Happiness is a new gun 2

[sorcerer]

Traded in a CW45 for a P45. The CW was a recent used buy that shot low and was a bit of Rattler. Went a ran the P45 today. A much better shooter. Made me look good. It had the fired brass and was dated 2006. Looks like it wasn’t shot much.

[BirdsThaWord]

Traded in a CW45 for a P45. The CW was a recent used buy that shot low and was a bit of Rattler. Went a ran the P45 today. A much better shooter. Made me look good. It had the fired brass and was dated 2006. Looks like it wasn’t shot much.

Congratulations! Always nice to slip into something new with improved accuracy.

[Armybrat]

I still like Ruger LCP pocket .380s.
Went stainless slide on this Max today…..

[yqtszhj]

Ok, I’m in. Springfield XD-e DA/SA 9mm.

[dao]

Nice, guys. Gotta buy 'em while we still can!

I had an XD-e in .45. Liked it a lot, and it's one I regret letting go.

[gb6491]

The spring plug is known to break. Others last for years and years without breaking. But in any case it is an unusual configuration. Also, on some of the earlier ones the hole for the slide stop, where it slides up to catch the frame, was oval shaped and prone to cracking. After those early ones they did away with the hold and just notched out the frame there like you see on most guns these days.
A company called Clark Custom Guns makes a more robust spring cap for them.
So many of us have sold guns that we still miss to this day. Nature of the hobby I guess, to be attracted to the next new thing, at the expense of the "old" thing. In this case I feel better about this one than I did about my Defender. Partly because I like the finish better, but also because I like the heft of it much better.

dao, That's a gorgeous OACP you have there, nice work boss!

In regards to the Clark plug, during 2008 (https://www.1911forum.com/threads/om...o-ismi.218288/ ) I put together a recoil spring system using one of those plugs I had from Clark. I modified the plug by drilling a hole in it to accept a guide rod from EGW. I used the EGW guide rod as it allowed me to use an ISMI flat wire recoil spring. I used that setup without issue until I converted my OACP to CCO some years later.



EGW started offering (and still does offer) that setup as a complete kit:
https://www.egwguns.com/officer-s-gu...ficer-s-spring
or in stainless: https://www.egwguns.com/officer-s-gu...ficer-s-spring

Regards,
Greg

[berettabone]

Ok, I’m in. Springfield XD-e DA/SA 9mm.

Thought about one for a while. Da/Sa is my thing. Probably a nice firearm, with no stinking grip safety! But it had too heavy of a trigger pull. Over 25 ozs. in weight. Not a " compact " gun in size. Cannot fully retract the slide unless safety is depressed. Already had full size guns. Too many cons for me. Did enjoy not seeing that usual safety..................I never see very many for sale.

[dao]

dao, That's a gorgeous OACP you have there, nice work boss!

In regards to the Clark plug, during 2008 (https://www.1911forum.com/threads/om...o-ismi.218288/ ) I put together a recoil spring system using one of those plugs I had from Clark. I modified the plug by drilling a hole in it to accept a guide rod from EGW. I used the EGW guide rod as it allowed me to use an ISMI flat wire recoil spring. I used that setup without issue until I converted my OACP to CCO some years later.



EGW started offering (and still does offer) that setup as a complete kit:
https://www.egwguns.com/officer-s-gu...ficer-s-spring
or in stainless: https://www.egwguns.com/officer-s-gu...ficer-s-spring

Regards,
Greg

Talk about nice work! You came up with something there that took awhile for others to duplicate. EGW now sells plugs with holes of at least two different sizes, to accomodate different diameter guiderods. Looks like you did it first. And it's one of those kits that I bought, complete with Clark's plug. EGW states on their site that they are now the producers of the Clark plug. And on the Clark site you can buy just the plugs with holes, but no kit, and seemingly no hole-less plug. Which is why I went with your idea, sourced from EGW.

Here's a look at the front end of mine now, with the thick bushing that I also got from EGW. Had to sand on it for a couple of hours by hand to get it to fit.

[gnappi]

Nice, guys. Gotta buy 'em while we still can!

>SNIP<

You can say that again!

[Barth]

Hard to believe.
I've been looking for a new gun regularly.
But I just can't find anything that is a real definitive improvement over what I already own.
No surprise to folks that know me.
I'm not so patiently waiting for the release of the new Hk SFP9CC.
I wait and watch...