Aglifter

Yoga has done great things for me. There does come a time when you have to realize its time to walk away from strength concerns. Bench press is a poor choice of exercise for anyone who isn't competing in powerlifting. Overhead press is much more structurally correct.

I haven't gotten to shoot it yet, but for a carry gun, the mag release seems entirely too proud. Does anyone make a shorter one?

In case anyone cares, as an update I now carry a G20 to work. I was carrying a G36 or a P7 PSP, until someone tried to rip the roll-up door off the work shop in the back, during the work day. (We now have carbiners attaching chains running from concrete anchors to the door. Seems to work quite well.) I had a 5" 2011 built, which never ran properly, and went back to the builder. Stainless steel doesn't do well at work - carbon is fine - and Glocks just ended up being easier to keep up with. I didn't quite trust the anodizing on the Sig to hold up, and it takes a surprisingly small amount of lint under the hammer to render one in-operable. I just got a VIP, which I think I will like quite a bit - but its mainly going to be for non-work days (I'm not on the plant floor that much, anyway, now...)

Firearms are heavily regulated - which both inhibits people entering the market as tinkerers, and inhibits design - basic economics. There's also, I suspect, a high liability cost, and not that many customers. I'm fairly certain that a line could developed which would produce a Glock-like design for $20-30 - but you'd need quite a production line.

(OK, so the old biochem/genetics side of me thinks the compulsive eating could have a physiological problem, but I'm sure you already have people trying to figure that out.) I suspect you could channel the OCD into shooting compulsions, which should aid your ability. Its actually pretty rare for most athletes to be that limited by their genetic potential - and I've yet to see any GM moving at a level that would require genetic ability in addition to dedication.

Obviously, the OP's didn't run either, as it spent 2 months getting warranty work done to it. Hopefully, my VIP will work - should have it in a few days. If not, I guess I'll send it to Benny.

I am, now, a firm believer in yoga - at least, yoga when taught as an exercise program, but by someone w. a knowledge of anatomy, not as "magic." I haven't shot enough recently (works gone nuts), but I have noticed a significant improvement in my control while moving, and my stability in odd positions.

Welcome! (And thanks for mentioning that BE's book is available for tablets!)

So, I learned about it in a new shooter post - Wonderful! I've managed to lose 2 copies before I finished them - finally one I cannot lose!

You might want to try lowering your shoulders, and rotating the elbows down some - there's a post discussing doing that - it feels much better in dry-fire, and, although I was slower - it felt quite solid w. my G20 - really seemed to reduce the recoil.

Any plans for maroon?

"Eliminate the space between" is an old Japanese saying that describes an important element of Zen. While anyone should always achieve to do the "right thing," in Zen, this is not the ultimate goal. Rather, to do those right things INSTANTLY, without any conscious deliberation is a much higher goal. Jackson Morisawa stated, "When the operation of the mind and the body coincide with one point in time and when the space between thought and conduct is eliminated in such a way that they are in perfect unison, we may regard such a moment as the present." Is a great segment. Our local GM described a drill that he, and some of the other spiffy shooters were doing. You lined up on the target, finger on the trigger, and fired as soon as you heard the beep. It was to show you how fast you could actually react to the beep. At first, I was at .18 or so - but, I could, at times, flirt with .10-.12, but I fired on the "impression" of hearing the beep, not knowing that I heard it.

First thing I'll do is degrease it - although I don't see that causing the issue - and check the screws, etc.

Dang it... Yes, its all stainless...

The slide does drag on its own...

I'm surprised that SA has that long a wait time - they should have a responsible person running their manufacturing operations. Gun businesses, in general, are not run by professionals - even Kel-Tec has some serious issues with being able to produce enough product. Frankly, I don't think there's enough money in guns to have a serious manufacturing layout.

Oh no - I've got ~12,000 rounds through it, and bought it used - think its at about 20,000 - er... I think the recoil spring has about 3,000 rounds on it.

The slide goes back fine, most of the way, then drags, smoothly, the last inch. It goes forward without a hitch. Any ideas? I had forgotten to clean under the link for awhile, and just cleaned that up, after it caused some issues. (Doubled, at didn't feed one round.)

Perhaps one of those laser training systems, which can be inserted into a barrel?

The IL has been disabled, correct? (It locked up on my 625, when it was still stock.)

I think a Safepacker holster might work well.

I think they'd be fun, so long as they proportion down correctly.

Has anyone tried these? http://www.atlaslbe.com/pages/instructions If they work as portrayed, it seems like it might make those long days a bit more tolerable... Or, wouldn't it matter given how stiff a competition belt is?

I was thinking about changing an Edge, not a Glock.

So, just to clarify, the only difference between 40 and 10MM would be the chambering on the barrel? The window cut in the slide is the same?