So this showed up from Century yesterday - full disclosure. It's kind of like a rival but with a ported barrel/compensator.
I got the dot mounted on it - it's the Canik MO3 - which is a huge window dot - basically SRO sized that will mount directly on the slide with a lovely low deck height. I've had good luck with the M02. This is a $250 6 MOA dot with about an SRO sized window. So far so good.
The compensator isn't a true compensator - it's a steel shroud that hooks over a slot cut in the final bit of the barrel - it's very easy to remove - I don't know if you can consider this barrel threaded or not- it kind of is?
The extras Caniks are known for are improved. Their optic plate got a bit better with a slight refresh. The freebie holster is much better than the rival one. They give you a lower rate recoil spring.
The grip texture is insanely good - way better than a typical rival. Slide serrations are better. I'm excited about this gun - curious how compensator works as it's not really a compensator. I have a Bul Tomahawk Pro (ported glock clone) showing up Monday - and I'll probably do a head to head with the Rival vs the Shadow Systems versus the Bull Pro.
So there's it happening - it was a good stage up until that point . You can actually see the issue starting as the gun hangs out of batter entering the position which forced me to rack a round out to get it back into battery - which I handled well. This sequence was paper, mini popper, mini popper activator, distant open target, bobber (didn't engage), partial (didn't engage) - so I ate 4 mikes and 2 procedurals right there. And it still was a 3.44 hit factor.
The good news so now the guns working I look forward to two days of mayhem!
Below - you can see a shock buff - it's a washer, basically that threads onto the guide rod. The theory of what a shock buff does is it alleviates some of the impact when the slide opens all the way - they're usually made out of Delrin or rubber or whatever but this one is aluminum and was supposed to be maintenance free. It kind of compresses the spring a bit more since you don't trim the spring so it makes lighter springs work more like a higher poundage ...
I got this pretty epic slow motion in the range of the Deagle going off. that gun is silly fun to shoot. The fireball is massive - I started to chrono the ammo I have for it - it's not as impressive as the fireball would suggest. It's about 1200 FPS with a 300 grain projectile. For comparison - the 6" 10mm with a 180 grain Blazer Brass was doing 180 grains at 1200 FPS.
The 10mm 1911 is pretty tame to shoot - not wildly different form a 45.
I was going to do a video on 10mm ammo and then shoot water jugs and slow motion of them popping - but then the sky opened up on me.
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So the Venom is basically the same sight without the solar panel for about half the cost. So that's got my attention and where I'm going next.
If you're into it - it's on sale right now as part of their Black Friday door busters at Optics planet https://alnk.to/74xDu6U
- if you use code PBFD - it's like $154 which seems like stealing. If you're getting more than just the sight - my code HUMBF gets 14% off - so like an X300 Ultra is like $275
here's a video on the Defenser ST Enclosed
I got back from travel first bit of the week and took out the P211 - I took them to my indoor gun club bright and early this AM and only had enough time to to put about 150 or so rounds through the P211. Here's what I discovered about the gun so far.
The grip is really good. There is a texturized aluminum plate up under the safety that bites into your support hand at the turning moment. It's probably the best - in this area - of any 2011 grip I've tried that's not an MJD grip. Accuracy is very good - that picture is a group shot with some Sig Elite V Crown 124s (they sent them with the gun) - the fliers were me not having good aim. It's capable of all X ring.
The comp works very well. I really want to compare it to an XC. I shot Buffalo Creek 115s and the Sig 124 VCrowns in doubles - my group was smaller with the doubles on the Crowns than the 115 range loads. There was more hit in the hand but the gun feels more stable with spicier ammo - if you can hold on to it - which you can - because see above.
It does not fit 2011 ...
