Answering a question to me posted in the photo forum:
["pepi, post: 260198, member: 3478"]
Is the Shockwave with the empty rail on it hard to aim with?
I would kind of like to have one on mine for different sighting devices but would also like to be able to shoot and hit without and devices mounted.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, me too. I put the rail on the shockwave for lights and lasers, and I thought at first, with nothing installed, the groove in the empty rail would help align for aiming, but by the time I aligned the front sight in the groove, the gun was pointing uphill. The rail is too thick I think, or the front sight is too low, or it was just me. I had to aim really low on the humanoid target to hit high in the chest area. So I took the rail off.
I have come back to almost bare naked on top on both the regular shockwave and the Compact Cruiser. They are planned for self defense only, to prepare for a bear at 10-15 yards and closing, or an intruder in the hall. I have the Big Dot on front, and for alignment with the point of aim, I put 2 screws with low profile heads in the front and rear holes on top of the receiver, then put 2 of the flush screws in the remaining holes. So, no provision for lights. Have to come back to that.
By lining up the two screw heads with the Big dot, it works pretty well. I was at the range shooting slugs earlier this week, and it was going so well at 10 yards that I ran the target out into the dark end and sent 4 rounds down there. I was amazed to see them all within the silhouette.
In case anyone is interested in the Compact Cruiser, the $5 stamp came pretty quickly (7 months). The travel paperwork to take it camping with me this year took from July 5th to email the scanned copies, approved on the 11th, and received back to me by snail-mail on the 19th. So 14 days total. It is just as manageable a gun as the full size shockwave, recoil of Brenneke Knock Out (K.O.) slugs is fine, or the Anti Terror Slug (ATS) too. Same numbers, just about. I shot a box of the slugs Brenneke makes for stopping car engines, and that was a bit much. Good thing I was practiced holding on to the forearm with the strap. I'll keep the car killers around, but I don't expect to use them. But the K.O. or the ATS will be fine, and they are pretty impressive, going downrange. I'm sure they would stop a large angry animal, if necessary.
This photo is a little dated; the cruiser has the normal cap on the mag tube again, so it holds (3) 2.75" shells, and has just 2 screws on top. It does hold 4 shells with that extension, but there is erosion.
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