u/59Bassman

My 2 favorite pistols are the 1911 and CZ 75. I have owned and competed with both for years. A few years ago when the DWX dropped I was an early adopter. The DWX has been amazing. Great trigger, plenty of weight, very reliable. It’s the easiest shooting 9mm I have handled.

Until today. My GTO came last weekend and I finally got the optic mounted and was able to shoot it today. With 150gr Syntech it is a very, very fast gun. The trigger is not as good as the DWX, bit it is manageable. Fantastic pistol!

I was at a local gun store yesterday doing a transfer on another handgun and I saw this on the sale table for the cheapest price I have seen locally in a while. My wife saw it too. I have been shooting CZ’s for 20 years and competed for quite a while with an original CZ Custom Shadow. My wife has a matte stainless 75 that lives in the nightstand. She picked the pistol up and liked it. She proceeded to pick it up 3 more times in 5 minutes. I still have an old SP-01 Shadow and an OR Shadow 2, but I have wanted a compact since they came out. Since my wife liked it, I figured I didn’t have a choice in the matter. Debating optic choices now.

I still remember shooting a 2011 type for the first time in 1997, an Open race gun in .38 Super. I've flirted with them many times but have never gone through with it. Last week I ordered this GTO off of the SIg website through ExpertVoice. Got it yesterday. It may be a few days before I can get to the range. Going to have a Holosun 507 Comp and Lok grips on it before too long.

It started life as a Charger takedown pistol. Put in a Magpul stock with optic mount and a Holosun pistol sight, a TacSol barrel, BX trigger, and various Kidd and TacSol receiver parts. Can is a OCL Ti K. Small, light, and fits into almost any backpack.

I am not doing much competition shooting these days, but I used to be very active in my local Steel Challenge, USPSA and outlaw 3-Gun matches. I shot primarily a CZ Shadow but also a CZ Custom CTS and an Ed Brown 1911 in Single Stack. My main 3 gun rifle was assembled from an Aero FDE upper and lower. I call it “50 Shades of Tan”. I have lusted after 2011’s since shooting an SVI open gun in the late 90’s.

I have an M18 and a bunch of mags. Not going to open that can of worms, but to me the gun is now a paperweight. I am not a huge Sig fanboy, but the GTO ticks a lot of boxes for me. Currently waffling between a black standard or a combat to better match the rifle. :) Regardless of which one, I would plan on deleting the Series 80 parts.

I have a Dan Wesson DWX, does a GTO really buy me much? Note that I may shoot a comp here or there, but these guns are primarily range toys now.

The faction picker on WH40k pointed me at Dark Angels. So here I am.

I printed and painted the first one a couple weeks ago. I was ok with it but wanted it a bit more in the grey range than brown. So I printed another. Started painting it today (second pick). I wanted the carved skulls and a couple other bits to pop so I used a rub-on metallic wax in a bronze-green tone. The third pic shows the result. Thoughts? Planning on a brown or black wash after.

Files by Two Goblins in a Trench Coat on Makerworld.

This may be the most Invicta Ball watch I have ever seen.

Printed in Sunlu PLA plus 2.0 grey. Shot with Rust-Oleum Flat Red 2-in-1 primer (that is the door panel color). Door frames painted with Folkart Matte. Rivets and handles with metallic rub-on paint. Shot with Vallejo satin varnish. Floor and walls printed in the same filament, shot with Rust-Oleum 2-in-1 flat black primer, then sponged with Folkart Matte Medium Gray followed by a dry brush with Folkart Matte Steel Gray. Openforge 2.0 models.