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As one of the "More Happy" people; Thanks Travis! That looks like one heck of a good time your puting together out there. I can't wait!

If you want to use a barrel other than the factory in your Limited 40 you will have to have a straight barrel threaded to accept a cone matched to your slide. It can be done but it’s a bit of extra effort. I think that Rich at Canyon Creek has done some of these.

Thanks for putting on the Match guys! Today was a lot of fun and CRC definitely has a lot of potential for some great 3-gunning. I look forward to the next match out there. It was great shooting with everyone today! If you didn't come out and play today, get out there next time it is worth the drive and then some.

Woops! That would be, fence sitters. I have no idea what a fince is.

Nice vid! If that doesn't convince any fince sitters I don't know what will. I am really looking forward to hearing how you like your dials.

Hey David, The Leupold web page is a little bit strange when you pull up the Prismatic. It seems to come up on the Tactical model first, which does not offer the DCD, if you roll over the hunting model listing on the left or the NWTF model you will get the DCD. I have had several begging, pleading and crying sessions with the custom shop about other reticles and, at this time anyway, the Prismtic is one of the scopes they are not doing that with. If you want custom drop dials done, they are happy to do that. I would be very interested to hear from DyNo! about how they work. I have been contemplating doing the same. As for where to get the Prismatic, talking to Leupold it sounds like they have a bit of a wait; Optics planet may be a better choice if you want to get it sooner, if they still have them in stock. They have been selling like hotcakes. Good luck and have fun. I think you will like the Prismatic, if you do choose to go that route. James

Hey Guys, Casanova here. So here is a little bit of info that may be helpful as far as the Prismatic is concerned. I started out with the Circle Plex reticle. I was told by Leupold that the dot was 6.3 MOA diameter and that the lines were 3.1 MOA thick. I was able to verify this pretty closely at the range. The gap between the outside of the dot and the start of the cross lines appeared to be roughly equal to the diameter of the dot. I was never able to get any info on that from Leupold. I really don't think they ever envisioned anyone using that reticle for long range holds. Inside 200 yards that reticle kicked butt. I zeroed for 200 which gave me the bottom of the dot as my 300 hold. In theory that was good but in practice it was really tough because so much of the target was obscured. I talked to Kelly a bit and he recommended the DCD (Double Circle Dot) reticle instead as the dot was a lot finer. He was right on with the recommendation too. Leupold says that the dot on this one is 3 MOA. I was able to verify that as well at the range pretty closely too, the numbers I was given for the two rings however seems a bit off and I have not had a chance to try to measure them just yet. I played around with a 300 zero for a bit, but coming from scoped shooting, 200 just made more sense for me so that is what I have been running. For me, not having to think about holding low on targets inside 200 made more sense, since I have to think about holds at longer range anyway. I actually shoot 52gr Sierras at anything inside 200 and 69gr Sierras outside 200. Running the 69s at just under 2800 fps means that at 300 I hold top of plate, at 400 I have one dot diameter gap to top of plate and so on. I am lucky enough to have a range relatively close by where I can verify my holds and get a visual idea of what I am looking for, which helps. I saw some comments earlier about some of the pros and cons to the Prismatic. From my experience, and I am not any kind of authority here just my observations, those earlier comments were pretty much right on. Parallax is definitely something that has to be watched. The Prismatic is still a piece of glass and the image will still shift if you don't have your head in the same place every time. That said, it is no different than any other scope in that respect so forewarned is forearmed. I have not spent a lot of time shooting reflex type red dots so I really can't comment on whether parallax is better or worse with the Prismatic, but I have been told that it is still an issue with those as well. I have found the eye relief to be extremely forgiving and have never had an issue with it, but I have also been shooting Leupold scopes for a while and I'm familiar with them. DyNo!, you are so right. If we could get some kind of drop reticle in it, the Prismatic would be just about perfect. I vote for a nice fine MIL ladder. In the end I think that the Prismatic is one heck of nice optic and I plan to keep using it. If a better reticle becomes available, then I expect my wallet will get another round of abuse. I hope this is at least a little bit helpful.

I love it! Now I just need to come up with a "Demented Goat" line of products for Carbon Arms. Thanks for the laugh, Denise!

Thanks Kelly! The stars definitely aligned on Stage 3... or maybe the Prismatic is just that good an optic! Now if I can just learn to aim a pistol, I might start to give you guys a run for your money. Great shooting out there! Andy and crew; Thanks for a terrific match and really fun stages, I know how much work you all put into it and it showed. Hope you all get a little rest. You more than earned it! Thanks to Squad 19 too. It was great shooting with all of you; hope to see you out on the range again soon!

That is one very good looking rifle! I'll definitly be looking for you at Superstition!

Andy and Crew, You all put on a great match and put a ton of work into it. Thank you all for a great bunch of shooting! The stages were absolutely a blast to shoot and the area is just gorgeous. As soon as someone figures out how to control the weather we'll be set; but under tough circumstances you made the right choice. For most of us this is a game that we play for fun and adding unnecessarily to the risk of going home broken does not serve any of us well. For anyone who is disappointed in the cancellation I would just say; yes, it’s a bummer but take it from someone who is on the setup crew for another of the big matches it was a much bigger bummer for the crew who put on this event. They have spent countless hours exploring the area, planning the stages, laying out the administration, securing sponsors, working with shooters, building the stages, etc. For them to put all of that into the match and then give us, the shooters, the option of trying to bulldoze ahead or to be safe and call it was mighty generous. They deserve a huge round of applause! Thanks again to the whole crew, the sponsors, the NRA, Three-gun Nation, The Rockcastle Shooting Center and anyone else that I have forgotten. I can’t wait to get back out there next year! I look forward to seeing many of you at RM3G in a couple of months.

I didn't think of checking there. Thanks!

I am looking for a Class-3 FFL in Wisconsin, does anyone know one? The closer to the Twin Cities the better. Thanks