Steel frame to polymer

[TX OMFS]

Nothing beats a polymer .40.

 

[Sasquatch]

Nothing beats a polymer .40.

.357 Sig and .45 Super have entered the chat

 

[zackmars]

Nothing beats a polymer .40.

 

[TX OMFS]

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So, if you're gay, the assumption is you would own a 9mm? Being gay and owning a .40 is unusual and unexpected?

 

[Fishkiller]

So, if you're gay, the assumption is you would own a 6.5 creedmore? Being gay and owning a .40 is unusual and unexpected?

Fixed it for you.

 

[Sasquatch]

So, if you're gay, the assumption is you would own a 9mm? Being gay and owning a .40 is unusual and unexpected?

Nah, they would be packing Thirty Thuper Carry, skinnier and fits all those tight bores easier. May not pack the punch of a .44 but .44's are for Daddy's and Bears. Kid in the pic is obviously a twink.

He would own a 6.5 Creedmore rifle, that he never shoots (hurts his shoulder - but attracts the masculine types anyway) and he also owns bizarre shit chambered in .32 French Longue or an old Nagant revolver to feel connected to WW2 era anti-facists.

 

[seeker_two]

So, if you're gay, the assumption is you would own a 9mm? Being gay and owning a .40 is unusual and unexpected?

 

[TheDan]

Does it take much time getting used to shooting with polymer frames?

No. I'm pretty comfortable picking up anything and shooting.

Has anyone gone back to steel after trying out polymer?

Not really. I grew up liking Berettas, Sigs, and CZs. So wasn't necessarily a steel purist, but did prefer metal frames. The only polymer gun I knew was Glock and I still think those are icky.

First polymer gun I liked was the SP2022, and I like it quite a bit. Everyone that handles that gun says it just shoots right. I've got one of the German made ones.

That opened the floodgates and I love the plastic fantastics now. I still like the same metal framed guns I always have; just not a purist.

 

[General Zod]

First polymer gun I liked was the SP2022, and I like it quite a bit. Everyone that handles that gun says it just shoots right. I've got one of the German made ones.

My SP2022 is US-made, but it still feels good in the hand and is accurate and reliable. No complaints here at all. I don't doubt that the German made ones are better, but I'm not sure where that improvement could fit in as satisfied as I am with mine.

 

[TheDan]

My SP2022 is US-made, but it still feels good in the hand and is accurate and reliable. No complaints here at all. I don't doubt that the German made ones are better, but I'm not sure where that improvement could fit in as satisfied as I am with mine.

I picked up one of the US made ones and ended up selling it. Just didn't give me the same fizz.

The finish on the slide and other metal parts is different. The pins are different, too. It somehow shot different, but that could have been in my head

 

[Sasquatch]

No. I'm pretty comfortable picking up anything and shooting.

Not really. I grew up liking Berettas, Sigs, and CZs. So wasn't necessarily a steel purist, but did prefer metal frames. The only polymer gun I knew was Glock and I still think those are icky.

First polymer gun I liked was the SP2022, and I like it quite a bit. Everyone that handles that gun says it just shoots right. I've got one of the German made ones.

That opened the floodgates and I love the plastic fantastics now. I still like the same metal framed guns I always have; just not a purist.

Is your German made gun actually a 2022 - or is it the predecessor the SP2009? I had a Sig Pro SP2340 that I hated. It was my first / only gun I've owned in .357 Sig and had me hating the caliber for a long time after. I couldn't shoot that gun for shit, and the mags rattled and pinched my pinky under recoil. It also didn't have a great finish.

I've since given the Sig Pro another chance with an SP2022 and loved the ergos, it was just a meh shooter for me though, not near as nice as a 226, 225, 229 or 228. Much better fit & finish than the 2340 I had. Mags didn't rattle like the old one did. Did not pinch my finger under recoil. I'll probably own another some day because I keep buying the same gun models every few years expecting them to be different.

 

[General Zod]

It was my first / only gun I've owned in .357 Sig

 

[TheDan]

Is your German made gun actually a 2022

yep

 

[General Zod]

yep

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A lanyard loop! Interesting. That would drive me crazy if mine had one. I'd constantly be smacking it when I slide a fresh mag in.

 

[TheDan]

A lanyard loop! Interesting.

oh, yeah Guess that's another quirk of the German ones I had forgotten.

 

[Sasquatch]

yep

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Nice - must've been one of the early 2022's. I wonder if the German guns are the only ones with the lanyard - I don't believe my 2022 had the lanyard loop.

 

[Gordo]

.......... he also owns bizarre shit chambered in .32 French Longue or an old Nagant revolver to feel connected to WW2 era anti-facists.

Anyone here limp wristed?
I have a box of original WW2 .32 French Longue...

 

[alternative]

Read in one of the gun mags that some newer polymers were being developed that should cushion recoil even more. The laws of physics are constant (so they say) and a heavier gun should have less recoil than a lighter gun but there are variables such as mechanism of action and cushioning effect a polymer or rubber grip may have. My 38 special in my Ruger LCR has much more recoil than the same round in my GP100 with 5 inch barrel.

 

[leVieux]

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IMHO,

’’Range’’ guns & hunting shotguns, which will fire many thousands of rounds during their generations-long useful lives, should be all forged steel or steel alloys.

The weight benefit of ‘’carry guns’’, most of which will be fired only to maintain proficiency & familiarity, is greatly enhanced by the use of lighter alloys & ‘’plastics’’.

Just my opinion.

leVieux

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[Lonesome Dove]

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