My favorite toy
Last week I posted about putting the wood to an AR-15:
…whereupon Reader Butch B. sent me his treatment thereof, along similar lines:
Using Cerakote for the steel, and wood instead of plastic, he calls it his “Fudd-riffic AR-15” (right-click to embiggen).
I have to say, that looks rather fetching — kinda like a modern version of the venerable M1 Garand. (Butch, can you send me the details of where you found that wood furniture? I am really intrigued…)
Reader Brad_In_IL suggests that Palmetto State Armory has an overstock of the excellent S&W Model 686; that, or they’re just using it as a loss leader — the retail term that is used to describe an advertising campaign which features a product at a ridiculously-low price to attract customers into the store, where they’ll buy not just the featured loss leader but (hopefully) other products at regular retail prices (which carry higher profit margins).
Here’s the aforementioned S&W 686 from PSA:
Phew. Okay, that’s really tempting. [checks bank account]
Shit.
…and no, we’re not talking about looking at bikini pics of Salma Hayek. We’re talking about this nonsense, as sent to me by my so-called friend Combat Controller:
And once fitted:
Seriously?
As I pointed out to CC, the only thing stopping me from reaching for Ye Olde Credytte Carde is that said “furniture upgrade” costs nearly double what I spent on the rifle itself.
Gotta admit, though, it’s not bad-looking.
This from PSA:
I have to say that having a Buckmark trigger — still better, I think, than that of any other .22 pistol outside the competition guns — for only $300 sounds like a good deal.
But I also have to say that I’ve never been able to get anything more than minute-of-Coke-can accuracy with that 4″ bull barrel, and I’ve owned more than one of that type. Not that this is altogether a Bad Thing, of course, because if you’re going to head out into the woods or to a short range with nothing but Death To Cans in mind, this little Micro would be the bee’s knees.
I do prefer the full-steel (and longer than 4″) barrel over the lighter bull barrel:
…and in fact I have just such a 5″ barrel, waiting to be swapped in its current holder:
…when I have the time / inclination to do so.
…in the Doc Russia Crisis Center:
It’s kinda the same in Kim’s Bunker, except that there’s a flashlight or two next to every “home defense” firearm, i.e. no further than arm’s reach regardless of my location in the house.
I don’t have a flashlight attached to any of my firearms. No big reason; I just don’t see the need to identify my position if I’m about to activate the bang switch. YMMV, and that’s fine — there’s no need for debate on the issue, because I can see both sides of the argument. It’s just a personal preference.
I might change my opinion in the case of the Poodleshooter Piece:
…but I’m still debating the issue with myself. Frankly, I can’t see a situation developing (for me) in which some serious* anti-social night-time activity might become necessary; but I’m not closing my mind to the eventuality, either.
*that can’t be handled by half a dozen or so rounds of .45 ACP or .357 Magnum, I mean.
I’ve asked this kind of question several times before on this here back porch of mine, but consider the following offers from our good friends at Palmetto State Armory:
Now I will be the first to admit that I am a woeful ignoramus on the niceties of poodleshooter mechanics, quality of build, materials quality and so on.
But I have to say that I just cannot see that the above-mentioned characteristics are of such moment that the SIG is three times more valuable than the PSA built-from-parts version of what seems essentially the same delivery platform.
Is it all SIG marketing, or am I missing something here?
Informed comparison is required in Comments, in other words, because you won’t get it from me.