MemphisMechanic

Mister awesome GM comes along at a major match with thousands of hours of practice and crushes everyone because he’s put in the work. The B class shooter who comes the closest to catching him is the best guy in B-class on that day. I’m not sure how you’re going to come back with a reply that can dispute that fact.

Flip and catch, or slowly pull the slide to the rear with the port down. So round falls at my toes instead of flying into orbit. FYI the issue you’ve described always happens with a 2011 in .40 and isn’t unheard of. Something about their ejector-to-primer relationship makes it a potential hazard. I have yet to see a 9mm ignite this way, but you’re risking a potential weakhand injury if you cup the ejection port.

The division as a whole. Relative to the 100% benchmark of whomever was high overall, the first place in B class is the B-shooter who shot the highest percentage of his score.

Get the chamber cut for a longer leade. I’ve done my tanfo and all of my walthers, and those guns with similarly short factory chambers will take any bullet made out to 1.150” now. I’ve throated a ton of CZ and Gen5 Glocks for friends. It’s never caused accuracy issues. I can do it for you. So can numerous shops, such as Patriot Defense. Otherwise, how long you can load depends ENTIRELY on the shape of that particular bullet:

Just take a dremel to your current one. Then hit it with some cold blue and run it.

1,000 times this.

Distract the other squad members with free bottles of gatorade on a hot day, tape the targets, give your good buddy a reshoot. (Local Rules version)

The gun shoots straight. You do not. Don’t believe me? Shoot it two handed, but swap hands and pull the trigger with your weak hand. Lo and behold, shots will impact the target in an entirely different place. Hmm.

This response really did fill in your perspective differently from the first one. Thanks! It’s very seldom worthwhile to sacrifice your stage time in order to shoot better points; the hit factor has to be well below the 6-8ish that is typical at club matches on the majority of stages. The trick is to avoid penalties and Deltas (or TOO many Charlies) while still shooting at a very fast pace, and that’s what separates the A through GM shooter from your average B-class guy. This is why “slow down and get your hits” is the stupidest thing you’ll hear at a match. It a a completely backward philosophy.

From TF’s page on the Goliath: ”NOTE: Because of a combination of factors, we build our basepads slightly "short" for best reliability. As a result, they will run properly with ammunition loaded to 1.125" overall or less. That's a typical length for 115- and 124-grain loads, but some (notably, Winchester 115 RN) will go out all the way to 1.160". HINT: If your extension will take 35 rounds and then becomes unreliable (or sticks), check the length of your ammunition! Question? Give us a call and we can explain.” I would put the “or less” part to the test and load some at 1.115 to see if the problem disappears.

You’d like your scores a lot more if your eyes locked onto the A-zone of each target then brought the sights to that exact spot, while you hustle through the stage as fast as you can. Think of a task you will execute: ”I will shoot right here twice, move, repeat this fast.” Rather than focus on something to avoid. That has you shooting cautiously, which means you slow down. Most of us are guilty of putting the sights in the center of the brown thing and shooting twice when we’re bleeding points, rather than making the actual rectangle of the A-zone our target. And aiming as if the C/D zones didn’t exist at all.

Personal recommendations: shooter connection belt. Best bang for the money, I have three now... and I’ve run a CRSpeed, DAA, and others. DAA racer pouches (the plastic ones) or Ghost 360 pouches. I used go run ghost, prefer the DAAs. Both will accomodate virtually all production gun mags so you won’t buy new ones if you wind up switching guns down the road. BOSS hanger from ben stoeger’s shop, and the holster body of your choice bolted to it.

What happens when That Guy (novice) interacts with That Guy (veteran) ? A post is born on Enos.

Yes. But carryoptics is a new division which was supposed to be more open from the beginning. It didn’t begin as an enjoyable place to show up with a nearly stock glock and be competitive.

Start with roughly 2.5-2.6 and work up until you make PF in your gun. Under a 147? Load as long as you can get it. Pressure with clays in heavy 9 loads is... sporty. Stick with slower velocities and proceed with caution. Consult a physician before using. Professional driver & closed course. Do no attempt. I never recorded 147 data, but did load it under coated 130s and logged the chrono data:

The answer, if he wants to do this, is to sell the 3rd gen to one of the fanboys who is convinced they’re better than 4 and 5... and buy a 5th gen. Simple, and entirely legal.

You can’t lighten a slide with milling in Production, that’s legal only in Carry Optics, Limited, and Open. See appendix D4: 21.2b in USPSA rules: ”A slide may be modified specifically for the installation of sights, and for no other purpose.” That’s his question: Why can’t I make a 5th Gen out of a 3rd Gen? The answer: Because the rules say you cannot.

The RMR had failures initially, too. They just fixed them rather quickly in a way that CMore and Leupold have taken their sweet, sweet time to do. So they gained a solid rep for being durable.

Something very else.

Oh I’m still shooting USPSA. I just shoot a walther in Carry Optics. (to be clear my annoyance with the org is their use of Troy’s ‘rules interpretations’ to completely make an end-run around the way it’s suppsed to work. Where the board votes on changes, we know they’re coming and can chime in through our ADs, and a change may only happen every 2 years.)

A standard-sized set like this will have everything you need: 9 Pieces Roll Pin Punch Set, Gunsmithing Kit Removing Repair Tool with Holder for Automotive, Watch Repair,Jewelry and Craft (9 Pieces new) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JNS1ZF7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_J33cDbFRP0K0D I’ve always found a fractional SAE equivalent (in a snap-on set with similar sizing) which worked great.

Production is Limited-10 now, minus single-action triggers at the buzzer and magwells. GazzPedalz or Thumb rests built into takedown levers? Legal. Any aftermarket safety or hammer your heart desires? Legal. Grind the bottom of the frame into a big funnel shape? Legal. This is why it’s lost all appeal to me, and I don’t see myself coming back.

L&M does great work. He did this very agressive job on my PPQ, the DPP is so low that when I remove it, you’re looking at the firing pin in it’s channel. I’d send Mark another slide for milling without any hesitation.

Read futher. Production has it legal now too. Has been since March of ‘18.

He didn’t mention match results - nothing about anything other than classifier stage results themselves. You read that into it because you had a point you wanted to make.