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    Slide Locked Up

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    :surprise: It sounds like you missed the hole in the barrel link with the slide stop pin. I would try grasping the gun by the slide with the left hand and drive the right hand into the rear of the grip to dislodge. If it gives be sure to continue rearward with the slide and try to get back to slide-lock.

    Bob

    012 Safariland and STI Tactical

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    BS nm,

    If that is how it is supposed to work I say it's pretty crappy. I dont think it is though as My Para and single stack lock in with a click. Ive used a 010 which has a similar lock for quite awhile so I am familiar with how they are suppossed to work I just dont see that many people ising them with STI's unless they are doing something different.

    Joe,

    I thought it was pretty crappy too. I purchased a used 012 from this forum and thought maybee something was funny with it. My expectation was that the trigger gaurd would go under the latch petals. Unless I really cranked down on the tension screw there was nothing keeping the pistol from coming up through. After numerous phone calls to Safariland and a new trigger module and some measuring of the gap under petals and front of trigger gaurd on 1911's it became clear that they were not going under the petals either. Take the trigger module out of the holster frame and slide your 1911 into it and you can see that the front of the trigger gaurd does not go under petals. If you look at the profile of the bottom of the petals you'll see that if the front of the trigger gaurd did go under them, youd never get it back out. Sguared edges and no ramp to push petals back out. My 1911's seem to snap in to but its all tension screw. I would not run with my pistol in this holster!!

    :surprise:

    Bob

    012 Safariland and STI Tactical

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    :unsure: I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one that didn't know how this holster worked!! I kept wanting the trigger gaurd to go under the bottom of the latch petals. Forget that. Take out the shim thats between the trigger block and the aluminum frame, Joe. That allows the bottom of the trigger gaurd to set deep enough for the top of the petals to engauge it when you push the trigger gaurd down through them. This keeps the trigger gaurd from coming through them in a foward direction only.

    The rest for an upward motion is done strictly by friction on the side of the trigger gaurd and is adjusted with the tension screw on the side. It only took me a new trigger block from safariland and hours of frustration to figure out how it's supposed to work and I still can't say I like it that much. :blush:

    Bob

    Pact Professional XP Chronograph

    in Chronograph Equipment & Techniques

    Posted

    :rolleyes: Is your system the standard model or the infra-red? My standard model has worked first time, every time and I have a very high opinion of this system. What time of day and what sun position are you having trouble?? I've done most of my cronying in the mid to late afternoon with the sun at my back. I've shot 9mm,40sw and 45acp accross it but I'm shooting from about 4to5 ft. from the muzzle to the first screen. Also I'm setting a target at about 30 yds. and at an appropriate height to be shooting accross the windows flatly and about 4 inches in height above the windows. Put a target dot on the target and line the skyscreens up on the target and go to town. You might try a different time of day, shoot a different direction in relation to the sun, make sure your timer is away from the muzzle, insure your allignment is good and the bullet is crossing both windows. If you can't get squared away call Pact. 1-800-PACT INC. They say they will get you squared away.

    Good luck.

    Bob

    New club in New Mexico

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    I got the scores Danny. Thanks to you and Bob.

    I got plugged in as a limited shooter as opposed to L10, but it's all good.

    FY42385

    I'll bet Danny can fix that Division error before sending in the classifier scores. We're still having computer problems. Mine won't download all the updates so we borrowed Scott's for this match.

    I'll have someone work on mine and we'll get squared away somehow or ta nother. :blush:

    Bob

    New club in New Mexico

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    :rolleyes: Our first match today, after reaffilliating was a great success for this small club. We would like to sincerely thank all the shooters that made the long drive from Albuquerque, Mountainaire, Edgewood, and Carlsbad. The show of support from you folks warmed our hearts. Trust everyone got home safe and sound. Hope all enjoyed the stages and had a good time. We would liked to have been able to shoot with the other squad and get to know everyone else. Maybee next time. Will see you soon at the Albuquerque match. :rolleyes:

    Bob

    need adive on front sight only

    in Glock

    Posted

    hey, i am new to uspsa / ipsc shooting and need help going to a fiber optic front sight. i would like to keep my g34 rear and get a front only, the problem i am having is finding one that is the same height as a stock front sight. any info would be great

    thanks again

    rick

    Dawson Precision shows with factory rear their front sight is .155high with a .125 thick blade. Thats a ramped serrated FO, p/n 019-001, at $39.00.

    New club in New Mexico

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    :rolleyes: Is the weatherman always wrong??? We got a light rain for about 1hr and no snow from this monster storm they have been talking about for days. The sun is out and it's supposed to be 60 degrees tommorow. We set up at 8:00am and match starts about 9:00 am. Probably more like 9:15.

    Range is NE of Roswell on US-70, Portales-Clovis highway. It is 3.2 miles east from the overpass on the south side of the highway, just past the DOT weigh station pull off. White sign says Roswell Gun Club at the white and yellow gate. IPSC-USPSA range is all the way to the back.

    Travel safe.

    Bob

    Chip McCormick magazines.

    in Gear & Accessories

    Posted

    I have 7 or 8 Kimbers of various flavors and probably 50 Chip McCormick mags of various flavors.

    Shooting Star, Power mags, Tactical mags, 10 rounders. Every CMC mag that I have ever used worked flawlessly and all engage slide stop very reliably. Have seen some problems caused by shock buffers that are to thick, either slide stop wont engage or is hard to disengage. Try removing shock buff if you're running one and see if that changes anything. I prefer Wilson combat buffs. The blue ones.

    They're thinner than some others.. If not that, has someone worked on your slide stops for use with some other mag????

    Bob

    New club in New Mexico

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    Pecos Valley Action Shooters (NM01) is up and running in Roswell, New Mexico.

    Matches are every third Sunday at 0900.

    4 stages.

    Match is at the Roswell Gun Club.

    Come check it out.

    FY42385

    :rolleyes: We have been and are currently running 5 stages (COF's) per match and may increase that to 6 come this spring. Our listing should be appearing on the USPSA web site club finder around the 10th of February and we are working on a web site to link off of USPSA and the Roswell Gun Club web sites. Hope to have this up and running soon.

    Hope to see lots of new shooters this year from all around the area. We also hope to make many matches of other clubs around the state this year.

    Should have a web site up soon with contact info and directions and info about the range.

    Bob

    Followers / Springs

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    Gonna get some new STI mag bodies for new STI limited gun being built. I don't want the slide to lock back on an empty magazine with this pistol. Which followers lend themselves best to this? Have heard couple reports on Dawson followers doing this well but have to use stock STI spirngs - don't know if this is true or not?

    :rolleyes: Just installed Dawson Competition followers on Wolff springs and have ISMI springs for back-up. All springs including factory STI have to be cut and fit to the followers as per included instructions. very simple to do.

    Bob

    Light set up for 550

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted · Edited by b.s._nm

    Getting ready to reload for 40 S&W but have been cautioned about double charges. A good light pointing down into the powder loaded cases is recommeded. To those who follow this advice what's your light setup look like? What kind of hardware are you using? Pictures would be appreciated.

    :rolleyes: Have been loading for some time(both40sw and 45, 9mm) and I'm just using a small gooseneck lamp to the left of my 550 press that I shine down toward the powder charge station. The base sets to the rear so it leaves good access to set the bullet in on the next case. With the new fail-safe type powder measure, I have found that I would have to be very negligent to throw a double charge. The powder measure bar cannot come back to be recharged until the handle is virtually all the way up and then it snaps back. I do however like to see every powder charge just to know something didn't stick or something and throw a squib load. At any rate it doesn't take that much light to see the charge so just a simple table top gooseneck lamp works great for me. Good luck.

    Take care. Keep the right side UP!!!

    Bob

    Incorporation of range and 501(c)(7) status

    in General Match Issues

    Posted

    I voted no on the non profit status for one reason. All of the clubs in Colorado would not qualify because they discount fees to members vs nonmembers.

    If you own the range you will have a much larger investment and may be able to require membership and all that comes with it, but you will not be allowed to have nonmember use of your facilities and be able to legally maintain this status....

    If you want tax links I'll post 'em :wacko:

    Please post tax links. Am I understanding correctly that if you hold non profit status that you cannot discount fee's to members vs non members???? Am I also understanding correctly that if you hold that status, that you cannot allow non members to use facility as in visiting shooters to a USPSA club shoot.??? Need info on this.

    Thanks,

    Bob :wacko:

    550 fail safe rod and powder bar

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    It constantly amazes me that people must fix things that aren't broke. Let the powder measure thump away, it is the sound of fresh ammo. In a few thousand rounds you won't notice it. :rolleyes:

    :o +1 Why do they do that???? I love hearing that powder bar snap back. It tells me....I'm not buond up and I'm working right.

    I like post #5 form the guy that goes by Dillon and says he spends his time looking for a covered parking spot in the Dillon parking lot. Hint.... It's supposed to work that way I think. ?????HMMM??? :wacko:

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