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What Benny said, I wouldn't even consider using a Taurus as a basis for a Bianchi gun. You are going to put a lot of money into what Benny said.

For me the recoil impulse of a 45 185 loaded down is really easy to shoot. No problems getting the 40 to run if you take the time to figure out the OAL your pistol wants with the bullets you are using. I think the bad rep the 40 got early was because some where just trying to use the OAL that worked for their HiCap Limited guns and sometimes that just don't work out.

Jerry Barnhart said it well, see what your need to see. Ray Chapman said to always shoot with the precision needed for that particular shot, no more no less. Showing my age but these guys have it right, or should I say their words work for me.

There is another consideration, try not to drive at night on the way to the match. For me at least it really affects my vision the next day.

1400 fps? Can you say LOUD. Not for me thanks.

I think I saw an interview with Jerry M who said he comes back and cleans up any misses. I think it depends a lot on the difficulty of the shot and how far it is to the next target. It's best just not to miss.

Do they make the trigger guard opening big enough for a man sized trigger finger yet?

IF the STI has a para frame cut or is uncut so you can have a Para frame cut done on it. Be advised the Para slides are cast.

Two pistols would be at the top of the list for most accurate out of the box 9mm. The S&W Performance Center PPC 9 and the Sig P210.

I guess I'm the only one here old enough to remember the shot counter that mounted on the right side and showed how many rounds were fired. IIRC it was mechanical and it kinda looked like one digit of a automobile odometer. For some reason it never caught on.

Yes its production legal. Cool, I should read the rule book someday.

It's a skill you need to develop anyway, if you have a busy life with kids and other stuff think of it as more of a challenge, an opportunity to grow rather than an anchor to drag around.

Think about what you are implying. You are shooting too good to win? Accuracy is the hardest skill, speed will come to you unless you chase it.

Make sure your base is running straight with the bore, seen many that weren't. Also some ring-base combination's end up shifting the scope to one side.

Beven are you repairing Dr sights?

1911\2011 platform built from the ground up to take every advantage in competition shooting (later 1911's of course). Nothing else remotely comes close to winning as many pistol championships of just about every variety as the 1911\2011. Most polymer pistols are adapted carry, service, police, or military pistols sometimes built to a low bidder type specification. The straight back direct trigger pull of the 1911\2011 can't be beat, you can lighten and adapt to the other systems but the 1911 style is superior. The 1911\2011 barrel lock up system is superior especially if set up by a pro both in accuracy and recoil. So many parts available to make the 1911\2011 pistol right for you. Most peoples experiences are like mine, I was a revolver shooter until I shot a friends Gold Cup. I instantly became a 1911 fan and from that point on shot them nearly exclusively.

The action reminds me of the Beretta\Stoeger Cougar. I wonder if they are based on the same basic gun?

Is the HK P7 legal for Production in USPSA? Anyway my choice would be the XDM with every legal mod. If that uber expensive limited edition stainless Beretta (millennium?) isn't legal.

Also make sure you are not changing your grip as you fire. You should be like a machine not reacting or anticipating just maintaining the same grip.

The OP's post and those after are all excellent, I would like to add what I have learned to the discussion. I think at one time or another I've been thru about every phase and type of flinch imaginable, there are many kinds. Started with shooting 357 mags with no ear pro back in the ancient times. There are flinches caused by physical factors, pain, the blast and noise, are the main ones. Sometimes you can have a tiny thing on your gun that is causing pain you don't even realize. Like a safety that overhangs the frame just a bit but enough for that edge to bite you just a little bit. But over time it accumulates and your brain ends up telling your body not to pull that trigger because it's going to hurt. My son developed a flinch from just that and I finally saw it, he was 16 and was absolutely without any flinch until that developed, he never said anything about pain. I just noticed a red spot on his hand after a long practice. Fixed the problem but it took a lot of dry firing and short practices to get him back. Visual flinches happen when you are not seeing what you need to see, to borrow a phrase from the great JB. It is so easy to fall into a rhythm that you expect your shots to break at. If don't have the sight picture you need it's kinda like a fight between two parts of your brain. One saying SHOOT NOW DUMMY and the other saying NO IT'S NOT RIGHT. So the shoot now side wins and you pull a kind of convulsive WTF shot. Or I may just be crazy. Another type is the fear of failure. This seems to happen more with precision type shots. Anxiety creeps in and true focus get's to be impossible and it's the brain fight thing again. Not many competitors want to admit to this kind of flinch but until you recognize it for what it is the cure will allude you.

I don't believe in muscle memory either, it's all in your head. Temporary solution to sticking that weak hand index finger around the trigger guard is to tape it to your "social" finger. A couple of rounds in a couple of places with some good adhesive tape should do it. Eventually you'll break the habit. I believe that trigger control is definitely tied into grip. If you have enough time to compensate for a bad grip you can still get a decent trigger pull, but since that's not the game we play you need a consistent grip that gives control of recoil and trigger. JM2C

Anyone know much about the 450 jr? I picked one up and had never seen one before are there any upgrades for it? It's way different from the RL450 I used to have.

Forget the extended slide stop it will cause you grief. Get a Kart easyfit barrel and it will do what you need, also forget tightening the slide too big a chance of making it worse. Lapping in from too tight is the worse way to do it.

There is no need for an extended firing pin on a normal 1911. Check your firing pin and spring closely, a piece of the spring can break off and ride the firing pin acting as a brake and causing a light hit. Most of the time when you pull the pin and spring out it falls off and you don't notice it but if you look closely at the ends of the spring you can usually see where part of it is gone. Not a bad idea to change fp springs anyway and make sure the fp hole is clean and dry. It's rare but an extremely weak and short firing pin spring can cause missfires by not keeping the firing pin completely up against the stop to be hit by the hammer.

Hate to say because I do like Dillon stuff but after 3 tries and much hair loss with different sl900's I have to say they just don't know shotgun loaders. Had fine reloads with very little trouble with Mec, PW, and RCBS