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12.11.2017
Live fire practice.
Worked on movement, entry/exit drills to be specific. Very happy with the practice session. I took video of myself doing all of the drills and pretty happy with the progress. My hits were pretty lackluster, but hits weren't the goal of the drills, so...
I needed some marksmanship practice so I shot the Leatham drill and did pretty well, 67A and 8C. Started "feeling the trigger" again, but still not where it needs to be. -
6 hours ago, Brophy-J said:
Fun side note the vp9 and q5 RSA's look to be interchangeable.
That’s very interesting!
Any other RSAs that we should consider?
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6 hours ago, Brophy-J said:
No, sending it back to Walther today.
Had to shoot Saturday with my VP9. Good gun, just not what I practice with. Dident feel like going to Sundays match.
Well that’s a bummer!
I hope it goes well for you and they turn it around quickly. I’m really curious to hear what it winds up being.
Please report back!!
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12.9.2017
Match
I've been light on matches lately and it showed. Too many mistakes cost me the Production win (fell to 2nd and out of the Overall top 16). Steel dogged me (yanking the trigger on steel).
I clipped a barrel and got a Mike that I didn't call. Lost my mind on a Texas Star and had a standing reload. Very unusual for me. Looking at the video, the star was set upside down so the first plate off sent it spinning and the second one made it worse. It shouldn't matter, but I wasn't expecting it/lack of practice allowed it to affect me. I also had a magazine fall out during a string (guessing my support hand pressed it durning recoil?).
Reflecting back, I let the errors get under my skin, which did cause me to double down on my focus and tighten up my shooting, so not all bad.
The good stuff, I moved VERY well and even with all of the errors, still did well on my times. I stayed low and had really good/smooth speed, good transitions, and blazing reloads, which is a victory by itself.
One observation that was cool is that on one stage that required 3 shots per target, I split like I was shooting a Bill Drill. There is no reason I'm not doing that for normal 2 on paper targets, just automatically shooting like I used to. Need to fix that!
Note to self, give steel the respect it deserves.
Note to self, reprogram yourself to shoot like you Bill Drill (aggressive and crushing the grip and focusing on trigger and sight tracking)
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Did the new recoil assembly fix your issue?
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12.7.2017
Dry fired for about an hour. STILL working on my grip/draw. Started coming in on the grip from the right side instead of up and then down into the beavertail. Pretty fast and consistent, but I really like getting mashed up in the beavertail. From the side is 90% of up and down. Hmmm. Need to experiment with it more.
Hands above shoulders, still experimenting with it, too. It gets fast after some warm up, but not a luxury when at a match. Not as fast as hands at side, but get it to about .90 and .80 when really warmed up. Hands at side in dry fire is typically .70 to .60 (all times without trigger pull). In live fire, times are around a second for 10 yards, and sometimes less if I can manage my tension.
Worked on lateral movement. I am faster than I thought I was. I did keep speeding up my movement and as long as I stay low, the gun is steady (enough).
My reloads went to crap when doing that, then I realized I was grabbing the mags at the base pad instead of a proper grip with my index finger down the front.
Note to self, visualize the perfect grip on each reload as you visualize the stage/drill! That seems to cure that.
Note to self, visualize gripping the gun front to back with the strong hand, and side to side with the support hand.
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38 minutes ago, Brophy-J said:
Recoil spring/rod arrive Friday. If that doesn't fix my issues its off to Walther.
Hope that does it for ya!
If you do have to send it in, let them know you need it back for a match. They told me that they really try to cater to the competitive shooters.
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Did you get your gun running again? Is it going all the way into battery?
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12.6.2017
Got over to the range for a few and worked on some 35 yard bill drills, as well as SHO/WHO bill drills out at 15 or so yards. Ended the day with a 7 yard bill drill to get back into "speed mode" and was still at my typical speed, 1.95 clean. Pretty tough practice and pretty hard on the self image. WHO shooting still evades me. I want to fight the recoil and push shots into the C zone. Work in progress.
Then cleaned about 2k of brass (Meh) and out for sushi!
Just wrapped up an hour of dry fire, working the basics, experimenting with my grip/draw. Still inconsistent and getting used to the switch to the Walther. Reloads were good until I got tired. Transitions tightened up after a bit, too.
Lots of shooting stuff today.
Now off to read Stoeger's Dryfire Reloaded (just bought on the Kindle).
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10 hours ago, Brophy-J said:
Holy crap man good job!
Hahah! Thanks, Brophy-J!
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Well this just happened...
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13 hours ago, Brophy-J said:
All my dry fire seems to be causing issues. A backup gun would be great for a situation like this. Maybe down the road.
What kind of issues?
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53 minutes ago, Brophy-J said:
Welcome back Q5 brother.
Right on!!
Ya, really digging the Q5. I'd never even seen one before and shot the Walther side match at Nationals and instantly fell in love with it. I think I was 14th overall at the side match with it, a box stock gun. I went back and asked them to shoot it again a few times to verify that I really did like it as much as I thought I did. Went home and bought one, shot it at a few matches, and bought a second one as a spare since I decided to run it exclusively for 2018.
Just ran out and did some trigger drills with it before work. I'll spend an hour or so with it tonight, too. Hoping to get my reloads and turn and draws under a second.
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Whoa! Has it really been that long since I posted here? Yikes.
Had a great little dry fire session tonight after being out of town for a bit. Spent an hour on the basics, draws and reloads. Still refining my technique since moving to the Walther Q5.
6 Reload 6 and El Prez were all around 4.40 with good shots and trigger pulls.
I have to get tuned up for the match this weekend since it’ll likely be the last one until January.
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2 hours ago, DKorn said:
What holsters are people using for the Q5? I’m looking for something for USPSA and 3 gun (maybe a retention holster for 3 gun?) as well as possibly a carry holster for the winter months.
So far, I’ve seen:
Red Hill Tactical
Dara Holsters
Comp-Tac (“international” model)
Thoughts?
I'm using a Blade-Tech on a BOSS hanger and it's fine. I originally ordered a Comp-Tac since I really liked the Sig one I've used for a couple of years, but it must have been a lemon because it didn't fit and I had to return it.
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9 minutes ago, Kilrb said:
I have a Comp Tac for my PPQ M2 5 inch and it fits perfect just had to adjust tension.
Glad to hear it!
Unfortunately, mine was a dud. The Ben Stoeger Pro Shop took care of me and sent me a Blade-Tech which fit perfectly.
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jaep1911 weighed the ZT Stainless Steel Guide Rod as well as the Springco Guide Rod. Adding them here.
ZT Stainless Steel Guide Rod (with spring) = 0.98 oz
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13 hours ago, jaep1911 said:
ZT = 0.98 oz
Sprinco = 1.03 oz
Just wanted to verify, those weights are with the springs, too?
I'll get them on the weight thread, too!
Thanks
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3 hours ago, jaep1911 said:
ZT = 0.98 oz
Sprinco = 1.03 oz
Thanks!
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4 hours ago, jaep1911 said:
Sorry it took a long for me to get back but I have been waiting for a revised rod from ZR Tactical and just received it today. Here is a comparison.
I do not believe that the 1911 round spring is ideal with teh ZRT rod because the inner diameter of the spring is too large. See the photos below - one with the round wire and the other is with the flat wire. Unless we use a plug that holds the rod centered, the rod can be offset within the spring. I do not know if that is a problem functionally but I would avoid that myself.
I have been shooting with a Sprinco and really like its recoil impulse under 135-ish PF. Its CON is that the WHITE first stage spring might be a bit too weak and the slide is sloppy at battery. There is not much force to hold the slide in place at battery and as I reload, the slide oscillate a bit. I believe that I had a FTF because of that at one stage this past weekend. A stronger spring (RED?) might be better for sure.
In contrast, the combo of the ZRT rod and the flat wire spring (13lbs) has a higher force at the battery and it feels right. The increase in spring force feels more linear, compared to that of the Sprinco (of course) but I can feel that the slide is hitting the frame (somewhere) at the end of the slide travel as I rack the slide hard. This combo makes some squeaky noise due to the flat wire spring sliding on the rod. I wonder if that affects the life of the flat wire spring.
I will shoot with both soon and choose one that I like but at least there are options out there.
Cheers
EDIT: Just exchanged emails with SPRINCO and was told that their YELLOW spring is one between White and Red. A bit stronger than the white. I ordered a couple.
Do you know the weight of the Springco and or the ZT with the flat spring?
Thanks
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I thought I'd post these pictures of the weight of some of the components of my PPQ Q5 Match since there were some questions in the other threads.
Stock Recoil Spring Assembly = 0.5 oz.
Tungsten Recoils Spring Assembly = 2.22 oz.
Stock 15 rd magazine with factory base pad = 2.94 oz.
Stock 15 rd magazine with Springer +.375 base pad = 3.98 oz.
Springer +.375 base pad = 1.16 oz.
Walther factory base pad = 0.14 oz.
I hope this helps anyone who is looking to make weight with the Q5.
If anyone has the weight of any of the other popular Q5 aftermarket parts or recoil spring systems, please post them.
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3 hours ago, Single Stack said:
Did some load testing today (no chrono) at the range as I have been shooting the 125 gr molys for many years but hoping to work out a load for the 147's with the Q5.
125 gr Leatherhead 4.2gr VVN320 OAL = 1.100 (This load shot like a laser out of my Q5. Is also the load I am using in my Shadow/Stock 3/Stock 2)
147 gr Leatherhead 3.4gr VVN320 OAL = 1.100 (Load is also very accurate but 20 to 30% of the bullets where tumbling out of my Q5. Was testing groups at 15 yds)
147 gr Leatherhead 3.2gr TG OAL =1.110 (Very soft load and also accurate but again having bullet tumbling at around 15 to 20% when group shooting at 15 yds)
Was going to increase my TG load up from 3.2gr to 3.4gr to see if the higher velocity solves the tumbling issues with the 147. If it does not then I'll likely abandon the 147gr and stick with the 125 gr for the Q5.
Interesting that the 147's weren't stable. Try the 135 by any chance?
I just ordered a thousand SNS 135's to experiment with.
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26 minutes ago, jaep1911 said:
Since the thread title does not include the bullet weight, let me throw my 147gn data in.
COL = 1.125"
Brass = Fed once fired
Primer = S&B
Bullet = ACME 147gn FP
Tested loads:
Vectan Ba 9.5, 3.58 grains (AVG of ten)
Vectan Ba 9.5, 3.70 grains
N320 3.30 grains
All on a hotter side but felt great and very accurate. I have settled with Vectan Ba9.5 at 3.52 grains.
Nice graph and data!
Did you ever try the 135?
Thanks!
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I received my new tungsten guide rod from Walther for my Q5 Match, but when used with my Springer basepads, I'm over the Production weight limit for my pistol. Max is 29.5 oz and I would be at 30.44.
Does anyone know if the Taylor Freelance base pads are significantly lighter than the springer? Looking at the photos on their site it looks like they are "hogged out" for weight.
Or, anyone know the weight of the other guide rod options out there?
...grumble...stupid 2 oz over Production limit....grumble...
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It depends on what I’m working on, but typically 200-300.