DougCarden

https://czcustom.com/cz-parts-all/barrels-complete-upper/czc-cz-custom-stainless-barrel/czc-barrel-extended-9mm-sp01.html I was told they are making more soon.....

I was the Armorer on Beretta at my PD. That wing always breaks first. It is usually due to weak recoil spring. If the gun has the OEM springs and they are replaced faithfully then very likely the wing on the locking block lasts much longer. It is a consumable part, and that is why it is so easy to replace and get back into service. It did what it is supposed to do. That part breaks so the barrel doesn't and you can get the gun back in service. This is just like the CZ pattern guns with the barrel/slide stop arrangement. The stress is on the slide stop, and that is what fails first instead of the barrel itself. Get another slide stop and you are back in business and the barrel is not damaged. Pretty cool engineering if you ask me. Clean up that ding in the frame, put a new locking block in, and you should be fine. Realize that we use much lighter recoil springs for competition shooting than the OEM springs are. There is a balance to run the gun and not beat it up. That is the fun of course. Enjoy your Beretta!

Try case lube sprayed in the comp before shooting. It doesn't let the lead adhere to the comp and makes cleaning much easier.....

I went to Bill Roger's class in the late 90s. One of my shooting highlights in my LE career. It is fast paced and they keep you moving all day, and you do gun handling and dry firing at night as well. You WILL shoot a lot of ammo. I was carrying a Beretta 92FS at the time in a security holster and it was a PITA as the 7 steel targets were at human reaction time. IF you listen to them and use the concepts they teach you will improve immediately, and do well. If you shoot with one eye closed it will be a long week, but I saw many people figure it out and improve quickly. Military teams fly in and shoot for 10 days before deployment, so there is real world applications for what they teach there. If you want to go, go. Memories for a lifetime. I treasure my Hat and Pin that I won there. Having said that, I hosted and took two classes from Manny Bragg and got a lot of improvement from his drills and mindset. Manny was much more, um, economical too. If you are going to shoot and compete you will need to start reloading or make friends with someone that does. Just a fact. Dry fire does make a big difference as well. Good luck, Doug

Keep an eye on the classifieds here. That's about it. CZ USA imports complete guns, not slides. Your other option is to get a Bull shadow upper for CO and use your factory slide with the rear sight plate on it for production.

I tried E3 and was not impressed with it. SD was high when I chronoed ammo and there were better choices.

I personally don't know. I was told it is basically a copy of CLAYS, and load data is pretty much spot on. I use it in major 45 acp and minor loads only at this time.

CLAYS, CLAYDOT ( identical burn rate), VV 310........This is the powder burn rate for soft 230 accurate loads......

Here is a recipe that shoots accurately and is around 145PF. My load is 4.6gr VV 310, OAL 1.230 with the 185HBRN crimped to .462. Yes, not a typo. This was found by accident but the extra crimp made the gun shoot under 2in. at 25 yards all day long. You can probably use CLAYS as well, as they are close to the same burn rate. 310 has a more linear pressure curve than CLAYS, but this is not a hot load. As always work up to my data and chrono to check to be safe.

If you use small 2040 size corn cob media and run it with an additive like flitz or nufinish car wax it will polish the case mouths. 3-4 hours should take care of it and they will look like brand new.

Those are X ring at 50 yard bullets. Enjoy.

This appears to be an upgraded version similar to the Dillon unit. I got spoiled with my Camdex primer filler and miss it greatly. This may be a good alternative to that. I had three Dillon Units and was never a fan, but many like them, and that's great. I am planning on checking this out at SHOT for sure.

Another school of thought. In a business having a shipping department is not free. All the materials to ship the products that you order are not free. The shipping cost with USPS, UPS, and FEDEX along with insurance is not free. Who pays for it. The customer. With most companies it is called shipping and handling. This includes things like paying for employees that fulfill the picking and packaging, then doing the shipping/labeling, and coordination with the shipping companies when they arrive to pick up the daily loads out and packages coming in. Everything is going up exponentially. If the company is to stay in business then they CANNOT lose money when they ship products to customers. This is the reality. If you don't like paying $15.00 Shipping and handling for a recoil spring then order other consumable items you will use and then it evens out. Maybe business's should do a better job of showcasing the pricing as Shipping and Handling, and not just slapping a stamp on an envelope, but it is what it is.

With the 185 HBRN bullet. 4.6 VV 310. 1.230 OAL. Crimp .462 (yes, not a typo). Very accurate, under 2 inch at 25 yards and super soft. I sold a lot of this load.

Most plated 9mm bullets suck for accuracy. Rainers are .356 and better in Glocks if you can find them. Make sure you bell the case mouth the minimum amount so the case holds the bullet and the crimp only removs the bell on the case. The less you bell the case the better.

I believe CZ Custom does. info@czcustom.com

Depending on the bullet maker on the 230 logs it was 6.8grains for the deep seated ones and the longer R&R OAL bullets were in the mid- 7s for Blue Dot from my notes......Your loads may vary so Chrono one before loading the box up!

Corn cob media will take the lube off the brass and clean up the burrs as well.

My favorite Revo for pins was my 8 3/8 Mo. 27 with a Baumanize 7 shot cylinder. We shot 230 full wadcutter logs out of 38 special cases at 950fps. That was the shizzle. Next up was the 625 with either 255 or 230 grain bullets. The 90s were the heyday for Pins. Second Chance, the Dixon range in Waterloo, IA, Topton,PA, Ontelaunee, PA, and Garden City, KS were some of my favorite matches.

If you want to run a dot put a scope mount on your frame.

I run 3.8 gr 231 with 115 fmj/jhp around 1.120 oal in stock and open guns. Guns are tuned to that load. 7lb spring in open gun with two ports and 8lb in stock 5 inch lightened slide. I found 95 fmj bullets suck past 15 yards, about 5-6 inch group at 35 yards. 95JHP was laser beam but hard to get from Montana gold so I went back to 115s. I did not notice any benefit on the timer but you may. I never found any plated bullets accurate enough for matches but again you may.

CZC is the only place for the RDS plates, including the iron sight plates. If you need to drop some weight on the gun email info@czcustom.com for options as they do a lot of Carry optics guns for IDPA, USPSA, etc as well.

Australia Defence Industries (ADI) makes CLAYS and other powders that Hodgdon repackages and sells. I would be really surprised if we see any powder anytime soon due to the unrest in the middle east and all over..... I hope I am wrong........

A buddy that shoots F class and more got some small rifle to test. They look like a good alternative. He was going to chrono loads and work up a load with them Time will tell but it is good to have more sources for sure.

Here is the direct mount on a Shadow 2, and will be the same as on the Shadow 2 compact. The shield area in the front covers the Extractor pin and the optic has to be removed to access the pin.