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It looks like AimSurplus has them.

I got my first DQ this Sunday. I've got maybe 15 matches under my belt and have not been able to participate in matches as regularly as I'd like, fortunately my schedule has freed up and this was my third match in as many weeks. I'm shooting production (still unclassified) with a CZ-85. I posted the stage layout PDF below. The stage calls for engaging half the targets freestyle, mandatory reload, the other half strong hand only. A second string repeats with the first half freestyle, a reload, and the other half weak hand only. I missed the mandatory reload on the first string. I caught myself as I transitioned to strong hand but finished the first string with a procedural penalty. Not ideal, but so be it. The DQ came with the second stage when I transitioned to my weak hand. I put my rounds on the first half of the targets, reloaded like I was supposed to and transitioned the gun to my weak hand. BOOM! - the trigger was engaged and the gun discharged where it was pointed - safely downrange and at the berm, resulting in an (entirely reasonable) DQ. I spent a good half hour after the match in dry fire practice, transitioning from strong hand to weak hand. I think what happened was my off hand index finger wasn't perfectly flat on the transition and on taking hold of the weapon, entered the trigger guard and engaged the trigger. Lessons learned If I'm not used to a particular transition go slow, even if it seems simple. I hadn't practiced operating my gun in my off hand enough, or in transitioning from two hand to off hand. If you have the stage description before hand read them. I had a week to go through the stage descriptions and gave them only a cursory look through. Had I read so in more detail I MIGHT have seen the transition that I didn't know about and could have taken time to rehearse the transition in dry fire and maybe have avoided the DQ. Take the opportunity to recenter. I could have just taken a minute to re-center myself after getting the procedural, I doubt anyone would have held it against me. The opportunity was there, I just didn't take it. Maybe the DQ would have been avoided, maybe not. Stick around and help out even if you get DQed. You can dump your gear in the car, help with scoring and still watch the other competitors. People appreciate it, and you budgeted the time to be at the whole match anyway. Easter Sunday Stage 3.pdf

Let us know how it goes. Can you tell is who the dealer is?

Yeah. Next purchase is a 686 or 686 pro. I would recommend the 617 as a first gun if it weren't quite so expensive. I don't think anyone else makes a quality double action .22 really that's much cheaper than the 617.

I don't see how you could; on mine the front sight is cast as part of the frame. You might be able to jury rig something, but I wouldn't try it on a functional slide.

Yeah that's one of the big advantages of the KZ75; KWA has a US based office so in theory parts and support should be readily available. Haven't had to test that though, thankfuly.

A friend of mine has a set of rock rings that I've worked out on a few times and they seem like they do pretty well for my grip strength. A lot of the grip strength training for rock climbing looks like it'd be what you're looking for. Functional Hand Strength has what looks to be a pretty good write up on the matter. If you have a gym with a climbing wall that would probably work too.

For what it's worth the odorant that Coleman uses in their propane canisters is kind of sticky; I don't know how else to describe it. Even after completely emptying the gun and the magazines the odor still clings to the gun. Maybe I just have a sensitive nose?

I like the electrical cover plates. It never occurred to me to look for something like that. How thick is the metal?

I did a little write up on my KZ-75. I shoot a CZ85 so there are some differences. It does fit in my Blade-Tech holster but I have to tighten it just a bit. Handles pretty much the same, the trigger is even similar now that I've swapped out some springs. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=164199 Mine appears to shoot high using 25g BBs. It says on the box that it's designed for 25g or heaver so that's what I bought. I haven't put enough through it yet since I'm still getting settled in from being overseas for two years/moving again into a new city and starting full time work. I'd kind of like to see a writeup on the Tanfoglio airsoft. It looks neat, but I've got enough sunk into the KZ75 already and I need to get things like belts, mag carriers and so forth before I get another airsoft gun.

I've looked at the schematics and they definitely are listed as different parts. I might see if I can just get a factory 12 gauge handle and see if it can be dremel'ed to 20 gauge dimensions.

I was thinking about putting an extended charging handle on my 20 gauge Remington 1100 that I just picked up. I'm not going to use it for much else besides clay shooting now but I'd just like something that's a bit easier and more comfortable to grab on to. However, all of the 1100 extended bolt handles seem to be sized for 12 gauge. Is there an actual difference in the dimensions of the charging handle for the 20 gauge versus the 12 gauge? I don't know anyone with a 12 gauge to do a comparison, nor can I find any side by side pictures anywhere. I figure I'd ask around a bit before I sunk 20 bucks into a part I might not be able to use.

Thanks for putting this up. I found a seller on ebay that does custom metal fabrication since I can't really do much on my own, and he gave me a quote of 3.85 each for plain round plates, 4" diameter, made of stainless steel. They have a CNC plasma cutter machine so they can make pretty much any shape so I'm going to try to get a basic plate rack up and going and will move on other more interesting shapes. Since I can't weld would something like JB weld or a super strong epoxy be suitable for connecting the plates to the hinges?

Thanks. If anyone's curious this is the ammo case/loading block combo I got. In retrospect I would have rather gotten the 4wheelguns one because they make 100 round blocks with storage for the speedloaders which, while not absolutely necessary, is pleasing to my eye.

It was a lot grimier when I picked it up. I've never had a stainless steel gun before and I honestly question why I worked to get it so clean. Don't get me wrong, it was in need of a good cleaning - the barrel was pretty heavily leaded and there was carbon on every surface but the face of the trigger. It just seems like stainless steel loves to be dirty!

I really wish I had started shooting revolvers sooner. I sold most of my guns when I went overseas for school and now that I'm back am rebuilding a collection of "basic" guns of which a .22 pistol is mandatory. Because everyone that I know has a Buckmark or a Mark II/III I decided that I would be different. I got a revolver, a class of gun I was heretofore utterly unexposed to. Searching for a suitable gun I came across this guy, a secondhand 617, and it is hands down the best handling .22 pistol I've ever shot. It is a laser on the range. Suffice to say, I appreciate revolvers now. I have seen the light. My next purchase is definitely going to be a 686.

I just bought my first revolver and really regret not having gotten into revolver shooting sooner. Since it's a 617 I'm very excited to hear this!

I got their competition firing pin kit with the 8.5 and 11.5 lb hammer springs and they're great. I have nothing bad to say about them at all; I'm really looking forward to getting their Kit 3 hammer!

Just use The hammer retaining pin as a slave pin. I ended up just clipping off a little bit of a paperclip and it worked fine.

I just installed the CGW 11.5lb main spring with their extended firing pin and lighter firing pin spring. Off the shelf tulammo just didn't ignite reliably; some rounds took multiple hits before going off.

I love mine; I didn't really choose the 85b over the 75b, I just sort of found it on the cheap at a local gunsmith's shop. The only thing I would change is to have gotten a 85 Combat instead of an 85B, but I can get the Combat trigger and install it myself anyway. I replaced the firing pin with one from Cajun Gun Works that has a shallower firing pin block channel and put in the softer firing pin block spring that came with it and I can't even tell the FPB is there. They're pretty simple to work on, the only thing I've had the gunsmith do is install the sights since I don't have anything stronger than a clamp-on vice and the factory sights are very... thoroughly installed to say the least. They're also good looking guns!

I know what you're talking about. I've actually taken to wearing gloves since my hands still tend to get a bit sweaty when I'm shooting, but I'll definitely look into bobbing the hammer a bit at some point. Need to break in the new dremel as it is.

Apparently a lot of the orange tips come off with the application of a hair dryer or heat gun. I don't really plan on taking it off though. It really likes .25g bbs and I haven't had any problems with propane at all; the smell is just atrocious so I've switched over to green gas for the time being. Even if I shoot outside the smell clings to the gun and the magazines. I've started trying different hammer and trigger springs on my CZ85 and it's actually quite a bit closer to the KZ-75 trigger pull now that I've put in a 11.5lb hammer spring and a lighter trigger return spring.]

KWA is based out of California so parts for their guns are pretty readily available, as is their service department.

I just got back from overseas and have decided I want to get into doing some competitive shooting. I've got a CZ 85B that I've put some new sights on and I thought I'd give airsoft a try for training and practice. This guy was just delivered yesterday and I know very little about airsoft itself. It's a KWA KZ-75, not quite a CZ 85 but that's what I get for not shooting a Glock/HK/M9 or other more "tactically acceptable" pieces. First off, here's my CZ85 on the scale. It comes in at 942 grams empty. Here's a fully loaded magazine, 16 rounds of 115gr steel cased Tulammo. 275 grams, total weight of pistol+mag+16 rounds is 1217g, or about 2.7 pounds/2lb 11.2oz. Here is the airsoft gun itself. You can see that it's about 2/3 the weight of the unloaded CZ85 at 673 grams. The (totally empty) magazine for the gun is pretty close the loaded weight of the real magazine at 272 grams. Small enough that it doesn't matter. Total loaded weight of the airsoft gun, then, comes in at 945 grams, a little over 75% of the weight of the real thing. Handling it, it handles just like the CZ85. Excepting the weight it feels like the real thing and without the orange tip looks dead on to it. The manufacturers even have a dummy roll pin for the firing pin stop put in to complete the looks. Stripping the gun is just like stripping a regular CZ. The trigger is the same DA/SA that is on all CZ75/85bs. It is softer and lighter than the real thing however and posseses a nice, solid reset. I have a Blade-Tech Drop and Offset holster for the CZ85 that the airsoft replica fits into quite well. The fit isn't perfect as the holster is molded for the ambidextrous controls of the CZ85, requiring me to tighten the screws considerably to achieve the same tension. The ride of the airsoft gun in the holster is identical however. I get the feeling that if I had a CZ75 specific holster the airsoft gun would fit perfectly. The airsoft magazines fit quite well into the blade tech double mag pouch that I use with no adjustment needed. In all, not having shot it just yet, I feel that this is a good facsimile of the real thing and would be a good training tool for handling and basic marksmanship. There are three things I would change; the aforementioned weight - the gun should be heavier, the trigger needs to be stiffened to be closer to the stock trigger that I have on my gun and the sights int the slide are cast as part of the slide. I shoot the CZ custom tactical sights and while the sights on the airsoft version are pretty close to the real thing it would still be nice to at least have the option of replacing them. Dumping rain outside so it's going to be a little bit before I can get a range report with the airsoft. Got a propane adapter instead of green gas and I don't want the house to stink.