SD9VE and SD40VE Picture Thread

EBK said:
The laser on mine is for bump in the night type stuff when I am half asleep. When I am not sleeping I carry with just a TLR1 because target ID is one of the four rules of gun handling and you never know under what lighting conditions you will need it, If god forbid you ever did need it.
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I keep a tactical light next to the bed and carry one with me when out and about (I'm cheap and can't see spending money on a laser). Lasers are great tools, but to know what your target is ya gotta see it. That's where lights come into play. of course, there's nothing wrong with having both :D
 
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ricwest said:
I keep a tactical light next to the bed and carry one with me when out and about (I'm cheap and can't see spending money on a laser). Lasers are great tools, but to know what your target is ya gotta see it. That's where lights come into play. of course, there's nothing wrong with having both :D
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I got a great deal on the TLR4 it s 89$ shipped so I have the best of both worlds light and laser.
 
micocyco said:
I have a good question & y'all can call me sissy or anything you want, but are you able to get #16 in the mags ?
Mine should be broken in by now & I almost rip my thumb off trying to get that last one in.
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Sissy....and yes 16+1 :cool:
 
micocyco said:
I have a good question & y'all can call me sissy or anything you want, but are you able to get #16 in the mags ?
Mine should be broken in by now & I almost rip my thumb off trying to get that last one in.
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Want to keep your thumb? Get this:

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Best money I ever spent on my weapon. Works for son's sr9 and my wife's b6p as well.
 
GKC said:
I can't help you with that question, because I've never used a laser (other than on my short-lived BG380.) I do find that putting some kind of lightweight object on the slide while dry firing does help indicate if you can hold your pistol still during the trigger pull, since the object falls off. I guess a laser would help with movement, if you were watching it to see if it moved.
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That is the method I use now and it took me awhile to be able to do it, but I can do it fairly regular now. I read somewhere that moving even an eighth of an inch can really affect your precision, but don't know if that is true.
 
EBK said:
Yes they are easy to dial in and yes it will help with dryfire practice.

To dial in clamp the pistol into something and adjust laser so that it matches the sights.

When practicing your trigger control through dry firing watch the laser dot, the less it moves during trigger pull the better you are doing.


The laser on mine is for bump in the night type stuff when I am half asleep. When I am not sleeping I carry with just a TLR1 because target ID is one of the four rules of gun handling and you never know under what lighting conditions you will need it, If god forbid you ever did need it.
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Thanks for the info. I figured that might be the case. I am more convinced everyday that dry firing is where I need to spend most of my time learning to do the same things over and over. And it's free!

Father's Day is coming, so I guess I need to drop some hints rather quickly. :)
 
Hey micocyco,
I am able to get 16 in my mag once they get some use. I have a brand new 3rd mag that I have to settle for 15 right now.
One note: the mag you show in your picture doesn't look like an SD base plate. Is that possibly a SIGMA mag?
 
Smiffer said:
Hey micocyco,
I am able to get 16 in my mag once they get some use. I have a brand new 3rd mag that I have to settle for 15 right now.
One note: the mag you show in your picture doesn't look like an SD base plate. Is that possibly a SIGMA mag?
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Good eye Smiffer, the box does not say & sign where it was hanging said SD 9 it's mod# 25095, they have not been easy to find. The range & gun shop I use just happened the have just this one at a time I was there. Of the 2 that came with it I can on a day I really want to try I can get 16 in but can't tell the one it is I have tried to use them the same.
Going to get that auto loader above for 30 bucks & I have never been one to care a lot about what people think. I will just thorw it right in the wifes range bag :D
 
badjuijui said:
I read somewhere that moving even an eighth of an inch can really affect your precision, but don't know if that is true.
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It can, but the impact it has depends on distance and width. If you are shooting at a 3" target at 50 yards, that 1/8" will be critically important. If you are shooting at a 15" target that is 5 feet away, a small movement is probably not going to matter.

Since the primary purpose of my SD9VE is for home defense, I'm not worried about my ability to hit a small target at 50 yards with it. If I can achieve acceptable accuracy at close range, what you would typically encounter in a home or car situation, and it is safe and reliable, then I am satisfied with this gun. For target shooting or competition, I wouldn't be...but that's not what this gun is for.
 
Short Bus Driver said:
:cool: Please post details on how you did that.
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I used Liquid Fire see link below.

Acid etched the slide.

I was shooting for a camo. type pattern.

Cox Hardware and Lumber - Liquid Fire Drain Opener (Sizes)

I totally stripped slide and highly polished it with automotive sandpaper 400 and ended with 1500.

Then used mother's mag polish and then degreased slide.

Applied the liquid fire with q-utips in the pattern I wanted.

It's kind of runny so watch it, don't soak the qtip.

The longer you leave it on the deeper the etching is and darker it is.

Then I put the slide in a bowl of neutralizer till it stopped bubbling.

Make sure it covers the whole slide.

I guess you can use baking soda and water mix to stop the reaction.

Only left it on the first time for 30 seconds or so and it wore off
in about a week where it rubbed my holster.

Ended up polishing it off with mothers polish and did it again leaving it on for 3 mins.

After I take it out of the bowl I use WD-40 and drench it till
it stops soaking it up like wood soaks up a finish.

Then wipe it down degrease in acetone, oil and assemble .

Holding up well now, but not many people like it and some love it.

They say that's definitely different or what the H*** did you do to it.

I like it, so I'm keeping it this way till I get sick of it.

It has different sights now that are a lot better then the original and the modified front sight I had on it.

Thanks, 3
 
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