MemphisMechanic

@CHA-LEE I mean isn’t that obvious? I guess I was presupposing that you let the other guys buy the first few months worth of any product and get it to an Area match podium without bugs appearing. Especially if it’s something made by SIG. I’m not joining any bandwagon until it has a proven track record - and even then, that has risks. Ask me about my CMMG Guard PCC that doesn’t run 100% after months of testing & tuning.

We’ll care when the ditch the bulky tube design. If the SRO is tougher than a DPP or RTS2... we need a CO dot that lasts through a 15-20,000 round season without crapping out. Whomever does that in a sizeable window package will sell to diehard USPSA shooters. @CHA-LEE if it’s tough enough to keep you from needing a second optic on a backupgun PLUS a third freefloating spare optic in the safe for when one of the first two need to go back for warranty? The match checks out, then. There’s another site selling then for $490ish, which I’d pay if it turns out to be rock solid. But that’s the top end of the price range.

I just hope its got clearer glass and a crisper brighter dot. After shooting 10k through my DPP (C.O.) and my Holosun 510C (PCC) looking through an RMR makes me realize how awful they are regarding brightness and clarity.

Whomever makes the first truly durable dot with DPP-sized glass wins. The end. No one has pulled that feat off, as of yet.

If you aren’t planning to load a JHP at least until the gun is sorted out, if not permanently, I do not believe you did that much research.

Gun? What barrel?

Verify the ammo that doesn’t feed will plunk and spin. Drop it in the stripped barrel, see if it spins freely and then drops cleanly out when flipped over. If so, fix the extractor tension issue and stop overthinking this.

This.

@KyleJ you can’t get past the fact that the comp on a parrot or CM isn’t going to do anything with the middling puff of gas from a factory load. A TSO with a dot is a much more logical choice.

It’s called the bullet’s ogive. It’s well documented and understood if you aren’t a novice reloader. The tip of the bullet isn’t your problem; that is sitting in the center of an empty hole. The shoulder (ogive) of the bullet is what runs into the rifling. A very pointy bullet profile has it’s ogive further back, whereas most coated 147s are pretty fat in profile and will run into rifling much earlier. This should help:

@nick779 those will pretty much certainly all pass. FMJs can be loaded substantially longer than coated due to a combination of shoulder profile (ogive) and diameter (they’re .001” smaller in most cases.)

We could use more posts like this. Great stuff.

Some bullet profiles are much more friendly than others. You can probably get virtually all FMJs to 1.120+ in most gen5 barrels. Acme 124s and Blue Bullets 135 / 147 tend to let you load a pinch longer than most in coated. Everglades 124s definitely do. I’ve reamed a few Gen5 Glock barrels for guys who want to use a fat-round-nosed 147 out past 1.120 - to 1.150 or so, like they’re used to doing with their other guns.

I don’t remember what a stock one looks like. Mine got a Titan almost instantly. I know it’s not one of those. I wouldn’t spend that money again. One piece sear and springs, factory hammer, hyperpolished. All they need.

And a third. Some where in the 140ish PF neighborhood with a bullet 124 or 115 grains works really well in a well-tuned PCC action. Something with a heavy spring and shortstroked heavy buffer setup.

You have a pair of $$$ Henning grips. I believe that’s the Delta hammer in it. The Extreme trigger which has less curvature to it - I personally prefer the factory one but lots of guys like the Xtreme. If the DA reach is a little long for you, trade that trigger for a factory one and some $$$ from the buyer.

Federal primers are soft enough to show this within safe pressure ranges. Until you see this on a harder cupped CCCI/S&B/Win I wouldn’t give it the slightest thought.

@ZackJones is probably going to say that this would be legal. @RickT No one’s going to object so long as there’s not a competitive advantage and the gun is indexed on the proper starting point on the ground, as you await the beep.

I like the Q5 more than the X5. But. It’s ergonomic and that’s HIGHLY subjective. The P320 line is the softer shooter, and only a Tanfoglio will feel better in a large set of hands than an X5. And a Tanfo means custom milling for CO along with a lot of time and money going into trigger and reliability work. and the Walthers have short grips. Great to keep my size L hands up high. Any bigger and they’re a no-go for sure.

The rulebook does say this. Without actually saying it. It’s implicitly, not explicit. I used to be very gung-ho on a “don’t dumb down the stages” mindset. Shooters ought to know where the 180 is at all times and have the common sense not to index their muzzle onto such a target before taking a few steps uprange. That said. Who is most likely to get tripped up and sent home over this situation? A brand new shooter. I’d hate to have a potential friend show up to shoot his first match, overrun a target, and be one of the new shooters who never returns after the shame of DQing on his first stage. Grab a couple of barrels or drop a noshoot down in front of it. It only takes thirty seconds.

Flash pocket obscured with debris somehow. (Unlikely) Likely: A guy who wet tumbles and this piece of brass was still not totally dry. (If you dry tumble, disregard.) Powder getting contaminated with an excessive amount of case lube which found it’s way into that one case.

And running a Glock ISMI flatwire 13lb spring?

The RO decides to depart from correct and routine procedure, and make up his own range commands. The shooter follows suit. Are unusual results from this situation the shooter’s fault, or the ROs?

If you’re not handloading definitely follow atlas’s advice and buy a gun without a compensator. They don’t work worth a damn using factory ammo. The Orange is a sweet, sweet gun. If you don’t decock the gun manually on a live round after loading, and instead activate the manual safety and treat it like a 1911? You’ll never even encounter the double action on any DA/SA CZ in the first place. Shooting it double action take an extra step. Just keep it loaded on safe (or empty) instead... or buy a TSO. They’re SA only.

Long triggers. Heavy triggers. Don’t reliably cycle unless you grip firm with both hands, as mentioned above. Spend more and buy something she will actually enjoy taking to the range.