Happiness is a new gun 2

Thanks King! 😊

I’ll pick mine up today and put it in the safe alongside its twin.

New S9 looks just like the first one….and is less than 600 numbers off.
The magazines are really hard to seat properly - I have to slam them in with the heel of my hand to get them to snap in that last 1/8”.

Them poor guys musta been sittin around not doin much since yer last one 😆 Good to hear the shipping delays were not to infinity!

Not a whole new gun but building from parts on hand and a new upper. New AR minimalist. 6 lbs 4 oz as shown. Need to try it out before seeing if I’ll try for lighter (although losing those additional oz. come at greater cost.

Personally, love stuff like this yqtshj. Some would say "cobbled", while I say "making it happen" (with what we've got). No better way to learn what works and what does not than giving it a go and seeing what happens. Kudos!

Thanks. I know I could shave off about 4 oz with a skeletonized bolt carrier, but not sure about the longevity of those. Then a pencil barrel would be about 5 oz lighter but may affect accuracy a bit, and I’d have to come up with a gas block and handguard plan, as well as front sights. That would get me under 6 lbs but I’ll have to ponder all this for a while. All the furniture is about as light as you can get at this time and still be functional. 5 oz handguard, 6 oz stock, 1.8 oz grip.

Got her home, cleaned her up, and installed a magwell, some bushings and some new grips

Identical Twin Ruger Stainless LCP Gen 3 guns have arrived.
Added Hogue grips and Galloway Stainless guide rods.
Really digging the upgraded cocking serrations and aluminum skeletonized trigger.
https://i.imgur.com/BVtARfi.jpg?1

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Originally Posted by yqtszhj

Thanks. I know I could shave off about 4 oz with a skeletonized bolt carrier, but not sure about the longevity of those. Then a pencil barrel would be about 5 oz lighter but may affect accuracy a bit, and I’d have to come up with a gas block and handguard plan, as well as front sights. That would get me under 6 lbs but I’ll have to ponder all this for a while. All the furniture is about as light as you can get at this time and still be functional. 5 oz handguard, 6 oz stock, 1.8 oz grip.

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You aint messin around! In drag racing we would say "every ounce counts"! Not sure of it's weight, but I once sold some gold coins to a 3 gun guy. I took a light one in as partial payment. It has a pencil barrel and other parts he was explaining he had on there to reduce weight. I just wanted it because I only had to give him $500 off. My wife has a poly AR9 that weighs like nothing. I replaced the buffer stop, trigger group and selector with metal, which upped the weight, but then put a carbon fiber forestock on it and brought it back down a little. Crazy light!