caspian guy

Quick bump to see if there is any status information.

JP Front sight block and standard AR style detachable front sight. This is mounted to a 16" barrel with the front of the sight block almost touching the rear face of the comp. This gives a near rifle length sight radius on a shorty carbine. Coupled with a thin front sight makes this a much easier to use system..

Unless you just have to have a short barreled rifle, Alabama is a pretty good place to own guns

I got into Jackson late this afternoon and walked around the range. Looks like 10 strong stages and great weather. Gonna be a good match. If you aren't here you missed a good one. Peter Adams

I like the ProEars electronics for cool weather wear or Insta-Mold (non-electronics)plugs for summer. Of all the electronics I have tried I like the ProEars the best. They have excellent sound fidelity and don't ever completely clamp down. Beware of some of the cheap electronic muffs that simply cut off when a loud sound occurs. This cut off causes me a problem because my ears get used to the amplified level of sounds, then when I fire they clamp and greatly attenuate the level. This causes me trouble on steel, or when I am waiting on the beep and someone in the next berm cranks off a round which mutes the muffs. To me normal plugs are better that than this since there is adaptation. Since the ProEars simply compress loud sounds without cutting off completely. I have noticed that I usually get a better draw ( easier for me to hear the first note of the buzzer) and gives me useful feedback on shooting steel. As others have mentioned above they use expensive (N cell) batteries and seem to have a bad tendency to turn themselves on in my bag... ( I usually take one of the batteries out of each set to stop this.) Also they are just too dang hot to wear in the summer.

Anyone heard anything from Caspian about the elusive 19 round .40 mags? Last I heard was April... Anyone know what the story is now? ( I have a beautiful Craig F-19 waiting on them...)

Dang Randal... That really sucks. Let me know if there is someway I can help out. Peter

Shot one of those this past weekend too. It was an odd arrangement, but fun to shoot on close in targets. The FN really, really needed a different place to put your off hand. Since it was my FS-2000 Middle Man was shooting I thought I had to pop in on this thread and say hi... As to the jam comment... The FS-2000 has a "inspection port" on top of the reciever that gives you some access to the chamber (under a closed hatch). Not sure if the Keltech has the same system if not it should. I had one double feed in the FS-2000 from a bad mag, which due to the inspection port was no harder to clear than the same problem from my AR... /Thread Drift ON/ As to the FS200 ,Yes it is strange, yes it needs a vert foregrip or something to give your weak hand a good place to be, and the sights suck... With a C-more mounted, however, it is wickedly fast on close targets due to there being almost no weight out at the end of the rifle. /Thread Drift OFF/ Peter

I saw a Docter 1-4x variable a week or so ago on ebay. It had a reticle like the traditional German style but instead of no top post had a really thin top post. In trying to find out more about it I also stumbled across a Docter 1-4x with a red dot. Wondering if anyone has seen/used one of these?

One of the guys that shoots with us has the tag IPSCNUT. He also has a 4 digit A number and joined in 87.

+1 to that, I have one that was modified in this way. It works fine, shoots fine, but the brass looks strange after being fired. I always case-pro the brass before reloading (EGW U die would probably be just about as good.) Being set up this way probably hurts brass life, but I shoot enough matches that I can't keep up with the brass long enough to tell the difference. Peter

Thread bump. Can anyone with connections at EAA/Tanfoglio help with getting the correct documentation to NROI. So this thing can be ruled on?

Quick question for the group. I got an earned slot to the Open/L10 nationals. My brother was not so lucky. He is at 118 on the waiting list. Anybody have a feeling for how likely he is to actually get a slot? Based on past experience, reading tea leaves .... Peter Adams FY-39604

I would suspect that if true this might be sufficient. To satisfy the process I believe that a statement is required by the manufacturer to that effect. Maybe Henning could get EAA/Tanfoglio make that statement? Or a statement about the production numbers of the Hunter? I wonder how long the long slide STIs were available before they were allowed to be used for Limited? How long did Caspian have to have 6" slides sit on the shelves before gunsmiths were allowed to build limited guns with them? My thoughts: 1. The clarity with which are rules are currently written, suck. 2. Many of the interpretations made, even given the lack of clarity, have been short-sighted. 3. Given the already questionable interpretations made with regard to the Sighttracker and the TruSight, not to mention all of the from-the-ground-up custom guns built with long slides, to disallow the EAA Witness Hunter would look very . . . questionable. The thing is Amidon did not say in his email to me that they would not approve this gun... Just that no one had yet asked them to look at it or provided the necessary documentation as to production numbers/avalibility. He even made some similar statements to your's about the fact that there are already guns that are legal that have some of these features. So there is hope.

I would suspect that if true this might be sufficient. To satisfy the process I believe that a statement is required by the manufacturer to that effect. Maybe Henning could get EAA/Tanfoglio make that statement? Or a statement about the production numbers of the Hunter?

Guys, Sent the email below off to John Amidon: Dear Sir, I would like to inquire as to whether the EAA Witness Hunter pistol as pictured on page 6 of the EAA corp 2007 catalog would be legal for use in limited division. Below is a link to the catalog in question: http://www.eaacorp.com/EAA2007Catalog.pdf Peter Adams CRO FY-39604 got the following response: Hi Peter, Sorry to say, no. It is considered a proto type. Yes there are other 6" guns out there that are legal, as well as the STI TruSight with the expansion chamber such as the Hunter has, but the STI was approved in a 5" barrel and only .40S&W caliber. NROI has nothing on file from EAA requesting this gun be approved for Limited and that a minimum of 500 have been produced and available to the general public. Regards, John Amidon So it seems that it is not a problem with any features of the gun but rather with the proof of production numbers. Maybe someone close to EAA or Tanfoglio could get that ball rolling?

I sent off an email to dnroi@uspsa.org earlier this month asking about this gun and never got a response. Has anyone else asked them? I had forgotten about it until I saw this thread. Sounds like I need to ask again.