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Awesome! I’m really happy to hear that, such a cool pistol. Hey, thank you for your comment and for watching 👍

How was the trigger, do you have any other da/sa pistols to compare it to.?

@@steven3379 I can’t really think of one that I have shot that’s particularly similar but, it’s by far the nicest stock trigger in a pistol I have tired so far. The double action is smooth and light enough that there isn’t a huge noticeable difference between sa and da like there is with most others. The single action is very crisp and the amount of travel for reset is pretty dang short

​@@Arkansawnorthwoodsthanks again!

The mini 14 definitely needs a FH!

Good catch! Now that you say that I did adjust the width on the first set I made. Thanks for the good input and for watching!

​@Arkansawnorthwoods any time. I was like, how the fuck did he get that out of that mat 😂. I followed your lead and did them and got a good outcome. I also took one and did a diy splatter sheet (green highlight paper, packing tape and black paint) and taped it on. I'll see how it turns out. Gods speed

They have held up very well, hollow points in certain caliber will leave a pin holes but on the other I have made I have only used FMJs and after a couple hundred rounds there is almost no visible damage

@@Arkansawnorthwoods that’s awesome. I can’t wait to make mine. I’m about to start working on them now. Thanks for the video man and a reply.

@@SullyMac83 hey thanks for watching!

Absolutely

You like what you like, nothing wrong with that. Hellcats are pretty cool btw 👍

I was on a video a few minutes ago and someone was saying the same thing. $380 out the door. I paid $450 for mine out the door at Rural King

You can find them on the used market. LE trade ins are typically sub $400…I don’t see new ones for less than $400.

I got mine for $360 at a pawnshop, came with a holster and night sights

@@cesarrobledo2583 that's a good deal

They seem to fluctuate between $99 and $140 depending where you look.

That is a good point and possibly a future video! Thank you!

The strongarm is much superior in build quality and feel. The blade shape is exactly the same but not as wide. The only selling point of the LMF is that it's electrical insulated handle which is not full tang at all. Way overpriced!

@davidlagno7717 awesome info man that's exactly what I needed to know! Even better considering the price gap as well. I appreciate the response.

@forestcampbell8962 no problem. There's a ton of videos too. But I've owned both. You can not go wrong with the Strongarm. It's indescribable 👍

LOVE MINE!!! The Pic Rail is TOTALLY USABLE despite what others say and the 58o series Tapered barrel is MUCH more accurate than his 181 series pencil barrel. The 580's (mines a 583) Scope Ring Mounts also work well 4 a Traditional Scope... My 1st time out with a CHEAP Simmons 3-9x40 = 100 yard Head shots with Tula Steel and I SUCK! GUNBLUE490 is an 70 Y/O Conneticutt State Police and Secret Service Firearms trainer and he did an experiment with a 580 series Mini Wood Stock vs the same Rifle in a "Composite Stock" vs his own " Cheap PSA receiver AR Build with a Non Floating AR1 Barrel and a Giesle trigger .... The Birch wood stock out shot the Composite by a MILE and the AR by a dragstrip! His videos are 30 minutes to an hr long but go by faster than a Buck Owens song!

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I really enjoyed it! Aside from being practical and small it’s a lot of fun to shoot.

That’s pretty cool! Hey thanks for watching👍

Good grief. Where do you live Chicago?

@@ryanranard5187 crime only happens there, remember? We've had a lot of break ins and prison breaks in my area, and we've had people murdered at a gas station near my house. Crazy people travel our side road and where we live has limited cell coverage and only satellite internet at the moment. Our neighboring county met with some major local churches, one of which my family and I attend. They told our church that crime is increasing and said they encourage and support lawful carry and would not be enforcing anything against that. I never take a chance. It's like a fire extinguisher in a business-when did you ever use one last? It's there in the instance it is needed. I also work at a government facility (court house) we've had a shooting there before as well. The more an area and people lawfully carry, the easier it is to rival an enemy. Criminals are everywhere and they travel. Anywhere anyone thinks they're the safest is actually in the most danger because of that mentality in itself. Have a good one

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I haven’t shot it yet. I don’t know the history of this pistol, it definitely is a little worn on the moving parts of the cylinder but for its age it is still in working order. I definitely want to try to find some ammunition so I can better answer your question 👍

Thank you! I am very fortunate

Shooting a pistol at some in self defense doesn't really happen outside 25m

Not how guns work. Effective range doesn't equal "range you could die from if you're hit". Otherwise celebratory gunfire wouldn't have killed hundreds if not thousands worldwide

You just lost credibility for ANYTHING in one stupid comment 😂🤣😂

@@rickybristersmusic3658You pay $600 for a $300 pistol....you NEVER had any credibility 🤓

@@johnhatchel9681 you don’t even know the price of Glock 43. The real truth is unraveling

Thank you!

That’s literally saying “if you arnt good at something you shouldn’t practice it”

@@tacticallegos2a community is full of people like this haha

I think most of them post negative comments just to get a reaction and more replies. So lets make them trolls happy 😊

Now that is a very ingenious point!

Good to know!👍

I got the Pro Mag 9 round mags and they work great as well.

These are very good points. I am still trying to figure out how anyone makes a quality AR for $500 like I see everyone claiming. Try pricing out an upper with a cold hammer forged barrel. PSA has one of the cheapest and it is near $500 by itself. A quality charging handle and bcg will cost an extra $200 to $300. An Aero cold hammer forged barrel (just the barrel) is around $300.

Your remarks about the AR15 platform are B.S. The Mini14/30 are great rifles. I still have the first year production stainless Mini14 I got way back when. I had it out on the range a few days ago along with my Colt M4. Both are excellent shooters. I hit the 30 inch steel plates constantly with both. Both will hold the black on the CMP reduced 100 yard target. I don't know what the Mini14 will do with an optic because it has no provision for mounting one. That's not an issue because it doesn't need one. I've often told the Mini14 to stop shooting so well because everyone says you can't. I shoot for hits not groups on a rifle like the Mini14 or M4. A hit is a hit if the second hit is 4 inches away from the first hit, that makes very little difference to what you hit as a hit is a hit is a hit. I have other types of rifles that I shoot groups with along with my loads tailored for each rifle. Not only the US but several other NATO and none NATO countries issue the M16 in one configuration or the other, not the Mini14. There are substandard AR15 rifles on the market at low prices that aren't even worth what you'd pay for them, you get what you pay for. Most failures are caused by magazine issues in a good AR15. The AR15 is a rifle that can be built to suit yourself at similar to what you pay for the factory rifles. Not so with the Mini14. The Mini14 gets hot quickly. It won't stand up to the higher volume of fire that the AR15/M16 will, it wasn't designed for that. The newer tactical models look cooler but won't do any better. I've used both my Mini14 and Mini30 rifles in both 3 gun and tactical matches before. They did well because you don't fire enough rounds in any stages of the matches to over heat them. I've always prefered the Mini14/M14 type rifles because of the way they balance and feel in my hands. These are really great and fun rifles to own and shoot, however in a SHTF/WROL environment I'd have to go with the M4 as a personal defense rifle. Magazines, parts, ammunition would/should be your primary concern in such a situation because if you call 911 you won't get an answer. The National Guard, regular Armed Forces will be deployed defending the major cities and infrastructure not us little people. We would all be very desirable targets of opportunities for criminal Predators and starving people desperate for supplies. Nobody's coming to help you so you need to have enough spare parts, magazines,ammunition on hand to get through the night until better days come back. I don't think I'd pick my Mini14 over my M4 if I found myself in a deep shit situation along with some of my friends and neighbors trying to stand of a roving gang of looters trying to take what we have like the contractors at the US consultant in Libya. That is a very real scenario that any group of people would likely find themselves in if conditions like that dragged on for several months. We all pray something awful like that would ever come to pass on a nationwide scale, but you have to understand that in the deeply divided and troubled times we are living in not just in America, but the world you can't think it could never happen here. Being prepared for something to a rational person doesn't mean you want or expect it to happen. You do so because you still want to be around when it's over.

You can eat with false teeth, you can dance on a wooden leg, but you can't see with a glass eye. Don't any of you people where eye protection when you shoot?

@@nightrider1850 I wish you were my next door neighbor. Good points. The odds of needing spare parts for a mini-14 are exceptionally low, unless you some how lose the parts. But, you are correct, availability of parts will be nearly non-existent for a mini. The AR is an excellent platform for modularity, but it is almost a requirement to have at minimum a spare charging handle and spare BCG. But, parts are everywhere and buying extra parts is easy right now. Hordes of assailants requiring sustained projectile use wouldn't be my concern though. In all likelihood those hordes would self immolate prior to reaching your door step. The real issue will be lone wolves scoping you out until the right time, organized well equipped gangs, and wolves organized into maurading patrols. Two of these groups would likely try to take you at distance when you least suspect it. In any of these cases sustained projectile use still would not happen. Even if it did, the odds of making it unscathed are not likely. I wish more people took things serious enough to at least plant a garden and learn to can.

I am! It’s pretty hard with that tiny GoPro screen haha

Thank you very much!!