ivan

In general: IPSC is less restrictive on the gun (as mentioned here it can be heavier, have bull barrel), but pay attention to the box sizes. The IPSC box is slightly wider than the USPSA, but is smaller in the other two dimensions. (top to bottom, front to back). The differences are small, but people have been bitten by this. Additionally there is 35mm max width on the magwell. -ivan-

For a 1911 (or 2011): a fitted and tested extractor a fitted and tested slide stop In my experience those 2 parts represent about 90% of broken parts for the 1911/2011. -ivan-

Welcome to Canada: if the cold doesn't get you, the moose will.

-23C (-9F) in Calgary -ivan-

What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging on the wall? Art What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs at your front door? Matt What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in a hole in the ground? Doug... or Phil -ivan-

Staff shoot Wed/Thur. Mere mortals shoot Fri/Sat/Sun -ivan-

You'll get a great gun from a great guy for a good price (quality doesn't come cheap). -ivan-

As one data point: last year Registration for this match opened on Dec 5. -ivan-

Thanks -ivan-

Yup: I sent an email to Paul on Tuesday. -ivan-

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I like to use shok buffs in all my guns, but I've learned from experimenting that the Trojan 40 will simply eat EVERYTHING I put in it. I've tried rubber buffs, and they last about 40 rounds. I've tried aluminum buffs and they last perhaps 800-1000 rounds before leaving aluminum shards spread throughout the bottom end of the gun. I've used skinny spring steel buffs to sandwich a rubber buff and it lasts a few thousand rounds before snapping in half, but they ALL eventually break. I've tried the above with both a steel guiderod and a tungsten rod: no difference. I'm not running excessive loads: just IPSC Major. So I now "go commando" with the Trojan. I have not been able to identify WHY my Trojan eats buffs (sharp edges, etc), but it consistently does. While I'd like to soften the blow, I simply can't run the risk of bits of buff mucking up the reliability of the gun. -ivan-

No, the grip safety does not have to work: even in Single Stack. I have deactivated mine and neither WSSSC nor any other USPSA/IPSC match will check/harass you about this. -ivan-

Never get involved in a land war in Asia!

Chipped credit cards are the standard in Canada and have been for many years. The lag time after entering the PIN to authorizing is usually in the 4 or 5 second range. If things are slower in your neck of the woods, my guess is that performance will only improve as systems are upgraded. -ivan-

Try the Canadian STI site: https://www.freedomventures.ca/ I know they have these springs, and maybe they're allowed to ship to Aus? -ivan-

Fun match... I especially liked the Standards!

In the past, it was 4 strings, 6 rounds each, 6 second fixed time. 1. 50 yards 6 rounds freestyle 2. 25 yards 3 rounds fs, reload, 3 rds fs 3. 15 yards 6 rds SHO 4. 10 yards 6 rds WHO I think it was 5 seconds, but otherwise correct. -ivan-

A little voice in the back of my head says "measure the overall length of a 10 round 45 1911 mag". But I can't claim this is fact. -ivan- p.s. be warned: sometimes that voice is brilliant, at other times, it's clueless... so I usually take a poll of all the other voices in my head to decide whether to believe it.

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Going from USPSA Single Stack to IPSC Classic. What get's easier? - no weight limit - relaxed holster rules - magnets allowed What get's harder: - width restriction on mag well - smaller box (you may have to trim your bumper pads) - higher power factor required for Major -ivan-

... targets only visible while you are on the treadmill... -ivan-

I use my 9mm 1911 extensively in practice and shoot 40 (Major) 1911 in matches. I find a great deal of my 1911 practice is in reloads (for the non SS shooters out there, try stuffing another mag in every 8 rounds :-) Sure I could probably do almost as much good dry firing, but I just like live firing too much. I probably split my practice 80/20 between 9mm minor and 40 Major. -ivan-

Being an educated official helps you out as a shooter. The more educated you are on the rules, the less chance that you'll suffer from another RO's ignorance. When a bad call is made against you, you can POLITELY insist that it move up the food chain to get corrected. -ivan-

My experience with the aluminum buffer is that while it lasted longer in the gun than synthetics, it still fails, just more slowly, while continually throwing off aluminum shards into the gun's internals. I discontinued it's use after going through a couple of them, as I feared trigger interference (which I never experienced... I just feared it). -ivan-