dagger10k
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Good point. I bought mine used at a pretty good price. No way I'd pay full price for a new one!
If anything I would try out a couple different used STI/SVI's. After that I would look for a good smith to build me one. SVI is way, way overpriced at this point.
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I think the G35 is certainly competitive enough (look at the L10 nationals), but if you really want the SVI go for it.
I made A with a Glock limited gun (G20), and just made master with my SVI. It certainly can't hurt... I'd hold onto that G35 too though, if you can.
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Hey dart368, I think we might have been on the same squad last month. If you are who I think you are I'm the guy with the shiny limited gun who noticed the missing part in your Glock. Glad to see that you are working on dry fire to improve!
90% or more of my practice has been in dry fire, and I think it has helped enormously.
My advice for dry fire would be to always keep it changing and make it interesting. Practice everything: unloaded starts, table starts, turn draws, shooting on the move, shooting prone, leaning, weak hand, strong hand, etc. Dry fire is free! Just make sure you get SOME live fire practice in, even if just at the static range. Most of my live fire practice is just shooting slow-fire groups, and making sure I can track my sights and call my shots when doing so.
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Just drop it in the barrel. It should go just as far as a normal resized case would. If it sticks too far out, or sticks in, thats a problem.
If you are checking for rifling contact you can drop it in and try turning it. If it hits the rifling you'll know... try loading way too long and see how it feels. The rifling will catch the bullet.
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Whoops...
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I don't know anything about M&Ps really, but could you be holding down the slide release accidentally? It happens a lot with other gun designs.
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The stripe in the center of the target is obviously not illegal... and I liked it! Even though I was one of the people who put a round dead center on the stripe.
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I'm currently using a Harrison Custom rear (.135" notch), with a dawson serrated black front (.09") width front sight.
I had to mill the rear sight to fit in my SVI's pocket, and mill the front sight to a bit under .16" to get the sight picture right, but it's working pretty well for me now.
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Well, I ended up doing the Harrison custom rear (.135" rear notch) after my rear sight BROKE at Area 2 with a .09" width Dawson serrated front sight. The light bars are pretty wide... I'll have to shoot a match with them to really see how I like this set up.
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I shot super bad, but it sure was a fun match! I'll be back next year for sure.
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I went out and shot the thursday night steel match, and naturally the nut that my bomar windage screw (bomar brand sight on SVI limited gun) should screw into broke and fell out of my gun. So now I'm going to be hitting about 3 feet to the right of all my targets. Wheee!
I'm hoping that the vendor tents will be up by the time I start shooting tomorrow morning. Otherwise I may be in trouble...
If anyone can assist me in any way (happen to have a spare bomar windage nut or something), please give me a call at 925 899 1545.
See you all tomorrow!
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Turned out to be a 86.7685%. My production percentage is now 74.96.
I shot this in production down 2 points in 4.61 today. Both sites say 100%. I guess I'll find out what it really is when my classifiers are updated.
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I would guess that the bumps on the inside of the barrel that make the rifling stick out more than the usual shallow rifling found on conventional barrels. You can see that the bumps are decently thick here:
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I like to try to think of plates just like paper. When you shoot at paper, you don't just fling a shot at it, you try to hit the middle of it (A zone).
Do the same thing for steel. I find that it doesn't take much more time to hit As than Cs on paper, and doing the same thing for steel should help reduce the number of makeup shots by a lot. That, and call your shots to a specific part of a plate like you would for paper.
(This is hard, I know. I can't really do it every time, but I am working on it.)
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Weirdly enough, I have a percentage, but all my classifier scores for limited have disappeared! http://www.uspsa.org...p?number=a67007
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I shot this in production down 2 points in 4.61 today. Both sites say 100%. I guess I'll find out what it really is when my classifiers are updated.
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Standard is like Limited, but it has to fit in the box. And all your equipment has to be behind the hip bone.
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Good to hear that there are other fencers on the boards! I know a bunch of people who went to nationals, though I didn't go. I still need to join USFA...
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I know Dave Sevigny does it, but it worked out terribly for me when I used to do it, back when I started. I would at least try using a floating left thumb first, at least for a while. I'm guessing that you will come to prefer that as you begin to understand the grip better.
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I was actually using Avidemux. I hate paying for software like that... I'll find something that works I have no doubt, or figure out how to use what I have.
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Do you have any pictures of your grip? I am having a hard time understanding how this works. I can't make my trigger finger hit my support thumb no matter how hard I try.
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I wasn't planning on it. I'm planning to have a new job around that time, and probably won't have any time off.
Right on Dood, I'm glad to hear that. You seem to be adjusting to it with out much effort.
You'll be cranked up to 11 by the time nationals comes around
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I shot the star that way because I've found in practice I am slightly faster if I start at the bottom. That way I can transition upwards instead of downwards, which is a little bit faster. It works if I can get the plates all down before it starts spinning too much. I actually did it that same way both times. That's my reasoning anyway. I could be wrong in doing it this way, but I figure GBOGH.
Hey Carlos. I think it was a good investment, yeah. My main criteria for this gun is that it be very accurate, feel good, and run 100% all the time, which it has. I'm still getting used to running it, but I think picking it up was a good idea.
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This is my third match with my new SVI limited gun, and it's the first one where I feel like I am doing as well as I did with my old Glock limited gun. Any pointers would be very appreciated!
(Sorry the sound is a bit off)
you are coming to nationals right?
Barrel Polishing.
in Glock
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Why do you want to polish it? Just for looks?