MemphisMechanic

Exactly. Making sure everyone is aware it’s coming

I would choose the X5, having shot the 34 for the first three years I played these games. ...And recently having run an X5 a few times, I think it’s a better buy.

Tried and true load for 124 FMJ is 3.8-4.0 gr Tried and true load for a 147 FMJ is 3.0-3.2 gr Plated bullets will be a bit faster than jacketed. So my best guesstimation is approximately 3.5 grains. It’ll definitely be close.

Catch up to the rules updates. You can run any aftermarket trigger or hammer or the like in any Production gun you like, now. Rules were changed at the February BOD meeting.

I think this will be as helpful for you as anything else. Definitely a good mindset. Good shooters make a mistake (dropped magazine, see a hole in the noshoot after they’ve committed to leaving, etc) and put it out of their mind. They just shoot the rest of the stage as perfectly as they can. I’ve noticed that usually people who talk to themselves or curse are the ones who make the mistake of pushing harder to “make up for lost time” - and that’s when they begin hemmoraging points.

It’s easier to lightly coat the inside of a small bucket or tupperware with one shot, drop a few handfuls of brass in, and shake. Keeps the lube exclusively on the outside of the brass, and is still very fast.

I have two for a lefty made by Kytex I need to sell someday, but I’m sure youre a righty. Recommend them highly - fit like a glove, great to carry a spare mag in the real world with too. www.kytexgear.com

Now than an APEX flat trigger is legal in Production, your trigger job goals just got much easier! (Do some searching if you haven’t heard. All brands of hammers, mag releases, triggers etc are now legal. Or will be in a couple of months when the revised rules take effect.)

Just saw that you made it out of B a bit back! Congratulations. I know exactly how good that feels - and as quoted above, you and I were just discussing it. To be competitive in A at matches, focus on your movement. Entries, exits, and reloads. As and above look like they’re sprinting, B and below shuffle from place to place. You’ve also really gotta figure out how to not hold a conversation with the targets, like @CHA-LEE said a while back. If there’s anything flowing through your mind at all it is going to hold you back. To push toward M classifiers your gunhandling needs to speed up - pretty much in line with GM-level draws and mag changes.

Many of us started out shooting IDPA and USPSA and dealing with this - trying to stay within the boundaries of two different rulesets. After a few USPSA matches, you quit shooting IDPA altogether and it isn’t an issue anymore.

Excellent news, Charlie. Looking forward to seeing what kinds of reactions it gets.

Call every shot. On steel in particular, call them clean. Are you focusing on seeing white steel ALL the way around the front sight? If not, try it. Don’t accept a sight picture less than 3” from the center.

C-class with a spiffy jersey and an elaborate “Shooter Broski” intro? You know that looks a bit hilarious to people who are in the know regarding practical shooting, right? I completely used to be that guy too. Footwork footwork footwork. Watch the feet of the top guys on youtube. Mute the audio to delete the splits and ignore the reloads and transitions. Just watch their bodies move into & out of positions. Work hard on being that efficient.

The hottest round Tanfo offers. In one of their lighter guns. Have fun with that!

I would imagine the square dustcover is somehow the reason why: the trigger guard and grip match the other models. Since none of us get to run a race holster here in Production in the USA, we won’t be super helpful.

Except for a few high ranking shooters I know who use them as part of their grip. There’s no perfect method, as everyone’s hands vary some. Most 1911 shooters I know utilize some downward pressure on the safety as part of their stronghand grip. Riding the safety is almost universally accepted as proper 1911/2011 form.

The Walther Q5 Match has a really vertical grip angle - 1991 guys who loathe how far down they have to bend their wrists to shoot a Glock generally love mine. Triggers are out of the box fantastic, too. It’s already set up to take the optic of your choice. Go find a 9mm Walther PPQ at your local gun shop: the Q5 uses the exact same grip frame.

I’ve dryfired a SHIELD and M&P 9L thousands and thousands of times without issue and without utilizing a snap-cap. It won’t hurt it. I broke an original striker in the 9L back near their initial release. (2009? 2010?) Due to a defect in striker design that has long since been corrected. No issues at all since then.

Which grips are you using on your gun? Henning EGD and SSI Scales make it easiest to reach. With SSIs being the best. That’s a good point: With the bottom of the frame turned into one bigass mazine funnel? My Stock 3 reloaded faster than a Glock. A gigantic improvement. G34 vs modified tanfo vs M&P: With magazine inserted:

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The Tanfoglio doesn’t need anything else. If you can’t do it with a Super-Totally-Optimized Tanfogooglio, you need to practice more The rules changes let plastic gun guys slap in Apex triggers and add 3ozs more weight to their platform in search of mythical competitive equity with CZs and Tanfos. If you MUST do something? You can now grind the sharp edges off the trigger guard if you feel like it. Some people find Tanfos uncomfortable there. Also, it’s very surreal seeing my photo of my gun as your avatar.

I have never had an issue with mine whatsoever. The only guy who has shoots with Vogel’s odd weakhand grip. (There’s a video of vogel’s grip on Youtube) And you think the Glock slide stop is easy to hit? If you miss this one you must not have fingers.

That’s because you don’t lower the hammer if you’re doing it safely. You place your thumb between the hammer and slide, hold the trigger down, and smoothly roll the thumb out. Don’t thumb or pinch the hammer down. Use you body as a firing pin block.

Troy had also ruled that aftermarket milling was illegal. But guns like my Q5 Match and the CZC (they’re technically a gunmaker per Troy, unlike CGW) system are done by the factory, and thus were okay. But hey. All aftermarket triggers and hammers and stippling and trigger guard undercutting just got the nod for Production. And you can now carve your CO slide up like a Christmas turkey. So I’m sure it’ll get the okay. I think it should be totally acceptable as long as the slide isn’t substantially lighter, persoanlly. There’s no advantage.