Happiness is a new gun 2

[BirdsThaWord]

Thanks King! 😊

[Armybrat]

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

[Armybrat]

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”.

[BirdsThaWord]

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

[yqtszhj]

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.

[BirdsThaWord]

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!

[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.

[dao]

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

[Barth]

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.

[BirdsThaWord]

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.

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!