LSUdude73

re: Pistol Red Dot Recommendations

Posted by LSUdude73 on 2/22/23 at 5:56 pm

[quote]Easy install? Did you have to modify at all. I was reading someone had to get different screws[/quote] I did have to use different screws… the Holosun provided ones didn’t have the right thread size. Other than that it fit the slide perfectly....

re: Pistol Red Dot Recommendations

Posted by LSUdude73 on 2/22/23 at 3:02 pm

[Anybody mount an optic to the new smith 5.7 yet?] I just mounted a Holosun 507K on it... will be sighting it in this weekend....

re: Thinking of visiting National WW2 Museum in New Orleans

Posted by LSUdude73 on 9/7/22 at 9:27 am

Bring a M1 Garand…...

re: Best STOCK striker fired trigger on the market

Posted by LSUdude73 on 7/20/22 at 2:36 pm

Walther PPQ is the best I’ve ever shot, although it’s been phased out by the PDP....

re: Any of you carry a revolver? If so what do you carry? I prefer revolver over pistol.

Posted by LSUdude73 on 1/16/22 at 9:10 pm

SW 642 in a pocket holster....

re: La Concealed Carry question?? Advantages of lifetime vs the 5 year.

Posted by LSUdude73 on 11/30/21 at 1:11 pm

I guess that settles that question, thanks for the info....

re: La Concealed Carry question?? Advantages of lifetime vs the 5 year.

Posted by LSUdude73 on 11/30/21 at 11:27 am

My reply was to a previous post… but no the paperwork for the transaction was completed. My comment was to the fact that the gun store doesn’t have to run the background check upon presenting a valid permit....

re: La Concealed Carry question?? Advantages of lifetime vs the 5 year.

Posted by LSUdude73 on 11/30/21 at 11:01 am

That's odd, I just bought a gun two weeks ago and presented my Lifetime CCP with no background check wait. Now granted it is less than 5 years since I went to the Lifetime renewal. So just to be clear on what you're saying... Even though it expires and I have to go through the same process to renew ...

re: La Concealed Carry question?? Advantages of lifetime vs the 5 year.

Posted by LSUdude73 on 11/30/21 at 9:02 am

I have a lifetime and still can use it for the background check. It still gets verified every 5 years when I have to renew it. I got it to save money over the long haul and to not have to pay any future increases....

re: Recommend a .22 pistol threaded for can.

Posted by LSUdude73 on 11/17/21 at 5:40 pm

Definitely can recommend the 22/45 but the Mark IV is a lot easier to strip and clean than the previous versions....

re: New narrative protecting Alec Baldwin...

Posted by LSUdude73 on 10/25/21 at 10:07 am

I’m an electrician… if another competent electrician tells me a bare wire is dead, I will still verify, with a meter, before I touch it. Every time… it’s my life in my own hands. The same goes for handling a firearm....

re: What can you tell me about the Industrial Electrican field?

Posted by LSUdude73 on 9/28/21 at 10:06 am

We get paid on a area average scale which is right around $50/hr. COL raises every year, bonuses every year, vacation time added every 5 years and decent retirement benefits. During construction and plant commissioning I had over 1000 hrs. of OT for the year but usually average 150-200 per year. It’...

re: Interesting graphic on number of power poles damaged by Ida compared with other hurricanes

Posted by LSUdude73 on 9/15/21 at 5:44 pm

Electrician here… can confirm that it would take 4x as long to design, purchase material and install underground services. We were 22 days without after Laura. Was plenty long enough....

re: SW La Gunsmith?

Posted by LSUdude73 on 8/23/21 at 12:10 pm

Hunters Spec guy? I guess that’s Earl at Hunter’s Pistol Supply and Gun Range… he’s done work for me before and I can’t recommend him. There’s Max’s Gun Repair shop in Leesville. I hear he does good work....

re: What is your town named for?

Posted by LSUdude73 on 7/23/21 at 7:40 am

Mine is located west of the lake....

re: Where to get a shotgun cerakoted - SWLA

Posted by LSUdude73 on 7/18/21 at 9:30 pm

Laser engraved my suppressor and then cerakoted it matte black. No issues with the work....

re: Where to get a shotgun cerakoted - SWLA

Posted by LSUdude73 on 7/18/21 at 7:03 pm

There is a place in Sulphur I used on a Form1 can and she did a good job. Redemption Rising LLC on Post Oak next to the post office....

re: .22lr suppressor

Posted by LSUdude73 on 2/3/21 at 11:27 am

I have the DA Mask.... extremely quiet. I’m pleased with it and if you really want suppression run the CCI Quiet ammo through it, sounds like a pellet gun....

re: Difference In Truck Bed Cover Materials

Posted by LSUdude73 on 3/28/17 at 11:44 am

I had a fiberglass Undercover flex on a previous truck and after about a year and 1/2 the fibers started to show through the cover...and it leaked with any moderate rain....