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Ironman Roll Call...
Zak Smith replied to SinistralRifleman's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
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Ironman Roll Call...
Zak Smith replied to SinistralRifleman's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
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Ironman Roll Call...
Zak Smith replied to SinistralRifleman's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
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Ironman Roll Call...
Zak Smith replied to SinistralRifleman's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
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Ironman Roll Call...
Zak Smith replied to SinistralRifleman's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
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Ironman Roll Call...
Zak Smith replied to SinistralRifleman's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
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How do you know it's "two"? If the side-swing lever were permanently attached to the Aimpoint itself, would it theb be one? How about if I put a carboard box over both, with two open ends to look through? An aluminum box? An aluminum box mechanically tethered to both the Aimpoint and magnifier?
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Fixed Magnification Optic For Scoped Tactical
Zak Smith replied to smokshwn's topic in Rifle - Technical
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I use these cheap ones: http://www.aosafety.com/aosafety.com/shoot...ucts/pas_05.htm
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I wear NRR 32/33 plugs AND low-pro muffs.
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I've had two done by Ted Yost. Work is excellent. Be prepared to wait.
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The dimples are most likely from a few loose shot pellets that were streaming down the bore as the next shot was fired. I
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Caspian Ti Recon Rail
Zak Smith replied to stingerjg's topic in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum
Yes, essentially like that, but with a more robust front sight and no mag well. eerw, I recommend the class. It was a pistol tactics/defense class, not a shooting class, so it was not a waste of time. -z -
Caspian Ti Recon Rail
Zak Smith replied to stingerjg's topic in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum
Hi guys. It is easy to screw up a Ti frame, either by embedding lapping material in the slide rails or by improperly filing/machining/cutting the material itself (which acts different than steel or aluminum). Unless you don't mind a $300 failed experiment, it's probably best to have somebody with a track record building Ti frames up do it for you. In a single stack, does 40SW loaded "Long" like we do in our SV/STI's work as well? How about 10mm? For a defensive gun, it might make sense to stay in a readily available caliber with a good choice of defensive ammo compatible with the gun (ie, NOT loaded long).. e.g. 45ACP. 9x23 factory is hard to come by. Not sure how much you've shot a single stack, but a lot of grip on the frontstrap is not really required. My Ti Commander just has vertical serrations, and my Gov't has a plain frontstrap. Grip there has never been a problem. If I were to build a home defense / large gun again, it would definitely be a SV/STI short dustcover without a magwell, & fixed sights. At the pistol fighting class I took this last weekend, the 20+1 capacity of my limited gun gained criticisms for being a gamer, but I was putting more rounds on target faster than most. For carry, I like minimal bulk, so that means singlestack without a rail. -z -
+1 what Paul said. For example, at the Tiger Valley 3Gun match, there was a 60-round 300-yard standards stage. The target was a B27, any hit on the black counted. Position was prone on a bipod or your pack. 120 seconds. There were 17 shooters who had LESS THAN 20 hits (1/3rd), and 12 of those had less than 10. I had only one miss shooting with iron sights and a 100 yard zero, because I knew my load has 13-14" drop at that distance. Many of the failures on that stage were because people had a 15-25 yard zero and had no clue about the trajectory.
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Was there ever a definitive answer if the Aimpoint + magnifier would be considered one optical sighting device, or two? (hence tac vs. open)
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Compenstor for Tactical Division Rifle
Zak Smith replied to Philip Dedmon's topic in Rifle - Technical
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TA11 better for 3Gun because: eye relief longer, eye/scope alignment more forgiving due to larger exit pupil
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The best place to read about the state of the art in terminal ballistics is: http://www.firearmstactical.com/ and here's a good intro: http://www.firearmstactical.com/hwfe.htm The quick summary is that any of 9x19, 357SIG, 40SW, or 45ACP will perform about the same provided you are using one of the premium self defense loads -- that data is listed on FTI also.
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Whenever I wanted to do that, I just stuck a piece of duct tape over the front end of the scope...
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John, The pictures I took are here http://www.demigod.org/~zak/DigiCam/SPSC-W-2005/ but I didn't get around to writing a match report mainly because I can't remember each of the 10-15 different stages. It was a lot of police-sniper-style shooting: 1/4" - 1" targets at 100 yards, 2-3x size scoring surfaces at 200-300 yards; shape & face ID; "card" location; moving targets at 50-300 yards. There were only 4 targets (LaRues) beyond 300 yards. The vast majority of the targets were paper, with I think 6 steel targets at 200-300 yards (2" @ 200y swinger for day 2 cold bore, and a team KYL on steel at 300. Probably a third of the courses of fire had a generous time limit (my perception as a 3gunner), the rest had no time limit. Obviously quite different from ITRC or MOR type shooting. Many of the targets were "optically" challenging especially in the mirage- my Leupold 3.5-10x40mm M1 could not resolve the smallest targets. Round count was right around 110 for the 3 days. Organization was excellent. Scoring was straightforward. Not sure if I'd shoot it next year. For similar $$ and time off work, I'd rather head to Rifles Only or TacPro based on what I've heard. If I did go back, I'd bring an AR15 in 223 instead of a bolt rifle. To keep this on topic, having a 10 round magazine was a big help on the 10 round, double mover stage. -z
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In detachable box magazines.. Oh, woops. When shot difficulty trumps shoot and reload speed, you can single load from a pouch, because there is relatively little time penalty to load a single additional round into an empty gun. When reloads are mandatory like in standards, you are pretty much screwed.
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FWIW, my favorite 9x19 practice load is a 124gr plated RN at 1.130" nominal, 4.2gr Titegroup. About 132PF.