wileecoyote37

Come and shoot with us July 7th - I'm going to use the PPR but activate it with a popper and start it moving immediately.I'm going to remove the weight on one end and put a stick under the other - when the popper pulls the stick it starts moving. Will not have to worry about balancing it, just hold it up with a stick.

I used a glove - very thin and sticky - on my left hand after surgery on the 1st and 2nd fingers following a table saw accident. When the fingers healed I stopped using the glove. I might consider 1 again but I didn't like the feel on my strong hand.There wasn't enough feel for the trigger to be comfortable shooting. A light trigger requires more "feel" on the trigger for me.

In the older models(prior to the internal locking system) the pin served to hold the mainspring punger in place. Now with the internal lock, prior to disassembling you cock the hammer and insert a pin to hold the plunger in place. When you lower the hammer with the pin in place the plunger is held down far enough that there is no trnsion on the hammer strut. Something has change but I haven't figured out just what parts have changed.I do know that you can't operate the pistol with a pin in place.

I just tried a new Springfield TRP 1911 with an internal lock. Following the instructions to disassemble I cock the hammer and insert the pin in the back strap. Sure enough when I lower the hammer there is no tension. The planger is held down far enough that there is no tension on the hammer strut when the hammer is down. Something has change from the old style with a pin in the back strap to hold the plunger in place. I just don't know what.

I bought a Springfield GI model with the mainspring lock on the back of the grip. I notice the pin holding down the mainspring plunge was missing - no big deal I thought. I installed a main spring housing with a mag well - it didn't have the mainspring lock. When I put a pin through the pin hole to hold down the main spring plunger the plunge did not come up high enough to put any pressure on the hammer strut. Is this normal for this model 1911? Are there other parts that need to be replaced when changing out the internal locking system in a Springfield 1911?

I'm sure none of us would point a pistol at another person even if we were keeping our finger out of the trigger guard. The way development has crowded ranges in many area, every time we point our pistol over the brem we are really pointing that pistol at a neighbor. Just because we can't see the nieghbor does that make it right? Even without a rule I think we should do all we can to keep that muzzle down. In my case it will take a lot of retraining but it seems to me to be the right thing to do. I know most if not all the pro's teach reloading with the muzzle up but the new reality may mean we all need to work at keeping the muzzle down - even without a new rule.

I just got a fiber optic front sight from Tactical Solutions for my 22/45. It fit just great and did not change the point of impact/aim at all. The sight is a little shorter than the ruger sight but a little cold bluing and you couldn't tell. I really like it.

I'm not politcally correct - I never buy or use the headless targets. I got into this game to improve my self defense shooting, why would I want to use the headless. Seems strange the way the targets are named.

I'm the one that knocked down the popper after the call for callibration. Lee was shooting a 145 PF revolver. My calibration pistol was a 9mm 115 gr with 120 PF. Lee hit the popper off center but definitely in the callibration area. The callibration pistol hit dead center and sure enough the popper fell. I'm not sure I understand why. I had just turned the whole base around to make it forward falling. I do plan to convert to a forward falling system with an adjustable bolt as soon as possible. Can any one explain what may have happened yesterday.

Would it have helped if the sticks had been flush with the sides of the target????

I was doing some chronograph testing yesterday. Trying to find calibration ammo for poppers. Blazer and Federal 115 gr FMJ RN did not make PF. The Federal ran 118 to 124 PF in 4 different pistols and the Blazer was 124. Don't trust any ot them until you can chrono them in your pistol.

I'm the Match Director for an upcoming championship match. I have been playing with the chronograph testing ammo. The chrono's are CED M2 set up with infrared lighting in a box - just like they use at Nationals. One of the guys had some Federal 115 gr. FMJ RN factory ammo. He bought it to use in production at the next match and it DID NOT make minor. Beretta 92 118.3 PF Springfield XD 4" barrel 120.8 PF Glock mod 17 aftermarket barrel 119.4 PF. Taurus (copy of Beretta 92) 123.2 PF This will make good calibration ammo and is easy to purchase (he bought his at Walmart). I also found that 9mm 115 gr. moly coated RN with IMR 700x would consistantly chrono 115 to 118 PF out of a Springfield XD 4" barrel. This should give MD's a good starting point when developing calibration ammo.

That's what I did - make a chute from 9mm brass. Solved the problem - if I remember to put the cup in place???

Talk to Dawson Precision - I heard that they are going to make a fiber optic sight for the 22/45. Don't know if it's true but I hope so. I want one to match my limited pistol sight.

That big 3/4" button from Dawson is great. It's in stainless, is fitted to your pistol by you and is low enough profile to not release from a table start. Highly recommend it.