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2. Magazine in. Safety off. Round in the chamber. DA trigger pull or manually cock the hammer to shoot. That's what I carry when I take my 82 for a stroll. If there were multiple safety systems I might go for Condition 1 (cocked and locked), but the safety lever on the 82 is a bit too easy to flip ...

Is the frame aluminum and if so, what's the finish? (or is it painted?)

If it was in a loose holster (or bag, as it sounds like in the above story), then #2. If it was in a proper holster, I'd have no problem with #2 or #3. The 1911A1 has been carried "cocked and locked" for nearly 100 years. If I felt the need to carry, then there's no way it would be #1 (no ...

Mine was downright nasty to shoot until I replaced the recoil and hammer springs with Wolff 15# and 9# springs. It's shootable now but still not pleasant. That's just the nature of an alloy-framed blow-back-actioned pistol (that's not a Hi-Point).

jaz wrote:How does one order from SOG...?

SOG only sells firearms to dealers, though anyone over 21 can buy ammunition from them. SOG used to list their inventory to anyone and reserve the prices for dealers, but that changed several months ago.

ogdengunner wrote:...My local gun dealer had two a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't have the 349.95 asking price...

That's just as well - you can get them all day long for $200 online.

Classic Arms, Southern Ohio Guns, CDNN, & J&G Sales all have them. There may be more.

Some people blue them, but I'm thinking of bead-blasting and Duracoating mine.

And jsmaye, if you know a source for the PA-63, could you let me know where?

CDNN shows them in their .pdf catalog, but I don't know if they actually have them in stock. They seem to be drying up, too. I actually have better luck with these at gun shows and pawn shops.

I also thought about getting either a PA-63 or real Russian Makarov.

Makarovs are almost non-existent anymore. PA-63s can still be found. So can CZ vz-82s.