FLL1911

It started as my first Open gun, but I haven't used it for a while still shooting Open. Basically a Standard SP01 with compensator attached to the original barrel, double action firing mechanism switched to single action.Shoots 9 Major.

Unless your magazine is perfectly flat and square (I think most magazines aren't), only a small part of the mag actually is touching the base of the mag gauge. I tried 6 STI mags, all clearly shorter than 140mm and 2 SPS exactly 141mm, and only a very narrow part of the mag touches the base of the gauge – if you do not pay attention, it looks like they are not even touching the gauge. I had to double check it. The bottom part of the mag lips is not supposed to touch the gauge. There is an indentation cut in this area. The gauge surface where the mag rests looks like this: \ | \_____----------_______________________________----------- | |______________| I thought that the procedure was self evident, but I just realize that if you do not pay attention, it could lead you to an incorrect reading. Have you tried to check it again with a mag gauge?

Under the rules, lost, incomplete or missing time score sheets are treated the same way regarding reshoot.

You follow both rules: 1) you do not grant a reshoot due to the squib; 2) (in a separate event) you grant a reshoot due to the score sheet missing;

There are 2 unrelated facts: 1. A squib situation that did not warrant a reshoot, in fact got it. It was a RO mistake, but it is now done; 2. In an independent scenario, the score sheet was lost / misplaced; If we analyze the rules with this in mind, it looks pretty much straight forward. Rule 9.7 deals with score sheet, and 5.7 deals with malfunctions – Competitor’s equipment. Rule 9.7.6 is related to the reshoot due to an incomplete / missing score sheet. The text -“In the event that a reshoot is not possible or permissible for any reason..” cannot be used related to the squib, because that reshoot already happened, so it can’t be denied again. The “not possible”, is to handle situations like: the shooter already left the range; the stages were taken down, etc. or other reasons that would prevent the reshoot to actually take place. The “permissible” would handle situations like a “DQ” after the “squib reshoot”. The reshoot should not be granted due to the squib, but it happened, but the reshoot due to missing score should be granted.

I think it will depend of the specific comp and how far back the lens is from it. In my case a blast shield would be nice since the lens still gets hit, not bad, but still gets it. The distance from the C-more lens ring is 2.25" to the rearmost comp port.

CZ SP01 9mm Major

It is legal under the current USPSA rules disabling the grip safety on a 1911 / 2011 type gun, by any means. During a major match at our local club last year, I had my 2011 grip safety disabled with a wide rubber band, and some shooters pointed out that it was illegal. The issue ended up being ruled legal by the match designated CRO, but some shooters still had restrictions on disabling the thumb safety by other means other than pining it down. One of the shooters e-mailed a question to NROI, which replied that it has always been allowed to tape or pin the grip safety. Based on 8.1.2.4 – the thumb safety is the primary safety on those guns.

Beven, thank you for the comments, Marco

How did you shorten the CZ 26 mags,I found a source for them. Venry did it. You can contact him directly at Radical Precision. I do not know the details. If you would like to share the CZ26 mag source, I would appreciated it. You can message me if you want. Marco

From the conversation with Beven today regarding how the round tendency to keep the nose down is related to how the magazine taper handles the transition from double stack to single stack, I put my magazines side by side, and noticed that they have different taper transition– the Tanfoglio has the longest taper, the CZ a little shorter than the Tanfoglio, and the big stick the shortest of all. Coincidence or not, the tendency to nose diving is greater with the Tanfoglio, still occur with CZ mag, but does not occur with the big stick. If I change to a follower that has legs, forcing the round nose up, the FTF nose dive does not occur in any of my mags. Not my area of expertise, but the taper length / angle seems to be a close relationship with the FTF described earlier– correct me if I am wrong. I put some masking tape on the mags, right on where the taper begins and took some pictures:CZ SP01 Open Magazines

I gave a call to Beven today as mentioned - It was a pleasure to talk to him! Among other things, he explained to me how the transition from double stack to single stack works inside the magazine and how important is the magazine shape close to the top to handle it properly. I will follow Beven’s suggestion posted earlier, but more likely my mags need to be tuned, and this service is planned be available from Grams Engineering in the near future. Thanks Beven, Marco

Yeap! 24 rounds with Grams kit, and easily reloadable. To double check, today I got one of my magazines, replaced the guts and tried it again - it looks like the actual capacity is 24 1/2 rounds - it can be compressed back easily and would get a clean reload. Remember I am using Pearce Grip basepad which could be a little longer than the one you are using. The reliability issues I mentioned happened with 22 and 23 and 24 rounds on the mag. Yes, 22 rounds are plenty enough for the vast majority of stages where a reload is needed, but in my opinion, if a magazine is reloadable with the maximum capacity, loading less rounds will not make it more reliable - my 2 cents.

I have those. I can get 24 rounds with the CZ 19 rounds mag and the Pearce Grip basepad, but they are unreliable. I have tried almost everything I could think of to make it work. They are not reliable with the Tanfoglio mag either, but the 9mm Grams kit works flawless with the big stick made of a CZ-26 mag. By the way, they are the standard Grams follower made for STI/SVI, roughly shorted to fit a standard 9mm mag. Hello FFL1911, From your description of the Grams Follower Kit you are trying to use in your CZ75 mags, you are not using the FKC-11. This new follower kit is designed closer to my Tanfoglio follower not the Grams STI/SV follower. At current production, the follower is marked "TC" in the bottom of the follower. You may be having problems because of this. But, I would also suspect that your 19 round mag tubes are not shaped right, compared to your big stick, since the big stick seems to be working fine (J-Hon touched on this issue in a previous post). I would also assume that you changed to a 13 coil spring for the big stick. I welcome any questions on this, just give me a call. Hello Beven, You are right, I am not using the new FKC-11 follower kit. I got those from ShooterConnection, and I believe they were initially designed for STI/SVI 9mm mags. Their appearance clearly showed a standard follower with the back cut (roughly I might say) to fit a smaller mag, but that was what were available by beginning of 2008, when I bought it, before the gun was built. I am not sure I have any problems with my CZ mags - they were factory mags, and I have 4 of them, plus one Tanfoglio mag, and I had experienced the problem in all of them - I made sure to rotate mags and spring and followers between them. I was using 11 coils spring with the CZ 19 rounds mags and 13 coils with the Tanfoglio and the big stick. I am not sure, but it also could be the cycle rate of the 9mm Major ammo (115 gr MG, 8.6 gr HS6). The CZ SP01 open is my first Open gun, and I started shooting 9 mm Minor with Winchester WB for about a 6 weeks before starting reloading 9mm Major, and I do not recall having any feeding problem with Grams followers with standard 9mm ammo. I am glad to know that there is a kit for CZ, and I will give you a call during the week to try to sort out what is going on with my mags / Grams follower combination - I have been using Grams kit on my STI limited for years and they always proved 100% reliable to me, and it works on my 9mm big stick - so they MUST work with my other magazines. Thanks, Marco

For me, it works on the practice range, it works on some stages, it sometimes works for 3 stages in a row (our weekly matches), but it is not reliable for matches. I never tried the Angus +2 basepad, but my guess is that you should get 22 with the original follower and 24 with the Grams follower. I do not have any experience with the CZ 26 rounds mag, but my guess is that if the indentations are in the way, removing it will increase capacity. I have seen similar solutions with Beretta mags, and it works. I do have a Tanfoglio 26 rounds mag that has no indentations and with or without Grams follower it is still 26 rounds – loser with Grams follower, but still 26 rounds.