OpenDot Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Glock Platform is the cheapest... but then somebody let's you shoot an STI 2011 and it's all over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Cheap Way to get into Open? Find a friend who has moved from Open to Production and borrow his gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentG Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) I just finished yesterday putting on the tape and dot. Hope to try it Sat when the sun comes out a bit. I have about $1350 in it. 5.25 with SprigerPrecision trigger. Package for mount and dot was $378 with a slide racker I cant use. Best part is the 170MM 28+1 PistolGear mag extensions @ $60 each. Bad part is the CR Speed Holster will be about $200 if I keep the dot on it. This is 9MM for multigun but a 40 would be the same but a couple rounds less on the big sticks. Edited October 21, 2011 by tnek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malagamarksman Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 The Glock is a good way to go, irrespective of the price. I currently shoot 2 different OPEN Glock 17's. Both have WOLFF springs and 3.5 pound connectors. All polished trigger parts with the dremel and jewellers rouge. Glock extended mag buttons and slide releases with plastic mag wells- IGB Austria scope mounts. One with a Burris Fastfire and the other with a CMORE STS. Arredondo and Taylor Freelance mag extensions. They both have IGB barrels. One is a 7 1/2" ported barrel. The other is a Steel compensated barrel. The 7 1/2" one EASILY makes major over the chrono at lower pressures. I am beating guys with STI and SVI guns every time out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebridge Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 just wondering what you did for your open gun..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Another vote for buying used 2011 or Caspian. Seen them for VERY good prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahK Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The G22 option gets my vote. You can convert it to 9mm if wanted, or leave it .40 and make Major easier Either way, starting with a Glock is going to be the most inexpensive option (and +1 for the Jager kit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOvalBruin Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I have an open glock and 2011 type open gun and I would say find a used 2011 if possible. For me the difference is the trigger, if you can shoot a glock fast AND accurately (I can't) then go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roaddog77 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 My first open gun was Para 14-45 I had a smith build for me years ago. It was pretty good for the time! About a year ago I gave the Glock a try in Open. Now I had a pretty good trigger in it from Vanek. It was fun to shoot but it still was a Glock. Dont get me wrong because I love Glocks. I have since sold it because I dont plan shooting Open at all this year. I am going to stick with Limited along with some production and single stack. If I decide to go back to Open I will go with a 2011 this time though, those guns of Bobby Carvers look really pretty though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malagamarksman Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Norincos in Canada are cheaper than Glocks. I have finished mine see the photo attached. Crisp 3 pound 1911 trigger, IGB compensated barrel, Dawson magwell, sidewinder slide racker, Weigand scope mount and Truglo red dot. Superb reliability and shoots like a dream. Very soft recoil mainly due to the weight as its all steel and .45acp accuracy with the match barrel. I have fitted Dawson base pads to the original mags that give me 17 rounds in the mag reloadable. However you have a 10 round restriction in Canada so hi capacity 9s and 38s are of no advantage to you. So for that reason I suggest a Norinco NP30 in .45acp 369 CAD for a blue one, with the modifications I have done to my NP44 (P14 copy) No screaming pocket rocket pressures, pleasant to shoot and you should be able to do it for about 1200 CAD. Edited February 9, 2012 by malagamarksman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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