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Awesome! Thanks for the help.

Seems like these are gone from Thigieverse. Anyone has any idea where I can find them?

I find some of the comments surprising given the nature of this forum. Why complain that PJD did not build all the parts of the bike or built less parts than JJ? Why complain that PJD's bike can not be ridden cross country (as if the torture device constructed by JJ could be)? Do you shoot stages in "in the spirit of the intent" or according to WSB? And it is not even a given that any of these things were ever "in the spirit of the intent". Maybe they were in JJs mind, but I doubt the producers of the show would agree and they are the ones writing the "stage briefing". Furthermore, do all of the well regarded gunsmith's machine all the parts of the firearms from raw stock? Or do they modify and fit parts manufactured by someone else? Are they less craftsmen for that? Or are their products any less desirable? JJ built a nice looking bike. Not being a chopper guy I doubt I could pick it out from a row if bikes parked in front of a biker bar. Junior built something unique. In fact I do not think he has done two similar bikes since starting up his own shop. None of his bikes would ever get lost in a lineup even for the uninitiated eyes. And two of the three judges seemed to feel the same.

Too late Jim.

Anything that comes to mind would get the thread closed.

I agree Nick. The comment about getting tips to go faster was funny. But in the same situation, I would not try to change my technique. Recently I had something pointed to me before the match that I thought was a very sound advice. I still shot the match with no changes and then went home to practice the new technique. The way this thing is edited it is hard to be sure, but it seemed to me that both of the shooters were going pretty slow in the elimination challenge. Looked like you did not need to be a Dave Sevigny or JJ to pick up at least a couple of plates each time. Incredible mental freeze for Jermaine in the team challenge. Blue team will be glad to have Jay for the next challenge. After that I believe they will miss Jermaine.

Unless things changed a great deal over the last decade, a couple of ropes, shoes, harness, a full rack with plenty of active cams and a few odds and ends is less than what I spend on ammo every year. As to the subject at hand, do we really need to rehash this discussion with all of the same arguments yet again? Production is one of the most popular divisions that we have. There is absolutely no reason to change it.

Is 45" spring really needed? At 10" or even 15" longer than the magazine, wouldn't a 40" be sufficient?

I just kept practicing reloads until it softened up.

Should I cut the new spring to the same number of coils as the old one - given that it used to work. Or should I go longer - given that it stopped working? Is there consistency in Nordic's springs?

I've had my M1 with a Nortic extension for about 2 years now. Never had any problems with it. All of a sudden this weekend it stopped feeding the last round. The shell comes out of the magazine but does not go all the way back onto the shell carrier. Instead it sits all the way forward on the shell carrier just out of the magazine. Tried it at home with dummy rounds and it was doing it on the last two shells. Perhaps the force of recoil gives a bit of an assist so it works a bit better in live fire. In any case I took out the magazine spring and stretched it out a bit. Now the everything works fine. But I am worried about how permanent the "fix" is and how long it will be before I am back to having issues. I have a couple of matches coming up including Ft. Benning. I would like to have some confidence in my gear going there. Does anyone have any experience with something like this?

Thanks Brian. I'll start playing around with springs after I shoot Area 8.

Thanks for the responses everyone. I will experiment with varous approaches and see where that gets me.

I appreciate the advice and the offer and I will certainly try it, but it would seem that this is something I should be able to handle through technique and not via equipment.

I am running a 13LB spring on a G-35 - shooting minor (around 135PF)