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I'm newly relocated to the San Diego area and am looking for a practice range. Haven't bought a house yet, but will probably be in the North county area. Any suggestions from locals? Thanks, Aaron

That didn't stop FN from signing off a few years ago on 2000 FNS-9s being shipped when nobody had one. Too bad the folks at CZ seem to be more honest

I'm guessing there were plenty of pre-orders, but many of them are holding out for the nitride finish with blue grips. I know others who pre-ordered well before I did that were told to not expect shipment until June. I was just hoping to get mine before fall. Good thing I'm not picky about the finish

Sent in pre-order to CZC on 3/6/17. Got call last night (3/14/17) that black-poly is available.

Thanks for all the good info. I don't want to switch back and forth (I have enough trouble keeping one draw consistent!), so it looks like I'll be sticking with kydex. Not sure if I want to deal with level II retention for limited though. I tend to just tighten down the screws, so I think I'll give that a go for now.

I'm going to get an Edge for use in both 3-gun and USPSA limited. Since I will often be running around with the pistol in the holster for 3-gun, I want to make sure there is little chance of the pistol coming out and getting me DQd. Are the ghost or race master secure enough for this, or should I stick with kydex? What's everyone's favorite kydex for the Edge?

On my Trojan I have the Techwell XT and Dawson extended basepads on Wilson ETM mags. Works great and fits in the box.

I got an RIA .45 for ~$450 to try out single stack, and it worked well except FMJRN loads kept hitting the slide stop and causing the slide to lock back with rounds left in the mag. 5 min with a dremel cured that and haven't had any malfunctions since. Upgraded to an STI Trojan (.45) a few of months ago and love it. Ran great out of the box, though I did follow this http://www.brazoscustom.com/magart/0705.htm Not a single malfunction in the first 2500+ rounds. Trigger is much nicer than RIA, fit is a lot tighter, etc. If he can afford it, Trojan is definitely the way to go IMO.

+1 on riding the safety. I've been having some issues with (unconsciously) putting the safety back on while running and then lose 2-3 seconds when I get into position and can't shoot. I'm trying to drill it into my grip that the strong thumb goes on top of the safety.

Shooting steel challenge and getting to this realization really helped out my game over the last year or so. When I remember to stop worrying about time and just make sure I keep the sights on the target as the shot breaks, my times go down. This becomes amplified with moving steel. If you allow yourself the time to go one-for-one, you will beat your 'fast' runs that have misses every time.

I've always thought of the struggle to turn off conscious thought to be the struggle to go from stage 3 to stage 4 of the stages of competence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_competence This is where the x thousand reps that create the procedural memory kick in and allow you to turn off the conscious mind and just shoot.

I've only been reloading for about a year, so this is a question for those of you who've gone through these hoarding cycles before. How long do you think it will be before reloading supplies are readily available again? I would think the manufacturers have ramped up production to try to keep up with demand, but maybe it's not worth expanding their capacity since this should be a temporary bubble. From what I hear, primer prices never really dropped back down after the last shortage, so can we expect to pay more forever? Any thoughts?

If you have any worries about installing it yourself (I did), you can send it to DMW and they'll install it for ~$35 and the price of a flat rate postal box. I shot a grand total of 1 match with an 11-87 before getting one of these, and it was a 2 handed operation - a major PITA. One guy at the match who wasn't familiar with the 11-87 carrier release button came over to ask about my 'unusual' loading technique.

Excellent advice and probably where I should start. I don't know if I am a bad pistol shot but I do feel I have more weaknesses with it than a rifle. Maybe those weaknesses stem from poor or inadequate fundamentals. I will start with some controlled practice and see if I can work on shooting straight before I work on shooting fast.....and straight. Thanks for all the great responses. Being not much further along than yourself, I can say that learning the fundamentals of how to shoot is what has really helped accelerate my learning curve. Practicing with a timer is important, but practicing group shooting and shot calling are even more so at the beginning. If you're dealing with trigger control issues, dry fire a lot. If you don't see the front sight lift, do the exercise where you ditch the target and shoot into the berm just trying to watch the front sight lift and return through the recoil cycle. This forum is an excellent resource that has helped me immensely. Try reading some of the general stuff here like: http://www.brianenos.com/pages/words.html#fundamental and http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=144257. There are also plenty of very knowledgable people here willing to help out with specifics too. Oh yeah, get Brian's book and read it. Then read it again when you get better and want to continue to improve. Rinse, repeat...

A few months ago, I was in the same position as you are now. That's the scope I use, and it's a good way to get started. It's definitely not what's holding me back. The MTAC is nicer since you can adjust the power with a ring rather than turning the whole eyepiece, but it wasn't worth the extra $100 to me. I did basically what a lot of people here have suggested. I started with an off-the-shelf Bushmaster for about $800 and shot a couple of matches. The rifle obviously wasn't (and still isn't) ideal, but I'm having lots of fun and developing much stronger rifle skills. I've done minor upgrades for a couple hundred dollars - drop in CMC trigger (~$175), Miculek comp (~$35), and what I have is more than adequate for my current skill set. When it takes me several shots to hit an 8" plate at 75 yards, I don't think the problem is the lack of a free-float hand guard, but rather my crappy position and trigger control! I plan on shooting the rifle as-is for at least the next year or so and then buying a purpose built 3gun rifle when I've gotten a lot more time behind the trigger and feel like the rifle might actually be holding me back. As others have said, don't agonize over the details, just get out there and have fun.