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It works best if there are two or three stage designers for the match. That way the designer can take charge of his/her own stage and the rest of the folks divide and conquer to carry materials and set targets. As a lot of people have mentioned, its a group effort. I'd say by the height of setup we usually have 12-15 people there, and the remainder of the crowd (25-40) trickle in between 30-45 minutes before the shooter's meeting starts.
We are about the same. But those 12-15 people are always the same people and the 25-40 are always the same, and the ones more apt to shoot and scoot.
We can loan you Moto for a few matches. He'll have all the scooters mocked into submission within fairly short order.
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Doh. After posting in this thread a few times, I ironically slacked today, and showed up only 60 mins early instead of 90, and everything was already set up except a couple guys working on the 2nd classifier. I guess the point is if everyone generally pitches in for setup and teardown, there is a little extra room for that to happen. It was still very nice to spend some time socializing and catching up with folks that don't shoot much in the winter (it was a beautiful 60 degree spring day here today, so there was a good crowd).
Confession is good for the soul (but if he didn't, I was going to out Moto...). We're one of those clubs that sets up the day of the match, usually 4 long courses and 2 classifiers. The classifiers are easy. I just drop off the materials needed for the stage using the ATV/trailer and turn it over to one of the volunteers. The long courses may require a little more directing traffic especially if there are certain things I'm trying to achieve with the stage (angles, where you can see certain targets from, etc.). But we usually have enough people that know what they are doing that we can build 2-3 stages at the same time, with me (MD/stage designer) bouncing from stage to stage to check on the work. We can usually get all six stages set up in about an hour, maybe 1.5 if the stages are really complicated.
It works best if there are two or three stage designers for the match. That way the designer can take charge of his/her own stage and the rest of the folks divide and conquer to carry materials and set targets. As a lot of people have mentioned, its a group effort. I'd say by the height of setup we usually have 12-15 people there, and the remainder of the crowd (25-40) trickle in between 30-45 minutes before the shooter's meeting starts.
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I'm using the Ghosts as well, bullets out. To get a good fit I needed the torsion spring with the ridge in it with the long white screws. By comparison, Glock mags fit well with the torsion spring without the ridge.
My only complaint about the Ghosts is the belt retainer portion on the ratchet opening version is pretty wide, so you can't stack them very close on the belt. That's probably not a big deal for the 40"+ waisted folks, but on a 34" frame I don't have as much room to work with. I did grind the edges of the belt retainer down a bit so they fit closer. Seems like the version with the screw on back plate for the belt retainer is narrower than the ratchet kind.
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I think you'd be happy with either. Mags are an important factor with .40 1911s and not all are created equal.
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I would think it depends on which division you plan on shooting. TS for Limited, SP-01 for Production are the obvious choices. While I suppose you could shoot the SP-01 in Limited, the TS is not allowed in Production.
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The Shadow has a different hammer than the non-Shadow if I'm not mistaken.
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Get the tripp corey mags...my trojan identical to yours didn't run with the wilsons, but when I got the tripp mags, it ran like a top.
+1 for .40SW mags. Later on if you also want to increase capacity to 10 rnds buy the Flex followers from Tripp to convert the mags from 9-rnd "Corey" mags to 10-rnd "System" mags.
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When we made the switch from EZwinscore to Practiscore we bought the Nook NSTs to use for squad scoring but wanted an iPad as the master device. I put the call out to all the shooters in my local area for old gen 1 iPad that they didn't need anymore, and we ended up getting 2 of them donated. Personally I prefer building the match and doing registration on the iPad. The fact that the iOS version of PS also has the ability to generate the match's activity report is a double bonus.
At the range one of our shooters who is also an IT guy hooked us up with a $40 wifi router (or whatever they are called) to provide the local network to communicate between the iPad and Nooks. We don't have it hooked up to the internet, but the LAN is sufficient that all the devices will talk to one another while on the range. Ocassionally the Nook in one of the far pits gets out of range of the router, but I typically just do one sync at the end of the match. At our Steel Challenge matches we'll sync multiple times from the iPad to Nooks as new shooters show up.
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CZ sp01 grips
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You are going to get recommendations for about every grip out there. Personally I went from thin aluminum, to think aluminum, to DAA grips because I wanted the widest grip out there. The point is, keep trying different grips until you find what fits your hand the best or what shoots well for you. Sell or trade what doesn't work in the classifieds.
+1. I tried three different styles of grips from fat to thin before settling on what felt best to me. IIRC, stock plastic or rubber grips with the palm swells are the thickest. CZC thin aluminums are the thinnest. For whatever reason, the thin aluminums felt the best for me. If I need more traction I can always add more grip tape to the grips and front/back straps.
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Ditto to all of the above. I was looking for a better gun for Production (coming from a Glock 34) and shot a friends CZ75 SP-01 that had all the latest and greatest cool kid features from CZC and was hooked. My only delima was which a Shadow to get: the SP-01 or the non FLDC CZ-75. I ended up getting one of each and to be honest I like both. SP01 for USPSA, the non SP01 for IDPA and as a backup to the SP-01 for big matches.
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My experience with STI 2011 mags is they all worked out of the box. It's when you start to tinker with them to increase capacity that you run into issues...
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Kevin, I have an ARE cap on my 2007 double cab long bed. The ARE cap I got was made so the sides of the cap were molded over the edge of the bed and covered up the black bed on the rails.
^This. The rubber gaskets go between the rail caps and the topper.
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I have an '08 Taco double cab long bed with a canopy on the back. What do you want to know?
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USPSA is still going strong in SW Idaho. In fact I think it is stronger now than it was in 2008 when I started. There are 3 matches a month within 45 min or less of my house and 3 more if I am willing to drive 2-3 hrs. Literally a match every weekend and sometimes two. MD's rotate each quarter to help stave off burn out.
Steel Challenge, IDPA, and 3-gun are also well represented, and sometimes you have to choose which match to attend that day.
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I am SC beginner. The local club includes categories for 22 ironsight and 22 optic. Last match lots of ironsight but no optics. Any ideas why? And can a competitor shoot both at a match if he/she wishes to? Thanks to all in advance.
At my club our weekly matches are probably 50-50 split between rimfire irons and rimfire open. I shoot them both as the mood strikes.
As far as shooting multiple divisions, its up to the MD. My club allows it. But if you plan on using the same gun, recommend you register to shoot one division, shoot the match, then re-register to shoot the second division after you add/subtract the optic.
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Thanks for all the great comments and suggestions.... As far as divisions for IDPA.... thanks for that suggestion. Makes perfect sense. Now to research magizines etc... There is so much info out there for the 1911 that for a relative newby to the platform, it can be overwhelming. Thanks so much for the help.
I suppose you could do the one-gun-to-rule them all, but what fun would that be?
ESP: go with a 9mm. What little recoil there is, is stupid soft
CDP: you're pretty much locked into a .45 for this division
USPSA SS division: you have some choices ranging from 9mm (minor scoring but can load 10 rnds), to .45 (major scoring) or .40 with the option of loading for major or minor depending if you dress left or right...
9mm mags: you hear good things about Dawson, Metalform, Wilson, or Tripp.
.45 mags: I've had good luck with Wilson and Tripp
.40 mags: For max flexibility, get the Tripp 10mm System or Corey mags. Those hold 10 or 9 rnds of .40 respectively and both fit the IDPA/USPSA box. Look for those mags on Shooter's Connection or call Tripp to order (not on their website).
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If you gave me a Trojan for free, I wouldn't shoot it. I'd give it to someone I didn't like.
Somebody please give zzt a Trojan. I'd happily make him not like me if I can get one for free.
As to the OP's desires, I think either will serve him well. But he may want to rethink the choice in caliber and which IDPA division. Or go Fo-tay
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Welcome from SW Idaho!
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I just got off the phone with Steve from Bear Creek Supply. I was explaining that I have used their Moly Coated Heads for years with Unique Gunpowder. I just switched over to an M&P 45 with a fiber optic sight and the sight gets all smogged over with the aforementioned recipe.
Steve told me it's the Unique Gunpowder, not the Moly Coated Heads.
What do you guys think? Legit or bull-hit?
I used to use Bear Creek bullets quite a bit. Only reason I switched is because a local company started offering bullet with the hi-tek coating. My main go-to powder was Hodgdon Clays or VV N310. Fairly clean shooting, minimal smoke. Do not recall getting soot on my fiber optic front sight. I would suggest trying another powder and see if that cleans things up for you.
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What problems are you having, are you bumping thumb safety up with your shooting hand thumb at the draw or is it getting pushed up by your support hand while shooting?
Occasionally bumping it up during the draw. Not sure if its my strong hand index finger or thumb doing it.
For me it is my SH thumb that is the culprit. A couple bazillion practice draws seems to have cured me of that.
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What problems are you having, are you bumping thumb safety up with your shooting hand thumb at the draw or is it getting pushed up by your support hand while shooting?
For me, the LHS thumb safety periodically gets bumped up when I draw. But if I am more deliberate about establishing a good grip on the draw and keeping my thumb cocked up when I drop my hand on the grip it doesn't happen. As far I am concerned its a training thing I need to work in dry-fire until it becomes second nature so I don't do it in a match. Because the thumb safety is a little too far forward I have a hard time reaching it to ride the safety like I do on a 1911/2011.
If it wasn't an illegal mod for Prod/SSP I would probably grind the paddle off...
A guy I shoot with took the thin thumb safeties from a CZ-75 and fit them to his SP-01. I think he may have the RHS safety from a CZ Rami as well...
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I think you should be able to wear whatever shoes or knee pads you want, but must be able to conceal it all from view with your full length overcoat that has the sleeves removed. Patches on the overcoat-vest are allowed, but only below the knee so it can't be a stiffener for the pockets.
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I bought some basepads and followers from them for my Marvel .22. No issues that I can recall.
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When I got my SP-01 from CZC I had two 147 moly's on hand, both loaded to 1.140" and both fed fine in my 2011. However only one of them fed in my SP-01. The one that chambered was a FP bullet from Bear Creek that had a short shoulder and quickly tapered. The one that didn't chamber was from Precision that has a tall shoulder before tapering into the FP. To get the Precision to feed right I had to reduce the OAL to something ridiculously short.
So being able to load to the length you want depends on the shape of the bullet, and generally the ones with tall shoulders are going to require a shorter OAL unless you have the chamber/forcing cone reamed.
The DA pull weight when new from CZC using a 13 lb hammer spring and internal polishing was 7.5 lbs and SA right at 3 lbs. Changing to an 11.5 hammer spring plus a few thousand trigger pulls lowered the DA to 6.5 and SA to 2.5. But both are very smooth which make them feel lighter. With CCI primers the above spring combo and the extended FP has been 100% reliable. I haven't tried the 8.5 yet, but based on what I read I would probably need to switch to Federal primers.
Q's for the CZ faithful
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A roll pin punch and holder set from Brownells works nicely for CZ maintenance (as well as working on ARs). IIRC, #1 roll pin is the right size for tapping out the pin that holds the front sight in place, and the #2 for the trigger pin and hammer pins. Seeing as the #1 and #2 are pretty small its easy to bend or break them, especially getting the trigger pin out for the first time. CGW sells a starter punch that is sometimes needed. One of mine was hard as heck to get out, the other one was anticlimactically easy to get out with a regular punch...
As far as grips, I want to say the thin CZC aluminum ones are the thinnest. The plastic or rubber OEM grips with palm swells are the thickest. VZs are somewhere between the two.