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Yep. Working on a lighter build now. Seeing faster times. Think I have it 100% and will find out tonight.

"2011 for poors" Great message...

I will say my early model JP has never had a problem. It's just heavy.

I know they're hit and miss, but the Rise PCC trigger is working for me. Also, New Armory just restocked their ejectors in case you need a spare or two.

That kind of gatekeeping is always so cringe. Why do gun owners turn on each other like this?

"Just" LOL. Now that I have the 5007, two spacer weights and an extended tube, I have the impulse I want with my 5" barrel (16" welded shroud). Very soft impulse now. Replacing the Aero ejector should be the last part to get it to work right - the aero one sits too low due to where the hole for the set screw is.

Heavier blowback, heavier bolt.

Another conversation for Claudio if I ever get down there.

Got the Caspian/Briley Fantom I bought at auction in today. Along with the presentation box, the original shipping box was still with it. I saw the label and said "no f*#king way."

He specifically asked: the barrel bushing was pretty much just there to keep the recoil spring plug in place

Oh, you shot Space City this year too?

This is exactly it. Optics are an easier starting point and don't require learning the same fundamentals.

If they're using more than 10 round mags in any division at a match in NJ, that's a violation of USPSA rules.

What necessity? If everyone is shooting 10 round mags and the MD is using classifiers where 10/15 rounds won't make a difference, what's different?

MAC has.

With the MAC optics plate using a Glock cut rear sight plate, wouldn't it be ordering a Glock rear and a 1911/2011 front of the appropriate height?

Coming back to this - still working fine?

I was going to create a similar thread but I'll jump in here - similar question and I'd love the advice of members. I also built an Aero EPC 9mm Glock lower out with a carbine length tube, PSA 9mm bolt (14.18 oz) + FM 9mm buffer (5.47 oz, does not appear to be "longer") for a total weight of 19.61 oz. Odin Works barrel. Flat-wire carbine spring. LaRue MBT-2S trigger. Well lubed. Lots of FTF. Tried swapping out with my FM9 bolt (nearly the same weight 14.14 oz). Same problem. Cannot get it to feed consistently - even had one case of brass getting into the FCG. Met up with a guy at the range running a similar put-together PCC with the Gentle Recoil setup: https://blowback9.wordpress.com/2023/05/28/9mm-ar-gentle-recoil-buffer-system-final/ - he had a KE lower (so no flat wire spring) and it was night and day difference in feel... and it ran without a hiccup. Seems like it all has to do with weight, and I've seen similar advice to this all over the internet: Buffer system+bolt mass should always total 22oz or more. If that's the case, why are most common off the shelf pieced-together setups coming in under 20 oz? I've got the components (JRC longer tube, weights, heaview buffer) coming in to put together this system and see how it runs... but I'd love to hear from the experts here around tuning these beasts.

I'm curious, why? If running an optic, what's the advantage of the longer slide length? Given that the Staccato P is 4.3" and seems to be doing okay, is something else in play (cycle time, reliability, etc.)?

Why would this be necessary on a gun with machined steel parts? What is this fetish with immediately replacing known-good parts with EGW internals? I see this on Reddit but didn't expect it here.

I think it's more "there's a difference in a slide mounted dot without a comp and a frame mounted dot with a comp/porting" driving the ask for "why not do it like USPSA did?" Others make the point that simply expanding the scope of CO to include LO would work. I don't have a dog in the fight but it's an interesting discussion.

I'd be fine with removing the Production gun requirement for CO in SCSA and just making it "frame mounted dot, no compensator, who cares if you have a magwell you won't use."

Why not shoot it in the existing divisions? You'd be pretty competitive.

Here's the real question: When is Limited Optics coming to SCSA? Right now, SA + Optics = Open, even for slide-ride optics.

If they're sprung the same as the Tisas models, they're 16# from the factory. Should be able to use any Commander-length spring.