MemphisMechanic

Stuffing pouches is a last resort, as it adds a few static seconds to your stage time. If there’s a way to perform 100% of your loads off the barrels? Always take it.

You did grind every trace off the corner of the follower that is supposed to lift the slide stop up? That’s mandatory. It isn’t in the correct spot to function as a lock-open device when you run them in a Walther. No reason to leave it behind.

@DKorn correct. Any spring compatible with the orange Walther followers will not work with the thin followers from Grams or TTI. I’ll try to post a photo in a day or two. You MIGHT be able to modify the top end of the spring to make it work, but I haven’t yet tried. I’ll look at it soon.

Which TTI spring? The TTI spring that came with my extensions fits a walther follower, as I explained above. Not their own “+1 SVI” follower.

@abigger04 if the top of the spring is bent to fit the factory walther follower, it’s shaped all wrong. Look at the image above, you can see the hole toward the middle-rear of the follower that the upper coil of the spring locks into with aftermarket STI/SVI style followers. (Grams also uses this in his P320 follower & spring.) You may be able to reshape it with pliers, but I don’t know if it’ll work. If I find the TTI springs someday, I’ll try it.

The Stock 1 is a Stock 2, with longer slide and barrel, extra meat on the frame in the form of finger grooves, and a pictinny rail. Remember the order of introduction went: Stock (which many incorrectly call a “stock 1”) Stock 2 Stock 3 Stock 1 (the actual)

What TrackCage said. Although honestly, I usually do a fullspeed draw, reload, and rack as part of load and make ready, pulling from my front pouch just like I would during a match. I’ll then swap a full 23 into the gun, holster, and rearrange my mags so the belt has 23/23/22 from front to rear. I have yet to run into a situation where the rear mag being -1 round has been an issue. The benefit to a reloadable 23 is... that’s all I have to worry about. I do not have to go to the tracking which mags are my downloaded reloads (with 22 in them), and which one is full to the brim.

Put two magazines on the very first barrel. You pretty much have to eat a standing load when you arrive at whatever position you go to first, but make sure to have two magazines on that barrel. After you finish shooting that position, grab the second magazine off the barrel and reload as you move to the next position. Repeat until the stage is finished, always grabbing and loading as you exit. I would also encourage you to put a few extra magazines out there. Ideally one extra mag on each barrel. The way to make a disaster out of this stage is to knock a magazine off the barrel in your haste, and have to pick it up on the clock. Especially if it goes forward and out of bounds…

https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/268666-michael-martin-mikiem/?tab=comments#comment-2987823

If I have four mags setup for 23+1 then I never have to spend my time and attention triple-checking to make sure I’ve grabbed the correct mags in the correct order. They’re all full-capacity mags. Grab and go, and focus on having my stage plan ready.

This! Also, having 24 in the gun before and after the reload allows a lot of flexiblity, simplicity, and aggression in your stage plans. When it comes to things like taking a couple of distant poppers on the move, reloading really deeply into the stage’s round count, and the like. (And sometimes, a local match has a fun stage that’s 36-40 rounds, too. )

I have no idea where the springs TTI sent wandered off to. The issue of concern is that Walther followers use an entirely different manner of mating the spring to the follower than Grams. TTI’s +1 follower is compatible with the Gram’s springs. The OEM Walther follower is not I’ve successfully taken a belt sander to the Grams P-320 follower to duplicate the TTI follower, but I haven’t tested it yet in live fire.

Spring length doesn’t matter when you’re trying to put a 30 degree bend in the middle of the stick.

(Since someone will ask, all of the below combinations require you to set the gun up to NOT lock back when the gun is empty.) So I’ve run a few combinations of guts in the Walther mags, and I’ve finally hit on a combination which hits two key points: * Easy to reload with 23 rounds in the mag * The gun runs reliably at 23+1 The key was @CHA-LEE‘s post in his Range Diary about TTI’s +1 follower for the SVI platform, which costs $10. This thing is super thin. Here’s a comparison pic from my Instagram. I still run the Grams spring for the P-320: https://benstoegerproshop.com/sig-p320-magazine-spring-and-follower-kit-by-grams-engineering/ I just added the TTI follower: https://tarantacticalinnovations.com/tti-sti-sv-ultra-thin-1-follower/ The tried-and-true setup for Walthers has been the P-320 spring and follower from Grams, which offers you a marginally reloadable 23. In actual practice I always downloaded my reload to 22, which meant keeping track of which mag is which. With the TTI follower, your mag will nearly fit 24 rounds. You can compress the spring another 1/4”, so my 23rd magazines seat just as easily as a factory 15rd mags do. The gun also hand-cycles much more smoothly with less drag on the bottom of the slide.

BCM’s 11.5” is the cheapest / shortest setup I’d consider in an “I am betting my life on this weapon’s reliabiltiy” situation. Run like tanks. Not priced too outrageously.

Surely someone will come up with a tube that has a graceful curve from 45 to vertical, so that we can mount this thing atop the press. The issue then is losing your visual indicator AND the buzzer when primers run low. I’d want some sort of witness hole to show me how many are in the stack - which isn’t feasible due to danger in the event of a detonation in the tube!

For what it’s worth, the 1050 requires much less handle effort than a 650 does. My shoulder takes a loading session much more easily with the same 9mm mixed brass, same dies, same case lube. Cannot comment on sitting; I’ve always loaded standing.

Be aware that you’ll need to do some work to keep a Stock II under the 45oz weight limit in Carry Optics. Something along these lines might be necessary, where Patriot Defense trims enough weight off the slide to allow you to run the grips of your choice without getting too heavy: Choosing a Limited Pro would be an easier route, as they’re a few ounces lighter and have the same ergonomics and trigger. They make weight easier after a dovetail mounted optic is factored in.

Not “Elite.” That’s a name relevant to the Tanfos used in Limited division. Just EAA Witness (Tanfoglio) Stock 2. This is one of the most popular guns in Production division, and has been for roughly a decade.

They’re a disadvantage. Unless you happen to work for the company vending said gloves. Which it seems like you do.

I’m going to go ahead and guess that you’re not 25.

As usual. As you know... equipment is what guys talk about online because it’s something interesting that can fill the slow hours at work or at home. In practice 95% of the gear choices don’t matter, as long as the option you choose is reliable, and you practice. CZ vs Tanfo vs Glock in production? Atlas vs Akai, etc in Open? Holosun 510 vs CMore on your open gun? They just really don’t matter much.

Nice low Infinity one:

In 2017, correct. In Production and Carry Optics you can now run gigantic hot pink race hammers, safeties, triggers, tremendous thumbrests... and carve the grip up to your liking. Have at it. Just don’t bend the magwell open to form a funnel or add a thumb rest it. And you’re good.