caspian guy
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M open almost never practice shoot 3 to 4 locals per month.
However... when I started out I took some classes with a very good local shooter and did practice a fair bit on the way from D to B. After that I lost the taste for practice and decided i'd just go to matches and enjoy the shooting and not really worry about the outcome which is to say that so long as I was satisfied with the way I shot, the final outcome wasn't terribly important.
I'll still occasionally practice a bit if I change divisions the last bout of that was when my friend Hopolong taught me to shoot a revolver...
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How many rounds do you have on it?
Could be a bad link. Could also be an improperly fit barrel.
Either way you are gonna want to call STI and they are going to want to take a look at it (at least that would be my bet).
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I have used it for several years with Montana gold 124 JHPs. Works well for me. I found it to be a bit reverse temperature sensitive but that's not a big deal just have to account for it.
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Yep thx much for keeping us informed. I'll go back to crossing my fingers and hoping :-)
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Eventually A or M if you stick to it long enough.
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If you want a spot on Saturday, just register for the match. Choose Saturday. I'll waitlist you, and I'll send you an email with further information. That's how we will handle the Saturday spots for now.
Done thx much... now to cross my fingers.
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Yep. Filled up quick.
Please let us know when y'all figure out how the wait list for saturday is going to work? I'd like to get a spot in the line.
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Nope... just a cracked door for me to get in to shoot the match... move along... nothing to see here.
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I have (and currently shoot) an open gun with a TRI frame (Tripp Research which is pre STI). I think you'd be hard pressed to wear out a frame on a propperly built and fitted gun.
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Thank you sir.
Sure... like I said above, it isn't something I'd do today as there are several good options that you can get off the shelf that cover this ground, but if you want to dyi why not :-)
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The barrel nut is kinda thin (in my opinion) and being aluminium I was worried about getting enough thread in the hole for It to be durable. When I did a couple of these back in the day I drilled the barrel nut and then glued some Tnuts into the barrel nut (on the back side) instead of tapping the barrel nut.
I used something like:http://m.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-10-32-tpi-x-9-32-in-x-3-4-in-Stainless-Steel-Round-Base-Brad-Hole-Tee-Nut-12-Pack-4142/204785964/
Did you drill the holes with the barrel nut installed? Just wondered if there is enough clearance for the nuts once the barrel is in the way.
Thanks.
Bill
I test fitted the barrel nut to the receiver/barrel and torqued it down to find top dead center, marked it then took it back off, put the tube and barrel nut together and drilled the holes in one shot (so I could get them to line up well). I drilled the holes at 90 degrees offset just a bit so as not to interfere with the gas tube. The nuts left room for the barrel, just need to make sure to get short enough nuts (I just went to the hardware store and looked around till I found something that would work.)
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I tried using nuts but couldn't fine a good glue that would hold.
I used jb weld... I degreased and scuffed the surfaces. Part of my thinking at the time for putting the t nuts on the inside of the barrel nut was that it sandwiched the tube and the barrel nut together. In that case the glue didn't have much to do other than keep the t nut from spinning while you tightened it together. The holes in the barrel nut and the float tube were a really close fit to prevent things from trying to slide around. Also I used some thin washers on the outside between the float tube and the screw head to keep the screw off the carbon.
Be super careful cutting the carbon (you don't want to breath that stuff). I did the cutting with the tube under water with a really sharp bit (an expert on composites could tell you the right way to do this I am sure). I used some clear nail polish on the holes to keep them from raveling.
I wouldn't do this today by the way. The AP custom tube is a better version of this. (Or the carbon arms tube). At the time those didn't exist.
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The barrel nut is kinda thin (in my opinion) and being aluminium I was worried about getting enough threads in the hole for it to be durable. When I did a couple of these back in the day I drilled the barrel nut and then glued some Tnuts into the barrel nut (on the back side) instead of tapping the barrel nut.
I used something like:
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When I put the (empty) gun in the holster and hold the holster upside down (over a soft surface) and shake the holste it shouldn't fall out.
When I started shooting USPSA the rule book still had a provision for the holster retension test.
I guess I just always figured better safe than sorry (DQd).
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I'd be shocked if the technical branch would approve that. Looks like it'd be way too easy to mod that to do something bad.
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I shot one of the early ones for a couple of seasons. It had the infinity sign on the slide, non-interchangeable breech face and Schumann barrel. I was about the 4th owner and it had no telling how many rounds on it (10s of thousands at the old powerfactor for sure). It sat in my safe for a while after I got somthing new. I sold it to Middle Man on here and he still shoots it. Was just as smooth and tight when I sold it as when I got it. Sandy built really good guns.
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I start with once fired single headstamp then casepro it. Most of mine gets shot 1 time then left, but I have loaded batches 5 to 6 times without issue.
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I have one on one of my uppers. It seems to work fine (feels a bit heavy though)
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So far since about 2002. (6" .40)
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I think Wilson makes a 9 mm mag now with a plastic spacer and a short spring and follower. Sounds like if you could source the spring, follower and spacer maybe you could retrofit something there. Could you ship the mag guts there legally?
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Out of curiosity is there some issue with smith barrel? If not and you decided swap them out I'd probably be interested in taking the smith barrel off your hands.
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Once upon a time the pf for major was 175. Most of us were loaded close to 180 in .38 super to make sure we didn't have issues at the chrono. No way I'd load that hot now though unless that's what it took to make your gun track right. Even then I'd have to load some batches at different PFs and run some Bill drills to see what the timer said.
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If it makes you happy... go for it.
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FA= full auto
mbx magazines
in Open Pistols
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I guess I need to mess with mine a bit. It holds 29 reloadable of 9mm major but it pretty repeatably pukes torward the end of the mag (say after 24 or 25). Gun runs fine with the old fashioned sv mags I normally use.
I need to call them when I get a chance and see what they recomend.
Otherwise looks to be an excellent mag