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The local classic rock station last Saturday started their Christmas format 24/7 Christmas music. It's the only FM station my radio picks up clear, so now I'm going to have to listen to AM talk radio. But I think I'm going to listen to the silence of the shop instead until Christmas. I sent them an e-mail with my displeasure of a month of Christmas music, their response was they are getting positive feed back with this format with little negative feed back. I don't mind a little Christmas music a few days before but a f*#king month worth of it, Hell no. Rich

The Tanfoglio frames are carbon steel with a black oxide coating/bluing or a hard chrome finish. The majority of the guns I work on are hard chromed so a stainless magwell looks correct to the gun. The stainless mw can be coated to a color you desire, the bonus with stainless is it can be sanded/polished without having to refinish it. The inside of a mw gets dinged up with use and it is easy to sand it smooth and polish it with stainless. The factory aluminum mw is anodized and can be damaged too easily, once the anodizing is cracked or wore off the whole piece has to be stripped and reanodized or you just have to deal with raw aluminum which is even easier to damage. The factory mw is lacking in many aspects that is why I designed the mw I did. A full length grip panel is much more desirable than a 2/3rds grip meeting a mw that isn't of the same contour. Tanfoglios mw design makes it easy for them to produce multiple models without having to make more than one frame. Welding the mw onto the frame is the strongest method of attachment, epoxy works and if you want to remove it you just heat it up and it will come off, it can be pinned or even attached with screws if you want. Since there is no reason to remove the mw to service the gun, welding it on makes the most sense. Also if done properly it gives the cleanest look and with Henning's grips it looks fantastic. I designed this mw to improve the the gun and make the gun fit the shooter better. The design has been well received by many and I'm in the middle of another run of them being made right now. I can't make everyone happy with multiple designs and expect to be in the business of making parts very long. Rich

The P16 has a Para/Clark ramped cut barrel, the Springfield either has a Nowlin ramp cut or a non-ramped barrel which won't work correctly if switched. Rich

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I would suggest going with Springfield Armory, top quality and service. Rich

American's do what they want to do in everything and the rest of the world be damned. Is it right sometimes, is it wrong sometimes we're are just a bunch of upstarts that ran away from the rest of the world to do what we want, when we want it and that is what makes it America. Rich

IPSC Production No, SC and USPSA Production Yes. Rich

Another caliber would be the Remington 591/592 5mm rimfire, the rifles are still around in very good condition at a fair price. Centurion is making the ammo again at a price comparable to the 17HMR and less than 22 magnum. Rich

You can narrow an existing sight if a small enough vial is used. A custom sight can be made with a 1/16" dia. vial installed, generally it will cost close to $100.00. Rich

Maybe this has nothing to do with mag tuning. Rich

The frame openings are different on the Ltd's and Match guns. Rich

I've not had any problems running factory length ammo in the Tan. mags/guns. Rich

A very light film of oil is good, over oiling can cause problems eventually. Some run them dry in the firing pin channel and they work just fine but the parts are all metal so some oil is warranted. If the firing pin channel is heavily oiled and the breather hole becomes plugged it can cause a hydraulic effect and slow the firing pin down to the point of a miss fire. Rich

I'm in the process of finishing a similar project gun, most have the rails carbonized Caspian will do this for you. If your planning on putting a high round count on this gun I would suggest a steel frame or have it accu-railed. The rails need to have a quality lube Caspian has a type they recommend. Working with Ti frame and parts isn't something that I would want to do every day, depending on what is requested the pricing can be higher than what I normally charge. Rich

Canyon Creek has base pads that take the length to 140mm, with a Grams follower the XD gets 23 rounds and the XDm gets 24 of 9mm. Rich

You can get below 2# without tweaking the sear spring and trigger spring, by not tweaking them they will last alittle longer. Rich

The tungsten rod will help in managing recoil and muzzle rise, there are two rods available for the XDm. The 3/8 dia rod uses the factory recoil spring and it weighs 4.1 ounces, the other rod is 5/16" dia and it uses 1911 recoil springs it weighs 3 ounces. The 5/16 rod will make weight for Production, the 3/8 will not make weight in Production. 40's can feel much softer than 9mm's with the right powder and bullet weight combo for Production, I'm sure Atlanta Arms could load you a round if you don't want to reload that will help you with your shooting. Rich

Don't go below a 16# spring, going lighter will only cause problems of the slide not closing all the way. You need more powder 139pf isn't enough to operate the comp/gun effectively. XD's are not like 1911's when it comes to lighter recoil springs, if you go lighter than the firing pin spring it will over power the recoil spring and pull the slide out of battery. Rich

If you want spec's on the gun you need to go to the Tanfoglio web-site, Tan. is who makes the gun, EAA is just the US importer for Tan.. Shooting factory 9mm ammo will not work the comp very efficiently, to work the comp a slow burning high gas volume powder is needed. You can buy ammo that will work from specialized manufacturers like Atlanta Arms, if you don't reload. With the current mags you will have feeding problems in 9mm, 38 super would be the caliber of choice to eliminate this problem. The current V12 guns are having timing problems I would suggest finding an older V8 model Gold Team. A small framed gun in 9mm will be your best bet if you want a 9mm. The gun will have muzzle rise and recoil greater than a .22 there's no way around it.

"If you have a large frame 9mm to 38super can be done by just reaming the barrel to 38 super." The chamber reamers available will not fit into polygonal rifling, the pilot diameter is too big. A custom reamer would have to be ground and you would have to find someone who will do it. I've talked to a couple companies and neither would take on the project. I even tried to get factory reamers with no luck. Rich

It might look pretty good if you just checker right over the existing texture with 25 lpi, 20 lpi would be too deep to have part of the depression still there. Rich

"Even though the Tanfo guns are cheaper you are pretty much on your own when it comes to repairs, upgrades, and things like that. So if you are not willing to fix and tinker on your own gun I would suggest not getting a Tanfo." I don't agree with that statement, there are capable gunsmith's out there to perform work on Tanfoglio's and several companies making aftermarket parts. People are not on their own when they own a Tanfoglio. Rich Also Tanfolio's will run on factory length ammo reliably.

The Caspian frame fits great in the hand, you can do front and back strap treatments that will shorten the the front to back measurement if needed. I use the King's ambi, it requires a mod to both parts. They have a longer and more durable life span compared to the factory set. The trigger bow can and needs to be improved. I'm working on a new magwell for the frame that will be an improvement to the current choices. Both the factory and Tanfoglio tubes are good quality, some of the Pro Mag/ Craig tubes can be a problem. The newer run frames are thicker in the dust cover area for better scope mount attachment. Rich

1955 Willy's CJ5 Jeep. Rich

This is the store name in the Dealers section: EAA / Tanfoglio Shop click on the banner at the top. or www.henningshootsguns.com