Did you buy yourself anything for Christmas?

[Jerry R]

Yessir, the photo 3 posts up is my new Gen 5 G30 next to the Shield 45 for comparison. I like it. Trigger is better than earlier Gens, in my limited opinion, and the barrel no longer has pure polygonal rifling. Gonna try my hardcast lead reloads to see how it does, don't really want to buy an aftermarket barrel for it. Slide finish is not as dull as previous versions, but not a problem for me. Tore it down, got it "range ready" but it looks like I won't make the range until the 18th. Updates after trigger time.

[FortTom]

Yessir, the photo 3 posts up is my new Gen 5 G30 next to the Shield 45 for comparison. I like it. Trigger is better than earlier Gens, in my limited opinion, and the barrel no longer has polygonal rifling. Gonna try my hardcast lead reloads to see how it does, don't really want to buy an aftermarket barrel for it. Slide finish is not as dull as previous versions, but not a problem for me. Tore it down, got it "range ready" but it looks like I won't make the range until the 18th. Updates after trigger time.

Cool. Can't wait to hear. I'm still thinking it's going to be a bit big for my hands and will have to stick with 1911 format pistols, for .45ACP. Interesting that they switched from Polygonal to regular rifling. Wonder what's up with that?

FT

[Jerry R]

Interesting that they switched from Polygonal to regular rifling. Wonder what's up with that?
FT

They didn't really switch from Polygonal. The Marksman barrel is a "modified" polygonal. Supposed to be slightly more accurate, but not as much as a National Match barrel. We'll see how it does with my old eyes, off a bag.

[UWone77]

Firearms related? A couple things, but they won't get here till next month, so not necessarily for Christmas.

I did treat myself to an Omega Speedmaster Dark of the Moon.

Hope you guys all had a great start to 2025.

[FortTom]

Firearms related? A couple things, but they won't get here till next month, so not necessarily for Christmas.

I did treat myself to an Omega Speedmaster Dark of the Moon.

Hope you guys all had a great start to 2025.

Sweet watch!

[gatordev]

Firearms related? A couple things, but they won't get here till next month, so not necessarily for Christmas.

I did treat myself to an Omega Speedmaster Dark of the Moon.

Hope you guys all had a great start to 2025.

That's a nice present, and probably more practical than what I splurged on.

You've also reminded me I REALLY need to call Omega to set up my free service for my X-33 and ship it off. It's been traveling forward through time for the last 6+ months.

[FortTom]

That's a nice present, and probably more practical than what I splurged on.

You've also reminded me I REALLY need to call Omega to set up my free service for my X-33 and ship it off. It's been traveling forward through time for the last 6+ months.

Maybe YOU'RE traveling through time and just don't know it......
FT

[gatordev]

You just blew my mind, man!

[UWone77]

That's a nice present, and probably more practical than what I splurged on.

You've also reminded me I REALLY need to call Omega to set up my free service for my X-33 and ship it off. It's been traveling forward through time for the last 6+ months.

How did I know you would be a practical guy and own an Omega or two or three?

[gatordev]

How did I know you would be a practical guy and own an Omega or two or three?

Just one...and I was practical enough to jump on buying it for $600 at the time (2002). It was a steal of a deal military group buy, which also gave us free service for life. All I have to do is show the engraving on the case back. I really do need to get it fixed.

[UWone77]

Just one...and I was practical enough to jump on buying it for $600 at the time (2002). It was a steal of a deal military group buy, which also gave us free service for life. All I have to do is show the engraving on the case back. I really do need to get it fixed.

Dude $600 is a steal... even in 2002 dollars. Looks like that's seen a lot of faithful use.

I remember the first Speedmaster I bought was at a dealer in the Virgin Islands. Promptly got shaken down by US Customs on the way back to the mainland.

[gatordev]

Dude $600 is a steal... even in 2002 dollars. Looks like that's seen a lot of faithful use.

I remember the first Speedmaster I bought was at a dealer in the Virgin Islands. Promptly got shaken down by US Customs on the way back to the mainland.

Customs...they always find a way...

Yeah, I'm not sure why the bezel looks so dirty. It probably had some hydraulic fluid on it or something at the time. I would never wear it on a ship and/or during deployment, for a variety of reasons (some of the ships are capable of frying watches with the radar), but otherwise it would get regular use.

When I got it, I was visiting my parents and my dad and I went in to a local Omega dealer to get the band sized. None of them had seen the watch before, so they were curious. I asked them if they knew the retail price. They went into their Big Book of Omega Watches and finally found it towards the back of the book where the prices went up. Hearing the retail price made the deal even better.

There were some sold commercially, but there's not a lot of them. Otherwise they were just issued by NASA to astronauts and sold by Omega through their military program.

[Pyzik]

I wasn't going to buy myself anything but I happened to stumble on a Taurus TX22 Competition for a decent price locally. Wife has the regular version and it's been fun so figured might as well.

[MonkeyBomb]

LOL, I didn't buy anything "For Christmas" but a few days before Christmas I "saved" a ton of money on a new expensive hobby. I picked up a nice camera drone. After playing with this thing I can definitely see the appeal of these things.I really wish I had one when I was on patrol. A thermal drone would have been even better. With that and a K-9 things would have been way simpler.