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Agreed on the marketing aspect. However, if I am searching for the dot on a hard lean or SHO/WHO, it's always either right or left. Not vertical. I think the 30mm wide will make a noticeable difference over 25mm. Since I shoot these on a frame mounted Open gun, the dot never leaves the top of the glass. Could be a different story for a slide mounted dot. If I was shooting a slide mounted dot, I would lean more towards durability which only time will tell.

SRO is pretty much same as RTS2. Romeo Max3 is saying 30mm lens. C-More slide ride is 29mm. IMO, a C-More slide ride is much bigger than an RTS2 so I wouldn't say the SRO and Max3 are similar at all.

Interesting. It looks like the smaller footprint of the SRO creates the illusion of the glass being bigger than it really is.

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Thank you. I've only done them the second way. I have a "grave yard" of extractors that maybe I'll try to fit the first way and see how it works.

Great write up! Do you setup your extractors for 9mm the same way with regard to the edge of the claw not contacting case?

I wasn’t referring to you specifically being salty. And it’s not an ad hominem attack when you think about the real reasons people would advocate changing divisions they don’t shoot. To put it nicely, yes it boils down to being salty and ego.

Open division is the Formula 1 in our game. Major is major regardless of whatever go fast parts one has on their gun....Hence the name "OPEN." Again, this argument is only made by people that are salty enough to care about what is allowed in other divisions, even though it doesn't affect them directly. Let’s be honest here. If we’re talking about people with fragile egos wanting to finish higher than Open shooters, they should really just strap on an Open gun and get it done that way. That would make way more sense than arguing for changing a division that they don’t even shoot.

Recoil in Open major and minor is drastically different. There are a multitude of variables that will affect this next point, but with my setup, dot movement between 170PF and 150PF loads is about the same even though recoil in the 170PF load is much firmer in the hands. Also, even though the vertical dot movement is roughly the same distance, the speed at which the dot moves is different. "Driving" the gun is different between these two loads even though dot movement/distance is about the same. Swapping the lightest recoil and mainspring possible and running 120-125PF Steel Challenge loads is completely different than both above loads. Less than half the dot movement as above and recoil like a .22. I could probably hold the dot in the center of the A zone at 40 yards with this load, and rip a .16 split with two in the A zone. Not so much with the 170PF and 150PF load. To say that recoil is the same between Minor and Major in Open is a flat out false statement. Whether or not Open should be scored minor is a moot point because it'll never happen. Just sounds like some grumbling from people that want to finish closer to Open division. A good analogy would be Nascar drivers trying to neuter Formula 1 to boost their egos. Who cares? They are totally different divisions. A better argument would be to eliminate major and minor and just run one power factor for ALL divisions. Perhaps 145-150 since most self defense 9mm ammo is around there. If we were to do this, Open shooters would still be beating other divisions by roughly the same margin. Open shooters still have the frame mounted dot, comp, and big stick.

Absolutely get a gauge or find someone with a gauge. Regardless of other people having used similar combos and passed.

The "non-scoring border" referenced in the rules is simply the .2" border on the outside perimeter of the paper target. This "non-scoring border" has nothing to do with hard cover. Hard cover is hard cover regardless of it being simulated by black paint. Most of the time we treat plastic barrels and wooden wall stands as hard cover. There is no "non-scoring border" on these. It's either a full diameter hit or a partial diameter hit and we score accordingly.

100% huh? Is that more of a, "I think he'll 100% shoot a Shadow2" or a "I'm 100% positive he'll shoot a Shadow 2."

I heard it’ll probably be a little more than the msrp of the Romeo 3. $450-$475

It's not often this happens, but every single post in this thread is correct.

I've found that tuning the extractor for 9major can be a little tedious to get running 100%. But it's worth it when you finally get it dialed in. Don't go crazy tuning the "hook". The less you fiddle with the EGW HD the better. Just break the sharp edge on the lead in. Also, barely round the bottom edge of the hook. It comes from EGW pretty square. You just want to BARELY round it. A good needle file is the perfect tool for both of these tasks. I've made the mistake of taking too much off this corner and then run into extraction issues. When the barrel unlocks, the case is pulled down slightly on the breach face and it seems the more of that corner surface area you have, the better. You just want to break the sharp corner from digging into the case. I've gotten away with not having to file down the pad at all a couple of times. On a couple others, I had to file the pad down a few thousandths at a time to get more tension. Every slide is slightly different.

File down the pad a little bit at a time to add more tension. I love the EGW HD extractor. Aftecs seem to work good for most guns but I got tired of the retaining cup breaking at inopportune times and paying $25 for them. Running 9 major, I've had the best luck with running the extractor with as much tension as possible that will still allow reliable feeding with a 7# spring and then run an 8#. On one of my 9major guns, I simply could not get enough tension with the Aftec.

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Double.

If someone only commits a felony once every 2-3 years, are they hardly a felon?

This... If any primer is missing when I'm sorting brass, that piece gets scrapped. Also, loading on a 650 allows you to feel the primer seat. If it feels like nothing was seated, as in the same feeling as no primer in station 2 from either forgetting to load primers or from a misfeed, That case gets pulled and scrapped.

I hope it will actually be available for purchase in July but I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

I wondered this as well. My Dawson Ice insert is banged up pretty good after a season with my sloppy reloads.

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That foam sure looks like a handguard to me. Even being sold as such. https://taccom3g.com/product/foam-handguard/