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Congrats on your decision, you can do it! Plus, just think of some of those matches where you'll have to run 50 yards or more uphill then shoot... You'll have more breath!

+1 Rich (Canyon Creek Custom) Super light, super crisp... Thousands of rounds fired. Worth every penny and more.

Do you grip it like you're trying to strangle a gator?

6.5 Grendel is the way to go in AR if you want to shoot a heavier, better BC bullet. I've been shooting 140 grain Nosler Custom Comps and 144 grain Laupa FMJs out of mine for years. Only had one problem, when I did not seat some 140's deep enough, they were hard into the lands and I broke two teeth off of a bolt. I get great accuracy at 600 and 800 yards, 1 MOA sometimes better. I'd love to see a picture of a .223 necked to 6.5/.264! Why not try it with 6mm?/.243 they go up to about 107 grains.

Hmm, I took my rail off my 930 SPX when I put the non-ported 24" barrel on it an never plugged those little holes. Is it necessary? Answer: Gee, since I've shot hundreds of rounds thru it I guess not! (Oh, wait, someone I beat on a shotgun stage may say I had a ported receiver!)

Hmm, I took my rail off my 930 SPX when I put the non-ported 24" barrel on it an never plugged those little holes. Is it necessary?

Well welcome aboard. This forum has been a great source of info, advice and a way to stay in touch with people I've shot matches with in different parts of the country. I was born and raised in Los Angeles too! (90045 - not Glendale or Pasadena or Irvine) Enjoy !

What kind of "Championship match" happens and there's no video? WTH? WHERE's the VIDS?! ANSWER: It's coming! Chris, were working on it. Should have a teaser out soon. We also are producing it into a tv show to air next month so we have a lot of work to do. We can't "give away" all the best winning footage until after the show hits the air – per our agreement with the NBC Network. There is no controversy. If a rifle is out of zero for a competitor they are allowed to question it and ask for zero to be verified – immediately following the bout. In the case of the Las Vegas event, only one competitor made such a request, and his request was granted by the CRO. No other zero verification requests were made to anyone at any other time during the competition. Case closed. The onus to claim "out of zero" falls on the competitors – as they are the ones pulling the trigger during competition. This has been our rule for the past 2 seasons. Speculation after the fact is for internet chat rooms. Thanks for your interest and future support! Pete Brown pete@3gunnation.com

Anyone have a link to some video of any of it? Wow, I'm not too retarded with Google searching and all I found were some lame still photos... I thought NBC Sports would have something, but I searched, could not find.

I imagine it would be hard to trow a boomerang and hit a target and have it actually come back. Ohhh, you missed (mike!) the point... If you miss it returns then throw it again... Who said anything about it returning after it hits a target?(oh that's right, your idea)

I hope to see more than just one episode where they throw rocks or spears or boomerangs...

My 930 SPX converted to a 3-gun is stock and an absolute billy goat. Eats anything just fine. No polishing, grinding, nada. My thumb is pretty big and never gets caught under the stock lifter.

Season 1 is on Netflix.

Is this the typical 9mm/40 only ? I'd like a comp-tac for .45 (xd-m 5.25)

My NightForce 2.5 x 10 NXS mildot milrad zerostop fell over in my safe after I removed another rifle, landed right on the bottom edge of the open safe. Had a tiny dent, scratch. Took it to the range to see if it was damaged, it was zeroed at 200. It's was still zeroed at 200. I gave it 25 clicks down to the elev stop, then back up 75 then back to my zero. Shots were still on at 200. Did the same with windage (25 each way), still on. I was impressed. Had a Barska a few years ago. Didn't drop it ever. Wouldn't hold zero shooting South African 210 grain 308 out of a bolt gun. Piece of junk.

OK, my spring from Nordic is 35 and 1/2 inches long, I didn't mess with the ends, just cut and stuck it in. It eats everything, loads/racks/ejects no issues. It has a +5 Nordic for a total of 9 in the tube when full, the 24" non-ported barrel. Check out this vid I just shot a few minutes ago loading and racking nine... I assume a Marine is not gurlie-racking it, so I'd have it worked on till it works like mine! (which is bone-stock: no polishing of anything at all. It's 2 years old now too.) Enjoy! Christian Eidsmoen

My "non-smithed" M&P will fire when the slide is back about 1/8". As I mentioned, when using a 13# ISMI spring mine would not completely go into battery yet pulling the trigger would release the striker. That was enough to dimple the primer and fully close the slide giving the impression of a light primer strike. Thankfully I was using CCI primers or I might have had a K-boom like yours. That happened about 6 times during a big match and I was convinced it was light primer strikes until I got home and did some closer inspections. What was your reload? Bullet, powder and COL? 3.6 V320, MG 147 JFP, Federal primer, mixed range brass. Interesting that yours will fire with the slide back 1/8" also. I have an XD and an XD-m that will "fire" with slide back about 1/8", but I would think that since the round is not up against anything in front of it at that point, wouldn't the stryker just put the round forward? I'm gonna make some powderless rounds and see if it will ignite the primer...

+1 on the pro chrono. Has worked great for 2 years. Buddy has one, we ran in series, almost identical speeds.

Almost as bad as small primer .45 ACP ! Yeck! Gadszooks !

I just put some 930 parts up for sale in the classifieds...

Nice choice Mark!... I love my Xd-m 5.25 in 45 with the Canyon Creek extended mags!

I've got an awesome CMMG Piston AR (in addition to my DI ones) and yes, it's action stays very clean. In about 5000 rounds I've only opened and cleaned the piston once, just to take a look, and I just add a little lube now and then to the BCG. BUT... I was surprised that with many loads I have tried, it is not as accurate as my DI guns with those same loads. I've had maybe 3 FTE/"jams", it's super reliable but a bit heavier and not as accurate.