50cal Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 BOB - You Da Man!!! UPDATE. The gun pics can be seen later in this thread (pg 3 I think) - generously reposted by Brazo's [my Webserver is in transition] cheers!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyro Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 50cal... that sure is one fine pistola !!! Looks like Bob does some really great work... Tyro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_round Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Wow. NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Damn nice looking open gun, and I really like the burl wood as the back drop for the photos! How many rounds through the new master piece so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Whoa......!! I'm at a loss for words (which is unusual in and of itself...) The word "breathtaking" comes to mind. Nice!!... as in VERY nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 [envy] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalmas Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Oh how i wish I still lived in the states when I see all the awsome custom guns you guys get built.. Sweet looking. Liberache would have been proud.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 That's great! Now...I'm envious... For almost the price we europeans can buy a stock gun, you get full treatment by competent gunsmiths... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 WOW. The photos on Bob's site don't look half as good as these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Outstanding photography. Is that one of the first SC guns on the new tube? If so, there isn't a pic on Bob's site, hint, hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Yeah there is. It's a 5-inch gun. See photos here: http://www.brazoscustom.com/sc%20series.htm Very nice, Fitty. Pics like this just make me more antsy... I wanna get my open gun built!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50cal Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 Thanks gang, you are all very generous with your comments. I have yet to shoot it and I am absolutely dying to. Actually, the closest thing I have to this is a P220 Sport (with an ultra dot). I don't even know how to get the barrel out of the top end Mr. 300lbG... the pic you found on Bob's site IS my gun before the upgraded trigger/hammer/sear job. I think I may have Bob's first one of this model - maybe.. Take care all and thanks for the attention, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 By golly, it is the short gun that isn't pictured. I sent Bob some money for one of the 4.5 inchers with the option to get a 5 inch gun. I am very interested in hearing your report on how the gun shoots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 The thing that I noticed was the length of the barrel threads, i.e. pretty durn short. Don't think it'll be a problem, but I'm wondering why OTHER 'smiths don't do it... little bit shorter, little bit lighter. Methinks this Bob Londrigan guy knows what he's doing. I'm contemplating a similar cut in the top of my slide without the holes (to begin with). Thinking maybe I'll have it ported at some point. Thanks for the pic of how it'll look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 According to Bob's site, that's a Trubor barrel: no threads. But, it's clearly not the STI S-2 pattern, so he must either be getting a custom design or machining from Trubor blanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Aha... its a blank. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPete Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Damn that thing is sweet!!! Hope it shoots 1/2 as good as it looks. Sad part is it will prob. shoot 10x better than it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterj Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Shot a steel match Thursday with my new Pro SX and got my best score ever! The "indian" can shoot better if his "arrows" are straight. Will have to get a linited gun from Bob soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50cal Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 Alright! I finally shot it. Keep in mind I have no prior Open gun experience but here's my take. I cooked-up 1300 rounds of .38supercomp as follows. 10.3gr VVn105 under .356 JHP Zeros. Starline Brass primed with WSR seated to 1.233 finished with a minimal crimp. Sorry didn't bring the chrono this time but I am pretty sure its making major. I also had 3 @ 140mm tubes and 1 @ 170mm w/ grams springs and followers and Limcat bases. Two of the tubes are tuned, two are not. I fired about 700 rounds in just over an hour. I could have used the gun as a branding iron. I had no failures of any type and all four magazines functioned perfectly. I am very happy with the ammo, muzzle flash was just a small spark above the comp (indoor range). As a bonus, after 700+ rounds, I was surprised how clean the gun looked. The non-shielded c-more lens was as clean as it was before I started shooting - a real tribute to how well done the porting and compensator are. I am accustomed to very accurate guns and this is definitely accurate. Taking my time, I could print clovers offhand at fifty feet, jagged holes with a bag rest (limiting factor being the dot). What I am not accustomed to is; how this offhand accuracy remains consistent through every follow-up shot. Pulling the trigger quickly, about every half second (not double-taps), I was still able to keep mag after mag on a 4 x 6 inch piece of paper at 50 ft (aside from the odd flyer). That is a first ever for me. No doubt the porting and comp are effective! The 6moa C-more dot moved less than 2 in. on the paper at 50 ft. during firing. Some of that may have to do with the 28oz trigger job. There is absolutely no over travel, no creep. It breaks like the click of a mouse (the proverbial glass rod) at exactly were its movement abruptly stops. There is less than 1/16 of an inch of “take-up” and then you have fired the gun! One thing that I wasn’t used to was the need to slam the mag into the gun. I wasn’t being violent, but it was a very deliberate insertion. Gentleness was penalized by having the mag fall right out as soon as I removed my hand. Maybe this is normal, maybe its the Limcat bases, probably its just me. I wasn’t having problems once I got the hang of it. In case you have not interpreted, I am extremely pleased. If “it” gets better than this, I would never be able to tell. I don’t even think I will bother with any load development. To reiterate, this gun “makes” the shooter. To support this, there was a kid (maybe 14 yrs) at the range who couldn’t take his eyes off the gun. He was mesmerized. I pulled the target back to 25ft. and let him blow off a mag. He popped one right after the other until he ran dry. Most of his shots (out of some 20) were with-in a 2 1/2in. group! He was ecstatic, his dad and I were shocked. Moments prior, he was hard-pressed to keep a 4in group at 20ft going slowly with a Walther .380. Well, that’s it for now. I’m sure I’ve bored you plenty as I imagine you all are quite familiar with this level of performance gun. This however represents the Apex of handguns to me. The Alpha of the pack! Take care, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 lord have mercy, 700 rds in over an hour. wouldn't you have the possibility of derifling your nice pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50cal Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 lord have mercy, 700 rds in over an hour. wouldn't you have the possibility of derifling your nice pistol. Is that possible?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 There was an article about it in the front sight ( I think) and I think there was a thread about it in this forum. You might wanna do a search on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterj Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 50, try downloading your mags by one round and see if they load any easier. I hardly ever load more than 18 or 19 rnds to make mag changes easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50cal Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 Scooter, Big Thanks for the tip, will do! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacblack Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Very very nice. Can I borrow it for open next year then I will go back to limited? I like the 5", I think thats the way to go. Does the gun normally come with the 4 "poppleholes" or did you select to have 4. Just wondered. Very nice, now shoot it like you stold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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