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Not bad at all for a Classifier match. The boat stage was great. It looked like there were a lot of IDPA guys crossing over. Great job on the match Dean, and congrats on earning that GM card.

+1 for a rimfire subforum. I have taken a rather long break from centerfire competition. I still shoot the rimfire match at Caswell Ranch. The East coast regional was a blast!

Duracoat holds up fairly well. My Parker green 2011 frame was done 3 years ago and only shows some holster wear.

Will it unlock? If not you are gonna need to drill thru the slide stop to get the lever off. Then you can remove the slide stop's pin. Rotating the bushing is the next trick. I have seen this before. My kaboom

Here is one I made about 20 years ago Along with some grip mods

I shot Deans first Ruger match last Saturday. It was wicked cold but had a blast. Two of my daughters are planning to go next time, one of which has I've never been able to get interested in competition. I'll work on the wife next. This seems to be a great platform for introducing new shooters as well as rewarding for the more experienced speed demons.

Made mine out of 14 gauge stainless. They measure .075" thick. Mags run 100%

Nothing more rewarding than competing with something you crafted yourself. Keep up the good work

100% of the first bullet's jacket was still in the barrel. The second bullet was inside it, almost went through it, with the separate base part stuck to it's nose. There was lead extruded through the cracks. If it was a bit of jacket left inside, it was from the one before the supposed squib. There was no evidence of it.

I was done at my local club. Reloading time was something of a hassle. It was suggested that if anyone wanted to do it again, they should bring 5 guns.

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I forgot to update this. It lives again. Tight, accurate, and runs 100%

Time will tell...

All fixed. The slide had only bowed out .010". A little squeeze in the mill vice and it is within a half thou. I think I like the Kart EZ fit barrels. Super easy and it locks up like a bank vault. The pre-fitted bushing it came with was perfect. If I don't get to shoot it this weekend I will next Tuesday night. Range report to follow... I could not find my bushing wrench... Made this from a scrap piece of brass.

Not a Glock, but I imagine the result would be similar: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...c=93382&hl=

Hard to say. The second slug was inside the first ones jacket. It had a strong impression of the squibs base (and the base part of the jacket) on its nose. The stuck slugs jacket was fully intact and there was a fair amount of lead bits extruded thru the cracks...

For what it's worth, I shot pretty well.

It took more than a little finagling to get it out. working the two halves back and forth till the top half finally slid out the front. What I got out was the two halves of the barrel, an empty case in the chamber, and the second bullet, which was surrounded by the first ones jacket. I was afraid it may have killed more than the barrel but the slide to frame fit seems ok. No cracks but I think the slide bowed out ever so slightly. One of the other shooters on our squad just finished his NRA instructors class to do concealed carry classes. I am going to give it to him as a visual aid in his training.

What we heard was the next round after the squib. The squib sounded normal to everyone. A local gunsmith came over to help, with his box of tools and parts. He struggled for a few, then noticed a hairline crack in the barrel. We also found the guide rod was missing. No choice but to bag it and put it in the truck. My friend felt really bad. Said he'd buy me a new barrel. I was not upset. Poopy happens. He'll make it good. Well, I got home, hit the shop and drilled out the slide stop lever so I could knock it's pin out and remove the slide. What I found inside was disturbing.

A friend of mine has been looking to buy a 2011. As I was shooting open at the monthly match at Sir Walter, I offered him the use of my limited gun. He took me up on it, used his own ammo. He's been reloading for some time, thousands of rounds, and never had a squib... Until today. I happened to be ROing him on our second stage when we heard an obvious and odd sounding squib. He stopped immediately, before I said stop. Tried to clear it but it was locked up tight. Took the gun downrange and tried to get it open on a target stake with no luck. So we bagged it and went to the safe area. Pounded on it some more and noticed the bullet near the muzzle, with an odd bit of jacket.

I used to be one of those who kept the finger crooked, out and safe, but crooked during reloads/movement. At a sectional match, shooting with the other RO's a particularly loud RO yelled "finger" on me twice on my first stage. Really rattled me and completely broke my concentration. He counseled me afterward that he had done me a favor by not DQing me. I thanked him as, at that point, I was not so sure that he wasn't right. He does it again one the next stage. Pretty sure he was wrong that time. On the next stage I asked my daughter to grab the scoresheets (she is an RO as well) and watch my finger like a hawk. He did it again. My daughter confirmed that my finger was indeed well clear when it was supposed to be. For the remainder of the match I tried to put myself right before him in the stack. No more problems. Since then I have tried to extend my finger along the slide. As an RO, I have learned to appreciate people who make it easy to call. I think I'd rather get a bogus DQ than have someone barking over my shoulder. On another occasion I stopped a shooter because I it looked like he was going to sweep his feet on a reload. He froze, never actually sweeping himself. After ICHDH, I explained why I had stopped him, then gave him a reshoot. I figured that I had done my job. I prevented him from doing something dangerous and also kept him from DQing.

IIRC, 131-133 out of a CZ75B.

Can anyone who has one of these tell me how they run? how's the trigger, ammo preferences, etc? I am thinking about one for steel challenge Thanks

To quote my 16 year old daughter, "isn't it neat how nice everybody is when they are all wearing guns"

I have shot stages like this that were fun. I am, however very much against "memory" stages. It should be about shooting, not remembering what card is the noshoot this time.