Follow-up observations about the Derya 9mm

[u/Massive_Expression_2]

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Last night , I was able to put a few more magazines worth of ammunition through this new gun.

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I gave it a quick going over before hitting the range and checked for loose screws , etc. Found a couple of loose ones gave them the tiniest dab of lock tite.

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No problems with loose buffer tube or pistol grip as some other users have had. I noticed that the butt stock has a bit of wiggle room on the buffer tube. Not sure if my TM22 does the same thing, but the plastic parts do look identical.

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I'm finding that the more I use aperature sights , the more I enjoy using them. I started out using the larger aperature on the rear sight, just not thinking about it. I was less than happy with the results at only twenty five yards. When I switched to the smaller aperature , in spite of starting to lose the light, results improved. That doesn't mean I was shooting cloverleaf groups , but I was happy with the way things were coming along.

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As for the action, several people have noted how hard it is to open the action when just cycling the gun without firing any rounds. I found mine to be the same way. But when I actually fired the gun, for some reason I found that something was different. Maybe the recoil force combined with my grip was helping the action open much easier. I find that this gun is much more pleasant to fire than it is to just cycle empty.

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I found that it is important to cycle the gun with authority on the first round of a full magazine. Maybe the upward pressure created by the compressed mag spring , and all those rounds in the magazine is causing some extra friction.

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I don't know if the short barrel has anything to do with this or if it was just the acoustics of the area where I was shooting but holy cow is this thing loud. I accidentally fired the gun twice without ear protection. It seems louder than shooting 38 special through my Henry big boy.

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I'm really enjoying playing around at the range with this gun. My thumbs aren't enjoying the experience of loading the magazines but I have a Ludex magloader on order. I should have that in time for the next range trip.

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[u/BowFella]

Eh, $900 is still super steep for a 9mm pump action. An extra $400 and you can get the Henry Homesteader. Which is semi and comes from a much more reputable company.

Honestly it's all shit regardless. These companies are price gouging to the max and taking advantage of gunowners. Less than 2 years ago you could have gotten a quality PCC for $900 that was made in America.

[u/Massive_Expression_2 → u/BowFella]

Seems to be no ceiling on prices, for sure. I just about bought a S&W M&P folding carbine for $1100 a week before it got banned.
Nice gun, but I'm glad I don't have one that I can't use now. That little episode pushed me away from semi-auto. I do love manual action guns of all action types though, so this works into my collection nicely.

[u/Status_Ticket5044 → u/Massive_Expression_2]

I wanted to go to 223/556 this year in a modern sport form factor, decided to get a Renegade II and then they start throwing new semis at me. Nope, nope nope. There's a lot of gun law to get settled over the next year. The Makasis and Carmels will still be there... Or not. I have enough ban-bait for now.

[u/BowFella → u/Status_Ticket5044]

My thoughts exactly. The only semis that look safe to buy are the SKS, BAR, and R1 for now (fingers crossed).