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This is pretty cool. Good job with keeping the thread updated. Real nice to see the stats and that it is working really well.

Got me one as well thanks. Should be here tomorrow.

GT is glock talk. Sorry they have their website screwed up was just trying to pass on a deal that i saw in another place to you fine folks.

Guy over on GT posted this link with the FART on sale for 99.97 if anyone is looking for one.. https://www.cabelas.com/product/PLATINUM-SERIES-ROTARY-TUMBLER-L/1811194.uts?slotId=2

I appreciate all the responses and thoughts. I thought I would write to let you know how things turned out. I sat down and read all the responses and looked at my priorities and goals. I decided to hold the money for the edge in a CD for this season and continue to shoot L-10 with my 45. This will let me work on the game and decide if I really am suited for this game. As well as, do I have time with the other shooting I do (Bullseye, HP, BR, etc) Thanks all.

I shoot bullseye and subscribe to the Bullseye-L list. There is a gentleman on that list, Dr Norman Wong, he is an optrician and has written numerous articles about the eyes and pistol shooting for accuracy. The articles can be found here. There is a lot of good info for those of who need glasses and shoot.

This discussion on another forum has some good tips for the powder measure. Dillon Powder Measure tips

What program generated this data, if you don't mind me asking.

I thank everyone for there input. The comments have helped me and I called Dawson Precision the other day and had a lengthy conversation with them on the Edge, which was very enlightening. I will be buying the Edge and the necessary equipment (Mags, Mag carriers, belt, holster, etc). So in the future you can all expect some newb questions on how to make things work in the best way. Bob

Well, part of the reason I was thinking of either of the two mentioned pistols was really magazine capacity. I kind of feel at a disadvantage with the 10 round magazines,but as I think about some of the comments in this thread that really isn't true as I would be in L-10 and anyone shooting a Glock or similar capacity capability shooting in L-10 is restricted the same as I am. That being said it sure would be nice to not have to do reloads as often, say a 36 round course I have to make 3 reloads if I hit everything correctly, where with one of the high cap guns it is 2 reloads. I guess what I am trying to say that it is an economy of motion thing IMO, as well as one less chance to boble a reload and blow my time. That is why I am looking at the two particular guns. Yes there is a huge weight difference as well as differences in the trigger and general feel of the guns. My thinking here was that if I picked a Glock, I have not been shooting the game long enough to make it too difficult to learn to control a Glock. If I picked the STI I am already used to shooting a 45 so the STI would be real easy to learn.

I appreciate the input and that is what I was hoping to hear that dry fire is more important. I have decided to hold off on the purchase of a pistol till after the end of next season. My thinking is this. 1. Get some work done on the Springfield 45 - Trigger job, adjustable sights. 2. Practice all winter long 3. Shoot the 45 next season and try to become more comfortable with the game. Then next year at this time by an STI if needed. Does that make any sense? All this way just to come to stick with what you have.

This discussion has been great and is helping me in making the decision a great deal. I would like to thank you all for that. Let me add this into the mix. The ranges around here do not allow drawing from a holster and movement when shooting unless it is during a match, so the only time I get to do the full action is when I shoot the local club matches. In my area of Wisconsin that amounts to 8 - 16 matches available per year within an hour and a half drive. On a weekly basis I get to the range once or twice for live fire and the rest of the time is dry fire. In your opinion would the STI be advisable with this amount of training/practice. I know you have to practice as much as possible and I do, but I am also split between 2 shooting disciplines and have to practice for both, thus the practice time is cut in half. After I go and shoot a Glock next Friday I will know if that platform even works for me, so I guess until then it really doesn't pay to make up my mind. Thanks y'all for the help clearing my muddled head. Bob.

I am going to get as close as I can to that. The nearest range that rents is 45 minutes away, they have the Glock but of course no STI.

The mods I would be thinking of are 3.5 lb disconnector and replace the trigger and guide rod. Do these mods make the gun less reliable? I would also replace the sights. Now a mag 19 rounds would be fine with me as it would still mean less reloads than the 10 rounders for the 45. I think I understand what you mean here. Basically it sounds like you are saying that the STI can do more in shooting than the Glock can. In other words the Glock will work but its limits are reached sooner or easier.