Wow, thank you guys!
That's really awesome to hear - I didn't expect such a positive response to these pictures.
I did some thinking about my lighting and backdrop set up last night and took a few more (including some with my Stingray-C now that it's back together) after making some changes and trying something new that I think worked great. They're uploading now, so I'll post some of those here momentarily.
Beautiful,
Bet it shoots fantastic!
Love the Photography.
Looks to me like you made a P120 Shadow.
By the way love the touch with the Critical Duty the flex tip makes a nice color accent for the black on black shots.
P-120 Shadow, now I like the sound of that! I agree about the Critical Duty; especially on the few shots you can also see the red fiber optic from the front sight - I hoped it would be neat.
Dude,
You KNOCKED THAT OUT OF THE PARK. Gun looks fantastic. Photo's are incredible. You have 2 talents, pistol-smithing and photography.
Just wow.
Well, I couldn't have done it if you hadn't made these nice parts, so thank
you!
Great pics!! I LOVE my P-120 as well. Hope to get the S-120 soon!
Those both look great! It's a good thing I didn't see that shot of the P120 in 'chrome' before I bought mine or I would have likely been missing another ~$30!
I got to shoot the P-120 today! This thing is a tack driver! Until you realize that you're shooting about 3" left of POA and look up to see your rear sight screws backed out because you forgot to loctite everything down and your sight is all over the place.
My own pitfalls aside, this gun is an absolute joy to shoot - I can't oversell the difference the CGW hammer/sear make in this gun, it really is a huge difference. Normally I don't like light triggers that are light for the sake of being light - while this trigger is significantly lighter than OEM, the break is so crisp in SA now it's almost unbelievable, and I don't feel like I'm holding a bomb like other guns I've shot with light triggers, afraid it could go off at any time. Pulling through slowly in SA, there's a little bit of slack/takeup, a very light and short distance to rotate the lifter arm up to move the firing-pin-block, and then the trigger stops where you meet the... I don't know what the proper terminology is, but the point where you reach the sear. Add a bit of force and *BREAK*. Very crisp. Almost like a heavy mouse click at the end, just great.
This was my first time shooting a gun with sights of this style, so it took me a bit of shooting to learn where to hold vertically, but once I figured that out I'm a huge fan. Below are a couple of pics from the targets I managed to get in before the sights started to drift, if that's important to anyone - It probably won't tell you much, because I'm not that great of a shot, and I had 2 cups of coffee and skipped breakfast, so between caffeine, low blood sugar, and quite a few months of no shooting, I'm not winning any awards here.
But I digress. Each group is 10 rounds at the distance marked. With the exception of '20 yards' which I believe is actually 17 meters, so 18.5ish yards - I made a mistake when marking the target.
3 yds
7 yds
15 yds
20 yds (actually 18.5)
Accuracy aside, the gun definitely has less felt recoil than non-full-size-steel 9mm's - I only had my Stingray there today to compare it to. Stingray has noticeably more 'flip' in the recoil than the P120, but it's not a huge difference, since the Stingray is all steel as well, after all. The extra weight/bulk of the P120 made it slightly harder for me to hold steady on target, making me feel more stable with the Stingray, but I'm guessing that can be attributed to the caffeine without eating (I'm also pretty scrawny, so that doesn't help either). Overall, I'm very happy and satisfied with the purchase - I definitely recommend the P120, especially if it's going to get anything from schmeky put into it!
