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Old May 26, 2020, 08:56 PM   #26
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Norinco AK-47 ==> Barrett M107A1.
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Old May 27, 2020, 07:40 PM   #27
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What firearm have you replaced as technology evolves?

Modern S&W revolvers to custom SA type 70 1911. I plugged Hillary hole with JD Winland’s plug but I don't like using the MIM parts and it's getting difficult to R&R them with forged parts.
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Old May 28, 2020, 02:03 AM   #28
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two paths

Career/issue LE handguns:
M15>M10>M66>M686>P220/.45

Heavy woods roaming pistols:
6"M27>6"M29>4"Ruger Sec Six>4-5/8"Ruger B-hawk .357>4"M629 Mtn>Glock 20
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Old May 29, 2020, 09:11 PM   #29
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Winchester 1873 .44-40 to .44 Magnum
Marlin 1895 .45-70 to AR15 .450 Bushmaster
M1 Garand to Noreen BN36X3

Oh, I still have the 'older technology' and will still shoot it every now and then, (at least the Garand and the Winchester) and will never get rid of them. I just find the replacements easier to shoot/carry, so the older ones get venerated positions in the safe.
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Old May 31, 2020, 10:18 AM   #30
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I bought a Glock 26 way back in 95 and thought it was the absolute best CCW firearm of its time. 10 rounds in a 20 some oz compact package.
Lived in Sierra Vista AZ then. You could shoot anywhere a quarter mile away from homes and roads - my officer friends and I shot up the desert on a weekly basis.
In the following decades I always carried that G26 with me as I hiked, biked, motorcycled, and four wheeled all over America. I had to replace the plastic sights several times but never thought of replacing this gun that ate everything it was fed.
Ah, but then I discovered an HK P2000 SK @ 2010 - steel sights, compact, double single action - so maybe it doesn’t always need a holster? They say to shoot a gun before you buy it - If I were shooting at a line I would place the line on top of my level sights - G26 hits the line, HK shoots below the line. No deal. This same sight test ruled out an HK P30Sk and a Walther PPQ sub compact.
This year a CZ-P10S sent my G26 to another home - steel night sights, compact, 12 rounds, well fitting grip, milled for an optic, and it hits the line. I’ve recently shot a Sig 365 and it has me thinking what a great time for the consumer.
So what handgun, shotgun, or rifle have you replaced as the industry evolves?
When bolt actions became reliable, I retired the Brown Bess.
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Old May 31, 2020, 02:30 PM   #31
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Walther P99as in 40 replaced my cz100 as a woods carry.

Touched off a general migration to Walther in the 9mm city carry space.
SR-9c, Sig P6 both were retired. XDS9 stopped being my summer carry in favor of a PPS.

I'm in another holding pattern now.
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Old June 2, 2020, 08:34 AM   #32
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I haven’t really replaced/upgraded any.

The newer stuff coming out, really has no appeal to me. In pistols, i like my old school steel and wood guns, like my hipower and 1911. I prefer exposed hammers, single action, and metal frames. The only polymer frame in the house belongs to my wife. I’ve shot plenty of glocks, a few poly lower Sigs, and a couple of Taurus, and just can’t really warm up to them.

I was gifted a Sig 2022 from my father, had it for about a year and only put about 5 mags through it before I have it back. Nothing wrong with it, but every time I’d go shoot, it would just sit in the safe as I preferred the other pistols I had, so I ended up giving it back.

My carry guns have been 1911’s, hipower, or steel frame revolvers, even with the wife’s Glock and airweight Smith available as options. I’ve fired my fathers in laws G43 a bit, and do like the size and weight, and might be able to tolerate the trigger as a carry gun, and wouldn’t mind trying one out for carry, but that money got spent on a suppressor, so that experiment will have to wait.
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Old June 2, 2020, 08:44 AM   #33
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I have several newer S&W revolvers, A couple Have been shot a lot, no failure of a part yet, molded or otherwise. I think it's time to quit worrying about MIM parts. At least in S&W revolvers.
There is a lot of other stuff I don't like about the new S&W.
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Old June 4, 2020, 03:08 PM   #34
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I'm not going to say I replaced anything because my older guns are still very trusted and still get shot and enjoyed, but improvements in technology has definitely changed my choices for primary CCW and HD weapons.

Where I used to carry a Colt CCO 1911 in 45ACP, I then went to a CZ PCR in 9mm due mainly to the real world success of 9mm Federal HST and Speer Gold Dot in LEO shootings.

With improvements in light and sight technology, I went to a 9mm S&W Shield with a Crimson Trace 400 Lumen mounted light and Truglo TFX Tritium Fiber Optic sights to give me good target ID and sight visibility day or night, 24/7.

My most recent change was my confidence in red dot sights due to training with and testing leading me to finally incorporating red dot sights and more powerful lights with my CZ P-07 CCW and my CZ P10C nightstand gun.


My CZ P10C with Holosun 507C Red Dot and powerful Streamlight TLR1 WML


My CZ P-07 with Holosun 507C Red Dot and compact Olight PL2 mini WML


CZ P-07 in a Werkz Bisect holster with 35-52 rds of 9mm on tap
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Old June 5, 2020, 05:45 AM   #35
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DMK - I think that someday I’ll get a setup similar to yours - that’s a lot of firepower and like you said night or day. I’ve never used a red dot on a handgun but think it is just a matter of time. I have a PX-45 and shield 45 with lasers - but lasers are so hard to see in sunlight.
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Old June 23, 2020, 01:14 PM   #36
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I've gotten rid of all my all metal framed handguns.
To me, the extra weight just isn't justified these days.
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Old June 23, 2020, 02:30 PM   #37
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I retired my SA M1A to my safe in favor of Rock River X-1. A sub-MOA 308 168 grain tack driver.
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Old June 23, 2020, 03:50 PM   #38
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When synthetic stocks for bolt guns came out in the late 80's early 90's I got rid of most of my wood stocks, they're much lighter and resistant to dings. Unless it's a high grade wood stock on a collector or range gun I never even consider wood these days.
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Old July 24, 2021, 11:41 PM   #39
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All revolvers and 1911s are now my safe queens.
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Old July 24, 2021, 11:52 PM   #40
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I'll concede the percussion lock is more reliable than flint, in wet weather and that the enclosed metallic cartridge is more reliable than percussion. But that's all I will concede.
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Old July 25, 2021, 10:50 PM   #41
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Replaced my G26 with a G48. Still 10 rounds, and thinner so it CCWs better.
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Old July 27, 2021, 12:38 AM   #42
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None. Once I get used to a gun I put it in my rotation. What works simply works. I may add optics to a rifle, but for handguns other than changing grips very little gets altered.
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Old July 27, 2021, 01:53 AM   #43
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Some people in after me own heart. Current CCW is an FDE P-10C. Started back in the mid 80s with a Jennings J-22 in 22lr, moved to a Charter Arms Off Duty 38 snub, and worked my way up over the years. Better tech? In the case of the Jennings, absolutely. The others? Sometimes, especially in the case of the Astra A-80. Better working for me? Absolutely.
Of course the secondary CCW is also a P-10, S model.

On the other hand, guns that are "invalided" out aren't suddenly ineffective - I carried a Smith Model 10-8 38 Special recently, and didn't feel bad about it. There just are options that came available that worked better for me. A Borchardt will probably still kill you as dead as a Glock 19, but it's a wee bit awkward to carry.
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Old July 27, 2021, 02:14 AM   #44
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ok, I'll admit it. I finally gave up on matchlocks for flintlocks...
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Old July 27, 2021, 03:11 AM   #45
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Seriously what gun technology other than polymer frames is newer than 7 years old? I have a late pre-WWII Stevens shotgun with a factory plastic stock.

When I can buy a plasma rifle in the 40w range, I might have something to report back...


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Old July 27, 2021, 06:05 AM   #46
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New fangled disrupters, whassa matter with a good old fashioned phaser!
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Old July 27, 2021, 09:37 AM   #47
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New fangled disrupters, whassa matter with a good old fashioned phaser!
You really want the plasma rifle for the "in atmosphere" fireball effect though!

Since one of the rifles I keep hoping to afford is a nice .577/450 Martini I think the "replace" is kind of a not-for-me activity.
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Old July 27, 2021, 10:45 AM   #48
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I haven’t really replaced/upgraded any.

The newer stuff coming out, really has no appeal to me. In pistols, i like my old school steel and wood guns, like my hipower and 1911. I prefer exposed hammers, single action, and metal frames.

That's me. The new technology puts me off. If it has a rail I don't want it. If it's plastic I don't want it. If it has an internal hammer I don't want it. If it has a decocker I don't want it. If it's striker fired I don't want it.
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Old July 27, 2021, 02:32 PM   #49
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Oh good! My Lugers are safe from you!

I don't see where plastic is an improvement or "technological upgrade". Do remember the people who are making them, and telling you that are SELLING A PRODUCT!!!

And remember, snake oil salesmen are still with us, they just sell other things these days.
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Old July 27, 2021, 02:47 PM   #50
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Oh good! My Lugers are safe from you!

I don't see where plastic is an improvement or "technological upgrade". Do remember the people who are making them, and telling you that are SELLING A PRODUCT!!!

And remember, snake oil salesmen are still with us, they just sell other things these days.
Your Lugers are safe from a financial standpoint if nothing else.
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