MemphisMechanic

Order a sample pack of blues. Load them. If they group well at distance, then buy in bulk. Just like sny other bullet and gun combination - no reason to overthink it. FYI, Acme is as cheap when you find a discount code. Sometimes cheaper. And they run .356ish. Try both.

Lots of Area matches and the like are won with polymer guns. I went the Tanfo route, and was shooting it when I made A class. I’m back in a polymer gun (Q5 match) and my classifier percentages are closer to M than they were with the metal gun. Not because of the gun(s). Because of how practiced I am with what I’m shooting on match day. You hear you need a metal gun because guys with metal guns are certain they are better with their metal gun. They need to justify their purchase. Find the gun that fits your hand best. And keep that one.

Huh. You’d think the competition-oriented taccom would have an extremely generous chamber.

@1911luvr the taccom barrel needs reamed? That’s surprising.

It turned out that I needed to heat my CMMG Guard’s barrel nut in order to install a brigand arms handguard & barrel nut. Gave it 5 straight minutes with a heat gun and then gave the wrench a *hard* sharp jerk. Broke free on the first attempt. Sure enough, the threads turned out to have green loctite on them. I discovered whether or not my barrel nut was loctited after removal - that’s always when you want to find out!

Personally I’d apply heat. It can’t hurt, and might just be a huge help if they loctited that fastener.

Interesting! So you gave the extractor claw marginally less bite, and the gun runs more reliably. It does make sense that removing a spot where the case can bind up will be helpful. Thanks for sharing your discovery.

Dryfire. With PCC “weakhanded” means your dominant hand on the handguard, and the weak hand manipulating the trigger. Shooting “strong hand” means the traditional two handed grip. You still get to use both hands. Practice switching back and forth.

Would grinding the back corner 1/16” or so be sufficient?

Perhaps adjust the angle the entire bulletfeeder sits at? Never loaded anything but 125s/147s oersonally. I’ve not had to fix an issue other than upside down bullets being fed. There is a very very good series of videos on youtube from DAA and MBF abour setting a bulletfeeder up.

For that price you might as well grab a Holosun 510C and not need to worry about risers or field of view.

Have occasional failures to eject with heavy springs and very light loads in my Guard upper; was planning to clearance the hell out of my port just like you have. I don’t run a door, so I’m opening it up big time. Particularly since the barrel is currently out of the upper. Keep us posted.

Issues with tumbling and inaccuracy are common with many guns; I’m almost susprised anyone buys plated at all. Go coated or FMJ and I’ll bet your gun starts shooting straight.

Ben’s pro shop and Patriot Defense have both Instagrammed photos of a big shipment of Stock 2’s. If you need one, check with them.

Agree with all points. Blues are .355 and BBI / Acme are .356” as well, so your gun might have a preference for one or the other.

@BoyGlock what happens when you shoot at static steel while double plugged, so it’s really hard to hear the ring?

Are you having light strikes in double action? Or are they also occuring frequently in single action? If you arent aware, a DA/SA gun’s hammer doesnt cock back as far in double action. Your first hit with the hammer down at the buzzer is the weakest one. CCI primers are hard. CCI primers are also physically taller than others: fill a dillon tube with 100 CCI and 100 Fiocchi or S&B or Winchester, and look at how tall they are in the tube. The CCI stack will be taller than the others... So rock hard CCI primers won’t press as deeply as other brands with softer cups using the same leverage from your press, but a full seated CCI is also not buried as deeply as it’s shorter competitors. With CCI .002” is as deep as I can get them in some brands of brass. I can bury Wichesters at .005”-.008”. I still always wanted them below flush with my hammer fired Tanfoglio. Now that I shoot a Walther Q5 with a stock striker spring, I get to go back to not caring too much: flush is now good again. This gun hits hard.

I have never seen a Canik with the slide removed, so I don’t know if they’ve copied the Walther PPQ’s unique trigger mechanism or if they’re a more traditional design. In the Q5 I love how good the trigger is with all stock springs. And since the factory striker spring works just fine with a 13 pound recoil spring and nobody is breaking strikers, I doubt anyone will replace theirs. With a light striekr spring in a Glock the primary motivation is to reduce the trigger pull weight, but in a PPQ all you have to do is swap the trigger spring in order to have a pull weight around 2.5 pounds so there’s no need to respring the striker.

I guess I can see that. Ben Stoeger runs a 6, or used to, and a lot of guys are going to copy the world champion’s setup. I ran a 10 at first in my Stock III, then later dropped to a 9 pounder when it broke in because those gave me a gun that tracked the best... for me.

For $296 through Brownells I am glad it looks and feels as nice as it does. I was surprised how “tubular” it feels, for something with so many voids in it. I don’t know that I’d spend the money if I had to do it over, but I went absolutely “full retard” on my PCC build.

In 9mm? That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for filling us in.

I don't know about “about as lightest there is”... that honor goes to this one, but my Brigand Arms did break the bank. 4.66 ounces including barrel nut and 12.5" of braided carbon fiber.

The 124gr Blue can be loaded longer than any other RN that I have played with. The 125gr TC from Black bullets has the most short-chamber friendly ogive though. A gun that wouldn’t take the old fat Acme 124s at 1.110” will take those Black Bullets at 1.150”

I slapped a conefit guide rod into my gun because the internet said the frame would get chewed up if I didn’t. Regarded it as a required upgrade. Then I had this talk with a rather well-known GM recently: Food for thought. Oh. And the gun will run great with the factory firing pin. You don’t need to replace those, either.

Focus on the targets with both eyes open. The dot appears superimposed on the target wherever you’re about to punch a hole. Learning NOT to focus on the sight is the hard part about moving from irons to a handgun dot.