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Posted: 8/23/2014 12:51:17 AM EDT
| Bare with me as this is the first inquiry I've made on ARF. To be honest, I'm not even sure this post is going in the right spot. So my apologies in advance… I have gotten a ton of extremely useful info on this site and for some unknown reason I am now interested in pcc's. However, I'm not entirely sure I've gotten the info I want in other threads that I've read about the CX Storm, JRC's, Hi Point, etc. I found the MechTech product online by accident, and I was wondering if anyone had any personal experience with it in either the Glock or 1911 configs. |
| I have one with a G21 frame. It's been threaded and I run my Osprey on it. It's tough, it's accurate, and it's really quiet with the can on it. I will say that it's a little on the heavy side, especially fitted with a 30 rd KRISS magazine, but it balances so well that it's really no issue, for me. It makes a helluva good hogbuster at short to medium ranges. |
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I have one of their early 1911 units in .45acp.
Fun to plink with, and even handy for medium sized game (if you're not taking long shots). Only complaint I have had is that the skeletal metal stock makes a very noticeable "sproing" noise, if I'm wearing ear muffs. They offered a padded cover for the stock, but I never got around to ordering it. |
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I have one of their early 1911 units in .45acp. Fun to plink with, and even handy for medium sized game (if you're not taking long shots). Only complaint I have had is that the skeletal metal stock makes a very noticeable "sproing" noise, if I'm wearing ear muffs. They offered a padded cover for the stock, but I never got around to ordering it. I have one of these as well. Works great but the sproing is annoying. They now make a plastic insert that cures it. Looks alot better too. Only like 15 bucks. They were a pleasure to deal with. OP, there is more info in the armory. Look up at the tabs on the top of the page. Click armory then go down to pistol caliber carbines. Bob |
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My shooting partner has had a scoped CCU in .45 ACP for many years and brings it to the range once or twice a month. He currently mounts it on a Rock Island A2 wide frame.
He shoots hand loads with his own cast boolits and has experimented with many loads. He has found a 180 gr. load that gives the best accuracy at 100 yds., but that doesn't mean he's satisfied. Those groups average about 8". The unit functions fine and always has. No complaints there. He is just not satisfied with the accuracy at 100 yds. He contacted MechTech last week and is sending in the unit to be re-chambered for.460 Rowland and hopes to work up a more accurate load. It will cost more for the shipping than the actual work on the unit. |
| check out the pistol caliber carbine forum under 'Armory', most posts are there. I don't own one but have thought about it, people seem to like them with no complaints about reliability. Biggest complaint seems to be the weight, but sounds like it's overbuilt so it can handle the hotter calibers like 10mm and .460 without issues. |
| Had one in .45 for a while with a collapsible wire stock. Good gun, but too bulky and heavy for what it was, especially with the limited capacity of a 1911 frame. If I wanted a .45 rifle again, I'd probably go either build out a DI .45 AR or go for a Beretta CX4 with all the sierra papa parts. |
I have a 1st gen 1911 version in chambered in .460 Rowland. I can load a little hotter ammo for the Mechtech than I normally shoot out of a handgun. I can also shoot .45acp out of it but hot Rowlands are so much more fun! I ordered mine with the retractable wire stock and it also makes a very pronounced "sproing" sound when fired with 45acp, but it's not as noticeable when shooting Rowlands (they're much louder and cycle the action much quicker  ).
I've noticed that I can mount and fire 1911 frames with extended thumb safeties, but cannot use the safety itself. Short safeties work fine. My Para Ordnance P14 frame works great, with the required frame ramp adapter. I ended up buying an RIA GI and dedicated that frame to the Mechtech. The upper half of that 1911 got sold off as spare parts. For optics I have been using a PA micro dot but have been considering a 1-4 or even a fixed power 4 or 6 for magnified aiming... aging eyes are unforgiving at the range. |
| I used their AR stock adapter and a collapsable stock on mine. No "sproing" noises or wobbling, it's solid as a rock. I looked at the old wire stocks, and again later at the collapsable stock they offer, but I don't figure to fix something that ain't broken, and my AR stock works a treat, even to giving me a reasonable cheek weld with the optic I use on mine. |
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I have one of these as well. Works great but the sproing is annoying. They now make a plastic insert that cures it. Looks alot better too. Only like 15 bucks. They were a pleasure to deal with. OP, there is more info in the armory. Look up at the tabs on the top of the page. Click armory then go down to pistol caliber carbines. Bob What is the plastic insert you refer to? I can't find it on the Mech-Tech parts list. Maybe it's the same as the Taccom Pressure Plug? |
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What is the plastic insert you refer to? I can't find it on the Mech-Tech parts list. Maybe it's the same as the Taccom Pressure Plug? Quoted:
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I have one of these as well. Works great but the sproing is annoying. They now make a plastic insert that cures it. Looks alot better too. Only like 15 bucks. They were a pleasure to deal with. OP, there is more info in the armory. Look up at the tabs on the top of the page. Click armory then go down to pistol caliber carbines. Bob What is the plastic insert you refer to? I can't find it on the Mech-Tech parts list. Maybe it's the same as the Taccom Pressure Plug? I just called them. They used to list the wire stock with the plastic inserts and I only needed the inserts. They are molded triangles that screw together inside the old style wire stock and make it a more solid unit. Taccom pressure plug is a plastic plug with a point or lump that goes in the buffer tube of an AR to apply pressure to a rimfire conversion kit to make it more reliable. |
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Having completely forgot over time about this companies uppers, i'm glad i found this thread. So for approx $400 i can have a carbine upper in what ever caliber i own a glock. Been reading about the quartercircle10 (which has EXCELLENT CSR response time IMO) lowers , now looking at doing one of these units. The only drawback to the MT upper, it limits the ability to SBR it.
Yes get both is the correct answer. However on a fixed income, it's not always possible to pull off. |
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Why do you say that? You can SBR a Glock and pair it with a shortened MT upper. It's no different than SBRing an AR15. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/1115MechTech_with_AR_sights.jpg Quoted:
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The only drawback to the MT upper, it limits the ability to SBR it. Why do you say that? You can SBR a Glock and pair it with a shortened MT upper. It's no different than SBRing an AR15. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/1115MechTech_with_AR_sights.jpg I don't feel like engraving my glock lower, for now. |
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I don't feel like engraving my glock lower, for now. Ok. So don't engrave it. Engrave the MT barrel instead. If you don't use a buttstock with the Glock slide installed, you don't have any issues. Or just engrave the barrel hood on any other config you do. End result: you still have an unblemished Glock lower, and can have your SBR upper to go with it. |
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Ok. So don't engrave it. Engrave the MT barrel instead. If you don't use a buttstock with the Glock slide installed, you don't have any issues. Or just engrave the barrel hood on any other config you do. End result: you still have an unblemished Glock lower, and can have your SBR upper to go with it. Quoted:
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I don't feel like engraving my glock lower, for now. Ok. So don't engrave it. Engrave the MT barrel instead. If you don't use a buttstock with the Glock slide installed, you don't have any issues. Or just engrave the barrel hood on any other config you do. End result: you still have an unblemished Glock lower, and can have your SBR upper to go with it. The glock lower / serial # portion of firearm is being SBr'd. That item, not the upper which does not require a serial #, isn't the SBR portion of the firearm. |
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I just called them. They used to list the wire stock with the plastic inserts and I only needed the inserts. They are molded triangles that screw together inside the old style wire stock and make it a more solid unit. Taccom pressure plug is a plastic plug with a point or lump that goes in the buffer tube of an AR to apply pressure to a rimfire conversion kit to make it more reliable. Quoted:
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I have one of these as well. Works great but the sproing is annoying. They now make a plastic insert that cures it. Looks alot better too. Only like 15 bucks. They were a pleasure to deal with. OP, there is more info in the armory. Look up at the tabs on the top of the page. Click armory then go down to pistol caliber carbines. Bob What is the plastic insert you refer to? I can't find it on the Mech-Tech parts list. Maybe it's the same as the Taccom Pressure Plug? I just called them. They used to list the wire stock with the plastic inserts and I only needed the inserts. They are molded triangles that screw together inside the old style wire stock and make it a more solid unit. Taccom pressure plug is a plastic plug with a point or lump that goes in the buffer tube of an AR to apply pressure to a rimfire conversion kit to make it more reliable. I still have the wire stock, but put an old AR15 collapsible stock on it using their M4 stock adapter. I got my MT before they had all the rails available. Mine almost looks what they offer now, i.e. Mini-Quad, vertical grip, etc. Also had to pin the rubber buffer because their glue wouldn't hold it against the .45ACP recoil of the G21. |
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The glock lower / serial # portion of firearm is being SBr'd. That item, not the upper which does not require a serial #, isn't the SBR portion of the firearm. Straight from the law books. 27 CFR 479.102 states: (a) You, as a manufacturer, importer, or maker of a firearm, must legibly identify the firearm as follows: (2) By engraving, casting, stamping (impressing), or otherwise conspicuously placing or causing to be engraved, cast, stamped (impressed), or placed on the frame, receiver, or barrel thereof certain additional information. The barrel is an acceptable place to engrave all required markings except the serial number. In the case of the Mech Tech, one could argue that the upper is the "frame" or "receiver". I'd keep it simple, as there is no question as to what constitutes the barrel. 
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| I have a newer model Glock upper, it runs great and eats everything I put in it. I went with the M4 stock adapter and it works well. I have an AAC Evolution in NFA jail and plan on having the barrel threaded before it is released. I wish that I had gotten the extended top rail for BUIS, for now it wears a red dot. |
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