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Post by Browning35 on Oct 25, 2014 5:26:03 GMT
Those are Magna grips. Maybe because they manga-nify the recoil.  That seriously is what they're called though. They look nice, but for actually shooting they kinda suck. Maybe if they didn't make the checkering so sharp. To me a Smith is a Smith though. They're all pretty good. Yeah, that .45 ACP is from the Performance Center and it's associated with Thunder Ranch and I'm not going to sell it but you'd have a hard time convincing me that it's better somehow in terms of quality than most of the old pre-locks. I used to own this one, it's Model 66 pre-lock that I paid like $215 or $225 for in 1997 from one of my co-workers at the Gunstore and that gun was every bit as good as this .45 in terms of quality.   I traded that one for a Saiga 12 which I then put on a Tromix folding stock and the 922 compliance part that I got from Mississippi Auto Arms in a kit on sale and then sold that when everyone was panicking about S-12's possibly being banned from importation/going on the NFA registry for a good price and bought a Noveske N4 Light Reece. I actually still miss that S&W 66. If I could find that same exact one I'd trade that guy this Smith .45 Know what you mean about the round count increasing on a semi vs a revolver. My first revolver was a S&W 19 .357 Mag without a speck of bluing on it and I shot that thing a lot. I had 5 gal. buckets and buckets full of brass. When I moved to AZ I bought a CZ-75 and then a Beretta 92FS and I really started going through some ammo. It just makes sense I guess. There's the action of opening the cylinder, thumbing the cartridges in one at a time or using a speed loader, closing the cylinder, taking aim and firing and then repeating those actions twice vs just slamming in a mag, sending the slide forward and just aiming and firing and not having to reload for the same rd count. |
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Post by omegaman on Oct 26, 2014 22:19:27 GMT
For whatever reason feel like taking shitloads of pictures of my gear lately.  Kickin it old school. DCU and ALICE. One of my favorite patterns. Can't tell in the picture really but the LBE is spray painted snakeskin. 6x GI 30s, 1qt canteen, ACU dump pouch (gloves, cleaning kit, etc), one magazine pouch converted to IFAK (2x Kerlix, 2x 5x9 ABD pads, Z pak gauze, antiseptic wipes), one small compass pouch (sanitizer, flashlight, protein bar, lighter). There is enough water purification tablets in the canteen cover pocket for about 20 refills. All of this (blouse & boonie too)is real GI issue. No repro. Obviously not super HSLD but built like a brick shithouse and comfortable to wear. I always liked the DCUs (or Tri-Colors in USMC-speak). Everything was digi by the time I got thru boot camp and into the fleet. When I was in Ramadi in '05, the Army unit in town was still in DCUs...the unit that rotated them out were sporting brand-new ACUs...they got chewed up pretty bad...damn ACU stood out like a mofo. Oh, and the Alice LBE is one of my all-time favorites. Again, flashback Ramadi '05...Lcpl Omega_man was rocking the ALice LBE (I used my Interceptor Flack molle space for 40mm  ). Amazing how I spent 8 months of intense house-to-house CQB combat without a sexy chest rig, plate carrier, or carbine/SBR and did just fine. Just kicking down doors with an old flak jacket, PASGT helmet, Kabar, and M16A4/m203. I mean, the sexy stuff is awesome...and I loved wearing it later in my .mil career; but, old-school works. Not to sound "long in the tooth", but training was much better and realistic when I was a young Marine. We just made shit work and mistakes had painful consequences (hazing is a great motivational tool). /end rant...as556: I like how you roll  |
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Oct 26, 2014 22:30:19 GMT
Y'all make me wanna put out the Alice hear. I never had an issue with it either. The only time I didn't like it was when you had one mag in the 3mag pouch. I mean who didn't feel awesome with 6 mags and 4 grenades, couple of quarts of water, and a large fanny pack.
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Post by as556 on Oct 27, 2014 21:08:57 GMT
Thanks Omega. Guess the old ALICE gear is more popular than I thought. Interesting you say that, I was just talking to my girlfriend about how basic the equipment was in the early stages of IRQ/AFG compared to all the high speed "operator" gear used today. Hard to believe we invaded Afghanistan almost 15 years ago.
So, speaking of ALICE, anybody interested in a show off your LBE type thread for general shenanigans and gear whoring?
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Post by omegaman on Oct 28, 2014 11:13:09 GMT
Y'all make me wanna put out the Alice hear. I never had an issue with it either. The only time I didn't like it was when you had one mag in the 3mag pouch. I mean who didn't feel awesome with 6 mags and 4 grenades, couple of quarts of water, and a large fanny pack. I had found of pair of Alice mag pouches, that I ended up using heavily, that must have been made for airborne dudes or something. Inside, each mag slot had a separate cover that buttoned over it...really helped out when you just had 1 or 2 mags left in there and they were easy to unsnap while doing a speed reload (when I first started rocking Alice gear in IQ, my platoon sgt gave me hell over not wearing "issue" gear and it had no place in urban warfare--I shut him up my winning multiple consecutive speed-reload contests against some saltier senior Marines; thus, proving it to still be relevant gear). I wonder if I still have those...? |
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Post by LowKey on Oct 30, 2014 16:03:10 GMT
Silly question, how did you handle wearing LBE and an Alice pack at the same time? Seems like the gear would interfere with each other.
Alice/LBE was the standard when I was in, but I was a tanker. When I was wearing LBE my ruck was in the tanks bustle rack. The only time I wore the ruck was carrying it from the barracks to the tank park. Never had to deal with both on at the same time....
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Post by as556 on Oct 30, 2014 16:56:13 GMT
Probably a question for Omega, but I personally find the ALICE pack really uncomfortable to wear by itself and even worse when in conjunction with the LBE. Mine is a medium size pack with no frame, and it never sits on my shoulders right. Maybe I just don't know how to pack it so the load is distributed evenly.
In the pic I posted Im wearing my BOB, which is basically just a medium sized assault pack. There's a picture of it in the show off your FA supplies thread.
My ALICE pack is spray painted, I think it came out pretty nicely, I'll post it when I get home from work.
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Post by omegaman on Oct 30, 2014 20:25:45 GMT
Silly question, how did you handle wearing LBE and an Alice pack at the same time? Seems like the gear would interfere with each other. Alice/LBE was the standard when I was in, but I was a tanker. When I was wearing LBE my ruck was in the tanks bustle rack. The only time I wore the ruck was carrying it from the barracks to the tank park. Never had to deal with both on at the same time.... I tried to get away with wearing Alice gear whenever possible in training and combat (you know, until some half-retarded first sergeant ordered everyone to wear their issue gear and look the same). First off, to comfortably carry an Alice pack, medium or large, you have to use the frame and hip belt. The extra padded shoulder straps and hips straps vastly improve the Alice pack, too (Brigade QM use to carry an Alice pack strap upgrade kit, worked well). Additionaly, a cutout piece of ISO mat on the back of the frame makes the whole rig just jelly. Now, to properly position the hip belt as to be useful while wearing Alice LBE, I found the best method was to simply loosen the suspender straps and unbuckle the Alice belt so the whole kit rides below the pack frame hip belt. With the Alice pack hip belt fastened tightly around your hips and over your LBE, the whole stays put. |
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Nov 1, 2014 19:43:15 GMT
 Brace of dissipators. |
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Post by Browning35 on Nov 2, 2014 2:01:12 GMT
None of these are mine (yet anyway). I have three different offers of trades for the same Sig .45 1) a S&W 66 dash model .357 Mag + some cash on top of it 2) a S&W M&P .45 ACP with Crimson Trace laser grips (that I don't really have any use for and that I'd rather get even more $ added to the trade) + some cash 3) a PTR-91 with 20 mags and 100 rds of .308 FMJ straight across.    I'm leaning towards the S&W 66 as I miss the one I used to have plus then I could get started on that PSA lower AR pistol with the extra change. If not then probably the PTR as I'm going for a comeback against those hogs (I have a bunch of black poly pistols already although that would make for a good general purpose hunting and truck pistol). |
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Nov 2, 2014 2:09:51 GMT
I vote 66 + cash or PTR. Build PSA lower into truck pistol kept in sneaky bag.
66 is just secky and I'd be jelly.
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Post by red on Nov 2, 2014 2:11:53 GMT
I vote S&W 66. I do like me wheel guns in .357.
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Post by omegaman on Nov 2, 2014 2:30:20 GMT
66
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Post by Browning35 on Nov 2, 2014 3:14:12 GMT
I guess the 66 it is. That's pretty much the one I want instinctively anyway.
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Post by MrEMonkey on Nov 2, 2014 15:28:59 GMT
I guess the 66 it is. That's pretty much the one I want instinctively anyway.
That sounds like a pretty easy decision, then.  |
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). Amazing how I spent 8 months of intense house-to-house CQB combat without a sexy chest rig, plate carrier, or carbine/SBR and did just fine. Just kicking down doors with an old flak jacket, PASGT helmet, Kabar, and M16A4/m203. I mean, the sexy stuff is awesome...and I loved wearing it later in my .mil career; but, old-school works. Not to sound "long in the tooth", but training was much better and realistic when I was a young Marine. We just made shit work and mistakes had painful consequences (hazing is a great motivational tool).
