Oh $hit, been out to the range, twice, and forgot all about the papers.
CP is faster than the CFO!
Omega 6, officially off the fence(pic heavy page 5)
- Thread starter Max Renegade
- Start date
Oh $hit, been out to the range, twice, and forgot all about the papers.
CP is faster than the CFO!
- Location
- B.C. (southern interior)
So i took it down cleaned oiled and reassembled. So far looking good i ran some dummy rounds through all cycled fine.
I took quite a few pictures i will upload them to this post throughout the day.
Sum of all the parts.
Frame
Slide
Barrel
Down the barrel
Kibbles and bits
Sights
Locked open
Closed
Closed other side
GSG side by side
I took quite a few pictures i will upload them to this post throughout the day.
Sum of all the parts.
Frame
Slide
Barrel
Down the barrel
Kibbles and bits
Sights
Locked open
Closed
Closed other side
GSG side by side
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I gotta question the different components from gun to gun. Some have 3 dot sights, some have FLGR, some have painted parts, some have GI plugs and guiderods. That sort of inconsistency doesn't give me the impression of a quaility manufacturer.
tictactician
Regular
- Location
- Victoria, B.C.
Man the ramp on the barrel looks pretty narrow with sharp shoulders on each side.
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Here's a few pics of mine before its first range trip. Only thing I've done is changed the grips & screws out with stuff I had in my drawer (FLGR is factory) - to me it looks like an $800 gun. I'm going to put in a fibre optic front sight and clean up the trigger pull as well.
yes it does
hans slayer
CGN Regular
- Location
- Vancouver Island
Very nice. Mine is on the way. Hopefully I don't have the same function issues as some of the other guys. If I may, what grips are those?
- Location
- B.C. (southern interior)
Few relatively uninspiring reviews has me antsy to go give it a try. Just need that stupid piece of paper...
I bet at some point in the manufacturing process they ran out of either the gi plug or full length guide rod. Substitution is sometimes a necessary evil in manufacturing. I wonder if the qc inspection date will shine a light on the pattern of inconsistency.
Also wonder if the gi plug is any better or worse than the full length guide rod.
I bet at some point in the manufacturing process they ran out of either the gi plug or full length guide rod. Substitution is sometimes a necessary evil in manufacturing. I wonder if the qc inspection date will shine a light on the pattern of inconsistency.
Also wonder if the gi plug is any better or worse than the full length guide rod.
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heavenIsAlie
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Abbotsford
make no difference function wise, more personal preference. (i prefer flgr because I like to keep the top end together if all I need to get at is the frame)
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I shot mine on the weekend. Turns out standard 9mm mags WILL NOT work. 45 mags have straight sides because the 45 cartridge is about the same width as the mag. Because 9mm cartridges are narrower than 45s, the mag has to be narrowed to keep them in a row and this is done by forming a small inward groove the length of the mag on both sides of the mag. I tried the 9mm/40 mag that came with the gun and it functioned perfectly, even with 165 gr. lead SWC 40 bullets. I then tried loading some rounds in other 9mm mags I have. The first one would go in but adding more jammed the first and subsequent rounds in the mag. I was perplexed at first until I got the mags home and looked at them under a magnifier. The reason the rounds jam in 9mm mags is that the inward folds make the interior too narrow for the 40 S&W cartridge. This really confused me as the mag with the gun was a Mec-Gar marked 9mm with "40" electropencilled next to it and it loaded and shot fine. I have the identical mag in 9mm and the rounds jammed in it. When I looked really closely I could see that on the 9mm/40 mag the top of the inward folds had been filed or ground flat on top, thereby increasing the interior width allowing the 40s to fit. On the unaltered 9mm mag the top of the fold was round, not ground flat, reducing the interior space so that a 40 would not fit. I imagine that with some judicious file work you could flatten the top of the fold so that a standard 9mm mag would take the 40 rounds but it will be tedious. If anyone can suggest a faster way to do it I'm all ears. The good thing is that the mags will be usable for both 9mm and 40 S&W.
I tried several types of 45 mags (McCormick 8 round, Metalform, Wilson 47D) with varying success. The biggest problem was the slide locking back when there was still one round in the mag. This makes sense, however, because since the 40 is smaller in diameter than a 45, the follower will come up higher with one 40 round left in the mag than it will with one 45 left, just high enough, in fact, to engage the slide stop. This can probably be prevented by lowering the slide stop tab or notch just a bit so it won't engage the slide stop till the last round has been chambered. This may remove the slide stop function if the mag is used with 45s, however, so I suggest if you do this you set those mags aside for dedicated 40 S&W use only.
If I get some time later today I'll try to post some pics to show what I'm talking about. Because we're talking mags here with all their variables YMMV.
- Location
- B.C. (southern interior)
Took mine to the range shot 100 rounds (12 mags worth) using the stock mag with the 9mm/40sw and an act 45 mag , lots of failure to feed. Seemed somewhat random... I had the occasional mag every thing would feed fine maybe 3 mags, most common problem was the first round of the mag it would feed straight into the frame or bottom of the barrel id say that happened in 7 mags, about 2 mags every round would have to be cycled manually either it would feed straight into the frame or not quite high enough to chamber. One round actually fed so bad that the projectile pushed right into the brass giving it a much shorter overall length. (i will post a picture tomorrow)
I cant say that one mag fed any better than the other they both kinda sucked.
Accuracy is amazing groups tight at 25 yards i was not having problems laying the holes on top of each other or at least getting them to touch.
I wonder what the fix is for the feeding problem, going to try some different ammunition.
I cant say that one mag fed any better than the other they both kinda sucked.
Accuracy is amazing groups tight at 25 yards i was not having problems laying the holes on top of each other or at least getting them to touch.
I wonder what the fix is for the feeding problem, going to try some different ammunition.
- Location
- B.C. (southern interior)
Worth taking a look at i suppose. I am going to try and find some round nose ammo all i got is flat interested to see if the round nose feeds any better.
I hope it just needs to be broken in.
Side note wholly crap ejector.. Brass was bouncing of the 10 foot ceiling
I got two in a row, to the forehead. OK now, though!
hans slayer
CGN Regular
- Location
- Vancouver Island
Hitzy, I believe you have had one for some time. What has been your experience with it?
- Location
- B.C. (southern interior)
Yeah, Did it start off as a b##ch and then calmed down after a few hundred rounds?
Ok took mine out for a test drive today. MecGar mag that came with the gun is garbage - simply will not feed reliably and also failed to engage the slide stop on empty. I found some 45 mags (ruger) that ran flawlessly. Other than the mag, I love this pistol. Very tight, accurate and hefty. Trigger is crisp but too heavy so needs to be adjusted and I'm going to change the front sight to a fibre optic. I put in a heaver recoil spring to dampen the brass trajectory a bit with heavier loads. A very nice looking and soft shooting gun - couldn't be happier (unless SAM had provided a functioning magazine with the gun)!
If you don't want the SAM mag I'll take it. Should only cost $1-2 to ship in a padded envelope ( which I will gladly pay).
