[Henning Grips - haven't seen a picture...]

thanks darthmuffin

[Henning Grips - haven't seen a picture...]

hi, hope somebody can enlighten me, im from the philippines and i think my stock II is small frame. Are the contour grips thicker than the stock wooden grips? Im looking for something thicker. TIA.

[Tanfoglio Stock II ?]

factory works good. I think it is about 11lbs

Thanks Mo. Has anyboby gone as low as around 8 or 9 lbs?

[Tanfoglio Stock II ?]

May i ask what recoil spring weight do you use? TIA.

[preference for 9mm ammunition out of stock/stock2]

As a side question, what weight recoil spring would be best for your loads? minor pf 9mm.

[STI GP6 for production]

Anybody shot this for competition? Would appreciate anybody with info on how it feeds with reloaded ammo.

[Shifting gun to reach mag release button...]

Just a suggestion, two of my shooting buddies who have small hands, use the thumb of their weak hand to press the mag release on the way to grabbing a mag from their belts for the mag change. Their strong hand stays planted on the grip. After seeing them use this technique for years, I'm convinced that this was a better technique than shifting the gun. Hope this helps.

I myself cannot do this fast enough, but there's one shooter over here who has perfected this technique, his name is Jethro "the Jet" Dionisio. 4th in open WS Bali.

[Shots go low ?]

Hi Jerry, i'm sure i'm using the pad of my trigger finger, but thanks still. Hi Duane, i'm now shooting a shadow for the past 3 months, used a glock before with no such problem. Will definitely try your suggestion, thanks!

[Shots go low ?]

Update guys, hope you could help me out again. After 2 practice sessions, i noticed shots wents low and LEFT from 15 mtrs out when i tried to tap faster as i gripped the gun tighter subconsciously. so next practice i alternately placed no-shoots under the A of the alpha zone of the target. Well, i still hit the no-shoot even if i try not looking at the white area, maybe around 10% of the time. It seems i'm flinching due to the death grip i do. Any suggestions?

[Involuntary sight picture shift]

Have you tried putting a small piece of tape over the non-dominant eye side? So you'll still have peripheral vision but won't be able to use it to shift focus.

[Shots go low ?]

You might see them in the A zone - but they obviously aren't in the A zone when the gun fires.

This is a trigger control issue, which is totally seperate from how you grip your pistol.

Pull the trigger straight to the rear of the gun without moving the sights, and make sure you aren't closing your eyes when the gun goes off. Make your goal to see as much as possible.

I think I'm going off to the range later for an unscheduled practice session. I tend to use a diff. set of ear plugs in practice, i might be closing my eyes. Thanks!

[Shots go low ?]

For me, things got better when I realized that my strong hand's job wasn't to control the recoil of the gun. It was to work the trigger.

Thanks! I will definitely try that approach later.

[Shots go low ?]

Do you call your shots low or are you surprised when you go down range?

Honestly, i am suprised coz my sights are in the A zone,then i get irritated coz it goes on and on all throughout the practice session as i try harder. At matches my hits get better coz i tap slower sometimes too slow coz i tend to finish lower due to my time and not because of hits. To stay on topic, equal pressure with both hands but it seems i tend to grip more with the strong hand when i get pissed off and try too hard to hit better AND faster in practice. Any suggestions? or does my "problem" merit starting another topic?

[Shots go low ?]

I'm a no. 1; however, i have a slightly diff. problem (not too OT actually). I tend to shoot better hits in matches because i'm conscious about the points, but my shots tend to hit low in practice when i tend to push myself to go faster! Any suggestions or drills fellas?

[STI GP6 for production]

First saw this gun in the gallery section. To everybody who has shot this pistol: how would you rate this gun for production? Pros and cons please. I've used the glock and loved its reliability, learned to live with its trigger. used the shadow and the splits were awesome(compared to glock) but had to cure its jams first after it gave me headaches for 2 months.

[STI GP6]

thanks for the reply canuck! followup question to all gp6 owners out there: how does the gp6 compare to other production guns like the shadow, glock, etc. in your experience? factors like splits, muzzle flip, accuracy.

[STI GP6]

hi guys, do you think the upcoming c model would be applicable in ipsc production?

[shadow fixed sights]

hi everybody, does anybody here have any trouble shooting with the shadow's fixed sights? have been using dawson adjustables through the years on my glock and i'm having trouble with the shadow, can't adjust it to shoot dead-on. also, anybody know of any drop-in adj. sights for the shadow? TIA.

[Moly bullets thru a factory G17 barrel]

none whatsoever, used 40k rounds already. just check for tight groups as poorly made molys tend to have poor accuracy.

[shadow extraction problems]

thanks chuck and double pedro, will try polishing ang beveling!! btw, what do you use for the beveling? will update you guys on the result. thanks!

[shadow extraction problems]

do you know what weight recoil spring that is in the gun??

if you don't put one in that you do..

I run like a 10# spring in my CZ for a 130PF load..11# and 12# spring works too..

put back in the factory extractor spring..more people replace this and cause more problems to appear.

see how it runs...try also factory ammo and see what happens..

also when/if the malfunction happens..shoot a picture..note where it is stuck..

i'm using an 11lb. recoil spring with the factory extractor spring. better than the wolff extra power extractor spring(got stovepipes with these) but still not perfect. what happens sometimes is the empty shell is only half-extracted then the next round is on the way up. a very messy jam that takes me 4-5 secs. to clear!!!!! HELP!!!!! i can experiment with factory ammo but its quite impossible for me to use it long-term, too expensive. thanks for the input btw, much appreciated.

[shadow extraction problems]

hi, i'm using an 11 lb recoil spring with 15 lb hammer spring.

[G17 with ismi 11lb recoil spring]

is the gun unsafe if it fails the vertical test?

[G17 with ismi 11lb recoil spring]

Basicly, with an unloded gun, point it straight up, and keep holding in the trigger back and pull the slide to rear. Let the slide forward slowly, and when it's almost closed let go of slide slowly and it should close the rest of the way on its own.

To check for slide opening slightly out of battery, point the gun straight up, again unloaded, and pull the trigger slowly and watch to see if the slide moves back at all.

Also try a search for "vertical test" for more discussion because its been covered here alot, but there is alot of good reading about spring combos.

Hope that helped.

so is it unsafe if the slide moves when triggering it vertically but doesn't when trying it horizontally?

[shadow extraction problems]

hi, i have recently bought a shadow and i like the way it handles aside from a nagging problem: JAMS! at first the empty shell is only partially extracted so the next round is on the way up so its a pretty messy situation, failure to extract with a double feed after clearing. what i did was change out to a wolff extra power extractor spring: runs well at first then after a 100 rnds jams again! it seems the spring is too stiff, not letting go of the shell in time after firing so i have a stovepipe now. any suggestions on how to solve this? ammo is 124 fmj loaded with vvn320 with a pf of around 132. TIA guys.