2011 Open Gun Shops

[pewpewfanatic]

Hi all,

I’ve been participating in uspsa matches and would love to get an open gun. Do you guys have any suggestions on shops in the Los Angeles area down to even SD?

 

[Appropriate_Sky_8043]

@DesertDepotArms is in that area and great to work with.

 

[RustVendor]

Fairly certain you can get Limcats via sse. 2azone likely has the most experience in what you can get here

 

[pewpewfanatic]

@DesertDepotArms is in that area and great to work with.

Awesome I’ve dealt with before. Will give him a shout! Thanks so much

 

[pewpewfanatic]

Fairly certain you can get Limcats via sse. 2azone likely has the most experience in what you can get here

Good to know, thanks!

 

[doggman61]

Fairly certain you can get Limcats via sse. 2azone likely has the most experience in what you can get here

That they do and I absolutely love mine!

 

[pewpewfanatic]

That they do and I absolutely love mine!

Awesome! Did you go with 9mm major or 38super? Any suggestions as to why you’d go one way or another?

 

[Hindsight]

Awesome! Did you go with 9mm major or 38super? Any suggestions as to why you’d go one way or another?

Cost mostly. Most serious open shooters also reload their own ammo given how finicky major PF ammo can be to balance between being hot enough to chrono but not so hot it unnecessarily beats up your gun or blows it up.

Open guns are the mad science equivalent where they’re almost a different breed of unique with their frame mounted optics, slide rackers, and huge multi port and poppled comps. And their service life and usage is more temperamental as a result.

 

[RustVendor]

Cost mostly. Most serious open shooters also reload their own ammo given how finicky major PF ammo can be to balance between being hot enough to chrono but not so hot it unnecessarily beats up your gun or blows it up.

Open guns are the mad science equivalent where they’re almost a different breed of unique with their frame mounted optics, slide rackers, and huge multi port and poppled comps. And their service life and usage is more temperamental as a result.

do you think 9mm major does this worse? 38 super you can hit major PF without going over pressure but does the pistol actually care about that?

 

[Jon F]

Awesome! Did you go with 9mm major or 38super? Any suggestions as to why you’d go one way or another?

I converted my Limcat from 38super to 9major back in November. It had to do with cost, 38super brass is expensive as hell and I hated being a brass goblin rooting around in the dirt after every stage. With 9major, the brass is essentially free since everyone shoots 9mm. My gun is 33 years old and has been rebuilt at least 5 times.

124gr Precision Delta JHP
7.0gr Winchester Autocomp
Winchester SR Primer
1.160" OAL

 

[Brandon Breeze]

Hi all,

I’ve been participating in uspsa matches and would love to get an open gun. Do you guys have any suggestions on shops in the Los Angeles area down to even SD?

Talk to the guys at your local matches. I see so many open guns changing hands between the guys at the clubs up here for pretty decent prices!

 

[JamMan1213]

I actually had to google "Open Gun" to figure out what you guys were talking about, Learn something new everyday.

 

[doggman61]

Awesome! Did you go with 9mm major or 38super? Any suggestions as to why you’d go one way or another?

Haven’t got in to open yet but got a wildcat tracker. Julian and Christian Lim shoot at the same club that I do. After talking to them and shooting several models I went with one. For the price compared to others, you get a gun made for YOU. I’m well over 20k rounds on it and the only time I had an issue was with eley ammo 124s that I gauged when I got home and there was some out of spec.

 

[doggman61]

I converted my Limcat from 38super to 9major back in November. It had to do with cost, 38super brass is expensive as hell and I hated being a brass goblin rooting around in the dirt after every stage. With 9major, the brass is essentially free since everyone shoots 9mm. My gun is 33 years old and has been rebuilt at least 5 times.

124gr Precision Delta JHP
7.0gr Winchester Autocomp
Winchester SR Primer
1.160" OAL

The closest call I’ve ever seen was a guy picking up 38 super behind some barrels when the ro said make ready

 

[pewpewfanatic]

Haven’t got in to open yet but got a wildcat tracker. Julian and Christian Lim shoot at the same club that I do. After talking to them and shooting several models I went with one. For the price compared to others, you get a gun made for YOU. I’m well over 20k rounds on it and the only time I had an issue was with eley ammo 124s that I gauged when I got home and there was some out of spec.

That’s great insight. Thanks so much!