amaziah

I have a new STI/Bar-sto that has a mag. release button that feels gritty when pressing it. Is this a common problem? Will this smooth out over time from use or is there a fix for this problem? Thx.

Hey Ray when you received this gun new or new to you did you sight it in? That is the first thing I do whenever I get a new gun to see how it shoots. You would have noticed immediately that the gun shoots oddly if you would have sighted it in at 25 yards or 50 yards. :-)

Hello, I put my guns away a few years ago but I want to start shooting USPSA matches again. I have a .40 Barsto limited pistol. I am wondering how things have progressed on limited .40's as far as which features are State Of The Art since I bought my gun 4 years ago. I want to get my gun up 2 speed before I start shooting again. Please don't say just shoot it the way it is. I want to drive a dragster and not a bracket racer :-) !!!!!! Are the following features the way to go today? 1. Slide lightened ala Brazos or Fatfree? 2. Light fibre front sight? 3. STI grip changed for better grip as the plastic seems a little slippery to me (skateboard tape or plastic drilled). 4. Anything I have missed? 5. I will be up in the Northwest for the next 3 months, can you recommend a top gunsmith in Washington state?

I can reload 1000 rounds in the time it takes to go to walmart and buy from them. I can afford to run factory cartridges if I want to, and I did when I started out. When I started shooting I had off the rack guns and factory ammo seemed okay. Then I made the "mistake" of buying a used 7mm-08 target rifle that had a big fat stainless steel hart barrel because it was sooooo cheap, 400 with fiberglass stock, hardly used. I was told I would have to reload for it as it had a target chamber, i.e. neck turn etc.... Off to Dillon for my first 650, cases, etc.... plus sierra match kings. It was a project making this match ammo and I still needed a scope. Leupold 6.5x20 should do it. I shot 1 hole groups at 100yds. for the first time in my life. I was shooting groups that looked like one bullet went through only but I shot 3 round groups. I was hooked on accuracy from that time forward. No more shooting pie plate groups and calling it good. If it didn't shoot off to the gunsmith or sold. Mistake #2 shooting a local practical pistolI match. I was hooked. I went thru several different off the shelf guns before I finally got an STI. To get the loads I need I have to reload. Since I reload I can test so many variables in my gun. Steel - I need light loads. USPSA I need major loads but which load feels the best and makes my gun shoot as flat as possible? Gotta work up some loads and see. Reloading is a must if you want your gun to perform at its best, and saving money reloading is a bonus. Plus some of my buddies bring the beer over to use my reloader Plus I bought so many of the components cheaply when crossroads was at the state fairgrounds that I didn't have to scour the stores for ammo. I was already loaded up