Aircooled6racer Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Hello: My 6" slide weights just 11 ozs bare. A stock 5" slide weights about 13ozs. I will stick with the 6" slide and bushing barrel for limited. I may add a Go-Guns thumb rest next year if I don't go back to shooting open. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al503 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Hello: My 6" slide weights just 11 ozs bare. A stock 5" slide weights about 13ozs. I will stick with the 6" slide and bushing barrel for limited. You had to make a lot of chips to get to 11 oz, though. For those of us without a mill and/or ability, that usually = lots of $. A stock 5" simply cut for a hybrid bbl is probably close to 11 oz without having to do (or pay) for anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 What is old is new. We are reinventing the Clark Pin Gun Soon it will be compensators, optical sights, big magazines... Where is the "Practical" going in our sport I agree. That's what happens when you get some truly crappy interpretations that allowed the sighttrackers and trusights to be legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIIID Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 It's not just getting the slide to weigh X amount, it's about removing the weight in the right areas to keep the slide in balance. The whole point of a six inch gun is the increased sight radius. So the best way is to keep any extra weight at a minimum to get a six inch length and have a simplistic group of parts to achieve the final system. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) Of course, why stay at six inch? You could go with a 7" barrel length with an aluminum blank comp *ahem* front sight holder. Edited September 3, 2012 by mpolans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) Something like this, without the ports: I think Chip had his slide cut back but the overall length of the barrel/comp was about 7" and the front sight was on the very last 1/4" You could use a skinny 6" bbl and have an aluminum or Ti false comp out to 7 or wherever. Save from having to adjust your CR or Safariland holster moving from Open to Ltd and back. Edited September 6, 2012 by eric nielsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimberacp Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 would it be worth going out to 7" sight radius? was thinking a 5" tri-slide, extended bull barrel threaded with the blank comp to 7". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 would it be worth going out to 7" sight radius? was thinking a 5" tri-slide, extended bull barrel threaded with the blank comp to 7". Back in the pre-red dot open days, I shot something similar to Chip McCormick's gun pictured above. I thought having the longer sight radius was a definite advantage. I'd worry that with long bull barrels with blank comps you can add a lot of weight on the end. Might end having to run a ballpoint pen spring to get it to cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 So another way next year might turn into 1987: threaded bushing barrels with comp fitted over the bushing - Way back when there used be a half-dozen companies (Wilson was the biggest, Plaxco is in photo) selling drop-in comp-kits. They worked really well, but most custom gunsmiths would use cone comps (on a skinny barrel) which were a tiny bit better. I never understood the desire for huge bull barrels that fill up almost the whole interior of the slide. Not in Open anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xdmeister Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 You will get a lotta weight out front which will not help in transitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmgreen Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 It kind of looks like the old Wilson Accu Comp LE I had back in the 80's. Of course it was a single stack. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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