured dedicated lower was the way to go. Are the Glock mags that much better than other 9mm AR mags? Is there any disadvantage to the Lone Wolf Lower? Has anybody actually handled/shot one?

In general, don't bother paying up for anything just because it's from the Performance Center. You'll find that your money's better spent sending it to a real gunsmith like Mike Carmoney or Randy Lee. Having said that, if you like the way the SSR barrel profile balances compared to a full-lug L frame or a half-lug K frame, go for it. Just don't expect it to have a significantly(or any) better action than a regular production gun.

Touche, I do apologize.

Also, the RO is a .45, the one the OP specified is a 9mm.

I decided to go with a Colt CCO (officer's frame, commander slide) because of what I'd heard about reliability in the short guns, and because I got a good deal on it. The only thing I changed was slim Alumagrips instead of the godawful fingergrip Hogues that it came with. It was totally reliable with my reloads and with Winchester PDX & Hornady TAP. Just to see, I carried my fullsize Kimber, and found with the kind of loose shirts I wear, it wasn't really much harder to hide. I didn't like the extra weight, though. For me, I thought that a lightweight Commander was the way to go. So I went with a Kimber Pro Carry. I just made a deal on a Springfield Lightweight Champion Operator, though, so the Kimber's in the Classifieds. With the Springfield I can have all the benefits of the Pro, but also a rail for a Surefire light. For me, something smaller than a lightweight commander isn't enough easier to hide that it's worth losing one round of capacity and rolling the dice on reliability. Anything bigger than a lightweight commander, and the weight becomes an issue for me. It should be noted though, I'm 6 feet tall, 260lbs. with capacious love handles.

I had the same problem with Universal Clays as I did with HP38/231, only moreso.

I've got a can of Solo 1000 for just this purpose, but I haven't started experimenting yet so I can't comment. I have used HP38/231, and I didn't like it at all. Lots of unburned powder, and if I didn't clean the cylinder and extractor star between stages it'd get dirty enough to seriously slow down my reloads. This was with both a plated and lead 158gr. RN bullets.

The other thing about a 610 is that true round nose bullets (much easier to reload fast) are a lot easier to find for the .45 than .40, although the guy I know who shoots a 610 uses lead, & I've heard of others getting a round nose mold made & casting their own.

That's what she said...

Having been in your position before, I found that the only ones that're really easy to find here are .45ACP, .40S&W, 9mm & .38 Super. Anything else just doesn't come around used very often. You may want to post a WTB ad in the Classifieds. If the price is right, I never have any qualms about buying Dillon stuff used, what with their awesome warranty and all. Having said that, when I upgraded to a 550 from the ol' SDB I found that it was only $45 more to buy from new Brian, so that's what I did.

I don't even know where to begin with this... A Windicator is not a gun you wanna put money into, as you will never, ever, ever get it back. On any gun, adding an adjustable sight where there isn't one already is gonna be crazy expensive. I can't comment on the clipdraw, as I've never used one. Porting doesn't actually do much, especially in a snub revolver, and will make it illegal for all competitions except USPSA Open. As for the trigger job, I doubt you'll be able to find a gunsmith who'll work on one. I know a lot of gunsmiths won't work on Taurus revolvers because with the supposed lower quality of parts they can't do a consistent enough job to stake their reputations on. As for the hard chrome, if it's a brand new gun and there's nothing wrong with the finish, why bother? What I'd recommend is to sell the Windicator and get a used 2 1/2" S&W 66. It's short, shiny, reliable, the trigger can be easily made very nice by yourself or any number of gunsmiths, the clipdraw attaches with a screw, and forget about the porting, it's a better idea on paper then in practice.

I doubt it.

Absolutely yes. You want the 625-3. The 625-2 has some issues which can be fixed, but at extra cost. If you want the details, ask Carmoney, but that's the reader's digest version of what he'll tell you.

I remember reading an article in Shotgun News last year about a guy's SBR build. He had Noveske do it, and the man himself told him that if he was using a suppressor, anything less than 12.5" wasn't worth doing. I don't recall if he went into exactly why, though. The guy in the article ended up using a VLTOR MUR upper, Noveske barrel, & Surefire suppressor, & having it all put together by Noveske.

Yeah, the easy adjustment is a real plus for me. I had a JP kit to install, but after watching the CD I ended up selling it. I can put together a lower, but that's only about as complicated as an Erector set. If it gets more complicated than that, I'm out. I ran Glocks for 5 years and never even learned how to detail strip one.