This was a long time coming, but I finally got around to putting the whole thing together, but not enough time to actually do the important thing first.
This is my review of Goldwater Brewing Machine Gun Teddy:
I wasn’t prompted by Don Escaped to build this, but perhaps his article on why he bought a Glock is why I dug through my pictures and posted them here. The problem I had was this was meant to be a gift for a novice to intermediate level shooter. He asked me what it was I liked and why before deciding on what to purchase, except he never bought anything because he decided to get married and spend his disposable income towards that front so this turned into a gift. The nice part, the shooter in question happens to be my younger brother, so from the standpoint of ergonomics we are more or less identical.
Why Glock? I prefer the 1911 platform in general, but going that route was going to be cost prohibitive. Not to mention the variables with customization are nearly limitless. Its also not a platform for a younger shooter (my opinion only). He does have some experience with Glocks as well. Plus aftermarket support for things like magazines, holsters, etc is just as good as the 1911.
But which Glock? I went with the Gen 5 frame because I hate the goddamn finger grooves blah blah blah they are the new hotness. Specifically I went with the Glock 19x, because as I mentioned this is not an experienced shooter and I wasn’t about to give him a concealed carry piece. The combination of compact slide and the full size grip had a nicer balance when I handled it. I find the 17 to be front heavy; the standard 19 I don’t find as awkward as the 17 but a full size magazine seems a good idea for a nightstand/range runner.
Why go custom though? To make it special. Obviously.
First thing first: I ordered a stripped 19x frame from Gunbroker and had them send it to a local FFL. It shipped immediately and arrived within a few days. For the record, I did play around with Zev and Polymer 80 frames available at local shops. The P80 seemed cheap in comparison and I was warned Zev had a few issues by Evil Sheldon (IIRC). There is also the pride in ownership aspect: “I shoot a Glock” vs. “I shoot [something]…it’s like a Glock.”
Next, I picked up a lower parts kit from Glockmeister, a local custom shop. The locking block, trigger block, trigger bar, slide stop, and disassembly lever I kept stock. One thing to note there is a bit of a difference with the trigger block design between the Gen 3/4 and Gen 5, but that update makes it slightly easier to assemble. There is also a difference in the trigger pin: the Gen 5 has a single pin while Gen3/4 uses a two pin design. I went with the Vickers magazine release since its not as flush as the stock release, making it a bit easier to index it with the left trigger finger without turning the frame over (future SIL is a lefty). Finally, I upgraded to the 3.5# Ghost disconnect and later realized the only real advantage that offered was that it was polished. Live and learn. So I polished the trigger bar, particularly the surfaces that interact with other parts while I had it all in pieces.
I then put in an order with Zafirri Precision for the slide assembly. Its a custom outfit based out of FL that made a name for themselves machining for the aircraft industry. They’re pretty affordable, had good reviews, and give you the optic cut standard. I sent my brother a link and let him pick the cutouts he liked best. I opted to save $30 and assemble it myself, otherwise what was the point in taking the time to assemble the lower? I polished the drop safety while I had that in pieces as well. One thing I thought was odd, was their recoil spring used a three spring system. I kept their springs just in case but I ordered an 18# stainless steel recoil spring assembly from NDZ Performance, since that is the stock Glock spring weight for the 19x. I ordered steel pins from them as well because why not?
At this point you’re probably wondering what trigger I went with. As I mentioned most of it is stock except for the disconnect, I just polished the parts. The aftermarket is saturated with Glock triggers but I went with the Glockmeister/SSVI Tyr trigger. It is an upgrade only to the trigger shoe. Operating on the idea of allowing more leverage on the trigger mechanism to reduce how the weight of the trigger feels rather than reducing the trigger weight altogether. Machined entirely from aluminum, it has a noticeably wider face and the trigger safety sits flush when depressed. The result is actually really good—for a striker fire pistol, but its not so light I have to worry about it going off if I were to sneeze, like for example the HK VP9.
The result?
The only thing I threw on after this were Talon grips and a Streamlight TLR-1 that I no longer use. How does it shoot? Beats me. I gave him enough ammunition to break it in and have a few full magazines ready with 124gr Speer Gold Dots, but sadly it has never been fired. We’ll need to address this oversight.
Right…this is a beer review. The logo caught my eye as it happens to be the old logo to a gun shop/indoor range that was once located in Old Town Scottsdale. They have since moved to another location in the part of Scottsdale where everyone drives a Gelandewagen. There are fewer art galleries, hipster bars, and homeless people where they are located now, so it works out. Machine Gun Teddy is serviceable; a perfectly cromulent beer. Not particularly remarkable on its own as a Scottish Brown Ale, it does have great balance but most importantly serves as the perfect base to make something truly special…Like a Rye Whiskey Barrel aged beer that I am now searching for. Goldwater Brewing Machine Gun Teddy: 3/5 6.7% abv
Nice gun,
Cheers!
Hasn’t been fired yet? By Dog, get your brother out to a nice hillside in the Tonto NF stat.
The beer sounds like it would be worth a test as well.
He shot it this morning.
What did he shoot it with? Is it OK?
The result?
Nice!
Machine Gun Teddy is serviceable; a perfectly cromulent beer. Not particularly remarkable on its own as a Scottish Brown Ale, it does have great balance but most importantly serves as the perfect base to make something truly special…Like a Rye Whiskey Barrel aged beer that I am now searching for. Goldwater Brewing Machine Gun Teddy: 3/5 6.7% abv
That Rye Whiskey barrel aged beer sounds good.
I get weirded out by whiskey flavors in my beer, but 3/5 is high praise, so I’ll give it a try. You had the Memphis Made Scottish Ale here: it’s my go-to local burger beer since I gave up on Fireside.
Yeah, that was a good beer.
Fixed link for you.
High Cotton was great. Folks in Memphis should stop in there.
Depends on the beer. There are stranger things that are bourbon barrel aged. I’m currently working through some whole bean bourbon barrel aged coffee that I received as a gift for Christmas.
Coffee as in morning coffee? That seems odd but I suppose it could work. How is it?
It’s a Brazilian base bean, from a local roaster, The bourbon and barrel stand out in the aroma quite strongly, even before grinding or brewing. The flavor is there, and blends nicely with the coffee. I really need to make up an Irish coffee with it before I run through it.
That gun is rather ghostly, isn’t it?
Its in baby shot brown. Its the new hotness.
his article on why he bought a Glock
Minutes after my Glock article posted, I find myself calling on a potential client near kin. I warn my favorite cousin I’m going to be in the area, turns out we’re headed opposite ways from opposite ends and will cross paths at X o’clock. He texts that there’s a Mexican restaurant next exit Y; I pull up three minutes before he does.
He says they make make a mean margarita, I follow his lead: over ice, no salt…I enjoy the efficiency of copying. We order the same entree, talk about family for an hour.
But then we get into guns, two more hours pass. He’s a Glock armorer, but Glock is not a hill he would die on. We haven’t talked guns in years, but something about 45ACP came up, turns out his EDC is G43X to my G30. I text him the link to my article because it’s all the same logic: without comparing notes, we made a lot of the same decisions for a lot of the same reasons (reminds me of how both Suthern and I are both SW686 and W94 guys).
We are both still marksmen first, tactikewl last; both pump 12 instead of AR. We both love huge revolvers. We’re very different, but he’s living his best life, and it’s great to catch up. Meeting him is like meeting a Glib: we reach similar outcomes in similar ways, but we don’t need to agree on every detail. We promise to meet up and camp or fish or something this year.
Serendipity is a wonderful thing.
I recently met a first cousin, now an adult, whom I have not seen since she was a young child. It was a bit odd how we immediately recognized each other and fell in like peas in a pod in just a few seconds. Visiting that afternoon was one of the most pleasant afternoons I have had in a long time. Your story brightened my day Don.
Re: guns.
44 mag is one of my favorite cartridges, that and 45LC. Both brass is in decent supply and they have large numbers of bullets and powders available. Bullet weights and styles cover a wide spectrum. They are very versatile. 44mag makes a good short range rifle cartridge (250 yards), better than 45LC because it can handle more pressure. I have a Blackhawk with a 45 Win Mag cylinder and while that cartridge is highly versatile the brass is a bit tough to find.
Right behind those is the 357mag. All of them can be loaded down to plinking loads or up to serious hunting loads. All of mine are S&W double action and Ruger Blackhawk/Super Blackhawk. Quality just doesnt get better than that.
Few things are better than picking up with an old friend like that.
I’m wondering now why you can get subguns in 9mm and .45 ACP, but I’ve never seen one in .44, which could make much better use of the longer barrel.
The rimmed versus rimless cartridges?
In that case, yes. The 45winmag was supposed to fill that niche but it never really took. The guns made for it were huge, heavy and clumsy to handle. I dont know enough about it but 1911 frame seems it would work. However another attempt was made recently with the 460 Roland. You cant really find a gunsmith to do conversions because the 1911 design has problems above a certain pressure. They become difficult to make function properly. In 1911 apparently the best cartridge is 10mm auto…or in my mind the 41 auto mag. There are several long slides made in that cartridge and I want one badly but I cant justify the expenditure. I have a delta elite but I really want a long slide.
Rimmed cases, to start.
Not sure what you mean by ‘subgun’.
Pistol caliber (semi-)autos. The Tommy Gun is the OG subgun. I’ve always wanted one (in .45, of course), but they really don’t make any sense in semi-auto. There’s just no real use case that isn’t better met with something else. Now, a full auto .45 with a suppressor would fill a niche, but that ain’t happening.
As I was driving back from getting lunch at the brewpub, I thought: gotta be the case won’t work with an extractor. Looks like that’s it.
Ever pick up a Tommy? Try it. You will change your mind real fast.
Ruger made a very nice little semi-auto carbine in 44 mag. Mine is one of the originals with a tube magazine. They still make it but now it has a removable rotary magazine.
The only thing better for home defense would be a shotgun.
For hunting it is light, easy to carry and shoots very natural. I have harvested a few deer with mine.
Defense load: (load data.com) 180gr JHP, 33g W-296 —->1900fps.
That would make one hell of a splat!.
I’ve never handled a Tommy Gun. I have handled (but not shot) an HK USC (their bastardized US semi-auto version of the their UMP subgun).
https://hk-usa.com/hk-models/usc/
I liked the way it handled, and it can take high-cap mags. I’d get rid of that stock (you can replace just about anything on it (except the sear, natch) with UMP gear). But I just couldn’t justify the outlay for something that gives me very little more in performance than my .45 pistol.
Thompson 1927 gun only – 13 lbs. Now add 100 rounds of 45 apc to that.
It is fun to shoot full auto but the ways you can hold it are limited. Very effective for what it was designed for but that wasn’t home defense, and the weight…geeez.
Cool gun but not worth the $3000
Chad Milei versus Virgin Trump.
LOL
Bueno!
That would be so richly rewarding.
A world gone mad
That’s because what conservatives on the court are quietly trying to do is pull off the biggest judicial power grab since 1803, when it elevated itself to be the final arbiter of the Constitution in Marbury v. Madison. They’re trying to place their unelected, unaccountable policy preferences ahead of the laws made by the elected members of Congress or rules instituted by the president. If conservatives get their way, elections won’t really matter, because courts will be able to limit the scope of congressional regulation and the ability of presidents to enforce those regulations effectively. And the dumbest justice of all, alleged attempted rapist Brett Kavanaugh, basically said so during oral arguments.
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The Supreme Court didn’t hold an oral argument yesterday. It held a coronation. For themselves. They are about to crown themselves with power nobody elected them to have.
Gird your loins and read the whole thing. t’s quite a ride.
Cool link, bro!
Those evil conservatives on the court took it away.
Imma pass.
Good to know that a 50 year old Roe v. Wade is a holy sacred precedence that can’t be tampered with, but a 220 year old Marbury v. Madison is a “judicial power grab” that can be tossed out the window without even a word of explanation.
Wanting to stop “wrong” decisions from the right is a moral imperative; wanting to stop “wrong” decisions from the left like Netanyahu was trying to do before October 7 is evil and should be met by round-the-world protests.
I shudder to think what mind crafted that argument.
I wanted to click just to see who wrote that. Oh well.
Just the excerpt is breath taking and got a good laugh out of. me.
“alleged rapist”. They are really going to harangue him with that fiction forever, aren’t they?
I started to say the Kavanaugh debacle was the most laughably transparent lie I have ever seen but I hesitated. What was that other one….what was her na….OH yeah. Sandra Fluke. Pelosi held staged ‘hearings’ mocked up to look like House hearings when in fact the whole fakery was held on a stage, literally.
Whoever that is, they really do live in bizarro-world.
The “unelected unaccountable” is especially nice in a case involving the power of the agencies.
I’m calling it now. Ravens v Lions Superbowl.
I was hoping for Brown vs. Lions just because neither team had made it to the Super Bowl. There’s still hope for Texans/Lions though.
I was pulling for Browns/Lions as well. As we watched the Browns lose last weekend a friend was claiming that the story was set and that it was going to be a Chiefs/Eagles rematch Superbowl. I made a wager and said it would be Ravens/Niners. We know how his guess worked out, mine is still active for now.
Famous last words.
Famous last words
Hard to believe it’s been 20 years.
A working link might help if I can manage it
We’re really better off without one, I suspect.
What the fuck? Has The Nation got some sort of anti-link-fu on their site?
The Nation- biggest judicial power grab since 1803.
again
Ah, naturally, it doesn’t arrogate power to the bureaucracy, so of course Nation thinks it is the end of the world. I was right to shudder.
I should’ve guessed, Mystal. What a fuckwad.
Oh I didn’t catch that.
So… pile of lies from start to end.
I’m not going to read that trash but I suspected it was gonna be Chevron.
LOL they hate him SO much it’s comical.
It fell to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to remind Kavanaugh that the fact that the law changes based on who wins an election is not a nefarious woke plot to confuse people who like beer but “a function of democracy.”
Except we’re not talking about the laws changing, dimwit. We’re talking about interpretations of the same law changing wildly from one administration to the next.
It’s a shame the writer of this trash article never understood elementary civics.
“Flew to Davos just to tell Klaus Schwab to go fuck himself”
And bought a ticket on a commercial airliner to do it.
Only one Nikki Haley flyer today. Pro. I don’t think they’re going to beat the record of eight in one day (six pro, two anti)
Next GlibFlick, I am adding a vote:
Nikki Haley or Linda Lovelace?
Linda Lovelace died over 20 years ago. I’m going with Nikki.
Linda, of course. She was a great orator, bless her.
We’re really better off without one, I suspect.
It’s a truly impressive amalgam of hysterical and smarmy.
I need to bleach my brain after trying to read that. Aaahhh.
California grizzly bears were mostly vegan. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-bear-mascot-smaller-vegan-18617230.php
And here I thought they were cooking up dishes loaded with butter and cheese that they made from squirrel milk. They probably aggressively reminding their prey that they were mostly vegan as they were killing them.
So salmon are vegan – who knew?
Other than all the animal products I eat, I’m mostly vegan.
I’m a second-stage vegetarian — I only eat plants or things that eat plants. Or maybe third stage, I’ll also eat things that eat things that eat plants.
“This is what my food eats.”
I’m a second-stage vegetarian
They’re referred to as “meta-vegetarians,” thankyoukindly.
To address RC Dean’s comment from the morning thread:
R C Dean on January 20, 2024 at 8:35 am
I didn’t even know the band members’ names, but now that I do, Tres Cool has some ‘splainin ’ to do.
Yes, my name is a play on that but notice I use the proper french TRES and not that gaylord accent grave he has.
His real name is Frank Wright…..so punk.
I had no idea that person uses such a handle for real. How ugh.
Proper French
And Tré Cool has an acute accent, not a grave accent.
/pedantic bastard
w/e Frenchie
🥳
I know we don’t have regular GlibFit articles, but I’m down to 300 pounds. If I keep this up, I won’t be able to call myself a fat bastard anymore.
6-4?
keep it up
Not sure what the question is.
But I intend to. Right now, I want to aim for anything closer to 200. I don’t know what my ideal weight is, so it’s just an arbitrary target. (One of many downsides of always having been fat)
I thought you were the tallest Glib
I’m only 6’3″
In penis inches?
Seriously, though. Congrats on your success.
Good going!
👍🏼👍🏼
I’m stuck at 190. I’d like to be more 175. I could probably get there if I cut out the booze, but . . . .
That’s one aspect of my diminished consumption of booze that really disappoints me – I haven’t dropped weight.
Congrats.
Thanks.
Congrats UCS…good work
Thank you.
Good. Keep going.
Excellent
you’re way down, too?
Net loss of 13 lbs over the last year. I suspect I added some muscle as well as lost fat.
Congrats. Do we just call you Bastard now? Or will it be Svelte Bastard.
Seriously keep up the good work.
That’s “Mister Bastard”, sir.
Good show, UCS, easier to do some things as you get slimmer.
I haven’t noticed a difference externally yet, but the scale doesn’t lie.
😃
👍
No red dot? 😉
He has his own money. If he wants one he can buy it himself!
Regardless of your stand on law’n’order, one has to wonder what the ‘order’ side is doing with all that extra free time they have now. Or did they dismiss ~80% of them for having no work to do anymore?
linky
All stats will be used to claim a dramatic decrease in crime under the benevolent administrators of color blind justice.
“Color blind” LOL. Some of them are honest about what that’s really all about and why not? It’s not like it matters.
Trespass involves property rights, and Marxist DAs don’t like those (at least, for other people).
Disorderly conduct is easily (and therefor widely) abused, but its also one of those things that not enforcing it seems to lay the groundwork for worse.
“its not so light I have to worry about it going off if I were to sneeze, like for example the HK VP9.”
I had no noticed the trigger on Mrs . Dean’s was unduly light. When it comes back from the custom shop it should break like the proverbial glass rod at 4-5 pounds.
That rye barrel aged beer sounds awesome. If you find it, send me some.
It might just be me. It probably didn’t help the way Bear Arms has their HK display setup. Its a table with multiple HK pistols displayed that a customer can handle on their own. I went from a couple 90’s era USP, to a P30, to a VP9 so maybe it seemed unreasonably light in comparison.
Otherwise I thought it felt great in the hand and I like the German style magazine release.
Yeah, I have a bad feeling that when we get hers back, I’m going to want one just like it. I like it in the hand, a lot. And having it tuned and tweaked, I just have the feeling it’s going to be too good to say “Nah, I’ll pass”.
I solved https://squaredle.com 01/20:
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🎯 In the top 10% by accuracy
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I played https://squaredle.com/xp 01/20:
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3pm and my kitchen water is all froze up. At least the bathroom sink & crapper are still on
KK, I can’t tell you how much I admire your adventurousnessosity. I hope these trials and tribulations aren’t getting to be too much trouble.
I like it…worrying about simple things like water is OK by me. I had so much more stress owning a decrepit condo.
However, I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to bathe before Zoom tonight, so I’ll look….nice
On Zoom, nobody can tell you smell.
Can’t you just drive to where it’s warmer? 😕
Dog forbid!!
Coincidentally he shot it this morning with a couple friends, one of whom is a cop (yeah yeah yeah) that brought a Gen 3 17.
He said it shoots great, only one malfunction in the first few magazines, none afterwards. Zafirri recommends a 200 round break in and he had 400 rounds. His friends all agreed it was a good shooter.
Another update: The malfunction in question was a fail to feed with a Magpul magazine. It occurred with the first round that magazine fed and did not reoccur. The aftermarket magazines are known to have issues.
I’m calling it a success.
I load all of my mags one round short of full capacity (except the 1301; she gets all she can eat, because she’s a very good girl). I think jamming them all the way full is a good way to get FTF problems.
My mags are 17 rounds for the Ruger SR 9. I usually just load 15 or so.
Oh, wait – the 17 rounds mags were lost in a boating accident just now
Not in an RV malfunction?
“17 is for show. 16 is for go.”
Let’s face it: if you’re in a gunfight, and 16 rounds doesn’t it get done, yer doin’ it wrong, and that missing 17th round wasn’t going to matter anyway.
Now, if I’m in a gunfight with the 1301, and 8 rounds doesn’t get it done, it’ll be because I can’t shoot over the pile of bodies.
If 16 rounds doesn’t get it done, you’re a cop.
I’ve never had an issue with loading any of my mags to full capacity.
My Tavor teacher (IDF sniper) strongly recommended it for that platform, at least, and Mrs. Dean had issues with Magpuls loaded to 390 rounds with hers.. I’ve noticed it from time to time with my handguns, too.
Err, 30 rounds.
Same here, kinnath.
Not a clue where this is from, but holy crap can this kid play:
https://twitter.com/Shaughn_A2/status/1746601211074056367
Somebody turned on the lake affect snow machine and I’m getting buried. Easily another foot of new snow today and still coming down.
Stay warm up there,
Brrrrrrr!
I’m trying. Already blew out the driveway twice today.
where ’bouts ?
SW Michigan. My house is only about a mile East of Lake Michigan.
I mean…ya know…..ya kinda DO live right next to a lake and all that.
Yup. It’s winter. No big deal.
Thats my response when everyone (mostly our media outlets) in SW Ohio is collectively shitting their pants.
“2-4 inches of snow! Single digits! People will die!”
Uhhh….Its January.
WooHoo! Third AI Art article written and submitted.
😁👍 Good job on that AND the weight loss!
Yes- good job on cutting pounds.
Keto can be very effective, but to maintain it it’s of a commitment to a lifestyle change.
I did really well for a couple of years just sticking to <50g-carb/day. Now with work travel everywhere- I just dont have the self discipline.
And it shows.
Since I can cook at home, and there’s a good butcher not far away, I’ve been having an easier time of sticking to a low carb existence. It helps that I am not so snobbish and can go for the cheap cuts (or even liver) to save money.
But yeah, finding restaurant offerings that cater to that gets pricey.
Bourbon barrel aged beer kicks my butt. I love it, though.
Have 3 or 4 more then check in with us from church in the morning!
Look out San Fran! You’re getting competition.
NYC neighborhood turned into giant toilet as migrants litter park with poop, leave cups of urine on ‘doorsteps’
Cool link, bro.
Thanks, Teds’s
https://nypost.com/2024/01/20/metro/migrants-waiting-for-shelter-beds-are-using-this-nyc-park-as-their-bathroom/
Hey, Moje! I just started reading a book my sister gave me for Christmas, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Have you read it?
I have not. In fact, I’m not sure I ever heard of it.
Apparently won the 2018 Pulitzer for Biography, for whatever that’s worth. (Does the Pulitzer mean anything anymore, at least when you get past anything related to journalisming?)
In the past I have warned that all of these collectivist invaders with totally different cultural values are going to shit all over us. I meant that metaphorically. Of course now that it is literal my reaction is “Of course they are.”
Presses buzzer…
“What is the East Village, Alex?”
On the plus side, the smell of shit and piss helps detract from the smell of reeking bums and junkies everywhere.