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There are not any restrictions on the type or design of USPSA Production class mag pouches other than rule 5.2.5 but there are restrictions on holster design, as others have said.
IPSC does not have restrictions on placement or holster type.
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According to several Cowboy shooters, Ernie has been MIA for about 4 years. Something to do with the IRS.
Several think he has left the country.
Good luck finding him.
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ryucasta,
As far as selling you Ralph's kit is concerned I am bit of a pack rat (Still have all the Glock trigger jobs I've ever purchased) and I never sell anything that pertains to my hobbies.I hear ya.
Nothing wrong with that.Let us know what you think about Charlie's drop in. I'm sure the quality is there but the over/pre travel screws might make a difference.
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The heavy striker spring, light recoil spring..I knew about and it makes sense.
But "balancing" the two, is new. Maybe Mad Scientist can explain.
I've run a 15lb ISMI with the wolf reduced striker spring and after probably 20k, they are still fine. Lately, it's the same 15 ISMI and the stock striker spring..still OK. Others run the stock recoil spring with the light striker spring with n/p.
The 13lb ISMI needed 4 coils cut to get full travel and I didn't like the way it felt or cycled so it was tossed.
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ryucasta,
Does Charlie's drop in kit come with the ejector housing pre/over travel screws? Maybe he'll list the contents when he puts it on his website. Sounds like a good kit though.
FWIW, If your RS kit is still in your junk pile, I'll buy it from you ... if it's still in good original condition.
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I don't know about lightening the recoil spring with a light striker spring. Never heard that or tried it either.
I've hear of the opposite - heavier recoil spring (13+ lb) with stock striker springs and heavy trigger springs. (The striker can pull the gun out of battery if the recoil spring is too light.)
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i can get .08 splits out of it
WOW!!! I better go practice!!
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I saw a piece about Bode Miller and thought of a couple threads about winning etc. A few excerpts.
Mike Celizic writes:
"It takes years of training and dedication to win an Olympic gold medal. It doesn’t take nearly as many years of taking yourself and your talent for granted to lose it."
"Miller has always portrayed himself as an artist. He looks at what he does as a performance piece that has to be perfect. The result doesn’t matter; the process does. Put another way, if you do your job as perfectly as possible, the results will take care of themselves.
In fact, a U.S. Olympic team sports psychologist once told me, that’s the right attitude, because you can’t control the results; you can’t control what other people do or what golfers call the rub of the green. Sometimes, excrement occurs. And if you go out and try to win instead of trying to do your best, you strangle your own talent.
That attitude won Miller last year’s World Cup. He didn’t worry about winning races. He thought only of skiing the perfect race."
"But something happened between then and now. People who know him and the way he lives say that he didn’t put a lot of time into training during the summer, didn’t get himself into peak shape for the year that would define his legacy.
And it goes back to what you put into the race. That sports psychologist also pointed out that part of controlling what you do is preparing as well as you can, which means doing all the work, getting yourself into the best possible condition, being as ready as you can possibly be for the moment of truth."
"When you can’t do what you do best, you simply haven’t put the work in. And, by all accounts, work and Miller are not the closest of acquaintances."
"That’s the part Miller neglected — the being prepared part. Trying to be perfect is wonderful, but you can’t do it with a battered body that is no longer in the shape it once was."
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Martin,
Looking back on the statement, "shooting all 3", you are right - AP, SC, USPSA - not the four AP events. Duh... on my part!!!
Here is another angle. We have been focusing on Open class for Bianchi, SC and USPSA. The "all around" gun is a compromise, as Martin pointed out.
With a "good" iron sighted 9 or 38 Super you could be competitive in all three with less investment. Definitely in NRA AP Metallic Sight, probably in Iron sight SC, and USPSA - although you'd score minor.
As far as "good" 9's or 38 Super's go, any quality 1911, S&W 952, or whatever fits you the best would be a great choice.
And, like Flex said, there is always a Glock. I've shot my USPSA Production G34 in AP. While not the best choice, there are far worse!!
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Flex,
All three!!??
There are four events at Bianchi.
Which one don't you shoot?
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North,
Good timing!!
I just worked up a 9mm Reddot load..since I have a crap load not doing anything. FYI, it's the old formula - about 12 years old. The new formula is supposed to be cleaner. But this load is really clean.
It fills a lot of the case which is good. The SD reflects that.
124 Berry plated FP
4.2 gr Reddot
WSP
OAL = 1.09
Av = 1080 fps (134 pf)
SD = 7
Accuracy with stock G34 bbl - EXCELLENT!!!!! 2 - 2.5" freestyle at 25 yrds
I've used N320 and this load feels the same or a little softer.
Tightgroup and N330 are options too. N330 barks and TG is dirty.
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Raul,
I have RS kits in my G17 and G24. Those trigger safeties were not shaved and I don't think Ralph ever shaved them (contouring the face of the trigger safety). Check the face of your trigger safties on your Vaneks and then compare them to the RS kit. The back of the trigger safety, where it contacts the frame is a different mod.
Maybe that was a miscommunication on my part.
From triggerkit.com:
ANNOUNCEMENT:Due to the recent Production Class ruling with mag releases and modified triggers, all kits will now ship with UNMODIFIED trigger safeties. This modification is not necessary, but we perform it as it enhances the reliability of the drop in kit. This change now ensures the trigger kits are USPSA Production Class legal. Please contact us with any questions on this change. THANKS!!
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Triggerkit.com is not modifying the trigger safety any longer due to the Production ruling.
Ralph said that the mod really isn't necessary but does help with a stronger reset in some instances due to the differences in tolerances.
Full info will be available at www.triggerkit.com soon.
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Tim,
Pm sent.
If you have any issues with 50mm, let me know. We can take care of that for you.
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Let's slow it down a bit (and shrink the groups while we're at it)...
4.8 gr N320 - ~1175 fps
~1168 fps w/ Nosler 115 JHP
The 9 of first 10 shots out of the gun today, off-hand at 25 yds landed in the bottom 1/2 of the X-ring, with a flyer out into the 10 ring (w/ the Zero caps). The Nosler caps were noticibly tighter, especially at 50 yds. I still have a lot of work to do at 50 yds, but with a 10 shot group and at a cadence on par with something you'd see witht the Practical, I scored 94 pts (out of the 100 possible) and 4 X's towards the end of the session today w/ the Nosler loads.
BD,
Try 4.5 - 4.6 with the 115's. You'll be glad you did!!
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If it says I can't, I don't.
If not, I will.
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True.
But until a ruling is set in stone..any speculation is hypothetical.
Except for moving the pivot pin, everything in this thread are ideas about where the line should be drawn.
Only JA can actually draw it.
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Keep in mind that position 2 on the TriSet should be the lowest setting.
When I tried the Aristocrat:
Pos 1 - 10 yard zero. If you use a 25 yard zero up close your POI is lower by about 1.5" than POA.
Pos 2 - 25 yard zero.
Pos 3 - 50 yard zero using the bottom edge of the D-1.
On the Triset, the set screws adjust the zero for the position. The widage and elevation screws are used to adjust for light/wind conditions without affecting the zero.
It worked but I found a Bomar worked just as well.
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In regards to the shaved rear portion of the trigger safety, if the mod enhances reliabilty, (ie - allows the trigger to reset) it needs it's own ruling. Since the mod is external, barely noticable, and enhances reliabilty.
The Vanek ruling:
The Vanek trigger, much like the Speed Bump trigger, has an external modification that makes it illegal for Production division. The Speed Bump trigger has the travel screw mounted to the rear of the trigger and is visible externally, the Vanek trigger, has relocated the pivot pin about 3/16" above the factory specs, and has filled in the original hole with a black material that is still visible on inspection.The ruling says nothing about the trigger safety mod. Or the other Vanek mod..contouring the face of the trigger safety.
The fact that the trigger safety mod enhances the reliability of the trigger should be legal. JA should address this also.
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Some are more "crisp" than others. But that is a bad description.
I've never done a trigger job on a G19/G23 but the trigger bars are different than a G17/G22 etc.
However, there are so many combos that you could try for little or no $ that it is worth the effort.
Contact Ralph. Maybe he could do your parts if you ship them to him. I can't speak for him but it's worth a try.
For carry, you could swap the 5lb connector and a stock striker spring. For fun, a 3.5 lb connector and a wolf spring or the stock spring.
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The amount of time necessary to become familiar with these depends on a few things inlcuding how long you have used traditional pouches.
I recommend, that for your first few dry fire sessions, that you really slow things down and get them perfect. After a few repetitions, speed up gradually. Once the polymetrics are familiar, you should not have any trouble.
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ryucasta,
Forgive my indescretion. I thought you were involved in the development of the Vanek Drop In kit.
I think we all can agree that both Charlie and Ralph both stand behind their products. I personally think the Charlie's mod to Glock triggers is excellent although it did have some teething problems when I first got it back.
Ralph's kit dropped in, and has worked ever since. Maybe I have been lucky.
At least, you can throw a $65 kit in the junk bin and not another $200+ trigger job.
Nothing wrong with that.
WOW!!! 
Vanek Trigger In Production Part 2
in Glock
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Wow!! Overnight USPS!!! Postal workers on speed and 'roids.
The vacum tube at the bank doesn't work that fast.