by Doug Coulter » Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:41 pm
Ah, another gun-crank. Welcome! I believe Migs is also a fairly serious handgun guy (I tend more to rifles, myself, because I have skinny arms and rifles work better for me).
I have one of these myself. Still getting dialed in on shooting it well. Mine does indeed put holes in things most handguns will not, but it seems to unlock while still under too-high chamber pressure and pushes the cartridge neck forward about 50 mills or so, which is really hard on brass, to say the least. It also emits enough gas doing that to knock my shooting glasses off sometimes. I originally made my own dies, but also now have some from Hornady. Would be nice to find a source of un-mangled brass. I am thinking really hard about making a bolt-gun for these that will be a lot easier on that component. Seems like it'd be better for my use protecting my garden than either .22 lr or say, something too big - .204 ruger (blow my window out and my ears).
I got mine WAY back when they were first available. Seems the mil-spec ammo was Ti cored. Or, well, some white metal that is definitely not Al, lead, or anything else I know about. I sectioned a bullet and got the core yellow hot without melting it.
Perhaps that's why they were so much lighter than the shorter Hornady bullet that became the thing you can buy easier.
You should probably start a thread on these on guns&ammo (or more than one). I'd like to know what you do to optimize this puppy. I have all my other handguns singing a sweet tune, but this one not as much - yet.
I'd have that semi-auto rifle too, but I just don't get along with bullpups.
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Posting as just me, not as the forum owner. Everything I say is "in my opinion" and YMMV -- which should go for everyone without saying.