Posted on 09/23/2009 6:19:16 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
First, as it came out of the box.
Then, after a trip to the range following cosmetic surgery to increase its self esteem.
The target is respectable for 50 yards for a pistol cartridge, but I was aghast at the 14-pound trigger pull of the weapon. I don't have trigger gauges that go that high, I had to use a postage scale to measure the pull.
Then I did a bit more thinking. I've spoiled myself with rifles that can be used as scalpels, with trigger pulls to match. The USC isn't a scalpel, it's a broken beer bottle. I really don't want a super-accurate trigger pull, although I think I can shave off a couple of pounds with NanoLube.
Besides, I think weapons like this are fired by pulling the trigger with the second finger joint, rather than caressing the trigger with the pad of your finger tip.
Another thing I noticed is that gas-operated weapons, even the maligned AR15, are nearly spotlessly clean after firing compared to a straight-blowback USC. After only 50 rounds, everything except the lower receiver was coated with what seemed like soot. It took an hour to clean it.
The other think I've learned is that 200 gr +P .45ACP is a nasty round to shoot, even in a heavy carbine like this. The recoil isn't bad, but the muzzle blast is awful. I think the round even goes supersonic in this longer barrel. It certainly has enough muzzle flash to blind my Eotech sight for a fraction of a second. And to think I fired three rounds through my M1911 before I gave up. I fired a full 25 rounds with the USC, leaving me with 450 rounds to go, and big doubts about what I'll do about it.
Finally, a quick review of a new gadget I discovered. It's by Demon Tactical. It tightens up the sometimes-sloppy union of the AR15 upper and lower receiver by replacing the rear takedown pin with a toggle assembly that you can adjust to get the tension and stability you want. It comes with either a finger lever, or a fitting that uses a fired round for the lever.
I bought one of each, and immediately discovered that using some fired brass just makes things more awkward, and harder to set up. I ordered another Quick Pin for my AR15.
I've always had a loose fit between the upper and lower on the AR57. My best results came with sticking a small rubber washer from some plumbing assortment under the rear lug. With luck, I've had it last a few hundred rounds before it got tired, and things started to loosen again. Things were so loose that accuracy went to hell, along with my composure.
Once the rear takedown pin, along with the detent and spring, are removed, it takes a few minutes to adjust this device. Pushing down on the lever expands the mandrel inside the hole in the receiver lug,and pulls the entire upper receiver to the right. Use a screwdriver on the left end of the "pin" to adjust things. Once it seems right, a bit of blue Loctite will keep things from moving much.
Again, the aim to to adjust things so you can snap the lever open and closed with some effort, and not resort to brute force.
As you tear down your weapon and reassemble it, the setting of pin may change, and you'll have to spend a few minutes readjusting.
For me, this little bit of extra work sure beats the aggravation my sloppy AR57 used to give me. I recommend this to anyone with similar problems. I just hope they make this in slightly different lengths for weapons like the Sig, or AR10.
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LOL! That’s so cute!
We have one in our town, about 10 minutes away, and another in Framingham, about 25 minutes East of us.
Whole Foods definitely has more stuff, but it’s much more expensive. Our David has Whole Foods in Austin, and he calls it “Whole Paycheck”. He wishes they’d get a Trader Joe’s.
ROTFL!
'Cosmetic' surgery? It looks like a whole different weapon!
Sunday night funkle!
The trigger stayed the same.
Heh.
I wonder which one of my dear children hid two 1/2” drill bits in my knapsack to test the blueshirt’s attentiveness.
I cain’t moot with you if’n you gots a hole in yer shirt...
About to leave Old Dominion parking to head out on Old Dominion Street to Old Dominion Highway to Colonial Old Dominion.
I’ve gone thru with 18” pieces of inch diameter wire without problem.
What am I gonna do with a little ole 6” drill bit?
Besides, I have a fresh mootshirt.
Good grief. I almost ran over 6 deer in downtown Colonial Old Dominion. And me without my longbow.
They’re tiny too. I 6 point buck was about half the size of what I’d call a normal doe.
I’m guessing the Shire Reeve would frown upon drawing a longbow in the town limits.
Hey girl! Most recent discussions seem to be firearms, and deer hunting. Oh, and there were a couple of comments, previously, about the new Hobbit movie! . ;o)
There’s a mini-moot to be happenin’ this afternoon.
Pints will be raised.
All very good!
Will look forward to the after-moot report.
I have goats on my porch.
Until you post a pic with a goat sitting on ecurbh's head, 2J is still the clear winner.
just sayin'...
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