RevolverJockey

Anyone using one of these for threegun? I just picked up a Sabre Comp, and thinking of switching it over. Kind of curious how much weight it will add over the factory freefloat tube. Thanks in advance. Lee

Anyone still looking for one of these, I am selling off mine, just not my cup of tea.. Thanks, Lee

Do you happen to have a part number for this? Thanks Lee

I guess YMH makes exactly what I am looking for, a single rail top, clamp on fron gas block without a sling attach point or bayonet lug, runs about 60$ or so I think. I must have just missed it the first time I was looking. Thanks for the help. Lee

I have an Olympic kit and it runs like a champ (over 20k). I think it may be hit or miss to some extent because mine runs flawlessly in the four rifles I have tried it in and some friends have said their kits needed a bit of work. However, their customer service is good and they stand by their product. I think I put almost 8k through it with one mag before I bothered to clan either. For 140$ with the Black Dog magazine it is worth looking into maybe to be able to practice with your current optic/sight setup and have identical length and weight distribution. If it fails miserably, in this climate, I don't think you would have any problem getting what you paid in back out of it if you decided to sell. All things considered, it has to do with what you are looking to achieve, my kit has a slightly different POI, but I don't change the sights used mainly for procaticing transitions and the like. Accuracy without magnification is about 2" at 50 yards, not quite as good as a dedicated upper, but the savings and lack of a second optic made it quite appealing Lee

Hey all, Just like the post says, I need a front sight tower (or gas block) that will work at the end of a Sabre fluted barrel. This rifle I have is the Comp Special. I would prefer a fixed (or detachable) but not flip up front. While I am at it is there a rear that everyone is going with? I just swore off optics and am starting over on the knowledge end. Thanks in advance. Lee

I may be the only one this applies to, or the luckiest man alive, but I don't give glock brass any special treatment. I played around with a press through die a few years ago, but couldnt find any quantifiable results. I have used the dillon dies on a Redding T7, my 550 and now my 1050 and as long as I had the height properly adjusted it was as if I had brand new brass. All my loads were hand cast .175 TC fired through glock factory, KKM and Storm Lake barrels. Also my CZ TS and STI bull barrel all handled them just fine. The only barrel I ever had problems with was a .400 Nowlin barrel, and it was too tight for some factory. Hope this helps. PM me if you would like to know how I hade me 5$ pass through sizer die. Lee

I hear what you are saying, I do. But, to an extent, I don't buy it. Regardless of where you buy it, dillon takes care of the people supporting their product years later, second, third owner or whatever. Springfield Armory will also swap sights on any gun they sell even a lot they didn't (kimber etc.) STI has the means to help me, they could put my slide in a CNC jig and mill it just as easy as a new one and press in sights, it just so happens they won't. I have always heard such great things about how STI supports USPSA and all that. I suppose in a money and donation sense they do. But I don't care about a prize table at nationals right now; I care about the 1,500$ paperweight I have that can't hit a plate at 35 yards. I am not flaming, I really am not. It just seems that if you sell fitted slides and frames, people will make guns out of them, and from time to time, these guns will need repair or upgrade. The last thing I expected to hear when I called was, "the best we can do is recommend a gunsmith". I honestly thought they were gunsmiths. I have a world renound gunsmith a few blocks down the road, and in 18 months he can get to my pistol. See my point? I have always believed that the customer you already have is more of an asset than the one you could have. In the oddest twist of fate, I will probably order a set of STI adjustables and send them with my pistol to SA. Lee

Joe, I think if I could get the square notch insert for the rear sight and a square post fiber optic front, I would be fine. Provided such a combination oxist with the proper POI. Lee

I recently aquired an STI with DR Middlebrook's Pro Sights on it. I thought this would be a quick fix, but it is turning out more difficult than I thought. I called Tactical Shooting Academy and Custom Shop hoping they could fill me in as the sights designed by him and made by them. To take it a step further, the gun was built by him and even has his initials inside the frame. No luck, they took my name and number, said they would forward the question and that was over a week ago. Not to be denied, I called STI to get a quote on having STI adjustable sights installed. I assuming since it is an STI, and I was calling STI, I could have STI sights installed. Oddly enough, I was told, "Thats not really what what we do". I hope I just caught the wrong guy on the wrong day and when I call back on monday, I will be mailing in my slide to get new sights. The impression they left me with was that even thought it was their slide and frame, it was not really an STI gun, and as such couldn't take it in. The informal measurements I made on the rear are about .330" on the base and .270" on the top of the cut and is about .115" deep. The dovetail sits about .650 from the end of the slide and has an equal height cut in front of the read dovetail that is about .375 long. To the best of my knowledge, these are the current production sights they offer. Any help or previous experience would be greatly appreciated. I have check in hand ready to send off the slide, have no idea where it is going to be sent. I called Dawson and Novak so far, but everyone needs to know in advance what kind of sight I need. I would prefer a low mount type bo-marest sight, but at this point anything limited/steel worthy wins. Thanks in advance guys.

I recently aquired an STI with DR Middlebrook's Pro Sights on it. I thought this would be a quick fix, but it is turning out more difficult than I thought. I called Tactical Shooting Academy and Custom Shop hoping they could fill me in as the sights designed by him and made by them. To take it a step further, the gun was built by him and even has his initials inside the frame. No luck, they took my name and number, said they would forward the question and that was over a week ago. Not to be denied, I called STI to get a quote on having STI adjustable sights installed. I assuming since it is an STI, and I was calling STI, I could have STI sights installed. Oddly enough, I was told, "Thats not really what what we do". I hope I just caught the wrong guy on the wrong day and when I call back on monday, I will be mailing in my slide to get new sights. The impression they left me with was that even thought it was their slide and frame, it was not really an STI gun, and as such couldn't take it in. The informal measurements I made on the rear are about .330" on the base and .270" on the top of the cut and is about .115" deep. The dovetail sits about .650 from the end of the slide and has an equal height cut in front of the read dovetail that is about .375 long. To the best of my knowledge, these are the current production sights they offer. Any help or previous experience would be greatly appreciated. I have check in hand ready to send off the slide, have no idea where it is going to be sent. I called Dawson and Novak so far, but everyone needs to know in advance what kind of sight I need. I would prefer a low mount type bo-marest sight, but at this point anything limited/steel worthy wins. Thanks in advance guys. Lee, Shoot as fast as you can, but no faster.

Kind of going back in the thread a bit, but I just picked up an XTR 14 and SPR-E, and was wondering if anyone is making those trendy gear shifts for the magnification. I suppose I could make one, but that seems a lot less stressful to buy. Thanks. Lee

I use Rooster Labs Zambini Red (Rifle) in .40 Major with WST and it seems like there is no smoke at all. Barrel gets cleaned about every 2kish.

At our club, we use a large piece of expanded metal built into a table top roughly 6'x4'. Works like a champ dropping the dirt and .22s onto a shelf below it and keeping the brass laying flat so we can sort out certain calibers. I bought a similar piece 10"x20" at home depot and fashioned a frame similar to my lead sifting frame using 1"x2"s. Might want to give this a though portable to take to the range and good at home too over a tub.

I hear a lot about inverse temperature sensitivity, but how much are we talking. I am in the Northwest where it ranges from high 20s to high 80s on a given year. Right now I load pretty much for the season, and use a chrono everytime I see one set up, while making note of the temperature. To be honest I have not noticed any real difference. Then again I am loading mostly for steel and local matches. Any expereince would be appreciated. If it matters, I am shooting a G22, factory barrel, and my own cast 175 tc, 3.0 g WST, previously 4.0 g WSF, but honestly cannot tell a difference in recoil, accuracy, or temperature sensitivity between the two.

Don't laugh because it is Ghetto, but what I have found works well for production is a M203/40mm mole pouch. Holds 4 mags vertically, exposes almost half the mag and they come out easily. Besides being about 30$, it fits on a 2" belt perfectly, and can also work for matches where belt space is at a premium. http://www.tacticaltailor.com/index.asp?Pa...D&ProdID=49 is a the address to the one I have - made here locally in Wa. Should be something similar on or near every Military base, or I am sure they would ship. I cut off the flaps, and added two more malice clips and just stradle a belt loop with on so it doesn't shift. Worth a try.

Has anyone put this sight combo togather? I am looking to upgrade my production gun to a FO front and am considering swapping the rear as well. I am currently running the Warren Comp front with Warren Tactical rear, but I had to break the sharp edge because it was snagging on things ad the rear has a little bit of a shine to it - more importantly, it is almost like I have two profiles, one for the physical top of my sight, and one from the bottom edge where I took a file to it. Comes into play at speed on plates > 20 yds and head/partial targets > 25 or so. It is like I cant be sure where the vertical relationship is in regards to the rear. Are FO sturdy enough for carry, and if so, is their a carry friendly setup you guys particularly like? As a whole a love the sight picture I have, I just seem to lose the front sight, especially in smaller bays with high round counts. I have looked at the Heinie Dawson combo, but find the front too thin (fragile) and the rear too narrow. I Really like the "U" notch rear. I am open recommendations, my production gun is also my carry gun, so frail or snagging sights really are not an option. My budget for the change over is about 80$, I don't feel like my current sights are holding me back and love all the room I have around the target, I am just losing the front sight in the Pb cloud a lot more than I thought I would be. Maybe leave the front and put on a Sevigny carry and call it good? I shoot production, so I can't really give up points if the FO will give me worse long range hits. Thanks in advance for the advice. Oh.. Glock 22 by the way - 127 power factor - all stock if that helps.

I am hoping to get away from the tube style dot, especially at that price. I think if I was going to head that direction, I would bite the bullet and get the C-more for 200. Anyone have any experience with any of the lesser used halographic sights (Barska, BSA etc)?

I am looking for a recommendation for an optic for a .22 pistol. It will be used for a Ruger MK III pistol only for local Steel matches, and informal plinking, no drawing from the holster or rough handling. I am currently using a 1" Millet (3 MOA), but find it to be slowing me down due to brightness and field of view. I understand, a C-More Railway would probably be the best for my application, but at $225 I am giving some thought to the BSA PMDS for $70. Will this product hold up? A lot of people don't give the BSA good reviews, but they are mostly using it on shotguns and heavy recoiling pistols. Does anyone have any experience with this sight? Any other recommendations? Thanks in advance.

I know it does not exactly answer your question, but it may help. The Glock 17 and 22 use the same recoil spring and guiderod, so you don't have to have much energy to get it to cycle. I am having unlar nerve trouble and just got done developing a .40 minor load to shoot production. To my suprise, I got 100% reliability with WSF under my own cast 175 TC. Chrono said 710 fps. I got up to about 736 and am making 128 PF pr so. 750 rounds with no malfuntions. Two interesting notes - felt recoil is (to me) less than 9mm even though the steel falls faster, and secondly I was so impressed with my marshmellow load that I had to show it off to a fellow IPSC friend. He FTF 3 of 5 rounds. I shoot a modified weaver with two thumbs high and hold pretty tight I guess - this may be needed to get the most reward slide motion from really light loads. I personally did not have problems shooting weak hand, but that might be a good place to start. .02

I am thinking of shooting .40 minor this year in production. I cast my own so there is no benefit to 9mm. I have 20 or so pounds of WSF powder. I know this is not an idea powder for .40 at low velocity, but has anyone had any luck trying it? I will be using a Glock 22 with a Storm Lake barrel. I am kind of bound on the powder and bullet (175 gr Lead TC). Any data would be appreciated including velocity accuracy if available. Also, the point where everyone had to drop the factory recoil assembly and go lighter. I would like to stay just above that. Thanks.

I use the cheapo Lee setup and I have to trim before I resize. The gauge generally won't fit into the case mouth if the case is resized first. Dave, that seems a bit odd to me. What kind of size die are you using? I have a lot of different combination starting with Hornady, RCBS SB, Lee and Redding sizers and they all seem to make it easier to use the Lee pilot/trimmer. Lee