New trap shotgun

New trap shotgun

Getting into the world of trap and decided I wasn't going to spend a billion dollars when I first start out like I do with every hobby I take up. Found this CZ Teal sport exclusive to Bass Pro and decided to pick one up. Applied for a bass pro card and was able to get it out rhe door for a little under $700 with the discount for getting the card.

I will say the process of purchasing a firearm from Bass Pro was absolutely unbelievable. I am usually a mom and pop shop type shopper and when I get a gun im in and out within 20-25 minutes with the 4473 and anything else

It took me over an hour to be able to walk out with this gun. Between the straw purchase notice, all the safety stuff and not 1, not 2 but 3 checks on the 4473 from 3 different people who all had to he called from different areas of the store. If I could of gotten then shotgun anywhere else I probably would have but other than that I am very happy with it

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 1 day ago
▲ 29 r/AR9

New AR9

Was able to take my new build out to the range today. I am using an actual mil spec ar lower so I decided to try out the mean arms EndoMag. For what it is it works pretty well. I shot 15 mags through the pistol and had 2 FTF. Ive heard they have their issues but to me 2 isn't bad especially seeing the entire setup is brand new. We will see one the mag is fully broken in if there are any more problems. So far so good

Franklin armory lower

Always armed 7.5" octo upper

Right to bear bolt

Sb3 brace

Mil spec ar9 buffer kit

Mil spec lpk

Mean arms endo mag

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 12 days ago

Gunsmith recommendations

I live in the Dracut/Lowell area and looking for a reputable gunsmith to do some work on my 2011. I just dont trust myself enough to take that gun in particular apart. Any other gun I have i work on no problem. I want to get an ignition kit installed and I am having disconnector hangup that I need filed down. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Bonus points of they aren't over a month out.

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u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 14 days ago

Misspelling on registration

Ive done a bunch of registrations on the MA gun portal with no issue but i was just registering my glock 17 and was using auto fill and my first name didn't fully register on the line where it asks for your first name. Will this be an issue going forward or is it nothing to worry about? Just dont want any hold ups next time I have to register or do a background check.

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u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 17 days ago
▲ 54 r/guns+1 crossposts

The new pickups today

Picked up a cz ts2 for uspsa and trying out a Cobratech otf with a tanto blade as my first otf.

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 18 days ago
▲ 2 r/Glocks

Putting together a Glock for my son.

He wants all the "cool" parts on it so here's the start

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 22 days ago

Palmetto State Armory

Before I even attempt to buy anything I figured I'd ask in advance. I have a coworker that lives in NH and is willing to get stuff from PSA shipped to his house (legal to own stuff of course). Is it even worth using my address as a billing address or should I just give him cash and have him order it all under his name?

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u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 24 days ago

Chat gpt doesn't allow firearm mods

So my son (11) came up to me the other day and said we should build a "gucci glock" so i started the process if buying parts for said gucci glock. Got this slide on ebay for very cheap and wanted to see what it looked like on my gen 3 frame. Tried putting it into chat gpt and asked to put the slide on a gen 3 glock 19. Came back with saying chat gpt doesn't modify any firearms on there platform. So I tried Elon Musk's Ai app called grok and it did it within seconds. Pretty cool what tjis technology can do. Think it looks pretty good.

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 26 days ago
▲ 91 r/1911

RIA tac ultra .45

Picked up this rock island tac ultra a couple weeks ago used. When I got it i noticed some peening at the slide stop so i had the shops gunsmith take it and clean it up. Think he did a pretty good job. Also got in the valkeryie designs compensator so I threw that one when I got home.

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 28 days ago
▲ 80 r/tcap

Was showing my fiance how terrible my ride to work was this afternoon and the opportunity presented itself

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 1 month ago

Barrel Porting

Anyone know of a shop that does barrel porting in the northern MA/southern NH area? I see a few places on Facebook that do it but they are over 1 1/2 hours south of me. So I'd like to keep it local to me incase I have time drop it off for more than a few hours. I am in the Lowell/Dracut area

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u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 1 month ago

S&W FPC 9MM LOVE

Got my fpc a while ago and been shooting it ALOT lately. Absolutely love it. Only thing I added was a Vortex Triumph dot. Might put a foregrip on it eventually but it shoots absolutely perfect the way it is. Was in a toss up between this and the Kel Tec sub 2000 and im glad I chose this.

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 1 month ago
▲ 44 r/P365

This one followed me home

Finally decided to try out a 365 and they had this one used at my LGS. The Icarus grip module feels amazing. Heard that the RMRcc didn't do too well in the sales dept due to the fact that rms-c came out around the same time but I can't imagine the quality is bad as it is a trijicon. Im sure I'll he happy with it.

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 1 month ago
▲ 23 r/2011

Keeping it "budget" friendly

Mac 9 ds 5 inch with osight amrs optic and Braun light.

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 1 month ago
▲ 30 r/2011

Range day

My son shooting the Mac 9 5 inch non comp. He's been shooting his ruger mark 4 quite a bit and wanted to try out one of my 2011s today.

For anyone wondering, there was an incident at my gun club where a bullet hit a building over a mile away and the club was accused of it being from someone there. Come to find out Noone was using the range that day and it ended up being someone in the woods a little ways away. After that they decided to install the "no blue sky" system. That's what the barriers are for above the shooters. Stops stray rounds.

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 2 months ago

New EDC

Got my new and first EDC light today. Got it through prime day. Not the best light out there but didn't want to spend a ton on one just yet. New to the whole edc thing.

Bonus points if you recognize the floor of the store I'm in

u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 2 months ago
▲ 0 r/2011

Magazine manufacturer differences

So I picked up a Romulus the other day and unfortunately because I live in the “great” state of Massachusetts I had to get 10 round magazines for it. I know, I know “wHy WoUlD yOu GeT a 2011 If YoU cAn OnLy HoLd 10 RoUnDs????” Because I really like the platform and wanted something new

In my search locally I came across a prodigy 10 round mag and ended up ordering a checkmate mag from Greg cote llc. The mags look absolutely identical besides the color but for some reason the prodigy mag is pretty loose when locked in and it’s on and off with locking the slide back when racking or last round. Most likely going to just order some more checkmate mags but are they actually the same magazine? Did I get a dud? Have heard 2011s can be finicky but was told the prodigy mags would work fine.

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u/Mantis_Toboggan16 — 2 months ago