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[PYROLYSIS]

Originally Posted by Frank237

I saw $399 AR's...a special SALE...yesterday.

Bought some pistol powder a few days ago....8 pounds for $102. Six months ago, same stuff.... $189 to over $200.

I think we are in for some good times.

Agreed. The price on the BCM AR that I want dropped $100. Now to just get my 1LE sold.

[Frank237]

Originally Posted by blake-b

I thought I had seen $399 ARs but couldn't find them today so I changed it to $499 because I found a bunch of them.

I work part time for a reloading supplies seller. I get paid in components. I'm pretty sure I have enough powder to last mine and my kids' lifetimes. 8# for $102 is outstanding. What powder? Pistol powder lasts a loooong time. I've been loading 9MM with titegroup out of an 8# jug for sometime now.

2400 for my .41 and .44 mags. Should last me until I cash it in....Don't shoot as many mag cases as I once used to.

Also bought an 8 pounder of the new BE-86 which I use for .380's. At 4.2 grs a pop, that will last forever as well.

[00 Z/28]

I just put my money down on a P226 Legion yesterday. This is the most excited I've been about a gun in a while

[Frank237]

Originally Posted by 00 Z/28

I just put my money down on a P226 Legion yesterday. This is the most excited I've been about a gun in a while

Oh Man! With GOOD reason too. DA or SA?

My next SIG purchase will be a 226 Legion in SA.

I Already have an X-5 in SA and really like it. A sweet 1911 style trigger, but in a normally DA SIG platform. My 9mm Steel Challenge gun.

You are going to like that Legion.

[00 Z/28]

I went with the DA/SA.

[Frank237]

DO post some pics and Your thoughts after You shoot it a bit.

If I don't snag any old Smith revolvers at the Reno Show in March , I'm buying a Legion.

[00 Z/28]

You bet I will. Might be a couple weeks though, my dealer had to order it and then I have to play MD's wait a little while before you can have your gun game for 7 days.

[Tenring]

Would you all stop with the Sig 226 posts.......I am currently 226less and regret everyone I ever sold.


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Congrats on yours though 00 Z/28

[Frank237]

Since we are on the subject of 226's...Sorry Tenring.....here's an interesting variant, the X series guns.



This is a DA/SA gun, adjustable sights, tuned trigger, slightly better fitting, FAR heavier frame contour than a std 226 and some extended controls. Built for accuracy and weighted to soak up recoil. This is a .40 S&W gun too. They also do them in 9mm.

I wanted one of the SA only X-5's but was unable to find one. This "All Around" model in 5" became available so I jumped on it. I was very impressed right out of the box, it shot VERY well. But I REALLY wanted the SA only model.

My search continued and I finally did find an X-5 "Comp" model, the SA variant.

I liked the All Around but have never been a fan of forties, and seldom reload for forty. So I decided to have it fitted with a 9mm barrel so I could shoot up the tone of 9mm ammo in my basement, versus setting up for forty.

Found a SIG Smith in Texas who was getting rave reviews. "The SIG Armorer" . So sent it off along with a pair of Bar-Sto five inch barrels. One in 9mm the other in .357 SIG. He fitted both barrels, test fired, added a wider fiber optic front sight blade and gave it a DA/SA tune as well. The results were WELL WORTH the time and expense. SA was far crisper and the DA pull lighter and easier to shoot accurately.

http://www.thesigarmorer.com/

I tend to keep the .357 barrel in as I like the power. I came across a mess of .40 ammo cheap, bought it, so use the forty barrel for steel challenge occasionally.

The X-5 series changed a few yrs back, they updated the exterior design quite a bit. I still like my old gen 1 guns though.

[Frank237]

Few months later of course I find an X-5 Comp gun in 9mm, the one shown here at the bottom, under the All Around.

9mm, SA only, extended controls, five incher. Quite similar to the All Around. Other than SA only and having a mag well.

LOVED it the first mag I shot from it. VERY accurate and a pleasure to shoot. So heavy there is minimal recoil, a great sight picture and love the long grip for my big hands.

Sometime after this range session, both guns got G-10 stocks, FAR grippier than the stock SIG panels.

[Tenring]

Frank those are just awesome, you sir have fine taste wow

[FenwickHockey65]

...apparently this is a thing.

[ZED SLED]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

...apparently this is a thing.

Sweet! Apparently you can get any style you want. I can't believe I went through all the hoops for my permit, lol.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/2822271...&ul_noapp=true

[Yippee38]

When you guys talk about the P226s, what does SA, DA, and DA/SA mean?