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  1. MachIVshooter

    One tough pistol can!

    When I developed the TLX, durability wasn't the primary design parameter. Including mount, this is a can that weighs just 4.3 ounces in 9mm, 4.1 ounces in .45 cal, light enough to be used without a booster on most hosts. That was the objective. Before we put it out there, though, we did our...
  2. MachIVshooter

    The LAR Grizzly goes metric!

    Awhile back I finally scored a bucket list item, an LAR Grizzly Mk I .45 win mag in excellent condition. It came with a number of extras, one of which was a 10mm Auto conversion kit. Now, to me, it seems kind of silly to run that round in a massive pistol like this, especially when I have...
  3. MachIVshooter

    It's pretty sad when...

    You spent the time and money to build your own private 100 yard range and only use it 4 or 5 times per year. Gonna have to change that! But when you run a business and have a family of 6, that's your life. Lol. I spent the morning and early afternoon running parts, but it was so beautiful...
  4. MachIVshooter

    Cool S&W "Mini"!

    Went to the gun show for the first time in awhile, mostly for the munchkins to find trinkets and blades, but I always bring cash just in case. As usual, pretty much everything was overpriced and little appealed to me, but in the last row, I stumbled upon a hidden gem. I didn't pounce...
  5. MachIVshooter

    How light can we go?

    These are still prototypes in testing phase, but so far so good! They are both made entirely of grade 5 titanium, fusion TIG welded, with 7075-T651 aluminum direct thread mounts as the primary means of attachment. Those could be replaced with titanium or stainless mounts, or any other adapter...
  6. MachIVshooter

    Suppressor mounts & cross-compatibility

    I wanted to put something together to help guide people through the vast array of suppressor mounting systems and thread patterns, clear up some confusion and mitigate the analysis paralysis a bit. For a long, long time, we basically had either direct thread cans, or suppressors which used the...
  7. MachIVshooter

    Grizzly win mag

    Yep, found another grail gun! Wanted one of these for a long time, but they're spendy, and I always talked myself out of it. Until now. This one is a standard two tone Mk I .45 win mag in excellent condition, but it also came with a 10mm Auto conversion kit. The Grizzly, of course, can...
  8. MachIVshooter

    PRVI hollowpoint bullets

    Just a PSA, they're not suitable for larger animals. The .284" 150 gr BTHPs are reasonably accurate, I had loaded a bunch for range use in my integrally suppressed 7mm-08, and they're what I had on hand when a small group of mulies showed up behind the shop Friday afternoon. I put the...
  9. MachIVshooter

    Suppressor mount conversions

    Just felt like sharing the photo of the largest mount conversion batch we've ever done. 128 suppressors! Most of them are AAC, but nearly anything can be converted to either 1.375-24 Bravo ("HUB") pattern or 1.125-28 Alpha pattern, so if you have an old can with a worn out, damaged or just...
  10. MachIVshooter

    Suppressed Iver Johnson TP-22

    Found one of these little guys NIB a few months ago, decided to snag it up for $325. I know, a little high for what they are, but that's the market these days, and well-loved ones hadn't been going for a whole lot less. At any rate, I don't have much time for personal stuff, so it took me...
  11. MachIVshooter

    Couple more 3rd gens found their way into my collection

    Always been a fan of the 3rd Gen S&Ws, have a number of them, but cannot resist a good price on a less common variant! Gunbroker isn't usually the place for deals, but it happens. The first was a 5903 two-tone in an auction that I surprisingly didn't get bid up on last minute, wound up just...
  12. MachIVshooter

    Oldest Marlin yet!

    I've been after one of these for awhile, finally found one that really spoke to me and struck a deal with the owner. It was the most I've paid for an old Marlin yet, but a fair price for a pretty rare gun. Most know I've got a thing for vintage JM guns, and also for suppressing them. This one...
  13. MachIVshooter

    Who wants to suppress a tube fed .22?

    I always lamented the fact that suppressing a tube fed rimfire was never really practical. There have been a couple QD "solutions" over the years, and Griffin Cam Lok is the best yet, but it's still annoying to have to remove the can to reload. Well, I finally got around to making the first...
  14. MachIVshooter

    I did it again

    This time with a nice little Marlin 1892. Originally a convertible .32 rimfire/.32 colt gun, I wasn't interested in adding another cartridge to the stable or messing with heeled bullets, and the chamber was kinda rough anyway, so I rechambered it to .32 S&W Long. While the barrel was off, of...
  15. MachIVshooter

    Standard Arms model G Deluxe

    So this thing popped up on GB, and I just had to have it, being a particularly nice specimen of a rather rare firearm that also holds the title of first ever gas operated semi auto rifle. Being a quarterbore, which I have a thing for, made the decision even easier. They're also unique...
  16. MachIVshooter

    The Marlin lever family

    I recently acquired the 10th Marlin lever action and felt like sharing! It started 21 years ago with my 1895SS, second gun I ever bought, literally an hour after the first (700 BDL C/D .25-06) on my 18th birthday. About a year later, a house-poor 19 year old spent money he shouldn't have on a...
  17. MachIVshooter

    Another suppressed Antique Marlin

    Some may recall the 1903 mfr 1894 in .25-20 I posted about awhile back, internally threaded for a can matched to the rifle, and a custom scope mount to hold the vintage Marlin Micro-Vue scope I got for it: Well, I did it again, with an even older critter. This time I scored a first year...
  18. MachIVshooter

    An uncommon SBR

    I've had a Beretta NEOS for a long, long time, but the short-lived production carbine kits are rare as hens teeth, not many made and not many on the market for anything less than astronomical prices. One did finally show up local for what I considered reasonable ($525 for the carbine kit +4"...
  19. MachIVshooter

    Picked up a rolling block

    Been wanting one for awhile, but they're usually going for a little more than I care to spend. Scored this pretty clean one for $480, though. It's a Mexican contract rifle in 7x57, I'm 99% confident an 1897 variant of the #5. What I don't know for sure is if the rifle was originally supposed...
  20. MachIVshooter

    Ruger 57-First Impressions

    So, it's not any secret that I'm not a huge Ruger fan. Most of what they put out is somewhere between ho-hum status quo and a blatant rip-off of other designs. I had sold off most of what I did have, retaining only an M77 varmint .220 Swift, an SP-101 .32 mag and a SRH 454, the latter of which...
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