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Good skill test. It should stay. I enjoy the technical nature of idpa. Makes the game/classifier a bit more demanding, which I think helps overall. Will

Considering that glock parts are mostly just stamped out, inconsistent parts. The gun itself must account for this with rather loose tolerances. Then glock puts out new iterations of parts every now and again that are *slightly* different than what came before. I don't know of too many folks that have not eventually had problems with all the tweaks you have going, myself included. I especially had trouble with drilling second/higher hole in trigger bar/trigger spring mounting hole. It works for a while, then if not enough lube, or too dirty, reset troubles arrive at the most inopportune time. I backed away from that mod and have great results since. Then I shoot them tens of thousands of times and that really smooths/lightens it up. But definitely put the kabosh on your current set-up. Check engagement of striker/cruciform. You should/can test most of this before rounds go downrange. good luck, Will

Okay, that makes sense. just install on gun then. does it look like one end of the spring is open slightly? CGR might have already snipped the requisite coils (he likes chopping 3), but yes, it will be much longer than the guide rod. If both ends of the spring look similar and closed/tapered off, then I found ismi fit well with three coils cut like CGR suggests. If one end looks non-tapered, or the very end of spring is not touching the next coil, I would still call CGR to be sure if spring was already tuned, or not. I found on a glock 34 at least, that ismi springs don't (old ones anyway) did not let slide retract fully. I had to cut them to fit. good luck, Will

Did you buy this as a complete captive unit? who makes it? I have not heard of anyone having trouble fitting one that is already captive and put together. If you are fitting a new spring to a captive rod (spring replace for ex.) I have set it up on the gun like a non-captive in the past. just put the washer in place in slide of g35, then position spring near spring tunnel on washer to accept guide rod (as if fitting a non-captive unit), work that guide rod in, then put gun back together. Lock slide to rear, then mount your screw with loctite on exposed end of guide rod sticking out front of the slide. I stopped using captive years ago. So I don't know what is really out there right now as far as that is concerned. I found luck with fitting ismi springs like this fella: http://www.custom-glock.com/springtech.html Hope this helps, Will

If you are looking for carry as well, then check these folks: http://www.comp-tac.com/ I use their locking paddle for great stability. If you want to shoot idpa as well, then let them know and they will make it with that in mind. The doh holster sits out quite a bit from body and might not be best option for carry. This holster would allow you to shoot production & idpa & one of the best carry holster I have ever used. edit to add-Also, I am left handed and they got this holster to me in about a week shipped. Will

This is the solution I have used for a couple years. Correct exercise fixed things and I have been without pain for a couple years now. Talked to a local Doc about this, who also happens to be a very good shooter. He has really looked into this and suggests the same remedy as what 'smokshwn' has found and it really works. Just like exercise for the body will prevent many injuries and illness over time, this does the same thing. I was also glad this keeps me from having to take any kind of meds. Will

They are good, really like front sight design. Just be sure to get the .300 tall front to have more adjustability. I first purchased the shorter of the two available fronts and was a bit limited as the rear sight bottomed out. Makes holster selection tougher though. Get a holster with a sight channel which will allow front sight to clear without raking it...unless you are using a bikini type holster. Solid sight set-up though. have fun, Will

Thanks for reply, time will tell. Will

Yeah, I use this for 9mm Set up by raising ram to uppermost position, then turn die clockwise until bottom of die touches shellplate, then turn die counterclockwise to bring micrometer graduations in front, then tighten set screw on lock ring. This just barely back die off shellplate slightly. An an aside, I have just received Uniqueteks toolhead clamp in the mail. Uniquetek says this clamp will actually allow you to get the redding comp. seating die to be worth a crap( won't help with your 1050). otherwise with the tool head movement, it is a waste of cash according to uniquetek. I have a new bullet (precision bullets 147gr 9mm and magtech 124/5gr ?) to test this week as a load for next bulk purchase. Part of me wanted to refute uniquetek simply because I like the cool factor of the redding die...but I could honestly never determine a measurable improvement over my stock dillon dies over several hundred thousand rounds of reloading over several years. Sure is a bitchen lookin die though Anyway...uniquetek claims with the toolhead clamp, I should get my moneys worth out of my redding at long last. I will endeavor to record any relevance, but I do know my tool head moves a good deal (my 650 is older than dirt and a very early model). I will get a new one of those too, to swap with the uniqetek clamp for variance tests. Will

Hello Henning, Question, I will hopefully be contacted by Rick D. soon regarding Limited custom pistol. In the interim, I am trying to gather as much info as possible on the design. I read your tuning tips for 140mm mag tuning. My question is related to this. Question: I want to be able to use stock follower with maybe grams springs and the cpmi (hopefully your base pad soon enough) base pad. I am not worried about getting 21rd, or even 20. I am fine as long as I would be able to get 19rd in with the mags being extremely durable/reliable. Would that be possible? Any other variations? The tuning tip of bending the top of the mag spring at top with grams follower so it does not shoot out of the feed lips does not inspire confidence for me, no offense. It is obvious you have had great success, but I would rather have magazines I don't have to tweak too much on. I would also like magazines that did not require someone else to service too much either. I am accustomed to shooting my glocks. I appreciate your time, Will

Over time I found changing all springs on my working guns once a quarter has eliminated any spring problems. I do shoot alot and have had spring problems in the past with glocks, so this worked for me. I remember ISMI had a bad run of springs for a while, brownells had a bunch of baddies. By what people are saying regarding ismi, I might go that route again when I build up an S_I. Will

No worries Jim, If I was fired up I would do this " "...But I am not, so I don't. As civilians we get far more used to our open society, especially in U.S. You are correct, very porous information system. As some humor, I remember a kid on another site (another hobby site) who jilted a buyer out of product. They tracked him by the bits of info he dropped in his past posts and his IP. They posted Sat. photo's of his house and found his place of work/school/girlfriend/hangouts. Those were just regular joes doing this to him. He was begging for mercy at the end. Gave the guy his money back at any rate. I simply don't like to differentiate the enemy on the far side of the pond from the near side. Eric, if all I had to do to shoot well was read words, then I am officially kicking myself for shooting over 25k + rounds per year all these years. I am an American who believes and practices their second amendment rights. So no...I don't think we should ban everything we hold dear. Just stay in your lane...that is all. Will

Sure, but not by my hands. I have friends over there. When I was in the military we were constantly aware of "opsec" (operational security). Some people I know study their (enemies) websites and we pass on relevant data to our guys in theatre. It goes both ways. Be responsible. Will

I would not worry about it. I have seen shots like that for years in idpa with no negative calls made on it. That is simply insurance. I was squadded with Todd Jarrett at nationals one year who had a similar dilemma. This particular stage had t-shirts on targets to obscure scoring zones. Jarrett was moving to cover and on two of the targets in a row out of the array, he shot three rounds each (instead of two), which perfectly gave him a slide lock reload at cover, did his load and banged the targets from left side of cover. One of the SO crew mumbled only slightly about round dumping. Jarrett said he dropped down-1 on each of the targets in question. They lifted the shirts and sure enough, these shots were each around 1/4in left of A-zone. The SO's let it drop. My only thought was "killer NPOA". Might he have staged it? Who knows...nobody would have been able to tell. Not at that skill level. I think this has been blown far too much out of proportion. Will

And that is worth risking it breaking during a match? I have never heard of a Glock stock spring breaking. A glock stock trigger spring and plastic guide rod is about the Most common things I have ever broken. I have had bad luck with GM springs in past breaking inside 10k. Good luck with wolff springs so far. That said, I replace every spring every quarter and have had no spring woes since...been a few years now. Will

Does anyone know if cpmi aluminum base pads add any extra length to mag to work better with jp mag well? I am considering jentra's as alternate choice thx, Will

I have been very competitive in various disciplines for years. One motto I think was already touched on, but I always find amusing regarding conservation of energy "Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down". I was competitive at a large match one year, then ate a huge lunch and ate the other half of my lady's lunch....I will never do that again. I was lethargic, had a hard time processing info, large part of my body's blood was busy processing food instead, accrued 20 seconds in dropped shots and penalty's in about five stages. Do not over-eat. Got a good tip I feel has helped in the past. Was at a match with Scott Warren and it was the second match I had seen him at. He was doing something that people thought was strange. He eats tuna routinely! Talked to him about it briefly...the type of fat in tuna aids brain function. I feel better longer at matches, especially out here in the hot AZ. sun. My brain feels less fuzzy I guess I would say. Like someone else said...Hydrate, but take in the right mix of elements. I got (in an adventure race) Hypo/hypa (can't remember)neutremia and almost died. WATER INTOXIFICATION. Happens to troops in the military routinely before they found out what was happening. Military was big on forced hydration, drinking gobs of water without the proper nutrients added (FOOD, potassium, sodium, blah, blah). I went into exercise induced hypothermia and my core temp dropped to dangerous levels. Be wary of that. Higher brain function will taper off long before that happens and it will be harder to notice it happening let alone perform. Have fun, eat tuna and good luck, Will

I like to do technical warm up in my home/hotel before I leave for the match, then I run visualization drills on way to match. I mostly shoot IDPA and wish I could get away with that on-site, but I don't chance it. But, I try to do some light PT and some stretching at the match site instead. Will

Hello all, Nice topic One thing I have noticed about the best shooters in USPSA doing crossover work in IDPA is that they do it almost exactly the same. Fast and accurate. One of the best shooters I have ever had the opportunity to see is Matt Burkett. He was shooting IDPA esp with 9mm SVI, then not long after IDPA nationals he shot either area 2, or USPSA nat's and won limited shooting 9mm minor. Fast and accurate. I have done well in the very few USPSA events (more in the future) shooting it the same way I would an IDPA match. Fast and accurate. I only programmed more specific loading technique into my training regimen a week, or two before the event. Similar to the way you might map out a stage for USPSA, IDPA offers those who are really competitive the same kind of advantages, even on some short COF. Loading technique has to be accounted for as well, as many here realize. IDPA is tough competitively because it has so many of what I call "components" involved in it. With procedurals for not working these component actions properly (moving, cover, shirts on targets, etc), the overall performance will not be too terribly efficient score wise. Not being technically correct and extremely accurate in IDPA will always have you at a disadvantage in this sport. Again great topic, congrats to everyone trying to improve Will

Zen...being frustrated trying to "understand zen" is attachment. Zen is no different from anything else...but its ideas (for lack of better term) can help you to start letting go of conditioned attachment/views of life. Ideas that cause suffering of all types. Zen can let us realize, we only suffer for ourselves...just due to what we place an imaginary value on. This is due to our conditioning in this so called "modern" world. It is hard to imagine a life where we can live life and do well without emotion/ego getting the best of us. That is only life long conditioning making it so. So, of course changing this life long conditioning could possibly take the remainder of our lives. This is compounded by continuing to live in a world where attachment to mental suffering is almost sought after. This is why so many stories revolve around Zen masters living in the weeds (in their formative journeys) to simply try to cut off so much outside (other people) conditioned stimulus. From birth we have had these idea of "success" (as example) pounded into our skulls until it becomes a subconcious mantra/filter and everything we see goes through this filter of our learned/conditioned values. Simple stuff, exept we (anyone on this planet) will kill somebody over these differences of ideas. Not so simple stuff...so we suffer over our likes and dislikes and suffering perpetuates continuously over generations without thought as to the process behind it. It has become an accepted condition...the modern technique if you will(could not resist the jab!!) The big risk Zen teachers had to take was using "WORDS" as an expedient for zen teachings. But there is not much else. By doing so, the words of zen become a sticking point for conventionally conditioned people to ponder over and suffer over just like everything else we touch/imagine in life. Life today is no different, or complicated than life of ages ago. Not by one degree. Comparing is just another trap of convenience and egotism. Zen will be just itself long after the last human has expired. Zen is not like, or dislike...it is not harmony, or disharmony. If you are crushed terribly in a car accident and are terribly disfigured...that is zen! beyond our likes and dislikes...The trick is to be able to get over our conditioned views of our own lives in the process. These conditioned, egotistical views of our own self worth. This does not truly exist, except as clinging ideas that give us these mental problems. Zen will help us to stop comfortably putting things (ideas) in their neat little compartments (mind) to have control...There is no control in the truest sense! There is only living as intently as we can...then be able to step into our graves with no regrets...that is my "goal" in life. My "grave" can be this next moment...so how can I dally? What good would it do me to piss on about my sorry lot in life, or something as inane as my lack, or wealth in shooting ablility of all things. Shooting is no different than anything else...live as intently as we can with no attachments. Results happen that are truly without judgement. Be these results good, or bad is truly of no concern...learn from it (without suffering over it), practice and keep living intently. All of life is the same. Purpose in life...is really egotistical, insane talk. What happens after we die, who created universe (and how of course), where are aliens, will Iran nuke us someday, I hate this music, or that movie, will gas run out soon, on and on and on. This is a result of selfish conditioning and will only perpetuate the cycle of suffering. We are the only ones that suffer for ourselves. We are left with living life as honestly and as fully as we can. That is all we have. Then we will die. Everything that has come will go. The only constant is change. Death...Zen is an honest approach to clearing the mind of barnacles like the idea of death...Will my shooting skill seem so damn important when I am about to die...probably not. Zen uses the subject of death as a point to help keep us centered and honest (because the unknown scares us all)in our cleaning process. Now the typically conditioned mind will gripe about Zen dwelling on this whole "death" business. Zen is lack of attachment, or ideas. Don't be selfish. Death is no different from any other natural thing in life. Except we can't read the funnies the next morning!! (as far as I know) Now, having said all this crap. We all know it is easy to say and hard to do...we will all slip up at times due to a whole life of self-centered/selfish conditioning. That is zen. We might suffer for our small selves terribly at the point of death...don't know...all we have actually is this one moment. Please don't take me as being some pedantic idiot. I don't know it all, I can only continue my studies (current text of many dozens and highly recommended, is "swampland flower" by J.C. Cleary, younger bro of more famous Thomas Cleary) until I die. But some people posting here on this subject are going down the path of causing yourselves more harm, than good. Please be aware! Poems like the following can really mess with the every day "gimme" person. "It is the mind, that is the mind, confusing the mind. Do not leave the mind, O'mind, to the mind. or "Water is pure and penetrates to the depths of the earth. So a fish swimming through it is fish-free truly. The sky is vast and transparent to the very confines of the cosmos. So a bird flying in it is bird-free truly. uhhg! yeah, I know. I suffered years, over silly clumps of words like the above. Forget it, there is nothing there at all but one simple tool to allow you to drop your filters/see through affliction even momentarily. Zen itself is just a stupid word that seems to convey only silly ideas...don't cling to ideas...correct your mind when it sticks, then someday the mind (of its own accord) will not stray/suffer over itself, or this "ego" idea. The cycle of mental suffering will end. You can even change the silly name (of Zen)as long as you don't mind! good luck, Will

Yeah, if this steyr was anywhere near as large an opening as a glock, that would not be a prob. Lot of little pointy angles down there on the new m-a1, so generic description loading technique does not apply here. Thanks for the reply though...Now I know I can't use it in production if modified the way mark suggested. Hey mark...thought about my old jb weld tricks(ha,ha)...impact area though...don't think it would hold up.

Hey folks, Question, Just received my m-a1 2/23 and only ran several hundred rounds through it so far with no problems except for the brass being a little erratic on ejection. Was drilling my reloads and quickly noticed how much the steyr's back strap is open and mag well opening is a bit narrow than other brands. This is slowing down my reloads a bit. Losing around 2 tenths of a second per load. Does anyone know of someone who makes a channel filler much like glock has for the back channel of the steyr? Any machinist/steyr animals around here who would attempt? A mag well looks possible with that pin hole too! Thank you, Will

Hey openglock34, Just checked your pistola out, that is great looking man. What recoil spring are you running currently? Are you running major power factor? Was your comp steel, or titanium? Also, did the folks who made you the comp (hawley right?) advise you on three vs. four port comps? Thanks man, Will

Great and thanks sir's Will

Hey all, Question...have been doing search function on glock open guns. Seems most folks are not using a comp. I would like to use a comp for a G17C Can I use a comp and have the gun be reliable? Would I have to go to a titanium comp and would that actually work and last a while? I have plenty of glocks lying around and would like to get back into the shooting sports without having to waste big time and big money on getting more 1911's. I can use all these glocks I have for various shooting sports i.e. idpa/uspsa(open and limited)/gssf/3gun, etc. I have planned on my open gun as follows: G17c with more slide lightening cuts around the top and front of slide. bar-sto barrel with four port comp from hawley machine (?) carver mount with an aimpoint ( i have about five of these sights) t.h.e brass mag well t.h.e. tungsten guide rod ismi 11lb recoil spring (did not know until Matt Kartozian told me he has them) I do my own trigger job that works for me. about 1.5lb was going to get a slide racker from nho I do my own frame mods with the deadly dremel, high cut front strap, trigger guard etc. Then top it off with those taylor freelance mag extensions. dale rhea extended ejector. so...can this gun be reliable with a four port comp? If some folks here have experience with this kind of set-up I would appreciate the feed-back. thanks again, Will