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On 1/27/2020 at 6:58 PM, kimel said:
Just got one myself. Was going to send it to TK, but budget won’t allow for that and the work I plan to do isn’t out of my comfort zone.
Mine will get:cylinder chamfer - has some but not quite enough and none under the ejector star
Apex hammer, firing pin, and spring kit
new front sight immediately and likely a new rear as well
smooth up the action. I’ve done a couple others and they came out well
lock delete
hogue grip - already done
May crown the barrel at some point. Mine isn’t even chamfered. Forcing cone is rough like it just came out of the chop saw. Might have to work on that...someday, unless it proves to be an issue.
Timing is good, lockup is okay but eventually will deal with that, probably when I replace the trigger and rebound bar on down the road.
Well, new front is in (0.115 Dawson), lock deleted, Apex hammer/springs/firing pin installed, stoned rebound block etc. Don’t own a working trigger gauge but it feels about half or less what it was. Chamfering is next after I defeat this cold so I can tolerate being in the unheated shop.
I leave the toothpaste for its intended purpose and I’m out of Flitz so just the Arkansas stones.
Whole job took less than 90 minutes and most of that was making up new ways to string profanity together fighting the stupid lock, whilst not losing the damn spring, again.
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At least some 627s are DX fronts. Push them to the rear and tilt the front out. I found a drop of oil in the sight channel helped loosen things up.
if the pin is to the front of the sight you have a DX. If it is centered it is pinned.
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On 1/28/2020 at 4:08 PM, AzShooter said:
They announced the new hammers this week at Shot Show. I don't know if they are available yet.
Figures, I place my order and new things get announced. May have to ping them and see about exchanging, if they are really available now.
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8 hours ago, AzShooter said:
If you are going to do the gunsmithing yourself, get the new Apex Mass Drive Hammer. It still has a small spur on it if you ever want to shoot single action. i.e. for group testing. Randy Lee says that you can get a 6.5 pound trigger just by replacing your hammer with theirs. Add the Apex Firing Pin and spring. I use an 11 pound recoil spring in my guns and am very happy with the trigger pulls. You need to balance the springs and will probably lighten the mainspring some.
The only mass drive hammer I see on the Apex site is for L frame. Unless the description is misleading or I’m missing something. -
Just got one myself. Was going to send it to TK, but budget won’t allow for that and the work I plan to do isn’t out of my comfort zone.
Mine will get:cylinder chamfer - has some but not quite enough and none under the ejector star
Apex hammer, firing pin, and spring kit
new front sight immediately and likely a new rear as well
smooth up the action. I’ve done a couple others and they came out well
lock delete
hogue grip - already done
May crown the barrel at some point. Mine isn’t even chamfered. Forcing cone is rough like it just came out of the chop saw. Might have to work on that...someday, unless it proves to be an issue.
Timing is good, lockup is okay but eventually will deal with that, probably when I replace the trigger and rebound bar on down the road.
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I am probably an idiot but am in the process of tooling up for revo. Why? Because I grew up shooting revolvers and enjoy shooting them. And, well, I love a challenge. My uncle used to shoot PPC and showed me that game at around age 12. Took 28 more years for me to find USPSA but it stuck and here I am.
Adding an optic won’t do much, IMHO. It won’t bring in any more than it sends away. It’s a wash. I don’t have ICORE or IDPA within reasonable distance to me so the only game is USPSA. I would support adding Revo Optics to CO and can’t see any reason not to. It’s a very simple rule changes and gives folks that want to play that game a place to do it. A lot of us still carry revolvers, at least part of the time and the evolution of the carry gun seems to be to include an optic.
I’m old enough now with a decent job that I don’t care about plaques, prizes or whatever. My only competition is myself...do better than I did the last time. Master the discipline because I want to do it, not because of any other reason.
And, sadly, as more and more states go down the round limit road the overall game will change. Although apparently the 10 round limit in Canada hasn’t helped Revo out. Maybe Oregon and their five round limit...oh never mind.
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Apex kit and look up Yoda trigger job on YouTube. Took me about an hour to do the whole thing going slow and careful and the trigger is phenomenally better.
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I agree but so are stock guns from STI and others anymore although those aren’t billed as semi-custom and it isn’t a quality control issue.
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Question: For 38 Long Colt, size with 38 special then seat and crimp with 9mm dies or some other combo. For load data start with 9mm and work it up?
Joining the wheel gun side shortly and 38 Long Colt has me intrigued. Too many know issues with 929s and not really wanting a 6.5” barrel so headed toward 627pc 5”.
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Posting always picks up before Nationals and the various TV shows are driving growth in the shooting sports like never before. All in all, it's great!
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Good stuff! Confirms what I have been thinking for the next kitchen faucet. The Price-Pfister that has been in there about 7 years is dying and I can't find parts for it locally. Of course the wife thinks we should replace the cabinets, sink and counter top at the same time. And you can't just put the old dishwasher back in with all the new cabinets... Sigh...
Guess I know what she's getting for Christmas.
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5.1.6 just removes the handgun until repaired. A backup gun can be deployed. The competitor is not removed under 5.1.6. The problem is that a shot fired during remediation of a broken gun is still a DQ. You don't get relief under 5.1.6 after the shot is fired. That help?
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Always remember that qualifiers like "...I think I saw..." and "...I'm pretty sure..." (and so on) are not part of a DQ call when you are the RO. You must be 100% sure.
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SPPL, INAS, Lewiston and Tri-Cities all shoot monthly year-round as nearly as I can recall. Lewiston shoots 1st Sunday (USPSA) and 4th Sunday (Steel - format varies).
SPPL and INAS both shoot on Saturday I believe (check to make sure) but I don't recall which weekends. During the winter they shoot indoors.
I believe Tri-Cities is 3rd Sunday.
Since gas got so damned expensive I haven't been traveling to monthly matches much outside of my home club (Lewiston). And I miss it.
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Welcome to the area and to the forum!
Spokane has two USPSA clubs (Spokane Practical Pistol League and Inland Northwest Action Shooters). There are also clubs in the Tri-Cities (Richland, Pasco, Kennewick) and Lewiston ID (which actually shoots closer to Moscow ID...long story).
SPPL generally runs a 3-Gun match every year but due to some range politics lost their range and are relocating. Check their website.
The Tri-Cities club does at least one 3-Gun match a year, often more.
Missoula has at least one a year and while its two states over it isn't that far and a wonderful range with great folks.
There is also a 3-Gun match down near Grangeville, ID run around Memorial Day every year. Check the Lewiston club website (lewistonpistol.org) for details starting around March.
And finally, there is one heck of a 3-Gun done every year near Ephrata WA. Never been but I hear nothing but good things about it.
I'm probably forgetting something or someone but that's a quick thumbnail.
Kevin
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It looks like it is adjustable enough that it would be okay but hard to tell just from pictures. Ghost claims it is appropriate for this divisions but that may just be some marketing doofus making stuff up. I'd want to go hands on before I trust a big match to one.
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Some stages will be potential survival stages for you -- identifying those, and adjusting your plan/execution accordingly will keep you in the match....
Absolutely!
One of the big things that people tend to readily acknowledge and then totally forget when they get to a big match is that a HUGE percentage of this sport is the mental part of the game. Know your mental as well as physical strengths, acknowledge your mental (and physical) weaknesses. In any match there will be stages that play to your strengths and stages that test your weaknesses, especially mental weaknesses to the breaking point. Realize which stages are which and burn down the stages that you are strong at and survive the stages you are weak on.
For instance: I used to have this weird mental thing about hard cover. Put a bunch of hard cover on a target array and my mind would go some weird place and I'd put most of my shots into the hard cover. Not by much, but by enough. So, I'd just plan on shooting Cs instead of As because a C hit is way better than a miss. I finally got over that, thankfully.
If a stage is going to be rough for you for whatever reason, don't try and set up a high risk scenario trying to go for maximum points at the risk of going home. Set up a safe plan and stick to it. Yeah, you might give up some points but it is better than handing in your score sheets to the RM and becoming a spectator.
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Ah well then congrats!!!
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Or he hasn't heard back from the RMI yet. He might think he is done but now is about to find out just how not done he really is.
or maybe 
The CRO can be done pretty rapidly, especially now that email is the primary mode of delivery if the student turns stuff in rapidly and the RMI is able to get stuff turned back around rapidly. I think I finished mine up in a bit more than a month.
Back in the days of waiting on the US Snail it took a lot longer.
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Join and tell the stats guy at the club your USPSA number is pending. Then you can start collecting classifiers before your number arrives.
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4.3.1.5 #1 is the rule you seek. A minimum of 50% of the calibration zone must be available at some point in the COF.
You would be well advised to use steel hard cover as pass-through shots of barrels (unless they are designated as soft cover) can become a huge pain to deal with. Determining partial vs. full bullet diameter on curved surface like a barrel, especially after it has been shot up and "patched" with tape or whatever, isn't easy.
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Best one I've seen so far was in Missoula a few years ago. Area 1? Nationals?
Stage required the shooter to carry a nerf football for part of the stage.
Competitor borrowed a bra from wife/girlfriend, wore it over shirt to provide
a handy "pocket" for the football. No, he wasn't required to wear if for the
whole match----but maybe he should have been.
Pretty sure that was 2005 Area 1.
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Thanks Donovan! Hope you at least as much fun as Troy and I did and learned lots! Now get that test in to Troy!
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I have wondered about this for years but never actually seen it happen. And now I know.
S&W 19 cylinder refinishing
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That is damn sexy! Nickel bottom feeders are butt ugly, but a nickel revolver...wow!