Bill Schwab

Thanks for the info Jim!

I have a tuned big stick Craig mag that last year ran 100% with the Caspian follower in backwards This year it hasn't. This mag held 28 rounds and worked best with an ISMI spring. It had a Dawson +1 basepad fitted per Bucky’s instructions. I run Starline Supercomp & 38 Lapua brass. This year the mag stopped running; frequent ftf’s were the norm. Installation of an Arredondo purple follower and associated spring for an SVI mag made the mag again function 100%. As an added bonus the mag now holds 29 rounds, it almost holds 30! And yes, it fits in the gauge (barely). This same follower and spring work 100% in another Craig big stick As a side note I also tested the Grams follower/spring which ran in my primary Craig big stick, but not the other (less tuned) one.

Awesome thread, can't wait to perform this mod.

Alan, Looks like a nice piece, but we need better pics so we can evaluate that flexible ceramic.

infinity, To be honest with you I don't know how well I like it yet because I've only test-fired the gun once and I've been shooting nothing but Open for 1.5 years so any open sights seem very different. This is an experiment for me because all my other open sighted guns have more traditional serrated front sights.

And two more. Eric W: thanks for the grip tape, works like a charm.

One more pic...

Ron, Sweet iron you got there! How are you liking that Race Ready frame? Any issues with it?

That's pretty cool. Any stats on the back? (i.e. where they live, major match wins)

As a C to A shooter I shot a 2.5-3.5 lb trigger. Now, as a M, I shoot a 1.75 lb trigger on my Limited & Lim-10 guns and a 1.5 lb. on my Open gun.

The EGW work on the frame took most of 2004. Matt finishing everything up took slightly over two monthes and that includes the gun being sent away for hard-chrome. As stated above EGW is very busy and has a long wait list. Matt on the other hand is freshly back in the gunsmithing business and can turn a complete gun around quick.

As I recall the EGW charges were $600. It's the welded checkered insert.

Now THAT is a good observation, explains a lot to me I'm an ISTJ, very fine motor skilled. Everytime TGO sees me shoot he asks in I was taught by the Burner and I never was, nor did I try to emulate the Burner's style.

I fear asking what the Compressed Gas is all about....

Forgot to mention: I intend on getting some grip tape from Eric W and using that for the sides of the grip.

.40AET: Nope, I don't have mags yet, and I kinda want to finish the season shooting my beat up Open gun. After this season the Open gun will go to Matt for a complete make-over. I figure by that time Caspian will have 40 mags on the market (I hope), and I'll have figured out how to properly tune them. eerw: You are very welcome. Alan: You don't really need your mags back do you? Looking forward to your pics. I hope the checkering looks better than it sounded over the phone.

I just had this gun finished up. It's a Caspian hi-cap done as a combined effort from EGW and Matt McLearn (M2i). The frame was manicured by EGW. EGW did all the frame checkering (frontstrap, mainspring housing & underside of trigger guard) and filled in a few scope mount holes that were in the dust cover. In February I sent the frame and a bag of parts to Matt McLearn. Matt did all the slide/frame/barrel fitting, slide work and tuned the trigger. He then sent it to Metaloy for hard-chroming. The slide to frame and barrel fitting of this gun are extraordinary! By far the best I've owned Matt tastefully checkered the rear of the slide and flat-topped & serrated the slide top. I REALLY enjoyed working with Matt on this project. He's a super guy who won't settle for anything other than perfection; he wanted the gun done the way I wanted it, and he wanted it done perfectly (notice the slimmed weak side safety I requested due to my excessively high grip with my strong hand). I've only had the gun out once, for a short session, but it ran great and I shot offhand 20 groups with it that were smokin', on par with my ultra accurate EGW singlestack 40. -Caspian hi-cap frame -ramped Schuemann UltiMatch bull barrel -STI slide -Wilson rear sight with Enos style rear notch (Matt cut the notch) -Brazos fiber optic front sight -Aftec extractor -Limcat XL firing pin -EGW slide stop & FP stop (the SV slide stop I sne to have fitted got flats worn on it during barrel fitting!!!!!) -SV full length guide rod I want to say "Thanks" to Allan for letting me borrow the mags necessary for test-firing. I hope to take better pics (outdoors) over the weekend, and will post them.

This was a great match, but more importantly the people were a blast I was squadded with a bunch of NY guys who joked and ripped on everybody, no one was safe I had a ton of fun!

Nemo, I can completely relate. When I shoot a stage I usually can either recall nothing or only small visual glipses of the stage (for instance sometimes that's a landmark I used for movement or the sight of steel falling in my periperal vision as I engage the next target). Yet I definitely know if I fired a hoper shot, or if I had a mike, or if I had all good shots, and I could tell you which targets those shots were fired on (hopers or otherwise). I worried for a long time about this apparent lack of visual clarity, but it actually is a lack of memory from the event. I'm envious of Sevigny who can replay stages in his mind, I can't. But Jack Barnes has described in these forums a similar lack of remembering, so that's comforting. One more thing Nemo. What personality type are you? I'm an ISTJ which is a type that has a need for additionally visualization training (which I lazily don't do). You might want to pick up a copy of a book Brian recommended long ago, Choose Your Best Sport, which is now out of print; it helped me realize what my strengths and weaknesses were. I had a heck of a time finding this book. Hope this helps.

Fredericksburg, VA shoots April 3rd. Let me know if you need more info (shoot me an e-mail).

We miss you Rhino!

Here's the address for that article: http://www.african-hunter.com/4-bore_part_i.htm Make sure you click on Part II on the bottom to read the rest.

Dang Jack, you just gonna leave us hangin' In what context was Ron mentioned? BTW, I always enjoy your posts, and your honesty. Hope to meet you someday, but before we do I need to keep practicing so I can at least give you a run for your money

I've always liked VV's burn chart. It lists 7625 as being between 320 & 330, but definetly slower than 231. Seems like more accurate info than IMR is putting out. But hey, what do you care about 7625, you need to run the Limited gun so you can get the GM card

Thanks everyone!