Oh, hey
Things are slowly getting back to something resembling normal. The kids are holding up much better than I am. Fortunately, we have support from family and friends that helped get us through the initial shock and the weeks since. It’s been rough.
The thing I focus on now is simplifying life, the house, and, well, as much as I can. It keeps me focused and provides a needed distraction. Organizing the basement, office and garage has taken up a lot of my time. As has consolidating and closing accounts and so on.
While I wouldn’t consider us to have been under quarantine necessarily, I did pretty much eliminate any unnecessary travel for us. As the world is returning to normal (at least where I live), I may have to re-evaluate. Hope all of you are coping with the current situation well.
Oh, and this is a gun blog. To keep myself further occupied, I started a new project:
That’s a Ruger PC Charger in 9mm. It takes Glock magazines. Pros: Sturdy construction; I like the ergonomics; It runs pretty much just like my 10/22.
Cons: No rail or slots on the top of the barrel, which means any BUIS would be short.
I put on a Sig Folding Knuckle to accept an SB pistol brace. The screws that came with the knuckle were junk. The heads came right off while tightening. A trip to Home Depot fixed that. I like the brace quite a lot.
Magpul sling because I have Magpul slings on all of my rifles.
The optic is a Vortex SPARC
, at the recommendation of another blogger sort. Seems to be a decent sight but it has the same flaw EOTechs have: it shuts off automatically. Not a fan of that one feature. Would rather it stayed on until I turned it off.
The muzzle device is Southern Precision Tooling’s Hu Du because I have those on all of my rifles. And they are awesome.
Anyway
, it’s bore sighted and hope to get it to the range soon.
May 20th, 2020 at 12:34 pm
I like the sig romeo 5 and its Holosun breathren because while turn off automatically, the only do so from lack of movement. Moving the rifle turns it back on.
May 20th, 2020 at 1:36 pm
You are making more progress on projects than I am.
May 20th, 2020 at 5:41 pm
Nifty project!
May 20th, 2020 at 9:40 pm
Love the Glock mag compatibility.
Agree with Makroadkill on the Romeo and Holosun, they’re both good optics. I like the Holosun.
May 21st, 2020 at 5:44 am
I’m with SPQR, you’re making a lot more progress on projects than I am.
May 21st, 2020 at 11:35 am
I love that MS4 sling, too.
May 21st, 2020 at 11:52 am
Good to see you on-line!
I like the concept and the fact it takes Glock magazines, haven’t decided if I want it as a pistol or would prefer a carbine. Either one would be a great way to convert 9mm ammo to empty brass.
May 21st, 2020 at 3:18 pm
My project after the loss of my first wife was to become a distinguished rifleman. I had a few leg points when she passed but I kinda took on getting that medal as it forced me to concentrate on something besides my loss. Took me another year but I think to this day that focusing on that kept me from disappearing into a bottle.
I like the PCC concept, I could see my current lovely bride using it to better effect than her bedside M&P 9mm.
Good luck and God bless going forward.
May 21st, 2020 at 3:31 pm
Good to see you back, Unk.
And, congratulations on legging out, Mike. If it was easy, everybody would do it.
DR #2136
May 24th, 2020 at 10:47 am
Light colored background and bright light make for much better pictures. It’s hard to see details on this one, but looks like a fun build.
May 24th, 2020 at 6:03 pm
Ok. Now I want one.
May 25th, 2020 at 3:16 pm
Hu Du the voodoo that you do so well ??
May 25th, 2020 at 9:43 pm
Looks great.
May 26th, 2020 at 11:38 am
Welcome back. Thanks for the gun Pron. I haven’t been able to get to the range in months from all this crap…