Canuck223

Double check how you are lubing the gun. (Did you wipe off the packing grease and re-lube?) The locking shoulders at the front of the chamber and the cam path and roller are places few people miss. Most people lube the frame rails and the front of the barrel in the slide. However, not everyone thinks to apply a thin film of oil to the rear face of the barrel. As the cartridge is chambered and is moving forward into battery, the face of the slide surrounding the breech is essentially a thrust bearing.

We do make a slide cut for the Shield RMR for the UK with our K22 LBP. If the whispers become a scream, a factory 9mm slide could happen, but I doubt any time soon. There is also a company in the UK that fabricates an adapter to replace the adjustable rear sight.

www.grandpower.eu/forum is likely your best bet. I can only say so much without crossing over from providing information to advertising. I've gotten politely slapped for it already.

Unless things have changed drastically since I shot it I'm March, it does require the slide to cycle for a second trigger cycle. The article is wrong on this point.{edit} I found out why the reviewer got the wrong impression. We release new models at IWA, and tend to keep most details under wraps until then. The product description hand out for the Q100 was printed out the day before we left. Unfortunately, the sheet printed was the first draft which cut and pasted the text from the K100.... We didn't catch it until the second morning of the show.

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I think they have been trying to navigate a phone system problem. I will check.

I just spoke to a nice lady at Eagle Imports and she says the only front FO sights they have are identical to what comes on the gun from the factory.Can you help us out with a part number? I'll follow up with Eagles. They may not have added them to the current order but maybe we can get them added to this months.

The Xcal uses a different sear and hammer. The location of the sear is different. The K100 can have a sharper and crisper feel to it, but is always going to be just a little heavier. The Xcal also has a slight rolling break which some prefer and others hate. If you slap the trigger, the Xcal will show you the limits of that approach.

CZ base pads will work, but you need to get the smaller retainer plate. I use the rubber bonded version.

No, now go and shoot the damn thing and quit fretting......

It's brand new and likely still coated with the shipping lube. Once it's broken in a little, cleaned and freshly lubed you will notice that it's fairly consistent. The slide drives the trigger bow down in recoil. When the trigger resets, the trigger bow is driven back up by the trigger return spring. The only things that tend to interfere are excess fouling or over time, s weakened trigger return spring.

Some video on take down and full detail stripping.

Not an issue. Look at :48 and watch the disconnector popping back up.

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Have fun with it.

You can try the X-Cal recoil spring, but just be wary of under springing the gun. If the brass is within 12 feet, you are likely fine.

Recoil springs are good to have on hand. My guideline is if the brass is flying further than 10 feet, it's time for a new spring. Hammer springs, just cuz. Firing pin retaining roll pins as extensive dry fire can deform them over time. Trigger return springs as well can weaken. As for parts, push it long and hard enough, and you may break a hammer. I've heard of four breaking in the last two years. Three were very high mileage. That's about it. Extractors seem to last forever. The ejector is built like a tank. It's like my Dillon 1050. Aside from consumable items like springs, it lasts forever.

Bingo.

No, it doesn't. We do have the 1mm FO front sights if you prefer.

Yep, there should be plenty with this order and another shipping shortly. The importer also got in a healthy assortment of spare parts for those that like to tinker.

Han shot first.

If it will make you feel better, you can install the STI style hammer group on the Xcal and air brush the logo on the side. ?

Gotcha. Once David Skinner retired, the new CEO seemed to want to focus on the core 1911/2011 business.

No, the STI GP6 program ended in 2011. The guns are still available in there new updated versions under the OEM manufacturers name, Grand Power. In Brazil they are still sold through the same distributor as STI. GP6 = Grand Power K100. GP5 = Grand Power P1.

You can get 10 round mags from the importer. They are the dimpled but uncut variety.