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Ben:

--- Quote from: dogmush on January 19, 2023, 11:08:03 AM ---Gen 3 mag releases are also righty only.

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The Shadow Systems guy says they are switchable (1:30 in the video).

https://youtu.be/LaC-5uJxMgg

It seems they are a mix of Gen 3 and Gen 4.

dogmush:
^^  I did not know that. Cool.

Ben:
Well, I bought the bling. Came home with the XR920 Combat today. I was waffling between it and the MR920 (G19 equivalent), but I just don't like that frame size anymore. I by no means have ginormous hands, but my pinky keeps looking for a foothold with the MR/G19. The XR grip is just right, and with the magwell off, is easily as concealable. The G19 size grip feels like my P365XL grip, and at that point, I might as well just grab the P365XL.

I am impressed so far. It's 2.5oz lighter than my G45, which you wouldn't think is much, but it's quite noticeable. The Ameriglo sights are of course superior to Glock sights, but the stippling is out of this world. Just very well done. I just now in the backyard put a mag through it and a mag through my G45. It feels at least as good as the G45 to me. I think I posted a while back how surprised I was at how well I shot the G45. The trigger is superior to the G45. I know that Dogmush said earlier that the gen 5 triggers are much improved, but it has been so long since I shot my old gen 2 G23 that I can't compare Glock to Glock. The SS trigger is nicer though. Bonus: it fits perfectly in my G45 holster.

One mag is nowhere near enough for a review, but it still left me with a good impression. I'll need to get the couple hundred break in rounds through it next week.

And at this point, I have to do a tangential rant about Bass Cabelas Pro. What a *expletive deleted*it show. There were no Cabelas in CA, so my first gun buying experience at a Cabelas was here when I first moved up, and when they were still Cabelas (they were just starting the move). It was a pleasant gun buying experience, no different than at a good LGS. Then they slowly started going to long paperwork procedures and trigger locks on everything. Which was the point where I swore them off for guns except for when I had Cabelas bucks on my CC for free or much reduced price guns.

Fast forward to today. My main point (besides the CC points) for going to them is because they had both models I wanted to compare in stock. So I asked to see the XR. After handling it (working around the %^*&$ trigger lock), I ask to see the MR for comparison. The counter drone (none of this is his fault, it's the rules) makes me hand the XR back to him. I figure it's just so he's only handing me one gun at a time. No, he unlocks the gun case, the XR goes back in, the MR comes out, and the case is locked again. We had to go through that three more times as I was comparing grips and feel. When I was at Sportsman's Warehouse a few months ago when I bought my Springfield XDm, the guy hands me the XDm (no trigger lock) and pulls out like four other guns, encouraging me to play with them all and compare them. Just like they do at the LGS.

Then comes checkout. Unlike anywhere else, including other big box stores like Sportsmans Warehouse, where with my concealed permit I'm out the door in ten minutes, at Cabela's the salseman has to doublecheck the form. Then (get this) he had to call on the intercom for a "captain" to come and verify everything. Okay, I get that - all gun stores do "two-step" verification. Then I go to the register. Then as the drone is finishing the paperwork, it gets flagged, because Cabelas now has some new form that needs to be filled out if a carry permit is used for identification (in Idaho, a carry permit means you don't need the NICS check). So apparently they are now tracking purchases where carry permits are used. Then I have to sign the "gun safety pledge". THEN (and again, get this) the drone gets on the intercom and calls for an ADMIRAL to come and finalize all the paperwork. THEN I finally get to pay and leave.

It has gotten so bad there that I don't even want to go through the hassle for a free gun. I need to check if Sportsmans Warehouse lets you use CC points for gun purchases and maybe switch my CC to them and dump the Cabelas card. Holy hell.

I mean, I understand where a gun seller might have rules like that depending on what state they're in, but this is *expletive deleted*ing Idaho. Cabelas has to be the only gun seller in the entire state that pulls this bullshit. It's obviously all Bass Pro related, and I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in the near future, they do something like stopping AR sales. Bass Pro are a bunch of commies.

dogmush:
Cool.  You will like that gun.  The one I shot was the MR, but it was pretty nice.  Do they sell just the frame?  I shot out one of my P80's and need something to hold all the parts.


Can you just transfer your points to cash on the card?  I would not but up with that level of extra crap for a pistol.  I'm spoiled because my LGS knows me by name and I have his cell number, but there's non of that.  Fill out a 4473, bitch about unconstitutional tax stamps while background clears, pet his pups, and be on my way.

I really feel for the first time gun buyer who now thinks that's what is supposed to happen.

Ben:

--- Quote from: dogmush on January 20, 2023, 04:52:41 PM ---Cool.  You will like that gun.  The one I shot was the MR, but it was pretty nice.  Do they sell just the frame?  I shot out one of my P80's and need something to hold all the parts.


Can you just transfer your points to cash on the card?  I would not but up with that level of extra crap for a pistol.  I'm spoiled because my LGS knows me by name and I have his cell number, but there's non of that.  Fill out a 4473, bitch about unconstitutional tax stamps while background clears, pet his pups, and be on my way.

I really feel for the first time gun buyer who now thinks that's what is supposed to happen.

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I don't know about frame only - I see nothing on their website.

I actually used all the points left on the card for the XR today. If I could get cash back, I'd certainly take that to my LGS, or if I decide to keep the stupid card, use the points for non-gun stuff, then consider whatever I saved using points to get a free fishing pole or what have you as money towards a new gun at the LGS.

Yeah, at my LGS, I spend more time telling story with the counter guys than the paperwork takes. Sadly, I think Cabelas gets a higher percentage of "new to guns" people than most local stores in the area, including the Sportsmans Warehouse.

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