Morgan Patrick

So they have now changed the production list gun weight for the M&P Pro... It turns out my gun was well within the legal weight the whole time so I was bumped to open incorrectly...

I know rules are rules though, and while it stung, it was Amidon himself who made the final call... It had been weighed at other matches and passed... Same gun, same parts and same mags... The scale was on a picnic table but they calibrated several times and gave me a fair shake... It is what it is... I just want other people to be careful and check their quip! I shot the rest of the match with 10 rounds per mag and followed production rules... Finished 29th to Max Michel so I'm cool with that... So many people that day got bumped to open!

So I had quite a surprise at area 7 this year when my production rig weighed over by .3 and i was was bumped to open... S&W M&P Pro with a KKM barrel and apex competition kit... Mags with Speed Shooters Specialties ESP base pads... Just a reminder to everyone out there to double check all their equip... I didn't! Whoops... All 3 production shooters in our squad got bumped to open... All for different reasons...

The fn rear sight I have wiggles around a lot... Not the base but the sight blade itself... Anyone else notice this? Is this something to be concerned with? Any recommended aftermarket sights?

Glad to find this info thread... My friend did an awesome job welding up the lifter on both of our slps but now some shells are getting stuck on the lifter on mine... Will try these tips and report back! Need to get er up and running smokth before our next local 3 gun... Thank u all!

Time to re-up my gym membership!

I have problems with both eyes open... My right eye dominance is not particularly strong so I am constantly squinting a bit to for e my right eye to take over... Clear tape is not quite enough to force my right eye to take over... Still need to practice to build this skill...

Def other rounds in shell plate when adjusting seating die

Haven't had any extraction/ejection problems either but now I have to go knock on wood and order some spare parts!!

My backups backup M&P has 50,000 rounds on the recoil spring and I haven't noticed any ill effect... I don't shoot it very often but I haven't noticed any effect on dry fire!!

Federal slugs fit great in the ap carriers

Arredondo work great...

I'm losing sleep over changing to the load two method... I've weak hand loaded from a shell caddie for a few years but everyone seems to be moving to the load 2... So the carbon arms vest seems to be the most common... Any downsides or disadvantages?

The magpul AFG's and other VFGs r usually less stable for bracing on top of a barricade depending on the barricade and positioning... Moving or removing VFGs would def provide an advantage/more stable position on some stages... Havent seen that happen and most ro's wouldnt be looking for it... Never thought about that bumping u to open in some matches...

We have some pistol shooters in our club who freak out at just the thought of a 3gun event taking away from the draw of the pistol matches so we have to be very careful with our treatment of our steel and do not engage steel with slugs... We get blamed for people outside the matches using target stands and steel and punching holes through it with rifle or punishing them with shotguns... Paper targets for slugs make people call their shots and know their equip and we can paste them with packing tape so that's our only option currently