MemphisMechanic

http://Www.blackbulletsinternational.com Sized to .356 according to their website. I can take a caliper to a couple and verify but it might take me a few days to get around to it.

Do you need to keep your gun IPSC legal? I would assume so. USPSA permits aftermarket internals and extensive polishing, IPSC does not. What kind of ammunition are you going to be running? The American brand Federal makes the softest primers in the world, and a 5 pound trigger is easy to achieve if that is all you want to shoot. Other brands of primer (fiocchi, Sellier & Bellot, all the Russian Tula brand) are much harder to detonate and require heavier springs. Which means a heavier trigger pull. The EGD Extreme guide rod should be considered a mandatory upgrade.

Instead of shooting for a .15 split then wandering over to the next target... Try making yourself shoot six shots at a .25 split next time - whether the gun has transtioned or not. This will cleverly force you to find and snap to the next target much more aggressively. Close your eyes and listen to your shots. Then do the same for Tim's run. He's easily got a full second on you just in four target transitions: (Also, note his turning draw footwork.)

I throated my Apex barrel to take virtually anything out to 1.150" and it still shoots 1.5-2" at 25 yards off of bags. One of the best things about the barrel upgrade is that factory M&P barrels are hardened and ruin reamers. The Apex cuts like butter.

When you hit 6,000 the guys around here might notice. 600 is an average day at the range practicing. My gun with a Vanek drop-in kit would go 3k between cleanings just fine.

Definitely go with a local to start, then a year or two down the line you might feel like it's worth spending the $ to train with a nationally competitive GM.

I think Brian is onto something if you're sure it's the crimp die. Try lubing a few cases and see if the problem disappears. Personally, in all caliber I load I use One Shot. Spray the inside of a small tuppeware for one second, dump in a couple handfuls, and roll them around in it. That way lube doesn't contaminate the powder if I didn't let the inside of the cases air dry long enough. Keep it only on the outside of the cases instead of spraying some directly into the mouths, and you can load immediately.

Someone needs to produce a sideways DPP or RTS2 mount. Those sideways slide rides look ridiculously bulky.

Shoot the gun left handed (one or two hand grip) and be CERTAIN it isn't your thumbs hitting it. Typically the more adamant someone is that their grip isn't the issue... the more likely it is to actually turn out to be the issue. Shoot it lefty. If it locks back even once then you are certain.

Portable chair. Large water bottle. Sunscreen. Good things to have, although setting up stages, scoring, shooting, and running the timer means I usually don't sit down between 8am and 3pm on a local match day. I still always bring the chair in my trunk, just in case.

...and when 500-1,000 rounds can be knocked out in an hour on a Dillon 650 or 1050, you also tend to shoot more ammo each range trip than if you load it on a rockchucker.

Well to be honest... 6,000 bullets, 10k primers, and 8 pounds of powder are about a 2 year supply at the rate I'm currently shooting USPSA. A couple range trips a month plus a match. Its just so much more cost efficient to spend ~$500 every year or two on components in bulk, than it is to peck away at your budget $60 a month from the local gun shop. Think of it like shopping at CostCo versus the local grocery. You pay a lot more up front but ultimately save 25-50%.

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I'm certain that @hwansikcjswo got his gun fixed... and then shelved it to go rake in mad Walther money. Hopefully he'll be along in a day or two. (Using his name in the blue box like I just did will cause him to receive a notification next time he logs in.)

I assume you mean a guide to detail stripping the gun. Search for "Tanfoglio Tuning" on YouTube. My tutorials are based on the DA/SA production guns, but they're extremely similar to your gun in most ways. The Titan/Bolo combination will give you a zero-pretravel trigger than breaks with a fraction of an inch of movement then resets just as quickly. It turns the trigger into a 1911s. A really good 1911 trigger, too.

I actually don't agree with that at all - I've never had one comment on how I clear the gun. My post is simply directed at those who are.

Well... then you'll have to wait for someone else to come along to help with this one. @kneelingatlas perhaps.

On a Stock 2 or 3, that leg lifts the firing pin block. That's it's only real function, as far as I know. Does this gun have a firing pin block?

Also I left out the most obvious one from my list. You move really slow. Really. Slow. Learn to come somewhere near an actual sprint with a gun in your hand.

I think the main issue you're having finding help is that, for most of us, a one-piece sear and a Titan hammer and a Bolo were an absolutely drop-in installation. I don't have any experience fitting a disconnector.

I prefer the PD FatBastards. But that's a personal matter between my hands , my Tanfo, and myself.

1. Your extension to the very first target was slow as hell. Common way to waste time: Draw and extend really slowly when facing a distant target. Hustle the draw on close ones. Always get the gun up fast, then take the needed time. (And get your unloaded gun start time down) 2. You take a full second to get the first shot off after entering pretty much every position. Have the sights up and indexed in the first A zone WHILE you're stopping. 3. You split far too fast on most targets and transition very very slowly. Worn on transitions and seeing more sight on shot #2. 4. Get your plans burned in better. When you know you're likely to go to slide lock, don't. miss. steel. Shoot much more deliberately.

If they feed into the chamber smoothly, I'd apply 30,000 PSI to the inside of that case to pop the dent back out.

EGDs are definitely thinner than Scales. Scales and Hennings, I agree, are overall quite similar in thickness. Scales are thinner up top, but slightly larger at the bottom.

Okay. Then I know which brand of Bullet I'm buying next. Black Bullets and Bayou 135s have to be around 1.090" to chamber cleanly in an uncut Tanfo!