MemphisMechanic

Yes. It hits your hands hard. My buddy’s X5 is a pussycat in comparison and feels like it has half the recoil. But it’s about as flat as a non-compensated gun can be, if you crush the gun hard. Watch close and you’ll see me bear down on it after shot number two...

My backstrap weighs five ounces more than a factory one. It’s full of small tungsten weights for pinewood derby cars. My slide is four ounces lighther than stock. I put that back into the frame.

That’s correct. Just don’t create a thum rest and you’re good. Did my CO Walther, it’s a huge upgrade for any gun you can’t screw grippy aftermarket grip panels onto.

Remember, for a long time mainstream television and a presence at the Olympics was a dream of IPSCs. They wanted their officials to look more like referees, less like gun nuts.

Use an 8” steel plate with a fresh coat of white paint to shoot groups on. Paper indoors is death. Your target’s job is to let you know you’re pointing at the exact same spot with each shot: A plain brown USPSA target is a horrible choice, for example.

Some people freak out about the Stock III being nose heavy. I like their weight and balance; most prefer the II and Lim Pro, but CZ copied the SIII when making the Shadow 2 and it’s quite popular. It doesn’t matter very much really. Grab one and shoot. I don’t know. I was offering both alternatives, not absolutes. If you’ve set them up the same then yes, identical for all DA/SA models.

I did say that: the stock 1 has different checkering, and it has finger grooves. I have no idea what it feels like in the hand; if that matters or not. But I do know that Lim Pro and Stock II & III grips are identical. And I’ve shot all of those personally.

Given quote one, why would we expect them to feel like anything other than a large Tanfo? (I’ve never seen a small Tanfo in person either.)

@Localizer the Stock1 with it’s full length dustcover will balance more like a S3. But the Limpro (while way lighter up front) has fhe exact same grip frame you’re used to. I find that to be more important, personally.

The man said Glock. Eventually, an epoxy & silicone carbide (sand blasting media) job really is the way to go on the grip.

Hmm. Mine is carried muzzle-up to and from the starting location, and mounted vertically (muzzle up) in a VERY secure clamp in a cart. Secure enough that I’m willing to risk/accept a DQ if the flagged rifle were to somehow tip over and sweep anyone. I’d rather they left this up to the individual shooter; I dislike potentially pointing a gun at my own feet while walking the stage behind the scorekeeper, and the muzzle is not elevated above the berm unless ther’e a big chunk of yellow plastic in the chamber. This is an acceptable risk profile for me.

@Localizer yes. These will be available to take both CZ size skinny mags, and fat Stock II mags. And should be legal for that other dirty sport.

The tricky part there is the mag spring I welded up a flawlessly functional 53rder and did this:

Take all advice on how you should do things with a grain of salt. For instance, I have never barneyd in twelve years as a production shooter. I load first mag to 11. I’ve never accidentally loaded 11 into the gun at an unloaded start. You’ve been told MecGar mags are crap. They were, for the brands listed. For CZ, Tanfoglio, and 9mm Colt AR-15 mags they are a great choice and run flawlessly. You’ve been told you need lots more mags. I never bring more than 7 to the range: When I shot Glock I used to bring 15-20, all loaded. I often discovered I was missing one when I got back home after the match. 6 will do just fine - you’ll notice a missing one right away too.

I’ve never seen a TF pad in person for a Walther so I couldn’t say. Simple fact is that Glock, Walther, SIG... everything gets 23 rounds max in a 140mm minor magazine length. That’s all the room you have. I prefer TTI pads to TF in general just because I do not need to remove screws to take a mag apart and clean it after it’s been dropped in mud or sand. Slide the pin down, and slip the basepad off.

You already have a generous aftermarket for the PPQ/Q5, particularly given how little the gun needs. Their willingness to provide parts has turned around in the past few years. They used to be more like HK: impossible, or “send us the gun.” I’ve gotten free warranty parts twice from walther with a simple phone call, and they’ve sold me all of the spares I’ve asked for too.

Yup. Steel the cotter key off of a primer tube and use it in a pinch. Head to Lowes, and grab a 1/4” E-clip to replace the broken one.

He’s assuming you’ll load sub-minor ammo for steel.

We divide your score by zero to obtain a corrected hit factor.

I can’t wait to see one in the spring! of 2032.

There’s a difference between reading the rulebook and splitting it’s more obvious hairs. Only stand on things inbounds, including on the fault lines, and you’re good. Just like you aways were. No RO is going to ding you for that and it’s still the way things have always been. You can’t stand on things out of bounds which happen to touch the shooting area anymore. Which was absurd, yet formerly legal. I’m sorry you don’t like the way they phrased that, but stay inbounds while pulling triggers and nothing is gonna jump up and bite you. This isn’t hard.

To protect us from bored devils advocates with nothing to do but debate on the interent.

Not y’all. It appears to just be one guy. We know what this was designed to prevent. Don’t stand on things outside the shooting area, even if they touch the shooting area. Done.

Shoot the gun with the dot. Shoot whatever you love. It’ll be a lot of fun. Go there with an attitude toward learning the game, and having fun finding your weaknesses. Do not show up expecting to finish anywhere above the lowest 1/3 of the match attendees; you won’t. Do not expect to excel... and without that goal it no longer matters which gun you bring. That’s when guys either see how much better they can get and embrace self improvment, or they never come back.

Boom.