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The ergos on the mpx are far superior (and more AR like) to say the MP5 (which defines crappy trigger.)
But having some experience with parts breakage running an MPX in USPSA. If my life depended on it I would take the HK from the safe instead of the MPX.
I'd love to try the BT just never had the chance.
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Don't smoke... Don't like smoking... Voted no anyway. Just like Bill said, don't blow it in my face and we'll be fine.
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3 hours ago, MikeBurgess said:
Just to be clear a 95 grainer is never " at major" regardless of velocity Appendix D1 lin3 3 Minimum bullet weight 112 grains for major power factor.
Yep... And if you wonder why, I gather that 9x25s with light bulletson steel is why.
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On 7/2/2021 at 10:11 AM, Reg said:
Thanks for the reply ZZT. I have to stick with the 10mm though. I have 20K of NIB brass in 10mm kicking around for 20 plus years. Also the 2011 holds 23 rounds in the magazine which is what I'm looking for. I unfortunately, need a scope to see with. Like an Aimpoint.
I have a ton of 180 grainers cast up. Sadly it looks like a comp would be useless then
I suppose if you have to shoot lead (and it's cast hard enough for the velocity) you could add gas checks to keep the vaporized lead out of the comp.
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It should be fine.
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In my area I see prod and limited shooters going to CO. I have also seen some number of the CO shooters move on to open after awhile.
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2 hours ago, motosapiens said:
what about the old limited guns, like the STI edge? why was no one bolting weights onto them if it's 'silly to say otherwise' ??
For a while the rules for limited didn't easily allow it (specific external modifications like weights and thumb rests if I recall...
you'd have to find an old copy of the rule book but they used to require i think 500 guns to be built in that
configuration available to the public before something was limited legal. That slowed innovation down some also the pf dropped from 175 to 165 that changed thinking as well. But I can recall one specific gun sps made I think called the pelican that sorta looked like an edge with a weight/chin at the front of the dust cover that maybe came out in the mid 2000s(?) where that was essentially tried but didn't catch on.
Link below...
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Iaw2jjlnTwo/UG3vyHaSfWI/AAAAAAAAS84/yvII86WpQo8/s1600/Pelicano.jpg
Shred mentioned it in this thread...
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What kind of mags and how long has it been since you last changed the springs?
If the feed lips are in spec changing the spring is the first thing I would try.
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6 hours ago, Southpaw said:
lol, figured it wouldn't be long before we see questions like this. Give it a little time; someone will surely start making a 10+ oz. light soon enough...
Or someone starts selling a "battery adapter" made out of steel or brass thats about the size of a pair of cr123a batteries and leaves space for/holds a stack of cr2032 coin cells to get the right voltage so it remains a "functional" light. It just happens to add several oz of weight.
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Try putting less downward pressure on it. I saw something similar when I was running one on a open gun. I'd normally say go run some bill drills while varying the pressure you put on it and see what you get (allowing for ammo availability.)
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3 hours ago, wgj3 said:
Pretty sure that anytime it's just left at "50" we can safely assume BMG.
Yea but any time it starts with 50 it's still a questionable decision
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1 hour ago, sauza45 said:
Hard to tell without seeing it but I would look at the guide rod and recoil spring assembly. Try removing the guide rod and see if it still locks up. If it doesn't then take a hard look at the recoil assembly
Yep ink up the top of the guide rod head with a sharpie marker and try cycling it and see if you can see something rubbing. Also make sure the head of the guiderod is a good fit in the frame.
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If you like it, buy one shoot it and enjoy it. But it's not a competitive open gun for uspsa use by any definition. So if that's your interest that money can be used a lot better in other directions.
Your best bet would be to find some open shooters at a local match and talk to them and ask to try their guns.
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1 hour ago, MikeBurgess said:
The Biggest reason by far is that all 38 brass is decent, there are what 3 or 4 manufacturers of 38 and a few less of rimless versions, and all of them are fine quality.
9mm there are probably well over 20 you can find on the range any given day ranging from good to absolute crap.
want your gun to run as close to 100% as possible use good brass, going to nationals with a 9mm run new brass or at least sorted and roll sized, 38s get the sorted part almost by default.
Ding ding ding... Some 9mm guns will run whatever... Most won't. I've shot 9mm major since they made it practical and( shot 38sc and super before that.) If you run single headstamp once fired 9mm (the advice I got from my gunsmith when I started this) that your gun is tuned for... I doubt you'd notice much difference in reliability.
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I had/have one of the first batch of the 170mm mbx mags for the Caspian frame. It seemed like a nice product and fit my second gen frame fine. However I was never able to get it to work in my gun... The same gun ran weldups made for me by Jim Anglin and Fred Craig with no problems. I suspect it could be tuned to work I just didn't bother at the time since I didn't need to. I have a gun built on a first gen frame (round trigger guard) if I can find the mag and remember I can at least try test fit for you if that's helpful?
I use MBX mags in my STIs and they have generally been fine. One day when I get a chance I'll ping Adrian and see what his thoughts are (when he was staring out making STI mags I had one of his mags that wouldn't work, after talking to him he sent me a redesigned follower and spring which made it work like a charm so I don't doubt this can be made to work too.)
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5 hours ago, ltdmstr said:
Sandy and some of the others at SV are among the best engineers in the firearms industry. So I highly doubt their island barrel is questionable from a design standpoint. Pretty much all the problems I'm aware of are due to people who don't know how to build guns properly.
Yep people have been building guns with island barrels/hybrid ribs for years.. As long as the parts are of good quality and its fit right there's no problem. (one of my old open guns had a 4 port hybrid in it and that slide lasted for well over 100k rounds of major ammo)
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Deleted as the response above is better than what I wrote
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12 minutes ago, Fasthenk65 said:
s#!t you're right still I want one!! If it's as soft as an MP5 + reliable (??) then they have gold
Yea and a better trigger too than an MP-5 (with few exceptions H&K rifle triggers stink)
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I wonder if it's similar(related to?) to the gun Angstadt Arms was teasing last year. (https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/01/07/angstadt-unveils-mdp-9/)
As an H&Kite I'll be curious to see the actual bolt and how the rollers/locking piece works in the JP gun.
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There are 3 springs that matter... One is what tensions the ball bearing detent that stops the disk in a particular spot. The one that pushes back out the arm that indexes the primer disk... The other is the wave spring/washer that is on the shaft that the primer disk rotates on. If cleaning the whole thing doesn't fix it changing, one or all of those springs usually does it for me. I have sometimes also had the indexing arm get bent which needs a swap or straightening in a vise . This is a good reason to have a dillon parts kit handy, so you have parts to swap, then when you find the culprit you get Dillon to send you a replacement.
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1 hour ago, Sarge said:
On my iPhone the desk top version is identical. Looks the same, works the same
Shoot.
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9 hours ago, Michael303 said:
Got my Safariland backpack today. Really nice quality and a no brainier at the same price.
Glad you like it. I've been happy with mine.
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Honesty at this point your best bet is to select the option on your phones browser (if it supports it) to request the desktop version of the site. It's not as nice to look at as the phone optimized site but it allows full functionality (on an android device, not sure about iPhone)
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Maybe see if you can source a box of 9mm nato and see if that gives enough PF to make it cycle.
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