Well, I shot 50 rounds of Blazer Brass and 50 rounds of Aluminum Blazer yesterday. (cue: "I'm rich, bitch!)
The bad...
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1. Having shot Gen 5 Glock 19s a lot recently I forgot how big an improvement it really is over the old Gen 3 guns. The trigger is much "sproingyer" on the Gen 3. Lots of very tactile mechanical chatter in the old trigger system. Of course, this is all easily forgotten once you spend a bunch of time shooting the older triggers. I am lazy though so I am considering looking around for a -1 connector after I get past the 1000 round mark (I am thinking this might take about 4 months given the current conditions. I am splitting my shooting up to 100 rounds of either 9mm or 45 per week plus a bunch of 22. I have excellent stores but who the Hell knows when ammo will be regularly available?). It requires a lot more care to shoot a tight group with the 30s than the Gen5 19.
2. Another Gen 3 thing is less positive ejection. The blazer brass ejected to the right but the aluminum stuff flew black and over my head but fortunately way over my shoulder. No Btf.
The Good....
3. I have owned this gun before and this is the second time I have been impressed by how easy the gun is to shoot. The whole idea that the 30S is "more snappy" is lost on me. Of course, I don't have a 30 to compare it to but I can say that it is a pussycat and isn't difficult to shoot at speed. It isn't Langdon Beretta 92 fast, but it is amazingly fast for a .45. Much closer to my 1911 than my Hk USP 45.
4 The XS R3D Night Sights are excellent. I first ran into these on my Vp9OR. The front sight is green/yellow and it is very bright (much brighter than say, my Trijicon HDs) The surrounding ring seems to be constructed in such a way that the tritium makes the apparent size of the front ring much larger at night. And it is a big ol' bright ring during the day.
https://www.xssights.com/UIImages/10...%20V3%20-2.png. Really fits the bill for a pistol that is likely to be worn without a light.
5. I ran a 13 round mag as my spare. Ran perfectly.
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