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  1. Greeting to all. I've been lurking for a while and thought I should introduce myself before starting to post or ask for advise.

    My handle, Katlagter (literally laughing like a cat), refers to a bird well known to hunters in the northern parts of my country. My Boer ancestors nicknamed the Maxim machine gun used by British forces in the Anglo-Boer War the "Katlagter", due to its bursts of fire sounding similar to the cackling sounds made by the birds.

    I have been doing action shooting for a long time, after starting at what we called "combat shooting" in 1973. I started at practical pistol shooting in 1977, the year after the founding of IPSC. I've recently moved to the Production division, after shooting in the Standard division since its inception.

    Awesome seeing more South Africans joining the forum. Hope you shooting the nationals in Pretoria!

  2. That's a chrome lined barrel, 15k-20k rounds.

    Wow, those chrome lined barrels sure do last. Maybe I am being over cautious for nothing.

    If you decide to rebarrel i'd be glad to take it or the upper off your hands( assuming it is an colt sp1 upper).

    It isnt optimal, but there isn't usually anything wrong with those barrels, the one in my sp1 will shoot good 52-55gr ammo into about 1.5" at 100 yards (scope on the carry handle) and a cheek piece. I don't love the a1 sights but if you zero them well (thinner front sight wouldn't hurt) and don't lean to hard on the forearm you might be pleasantly surprised at how well it shoots.

    If I change you more than welcome to it. I might have a colt upper (sp1) laying around. Drop me a pm if you keen, I will send you some pics.

  3. As the topic states, I am replacing my rifle length barrel on my colt sp1. Was thinking of going with a 16 mid length. Is this recommended for IPSC rifle? Any ideas if it will make factor? The furthest distance we shoot is about 150 yards.

    If it s recommended to change over what parts do I need? I have the barrel and gas tube on my list. Have the standard front sight with gas block. Any thing else?

    Thanks for looking.

  4. Excellent information as usual Gents. I will email around to find someone that can install one for me. For those with a grip, do you have the long dustcover? I guess my question is what are your observations on heft with a long dustcover and steel grip?

    I fitted mine by myself. At first it took some figuring out where to file, but once that was figured out there were no problems. It took me about 2 hours, but I fitted/measured twice and filed once to ensure I didnt remove to much material.

    Gents,

    Do these SVI steel frames accept STI/SPS/Rescomp mags? There is some confusion here about this.

    3 of the 5 SPS mags I have, worked perfectly. The other 2 required light sanding to make them fit.

  5. I am interested in purchasing the Beretta Extrema 2 for use in 3gun open division. Does anyone have experience with the installation of speed loader brackets onto these?

    I shoot one in open. I built my own speed loader bracket and it works very good. Love the shotgun! Nothing stock works so you have to do your own. Ralph Arredondo also has one with his own loader bracket. Problem is he can't sell them without violating the patent on the tech loaders. You also have to extend the lifter like they do on the Benneli's for the speed loaders to work properly.

    Can you please upload some pics of the bracket you made? How did you manage to measure where the bracket should be attached as I am pretty sure there is a sweet spot for the placement. I would also appreciate pics of the lifter. I am in SOuth Africa for the rest of the year so all of this work would need to be done by myself.

  6. That bad? Will definitely stay away, although a friend of mine purchased his without doing any homework. Perhaps I should give him the bad news. I don't think he will resell it, so do you know if extended mags are available or if the mags are compatible with other box fed guns?

  7. I have recently ordered one of the DAA mounts and I am waiting for it anxiously. I think it's a very innovative mount, although I am not sure I would use the thumb rest. The main reason for me ordering it is because it is available in black anodized. The fold out support arm and blast shield is a bonus for me.

    I believe the hole spacing on them is metric, so it will not fit the standard pattern. Did they specify the pattern?

    I have one here that bolts up directly to the Serendipity mounting pattern (gun was originally fitted with a Quinn II, swapped on the DAA without issue).

    That was close... I thought I was going to have a paper weight :rolleyes: . I'll email Saul anyway to confirm.

  8. The cape mount looks like a good option, but I am quite paranoid. If I remove the scope, clean the gun and reattach the scope I am going to zero my gun again. That defeats the point of this scope mount completely, for me.

    I have recently ordered one of the DAA mounts and I am waiting for it anxiously. I think it's a very innovative mount, although I am not sure I would use the thumb rest. The main reason for me ordering it is because it is available in black anodized. The fold out support arm and blast shield is a bonus for me.

  9. Please do if you don't mind.

    No problem. Give me a day or two.

    So it seems I have already dumped the cracked Grams basepads, I have however taken pics of a spare one I have to illustrate where the crack develops. YOu need to bear i nmind that I only use 170mm mags and the cracks obviously start when the mags are dropped on the floor, hence my reasoning for a metal pad.

    they tend to develop on the thinnest part of the plactic where the u clip can be seen. It has happened on 4 of the 5 that I had.

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  10. I have been seeing a lot of table top starts lately and I have been searching for a possible solution to a small problem. I do not have a slide rack and don't really want one. I was looking at the aero wing that Graffle markets when I came across this DAA jet wing. There are 2 models, a fixed and a folding model. The folding models looks cool but how reliable is it over the long run. If anyone has experience with these please let me know the pros' and cons. I am curious how bulky they are and does the shooter run the risk of banging the wings on something and knocking the pistol out of a holster or our of your hands while shooting a stage.

    Thanks for your assistance and I looking forward to seeing some responses.

    Keith

    I have the folding ones on my super and I must say it works great. They are held open by magnets and I think it will hold up for a while. You cannot shoot with them closed as the pressure pushes them back up (if that makes any sense). THe reason I went with the folding one is because I can pack the gun into my bag without the wings getting in the way.

  11. I only purchase SPS mags. I shove grams follower and spring and a bolen pad. works flawlessly out of the box in both of my supers.

    And why not Bolen follower/spring?

    Probably because they are so thin/tippy and rounds getting under them is a fun thing to resolve. That being said bevel/polish the ends of the creases and this problem magically disappears. Seriously though why not the grams base too? It's easier to remove for cleaning. I am now thinking that the awesome setup would be bolen insides and a 4mm grams base with prayer to make the gauge.

    So does anyone know which base has more volume the bolen or grams in a given length?

    I had stock of the grams kit already. When I purchase stuff from abroad I always ending up purchasing more than what I need so I was not going to spend additional cash on the Bolen stuff. I needed new base pads and went for the bolen. The reason not grams is because I found the plastic ones tend to crack near the holes. I can describe it in detail if required and take pics. The grams is alum so it holds up a bit more.

  12. I may order something just to get the stamps.

    Can packages from Rescomp be insured and if so, how hard is it to collect if the package is lost or damaged?

    Bill

    If you are really interested I can find out regarding the insurance etc. On the other hand, If it will give you a bit of relief, I can purchase your items and ensure that it leaves here using DHL.

  13. Im a ex-South African,now living in Canada,and still have a lot of family there.As such we still send a lot of parcels there and receive a lot as well.From our experience,we seem to have had a 50/50 chance of actually receiving our parcels,and likewise our family receiving parcels we send.We have tended to have dissappear the more valuable articles such as clothing,a camera etc.The postal service in SA is rather notorious for this.Not trying to alarm anyone,its just been our experience over the years,to the point that we have more or less given up sending valuables in the mail.Trust that this doesnt apply to your Rescomp package!(I have actually sucessfully dealt with Rescomp,and they have been great to deal with from SA)

    Living in South Africa and having the need to support my habits..hmm hobbies I import most of my items. In the last 10 years or so I have only lost one package that came from the US. To give an indication I probably average about 10 parcels per annum.

    However, I do not have any experience sending from South Africa. The last package that I shipped from ZA was about 5 years ago to Cmore and that arrived after 12 working days.

    Good luck and I hope your parcel arrives.

  14. Hello: I have some of the comps and will try them out when I get my barrel. I have the Dawson, Bedell(Titanium and SS) and Brazos. I want to try them all in the same barrel and pistol setup. Mine will be for 9mm major though. My plan is to try different loads and powders to make the best setup for each comp. It will be a comp test not using barrel holes at all. I should learn alot from this. Thanks, Eric

    Eric, Do you have an indication as to when you might do this. I am really interested to see the comparison between the major contenders.

  15. Any of those would be fine. Lighter is probably better with a 5" bull barrel gun. Mike at Schuemann has a new compensator I'm interested in trying:

    http://www.schuemann.com/store/tabid/78/c-799-compensators.aspx

    I havent been following the compensator scene, but I am interested to find out why you would like to try the comp above? Have there been massive advancements in comps? To me they all look a like :P

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