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N454casull
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Anyone have one? Any experience with one? It’s next one the list for the 50 collection.
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GrapeApe
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Nope, though I might be interested
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Ok, I'd never heard of it til you brought it up and now google is a bit tied up... color me interested.

What are you thinking, Glock or 1911?
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I will be going the Glock route. I want one but I don’t want one $6k bad.
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Oh, I get that... Looking forward to a review from you then.
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I think it’s a cool project, and aside from what I read back in some gun rags back when it came out. I know nothing about it.

Looking forward to what you learn :)
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N454casull wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:05 am I will be going the Glock route. I want one but I don’t want one $6k bad.
Can't you buy a slide for a G20?
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I mean, the 230 grain version ain’t a ton faster than Gods Cartridge.
Not seeing the point of this one I guess. You can load heavier bullets of course, but…
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CPJ 2.0 wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:42 pm I mean, the 230 grain version ain’t a ton faster than Gods Cartridge.
Not seeing the point of this one I guess. You can load heavier bullets of course, but…
The point is it’s part of my .50 cal collection nothing more. It’s a fun interesting gun in .50cal end of story.
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Well, that is indeed the only reason one needs
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CPJ 2.0 wrote: Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:53 pm Well, that is indeed the only reason one needs
Yep. Hell I’m interested just because I’ve never heard of one and it’s a great comeback to the old age question.

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‘Cause they don’t make a .46.
Well the make a .50! 😎
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Seems very Thompson/LaGarde.

Probably a good mover of bowling pins. . . if bowling pins offend you.
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Any one got a line on a cheap Glock 20/21-40/41 frame? I know I’ve seen some aftermarket clones.
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Good deal on a G21 donor for this project...

https://palmettostatearmory.com/glock-g ... 1655219426
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$850 for just the upper half of a Glock + call it $400 after shipping and transfer fees for a used "donor" G21

While it interested me... not nearly $1300 worth of interested


FYI, you can get new Glock in 50GI from Guncrafters for $1245
https://www.guncrafterindustries.com/gu ... te-pistol/
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