Paul B

Had a pair of GSG9's and stopped using them. Found that ankle support was actually too good for me and I could not make as fast turns and transitions as I wanted. Maybe because I am taller I tend to lean more than move for a shot.

I also have two ratcheting belts and the inner belt is a real uncomfortable problem bunching up. I believe the rules could allow the outer belt without an inner belt because the ratcheting belt can be very very secure. "The belt or the inner belt or both must be either securely fixed at the waist or secured with a minimum of three belt loops."

Have one from Caswell. Bought on Amazon and it works great on a flat surface like concrete for 9 and 45. Noticed the case has to be parallel with the wires to pick up best. Use mine all the time and has worked for several thousand cases. Admittedly slower that sweeping or picking up by hand but saves my back and it is worth it just for that.

My brother had his S&W MDL 29 cut for moon clips and used automag brass. This brass is the same as .45 acp rim and the moon clips were for 45acp. The 25 cylinder should be the same diameter. The drawbacks were that the machinist said the MDL 29 cylinder was so hard it was very hard to machine. This was in an original 29 with rebated cylinders - .44 mag rim enclosed in the cylinder. Might not be so bad with the newer ones with no rebate. The other drawback is the gunsmith was a friend and he is out of business. Others may take on the challenge.

Recently found out that bullet ogive can be a big factor. Shot a ton of truncated cone blue bullet 147 9mm in my x5 with no problems but they would not seat in the match barrel of my 9mm 1911. I had to shorten them. The same thing happened with blue bullet 230s in my 1911 .45s. One liked them and they would not seat in the chamber of the other. A bit shorter load worked. The interesting part is that the same bullets in jacketed form and the same length worked perfect in all the guns and they all fit the mags just fine. Just a matter of fitting the bullet to the gun - plunk test could have saved me some time.

Just listened to the podcast and the comments I got were that those of us who have been doing this for 20 plus years just need to be re-educated on the rules and WSB's. Like it was said above "only" means "only" and if that isn't enough the first definition of "only" is "and no one or nothing more besides; solely or exclusively". I guess if you think about it long enough the color red does look kind of like blue.

Agree with Farmer. Makes it a lot harder for those of us that have to get a wheelchair or walker out of a vehicle. I always take a picture of the license plate so I will know who banged up mine when they backed out.

Renewed our vows on our 50th - that was 6 years ago. Been a member of my local club for 51 and still shooting but can't move as fast --- or shoot as straight. Hell!

I stand corrected and thanks for the video. I thought the only spring to look at was the mainspring but did find the tiny spring inside was broken and in fact part was gone! Thanks for the help.

First thing checked was the spring it is not broken.

My x5 has had over 10,000 rounds through it. Mostly 147's at 132 PF but with a few 115"s for practice. Recently did a complete cleaning and noticed that the striker assembly firing pin was protruding when the slide was open. Not much but concerning. I disassembled and checked the striker assembly found no problems with the spring but did notice a little play in the firing pin extension out of the rear assembly. Thought it was just dirt so did a complete cleaning of the channel and reassembled with no lube as recommended by the factory. It still happened when the slide was cycled the firing pin still protruded. Luckily I had a replacement striker assemble as I keep a stock of parts for this gun. Put in the new striker and no longer a problem. Firing pin retracted as normal. I can only surmise that some of the parts of the striker assembly just experienced wear and tear. Through all this the gun functioned normally but the threat of it going full auto was there I guess??? In any case just a word to those using high mileage p 320 check that the firing pin is fully retracted when you open the slide.

I have measured my Sig factory 21 round magazines several times with different rulers and they are always in compliance using the method in Appendix E-1. Just to be sure I shaved a little off the back of the basepad but remember there is an alternative of using a ruler if the mag guage does not work with a certain type of basepad.

Recently had a similar problem. A para frame that had been used extensively in competition with no problems whatsoever. Decided to rebuild the upper with new barrel and slide etc. Started doubling consistently 2 shot doubles (considered leaving it that way but decided it probably should be fixed ). First blamed it for just sitting in the safe for 15 years (you know safes damage guns) but eventually replaced all parts - no luck. Finally, got a disconnector that was slightly longer and the problem went away. Amazing what a few thousands will do. The new slide must have had a slightly different disconnector notch.

Did just that on a Ruger 22/45 frame. 6 holes with locktite. Lasted about 500 rounds and shot loose. The threads eventually just stripped. No cracks but that is with a .22. Now have a Vortex on the reciever.

After you ream the chamber. The nominal SAAMI OAL of 10mm is 1.260. The old magic length for 38super was 1.255 and some reloads went out to 1.270 just based on the random resistance of the loading machine. These worked fine in para 38 super mags so the magazines for the .40 should work but may need some tuning for the right cartridge angle. For safeties sake would suggest doing this in a supported chamber barrel because the 10mm operates at a little higher pressure than the .40.